Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 64

Three days after Qin Shu recovered from his illness, Liu Qingtang was still very anxious in his heart, even though he still had his clothes prepared for his trip to Ling County and the accompanying officials prepared for him.After all, he had been ill for a while, and his complexion was not good-looking. If it was possible, Liu Qingtang would not want him to have to work hard at this time, but if he wanted to stay in Yujing, the coming plague might harm him now. bigger.He hasn't recuperated well yet, and it would be really dangerous to get the plague again, and Liu Qingtang didn't want to take this risk.

"Don't be in such a hurry along the way. On the surface, you will go to the south in advance to pick out girls for the emperor. If you really go straight to Ling County, I'm afraid the governor of Ling County will be suspicious, and it will be difficult for you to find out by then. What's the matter, first go to the nearby prefectures and counties before going to Ling County. You are not in good health, so pay more attention. I told the accompanying servants to take good care of you, but you have to take good care of yourself. If you come back Let me find out that you have lost weight, and you know the consequences."

"I can save it, and I won't worry you." Qin Shu hesitated after finishing speaking, "But I've been away for too long, here..."

"Don't worry, I won't be raised by you to really become a rich and idle person who doesn't know anything." Liu Qingtang smiled confidently and brightly, but it was somewhat similar to the scorching peony that just faded the month before last. appearance.

By the time Qin Shu left, it was already the beginning of July, and if he didn't leave, maybe he really wouldn't be able to leave.On the eve of his departure, Liu Qingtang turned around and hugged his waist after listening to him read a section of the Book of Songs, "I really don't want you to go."

Qin Shu put down the book, and slowly combed her hair with his hands. He didn't speak for a while.He knew that Qingtang was just talking, since she made up her mind, she would not change.

He is a person without much kindness, or it is more appropriate to say that he is extremely selfish.For many things, he maintains an indifferent heart, and he does not have the sympathy of ordinary people for the suffering of others. As for himself, he does not feel that there is anything to sympathize with.Everyone in this world has their own misfortunes, but he is just one of thousands of people, and he is still alive and has a lover, wouldn't he be the happiest.

Perhaps it was due to his long-term experience. He never felt that anyone was obliged to take care of the life and death of another stranger. If he hadn't struggled hard, what was the point of thinking about the help that would come when he didn't know when.He didn't care much whether Ling County was a corrupt official or not, he wanted to stay by Qingtang's side to protect her.

But Qin Shu also knows that the person he loves is different from his selfishness. She is most concerned about the country and the people, and loves the country where she was born and all the people.So sometimes, Qin Shu would unconsciously feel inferior when facing her, but he could not restrain his pride.

Ever since she became the Empress Dowager, Qingtang never forgot the responsibility of Nanchao.She always felt that she should bear these burdens and was overwhelmed, so he would help her carry them together. Since she cared, he had to care too.He can do whatever she wants him to do, just hope that one day she can live a little easier and stop being so full of worries.

This is the first time for Qin Shu to leave Yujing. As a celebrity around the empress dowager, the chief executive sent to persuade him to take charge of this matter has a carriage alone, and the empress dowager made repeated orders. Qin Shu, the chief executive, was almost not confessed. .The accompanying officials can only have two or three people in a carriage, even so, it is still a mighty convoy, plus a team of Liu family cavalry specially guarding the convoy, the journey went very smoothly, not only did no robbers or thieves dare to ask for trouble , even the weather is very good.

In the team, there are those who have always been responsible for the private draft, and some who are nominally accompanying the draft but are actually arranged by Liu Qingtang to assist Qin Shu. There are many powerful characters under Liu Qingtang's faction.Naturally, they also knew that the real purpose of going south this time was not the draft, but to find evidence that the magistrate of Lingjun had embezzled and accepted bribes from the fish and meat people, but what they didn't understand was why the empress dowager ordered them to spend the next few months before leaving. If there is news about Yu Jing, he must keep it from that Director Qin.

The master can't guess what's on his mind, so he can only follow suit, and he has to obey the orders and take good care of that Chief Qin.Not to mention the people in the palace, everyone has heard of Qin Shu's notoriety, even those who are officials in the court, as well as the little people who work for the master outside, have heard a lot of his deeds.The cruel and merciless deeds that have been spread one after another are almost as famous as the master's empress.

Earlier, a group of people were very trembling, for fear that this queen mother would come out of the golden nest of the palace, and lose her temper if she couldn't bear it.It was only after they got along with each other that they realized that this rumored vicious chief executive was actually easy to get along with, and they didn't need to worry about it or take care of him.

In addition to his gloomy expression and less words, Director Qin has never lost his temper. Sometimes he even makes people feel very humble. If there is anything he doesn't understand, he will ask them, who are much lower than him, for advice. Although it is the first time , but also managed the fleet very well.

Those who Liu Qingtang put in had a little understanding of why this Director Qin had climbed to this position in a short period of time. Whenever, luck usually falls on those who are willing to work hard.In fact, many of them were respectful on the surface, but they were somewhat disapproving in their hearts. What else could an eunuch do other than flattering the Lord.After getting along along the way, things changed a little bit.

Some people don't know anything, but they choose to give up on themselves, and some people don't know anything, but they choose to learn.Some people don't have anything, and they complain all day why they don't have it; some people don't have it, but they will try to make themselves have it.This Director Qin is the latter, and such people are usually too few.

Just like their master, the Empress Dowager, at that time, a woman killed the prince and a group of ministers, and she was criticized by others. Many people thought she was out of line, but they dared not speak out due to power.Those of them who support the empress dowager, if they know more, they are only worthless for the empress.Although the queen mother is a woman, she will never lose to a man, and she cares more about this country than many people. Sometimes these men who keep saying they want to serve the country, but most of them think of power and beauty in their hearts feel ashamed.Facts are always outside the mainstream, which shows that those so-called rumors are really unbelievable.

Qin Shu noticed that some people never cared about the change in his attitude. He only cared about Qingtang, and the rest had nothing to do with him anyway. They just wanted to do things cheaper and better do what Qingtang ordered. He has to make an attitude.Along the way, apart from learning more about some things in the south and about the sheriff of Ling County, he sat in the carriage and watched the scenery, not wasting a moment.

In fact, although the beautiful scenery was beautiful, he didn't move him much. The reason why he looked at each place so seriously was because Qingtang said that when he returned to Yujing, he would tell her about the beautiful scenery along the way. listen.Even though the time with her can no longer be considered short, he is still not very good at talking. Usually she likes to tease him to talk, so he has to rack his brains to say more, but he still feels that he is not doing enough. it is good.

When looking at those beautiful scenery such as lonely geese and sunset clouds, old trees in ancient villages, and evening mountains and forests, he was worried whether he could describe one-thousandth of these beautiful scenery in front of Qingtang.He couldn't even find some good words, so he could only hold the book, look at the scenery and compare the sentences on it, find a suitable hook, and then pretend that Qingtang was right in front of him, practicing how to say it over and over again would sound good Some.He looked forward to it so much, he couldn't bear to let her down.

Later, Qin Shu simply hired a painter to accompany him, and asked him to draw all the scenery he thought Qingtang would like.Holding those scrolls and flipping through them one by one, Qin Shu suddenly thought that when she went back, she might not have praised the beauty of the scenery the first time she saw them, but disliked that the painting was not as good as hers.However, looking at these paintings and describing them to her, maybe she will understand them better, at least much better than his verbal and vague words.

It wasn't long after he came out, but he began to return to his heart like an arrow.Couldn't help urging the slow-moving convoy out of Yujing, but was persuaded.

"The Empress Dowager specifically ordered that she not leave too quickly." This sentence made Qin Shu helpless.

Qin Shu and his party walked for a month before they arrived at Wei County near Ling County. Under the reception of Wei County Sheriff, they began to choose some suitable women from the folks who were innocent and old enough to be unmarried.Qin Shu didn't care about the tediousness of the draft, he just cared that this group of people didn't mess around, and besides, his mind wasn't on the pretense of the draft.

At this moment, the news transmission is often very backward, and the higher-ups deliberately block it, so Qin Shu and the others naturally do not know that just half a month ago, the entire area of ​​Yujing City was surrounded by the army, and no entry or exit was allowed.

The news inside the city of Yujing was blocked, and the military officers stationed outside the city of Yujing only said that they were conducting military exercises, and those who failed to enter the city were strictly ordered not to speak nonsense.In the eyes of ordinary people, it is natural that these military officers who don't look easy to mess with say what they say, and no one dares to find out out of curiosity, so they can only keep their mouths shut.

As for the situation in Yujing City, Liu Qingtang had already prepared for it. After discovering the first group of people who had the so-called 'wind chill', she personally sent strong guards to isolate them. Anyway, Compared with ordinary people, soldiers with strong bodies are less likely to get that kind of disease, so most of the people who got the disease in their previous lives were men, women, old people and children who were in poor health.Naturally, there are also men in good health, but relatively speaking, they are much less.

When people didn't understand why she did this, she asked the imperial physician who had been prepared to stand up and explain that it was an epidemic. Of course, the imperial physician was worried. A group of imperial physicians diagnosed it as common wind and cold, but the empress dowager asked them to say so , they have no choice.People have an evasive mentality. They would rather the Empress Dowager wanted to take up this lie and do some great things to conspire, rather than the plague really happened, otherwise the situation would be really terrible.

Everyone is afraid of death, even if it is their own relatives, not everyone is willing to put their lives on it.So when Liu Qingtang ordered that all patients in this situation should be treated and taken care of separately, not many people objected.

In just three days, patients from all over the place were almost controlled in places where Liu Qingtang knew well. Even those who were unwilling to believe and hid their relatives, Liu Qingtang also sent people to search.She had to make up her mind, if these patients were allowed to disperse at this time, the disease would spread even more horribly, and more people would die.She is a superior and can only be responsible for the lives of more people.

It was also three days later that more and more people got the 'wind-cold', and the dubious imperial physicians realized that something was wrong. The patients gradually did not have the symptoms of wind-cold, and they broke out in cold sweat from fright, regardless of whether the Queen Mother was How did they know all of this? They were all put into urgent discussion and research, and the entire Tai Hospital was busier than ever.

Even if a group of people still died, at the beginning, it was much better than in the previous life when the situation could not be cleaned up after half a month, and many people died who were reported by officials who were afraid of punishment.Maybe she can save more people this time, that would be the best.

Moreover, Liu Qingtang also discovered that in this life, many of the Ci'an Palace palace people who were sent to Mingshou Palace after suffering from the disease did not get sick in this life.Although many of them had moved away from Qin Shu, but the rest of them that Liu Qingtang had an impression of were all stared at by her early on, and they were all right?

Speaking of which, with her status in the palace, she was the least likely to contract the disease, because even in her previous life, when the news of the disease first broke out, those palace people who might be infected and everything that might be infected were killed. After the adjustment, there are still countless precious medicinal materials used by her, and she is not careless in eating, clothing and clothing. Besides, she lived in seclusion during those days, so she would not be infected with the disease, but she did contract the disease and almost died.

One and a half months later, Taoye told her that something was wrong with one of the maids who had been staring at her.The lady in the palace was called Burning Incense, and she was in charge of the spices for the Ci'an Palace. The incense she chose was quite in line with Liu Qingtang's wishes. She had worked in the Ci'an Palace for several years and was a second-class maid.Liu Qingtang was stared at only because she and the others had the disease in the previous life, just in case they got the disease and quarantined in time, unexpectedly Tao Ye told her that the people who stared at her found burning incense in her incense Added something, which is exactly what the person who got the plague used.

Those who caught the disease in the palace were sent to the Mingshou Palace early, and the things they used could only be taken from the Mingshou Palace.And Ci'an Palace has not allowed these palace people to enter and leave Ci'an Palace for more than a month. How did the burning incense get such a thing, and why it was put in her incense, there must be someone standing behind it.As for who this is, it's nothing more than those few.

The emperor will be fifteen years old, and he can almost take charge of the government. Last time, his father shocked the surrounding countries. If there is no external trouble, only internal troubles remain.Some people thought that she, who had been the queen mother for more than six years, was about to step down.Worried that if she refused to back down, she would be put to death, which was indeed the case, but if she backed down, she would die, so what if she didn't want to back down.

In this way, the reason why she contracted the disease under heavy protection in her previous life could not be more clear, there is always a secret in a hundred secrets.

Only this time, burning incense was seen through, and she was on guard again, what will happen.

(End of this chapter)