Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

Chapter 184 Pestilence, Favor Debt

Bei'an City.

Under the protection of the night, several black-clothed and masked figures sneaked into a courtyard.

This courtyard looks like a wealthy family, with three entrances and three exits. Although the decoration is not very luxurious, it is very delicate and full of the precipitation of time.

In the dead of night, the owner of the courtyard has fallen asleep, only a few lamps sitting on the eaves, exuding weak light.

Several black-clothed and masked figures searched the courtyard, and finally stopped by the well platform.

Then, under the silent communication of several people, one of them took out a porcelain bottle and poured a drop of purple-brown liquid into the well.

The purple-brown liquid looked extraordinarily eerie under the dim moonlight, and fell into the well along with the liquid.

There are ripples on the surface of the water in the well, and the shadow of the moon in the well is hazy and alluring.

After finishing all this, several black-clothed and masked figures quietly left the well platform.

The night was still dark, and the courtyard was still as quiet as usual.

However, after those figures left, a masked figure in black appeared beside the well.

He looked into the well, and found nothing unusual, then fetched a bucket, took out a bucket of water from the well, and filled a porcelain bottle of well water.

"What are these guys doing?"

"Poison!"

"The owner of this house is not a person, why did he poison here?"

The man in black looked around and said to himself.

Afterwards, he checked again and left the courtyard after seeing that there were no other abnormalities.

After leaving the courtyard, he continued to follow the trail of the men in black, only to find that they had left a drop of purple-brown liquid in the well water in many courtyards in the city.

Until dawn, those people in black stopped and hid in an ordinary house.

But at dawn, when he discovered the hiding places of the men in black, he was exposed.

"who!"

In an ordinary house, there was a cold shout.

The man in black who was sticking to the corner heard a sharp sound of piercing through the air, and before he had time to think about it, the man in black immediately pulled back.

The next moment, a snow-white sword edge pierced through the wall. If he was a little slower, the sword would leave a hole in his body.

"Depend on!"

The man in black cursed inwardly, turned around and ran away.

But just as he turned around, more than a dozen people jumped out of the wall.

"stop!"

The cold shout made the man in black sweat on his forehead, and he immediately ran towards the street in the distance.

Clang! !

A crisp sword chirping sounded.

The long sword flew, and with a splash, the long sword pierced directly into the shoulder of the man in black.

The fleeing figure of the man in black staggered and almost fell, but he still insisted on fleeing towards the street.

"Killed!"

When approaching the street, the man in black suddenly shouted at the top of his voice.

A shrill cry broke the silent dawn.

All those who were chasing after him paused for a moment.

Several people looked at each other, and one of them said coldly: "Go!"

The next moment, a dozen people disappeared into the alley.

And the man in black also crossed the street and entered the narrow alley.

Then, the sound of hurried footsteps sounded on the long street, and a group of soldiers in armor ran quickly.

"My lord, didn't you find it?"

"My lord, there is blood here!"

The soldiers searched the alleys on both sides of the street, and suddenly found blood on the ground.

Seeing this, the leading banner officer had a gloomy expression on his face.

"Damn it, these bastards dare to use force in my Bei'an city!"

What is Bei'an City?
This is one of the four major moats in Kyoto.

There are 20 soldiers stationed inside and outside the city.

But in the recent period, there are many warriors doing things in the city every night, which makes them feel very aggrieved by the battalion patrolling the night.

Warriors who dare to do things in Bei'an City must not be weak, and it is not an easy task for them to deal with such warriors.

Especially in the city, there are houses and gardens everywhere, and those warriors are flying around, making them really hard to catch.

"Come on, report this matter to the general immediately!"

The flag officer was also very helpless, so he could only report the matter to the higher authorities first. As for what happened next, it was out of his control.

……

Kyoto West City.

Qin Wei sat under the shade of a tree in the courtyard.

Ever since meeting Eunuch Lu, Qin Wei has been living in seclusion for the past few days, always paying attention to the reaction in the imperial city.

After a few days, Qin Wei breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was nothing abnormal in the imperial city.

This already shows that Eunuch Lu did not report his affairs to Lihuang, which means that his alliance with Eunuch Lu is effective.

"Eunuch Lu has settled it, the next step is the chief assistant of the cabinet, Ji Yuanchen!"

Under the shade of the tree, Qin Wei sat on the rocking chair and swayed gently. His eyes were slightly closed, thinking about his next plan.

There is no such thing as saying that civil affairs are more important than military affairs, but in the court hall, the voice of civil officials is louder than that of military officials.

In particular, the status of the cabinet is higher than that of the Governor's Mansion, because the cabinet is the highest staff and decision-making body of Emperor Li. All the memorials in Dali are collected by the Minister of General Affairs, and the Supervisor of Rites reports to the emperor for review, and then handed over to the cabinet , The cabinet is responsible for drafting the opinions on handling, and then the supervisor of rituals will submit the opinions to the emperor for approval.

Therefore, the cabinet has the right to propose and make decisions on all affairs of Dali. This point alone cannot be compared to that of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Ji Yuanchen is the most important thing in the court. Although he does not have the name of a prime minister, he has the reality of a prime minister.

If Qin Wei wants to inherit the throne in the future, he must get the support of Ji Yuanchen. Without Ji Yuanchen's support, even if he sits on the throne, he will be backlashed by civil officials.

However, he had already made up his mind on how to win over Ji Yuanchen.

Ji Yuanchen still owes him a favor.

"Your Highness, what you asked for has been brought!"

At this time, Xiao Shunzi came to Qin Wei holding a wooden box, and Qin Wei stood up and opened the wooden box.

Inside the wooden box is a pair of calligraphy and painting, in which is written a famous Fu in this world, "Fu of Wu De".

There are more than a hundred characters eloquently, such as a group of crocodiles playing in the sea, dancing cranes swimming in the sky, and the pen is flowing like clouds and water, which is pleasing to the eye.

The inscribed name is Xiyuan.

Xiyuan is Ji Yuanchen's pen name.

At the beginning, Qin Wei was the commander of the Zhenwu Division in the capital, and he caused a lot of troubles in the capital. He even took care of Cheng Guogong and Dali Temple Qing Jiangyuan, which made all the civil and military officials in the court panic.

For this reason, Ji Yuanchen wrote this word, hoping that Qin Wei could restrain himself a little.

Back then, Qin Wei didn't pay much attention to this kind of favor, so he left this word in the palace, and he didn't expect to use it today.

After appreciating Ji Yuanchen's calligraphy, Qin Wei thought about it, and took a pen and ink to write a letter.

"Send them to Ji Yuanchen's mansion."

Qin Wei ordered.

"Here!"

Xiao Shunzi replied.

After Xiao Shunzi left, Qin Wei lay down on the rocking chair under the shade of the tree again.

It's hot and dry in Kyoto in July, making Qin Wei a lot more lazy.

Just when Qin Wei wanted to be lazy, Zhao Gao quietly appeared in the courtyard.

"Meet Your Highness!"

"sit!"

Qin Wei pointed to the seat next to him without raising his head, and said casually.

Zhao Gao sat down and said softly, "Your Highness, we have found some abnormalities in Bei'an City!"

"What's abnormal?" Qin Wei turned to look at him.

Zhao Gao said: "We found that someone was poisoning everywhere in Bei'an City."

Hearing this, Qin Wei sat up, "Poisoned?"

He wasn't wrinkled.

"Well, they poisoned the well water of many houses in Bei'an City." Zhao Gao said.

"What poison?"

"A plague!"

The pupils in Qin Wei's eyes suddenly narrowed.

Depend on!
They actually used biochemical weapons!

This shit is too disrespectful of martial arts.

Pestilence, that is, a poison that can create plagues.

The theory of elixir in this world is very developed, and it is many times stronger than the traditional Chinese medicine on the earth in the previous life.

Similarly, poisons are used very frequently in this world, let alone Mongolian sweat medicines, such as Gu poison, plague poison, blood poison, etc. All kinds of poisons are strange and terrifying.

Pills that consume one's own potential and improve one's cultivation, such as Yuan Devouring Pill and Xuesha Pill, are actually poisonous.

Another example is in the southern barbarian countries, many wizards are good at raising Gu and Gu poison.

And many people in the South China Sea Islands are good at pestilence.

"Can you restrain it?" Qin Wei asked nervously.

Plague is no joke. If there is an outbreak of plague around Kyoto, it will definitely be a terrible disaster.

There are millions of people in the city of Kyoto, and the four major moats add up to more than one million soldiers and civilians, plus the counties around Kyoto and so on.

Once the plague breaks out, it is unknown how many people will suffer.

"Your Highness, there is no one who is good at treating poison in the net." Zhao Gao said.

There are killers inside the net, it's okay to let them kill people with poison, but it would be useless to let them detoxify.

Qin Wei stood up, and began to pace back and forth solemnly.

These bastards actually use such harmful methods, it is simply abhorrent!
At this moment, he couldn't help but feel angry.

"Tell Wang An about this first, and let Wang An tell Eunuch Lu!"

"In addition, immediately arrange for someone to go to Shuzhou to find Zuo Ci and Li Shizhen!"

It takes professionals to deal with this kind of thing.

Dali has a grand hospital, so he should have experience in this kind of thing. As for Zuo Ci and Li Shizhen, they are just in case they are needed.

If the hospital can't do it, then we can only rely on Zuo Ci and Li Shizhen.

"And immediately find out the origins of those poisoners."

"If I'm not mistaken, those people from Xiaoyao Island and South China Sea should have done it."

Qin Wei said with a gloomy face.

This time, the people of Xiaoyao Island angered him, and this method of creating a plague was really unacceptable to him.

"Your servant obeys!" Zhao Gao bowed in response.

Qin Wei nodded and said, "Let Zuo Ci and Li Shizhen come over as soon as possible."

"The servant understands!"

……

dusk.

As soon as Ji Yuanchen returned to his mansion from the imperial city, he received a report from the housekeeper.

"Master, someone sent a letter and a set of calligraphy and painting this afternoon."

"Oh! Who sent it?"

Ji Yuanchen stepped into the main hall and asked casually.

"The visitor didn't say anything," said the housekeeper.

Ji Yuanchen frowned slightly, "Why did you accept it?"

As the chief minister of the cabinet, I don't know how many people want to give him gifts, but everyone in his house is not allowed to accept gifts.

This matter is already a rule of Jifu, and the housekeeper should not easily violate it.

The housekeeper said softly: "Calligraphy and painting are master's calligraphy!"

Ji Yuanchen narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression became more serious.

This is not a gift!

This is begging for favors.

He gave away a lot of ink treasures, but most of them couldn't send them back, because there was no point in sending them back.

But only a few ink treasures are favors he owes, and if they are sent back, it means that he has to pay back the favors.

It's just that I don't know who sent this pair of calligraphy back.

Thinking of this, Ji Yuanchen opened the wooden box on the table and unfolded the calligraphy and paintings inside.

"Wu De Fu"!
He took a deep breath and said helplessly, "I'm really afraid of something!"

He already knew who sent this word, because he only gave "Wu De Fu" to one person.

Immediately he opened the letter, but there was not much content in the letter, just a few polite words, a few words of concern.

But after he saw the signing of the letter, the expression of helplessness on his face became more and more intense.

(End of this chapter)