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Chapter 80
This send-off went relatively smoothly.

In just five days, all the heroic spirits and female relatives of Xingluo County were sent home.

In Longyuan City, Ren Ning and Lei Er were rarely free, and were shopping after dinner.

The streets are full of traffic and people come and go.

"Why don't you stay at home for a few days?" Ren Ning asked.

This time, Lei Er's elder brother Lei Yi was also in the coffin of fifteen people.He had just brought the coffin home, but he ran out in less than half a day.

Lei Er bought a bunch of roadside snacks and was eating them with relish.

He didn't even raise his head, "It's boring at home, weeping and crying all day long. I'm upset when I hear it, so I might as well come out and stay with my brothers."

Ren Ning nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"What about you, old Ren?" Lei Er asked back: "The team will go to Yingchuan County tomorrow. Since it's not far away, why don't you go back to the ancestral house of your Ren clan?"

"Why?" Ren Ning smiled.

"I grew up in the imperial capital, and this is the first time I have set foot on the land of Xingluo. I am completely unfamiliar with the people here. I guess no one will know me when I go there, so I won't go to join in the fun."

He didn't plan to go back to Ren's ancestral house to join in the fun, but some outsiders eagerly came over.

On the opposite side of the street, the third prince, Chen Xiuzhu, rode a tall horse, and waved at Ren Ning and the two with a happy face.

Lei Er's tone was weird, and he lowered his voice.

"It's been so long since the Qingming Festival, and the third prince hasn't returned to the imperial capital, and he often 'runs into' us these few days. He is not afraid of the taboo of the imperial capital."

After all, he is the commander, so Ren Ning knows better.

"During the Qingming Dynasty, the royal family sent three princes back to offer sacrifices to the ancestors. Later, when they learned that there was an epidemic in Yunzhong County next door, the other two princes ran back to the imperial capital early. Only this Chen Xiuzhu asked to stay to appease people's hearts."

"Comfort? Hehe." Lei Er smiled disdainfully, "Here in Longyuan City? Shouldn't we go to Yunzhong County?"

At this time, Chen Xiuzhu's guards had already walked over, "Commander Ren and Second Young Master Lei, my Highness invites you two to go to the restaurant to drink and listen to music."

Ren Ning frowned.

In the past few days, he has refused several times on the grounds of his duties.The two looked up to see that the weather was not good before refusing, and then walked over.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three of them entered a restaurant not far away together.

The restaurant is luxuriously decorated, and there are even beautiful dancers twisting their waists on the stage, which is quite a bit like a bar in later generations.It's just that the dancers didn't show so much, and there was no deafening background dance music blasting the streets.

The three of them went to the private seats on the second floor and sat down as the guest of honor.

There is no electronic sound, the door is closed, and the lounge is quiet.

The shopkeeper recognized Chen Xiuzhu, so he hurriedly bowed his waist and came over to greet him personally.

After serving the wine and fruit plate, Chen Xiuzhu opened his mouth.

He was half-joking and half-serious, "Cousin Ren came back from the west border all the way. These days, he has been running around to send spirits. It's been hard work. But don't forget to go back to the Ren Family Ancestral Temple to offer incense."

Ren Ning and Lei Er looked at each other.

Most of the noble families in the imperial capital are related by marriage, so it's not surprising that Chen Xiuzhu called Ren Ning's cousin or something.

But presumably Chen Xiuzhu also knows the details of Ren Ning.He is an illegitimate child, and there is no genealogy of the current family.It is inevitable that the other party calls him so affectionately because he is in a high position.

"The emperor's destiny is greater than the sky, and the family is just a trivial matter in comparison. When the duties on the body are over, if there is still time, Ren Ning will return to the ancestral hall to visit."

Lei Er nodded while stuffing peanuts into his mouth.

"What Lao Ren said is true. There is no rush to offer incense, of course, the most important thing is to send the spirit. It took me less than half a day to send my brother's coffin back to my hometown, and I hurried out to help."

Ren Ning silently wiped his sweat from the bottom of his heart.

He replaced wine with tea, chatted for a few more words, and asked, "Third Highness, if all goes well, our team will only have to go to Yunzhong County in four or five days. I wonder how the epidemic situation is going over there?"

It seemed that the table full of wine and food couldn't stop Lei Er's words, and he had already taken over the conversation.

"Old Ren, you have to ask His Highness about this?" He ate the food on the table like a storm, "I think Yunzhong County should have been fine for a long time.""

"Look at Xingluo. The common people should eat and play. It seems that they don't know what the epidemic is. If you say that the common people don't know, they are not afraid. It's reasonable."

"Third Highness should be clear about the situation. Therefore, Yunzhong County should be fine soon."

Chen Xiuzhu was speechless, so he had to say a few vague words to fool him.

Neither said it was getting better nor that it wasn't getting better.

Ren Ning was the security commander and was responsible for the entire team, so he didn't dare to fool around like this.

He stared intently at Chen Xiuzhu, "Third Highness, the ancestors said that there will be a great epidemic after a catastrophe, or when there is a shortage of food, the people will easily catch the epidemic by eating carelessly to fill their stomachs."

"There hasn't been any major disasters in Yunzhong County these years. A few months ago, it was just around the Chinese New Year. How could there be a seasonal epidemic?"

"This..." Chen Xiuzhu spread his hands with a wry smile, "Father has ordered the imperial doctors to come over to investigate the origin. But the most important thing at the moment is to save the people and control the epidemic, and let everything else go first. Therefore, what exactly caused it?" The exact time of the epidemic is still unclear."

Lei Er next to him couldn't wait to say again: "Then our team will be able to enter Yunzhong County in a few days. I finally took a vacation, and I want to have a good experience with the old God, so don't get stuck here and never finish it." Task."

Chen Xiuzhu had a headache, so he glared at the goofy guy angrily, "Don't worry, Mr. Lei, you can definitely get in if you go in."

As for whether it will come out, it is hard to say.

The three of them chatted for a long while.Seeing that it was getting late, Ren Ning left with Lei Er on the pretext of going back to the county captain's mansion to check the team situation.

In the restaurant, Chen Xiuzhu stood by the window sill, watching Ren Ning and the two walk away slowly,

"Your Highness, this illegitimate son of the Ren family is too ignorant of current affairs."

"It's a bit." Chen Xiuzhu nodded, and his tone changed: "Have you found out what that thing called a telescope is like?"

The guard shook his head, "Lord Lieutenant asked people to go through the entire convoy carefully, and found nothing unusual. Presumably this kind of treasure should be carried with him."

"There was nothing particularly obvious about him just now."

The guard hesitated for a moment, "Except for the two short knives around his waist, there is nothing unusual about it."

"Two daggers?"

"There are two, one of which is murderous even in its sheath. The other..." The guard looked at the gorgeous sword on Chen Xiuzhu's waist, and didn't say any more.

After straightening his clothes, Chen Xiuzhu said: "Go and investigate carefully. You must find out what is going on with this telescope."

Ren Ning didn't know this.

The next day, he left Lei Er to look after the female relatives and ashes of Yunzhong County.On the other hand, he and Ma Dali led the team to Yingchuan County in the southeast.

Five days later, Ren Ning and a small soldier delivered the last jar of ashes, and the two were about to ride back to the capital of Yingchuan.

He glanced at it inadvertently, and frowned suddenly.

On the left front is an ordinary village.The crying in the village was loud, and some families hung up white flags and were doing funeral affairs.

Under the golden finger, there was a faint red in the crowd dressed in sackcloth and filial piety.

Ren Ning's heart skipped a beat.

He stared closely at a middle-aged man who had just turned from yellow to red, watching his red value slowly rise from 1 to 30.After he touched the door frame, he also started to turn red after a while.

A young child from the neighbor ran over and leaned against the door frame to look inside curiously.

Not long after, his color also began to change from yellow to red, and the value slowly increased.

Epidemic!

I don't know where it has spread to Yingchuan County, and even further.

(End of this chapter)