Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Youzhou, Maguan County.

Fu Kang is an old customer of Fu Ze Restaurant. When Fu Ze Restaurant first opened in Youzhou, Fu Kang applied for the General Card (which is the membership card mentioned earlier) launched by Fu Ze Restaurant. He highly praised the hot pot of Fu Ze Restaurant.

In addition to the usual banquets, Fu Kang would go to Fu Ze Restaurant for a meal every now and then.

Today, he invited two or three good friends to eat hotpot at Fuze Restaurant.

Fu Kang ordered ten servings of the must-order foods for hotpot: lamb rolls and beef rolls.

When the waiter brought the food, one of Fu Kang's friends was surprised and asked, "Why is the meat raw? How can we eat it raw?"

This good friend has never eaten hot pot.

The waiter was about to explain, but Fu Kang waved his hand and asked the waiter to go down first, then he laughed at his friend and said, "Brother Hua, you don't understand this, this is the characteristic of hot pot. This cuisine is different from other dishes. We need to put this meat into the pot."

Fu Kang also patiently explained everything to his good friend.

This kind of friends don’t understand, but he is the only one who understands, and he can explain it very clearly, which makes him feel proud and think that he is at the forefront of the foodie world.

"Brother Hua, do you know why the mutton is cut so thin?" Fu Kang said in a pretentious manner.

"Why?" Hua's friend asked when he didn't understand something.

Although the other two friends had come to eat here once or twice, they were not regular customers of the Fuze Restaurant. Moreover, since it was Fu Kang who treated them this time, they kept silent and let Fu Kang show off.

"Look."

Fu Kang picked up a piece of mutton roll and dipped it in the hot hot pot again and again, saying, "There's a word for this way of eating it, called seven ups and eight downs. The reason why beef and mutton are cut so thin is that they can be eaten after only seven or eight dips."

After that, the mutton was ready. He mixed it with the seasoning, handed it to his friend named Hua, and said with a smile, "Brother Hua, try it."

“Is this edible?”

Hua's friend suddenly felt curious, picked it up and tasted it, and his eyes lit up: "Not bad, not bad."

"Of course. Otherwise, why do you think this Fuze Restaurant can be opened all over my Great Wei? It relies on this hot pot and the Three Kingdoms storytelling downstairs." Fu Kang smiled and looked at the other two friends: "Come on, come on, eat all, eat as much meat as you can."

"Brother Fu, please go first." Several friends said in unison.

"Please, please."

Having said that, Fu Kang didn't hesitate any more and started eating the mutton hotpot.

As a result, after taking a few bites and chewing for a few times, Fu Kang frowned and uttered "Huh".

"Brother Fu, what's wrong with you?" asked a good friend named Hua.

"This mutton tastes a bit strange."

Although it tasted strange, he still swallowed it in one gulp. He was an expert in this area and felt that the taste of the mutton was a little off.

"Strange?"

One of Fu Kang's other two friends, Liu, was eating mutton and burning his mouth when he said, "What's strange about this? It's not very fresh, and I can even taste the mutton smell."

"Yes, Brother Fu, this mutton is so tender." Another good friend also said.

"is it?"

Fu Kang picked up another piece of mutton, rinsed it and tasted it.

Yes, there was a strange smell, different from what he had eaten before, and he couldn't have tasted it wrong.

He immediately called the waiter and asked when the beef and mutton were harvested.

The waiter smiled and said, "Sir, these cattle and sheep were transported from Sheng'an County a few days ago. What you are eating was just slaughtered today by the chefs in the kitchen."

"Impossible." Fu Kang said, "If it was just slaughtered, why would it have a strange smell?"

"Strange smell?"

The waiter came up to the plate of beef and mutton, sniffed it, and said immediately, "No?"

"You'll know if it's delicious or not if you try it." Fu Kang ate another piece and passed it to the waiter to taste.

But the waiter still didn't taste anything strange.

However, as a waiter at Fuze Restaurant in Maguan County, Xiao Wai had seen all kinds of people, so he immediately said, "Sir, if you are not satisfied, I will replace them for you."

Fu Kang asked the waiter to change it immediately.

After changing it, Fu Kang still had some food left after finishing it. He frowned and was about to make a fuss.

The three friends quickly stopped him. Anyway, they didn't find anything strange in the food. They just thought Fu Kang was too picky. They said, "Brother Fu, forget it, forget it."

Some friends even analyzed for Fu Kang that the sheep might be too old this time, so there was a strange smell.

Fu Kang then gave up, but after that, he did not eat any of the beef or mutton and started eating other dishes.

The four of them spent most of the hour eating this hot pot.

After paying the bill and preparing to leave Fuze Restaurant, the friend named Hua suddenly bent over and started vomiting violently in the lobby on the first floor of Fuze Restaurant.

Fu Kang didn't care at first, and even deliberately distanced himself from his friend Hua, thinking that his behavior was somewhat embarrassing.

But after vomiting, Hua's friend fainted on the ground, and the other two friends also started vomiting. Only then did Fu Kang realize something was wrong.

Upon seeing this, the shop owner and the waiter rushed forward to check, but when they arrived, except Fu Kang, his three friends had all fainted on the ground.

The shopkeeper was frightened and afraid of being sued, so he quickly asked a doctor to check it out.

After the doctor's diagnosis, he just said that they had eaten something bad, wrote a prescription on the spot, and told them to go home and take the medicine, and they would wake up soon.

Hearing this, Fu Kang remembered that the mutton had a strange smell and immediately argued with the shopkeeper.

This is what people fear when opening a shop and doing business. People will faint in their own shop, and three of them will faint at once. Even if the shopkeeper has ten mouths, he cannot explain himself and can only pay compensation.

The shopkeeper thought the matter was over.

But he didn't expect that three days later, Fu Kang's three good friends died.

Not only that, there have been many deaths in Maguan County, all of which are related to the Fuze Restaurant in the county.

Not surprisingly, the Fuze Restaurant in Maguan County was sued to the government.

The magistrate of Maguan County was Guo Ning, the runner-up in the last imperial examination of the Song Dynasty.

He had taken the initiative to ask Chen Mo for permission to go to the north, and so he took up his post and came to Maguan County.

The food poisoning and death case at Fukuzawa Restaurant was the largest case he had handled since taking office.

In the past few days alone, hundreds of people have died in Maguan County, all related to Fuze Restaurant.

Guo Ning ordered the closure of Fuze Restaurant and launched an investigation.

The investigation found that these dead people had all eaten beef and mutton.

Just when Guo Ning was tracing the origins of beef and mutton.

People downstairs reported that those who had previously come into contact with the deceased have also begun to fall into a coma and are now receiving treatment.

Among these people were the owner, waiters, butchers, chefs, etc. of Fuze Restaurant.

Guo Ning's face changed. After all, he had read history books and realized that these cattle and sheep might be sick and contagious.

Guo Ning immediately ordered isolation.

But at this time, it was already a little late.

Those who had come into contact with the deceased's coma died one by one within two days.

Not only that, the coroner in the yamen, the constable who had come into contact with the deceased, and others also fell into a coma.

Guo Ning's face changed drastically, and he immediately issued an announcement, imposing martial law throughout the city and strictly ordering all citizens in the city to be quarantined at home, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the city.

Then, Guo Ning immediately reported it and gathered people to burn the bodies related to the Fuze Restaurant incident and mobilized doctors from the entire city to come to the yamen.

This kind of thing happened not only in Maguan County, but also in Sheng'an County and surrounding counties, and even the entire Youzhou. When the governor of Youzhou learned about this, he was immediately overwhelmed.

Youzhou also has doctors with superb medical skills.

After their diagnostic observations, this should be a plague.

Upon hearing about the plague, the governor of Youzhou almost fainted.

Plagues have occurred many times in history, breaking out almost every few decades or hundreds of years, and killing many people each time.

If he fails to handle it properly and allows it to spread, he will not only lose his job, but he may even lose his head.

He immediately found several generals guarding the border, including Zhao Liang, hoping to mobilize the army to blockade the entire state first.

After Zhao Liang learned that it was a plague, he did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. He immediately mobilized troops and blocked the main transportation routes connecting Youzhou with other states.

The Youzhou prefect, in addition to reporting it immediately, conducted an investigation to find out the source of the plague.

Soon, Guan Rong from Sheng'an County was found.

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By this time, Guan Rong had already been infected with the plague and died, and dozens of people in the Guan family, including servants, were not spared.

But it’s not like we didn’t get any information.

Before Guan Rong's family died, he learned from Guan's housekeeper that all the cattle and sheep were bought from Jinxia.

While the investigation was underway in Youzhou.

This plague did not only break out in Youzhou.

Discoveries have been made in Cangzhou and even Gaozhou.

Because before Youzhou was blocked, Youzhou and Cangzhou were in circulation, and some merchants who had eaten hot pot in Youzhou returned to Cangzhou the next day.

There are also people who have come into contact with the deceased and are visiting relatives and friends everywhere.

……

July of the second year of Zhenghe.

Tianchuan.

Imperial Palace, third floor of the Observatory.

It was different from the rooms decorated with jewels and gems that ordinary women would have.

Nalan Yiren's room was extremely simple, and the air in the room was not filled with refreshing fragrance, but a strong smell of medicine.

The window on the windowsill was not closed, and the warm sunlight shone through the windowsill and fell on the affectionate man and woman lying on the couch.

Nalan Yiren sat in Chen Mo's arms, holding Chen Mo's head with both hands, biting her cherry lips tightly, and tilting her head back.

Her shoulders were exposed, the lapels of her palace skirt were open on both sides, and the strap of her white bellyband was even broken and was thrown aside casually.

Chen Mo was like a hungry baby, being fed by Nalan Yiren.

At this time, Chen Mo was in high spirits.

Ever since the incident in the royal enclosure that day, the relationship between Chen Mo and Nalan Yiren has progressed rapidly.

Not only kissing and making snowmen, Chen Mo can do whatever he wants.

Sometimes you can even be a baby.

However, Nalan Yiren attached great importance to her "chastity" and was reluctant to give it to Chen Mo.

After eating, Chen Mo looked up at the already infatuated Nalan Yiren, raised his hand, pinched her chin, and kissed her lips.

The most direct change is that after becoming close to Chen Mo, the "poison" in Nalan Yiren's body has decreased.

In the past, whenever Chen Mo kissed someone, his tongue, lips and face would become numb and swollen, but that doesn’t happen anymore.

Nalan Yiren would even subconsciously respond to Chen Mo's passionate kiss.

As they kissed, Chen Mo pushed Nalan Yiren down on the couch, pressed his body against her, raised his head, held her rosy face, looked into her eyes, lowered his head and kissed the corner of her mouth, leaned over to her ear and said, "Yiren, are you ready?"

"Huh?" Nalan Yiren didn't react for a moment.

"What we talked about last time in the royal enclosure, are you ready to be my woman?" Chen Mo stroked Nalan Yiren's face with a smile on his face.

Nalan Yiren's red face became hot, and after hesitating for a while, he said in a trembling voice: "I want a wedding."

"Okay, I'll ask the Ministry of Rites to do it later."

"No."

"?"

"What I mean is, you come back to Poison King Valley with me, you-you are my man, of course I will take you to Grandpa's grave, let Grandpa see you, and then we will get married in Poison King Valley, and then, I-I will give my body to you."

After saying this, Nalan Yiren seemed to have used up all her strength, and her head was so shy that it was about to smoke.

"Then we'll go there in a few days." Chen Mo thought about it and felt that Nalan Yiren's request was reasonable and there was no reason not to agree.

"Ah."

Nalan Yiren nodded gently, her heart was immediately lifted up, but she was too shy to look into Chen Mo's eyes.

Chen Mo pinched her chin and forced her to look at him, then said in a rude manner: "Yiren, if that's the case, then help me first."

"Ok?"

Nalan Yiren looked at Chen Mo in confusion, not quite understanding what he meant.

"Yiren, I feel so bad, please help me." Chen Mo leaned close to her ear again and whispered.

Nalan Yiren's face turned blood red. She understood what Chen Mo meant.

Just when she was a little at a loss, not knowing whether she should agree or not.

An anxious voice came from outside.

"Your Majesty, Elder Geng has an urgent matter to discuss with you."

Nalan Yiren took the opportunity to push Chen Mo away and sat up. She seemed to be worried that Chen Mo would be angry, so she explained, "Since it's urgent, then you should go over quickly."

Chen Mo was so angry that he almost succeeded.

But even though he was angry, he didn't hold a grudge against her. He just felt it was a pity.

He didn't stay with Nalan Yiren any longer.

If Geng Songfu came to me for something urgent, then it must be something urgent.

……

Royal study room.

When Chen Mo hurried over, Geng Songfu had been waiting for a long time.

"My lord, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"No need to be polite, Geng Qing, just get to the point." Chen Mo waved his hand, motioning him to sit down and talk.

Geng Songfu didn't bother to be polite anymore. As the matter was urgent, he didn't even sit down. He quickly took out a memorial from his arms and handed it to Chen Mo, saying, "Your Majesty, something serious has happened. A plague has broken out in Youzhou. It's related to the beef and mutton in Fuze Restaurant. The Youzhou prefect is still investigating the source. By the time he handed in this memorial, more than a thousand people had died in Youzhou."

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo's face changed drastically. He quickly opened the memorial and started to check it.

The movements were even a little hasty.

(End of this chapter)