Chapter 139 The Capital is About to Be in Chaos
Chu Huaixu's expression remained calm, and he pretended to be relaxed as he asked, "Do you like your junior brother very much?"
“I like it!”
Hearing this answer, Chu Huaixu's eyes darkened.
Brothers and sisters, who grew up together, seem to like...
"I like you too!" Yu Youning said again.
Chu Huaixu looked up in surprise and saw Yu Youning counting on his fingers.
"I still like Daddy, Mommy, Grandfather, Master, Auntie, Huo Qingchen, and..."
Yu Youning counted each of his fingers twice, but he still couldn't count all the people.
Chu Huaixu was surprised at first, but became completely numb after hearing what happened next.
He knew that their conversation was irrelevant.
But it's okay this way.
He can rest assured.
Chu Huaixu walked over to Yu Youning with a smile, "Aren't you going to take me to see your senior brother? Let's go over there quickly."
"It's you who won't leave..."
Yu Youning muttered something, but quickened his pace.
The two were running in front, and Yu Tingwan followed slowly behind. Looking at their backs, he smiled and shook his head.
Soon, Yu Youning and Chu Huaixu came to the front hall together.
"Junior Brother!"
Yu Youning ran and shouted.
Inside the room, Jiang Lingzhou suddenly turned his head and looked towards the door, and saw a little girl in a red dress running in happily.
Her face was filled with a brilliant smile, and she looked just like the fiery red maple leaves in autumn, so beautiful that one couldn't take their eyes off her.
Jiang Lingzhou looked at her until his face turned red. He quickly shifted his gaze to the side and said, "Youning, long time no see."
Yu Youning counted on his fingers, "One, two, three, four, five... Oh, it's been five months since we last saw each other. That's really been a long time!"
For a child who is only five years old, five months is a very long time not to see his parents.
Chu Huaixu also came over at this time, "Youning, won't you introduce me to her?"
Yu Youning nodded quickly, "Let me introduce you.
Junior brother, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Prince, this is my junior brother."
Upon hearing Yu Youning's introduction, Marshal Wen's eyes widened.
It was the first time he had seen someone introduce something like this.
What's the difference between saying it and not saying it?
After all, they are in the Wen Mansion, and Marshal Wen, as the old man of the Wen family, should speak up at this time.
"Your Highness, this is Youning's senior brother Jiang Lingzhou. After Youning officially entered Medicine King Valley at the age of three, he studied medicine with his junior brother."
"Lingzhou, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He was Youning's classmate at the Imperial College. He's easygoing and has a good relationship with Youning. You'll definitely see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince often while you're in the capital, so don't be too nervous. You're both of similar age, so you should get along well."
Jiang Lingzhou nodded, the redness on his face having faded. Although he was young, he had an extraordinary bearing. "The old marshal is right. I will naturally get along well with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Chu Huaixu agreed deeply, "That's right. Youning's junior brother is my junior brother. He just arrived in the capital, so I should welcome him and show my hospitality."
Listening to their flowery conversation, Yu Youning originally felt a little bored.
But after hearing this, I instantly became interested.
"Since we're welcoming guests, shouldn't we go to a restaurant?"
She wants to go out and eat delicious food!
Chu Huaixu naturally understood what Yu Youning was thinking, and immediately said, "Youning is right, we should indeed go out to a restaurant. Then let's go to the Jinzun Pavilion where we often go!"
These words really touched Yu Youning's heart.
Although the food at Jinzun Pavilion is really expensive, the taste is top-notch.
Since Chu Huaixu said he was going, naturally no one would refute him.
Since it is to welcome Jiang Lingzhou, whether it is Marshal Wen, Wen Shiyan or Yu Tingwan, they must go along.
The group got on different carriages and went to Jinzun Pavilion in a grand procession.
When the shopkeeper saw them coming, he rushed over as if he had seen the God of Wealth, and walked in with a smile on his face as he welcomed them.
When going upstairs, passing by the door of a private room, Yu Youning casually glanced inside and saw that something was wrong. His face changed instantly and he kicked the door open.
This change came so suddenly that everyone present was startled.
Especially the shopkeeper, his face changed drastically, and he was angry.
If Yu Youning had not come to eat more than once before, he would have rushed up and started cursing.
Although he didn't rush up to curse at anyone, his expression wasn't much better.
"Excuse me, young lady, what are you doing?"
Yu Youning frowned as he looked at the situation inside the room. "Don't you notice anything wrong with the guests in this room?"
"What could be wrong—"
The shopkeeper looked into the room as he spoke.
At this time, there were several people lying on the floor in the house, and each of them had pustules on their faces, necks, and hands.
These pustules have been there for quite some time. Some have already fester and ulcerated, while others are still growing larger, but through the epidermis one can faintly see yellow liquid inside.
After just one look, the shopkeeper felt his stomach churning and almost vomited.
He quickly turned his head and looked in the other direction.
Even so, my stomach was still churning and the scene I had just seen kept flashing through my mind.
After a few breaths, the shopkeeper couldn't hold it in any longer and vomited with a "wow".
In an instant, the whole area was filled with a sour and stinky smell.
Yu Youning frowned, "Can you please go out and vomit?"
The shopkeeper quickly wiped his mouth. "I'm so sorry for disturbing the young lady. It's just that the guests in this room were all wrapped up tightly when they came before. I just thought they were shy, so I didn't ask any questions and let them in. I didn't expect... I didn't expect them to be like this..."
The shopkeeper almost vomited again as he spoke.
He turned around and took several deep breaths to calm the churning in his stomach.
"Miss, they may look a little scary, but who doesn't get sick? We can't look down on others."
Yu Youning glanced at the shopkeeper in surprise, "I didn't expect you to be so magnanimous."
The shopkeeper grinned, "After all, when running a shop and doing business, the key is to make money through harmony..."
"What if theirs is the Golden Plague?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he stopped laughing instantly.
He wanted to cry.
Only serious infectious diseases are named "疠".
The name "Liujin Liao" is also well-known among the people.
Because once it appears, it represents death.
Patients suffering from golden plague will have many sores on their bodies. Through the swollen skin, one can faintly see yellow pus shaking inside.
When the skin is broken, yellow pus will flow out, so it is called golden plague.
More than ten years ago, there was an outbreak of golden plague in a remote town in Xiliang. At first, people did not pay much attention to it, and the doctors did not notice it either.
As the disease spread, the number of casualties increased, and finally someone realized that something was wrong.
But at this time, it was too late to stop it.
Although the town is remote, there are still merchants coming and going.
These merchants brought the Golden Plague to several nearby towns...
The result is naturally predictable.
Most of the people in these towns fell ill, and it only took three or two days from the onset of the disease to death.
People had no time to react and doctors could not come up with any treatment methods.
Finally, the authorities decided to seal off the city, burn it, and burn all the sick and civilians to death, thus stopping the spread of the Golden Plague.
Even though they were far away in Dayong, they had heard about this incident.
From then on, everyone would turn pale with fear when hearing the three words "Liujin Liao", as if they had seen the King of Hell waving at them.
This is how the shopkeeper feels at this moment.
He worked hard for most of his life and finally made Jinzun Pavilion into a famous restaurant in the capital. He wanted to pass the business on, but he didn't expect that he would die soon.
His child was only in his teens and still attending school, but every day after coming home he would help him with the accounts...
right!
child!
While his child hasn't come back yet, send someone to notify him not to come over again!
As long as you don't come here, you won't be infected with the golden plague and there is still a chance of survival.
The shopkeeper turned around and was about to run, but was stopped by Wen Shiyan.
"Boss, when did they arrive? Who did they meet when they arrived? Are those people still in the store now?"
The shopkeeper reached out to push Wen Shiyan. He was in a hurry to save his son and didn't want to say anything more.
"How dare you!" Chu Huaixu shouted coldly, "I'm here, how can you be so presumptuous! Answer the questions properly."
Yu Youning hurriedly said, "This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why don't you answer the question honestly?"
The shopkeeper was a little skeptical at first, but when he saw the token Chu Huaixu took out, he believed it instantly.
This is the capital city, no one dares to impersonate the prince.
The shopkeeper fell to his knees with a thud, tears streaming down his face.
"Your Highness, please save me. I have an eighty-year-old mother and a hungry son. I really don't want to die."
"If you don't want to die, answer the questions properly. If you don't speak properly, I'll have someone kill you before you get sick."
Chu Huaixu's words were unkind, but they calmed the shopkeeper down.
The shopkeeper stopped crying and tried hard to recall.
It was a long time before he spoke.
"They...they came an hour ago."
"Because they came early, it wasn't even dinner time yet, and there wasn't a single guest downstairs. It was just me, Jianfang, and the waiter."
Upon hearing this, Yu Youning and the others' faces darkened.
Although there were no other diners downstairs when these people arrived, the waiter, the shopkeeper, and the accountant were all in the same space with these people, so there was still a possibility of contracting the disease.
And when they serve other diners, they may also bring the disease to other diners.
I'm afraid the capital city is about to be in chaos.
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