In the upper right corner of the mall, the merit points are 2723.

When leaving Nanli, Jiaojiao knew that she and Meng Guxue would hardly meet again in the short term, so she prepared a treasure bag for Meng Guxue in advance.

Inside was a talisman that she had carefully selected, which was the "golden finger" she left for Meng Guxue. It cost Jiaojiao 280 merit points.

At this time, Jiaojiao moved her eyes downwards, carefully reading each grid one by one, until she saw the last row, her face slightly changed.

Typhoid fever is a general term for exogenous diseases. Judging from the secret report sent back by General Ren, what spread in the northern border should be an acute infectious disease, which the ancient people called plague.

In Jiaojiao's impression, "typhoid fever" has always been a big problem in history. The medical saint Zhang Zhongjing wrote the holy book of medicine "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", which should contain methods on how to deal with typhoid fever epidemics.

But Jiaojiao is not a medical student. She has studied history, but she knows nothing about medicine!

At this moment, she looked through the entire Merit Mall and found that there were strange and bizarre elixirs and talismans, but there was really no prescription for curing the epidemic.

There is a pill that is effective for the disease, called "Miraculous Rejuvenation Pill", which can cure plague, typhoid fever, and smallpox, but one pill costs 80 merit points.

You have to know that there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the North. This is simply a drop in the bucket!

Jiaojiao was so anxious that she kept scratching her head. Seeing this, Qiao Zhongguo asked her about her predicament, and Jiaojiao told her the truth.

The study room suddenly fell into silence. Qiao Zhongguo was silent for a while and then suddenly said, "Jiaojiao, maybe it's God's will."

Jiaojiao looked up in confusion when she heard that. Qiao Zhongguo had a calm expression, and his firm brows revealed the calmness and insight of a man who had experienced many ups and downs.

"Jiaojiao, you have helped father, the Qiao family, the emperor, and even Nanli a lot."

"In this battle with the heavens, you have been the one leading us along. You have done everything you can. Obviously, we have not done enough."

When Jiaojiao heard this, her pupils trembled slightly.

When...when will even Daddy...

Jiaojiao quickly turned her head to look at Qiao Tianjing who was standing beside her, but Qiao Tianjing saw everything clearly and did not show any shock.

If you ask Qiao Tianjing who he admires most among all the great people in the world, he will answer without hesitation: his father.

My father supported the family when he was young, and then joined the army to learn skills. Later, he went to the battlefield and experienced life and death to defend his country. After retiring, he gave up military service and turned to literature. This half-life legend is enough to brag about for a lifetime.

Dad is such a wise man who has experienced many hardships and gone through life and death. How could he be unaware of the problem when even his son can see it?

He even suspected that his father saw through the essence of all this earlier than he did, but as the helmsman of the Qiao family, his father concealed all his hesitation and doubts and opened his arms for them without hesitation.

Jiaojiao's mind was full of thoughts, and she understood everything in an instant. Her heart ached suddenly, and she choked up and shouted, "Daddy!"

Qiao Zhongguo raised the corner of his mouth slightly, rubbed Jiaojiao's head very gently, and said in a warm voice:

"The one who has worked the hardest has always been our Jiaojiao, hasn't she?"

When Jiaojiao heard this, tears almost rolled down her cheeks. How lucky she was to be born into this family...

Qiao Zhongguo held Jiaojiao tighter, and then said in a gentle voice:

"We shouldn't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of our efforts to fight against fate. If the lives of all people depend on you, Jiaojiao, then what about our own awareness?"

"Even if we overcome this current hurdle, how are we going to get through the twists and turns in the future?"

"Jiaojiao, this time Imperial Doctor Zou has asked to come along. He used to just protect himself, but now he has stepped forward without hesitation with a compassionate heart as a doctor."

"Dad just saw his old but resolute face in the palace, and was deeply shocked."

"Ever since Daddy got a glimpse of the truth behind this, it was as if he saw a picture. He saw Jiaojiao walking out of the darkness holding a candle, lighting up one sincere and passionate heart after another along the way."

"Jiaojiao, Daddy has always believed and expected that one day the gathered light will break through the darkness, and in that rising light is the magnificent, true and brilliant life of all of us."

Qiao Zhongguo chewed over these words countless times in his mind.

This realization sprouted the moment he heard Jiaojiao's voice, and then became more profound and firm at each turning point in his destiny.

Qiao Zhongguo will never say these flowery words again in the future. He said them today just to tell his beloved Jiaojiao that she doesn't have to shoulder everything and doesn't have to put everyone's life and death on her shoulders.

Everyone has his or her own destiny, and this grand struggle requires the determination and efforts of each of them.

Jiaojiao was shocked when she heard this, and even had tears in her eyes because of Qiao Zhongguo's words.

At this moment, Daddy gave her the deepest resonance, and also made her tense heart feel relieved.

Qiao Tianjing smiled when he saw this, but Qiao Diyi on the side looked confused.

He didn't understand how they had just been talking about the epidemic in the North, but now they were talking about "candlelight" and "resistance".

Qiao Tianjing saw Qiao Diyi's confusion, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

This trip to the North would have to hand over the main field to his second brother. He had no doubt that his second brother would suffer a series of shocks as a result and then develop his own awareness.

He suddenly felt a little bit of anticipation. Perhaps the next time they met, his second brother would have shed his current immaturity and confusion and become the second General Qiao that the northerners feared!

Qiao Diyi didn't understand why his elder brother smiled at him so meaningfully. In order not to appear foolish, he also pretended to smile.

Qiao Tianjing: “…”

His silly second brother...

In the afternoon, news of the plague raging in the North spread.

The end of the year is approaching and the northern border is thousands of miles away. Logically speaking, for the sake of people's stability, such news should be kept strictly confidential.

But after Qiao Tianjing and Tan Hanchi discussed it, they felt that this news could not be concealed. Not only that, it had to be announced to the whole world!

This epidemic came so strangely, and happened at Wuding Pass, which borders the northern country, and it touched the sensitive nerves of almost all the people of Yong Dynasty. ..

Who would believe that there was no Northern influence in this?

In the past, the Northern Kingdom invaded without reason, massacred people in the border town, burned, killed and looted. It was already an irreconcilable hatred. Now, at the end of the year, it is spreading the epidemic and killing the people of Wuding. It is simply unscrupulous!

The Northern Expedition was inevitable, and this epidemic conspiracy pushed the Yong Dynasty people's sentiment for the Northern Expedition to its peak!

After consulting Shen Yuanzhan, Tan Hanchi wrote the "Northern Expedition Proclamation to the World" by hand. Every word was sonorous and powerful. It spread throughout Kyoto in an instant and then spread far and wide!