Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 528
In front of the south gate of Liangzhou city, groups of villagers poured into the city.

The city guard officer led his sergeants to check one by one, very busy.

In front of the nearby teahouse, a girl who was buying peanuts gently raised the bamboo hat she was wearing.

In the distance, dozens of farmers came over with carts and loads.

Xiaojuan winked at a tea customer beside her. The tea customer stood up, walked towards the farmers, and shouted: "Hey, hey, old customers, are you going to sell?"

As he spoke, he winked at the leading peasant.

The leading farmer hurriedly said: "Yes, yes."

The tea guest asked, "What kind of goods do you have?"

The leading farmer said: "Chestnuts, walnuts, whatever you want."

The tea guest said: "Okay, I'm waiting for you. Old customers, come with me!"

The peasants readily agreed, and followed the tea guest into the street.

Xiao Juan in front of the teahouse had a gloomy smile on her face.

In front of the south gate, another group of farmers rushed in.

The officer shouted: "Stop, what are you doing?"

The leading farmer smiled and said, "Sir, go to the city to sell goods."

The officer asked, "Which village is it from?"

The leading farmer said, "It's from Lijiabao in the north of the city."

The officer said helplessly: "What's going on these two days, the villagers from the four villages and eight towns near Liangzhou have all gone to the city to sell goods, I wonder if you have discussed it!"

The leading farmer said with a smile: "Look at what you said, what kind of negotiation is that? We heard that the mountain products in Lijiabao were sold at high prices in the city, so we wanted to go to the city to try our luck."

The officer nodded: "Oh, that's what happened. I said, I don't usually see you entering the city. The number of people coming in groups these two days is really dense. Okay, brothers, let's check!"

The soldiers came forward laughing and laughing, inspecting the goods.

In front of the teahouse, Xiaojuan's eyes were fixed on the direction of the south gate, and after a while, the group of farmers in front of the city gate walked over sparsely.

Xiaojuan waved to another tea customer beside her, and the tea customer hurried forward to meet her.

……

Strange things happened on the bustling Ziyun Street. Merchants stood in front of various inns and restaurants, knocking on the door, but no one answered.

All the shops and shops in the whole street closed their doors, but none of them opened their doors to welcome customers.

Merchants gathered on the street and discussed: "What's going on, why are the shops closed?"

"Yes, is it closed?"

"I've never heard of it. There's no reason for restaurants and inns to go out of business. Besides, it's fine for a family to go out of business. How could the whole street be out of business!"

"That's right, so tell me what's going on?"

"I don't know. I don't think it's right. Report it to the police!"

Before the words were finished, a shout came from the street: "Lord Sima is here!"

The merchants hurriedly left, Liangzhou Sima, led by Fangzheng and the head of the village, led the servants to Ziyun Street.

Sima asked: "What's going on, why are all the shops closed?"

Fangzheng said: "The little one just said that since today's hour, no business has been opened on the street, and they didn't answer the door. The little one felt that something was wrong, so he reported it to the yamen."

Sima said: "This is really weird!"

He pointed to the Fortune Inn next to the street, and said to his subordinates, the third class of Yamen arresters: "Open the door for me!"

The yamen arresters answered yes loudly, rushed forward, and smashed open the door of the store.

Sima walked quickly into the shop.

I saw the shop owner's body lying on his back, with pus and blood hanging from the wound on his face.

When Sima and the others saw this, they were shocked: "What, what's going on?"

He raised his head, the shop was completely silent, Sima shouted: "Is there anyone in the shop?"

no answer.

Sima waved his hand: "Search!"

The Yamen arresters behind him immediately dispersed and began to search. Suddenly, one of the arresters shouted: "My lord, come and see!"

Sima Xunsheng walked quickly.

The door of a guest room was wide open, and the corpses of two store clerks were lying in front of the door, lying powerlessly full of the corpses of Lijiabao villagers.

Everyone has a bloody hole in the chest and abdomen.

The house stinks.

Sima retched twice, and hurriedly covered his mouth.

At this time, a squad leader rushed in: "My lord, there are still people alive in the guest room at the back."

Sima waved his hand: "Go, go and have a look."

Several merchants were lying on the couch, their faces scorched red, the wounds on their faces burst open, and they were dying.

Sima walked in quickly, and the scene in a room suddenly took a breath: "No, it's the plague! Report to the governor immediately!"

……

Dozens of Liangzhou officials waited anxiously under the leadership of Chang Shi.

As soon as Zeng Tai came out of the second hall, all his officials rushed forward and surrounded Zeng Tai in the center.

Chang Shi said anxiously: "Lord Inspector, something is wrong! A plague broke out in Wenyang Street, Pingzheng Street, Longqing Street, Shangfu Street, Xianqian Street, and Nongshi Street in the south of the city. All shopkeepers and household residents are sick, and no one is spared!"

Zeng Tai cried out in shock, and took a few steps back: "Why, a plague broke out in the city?"

Chang Shi said nervously: "My lord, if you don't find a solution quickly, I'm afraid the epidemic will be difficult to control!"

Before Zeng Tai could answer, Liangzhou Sima hurried over to report: "My lord, a plague broke out on Ziyun Street in the north of the city. The bosses, clerks and some merchants in more than a dozen shops including Hongyun Inn in the street died, and the rest were all sick and bedridden. Yun Street has become a dead street!"

Zeng Tai's mind was in chaos, his lips were trembling, but he couldn't say a word.

silence.

Dozens of pairs of anxious eyes stared at him, the governor.

After a long time, Zeng Tai woke up suddenly, and said to Chang Shi: "Immediately order that the governor of Liangzhou's government should arrest the people and the troops of the Liangzhou City Defense Battalion, and quickly close the infected neighborhoods. The epidemic must not be allowed to continue." expand!"

Then he turned to Sima and said, "Immediately close all the city gates in Liangzhou, and no one can enter or leave!"

The two agreed and left in a hurry.

Zeng Tai said to his subordinates: "Now the situation is extremely serious. You must guard the yamen and appease the people. You must not lead to civil uprisings. Wait for the deposed envoy to come back, and then be the district office!"

……

A galloping horse came galloping, and the servant on the horse shouted loudly: "Master Inspector has an order, merchants enter the store, pedestrians return home, the street is closed, and no one is allowed to walk!"

People on Pingyang Street were in panic, and passers-by were discussing: "What's going on, the customs was closed two days ago, and today even the streets will be closed."

"According to the news from the south of the city, there is a plague in the city!"

"What? Plague? My god, why is Liangzhou so unlucky? The plague happened just after the earthquake!"

"Oh, it's really getting harder and harder to live in this world!"

"Say who isn't."

"Everyone, stop talking, go home quickly!"

"Yes, yes, hurry home!"

(End of this chapter)