Chang Anqing

Chapter 253 Plague in the Army
Unknowingly, it was late April, the night before Yang Yuanjing led the army to set off, Lanzhou city was like a silent beast, quietly entrenched between the sky and the earth, watching the changing situation.

With the sound of horseshoes, people and horses gradually approached outside the barracks.

"Call-"

The sound of the horse neighing under the lights, all the young men sitting on the horses got off their horses, walking vigorously, one could tell at a glance that they were people who had fought on the battlefield.

"Yo, what good things are you bringing here?"

Hearing the curious voices of the brothers, the first man who dismounted from the horse took two big cloth bags from the horse's belly, boldly took out two dead deer tied together, and said triumphantly: "Let's go to the city today." Patrol outside, it just happened to make me bump into these two good things, so how can I let it go, raising my hand is just an arrow—"

While talking, the man patted the two dead deer triumphantly and said: "We are not on duty tonight, so we just roasted it and ate it. Let's try something new."

Hearing this, the person who greeted him looked at the fresh deer, although he was hooked, he still hesitated and said: "Your Majesty has ordered that the army is not allowed to eat wild game without permission, how about we—"

"Shh-"

Hearing this, the person who lifted the deer immediately pointed his finger up, and replied in a low voice: "Let's just gather a few brothers for a drink today. If you don't talk about it, I won't talk about it, and he won't talk about it. Who knows. It doesn't matter if you eat some meat."

While speaking, the man smiled and winked and said: "This is fresh deer blood, don't you want to try it?"

"Hey, I can't even find a pretty lady, she'll rub me against you after drinking—"

While that person was still hesitating, the other person had already spoken and made everyone laugh.

"Okay, let's go, it's better to eat meat and drink."

While talking, several people outside the barracks walked in groups, leaving behind bursts of laughter.

……

In this room, every household in Chang'an City has fallen asleep, and everything is silent, only the lights are shining brightly against the stars in the night.

Lu Zhu sat alone by the bed, looked at the envelope in her hand, opened it silently, and took out the thin paper inside. When she unfolded it little by little and saw every inch of it clearly, her hands trembled slightly.

If Shang Shuling knows about this, I'm afraid——

"Squeak-"

Hearing that the door was gently pushed back, Luzhu straightened her back instinctively, and quickly hid the things in her hands in the quilt behind her, and when she looked up, she met Luqiao's smiling eyes.

"What are you doing sitting there by yourself?"

"It's nothing."

Luzhu supported her flustered body, and said with a smile: "The quilt is being spread, and you are here."

After finishing speaking, he changed the topic again and said, "Aren't you on duty at night, why are you back?"

"It's still a bit cold tonight, I want to add some clothes."

While talking, Lu Qiao put on her coat, walked towards the incense burner and said, "It's been rainy these days, and the humidity in the room is heavy, so I need to burn some incense. It's a shell bug, but it scares people out of their wits—"

While talking, Luqiao added incense, then she took the silver spoon for adding incense and lit some green beads and said, "You can turn over the quilt to see if there is any, and don't sleep with you—" —”

Hearing Luqiao's joke, Luzhu reluctantly smiled along, seeing her approaching figure, but involuntarily poked her hand into the lieutenant general's letter and hid it again and again.

"Okay, I'm leaving, you just rest."

Seeing that the door was closed and the sound of footsteps faded away, Luzhu breathed a sigh of relief, as if someone who had been suffocated for a long time suddenly got a breath.

However, when the night was quiet and Lu Zhu was already asleep.

Lu Qiao, who was supposed to be on duty at night, pushed the door open again and entered, smelling the smell of drugs in the air, she hurriedly covered her mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief, closed the door, opened the window, and approached Luzhu's bed cautiously , search carefully.

When she searched for a long time but found nothing, Luqiao thought for a moment, then pulled away the brocade quilt on Luzhu's body, and poked her hand under her pillow, and sure enough, she touched something. When she pulled it out gently, she saw that it was an envelope, and hurriedly Pull out the paper from it, but saw a map.Although he couldn't see any difference, he quickly collected his things and left quietly.

Everything, seemingly nothing has changed.

As everyone knows, it is like a flower in a mirror, the moon in the water——

When Chang'an seemed to be calm, another shocking conspiracy was already brewing in Lanzhou City not long after.

On this day, Zhao Yi was planning with his hands behind his back in front of the map, but he heard a hurried footstep gradually approaching, and the next moment someone said outside the door: "My lord, I have something important to report."

Zhao Yi looked back after hearing the words, and then calmly said: "Come in."

While talking, the visitor had already entered, and Zhao Yi also turned around and sat back.

Seeing the deputy envoy wearing armor and walking hurriedly, when Zhao Yi was about to ask, the deputy envoy in front of him clasped his fists and said impatiently: "My lord, it's not good. It seems that the plague is spreading in our army. It's-"

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Yi's brows suddenly deepened, and his face was unspeakably serious.

The plague is as fierce as a tiger. Now the enemy is in front of us. If it is really a plague, once it spreads, it will definitely mess up and panic. This series of consequences is not something anyone can easily bear.

At this moment, seeing Zhao Yi on the seat with a rare and deep frown, the Deputy Envoy naturally understood this in his heart.

No matter what in this world, he believed that King Yuling could be reversed.

But only destiny, he doesn’t know——

This is what to do.

"The accompanying medical officer has diagnosed and treated?"

Hearing Zhao Yi's question, the Deputy Envoy quickly nodded and said: "General Chang's soldiers have the most cases of illness, and he has taken the medical officer with him now—"

"So that's not sure yet?"

While he was talking, the noisy footsteps and hustle and bustle sounded again, but after a while, the Huben general Chang Huan strode in, dragging a medical officer like putting out a fire.

"Your Majesty, the last general is guilty, please punish him!"

Seeing the panting and sweating medical officer, Zhao Yi said to Chang Huan, "How is the diagnosis and treatment?"

Hearing the questioning, Chang Huan looked guilty and uneasy, and immediately elbowed the stunned medical officer beside him, so strong that he almost didn't fly him out.

"Back, back to the king—"

The medical officer was shuddered by this surprise, quickly suppressed his panic, and said sweatingly: "The next official has just investigated, this time it is indeed a plague."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.Even Zhao Yi's pupils shrank slightly.

"How did it happen?"

Hearing the words, the medical officer also said with a troubled face: "After investigation, it should be that the patient ate unclean game by mistake, so—"

"His grandma's!"

Before he finished speaking, Chang Huan was already so angry that he cursed and said, "It's the last general's ineffectiveness in running the army that allowed those bastards to hunt and eat wild game privately—"

"Eat, eat, eat those bastards to death. They deserve it this time. Taking medicine is a waste. If it hurts this battle and hurts the king, even killing them is not an exaggeration!"

"All right."

Seeing that Chang Huan, who was impatient, couldn't get angry at the moment, wishing to kill those people immediately, Zhao Yi raised his hand and said, "How is the situation now?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are six people at the source of this plague. However, due to the long incubation period of this disease, there will be no symptoms at the beginning, so up to now, it has infected more than a hundred people in just three days—"

In just three days, more than a hundred people were infected, so violently——

"Isolate the infected soldier immediately."

After all, Zhao Yi solemnly ordered: "The sick hall will be set up within two days as a residence for the isolated soldiers, and medical officers and guards will be allocated at the same time. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my warrant. You must go outside the sick hall every day." Fumigate wormwood everywhere every day to prevent it!"

"You have to come up with prescriptions for treatment and epidemic prevention immediately."

Hearing Zhao Yi's arrangement, the medical officer quickly nodded in response.

"Within two days, as soon as the prescription comes out, the soldiers are required to drink it on time every day. Anyone who disobeys or refuses to obey will be punished by military law."

"Yes!"

"This order is immediately announced to the entire army."

Seeing that everyone in front of him followed him, Zhao Yi said: "This matter is related to the overall situation, everyone must take it seriously—"

However, when it came to normal, Zhao Yi suddenly coughed violently as if in a hurry, and Chang Huan and others hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Zhao Yi was about to wave his hands, but suddenly thought of something, and looked at the medical officer with serious eyes.

After the medical officer suddenly understood, he was even more surprised, and hurried forward to catch Zhao Yi's pulse, but his hand trembled.

"My, Your Majesty also—"

"impossible!"

Before he could get out of his mouth, Chang Huan rushed to drag the medical officer, but before he approached, he was blocked by Zhao Yi with a wave of his arms.

"From now on, I will be isolated here, and you all will retreat!"

"Your Majesty!"

Ignoring Chang Huan's anxious red eyes, Zhao Yi turned to look at the doctor and said, "From today onwards, you will stay here and treat me."

After all, Zhao Yi looked down at Chang Huan and the deputy envoy and said, "Go back immediately and let the medical officer make a diagnosis and treatment. There must be no mistakes!"

"Your Majesty—"

Chang Huan saw that his eyes turned hot, and he gave Zhao Yi a rare cold look, and finally he clenched his fists and said, "I will definitely kill those bastards."

(End of this chapter)