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It took Chu Shao a while to recover his voice: "You...what did you say?"

Zhou Lanmu clutched his chest and coughed a few times: "Well...don't you like it? I saw you ate a lot when I held a banquet last time, so I thought you liked it very much."

The people of Lange who rowed the boat were paddling silently in the darkness, as if they couldn't hear what they were saying.

Chu Shao looked up at him: "You..."

Zhou Lanmu said frankly, "How about me?"

Chu Shao said, "Nothing."

Then he said, "What are you going to do after tonight?"

Zhou Lanmu straightened his hair casually: "I haven't figured it out yet, especially one thing... If we force Wei Shuqing and Qi Lang, they must be caught off guard. Qi Chu wants to lead troops into Zhongyang, how can we send them to Zhongyang?" Bring it in?"

The two were relatively silent, and it took a long time for Chu Shao to say: "I need to know which people in the army belong to you."

Zhou Lanmu glanced at him, as if he was thinking about whether he could be trusted: "You are still the most wanted criminal in Zhongyang these days, it is better not to go out, as for anyone, I will call to find you..."

His slender fingers tapped on Chu Shao's palm, as if he was thinking: "Parrot Guard, Shen Amber, the people he promoted are all credible, as for the Black Sword Camp..."

He put his hand away, didn't continue talking, just smiled: "You don't have to worry, someone will come to meet you when the time comes."

Chu Shao looked at him firmly: "My lord doesn't believe me."

Zhou Lanmu quickly replied, "I can't believe you."

He stretched out his hand to part the broken hair by his ear, and whispered softly: "The world is bustling with people, and those who are willing to help me have something to ask for. Thank you, how about you?"

Chu Shao said word by word: "Revenge."

"Revenge?" Zhou Lanmu said with a smile, "Whose revenge and what kind of revenge? If you were like me and only wanted to avenge the prince, how could you personally..."

He was sensitive and didn't continue: "I don't know what you were thinking at that time. You regret it after you do it, and you desperately want to redeem it. Are you trying to get revenge, or to make up for your guilt?"

Chu Shao lowered her eyes: "I did everything I thought was right. If I did something wrong, I would naturally have to pay the price, and I should bear the guilt myself."

He raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Lanmu: "But you should believe me in one thing - I want the lives of Qi Lang and Wei Shuqing more than anyone else. A harsh price and I don't want this to happen again."

It seemed that he had arrived at the place where Lange's people came to pick him up. From a distance, Chu Shao saw someone carrying a few lights on the bank, which were very eye-catching on the bank of the dark moat.Zhou Lanmu was sitting, his plain white robes scattered on the board of the boat, and Chu Shao saw his silhouette outlined by the lights in the darkness.

Zhou Lanmu didn't look back, and suddenly stretched out a finger to fiddle with the river water under the boat.

The voice was still the same as when we first met, cold and pleasant: "Well, let's go back first."

For some reason, since the night of the Chunzhoutai petition, Zhou Lanmu has no one to clarify the rumors outside. Even though the news of "Mr. Lan is dead" spreads far and wide in the world, even Qi Chu sent a letter, asking if he well.

He wrote back with a few simple words, and wanted to ask Qi Chu about his plans, but Qi Chu was vague, saying that he had his own way, so he didn't have to worry.

Time flew by and it was the end of March.

I don't know when it started, a strange plague suddenly spread in Zhongyang.

At first, some soldiers who returned to Zhongyang from the southeast and southwest garrisons began to have rotten sores, but people didn't take it seriously, and the military doctor hurriedly prescribed some medicine and sent them away.

But in just one month, more and more people got rotten sores. It wasn't until the first person was covered in scars that he couldn't move that people realized what was going on, but it was too late.

After Fang He took Su Furong and Nie Taiqing out of the post house where he was hiding, he found that Zhongyang was completely different from half a month ago.

Because Fang He disappeared with Zhou Lanmu, he was also one of the most wanted criminals by the court, and he didn't go out unless necessary on weekdays. Only then did he know the changes in Zhongyang City.

It was daytime, when it was supposed to be bustling, but there was almost no one on the originally bustling Tongtian Avenue.The merchants on both sides closed their doors tightly, as if they were afraid of attracting any taboos.

The three of them walked from the North Ferry to a street in Wangcheng, and what they saw was basically such a bleak scene.In addition, the most common sight is the sick beggars on the roadside, howling and showing horrible wounds, or the beggars who have died and have no money to bury, attracting a bunch of buzzing flies around them.

He looked very disturbed, and turned his head to ask: "Furong, the young master asked you to investigate this plague, did you find anything?"

Su Furong nodded, and took out a small notebook from her sleeve: "My brother and I checked, and the plague first spread from the army. The southeast and southwest garrisons returned to Zhongyang to report on their duties after the Shangyuan Festival. I went home to visit relatives again and brought this disease back. I asked carefully, although this disease is extremely easy to pass, the chance of death is very small. The symptoms of the onset are mostly sores all over the body, fatigue, pain, and loss of working ability. Those who are healthy in the army can heal themselves within five days. Most of the corpses on the roadside are starved to death because there is no one on the street, beggars have no one to beg, or they are sick and unable to beg."

Nie Taiqing nodded beside her, and said solemnly: "Although the chance of death is small, the impact of this disease is great. At present, we can't find out how to spread it among people. Nowadays, young and middle-aged people are mostly affected and unable to work. However, the imperial court's investigation did not make it clear, so they cut across the board and ordered all shops to close, I am afraid that people's resentment and anger will accumulate..."

Fang He walked in front of him without looking back. It took a long time for the two of them to hear him say quietly: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are the laws of nature, and fate is also a person's fate, but..."

He raised his eyes and looked: "I can't figure out how to spread the plague from the army. How could it spread so fast?"

Su Furong was startled: "Master means..."

Fang He shook his head: "Let's go back first. I'm afraid this plague is something that someone has planned for a long time. You should ask your son to send someone to investigate."

Wei Shuqing was very sick, he seemed to have never suffered from such a serious illness. When he woke up from his sleep, the doctor Mo who treated him was at the bedside. Seeing him wake up, he hurriedly said: "Wei Gong, are you awake?"

Wei Shuqing coughed, and said in a deep voice, "Doctor Mo... this disease..."

Doctor Mo's face froze, and then he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wei, you contracted this disease late, it's not serious, it can be cured without sores, it won't be too painful, don't worry. "

"What's the sound outside?" Wei Shuqing said weakly, "Why is there a buzzing in my ears, but I can still hear the shouts from outside? Isn't Zhongyang infected with many diseases and everyone is in danger? Why are there still people in Wangcheng?" Noisy outside?"

Imperial Physician Mo hesitated to speak, but finally restrained himself and said: "Mr. Wei, don't worry so much, let's rest at ease and recuperate. Mr. Qi has everything to do."

"Hmph, that kid Qi Lang, he's more than a success than a failure," Wei Shuqing snorted coldly, and mocked, "I wouldn't have chosen him to cooperate with him if I hadn't had no choice... I don't have a long-term vision at all. Lack of greed, hesitation in doing things, how can he look like a leader."

Imperial Physician Mo apologized and said with a smile: "Why did Duke Wei have to help him to the top? Isn't he better..."

Seeing Wei Shuqing glanced at him, he hurriedly fell silent and dared not continue. Wei Shuqing sighed and said, "I'm already old, and I won't be emperor for a few years... I have no children under my knees. There are so many dandies in the middle... It's better to help a young man to the throne. After a hundred years of me, even if he is afraid of me, he will also care about the reputation outside and protect the safety of the whole family. Too many mistakes."

Imperial Physician Mo hurriedly said: "Yes, Duke Wei is far-sighted."

"What's the noise outside?" Wei Shuqing closed his eyes to rest his mind, and opened his eyes again after a while, "Why is it so chaotic, who is making noise outside the royal city? Qi Lang, Feng Shuo, they don't care at all , let this group of untouchables be presumptuous?"

Imperial Physician Mo sighed deeply, and said hesitantly: "Mr. Qi has been... very busy recently, and the Zhongyang plague is raging. On the one hand, he wants to urge the imperial physician to develop prescriptions, and on the other hand... Mr. Qi sent There are people patrolling in Zhongyang, this group of people is called "ghost patrol" by the people, looking for sick people in every household in Zhongyang, in order not to spread this, he... then..."

Wei Shuqing was startled: "How about it?"

The commotion outside suddenly became louder. It seemed that there were many people around the Jinting Imperial City. Imperial Physician Mo dared not hide it any longer, and knelt down beside his bed: "Don't dare to lie to Duke Wei! The people of Zhongyang are dissatisfied with Mr. Qi's inspection tour. There is a commotion in the city, and they are outside the palace at this moment, and they want to ask you and the eldest son to go out and answer."

"What?" Wei Shuqing was shocked to the extreme. He sat up from the bed, but because of his haste, he coughed, "Cough...they want to petition?"

"It's not a petition, it's a riot," Imperial Physician Mo said bravely, "They gathered the soldiers who were trapped in the Xuanjian camp and hadn't left Zhongyang City. Breaking into the palace, Qing... the Qing emperor's side..."

"Presumptuous!" Wei Shuqing was furious, he raised his hand and brushed off the soup beside the bed, the porcelain bowl fell to the ground with a clang, and the soup splashed, "How dare they? Where is Qi Lang? Ask him to come see me ,waste!"

"Young Master Qi is currently accompanying the emperor to discuss countermeasures with the ministers in the Chaoming Palace," Imperial Physician Mo comforted, "Don't get angry, Duke Wei, it will hurt you..."

"Zhongyang riots! The rioters have all arrived at the gate of the palace! He still has time to discuss!" Wei Shuqing was so angry that he was almost speechless, "call the army to suppress it! The Xuanjian battalion has only been transferred back for a long time Kung fu, the Zhanlu army is the old Chu Shao army, so it doesn’t matter if they don’t need it, what about the rest of them? Send troops over and suppress it! Why, is he only satisfied with watching those untouchables break into the palace and sit on the throne?”

Ai Ai, the imperial physician, said: "I am afraid that this is what the eldest son discussed with all the ministers... The son of the Thursday petition in March is dead, but Chu Shao is not dead. The eldest son is worried about sending troops back to Zhongyang. In case... ...Besides, if you attack outside the Jinting imperial city, blood will flow into the palace, this..."

"He has already recited the infamy of a traitor, what is he afraid of?" Wei Shuqing interrupted him impatiently, "Zhou Lanmu is dead, and Chu Shao couldn't catch him for half a month, and he has never been in Xuanjian University for half a month. I have been in the camp, who can I contact... Besides, Shen Amber has a very high prestige in the Xuanjian camp. Isn't this one of his people? What are you afraid of? Tell him, just say I said it, and transfer the soldiers Come here, all rioters will be executed. At a time like this, how can the royal authority allow this group of untouchables to trample on you, go quickly."

"Yes, yes, yes." Imperial Physician Mo kowtowed twice, and then hurried away.

The author has something to say: ps The outline of this article was completed in February 19, earlier than Bingzhu's writing... I don't intend to rub the heat (in fact, I really can't find anything else that can replace this function)!

pps started at four o'clock this afternoon. I found a duck in the refrigerator and roasted it (it was mushy but delicious) until nine o'clock, so it was late, but from today onwards, I am also a woman who can cook ducks, quack quack~

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