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He was sweating all over and felt weak, but he still forced himself to get up and have breakfast.
But when he had breakfast, he found that his parents were the same as him.
Wu Weining coughed from time to time, and what was even more horrifying was that he coughed up blood.
Wu Weining: “?!”
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That afternoon, Ji Mingxi sat behind his desk, feeling drowsy.
The Grand Secretary came hurriedly: "Brother Mingxi!"
Ji Mingxi woke up completely with a start. He rubbed his brows, took a sip of tea, and said leisurely, "But what happened?"
"This is terrible!" The Grand Secretary wanted to move closer, but then he remembered something and subconsciously took a few steps away, standing at a distance and looking at Ji Mingxi. "The Wu family is just across from your Ji Mansion. Brother Mingxi, have you had any contact with Lord Wu recently?"
Ji Mingxi thought for a moment without panic, "I haven't had any experience with Lord Wu, but Weining came to the mansion a few days ago and asked me to help him read an article."
The Grand Secretary swung his sleeves, his voice fuming with anxiety: "What should we do? Brother Mingxi, Brother Mingxi, those Buddhist scriptures you copied are of no use at all! We have been the cause of all the bad things!"
Ji Mingxi took another sip of tea and asked, "What happened in Lord Wu's family?"
The Grand Secretary's beard twitched with anxiety. "This morning, Lord Wu and his second son both came in sick, claiming to have caught a cold. But they sent for a doctor at noon, and he quickly rushed out of the Wu household, saying it was tuberculosis! Brother Mingxi, tuberculosis is contagious and deadly! Hurry and get the imperial physician to see you!"
Ji Mingxi took another sip of tea: "Okay."
After the Grand Secretary left, Ji Mingxi thought about it and left the Ministry of Revenue.
When returning to the Ji Mansion, he specifically asked the carriage to go around to the Wu family diagonally opposite and visit them in person.
Wu Qi and Wu Weining received him together, but the father and son each held a handkerchief in their hands and coughed up blood from time to time, which was frightening to see.
Ji Mingxi asked, "What's wrong with you two?"
Wu Qi: "Ahem, ahem, they say it's tuberculosis, but ahem, we don't quite believe it. We just asked a second doctor, ahem, to come to our house, ahem."
Ji Mingxi looked at the bright red handkerchief and said, "I heard that tuberculosis is contagious. If Lord Wu's family really has tuberculosis, I'm afraid I won't be spared either."
Wu Weining, who was coughing up blood and questioning his life, looked at Ji Mingxi when he heard this.
How come someone would come up here on their own?
Wu Qi also understood the implication of Ji Mingxi's words.
But to be honest, with Ji Mingxi's current status, the emperor cannot touch him at will, unlike him and Weining.
Doesn't he need to take medicine?
Wu Qi: "Ahem, Master Ji, have you thought, ahem, thought it through?"
Ji Mingxi took a sip of hot tea: "Hmm."
He also wanted to stay home and recuperate.
Having to deal with the emperor in the court every day will shorten your life.
Wu Qi gave the remaining pills to Ji Mingxi.
Ji Mingxi took one pill with tea on the spot.
A few hours after he returned to Ji Mansion, he coughed up blood.
Ji Mingxi looked at the blood on his sleeve, thought for a moment, then called the servant over and said, "Ahem, these days, ahem, you should eat more blood-tonifying foods like duck blood, ahem, pig liver, etc."
"Also, cough, send some more to Lord Wu's family, cough cough cough cough."
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Nearly twenty days had passed since the flood in Qinghe County, and Ji Yunxi and his party had returned to Liangzhou more than ten days ago.
The Ji family army stayed for a few more days to help the people of Qinghe County rebuild their houses. They also arrived in Liangzhou yesterday and camped outside the city.
After Ji Minghao arranged the military affairs, he came to the Liangzhou government office in a dusty state and discussed with Ji Yunxi and Wu Weian how to safely send the prince back to the capital.
He had just come from the army and was covered in sand and dust.
There aren't so many rules in the military, so Ji Minghao doesn't care much about it.
But Xuezhu cares.
He had just cleaned the house from top to bottom, making it spotless.
But as soon as Ji Minghao came in, not only did he leave footprints wherever he walked, but a lot of sand and soil also fell.
Xuezhu held the broom and the rag and started cleaning without stopping.
As she swept, Xuezhu followed Ji Minghao's footprints and swept into the main hall, and then saw an even dirtier person appear in the hall.
Ji Mingyuan had just appeared, and everyone who was discussing returning to Beijing was looking at him quietly.
Ji Mingyuan was in a mess.
His hair seemed to have not been washed for a long time, his clothes were very shabby, and his shoes were even more unsightly.
He held a letter in his hand and said anxiously, "I received this letter earlier. It said, it said..."
It seemed that the news was too shocking, and Ji Mingyuan was speechless for a moment.
Ji Mingyan blinked and kindly added on for his fifth brother, "Did they say that our parents died in Qinghe County?"
Ji Mingyuan nodded, his eyes wide open, stunned: "How do you know?"
Ji Mingyan pointed at himself, Mingshuang, and his third sister: "We all received it."
Ji Mingyuan was anxious: "Then when are we going to Qinghe County?!"
For a moment, no one replied to him.
The table was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, the only sound left was the sound of Xuezhu waving the rag.
However, when Lian Xuezhu heard this, she paused in wiping the floor.
After a while, Ji Yunxi took the first step.
She walked over, looked at her fifth brother who had become a little beggar, sighed softly, patted her fifth brother on the shoulder, and then left.
Ji Mingyuan: “?”
Wu Weian followed behind his wife, looked at Ji Mingyuan with a smile, reached out and patted Ji Mingyuan on the shoulder, and then followed Ji Yunxi away.
Ji Mingyuan: “?”
Ji Mingyan ran over, raised his hand, and without thinking that his fifth brother was dirty, he rubbed his fifth brother's head hard, making his fifth brother's hair into a bird's nest, and then left.
Ji Mingyuan: “?”
Ji Mingshuang was standing behind, looking at the fifth brother's messy hair. He reached out to help him tidy up his hair, but the hair hadn't been washed for a long time. In the end, he didn't help, patted the fifth brother's shoulder, and left.
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