[Red Mansion] Master Jia Dadi

"You really didn't hear the news?" The old general Yan Chengen looked at Chen Ji suspiciously. They all drank too much yesterday. When they woke up, Jia Enhou and Qin Jianshen disappeared. Don't worry, after more careful inquiry, Jia Enhou and Qin Jianshen left together, and Chen Ji also left shortly afterwards.

Yan Chengen had to wonder whether Chen Ji might already know something.

"Old General Yan's words are wrong." Chen Ji changed his mind, and immediately understood what Yan Chengen meant, and immediately became angry, "If I really knew something, I would still be sitting here now."

Seeing his swearing appearance, Yan Chengen didn't believe it in his heart, but he also knew that this was not a good time to turn his back on him, so he stroked his beard with a smile, "Brother Chen is still in a hurry with me, and I'm just in a hurry."

Chen Ji curled his lips indiscriminately, but didn't pursue it further.

The two of them can be said to be grasshoppers on the same rope now, and turning their faces is not good for them.

"I've already sent someone to follow them." Chen Ji moved his lips, "If there is any change in them, someone will naturally reply."

"Brother Chen is really thoughtful, I admire you." Yan Chengen chuckled, and he also sent people to watch, not only Jia She and Qin Jianshen, but also Chen Ji.

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"Lord Qin, Lord Jia." In a barracks a few miles away from the camp, the imperial doctor wearing a mask and taking the patient's pulse saw the two coming, and hurried up to greet them.

Qin Jianshen nodded slightly to the imperial doctor, and looked at the many patients lying on the hospital bed. They all had festered wounds, their faces were flushed, their lips were white, and they kept moaning. They were all the soldiers in the barracks who were infected with the plague. They were used to training, but now they were crying out in pain, which shows that the plague is really tormenting people.

"What prescription can we discuss now?" Qin Jianshen asked.

The imperial doctor wrinkled his face, like an orange that has been put out for a long time, "My lord, please forgive me for a while, I have already understood this condition, but there is something more urgent, and I am worrying."

"What's the matter?" Qin Jianshen raised his eyebrows.

The imperial physician thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that this plague is not transmitted from person to person, but caused by foreign objects."

He spoke cryptically, but Jia She and Qin Jianshen suddenly thought of the things they saw a few days ago. If they were not passed from person to person, then someone might have deliberately done them, otherwise such a large-scale outbreak would never have happened. this condition.

"I know." Qin Jianshen said, "Let's not spread this matter for now." At such a critical juncture, if it gets out, the people may be even more chaotic. Knowing this, looting while taking advantage of the fire, and throwing stones at the well is the next best thing. If you take this opportunity to cause chaos, Da'an may fall into chaos again.

The imperial physician was as good as others: "We know it for sure."

What he thought was different from what Qin Jianshen thought. He was from the palace, and what he thought of was how much speculation would be caused if such words were spread out. It's going to be uneven.

But no matter what kind of conjecture it is, this matter must not be spread.

After stepping out of the tent, Jia Amnesty took off the mask on his face and said in a low voice, "Since it's not human-to-human transmission, it's probably caused by the entrance of some foreign objects."

Qin Jianshen nodded heavily: "Let those two know about this first, and find out the source." Although he believed that this matter had nothing to do with those two, after all, only fools would dig holes for their future self. It's not a child's play, those two hands and feet can be believed, it is stupid to get the plague to cause trouble for themselves.

"What? Someone did it on purpose?" Yan Chengen and Chen Ji looked at each other, and their faces turned pale.

Qin Jian smiled deeply: "The two generals have a tacit understanding."

Chen Ji didn't care about the sarcasm in Qin Jianshen's words, and asked eagerly: "Then Qin Shangshu can find out who did it? And how did he do it?"

"General Chen's question is interesting." Jia She raised the corners of his lips and did not hide his sarcasm. "We have only been here for a long time. If we have already found out, why bother to tell you about it?"

Chen Ji's face was a bit ugly, but he was relieved in his heart, if Jia She and the two really knew what happened to Prince Gong, they should have a more friendly attitude at this moment, so as to dispel their worries.

Thinking of this, Chen Ji was not angry with Jia Amnesty's attitude, but rather pleased, "Jia Shilang is right, very right, we are stupid, no less promising than the two of you."

Seeing this, Yan Chengen frowned unconsciously. Chen Ji is a guy whose mind is not much bigger than a needle. Today's attitude...

"Haha, what General Chen said is that since the two of you have found out that this matter is man-made, I will immediately send someone to investigate." Yan Chengen laughed and said, regardless of whether the traces are known or not, anyway, as long as the two people are stared at. If these two people are not allowed to find out anything, this matter can pass safely.

"Old General Yan's words are exactly what I want." Qin Jianshen said: "In that case, I would like to thank Old General Yan here first."

"Old General Yan's manpower is probably not enough, why don't I send some people over there, if there is still need for help, the two of you just ask." Chen Ji said not to be outdone.

These two people are worthy of old fritters. They obviously want to blatantly put people around them, but the reasons they find are hard to find, and even they have to be praised.

"Then... okay." Jia Amnesty hesitated for a while before reluctantly agreeing.

Both Yan Chengen and Chen Ji laughed.

Back in the camp, Jia Amnesty and Qin Jianshen looked at each other and smiled.

These two old foxes could be included in their trap.

To reassure these two old foxes, they can only be truly reassured if they are convinced that the two of them are surrounded by people they have placed. And they have already spread the news to the capital, and the news will surely come soon. In the hands of the sage, the family members of these two are all in the capital.

"The most important thing for us next is to find out the source first." Jia She said after pondering for a moment.

Qin Jianshen spread out a map on the table, "This plague must have the first patient, find this person first, and the problem will probably be solved."

Many things in the world are easy to say, but not so easy to do.

Rao Jia Amnesty and Qin Jianshen led a group of people to investigate for several days, but failed to find the first patient.

This plague seems to have arisen overnight.

Like smoke, you can see it but you can't touch the source.

"Some of those who got the plague died a long time ago, who knows who is the first, and besides, whoever got the plague will speak out about it, it's fine if they don't hide it to death. "The imperial physician was decocting the medicine while chatting with Jia She who was next to him.

Jia Amnesty was not annoyed, what he said was indeed reasonable, "You are right, I thought, since the first patient cannot be found, is there any other way to find the source?"

"Is it the source?" The imperial physician pinched his beard and fell into deep thought.

"My lord, here comes the water you asked for." A few soldiers walked towards them with buckets in hand. The water in the buckets wobbled and sprinkled a lot along the way.

Jia Amnesty made room for these people to pour the water from the bucket into the water tank. The water in this barracks was brought by these soldiers from the foot of the nearby mountain. If there were no such people to carry water these days , this decoction is really troublesome.

Wait, water!Jia Amnesty's pupils shrank suddenly, and all of a sudden, he seemed to have been opened up to the two channels of Ren and Du, and everything was figured out. He subconsciously patted his head and said, "Why didn't I think of this?!"

"I can't figure it out." The imperial physician was about to say this, but when he heard Jia She's words, he couldn't figure it out. Jia She suddenly patted his shoulder excitedly, "Don't think about it, I thought about it."

After saying this, he ran out directly.

The imperial doctor was confused by what he said, and rubbed the back of his head, "Is Mrs. Jia crazy?"

This plague has just found some cures, and Mr. Jia has gone crazy. What a pity, pity!

"Jianshen, I thought of it." Jia Amnesty ran back to Qin Jianshen's tent immediately.

Qin Jianshen was discussing with Chen Ji how to appease the people in the city, when they heard this, they both stopped.

Seeing Jia Amnesty's face full of joy, Qin Jianshen was also a little happy unconsciously, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "What do you think?"

Jia Amnesty did not shy away from the traces beside him, "The source, I guess what it is."

Everyone said that it was dark under the lights, but he never thought that he would encounter this kind of thing one day. The people in this city and the soldiers outside the city eat different things, but there is one thing that is the same—water.

The water for this pass is drawn from the foot of Baihu Mountain.

The water that people in the city drink is brought from the outside of the city to the city by the water trucks pushed by the porters to sell, while the soldiers outside the city take turns to fetch water, one trip early and one trip late, for supply. This barracks are used by people.

These days, he has been thinking about finding the first patient, but he has forgotten the most obvious and easily overlooked water.

"What is it?" Chen Ji asked eagerly.

"Water." Jia Amnesty's eyes fell on the two teacups on the table.

Chen Ji's expression changed instantly, and he looked at the teacup on the table in panic.

"It really is water." On the White Tiger Mountain, Jia Amnesty and his party stood at the source of the water, everyone's faces were solemn.

"Pick up those things." Chen Ji shouted at the soldiers behind him with a livid face.