On the same midsummer night, Shuzhong, thousands of miles away, is more sultry and humid than Wang. Such conditions are not suitable for recuperation, so in the middle of the night, you can always hear endless moans in the streets and alleys. chant.
The main cause of the plague was flooding.
Shuzhong is located in the basin, and most of the bends are not smooth, especially the nearby section that is the most likely to burst the embankment. In previous years, it was the focus of rectification. In the spring tide, the already crumbling berm was officially declared dead. After being flooded, there were too many casualties and there was no clean water source, so epidemics arose.
But the current situation is much better than expected. Due to Chu Jinglan's decisive action of closing down the city, the plague has not spread, and the city has been divided into two districts, north and south. The north district is rushing to repair the berm. Only healthy people can enter the operation center of the goods and materials. The southern area houses people infected with the epidemic. The periphery is separated by carbine guns and heavily guarded.
Every time I entered the southern district, it was a kind of torture. The houses collapsed, the corpses lay on the road, and the ruined temples and ancestral halls were full of people lying on their sides. The water kept wailing, like a purgatory on earth, even an experienced old doctor changed his face when he saw such a scene.
Anyone who has been to the South District must take medicine and smoke mugwort, and they are not allowed to enter the North District for a short time, so Lu Heng spends most of the time at the junction to facilitate the treatment of patients. It can be counted that he and Chu Jinglan have not seen each other for several days. face.
Chu Jinglan was not idle either, and slept for less than ten hours in all these days.
I was sleepy, but I couldn't sleep well. I woke up after leaning on the back of my chair for a while. What I remembered in my heart was either the fortifications on the embankment or the epidemic in the southern district. I also had to spend time staring at the newly dug canals. He was tired, but fortunately, the people below were more capable, which gave him time to breathe after working hard, but as soon as he sat down to rest, another thing came to his mind.
I haven't received Ye Huaiyang's letter for five days.
Because of the need to keep secrets, the letters between them were sent together when the Yejia caravan was delivering supplies. They were always on time. As usual, Tang Qingfeng should put the letter on his desk at this point. .
The long finger that tapped on the desk suddenly stopped, and he swung up and walked towards the Ye Family Merchant by himself.
It was just night outside, and there were still a few dark blue traces on the sky. As time passed, they gradually smudged out like an ink painting, until it was so thick that the boundaries could not be discerned. The city was still dimly lit, and it was so dark that it was impossible to see the road under your feet, but the closer you got to the destination, the brighter the light became.
At this moment, the guys in the store were still carrying goods, and because there were not many people, they were very busy. They shuttled back and forth on the way from the door to the warehouse without stopping. The bluestone road was covered with sweat, leaving dark black marks.
The big shopkeeper Ye Rong was directing them, so he didn't have time to pay attention, but a long black shadow suddenly appeared in the corner of his eye. .
"See Your Majesty."
Chu Jinglan nodded slightly, glanced over the piles of boxes at the door, and asked inadvertently, "Is this the supplies shipped from the royal capital?"
Ye Rong frowned when he heard his question, showing a hint of worry, "Back to the lord, this is from Guanzhou, I don't know what's going on in the capital, and there is no letter when the goods arrive, old man. Nuzheng finds it strange, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be so late..."
Chu Jinglan's heartbeat stagnated, and just as he was about to ask more carefully, a tall and straight figure suddenly walked out of the store, wearing armor and pulling a sword, walking steadily, which was out of tune with this environment. Originally, he was going to go west. Seeing Chu Jinglan standing at the door, he couldn't help but stop and raise his eyebrows and asked, "It's getting dark, what are you doing here?"
Just a few words, but Ye Rong was shocked into a cold sweat - the eldest young master is too disrespectful of etiquette, how can he speak to the prince like this? Fearing that Chu Jinglan would get angry, he hurriedly made a round in a good voice: "Eldest young master, the prince is here to ask if the supplies in the capital have arrived."
Ye Huaili originally wanted to say that she would send it to you, but she suddenly realized that what Chu Jinglan wanted was not the supplies to help the victims, but the letter Ye Huaiyang handwritten to him in the supplies. letter. Thinking of this, his emotions suddenly became a little complicated, but he still said frankly: "I can't contact the team from Wangdu for the time being, and it may take another two days."
"Has anyone else asked?"
This sentence stopped Ye Huaili. He brought troops over to repair the embankment to help the defense. Today, he walked around his shop when he was free. He didn't understand it so well, but Ye Rong was the old shopkeeper here. Now, I usually see things from six directions and listen to all directions, so I can understand these things clearly, and immediately replied in a low voice: "I have asked, and the other few who stick here have not received the goods from the capital."
Not only did Chu Jinglan feel that something was wrong, Ye Huaili also began to beat drums in her heart. The two looked at each other with a tacit worry.
The routes of these shops are not the same, it is impossible to delay on the road at the same time, the only possibility is that there is a problem with the capital as the starting point, and they have not heard any news, which is too strange.
Just thinking about it, the soldier in charge of the city defense ran over from a distance and panted: "Your Highness, General, there is a scholar surnamed Pei outside the city asking to see him, saying he came from the capital..."
Before the words were finished, the expressions of the two changed slightly, and they blurted out at the same time: "Bring him here!"
The soldier got the order and immediately ran back the same way. He soon took someone with him. He couldn't see his face in the dark sky, but he was messy and dusty. It was obvious that he had come from a long distance. Chu Jinglan walked forward. In two steps, he slammed down to his feet with one stride, his Adam's apple rolled twice, and he spat out two hoarse and heavy words.
"My lord!"
Chu Jinglan no longer cared about how much dust he had on his body and how tired his face was, he pulled him up and asked loudly, "What happened?"
Pei Yuanshu's lips trembled, and he used all his strength to squeeze out a sentence: "The Xie family has been exterminated, and the princess... was taken away by the forbidden army..."
Hearing this, the two of them were suddenly struck like five thunders, unable to move for a long time.
Chu Jinglan's hand involuntarily loosened, Pei Yuanshu slipped to the ground, and was stunned by the thing in his arms. He woke up like a dream, and tremblingly took out the scroll that was tightly guarded all the way, and raised his hands above his head. Presented to Chu Jinglan.
"My lord, the emperor's widow has been found, and the teacher asked me to hand it over to you..."
The orange halo shone straight on the scroll in his hand, and the dazzling color stabbed Chu Jinglan's eyes slightly. He thought he should be ecstatic or treat it like a treasure, but he snatched it almost rudely, then turned around and walked towards the city gate.
"My lord!"
Pei Yuanshu hurriedly got up and chased after two steps, but he had no strength in his legs after traveling for days, so he couldn't catch up with Chu Jinglan. At this moment, Lu Heng and Tang Qingfeng arrived, one of them stopped in front of Chu Jinglan with doubts on their faces. look at this scene.
"What's wrong?"
No one answered Lu Heng's words, Chu Jinglan ordered Tang Qingfeng directly: "mobilize all the shadow guards and return to the capital."
Lu Heng finally realized that something was wrong, stopped Tang Qingfeng with one hand, and carefully scanned the faces of the people present, and concluded that something had happened to Wang Du.
Then Chu Jinglan couldn't let Chu Jinglan go back and throw himself in the net.
He persuaded very calmly: "Since the matter has been exposed, we can't come according to the original plan, and we should return to the north to deploy troops as soon as possible."
"Yang'er is in their hands, I have to go back." Chu Jinglan waved him away coldly, but he grabbed him with a backhand.
"You're crazy! Going back is a dead end!" Lu Heng didn't expect him to be so irrational, so he patiently persuaded him, "Do you think she would want you to risk such a big risk to save her?"
"that's not important."
"What's so important!" Lu Heng's forehead twitched in anger.
"It's important for her to be alive." After speaking, Chu Jinglan shook off his hand and strode forward without looking back. She looked decisive, like a sharp sword unsheathed, pointing directly at the capital. Lu Heng was stunned for a moment, his eyes swept across the bright yellow scroll in his hand, and he suddenly understood everything.
He prepared with both hands, and he couldn't save Ye Huaiyang, so he exchanged his own life and will.
Over the years, whether it was fighting with the army or seeking power to seize power, he has always been well-versed in his plans, and he is as stable as a rock. How could he have been so uncertain as he is today? Ye Huaiyang really made him lose his mind and go crazy...
Thinking of this, Lu Heng couldn't help shouting, "Now I really don't know if she's here to help you or to destroy you!"
Chu Jinglan paused in footsteps and did not look back, but his faint voice penetrated Lu Heng's ears like thunder.
"A-Heng, the Xie family has been wiped out."
Lu Heng froze suddenly, and it took a long time for him to react. His heart couldn't stop falling, and he fell into the bottomless abyss with violent contractions. He was in a panic and didn't know the end, and then his chest seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't breathe. Breathing in, it gradually hurts to the point of bursting.
Xie Yun... dead
Lu Heng didn't seem to feel the impact of this incident on him yet, but Chu Jinglan stopped talking, because he knew that if Ye Huaiyang was delayed for one more second, Ye Huaiyang would suffer one more crime, and he couldn't stay any longer. . So he performed light work and quickly swept to the city gate, where there were ready-made horses, and he could rush to the capital in no time. As for everything in Shu, whether it was life or death, it had nothing to do with him.
The people of Jiangshan are not as important as her.
The wind whistled in his ears, the light and shadow were like shuttles, and he didn't know when it was mixed with another body, as vigorous as a leopard, and went hand in hand with him. He didn't turn his head to look, but heard the man's extremely depressed voice.
"If Yang'er has three strengths and two weaknesses, I will never let you go."
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