In the evening, Li Xiuyuan had already entered Guo Beicheng. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The gates were wide open and unguarded.

Walking along the street, there are no pedestrians on the street, but there is still cooking smoke and candles lit in the city, which shows that the city is not devoid of people.

It's just that as soon as Li Xiuyuan entered the city, he felt a lifeless aura.

This breath makes people very uncomfortable, like a gloomy breath, like a dead air, and as if there is an invisible haze that envelops the whole city, making people feel a little breathless in their hearts.

"This city seems to have ...... He's dead. Li Xiuyuan muttered.

"Young Master, it's not that exaggerated, if there is really an epidemic, then wouldn't we have thrown ourselves into the net when we came here? The epidemic is contagious. The escort changed his voice.

As a native of the people, what I am most afraid of may not be the disaster of swords and soldiers, the chaos of demons, but the most feared of epidemics.

The plague spread together, and I don't know how many people will die, and if the plague is not cured, it will not be stopped.

A great plague can affect the rise and fall of even a dynasty.

"Life and death have life, wealth is in the sky, if you want to die, you will naturally die, if you don't die, why not be afraid of a small epidemic. Li Xiuyuan said: "Don't make a fuss, go back to the house and ask Lu Bo first, and see what happened in the city recently." ”

"Yes, young master. ”

The group followed the street to the Li Mansion.

At this moment, there was still candlelight in the Li Mansion, but the door of the mansion was closed.

The guards knocked on the door, but Lu Bo opened the door quickly, and when he saw Li Xiuyuan coming back, he was immediately surprised: "Young Master, it's great that you're finally back." ”

"Looks like a lot has happened in the city these days. Li Xiuyuan said.

"Isn't it? Well, that's a long story. Lu Bo sighed and said helplessly.

"If you have anything to say, go in and talk about it. Li Xiuyuan said.

The group entered the house.

Lu Bo said: "Recently, there have been a lot of things in the city, and several friends of the eldest young master have been borrowing in the mansion in the past few days, so I am waiting for the eldest young master to come back to discuss things." ”

"Who are they?" Li Xiuyuan said after a moment's pause.

"There are Ning Caichen, Wang Ping, Zhu Yu, and several other scholars, all of whom were in charge of disaster relief before. Lu Bo said.

Li Xiuyuan nodded.

When he came to the lobby, he saw that six or seven scholars were gathering together at the moment, as if they were discussing something, but the results of the discussion were not good, and they sighed in a low voice, and there was a lot of decadence.

"Friends, why are you sighing?" Li Xiuyuan smiled slightly and strode in.

"Brother Li?" someone said in surprise.

"Li Gongzi. Someone was surprised.

When everyone saw Li Xiuyuan returning at this moment, they all showed joy on their faces, and hurriedly got up one by one to salute.

"It's all friends, so let's get rid of these false courtesies. ”

Li Xiuyuan said: "When I entered the city before, I saw that the city was lifeless, and many people in and out of the city were pale, coughing, and sickly, at that time I guessed that there could be an epidemic in the city, and there was a plague, I don't know if I guessed wrong?"

Ning Caichen sighed and said: "Li Gongzi is really as wise as a torch, as soon as he entered the city, he saw the clues, the incompetence of the late birth and others, in the end, let the plague start." ”

"After the catastrophe, there is a great epidemic, as it has been in ancient times, you have done a good job, now that this has happened, the top priority now should be to find a way to deal with it, not sigh and sigh. Li Xiuyuan said.

Ning Caichen shook his head and said, "Thank you Gongzi Li for your comfort, but it is indeed our responsibility that the plague occurred this time, and we failed to manage things well, so it led to the emergence of the plague." ”

Wang Ping next to him said: " Brother Li is afraid that he will not know, the reason why this plague happened is because a few days ago, people secretly dug up the corpses outside the city every day, and the people in the city couldn't bear to bury their relatives so hastily, and they all wanted to find the corpses of their relatives, hold a funeral, and then bury them in the ground, but Brother Li, you also know that the corpses of the people who were drowned in the water rotted quickly, and this digging out, it can be said that the city was full of corpse smell, and just two days after this incident, the plague suddenly broke out, and the people in the city were sick. ”

"All the people in the city got sick overnight?"

Li Xiuyuan frowned: "Even if the plague spreads so quickly, it can't be so fast, and the people in the city will fall ill overnight?"

"It's a bit strange, but it's true. ”

Zhu Yu shook his head and said: "In the past few days, fortunately, the court official who has provided disaster relief is an official who has done business, and he immediately took the opportunity to collect the corpses of the people in the city, and went out to burn and bury them, which isolated the trend of the continued spread of the plague." ”

Li Xiuyuan asked, "The imperial court official for disaster relief is here, and which one of them has such courage?"

"It's the military department of the imperial court, Fu Tianqiu, Master Fu. Ning Caichen said.

"The military department is still in the book?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "It seems that the imperial court is more worried about the disease here than the plague, and sent the military department Shangshu, by the way, this lord is now in the city?"

"It's gone, and only a sick civil official is left to take care of things in the city. Wang Ping said.

Zhu Yu was a little dissatisfied and said: "This military department is also a person who is afraid of death, and he ran away when he knew that there was an epidemic in the city. ”

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "It's already very good that he can come to Guo Beicheng for a trip, and didn't he clean up the corpses in the city? Now that the plague has happened, there is nothing he can do, staying here is like waiting for death, if I guess correctly, this Fu Tianqiu Master Fu should go to Jinling City." ”

Zhu Yu said, "What Brother Li said is very true, this Master Fu really went to Jinling City, and Brother Li is really like a god. ”

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and smiled: "Where is the expectation of God, just calculate it to know, you must know that there is a military camp near Jinling City, and there are 100,000 soldiers stationed there in the imperial court, this plague is terrible enough, if there is another mutiny, the whole south will be in chaos, and the south is a rich land, where the country's taxes are, once it is chaotic, the consequences are unimaginable......

When the scholars heard this, their faces immediately changed greatly, and they all exclaimed.

After listening to Li Xiuyuan's breakthrough, he understood the seriousness of this matter.

Compared with the survival of a Guobei City, Jinling City is obviously much more important, so it is no wonder that the soldiers of the imperial court will run to Jinling City.

"In this way, the disaster relief is fake, and the stability of the situation is real, so the imperial court sent the military department to serve the soldiers, not the household department, the ritual department, or a certain prince to come to the disaster relief. Ning Caichen said with wide eyes.

"No matter how mediocre the court is, there are still smart people who can see through the situation at a glance. Li Xiuyuan nodded: "So we still have to find a way to deal with the plague." ”

"The plague has spread, how can it be cured?" Wang Ping asked.

Li Xiuyuan asked, "What about the short-term workers I recruited before, and where did they go?" ”

"Brother Li, don't mention it, as soon as you left, someone shouted for wages the next day, but they couldn't find you, they all felt cheated, and they were almost rushed into your house to empty the things on the house, fortunately, Lord Fu of the imperial court arrived in time to stop the turmoil, and each person was given some food, and a little silver money was used to quell the riot. Zhu Yu smiled bitterly: "We are really useless scholars, and we are powerless in the face of riots." ”

Li Xiuyuan frowned and pondered, he felt that this matter was a little strange.

As soon as I left, everything appeared, digging up corpses, making trouble, riots, plagues...... And when he came, the overall situation was decided, and there was only a lifeless Guo Beicheng in front of him.

Coincidence, what a coincidence.

It seems that this kind of thing is waiting for him, and when he leaves Guo Beicheng, he will break out together.

It's normal to look at everything, but it's not normal when you smoke it together.

Although he was away for a few days, it was not for long.

After thinking for a while, Li Xiuyuan raised his head suddenly and said: "It's getting late, let's go back to the guest room to rest first, let me think about the countermeasures, and discuss it tomorrow, you can still stick to the city when the epidemic occurs, it is enough to see that you have the heart to sacrifice your life for righteousness, here, Li Xiuyuan thanked you." ”

After speaking, he got up and solemnly bowed to a few friends.

The plague is all over the city, and not everyone has the courage to live here, which requires great determination.

Everyone knows that once you get infected with the plague, you are likely to die.

"Brother Li's words are serious. ”

Everyone's faces changed, and they hurriedly got up and saluted back: "Brother Li is benevolent, righteous and loving the people, and he will help the disaster of a city with his own strength, and we just have some spare strength, and besides, this epidemic is caused by our unfavorable management, Brother Li is not ashamed of us and others this time." ”

After this disaster relief, everyone was convinced and admired by Li Xiuyuan.

It's not Li Xiuyuan, the casualties in the city are not the only thing, now that there is a plague, they feel ashamed, they just blame themselves for being careless, otherwise how could the good situation in the city become like this.

"We won't say much polite words, but now that it's late at night, let's go back and rest first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. Li Xiuyuan saw that everyone was in a bad mood, so he said again.

After arranging for a friend to go to the guest room to rest, he went to the backyard with a somewhat tired body.

Instead of resting, I went to the gazebo to meditate and regain my energy.

"The plague is strange, and you have to ask the ghosts and gods to determine whether this is a real plague or if there is a demon at work. Li Xiuyuan said secretly in his heart.

Tomorrow he plans to go to the City God Temple.

Iron Mountain, blue-faced Yin soldiers and black-faced Yin soldiers and other ghosts and gods are still entrenched in the City God Temple, and they should know a little about the things in the city.

There is also his own uncle, Mu Daoren, and I don't know if the catastrophe has passed.

There were too many distracting thoughts, and it became a little difficult for him to even enter the meditation, and it took a while to get rid of the distracting thoughts and practice in the bright moonlight.

The moon is clear and the sun is rainbow, and there are dragons and tigers.

It was originally the method of cultivating immortals, the way of immortality, but it fell into the hands of Li Xiuyuan, but it has always been a substitute for sleeping.