The weather was dry these days, and a rouge shop in the south of the city suddenly caught fire, and the wind was blowing from the southeast at that time.
Most of the buildings in the capital are made of brick and wood, and the situation is very serious.
The Street Office, the Imperial Guards, the Chief Constables, the Imperial City Office, and the neighbors all came to rescue. For a while, people were coming and going and thick smoke was billowing.
The fire was put out, but the pungent smell of powder in the air above the capital city lingered for a long time.
Suddenly, a plague broke out in the capital.
The plague came suddenly and rapidly. Within a day, the news had spread throughout most of the capital.
Unprepared, the Imperial Guards and the Imperial City Division were all attacked.
Zhu Beichen immediately sent a flare to inform His Majesty. The plague is rampant, and he can't enter the palace now. So as not to bring the disease into the palace.
In the Jindan Pharmacy, Zhu Beichen looked at the pale-faced old doctor Li and asked, "Can you tell what the disease is? How can this disease spread so quickly? Can even you be spared?"
Doctor Li held his stomach and after a while of pain, he said, "It took a while to see that it looks like dysentery."
As he was picking up the medicine, he said, "We can only treat it as dysentery now, and give the patient an antidote pill. Unfortunately, there are too many antidote pills left in the capital."
However, I have already asked people to prepare the herbs for detoxification. Let's boil a big pot of it and let the people drink it for free. Whether it is effective or not can only be seen from the follow-up. ”
Doctor Li asked doubtfully, "Master Zhu, even if it is dysentery, it is impossible for it to spread so quickly unless someone did it on purpose. Did your Imperial City Department find out anything?"
Zhu Beichen narrowed his eyes. He had already sensed this.
He believed that the development of any epidemic had traces to follow, and even if someone did it on purpose, it would not be possible to do it so flawlessly.
He said: "We are investigating."
As soon as the Imperial City officials fell ill, he ordered an investigation. He also personally dragged his sick body to various large and small clinics in the capital, trying to find the first person who had contracted the disease.
However, the disease in the capital came too quickly and too suddenly, as if it appeared out of nowhere, and everyone seemed to have fallen ill at the same time. If it was poisoning, did this person put the poison into the well?
He also ordered his men who were still able to move to check all the water wells in the city.
There is nothing wrong with the water from the well.
There is no problem with water, but there is food.
But at this time, the people in the Imperial City Bureau were already busy with their own affairs. They were lying on their beds, without even the strength to groan.
Fortunately, he took handfuls of medicine and was still able to move.
But he certainly couldn't do it alone, so he could only mobilize his good friend in the capital and ask him to help check it out.
At this time, outside the capital, a carriage carrying military supplies was stopped by a group of masked men in black.
The man in black said it was a fight.
When the soldiers transporting supplies saw this, they were surprised that someone dared to loot military supplies at the foot of the imperial city? Are you really that bold? You know, in the distance is the Xishan camp.
A soldier sneered and sent out a signal flare, which was used by the army to signal when encountering an enemy attack.
At this time, in the Xishan camp, Chen Shigui was leading his men in training. When he saw the signal flare, he shouted, "Oh no! There is an enemy attack! Could it be that the army of the King of Southern Xinjiang has sneaked into the vicinity of the capital?" Ah Niu, hurry up, ask the general for permission and lead the troops to support them first. ”
When the King of Southern Xinjiang saw the signal, his face turned pale with fright.
We agreed to send them a batch of bows and crossbows. Did we do that? Is this a blatant robbery?
Is this eldest princess mentally ill? Robbery at the foot of the imperial city?
Sure enough, these women are all crazy.
You can be crazy as you like, but I can accompany you in being crazy. It was not easy to escape from the capital. As long as I was careful, I could still return to Southern Xinjiang.
Having made up his mind, the King of Southern Xinjiang took advantage of the time when the soldiers of the Grand Princess's Mansion's guard elder Lu were fighting and paid no attention to him, and quietly retreated and hid behind a big tree. When he saw that no one was paying attention to him, he ran away.
However, just as he turned around, he felt a chill on his back as a sharp arrow shot out.
He heard the guard elder Lu of the Grand Princess's mansion shout, "Protect our king."
He wanted to turn around and give him a smile, but was surprised to find that Lao Lu was holding a Cangwu crossbow facing him and had not yet retracted it.
Why?
The King of Southern Xinjiang died with his eyes closed.
At this time, Chen Shigui came with the soldiers from the Xishan camp. The black-clothed Lao Lu made a feint and shouted, "So what if you killed our King of Southern Xinjiang? Your imperial city has been poisoned by us. Your Majesty is about to die, hahahaha..."
After saying this, the man in black, Lao Lu, ran away while Chen Shigui was stunned.
The soldiers of the Xishan camp wanted to chase them, but were stopped by Chen Shigui, who said, "Don't chase after a desperate enemy. First, clean up the battlefield and see if it's the real King of Southern Xinjiang."
At this time, someone had already dragged over the body of King 괗 of Southern Xinjiang.
Chen Shigui frowned: "It is indeed the King of Southern Xinjiang. Well, something may have happened in the capital."
As he spoke, he chopped off the head of the King of Southern Xinjiang with a knife, threw it to the centurion behind him, and said, "Quick, your majesty is in danger, you must go into the city to protect him."
The centurion hesitated and said, "Although our Xishan Camp is the army guarding the imperial city, we can enter the city without being summoned."
Normally, it would not matter if one or two scattered soldiers came to Beijing to play for a few days, but once the team exceeded ten people, they had to report and obtain the permission of the Ministry of War. If it exceeded fifty people, then the emperor's order was needed.
Although Chen Shigui was their captain of a thousand men, he had just entered the Xishan camp and was airdropped. He also had a dark history of being expelled from the Su family army, so these people were still skeptical about him.
Chen Shigui hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Everyone, you can see that this man is undoubtedly the King of Southern Xinjiang. You have also heard what his subordinates said just now. You also know what the capital is like now. We are prepared for the worst. For your majesty, I have taken so much into consideration."
He glanced at everyone, his eyes showing a fearless look. He said, "Don't worry, everyone. This life was given by you. You will bear the guilt. If you can save the emperor, we will share the credit. Besides, since Cangwu men have chosen to join the army, they are afraid of life and death. For His Majesty and Cangwu, please follow you into the palace to protect His Majesty."
"General, you are righteous. I am willing to follow you until death."
"For His Majesty, for Cangwu, I am also a coward, count me as one."
"Okay, for His Majesty, we will accompany the General."
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In Beijing, Zhu Beichen saw the flare and realized the seriousness of the matter. Before he could think about it, his stomach ached again, so he had to order his men to fire another signal flare to warn His Majesty.
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