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

After reading this memorial, Chen Mo frowned tightly.

Plague is not a minor pain or illness.

If one thing is not handled properly, many people will die.

The most important thing is that it is midsummer now, and the climate factors make it the most contagious time.

"Immediately send a message to Zhao Liang and order him to lead the army to blockade Youzhou to prevent the plague from spreading." Chen Mo said.

"Your Majesty, after the plague broke out, the governor of Youzhou immediately found General Zhao and blocked all the important roads in and out of Youzhou," said Geng Songfu.

"What did the imperial physician say?" Chen Mo asked.

"Your Majesty, based on the information we have received so far, the Imperial Hospital speculates that this plague is most likely cholera. If it is cholera, the Imperial Hospital has a prescription for treatment," said Geng Songfu.

"Then why are you still standing there? Send the imperial physician to Youzhou immediately. The necessary expenditures will be arranged by the Ministry of Revenue. Please cooperate fully and there must be no mistakes."

"promise."

Geng Songfu responded with a shout and was about to leave.

Jia Yin walked in quickly.

"Your Majesty, this is an urgent letter from General Nangong of Cangzhou." Jia Yin presented the urgent letter from Nangong.

"Cangzhou?"

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows. That place was adjacent to Youzhou. He took two steps at a time, took the urgent letter from Jia Yin's hand, opened it and started to read.

After a while, Chen Mo frowned and said, "Something big has happened. The plague has spread to Cangzhou."

"So fast?"

Geng Songfu's face changed drastically. This was too fast. According to historical records about the plague, the speed of its spread was far less than this.

"Mr. Geng, pass on my order to the prefects of Gaozhou and Qingzhou and the local garrisons to quickly block the main roads in and out of the two states to prevent the further spread of the plague.

In addition, summon doctors in the city who have experience in treating plague and rush to the north to control the plague." Chen Mo said.

"promise."

...

After Geng Songfu left, Chen Mo immediately called the Minister of Revenue Zuo Lianglun and the Vice Minister of War Chang En.

Let the Ministry of Revenue fully obey Geng Songfu's orders.

Let Chang'en gather an army of 10,000 and be ready to receive orders at any time to reinforce the north.

Chen Mo was worried that the outbreak of the plague would trigger large-scale riots.

After giving the following instructions, Chen Mo immediately found Nalan Yiren.

Seeing Chen Mo coming back so soon, Nalan Yiren thought he wanted to continue what he had not finished just now, so she panicked and said, "I have something to do and need to leave the palace."

"Yiren, something big happened in the north. I'm afraid I can't go to the Poison King Valley with you in the short term. I need you to do me a favor." Chen Mo said in a deep voice.

Seeing Chen Mo's serious face, Nalan Yiren realized that something serious might have happened: "What happened?"

"A plague broke out in Youzhou and spread to Cangzhou. In less than half a month, thousands of people died." Chen Mo showed Nalan Yiren the urgent letter from Geng Songfu.

Throughout history, there are five types of plagues that have occurred frequently and spread most widely.

Plague, malaria, smallpox, cholera, influenza.

"Diarrhea, vomiting, coma. He was infected by eating beef and mutton from Fuze Restaurant. The infected beef was probably caused by drinking infected water. It really looks like cholera."

After reading it, Nalan Yiren gave her own opinion.

Seeing Chen Mo worried.

Nalan Yiren patted her chest and assured: "Don't worry, for me, whether it's cholera or malaria, it's easy to solve. I don't even need to go there. So, I'll write you a few prescriptions and you give them to the Imperial Hospital."

Having said that, Nalan Yiren found paper and pen and began to write.

The plague sounds scary, but for her, it's a piece of cake.

The poisons she swallowed to practice the fifth level of poison skills were much stronger than these five plagues.

Originally, Chen Mo did want to trouble Nalan Yiren to go to Youzhou to take control of the overall situation, but seeing her so confident, Chen Mo felt relieved and decided to wait and see.

After Nalan Yiren finished writing the prescription, Chen Mo asked Jia Yin to give it to the Imperial Hospital and take it to Youzhou.

After finishing all the work, it was already dark.

As soon as Chen Mo arrived at the harem, Concubine Wen Ning Wan came to him.

Even though Ning Wan didn't say anything, Chen Mo knew what she wanted to talk to him about.

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Mo brought her to his bedroom, Ning Wan told her about the Fuze Restaurant.

Fu Ze Restaurant was originally founded by Chen Mo, but he was busy with other things at the time, so he handed it over to Ning Wan, who came from a business background.

Later, as his status gradually improved, Ning Wan, as his woman, was definitely not suitable to show up in public, so Ning Wan handed over the Fuze Restaurant to the prostitute Qing Wu.

After the Fuze Restaurants in various counties of Youzhou were sealed off, the news quickly spread to the Linzhou headquarters. After Qing Wu learned about it, she reported it to Ning Wan.

There are currently two things that Fuze Restaurant needs to deal with.

One was that all the Fuze restaurants in Youzhou were sealed off by the government.

This is also the easiest to solve. Chen Mo doesn’t even need to take any action. Ning Wan can just say hello to those below and the block will be lifted.

The second tricky thing is the accountability of the people and the government.

Among the thousands of people who died in Youzhou, many were infected and died from eating beef and mutton provided by Fuze Restaurant.

Then Fuze Restaurant must definitely assume the corresponding responsibility and compensate the family of the deceased.

"How does Wan'er plan to solve it?" Chen Mo wanted to see if Ning Wan would take responsibility.

Ning Wan thought for a moment and said, “First, all Fuze restaurants in the north, including Gaozhou, Qingzhou, and Yuzhou, will be closed and self-inspected. They will not open until the truth is revealed.

Secondly, for those who died of the plague after eating Fuze Restaurant's beef and mutton, Fuze Restaurant Head Office will give a certain amount of silver as compensation. In addition, I also plan to have Fuze Restaurant buy a batch of food, transport it to Youzhou, and give it free of charge to all the people infected with the plague, including those who died of the plague and their families. "

Chen Mo nodded: "Let's deal with it this way." After saying that, Chen Mo thought of something else and said: "By the way, where do the beef and mutton of the Fuze restaurants in the counties of Youzhou come from?"

"According to Qingwu's letter, the source of beef and mutton for Fuze Restaurants in the northern counties comes from nearby slaughterhouses, ranches and livestock merchants, while the beef and mutton in Youzhou is contracted by a man named Guan Rong." Ning Wan said as she presented Chen Mo with the urgent letter that Qingwu had sent to the capital.

"He alone contracted the beef and mutton of Fuze Restaurant in Youzhou?" Chen Mo frowned. He had great power. If there was no insider who was making the connection and lining his pockets, Chen Mo would never believe it. He asked in a deep voice, "How did Qingwu review it?"

Hearing this, Ning Wan's face changed. After hearing what Chen Mo said, she also realized that there was something fishy and a big borer in Youzhou's Fuze Restaurant.

"I will send someone to Linzhou right away and ask Qingwu to come to Beijing to report in person." Ning Wan said.

It was the third day after learning about the plague.

Chen Mo received a memorial from the prefect of Youzhou.

According to the instructions, the beef and mutton of the Fu Ze Restaurants in various counties of Youzhou were provided by Guan Rong of Sheng'an County.

Guan Rong's cattle and sheep were bought from Jinxia. A few days before the delivery to Fuze Restaurant, many cattle and sheep in Guan Rong's ranch died of illness. Many doctors were consulted, but they were helpless.

It was not until Guan Rong's housekeeper found a doctor from Xingcheng that the cattle and sheep were cured.

The doctor from Xingcheng is now nowhere to be found. Some people saw him leaving Xingcheng and going to Jinxia.

In the memorial, the Youzhou prefect also expressed his personal opinions.

The doctor that Butler Guan Rong found in Xingcheng is most likely Jin Xia's spy.

When Guan Rong's steward called him over, he actually did not cure the cattle and sheep in Guan Rong's ranch. He just prevented the cattle and sheep from dying again, so Guan Rong mistakenly believed that he had cured the cattle and sheep.

"Golden Summer."

Chen Mo's face was gloomy. He had originally planned to live in peace with the people for a year or two before attacking Jin Xia.

But he never expected that Jin Xia would come up with such a heartless conspiracy.

Chen Mo knew that he couldn't wait any longer.

Now it's a plague. If he really waits for a year or two, who knows what conspiracy Jin Xia will play against him, and how many people will die then.

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"Jia Yin."

"The servant is here."

"Summon Xiao Jing and Wu Yanqing to the palace immediately."

"promise."

The Wu family’s mansion in the capital.

There is a chessboard on the stone table under the willow tree in the backyard.

Wu Yanqing and his wife are playing chess.

In the backyard, it was just the couple, and when they were playing chess, they naturally couldn't help discussing some political affairs. As they were chatting, the wife was dissatisfied with the fact that Wu Yanqing was retained for a year on probation, and she started to complain.

"Your Majesty is becoming more and more heartless. You are already old, but you are driven by him and work hard without complaint. You have no credit and you are troubled. He asked you to go to the Shufu this time, but Yang Xian committed suicide out of fear of punishment. What does it have to do with you? This is obviously an unwarranted involvement. Not only did he exempt you from the credit for this expedition, but he also suspended you from your post for a year. This is too unfair.

Also, I don’t believe that this matter has nothing to do with him. If he hadn’t been behind it, Yang Xian would not have been afraid of the crime.”

"Shut up." Wu Yanqing's face darkened and he shouted, dropping the white piece in his hand heavily on the chessboard. "Don't talk about this kind of thing again in the future. Yang Xian's suicide out of fear of punishment has nothing to do with your majesty. It was all caused by my negligence. Your majesty's punishment is fair."

"I'm not wrong. Mi'er is a traitor. She doesn't even know how to speak up for you. I heard that Concubine Zhao went to see His Majesty as soon as she returned to the capital. Who knows, she might have said something to His Majesty at that time."

"Don't say any more. The Wu family is already at the center of controversy. Are you going to harm the entire Wu family?"

Wu Yanqing stood up angrily and said, "Also, tell everyone in the clan to quit the Jiangdong Party immediately. If they keep showing off like this all day, something bad will happen sooner or later."

"Master, Madam, someone has come from the palace. His Majesty wants you to enter the palace immediately."

As they were talking, a maid came quickly from not far away and stopped about ten feet away from the two of them.

Wu Yanqing's brows furrowed.

Madam said with a sullen face: "What is the matter that you want to call the master to the palace?"

"Madam, the eunuch didn't say anything, but he sounded quite anxious," said the maid.

"Master, you have been suspended from office and are at home, what does His Majesty want to see you about?" The lady looked at Wu Yanqing.

Wu Yanqing shook his head: "I don't know either, but I heard that there have been two 800-mile express deliveries from the north in the past few days. It should be related to the things in the north."

"Is there going to be another war?" the lady guessed.

"The court is currently recuperating, so there shouldn't be a war. But it's hard to say. Madam, bring me my official robe. I'll go into the palace right away." Wu Yanqing said.

During the period when Wu Yanqing and Xiao Jing had not yet entered the palace.

Chen Mo found Nalan Yiren again.

Since this matter may be related to Jin Xia, Chen Mo still hopes that Nalan Yiren will go to Youzhou in person to take charge of the overall situation of the plague there.

Since we are going to send troops to attack Jinxia, ​​we must resolve the plague as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if the army is accidentally infected when passing through Youzhou.

Nalan Yiren agreed.

After she had arranged everything, Jia Yin came to report that Xiao Jing and Wu Yanqing had arrived at the imperial study.

Chen Mo will be there soon.

……

at the same time.

Jin Xia.

Royal study room.

"Khan, it's a success. The plague god has descended on Youzhou and Cangzhou of the Wei Dynasty. In less than half a month, he has taken away thousands of people. The number of infected people is probably no less than ten thousand. At present, the Wei Dynasty has completely blocked Youzhou." Wanyan Xiaji said.

"This Great Wei is indeed different from the former Song Dynasty. They reacted so quickly." Tuoba Hui's frowned brows these days relaxed a little at this moment.

"The Great Wei is now implementing new policies. The officials in Youzhou and other places are all new officials. They are definitely more capable of execution than the old officials." Wanyan Xiaji said.

"General Xia Ji, how long do you think it will take for Wei to drive away the Plague God? The Plague God you invited should be fine, right?"

“Don’t worry, Khan. The plague god I invited has never appeared before. Great Wei will not be able to solve it in a year or two, and it will require huge casualties. Even if Great Wei succeeds in solving it by then, it will not dare to seize our Jinxia for two or three years. Not to mention, according to the letter from the spy, Great Wei has now run into a dead end and regards the plague god this time as cholera.” Wanyan Xiaji said with a smile.

"That's good." Tuoba Hui also smiled and instructed: "Tell the guards of Haiyan Pass to keep a close eye on it, so that the plague will not spread to Jinxia."

"Don't worry, Khan. We are well prepared."

……

Dawei.

Royal study room.

"I asked you to come here this time because something big happened in Youzhou."

Chen Mo gestured to Jia Yin.

Jia Yin walked forward and handed the letter on the desk to Wu Yanqing and Xiao Jing for inspection.

After they read it, their faces changed.

"Plague?!" Wu Yanqing said in a trembling voice.

The horror of plague is described in almost all historical books of every dynasty.

Every outbreak will claim the lives of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.

"According to the investigation of the prefect of Youzhou, the source of these sick cows and sheep is from Jinxia, ​​and there are many clues pointing to Jinxia. For this reason, I have to suspect that the outbreak of the plague in Youzhou and other places is a conspiracy by Jinxia against our Great Wei." Chen Mo said.

"What? The Jinxia barbarians are so heartless?" Xiao Jing was shocked.

"They are barbarians after all. Even after hundreds of years of education, they still cannot change their barbarian nature." Wu Yanqing said coldly. (End of this chapter)