"Butler Guo and Young Master Rong are out."
"Brother Xu also followed Master Rong's instructions and went out to do some work. He said he would be back around noon."
"So that's how it is. I understand." Si Muqiao nodded.
It seems that the Dog Tyrant is going to deal with the food issue.
As for Xu Wei, if I'm not mistaken, he should have gone to find local and nearby doctors according to the dog tyrant's instructions.
But wait, when did she and the dog tyrant become a couple?
It is obvious that Feng Liuyu is the official partner of the Dog Tyrant!
"Let's go, let's eat first."
After Si Muqiao finished washing up, he took Xu Xiaotang to the kitchen in the villa.
Now all the people in the villa have been replaced by Murong Qingli, so it is very safe.
As soon as they saw Si Muqiao appear in the kitchen, the servants in the kitchen hurriedly bowed respectfully.
"Miss Erya, just tell me what you want to eat. Why did you come here in person?"
"It's ok for now, come and take a look."
"What is that?" Si Muqiao asked, pointing at something nearby.
"This is our Guozhou's specialty breakfast soup noodle noodles. It is the thinnest and longest noodles in Dazhou."
"It is famous for its hair-like silk, soft and tough, and it does not get mushy when put into soup. Miss Erya, would you like to try it?"
"Yes, give a bowl to Xiaotang and me first." Si Muqiao nodded.
"Okay, Miss Erya, why don't you go back to your room and wait. I'll bring the meal over to you when it's ready?"
"Okay." Si Muqiao nodded and really took Xu Xiaotang back.
On the way back, I heard Xu Xiaotang ask.
"Sister, what can I do?"
"Xiaotang, what do you like?"
To be honest, she hasn't thought about the arrangements for Xu Xiaotang yet.
Xu Xiaotang is a little young, and keeping her around feels like hiring a child laborer.
Give her to someone else to raise, she hasn't found a suitable family yet.
"Like?" Xu Xiaotang was confused for a moment, thought about it carefully, and then spoke.
“I like killing pigs.”
"Pfft, are you serious?" Si Muqiao was instantly shocked by her liking.
"Yes, sister, I am serious." Xu Xiaotang nodded heavily.
From childhood to adulthood, she has only eaten pork three times.
In her mind, pork is really the most delicious thing in the world.
She had the good fortune to see someone slaughtering a pig.
A pig that is so big and fat, with meat all over its body, will be turned into different kinds of pork after being stabbed with a knife.
It's the pig's blood, which is said to be delicious too.
So she had a wish since she was four years old.
When I grow up, I will raise a lot of pigs and then set up a shop selling pork.
After she killed the pigs she raised, she sold some of them and kept the rest for herself.
Eat pork thighs today, pork ribs tomorrow, pig ears the day after tomorrow, and pig blood the day after tomorrow.
Just thinking about such days makes me look forward to it.
"...Well, it's good." Si Muqiao said silently.
What else could she say?
You can't say anything to discourage Xu Xiaotang's love, right?
Not long after they returned to the house, two servings of soup noodles were brought in.
The soup noodle threads were just as the people in the kitchen said, as thin as hair and did not get mushy when put into the soup.
In addition to thin noodles, a large bowl of soup noodles also contains angelica and duck meat, a handful of green chopped green onions, and a few red wolfberries.
In addition to the two sets of soup noodles, the kitchen staff also gave them a bowl of plump white fish balls, a plate of pickles, and a plate of preserved vegetables and bamboo shoots.
After watching Si Muqiao move his chopsticks, Xu Xiaotang picked up the chopsticks and began to eat carefully.
For her, every day of life now feels like a stolen gift.
There is no oppression from parents, no worries about not having enough food to eat.
It was the first time for her to eat duck meat other than pork, and the first time for her to eat such delicious soup noodles.
And the fish balls are big, white, crystal clear, chewy and delicious, with a rich meaty flavor.
The seemingly inconspicuous pickles are surprisingly crispy.
There are also shredded bamboo shoots with preserved vegetables, which have unique flavor and good taste.
After dinner, Xu Wei hadn't come back yet.
After the experience of the previous day, Si Muqiao was very sensible and did not run out by himself.
She returned to the room and continued copying the Spring and Autumn Annals.
Xu Xiaotang helped her grind the ink.
After copying for more than an hour, someone seemed to be looking for her outside.
Si Muqiao put down the pen in his hand, stood up and walked out.
The person who came was a guard, who said that he was coming to deliver a book to her on the orders of Lord Feng.
Simuqiao took the book and looked at it in confusion, then thanked him.
I didn't expect that Feng Liuyu is such a warm-hearted person.
Someone actually sent her medical books, books about epidemics.
After returning to the house, Si Muqiao couldn't wait to carefully read the medical book.
The book says: "In the third year of the reign of the Great Zhou, there was drought and locusts, and the people were sick and plagued. The empty houses were given to them and medicine was provided..."
It turns out that since ancient times, people have been very careful about preventing epidemics.
Set up isolation hospitals, establish epidemic prevention management, improve environmental conditions, use drugs for preventive disinfection, etc.
It also mentions that bathing with herbs such as perilla can prevent disease.
It also encourages everyone to pay attention to food hygiene, make sure to boil water, do not eat spoiled vegetables, etc.
Especially the sentence: "He waded into the rice, but did not eat it" made Si Muqiao nod his head.
Look, this is the wisdom of the ancients.
This is also a very important point in the process of preventing plague.
"Sister, Brother Xu is back and outside."
Si Muqiao was watching intently when he heard Xu Xiaotang's voice.
She couldn't help but put the book in her hand upside down on the table and said, "Let him in."
"yes."
"What's going on outside?" After seeing Xu Wei, Si Muqiao immediately asked the question that concerned her most.
"Miss Erya, large pots have been set up in various places in the city to distribute porridge, including five large pots set up outside the city. There are many people queuing up."
"I heard that quite a few people are coming to Guozhou continuously."
"Is the city gate open?" Simuqiao asked.
"Yes, it is open. Lord Rong said that it is not easy to seal off the city at this moment, but the inspection at the city gate is very strict to prevent people with ulterior motives from sneaking in and out."
"Where does the food come from?" Simuqiao was curious.
"Lord Rong had people take it out from the prefect's granary. In addition, there is also a lot of food stored in the secret passage in Prefect Wang's house."
"Lord Rong wouldn't raid Magistrate Wang's house, would he?" Simu Qiao clicked his tongue.
Xu Wei did not refute.
"So, since Magistrate Wang was tied to the door of the prefectural government, many people have gone to report him?"
"Yes, that's true." Xu Wei nodded, somewhat impressed by Si Muqiao's quick reaction.
When Magistrate Wang was first kidnapped, everyone just looked at him from a distance.
No one dared to report it.
Murong Qingli raised the reward for the top three informants to ten kilograms of rice per person.
At this time, although everyone was very tempted, they still didn't dare to move.
Fu Guozhong's wife and son were the first to step forward and report Magistrate Wang. They listed a lot of evidence of Magistrate Wang's crimes.
After reporting, they took away ten kilograms of rice under everyone's gaze.
Even at this time, some people were already eager to take action, but were still hesitating.
They are still observing the situation of Fu Guozhong's family.
Until those people saw Feng Liuyu, the imperial envoy, bring a team of guards and surround the prefect's mansion.
A man named Zhang Daqiang squeezed out of the crowd.
He first kowtowed to Feng Liuyu, the imperial envoy who had saved him, to express his gratitude.
Then he reported the prefect of Guozhou in front of many people who were secretly watching.
He repeated in front of everyone the story he had told Si Muqiao and others in the carriage, and also mentioned the incident in which he was almost shot to death by an arrow at the city gate.
What he said was all backed by witnesses and physical evidence.
As soon as the news was spoken, the imperial envoy Feng Liuyu immediately sent people to tie up the officials and guards who bullied Zhang Daqiang in public.
Public trial.
In the end, the officials and guards who bullied Zhang Daqiang were punished according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Zhang Daqiang himself took away ten kilograms of rice.
After these two beginnings, the people were no longer willing to wait.
They rushed over to report Magistrate Wang.
It is both for the so-called reward and to seek belated fairness for the injustice they once suffered.
The emotions of the people were quickly aroused, and someone took the lead, picking up a stone from the ground and throwing it at Magistrate Wang.
The people behind followed suit and looked for things to throw at the extremely disgusting Magistrate Wang.
Wang Desheng, who was tied up in front of the prefect's door for public display, felt very humiliated and wished to kill Murong Qingli, Feng Liuyu and others.
He wished he could pull out the tendons and bones of these untouchables, including the people who threw stones at him.
But he had no choice.
The troops under his command were actually suppressed.
I don’t know who that damn new imperial envoy is. He actually transferred a lot of troops from outside and blocked all the ways he could think of.
As he watched those lowly people scramble to report his various crimes, Wang Desheng finally felt afraid.
It was a chill and fear that came from the bottom of my heart and spread throughout my body.
"The young master is really decisive in his work." After listening to what Xu Wei said, Si Muqiao couldn't help but conclude.
It must be said that the dog tyrant was not as cruel and inhumane as she had imagined.
He cares about the people, works diligently and conscientiously, and truly has the demeanor of a king.
Then, she asked, "Master Rong said last night that he would gather doctors in the city to prepare for epidemic prevention. How is the preparation going now?"
"Once this notice was posted, before I returned, five doctors had already gone to the gate of the prefect's residence to sign up."
"Master Rong means that we should immediately start to form a team of doctors for epidemic prevention. At 3 pm this afternoon, the doctors in the team will start providing free medical consultations."
"In addition, Master Rong has arranged a large number of guards to patrol Guozhou and even the counties and villages below."
"If you encounter sick people, take them all to a place and isolate them from outsiders, and then find a doctor to help them see the doctor."
"Anyone who encounters a rat must hunt it down."
"Anyone who eats human flesh will be killed without mercy."
“Anyone you encounter who eats rats should also be taken to another location and isolated.”
“…”
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