Chapter 082 Only women are sick?

Chu Zhenxuan did not enter the palace, and the spies inside the palace could not send any news, and everything was weird.

Xia Xue still hadn't woken up, but her pulse was much better after the fever subsided.

Doctor Zuo continued to look through medical books, trying to find a way to cure the mother and child of the dragonfly, but there were only a few sentences in the medical books about these dragonfly poisons and forbidden techniques.

After Chu Zhenxuan was stopped outside the palace gate, he sent someone to invite General Jiao.

About an hour later, a man dressed as a farmer and wearing a straw hat sneaked in from the roof.

Chu Zhenxuan suddenly stood up.

"It's me!"

When he took off his military hat, it was none other than General Jiao.

"Where did you come from?" Chu Zhenxuan's face darkened. Having known General Jiao for so many years, Chu Zhenxuan knew that General Jiao was an extremely stable person. Even though he was dressed up, things were still not simple.

General Jiao looked around and dragged Chu Zhenxuan inside, "Let's talk inside."

After entering the inner room, General Jiao put down his hat.

"Something happened!"

Chu Zhenxuan frowned, "The situation in the suburbs of Beijing is not good either?"

The families of the guards seemed to have been infected with a plague, and they developed symptoms of high fever and coma. The guards asked for doctors, but the doctors in the city could not find the problem, and their number was dwindling.

"You mean, it's the guards' families who are sick?" Doctor Zuo came out.

General Jiao clasped his fists and said, "Lord Zuo!"

"Master Jiao!"

The two men saluted each other, and General Jiao replied, "Yes! The guards did not have a fever, but they said their family members were sick."

"That's right, this disease mainly affects women!" Doctor Zuo said excitedly, as if he had discovered a new continent.

Chu Zhenxuan turned around and asked, "Woman?"

"This disease is manifested in the pulse. The first reaction is the happy pulse, and then the pulse becomes weak. If you call a doctor in the early stage of the disease, the doctor will definitely treat it as a pregnancy preservation. However, as more and more female relatives fall ill, the doctors will feel so many happy pulses at once, especially the grandmother in the family. The doctors will naturally know that something is wrong. In this way, the news will spread from one person to ten, and then to a hundred, and it is easier to cause panic."

Chu Zhenxuan nodded. "After everyone knows about this, their instinct will be to protect their families, so they will definitely tell everyone. If this continues, there will definitely be panic."

Chu Zhenxuan thought for a while, "If this disease only affects women, then the emperor should be fine, so why is the palace closed?"

“Will someone use this to threaten some people, resulting in…” General Jiao did not dare to continue.

Imperial Physician Zuo and Chu Zhenxuan both knew in their hearts that what he did not mention was "palace coup."

"Then we can only visit the palace tonight." Chu Zhenxuan said.

General Jiao disagreed, "They must know that the palace is sealed, and the people outside will be worried. It will be difficult to set up a trap for people like you who come to investigate at night."

"What should I do?"

"I know there is a secret passage that leads to Yu Garden, but only thin children can pass through." said General Jiao.

"Where can I find a thinner child?"

"Chu Yun!" General Jiao shouted.

"No, it's too dangerous. Madam dotes on Chu Yun so much. She is in a coma now, and I am sending Chu Yun to do such a dangerous thing. Madam will definitely not agree." Chu Zhenxuan shook his head.

"It was Chu Yun's own request. He is very smart and quick-witted. He can try to put into practice what he has learned recently at the training ground. Besides, he said that the kids that your wife asked Fu Yuqing to train have grown very fast recently, and we can pick out a few of them to be entrusted with important tasks!" said General Jiao.

"It's too dangerous no matter how you look at it!" Chu Zhenxuan sat down and drank a sip of tea.

"Even if you can't bear to see them take risks and go by yourself, who can save them if something goes wrong? Their bodies are similar to those of the young eunuchs who just entered the palace, and they have common faces. As long as they sneak in and wear eunuch uniforms, they may not be caught. After all, we have some insiders in the palace. Although they can't pass on the news, they can still find their way in and protect the safety of these children!"

General Jiao appealed to Chu Zhenxuan's emotions and reason for a long time, and Chu Zhenxuan reluctantly agreed to bring the children over to see him first.

As a result, not long after, Chu Yun and three little boys came in. They were mostly thin and small, except Chu Yun who was relatively strong.

As soon as Chu Yun came in, he knelt down along with the other children.

"Father, please let Yun'er go. Yun'er wants to do something for mother and for the people who have been harmed."

"But we have no idea what's going on inside the palace, and you've never been to the palace. All the dangers are unpredictable!" Chu Zhenxuan frowned.

"We have written down the map of the palace. After we get there, we will send one person to find the eunuch that General Jiao mentioned to inquire about the situation, and the others will go to find the emperor. Please rest assured, godfather, we will not act rashly!"

Chu Zhenxuan paced back and forth in the room, unable to make a decision.

"It has always been my godfather and godmother who have been protecting Yun'er. Please let Yun'er do something within her ability!"

After a while, Chu Zhenxuan sighed and finally nodded.

Not long after sending the children away, General Jiao's deputy general came to report that General Fu, who was guarding the city of Seabuckthorn, had rebelled, and a large number of Hu troops were found thirty miles away from Seabuckthorn.

"The Hu Kingdom has made a comeback?" Chu Zhenxuan narrowed his eyes, a murderous gleam in his eyes.

"We should have made the arrangements last time, but we didn't expect that the Hu people in the city were not well prepared, so we had to give up Prince Guo and buy some time." General Jiao replied.

"The medical book says that it takes at least a month for this kind of mosquito to take effect. That means that when the Hu people first arrived a month ago, they planted these mother and baby mosquitoes." Imperial Physician Zuo interrupted.

"It seems that this mother and child pig is their final killing weapon. I didn't expect Cai Deyangji to be so disappointing and be exposed in advance. But the Hu people are unwilling to accept this. Even if they have calculated the time when the mother and child pig will fall ill, will they cooperate with the villains to force him to abdicate?" Chu Zhenxuan guessed.

"What should we do then?" General Jiao was also a little anxious.

"How many guards do you have in the suburbs of Beijing?" Chu Zhenxuan asked.

"Twenty thousand elite soldiers," General Jiao answered. "Originally, there were fifty thousand, but later I thought it would be difficult for me to manage so many soldiers alone, so I gave thirty thousand to Seabuckthorn, Luyuan and Qifang."

"Twenty thousand is far from enough. With the rebellion of Seabuckthorn, Zuo Qing will definitely be controlled. Lu Yuan and Qi Fang are far away, so it may be too late to immediately dispatch troops to resist the Hu army."

Chu Zhenxuan pondered for a while and took out his military token. "I will mobilize the troops and have them block the outer line of the Hu people. You take your elite troops into the city and guard the capital. We will wait for news from Chu Yun and the others. If the emperor is controlled, you will lead your troops to rush into the palace!"

"good!"

“Find a few more people to rescue Zuo Qing. If she can be rescued, let her contact the generals and soldiers in Seabuckthorn City who don’t want to rebel, and let them rebel on their own.” Chu Zhenxuan said.

"good!"

After everything was arranged, Chu Zhenxuan entrusted Xia Xue to the care of Imperial Physician Zuo and then he left.

A storm seems to be brewing...