Jun Huailang's high fever continued for three days, and he did not improve at all.
The longer you have a fever, the easier it is to lose consciousness. On the third day, Jun Huailang already felt that a fire was burning in his brain, making him unable to distinguish east, west, north, south, and sometimes hallucinations.
He had to hold on to his sobriety for a few quarters of hours, and went to get the food and soup and medicine that Jinbao had placed outside the screen. After drinking the medicine, he listened to the officials outside to report to him the situation in the city.
Fortunately, they responded in a timely manner. Although the epidemic was still spreading in the city, the sick people were gathered in one place for the first time. After the Jinling House temporarily blocked the dam, all the gold and silver grains were used for the epidemic, so there was no large-scale riot in the city.
But now, many people still get sick every day, and some officials in Jinling Mansion are also infected with the disease. Yesterday, the governor's mansion also brought out a few feverish servants. Even though there was no turmoil in Jinling mansion for the time being, people were still panicking and everyone was in danger.
Some people even began to look for some earthen recipes and secretly found people to practice magic at home. After one family or two started doing it, more people followed suit.
As more people practiced the technique, rumors began to rise.
Why does Jinling inexplicably produce epidemics? That's because the evil star came to Jinling this year. That evil star has always overcome parents and brothers, wherever he goes, disasters suddenly arise.
Originally, when he was in Yanyun, Yandi was inexplicably defeated and fell into the hands of the Turks. Fortunately, there was a real dragon in Chang'an, so there was no big trouble. Now, when the evil star came to Jinling, the epidemic also came naturally.
The rumors were so clamorous that they almost didn't say directly that the disaster was caused by Xue Yan, the king of Guangling.
However, it didn't take long for the rumors to spread, and it was suppressed by Duke Yongning.
At this time, Xue Yan had already arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River.
As he expected, when they all arrived in Shandong, they immediately caught the local officials by surprise. They rushed quickly, reaching Shandong two days earlier than the usual hasty march.
At that time, the supplies had just arrived in Shandong, and the prefect of Shandong was in full swing, in the name of rest and inspection, to transport the food and grass on the car to the treasury in Shandong, and then filled the car with straw to recharge.
When Xue Yan arrived, he happened to arrest one of them. After notifying the Shandong governor, they arrested all the people, and personally sent the officials who escorted the supplies, together with the memorial, to Chang'an overnight.
He ran two horses to death overnight, and finally, at dawn, he tied all the corrupt officials to the Golden Palace, and handed them to Emperor Qing Ping together with the memorial in front of the civil and military officials.
Sure enough, Emperor Qingping was furious.
Immediately, he issued an imperial decree in front of the court to escort the officials to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and let the minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Master Jiang try together.
This is regarded as directly handing over the officials of the Xu family's faction to the Jiang family's hands.
After finishing this, Xue Yan didn't stay long, so he was about to rush back.
Emperor Qingping tried his best to keep him. Originally, he sent Xue Yan to Jiangnan because he was worried about Duke Yongning. Now that there is even more trouble, Emperor Qing Ping also recovered a little for a while, and found that he was put together by the Jiang family.
That being the case, he naturally no longer wants his son to run for thousands of miles to go to the disaster-stricken place.
"You stay, and by the way, try the prisoners you brought back for the first trial." Emperor Qingping said.
Xue Yan glanced at Mrs. Jiang, who was standing beside him, neither humble nor arrogant.
This kind of high-ranking literati officials from the imperial examinations, although it is a little difficult and troublesome on weekdays, but also likes to gang up to eliminate dissidents. But at this time, this kind of person is also the most reassuring.
With a high position and authority like Mrs. Jiang, there would never be any danger because of this incident, otherwise, the Xu family would have brought him down long ago.
In the same way, he won't show favoritism at all, and won't let Xue Yan worry at all.
"Imperial Father trusts Mrs. Jiang, and my son doesn't need to do more." Xue Yan folded his fists and bowed, his voice a little hoarse because he had been traveling all night. "Jiangnan is in a hurry. Now that the official in charge has gone wrong again, I am really worried about my son staying in Chang'an."
He naturally has nothing to worry about about Jiangnan's troubles. But when he thought that Jun Huailang might not eat or sleep properly while he was away, he felt uneasy.
When Emperor Qing Ping heard the words, his eyes were red with emotion.
Early this morning, Xue Yan suddenly returned, bringing back such a big case. If Xue Yan didn't care about the people when he was in Jiangnan and was in a hurry to go north to meet the grain and grass, he would not have broken through their embezzlement. See the ancestors
Fortunately, Xue Yan allowed Jiangnan to save the life-saving food and money.
However, because of this incident, the civil and military officials were silent, and no one dared to touch this hot potato that was a natural disaster, and now the Xu family has been folded into it.
When Emperor Qing Ping saw this situation, he felt a little difficult for a while.
The disaster situation in Jiangnan is so urgent, it is really difficult to pick out someone who is in danger.
Unexpectedly, Xue Yan stood up again at this time.
Now, Emperor Qingping is not worried at all.
Compared with civil and military officials, he still trusts his son more. Among his sons, the one he used the most was Xue Yan.
So, Emperor Qingping didn't even think about it, and immediately ordered Xue Yan to be fully responsible for the flood disaster in Jiangnan, and he personally escorted grain and grass and returned to Jiangnan for disaster relief.
Immediately, the courtroom shook, and the officials looked at each other in dismay, thinking about it in their hearts.
The King of Guangling personally arrested the corrupt officials this time, and now he has full authority to deal with the floods in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as he does not go wrong this time and handles the floods properly, then the credit and reputation will be high.
Originally, there was a fourth prince in Chang'an who could compete with him, but now, there is no prince who can surpass him in the limelight.
For a time, everyone had their own calculations and calculations.
Xue Yan had no time to pay attention to their thoughts. He clasped his fists and pushed, thanked him lightly, and turned his head to leave.
But at this moment, a eunuch sent an urgent report.
"Report! Your Majesty! Jinling made a rush, saying that the epidemic broke out in Jiangnan, and the situation is urgent. Please make a decision!"
Xue Yan's footsteps stopped.
Immediately afterwards, the amber eyes were swollen and burst out with sharp rays of light, with a stern look, and swept straight towards the eunuch.
The eunuch shivered all over, only to feel that the king of hell was strangling his throat. He glanced cautiously at Xue Yan, and saw those sharp eyes staring straight at the jingu in his hand.
In those eyes, blood flashed.
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No one has ever tried it, and drove from Chang'an to Jinling in three days.
But on the third day, Xue Yan's horse had already run to the riverside in the north of Jinling City.
For three days in a row, he slept without rest, driving day after night. Even the well-trained Jin Yiwei by his side would not be able to bear it, not to mention the imperial physicians and famous doctors in Beijing and Chinese who were brought on the carriage behind him, who had long been beaten and ill.
Xue Yan didn't seem to respond at all, and just kept on the road.
Most of the guards in Jinyi stayed in Shandong, responsible for escorting food and grass, and the rest followed Xue Yan and brought the imperial doctor back to rescue the disaster.
They changed horses for several rounds along the way, barely able to maintain the speed, but people couldn't stand it.
However, even so, none of them dared to say anything.
Because they all saw that the state of the master these days was extremely terrifying.
He didn't sleep for several days and didn't look tired, but his eyes were red and bloodshot.
He didn't say a word along the way, just covered his head and walked on the road, even if the Jinyiwei were all slow-witted gentlemen, he could see a bit of meaning for a while.
When they reached the edge of the Yangtze River and waited for the transit boat, a Jin Yiwei bumped into the team leader beside him and whispered, "Hey... You said that the girl that the prince likes is in Jinling?"
The captain glared at him quickly and silenced him.
But following closely, he looked at Xue Yan.
Seeing that Xue Yan turned his back to the crowd, staring at the Yangtze River without saying a word, as if he was about to look through the wide surging river.
The team leader nodded slightly, and the doubts of the other party's subordinates were taken seriously.
This morning, when the sky was bright, Xue Yan entered Jinling City.
The city was chilling at this time, even though it was bright, there were no pedestrians on the street, and there was a bitter medicinal smell in the air. Only a team of masked officials knocked on the door one by one, took the money from the door of each household, and put rice and grain for them.
- This is also the method that Prince Yongning came up with two days ago.
On a solemn and quiet street, there was only the sound of the hooves of Xue Yan and his party, which came from the city gate all the way through Jinling Mansion, but did not stop at all, and rushed all the way into the Governor's Mansion.
In the main hall of the Governor's Mansion, Duke Yongning and the Prefect of Shen are discussing matters.
How many people have a high fever every day, and how much medicine and how much food should be allocated, all these need to be calculated daily. Now the situation in the city is urgent, and the two of them are busy all day long, unable to rest for a few hours every day.
And at this time, Shen Liufeng was also here.
"You don't want to mess with me!" Shen Zhifu said angrily. "Now that the epidemic in the city is so severe, where do you want to go?!"
Shen Liufeng was arguing with his uncle, "You let me go to Yangzhou, and I will be able to find that genius doctor again!"
Shen Zhifu was in a hurry: "What are you doing nonsense! So many famous doctors in Jiangnan are now in Jinling, and the imperial doctor will be dispatched from Beijing soon. What trouble are you making?"
Duke Yongning sat aside, holding the account book in his hand, and said nothing.
If you look closely, you can see his red eyes and tightly pursed lips.
His own child was infected with the epidemic, and he was naturally the most anxious and distressed.
But Jun Huailang himself issued a death order, not allowing anyone to see him. Duke Yongning knew that his son was worried that the disease in him would spread to others. He was in a position of high authority, and he was in contact with the core officials of Jinling, but if he got contaminated, Jinling would lose even a principal.
Therefore, Duke Yongning could only endure it, waiting for them to deal with the epidemic in Jinling and find an antidote to save his life.
Eunuch Yongning was anxious, but he also knew that what Shen Liufeng said about the miracle doctor was extremely unfounded and totally unfounded.
However, Shen Liufeng argued with reason.
"What's wrong with me!" he exclaimed. "Huailang has been ill for a few days. If he continues to burn like this, wouldn't he burn everyone down..."
Just then, there was a sound from the door.
When a few people looked out, they saw Xue Yan standing there in the dust.
His robes were not very messy, but his eyes were bloodshot and his lips were chapped. He stared closely at the few people in the room, his hands were hanging by his side, and the back of his hands were full of blue veins.
For a while, there was silence all around.
Jinyi guards and horses were still parked outside the door. Just now, Xue Yan actually rode his horse all the way through the courtyard to the council hall.
His eyes swept across the crowd, and although he didn't move, he was like a wild beast locked in a cage.
Finally, his eyes were fixed on Shen Liufeng and he opened his mouth.
"You said just now, what happened to Jun Huailang?" His voice was frighteningly hoarse. "Where is he."