Binh Duong Order

After Yuan Man and the others stayed in this way, they stayed at the Mountain God Festival in Yuanming City.

Uncle Shou, who was locked in the prison, suddenly fell ill, and almost all of Yuanming's doctors died in that massacre. Luo Xiaoxiao was temporarily invited to help, and she didn't come back for five days. , always coughing, even Li Boyan, who took care of him, fell down together, and the two fell ill together.

Yuan Man, Gu Cheng, and Mu Fanchen all looked at them without leaving their homes. It was lucky to say that they bought some medicinal materials in order to solicit information from the villagers, and then thought that the money would not be wasted and bought all the medicinal materials. It was transported back, otherwise, a big fire in An's house would burn down the warehouse, and the news of An's family would spread, and those who came to An's house to buy medicine would not dare to take it anymore. out.

If they hadn't saved the medicine, who would have thought that they might not even have the medicine to treat the disease now.

The inn has limited space, so Yuanman and the others rented a small wooden cabin that no one wanted outside to store medicinal materials. When the medicine in the inn was used up, Yuanman and Mu Fanchen went to the wooden cabin to get the medicine. At sunset, they saw Yuanming City There were lights and festoons inside, and he asked Mu Fanchen who was beside him, if he knew what day it was today?

Mu Fanchen thought for a while, and replied: "I remember when the two of us went to He Zhongchao for the first time, he mentioned that it seemed that they had a mountain god sacrifice or something, maybe today." The days are very chaotic, and it is difficult for these people to remember to celebrate. It can be seen that this day is indeed important to them.

"Oh." After being reminded by Mu Fanchen, Yuan Man remembered that there was indeed such a thing.

It's ironic, five days have passed since the riot in An's house, and the ruins of An's house have not been cleaned up. Only people from the government will go to have a look, but someone will go to the pharmacy for repairs soon, and it has been unseen in the past two days There were traces of being burned, and a new look gradually appeared.

In just a few short days, it was as if nothing had happened in Yuanming City, it was a scene of peace and joy, as if there had never been a home.

But isn't that how life goes?If you can survive, you will go forward, if you can't survive, you will stay long ago, Yuan Man and Mu Fanchen rushed back to the inn before dark, the two of them cooked the medicine, and happened to catch up with the dinner in the kitchen, so they went together Going upstairs, I saw that for some reason, Gu Cheng was standing in front of the bed with a frown, watching the two people lying on the bed coughing more and more, with tears in their eyes and flushed face, Ye Shulin coughed and retched , It's uncomfortable to watch.

Yuan Man wanted to take the medicine over: "Is it better?" Just as he was about to walk over, Gu Cheng stopped him.

Yuan Man looked at Gu Cheng, Young Master Gu shook his head at her, Yuan Man was puzzled, Mu Fanchen put the rice on the table, came forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

When I came here, I saw Li Boyan sitting up, opening his sleeves to Yuan Man with a solemn face, a bright red sore appeared under the sleeve, about the size of a fist, the whole sore was wrinkled and pus was oozing out Shui, Yuanman's expression changed, but he quickly calmed down and asked Li Boyan, "Is Ye Shulin the same?"

Li Boyan nodded, Ye Shulin sat up coughing, and opened his trousers. He was more serious than Li Boyan, almost his entire calf was covered with such sores.

"When did it start?" Yuan Man asked.

"I was five days ago, cough, cough, cough!" Ye Shulin said calmly: "Cough, at first it was just itchy, cough, I scratched, but the back was scratched, cough! I didn't care, I thought it would break if it broke, ahem, I’ll get better on my own, ahem, but in the end not only didn’t heal, but also became like this.”

Li Boyan went on to say: "I was four days ago, cough cough, just like him, cough cough."

Mu Fanchen asked Yuan Man, "Have you seen similar symptoms before?"

Yuan Man shook her head, although she understood medical theory, she was not proficient in it. She didn't know what happened to Li Boyan and Ye Shulin's symptoms, and she had never seen them before: "Master Mu, go find Xiaoxiao first."

"Okay." Mu Fanchen responded and left. Xiaoxiao's presence is more effective than them in this situation.

After Mu Fanchen left, Yuan Man dragged a chair over and sat by the bed, looked at the two people on the bed, sighed, frowned and closed his eyes to think, Li Boyan glanced at her guiltily, just about to open his mouth, Yuan Man As if he had an extra pair of eyes, he pointed lightly: "Shut up." Then Li Boyan shut up.

"Young Master Gu, go and eat first." No matter what, you still have to eat, otherwise you will lose your energy. Young Master Gu also understands that he really can't help with anything except worrying, so he obediently sits at the front of the dining table and picks up the meal. Yuan Man said: "Let's eat together." Yuan Man shook his head: "You eat first." Then Young Master Gu didn't hold back, and started to eat obediently.

Luo Xiaoxiao came back quickly, within half a stick of incense. Young Master Gu hadn't finished his meal, and he was out of breath when he entered the door. Mu Fanchen followed behind her, carrying a big medicine box on his back, The two of them brought the medicine box that He Zhongchao gave to Luo Xiaoxiao to treat Shoubo. Luo Xiaoxiao didn't talk nonsense, she immediately put on the leather gloves, looked at the sores of the two, and immediately raised her arms to cover her mouth Nose, drive Yuanman and the others out of the room.

"What's the situation?" Mu Fanchen asked.

"Probably a disease."

"Epidemic?" Young Master Gu was startled: "How could it be an epidemic?"

Luo Xiaoxiao rummaged through her small medicine bag, found a bottle of medicine, poured out pills from it and distributed them to a few people: "You guys eat this first." I don't know if it will work, and the three of them didn't either. Nonsense, just took it and swallowed it, Luo Xiaoxiao flipped through it again, found a cloth towel and another bottle of medicine, sprinkled the medicine on the cloth towel, held the cloth towel and looked at the three people in front of her with some confusion.

Yuan Man immediately understood what she meant, took out a handkerchief and folded it up and handed it to Luo Xiaoxiao. Luo Xiaoxiao sprinkled the medicine on it, Young Master Gu and Mu Fanchen followed suit.

When they came in again, all four of them were covered with face scarves sprinkled with medicine. Looking at this posture, Ye Shulin understood that the illness of the two of them might not be a simple cold.

"Shoubo in the prison is dead." Luo Xiaoxiao began to explain her series of behaviors: "Before he died, he was also coughing non-stop, and the sores on his body were similar to yours, but it looked more serious than yours. Some, I remember that Shoubo was found by the two of you and He Buwei together, from the time you found him until he was imprisoned, you were the only ones who had contact with him, so."

Ye Shulin probably understood, Luo Xiaoxiao said: "Your disease is probably transmitted to you by Uncle Shou."

Yuan Man added: "Tell me about how you met Shoubo that day, in detail." Now they need to figure out how they got the infection.

Ye Shulin also understood this truth, and told them in detail the process from the time they entered the farm that day, and Li Boyan added on the side. , probably because of the coughing, if this is the case, it will be terrible.

"Mu Fanchen, you and I will go to He Zhongchao and tell him about it. If it is really an epidemic, Yuanming will be over." Yuan Man said, "Xiaoxiao, Young Master Gu, take care of them two."

After dividing the tasks, Yuan Man and Mu Fanchen went out, Luo Xiaoxiao took out her small medicine bag and medicine box, and was looking at the medicinal materials, while Young Master Gu was helping her.

Ye Shulin was sitting on the bed, looking quite calm, but there was some imperceptible panic and fear in his expression, shaking uncontrollably while holding the quilt with one hand, but Li Boyan threw him on his back suddenly, Ye Shulin Startled, Li Boyan put his head on the side of his neck, hugged him from behind, and said coquettishly while shaking, "What should I do? Ye Shulin, I'm so scared! Can you stay with me?" ah?"

Ye Shulin was taken aback for a moment, then sensed Li Boyan's intentions, smiled lightly, took Li Boyan's hand and replied, "Okay." How can you not be afraid of death?But now there is someone who wants to accompany him by himself, he can't say that he is not afraid, it's just that he suddenly realizes that in the future, no matter what he faces, he will never be alone again.

On the main street of Yuanming, there is a long grass dragon that occupies half the width of the street, standing in the center lifelike, the dragon's head is facing the gate of the city. Made of cloth donated by various households in the Ming Dynasty, it has a primitive and rough texture. The drums, suona, gongs, and castanets are placed all over the floor, waiting for the sacrifice to begin.

The place where the feet can step on in Yuanming City is covered with pine needles, bright and emerald green, as if growing out of the ground, all the people in Yuanming City are gathered together, children big and small are wearing paper ties on their heads. The hats of birds and beasts, laughing and joking around the grass dragon while laughing and laughing, the adults chatted and watched the children laugh.

The streets and alleys are full of lamp trees, big and small, different heights, all made by each household, and then strung together with prepared bamboo poles, and the strings are scattered. , the sky has been slightly dark, and these book lamps have been lit up, colorful, lively and beautiful.

Yuan Man and Mu Fanchen went through the hustle and bustle of the crowd to the Anzhou government office, and they asked someone to pass the message, but they got an answer from He Zhongchao to participate in the mountain god sacrifice. Yuan Man and Mu Fanchen turned around and walked towards the gate of the city. Walking halfway, I heard three drums beating "Dong Dong Dong!" from a distance, followed by a burst of crackling firecrackers.

The two looked at each other, it seems that the mountain god festival should have started, Mu Fanchen hesitated for a moment, and asked Yuan Man, "Are you still going?" They want to find a person, how can it be so easy?

"Go." Yuan Man said.

Mu Fanchen nodded in agreement. If it was really an epidemic, Yuanming would be finished after this mountain god sacrifice. If they could find He Zhongchao earlier and stop the ceremony, maybe Yuanming still had hope.

"I haven't seen the Mountain God Festival yet, so I just took this opportunity to check it out."

"Huh?" Mu Fanchen suspected that he had heard it wrong: "What did you say?" Yuan Man was about to go forward, but Mu Fanchen held her back, and after a while, resisted the urge to criticize her, and tried to speak in a better tone: " You just want to watch the excitement?"

Yuan Man shrugged: "Otherwise?" Yuan Man understood what Mu Fanchen meant, and said, "Young Lord, we want to tell He Zhongchao about the epidemic, but it is definitely not in public, and we must not stop today's Mountain God Festival."

"What do you mean?"

"Whether it's an epidemic or not is still uncertain. If we tell He Zhongchao quietly, He Zhongchao will deal with it himself, but if the people in the city find out and cause panic, what consequences do you think will happen? If they If he ran away before He Zhongchao had time to arrange it, it would not only be Yuan Ming who would be affected."

"If today's mountain god sacrifice is stopped, the mountain god sacrifice is not completed, and it is determined to be a disease later, what do you think the people will think? If the people think that the mountain god punished them because of He Zhongchao's obstruction and did not complete the mountain god sacrifice. , blame He Zhongchao for the crime, how many people do you think will be able to obediently listen to the court?"

Mu Fanchen was speechless, indeed, these are all problems, as long as one of them is not dealt with properly, it will cause more difficult consequences.

"Don't think about it." Yuan Man patted him and said, "I can only take a step to see one step. Let's go to see the mountain god sacrifice."

"You go." He was really not in the mood, Mu Fanchen refused and said, "I'll go back to the inn to see if I need help." Since he couldn't stop it, Mu Fanchen didn't want to watch that scene, after all, there were two other people beside them. Patient, along the way, the relationship can't be said to be very good, and the relationship of sharing weal and woe is still there, and each other is more or less a life-and-death friend.

Yuan Man didn't force it, and said indifferently: "Then I'll go by myself, let's go." After speaking, he wanted to leave.

Mu Fanchen looked at her unhesitating figure and felt very uncomfortable. He originally thought that Yuan Man would go back with him after he finished speaking, but she still wanted to watch the excitement?

Mu Fanchen couldn't help but call out to her: "Yuan Man!" Yuan Man turned his head, waiting for his next words, Mu Fanchen's heart turned thousands of times, and finally he said: "You are so cool."

Along the way, Yuan Man seemed to not care about anything, not the life and death of strangers, the life and death around him, the suffering of others, the sorrow and joy of others, Mu Fanchen couldn't understand, how did she do it, Always seem to be free?She can clearly feel any emotion of everyone, but she is always just watching, without participating or evaluating.

Mu Fanchen couldn't do it, even if he told himself again and again that if he wanted to achieve great things, he had to be cold-hearted and not be swayed, but he couldn't do it.

Just like this time, reason told Mu Fanchen that he still had unfinished ambitions, and he should not be close to Ye Shulin and Li Boyan. If he contracted the disease, his plans for so many years would be in vain, but he can't do it.

Mu Fanchen felt that they were companions, how many times they had escaped death and shared weal and woe, how could they be so easily abandoned?He can't do it, no matter how hard he pushes himself, he can't do it, and he doesn't understand, so many days and nights facing each other, why can't Yuan Man's half sincerity be aroused?Mu Fanchen suspected that if she hadn't been ordered by Chang Ce to protect them, she would have abandoned them several times.

Yuan Man smiled: "Young Master was joking, we met by chance and just happened to walk for a while together, how could it be possible to be cold?"

There was no sarcasm in Yuan Man's words, but only stated facts.

She works for Yuyingsi. She has never met any kind of person or experienced any kind of life. This time is no different from the past. It's all a mission. These burdens just happen to be part of her mission. Nothing important, nothing special, some, just their self-indulgence in these tasks.

Meeting by chance, there is nothing more hurtful than this.

"Speaking of coolness, didn't Young Master Mu show mercy when he framed him?"

"I..." Mu Fanchen was speechless. He really didn't think twice in order to push the matter away from himself and to bring Ye Shulin and Gu Cheng together. Sure, but he knew that Yuan Man was a member of Miying Division, so he wouldn't blame her for anything because of this.

"Young Lord said that other people have a lot of tongue, how can you be silent when it comes to yourself?" Yuan Man's words this time were tinged with a bit of yin and yang: "Young Lord wants me to treat each other with sincerity, so how can I do it?" Why don't you tell me, Xiaohou Mu, why you killed the princess?"

Mu Fanchen was silent, Yuan Man smiled: "If the young master is fine, I will leave first."

This polite and measured intimacy is like the sound of firecrackers that have been ringing in the distance. It can make people know that it exists, but it can't be seen or touched.

"Yuan Man." Mu Fanchen's voice was not loud, but it just reached Yuan Man's ears: "How did you do it?"

"Young Master, it's more important to think clearly about what you want than what you do."