When I am connected with the prince of the same life

Chapter 162 The Plague
It is said that when encountering a snake, don't panic, don't move, and keep calm.

Xiaohua held her breath, her body was as stiff as a stone statue.

Just when she thought there would be a snake crawling over her, she heard the rustling of the grass and trees, and the sound of footsteps.

She lowered her body carefully.

The moon shines the cold moonlight through the dark clouds, and the white moonlight falls on the earth.

In the dark night, there were two figures slantingly reflected on the tree trunk.

"Sir, is this?"

"Some small snacks, you throw this into the grain. When it's done, there will be a reward."

The other party was a little silent.

"then."

Xiaohua raised her eyes, the vegetation covered her sight, but she could still see two figures making some deal.

One of the ferocious-looking men stuffed a package into the arms of the other man, with a bit of refusal.

What is that?

Why put it in the food?
Xiaohua blinked her eyes, although she was curious, her body didn't move.

"I don't." The man pushed the package back into the ferocious man's arms, "Facts have proved that His Highness King Qi's judgment is not wrong, I don't want to harm him..."

"Heh~" The ferocious man sneered, opened the package slowly, took out the contents, and threw it on him.

"What are you doing!" The man took two steps back, covering his mouth and nose.

The thing that was thrown out was a dead mouse!

Xiaohua's body trembled, and even the weeds around her moved.

But fortunately, the moon was dark and the wind was high, so the two of them didn't pay attention to their place.

"What? Don't want your wife and children anymore?"

The man froze.

"Go back." The vicious man waved his hand.

"What?" The man looked incredulous.

"I just want to tease you, hahaha~"

"Crazy!" The man frowned, turned and left.

"Hahaha! Haha~" The ferocious man smiled, and he laughed very presumptuously.I don't know what touched his smile, making him laugh so hard that he covered his stomach.

Isn't this guy crazy?

Xiao Hua complained in her heart.

After a long while, the ferocious man who was still laughing wildly on that side suddenly fell to the ground with a "bang".

The vegetation on the ground trembled accordingly, shaking slightly, and there were fine pieces of it.

Xiao Hua waited for a long while, and found that there was still no movement, so she carefully stood up while supporting the tree trunk beside her.

Her legs were a little numb from squatting, and she stood up for a long time before she recovered.

"Alas~" Xiao Hua cried out.

There was still silence.

She turned around and looked around, picked up a relatively sharp stone, and walked cautiously.

Walking up to the man, Xiao Hua kicked the man on the ground.

The man didn't move.

"Dead?" Xiaohua hesitated, knelt down, and put her little hand into the vicious man's clothes.She fumbled around, wondering if she could withdraw some money.

"You..." A big hand suddenly grabbed her wrist.

"Ah!" Xiao Hua was startled, she stepped back, but those hands held her firmly, not letting her go.

"I don't want to die... Ah... I don't want to..." The vicious man tried to raise his eyes, his face was full of helplessness, with deep despair in his eyes, and he murmured, "I don't want to die."

"Then get up! Find Dr. He for treatment!" Xiao Hua yelled, holding a stone with the other hand and throwing it at him.

The vicious man's hand was smashed into a blood hole by her, and the bright red blood trickled out, staining his entire hand red.

Xiaohua jumped up, turned around and wanted to run, but after thinking about it, she turned around again and went to get the package next to the man.

She swallowed nervously.

After opening the package, what faced her was not gold, silver and jewelry, but a pair of dead mice!

Moonlight pierced through the clouds and shone into the bag.

Xiaohua saw the group of dead mice, they were all festered, and some of them even had only a pair of hangers.

The stench hit her nostrils, making her breathless.

No wonder that person said he was a lunatic just now, he really is a lunatic!

Who would throw dead rats into the grain?

Xiao Hua still wrapped the package on the vicious man.

She returned the same way with the freshly picked wild vegetables.

She often came out to dig vegetables alone, so even though it was dark, she still managed to find the cave.

The fire was still burning in the camp, and the night guards looked up at her and began to doze off again.

In the dead of night, all sounds are silent.

Xiao Hua returns to the place where Chen Abao and his wife stayed, and carefully puts the wild vegetables beside them.

"Why did you come back?" Chen Abao opened his eyes slightly and looked at her.

"Ah..." Xiaohua thought for a while, "I met two strange people."

Chen Abao sat up straight and took her hand, "Are you okay? They didn't do anything to you, did they?"

"No... I thought one of them smashed his hand!" Xiao Hua smiled and sat beside her.

"It's fine." Chen Abao took a long breath and rubbed her head, "But why do you say those two people are strange?"

"Hmm..." Xiao Hua thought for a while, "They're trading a pile of dead mice." Thinking of the pile of dead mice, she felt goosebumps all over her body.

"Dead...rat?" Chen Abao's face was full of confusion, and he couldn't figure out why. "Should you just want to scare people?"

"Who knows?" Xiaohua let out a sigh, lay down beside her lap, and fell into a deep sleep.

……

In the middle of the night, Xiaohua felt dry and hot all over. She opened her eyes, desperately looking for a source of water.

Chen Abao beside him had already fallen asleep, she didn't wake her up, but stood up, groping for a source of water.

Unknowingly, she walked to a wooden barrel.

In the wooden barrel is clean mountain spring.

These were specially picked up by Cheng Muqing, ready to quench everyone's thirst.

head up...

Xiaohua's gait was faltering, her fingers trembling, she picked up the water spoon.

"pat-"

The water spoon falls into the bucket.

Xiaohua was so thirsty, she plunged into the water and drank it in big gulps.

She drank a lot, and her flat belly was very high.

She raised her head from the barrel, the water droplets formed several streams on her face, and the streams converged on her chin.

Her eyes wandered, her body shook, and finally fell to the ground.

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"Princess! Princess!"

Cheng Muqing buried her head in a hard chest and covered her ears irritably.

"Keep your voice down." Lin Heng suppressed his voice and scolded Jinxi who was outside the account.

Pug shut up and stand outside.

"It's something, wait until the princess wakes up." Lin Heng's voice was cold.

"Yes." Jinxi backed away silently.

Mingchen patted her on the shoulder and called her aside.

"What's going on?" Ming Chen asked.

"Miss Xiaohua is sick, very sick." Jin Xi said, "Doctor He said it might be...the plague."

Mingchen's face was indifferent, and there was no surprise.

"After this matter is finished, it is impossible for the prince and the princess to resolve it immediately." Ming Chen said, "Just wait."

Pug bit her lip and leaned closer to him.

Mingchen frowned, and moved a little bit.

Seeing this, Jinxi didn't dare to get any closer.She lowered her head and rubbed her hands together in front of her belly.

"Are you afraid?" Seeing her uneasy look, Mingchen couldn't help asking.

"Hmm..." Jin Xi nodded, "Aren't you afraid?"

Mingchen was silent for a moment, and said, "I should have it, I can't escape. Everything, do your best and obey the destiny."

"You are really indifferent as usual." Jin Xi lowered her eyes and bit her lip.

She and Mingchen had known each other since early in the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion. He was indifferent and withdrawn, he didn't like to talk, and the two had no intersection.

Ming Chen didn't refute, but said, "The lord has a deep affection for the wangfei, if you don't want to be scolded, you need to have some insight."

"Oh……"

Cheng Muqing didn't wake up until mid-sun.

As soon as her mind cleared up, she asked for a quiet and elegant fragrance.She took a sharp breath and put her hand on the other's waist.

"Are you awake?" Lin Heng rubbed her head, "Did you get enough sleep? Do you want to sleep a little longer?"

"No." Cheng Muqing slapped her face several times, and she slowly arched her body and got up from the couch.

She rubbed her neck and twisted her waist.

Lin Heng stood up, put his hands on her shoulders, and massaged her vigorously.

"Huh~" Cheng Muqing whistled, "Comfortable~"

Lin Heng's eyes were stained with joy, and he rubbed harder and harder.

Cheng Muqing was so comfortable that he groaned and moaned, she fell down on top of him, "Is Cui Huwei back?"

"Not yet." Lin Heng didn't like to hear other men's names from her mouth, even if it was a title.

"Really? It shouldn't be..." Cheng Muqing sat upright, opened the curtain, and walked out.

She didn't take off her coat when she went to bed yesterday, so she went out of the tent right now, without any abruptness.

"Princess!" Jin Xi looked at her with sparkling eyes.

As a master and servant for many years, Cheng Muqing immediately sensed something was wrong, she beckoned and called Jinxi to her side.

"What happened?" Cheng Muqing asked her.

"Xiao Hua... seems to be infected with the plague." Jin Xi said.

"The plague?" Cheng Muqing froze, and immediately asked, "Has everyone else got it under control?"

Pug knew she was talking about isolating Xiao Hua from that group of people.

"Doctor He separated those people early in the morning." Jinxi replied.

"I'll go and have a look." Cheng Muqing took out a crumpled handkerchief from his pocket and tied it on his face.

"Princess." Jin Xi followed, holding a small porcelain bottle, "Doctor He said, if you go, Concubine, take the medicine first. This medicine can't prevent you from being infected [-]% of the time, but it must be useful..."

"Oh...Okay." Cheng Muqing took the porcelain bottle, without saying a word, poured out two pills, and ate it with his head raised.

"Princess, drink some water and let's go..." Jin Xi took out the water bag.

Cheng Muqing took it, opened the water bag and drank it while walking.

"Ah Qing, Ah Qing."

Seeing her leave, Lin Heng hurriedly followed, "Where are you going?"

"The plague is breaking out, I'll go and have a look..." Cheng Muqing said, "Heng, wait for me to come back in the tent."

Lin Heng didn't understand.

"Be obedient." Cheng Muqing's tone was a bit tough, "Your physique is not good, don't get infected."

"Then you don't go either." Lin Heng held her hand and refused to let her go.

"The two of us always go out to appease people's hearts." Cheng Muqing said, "Otherwise, the common people should think more..."

"Whatever they like to think, what to think." Lin Heng tightened his jaw, "I don't want you to go."

He knows what a plague is, and it happened in Qi Country back then.

The earth dragon turned over, the plague broke out, the eunuchs in the palace messed up the government... Emperor Qiguo was tortured by those incidents, and he was in a bad mood, and even he was beaten and scolded every day.

In the pitch-black prison cell, the sound of flesh and blood ripping apart seemed to still surround my ears.

Many people died of the plague that year, and many court ladies and eunuchs in the imperial city seemed to have also been affected.

"I'll go." Lin Heng said, "I'll go to appease people, you stay."

Cheng Muqing was stunned for a long while, then took out a handkerchief from his arms, "Don't forget, it doesn't matter if an accident happens to either of us. So, let's go together?"

"Okay." Lin Heng took it and tied it to his face.

The two walked straight to the area designated as a safe zone.

The people here have not been confirmed to be infected with the plague, and mugwort and other things are burning all around.They also covered their mouths and noses with coarse cloths.

"Hello everyone." Cheng Muqing bowed to everyone, she looked around and saw that everyone had covered their mouths and noses, and her tone was a little more relaxed, "Water and fire are merciless, after the flood, there is another plague. But we have Dr. He, and Dr. He will definitely help us escape the sea of ​​suffering. First, we need to list the rules."

Everyone looked at her with serious expressions.

"First of all, once people around you feel feverish and dizzy, immediately find guards to send Doctor He there. Second, cover their mouths and noses well. If anyone doesn't wear them, they will be punished. Third, and most importantly, listen to Doctor He's words. I don't mind those who don't listen, just throw it out for him."

The crowd nodded.

The plague came suddenly, but fortunately it was discovered in time.

"My lord, the source of this plague is that little beggar, why are you saving her?"

someone shouted.

"What do you mean the source is a little beggar?" Cheng Muqing frowned, and the veil covered her indifferent expression.

"That little beggar was the first to be infected with the plague! She must have been infected by eating indiscriminately!" the man said, "It's fine if she is infected, but she still walks around... She was walking around last night, and she also took the mountain. I drank the spring water..."

"But it's not what she thought." Cheng Muqing interrupted him, "As a victim, why did Xiaohua attack her with words?"

"But she brought it back..."

"How do you know she brought it back?" Cheng Muqing gave him a sharp look.

The man immediately shut his mouth obediently and stopped talking.

"Princess Qi! I'm afraid you don't know? Xiaohua came back very late yesterday, so the night watchman can answer this point!"

Looking in the direction he pointed, Cheng Muqing saw that it was his own guard.

"Did Xiaohua go up the mountain yesterday?" Cheng Muqing asked.

The guard nodded, "Anyway, which direction did she come from..."

What on the mountain...caused this plague?Cheng Muqing thought for a while, and decided to send someone to the mountain to take a look.

She and Lin Heng split into two groups, she went to look for it, while Lin Heng was responsible for continuing to appease people.

Lin Heng was not good at communication, so after saying a few words to listen to the doctor, he left.

He wanted to go with Cheng Muqing just now, but was rejected by the other party.Lin Heng knew that it was more convenient and easier for her to go to the mountains by herself, so she didn't insist anymore.

Seeing his indifference, the common people were no longer in the mood to confide in him, so they all sat obediently in their original positions, not daring to say more.

Lin Heng came to Xiaohua's tent.

Xiaohua was having a fever, and He Qianyuan beside him was holding a prescription and didn't know what to think about.

He Qianyuan picked up the medicine and weighed it, while writing and drawing on the paper with a brush.She was so focused that she didn't even know that Lin Heng entered the room.

Xiaohua's face was flushed, her lips were slightly parted, and she was panting.

(End of this chapter)