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Chapter 4: Plague Rising

The team of yamen rode their horses and saw Wang Dahei as soon as they crossed the bridge. They stopped and a leader looked like Wang Dahei and shouted loudly: "Where is Huliu Village?"

Wang Dahei lived in a small village for a long time and saw him very little. As soon as he saw the official, he shrank back. Now he was still questioned by the official. His legs were trembling. When he was too nervous, his tongue was stiff and he couldn't speak.

"What are you asking?" The leader of the official frowned and urged him unhappily.

"In...In..." Wang Dahei tried his best to straighten his tongue, pointing to the direction of the field, "working in the field."

The leading official entrusted the order: "Speed ​​him to the village yamen quickly!"

"Yes...yes!" Wang Dahei stuttered and ran away like a dog.

The officers sent Wang Dahei and rode their horses toward the village. Two young officers saw Li Hao and donkey tug of war, and couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh.

With a "bang", the rope that tied the donkey was broken, and the donkey egg was free. He spread his hooves and shouted happily, and rushed towards Mr. Hu's house. Li Hao threw the rope to the ground and chased after him with all his might.

However, Donkey Egg was too fast and rushed into the village in a blink of an eye. When Li Hao ran to Old Man Hu's house, he heard the rushing donkey cry from Donkey Peng. When he approached, he saw that Donkey Egg had already started to do business. Li Hao slapped his forehead and sighed helplessly. For the sake of the current plan, he could only kill first and then report.

The donkey screamed so loudly that it reached the house. A person came out of the house. It was a little boy about twelve years old, wearing a black old cloth jacket and holding a broken book in his hand. This was the eldest son of Mr. Hu, Hu Dashan, who was twelve years old this year. Hu Dashan saw Li Hao standing outside the donkey shed, and walked over and took a look. He found that there was a donkey in the donkey shed, and immediately knew what Li Hao was coming, "Master Li, thank you for raising our Cuihua." As he said that, he bowed to Li Hao in a good manner, but his actions were unfamiliar and tender, and it was obvious that he had just learned it.

"Don't!" Li Hao hurriedly jumped to the side, "We must speak rigorously. It's not me who will breed your Cuihua, but I will bring donkeys to breed your Cuihua."

Hu Dashan blinked and thought, "Is there any difference?"

"Of course there is a difference!" Li Hao glared and shouted excitedly, "It was my stupid donkey who did it. Don't put shit on my head! As a scholar, you have to reason, right?"

"Uh..." Hu Dashan looked confused. Li Hao was too free. He could not keep up with his rhythm. He obviously wanted to thank him, but he turned into a shit-blocking pot. He felt that the chat could not continue. He could only change the topic and asked, "Master Li, have you seen my father?"

Li Hao shook his head: "I didn't see it, but I met Wang Dahei at Jinshui Bridge. He said your father has gone to the ground, oh, by the way, your father seems to be the village master."

"Yes." Hu Dashan nodded.

"Then he should go to the village government office now. A team of officials riding horses came just now. As soon as he entered the village, he shouted to see the village chief. Isn't it your father?"

"Official officer!" Hu Dashan was shocked when he heard this, "Has my father committed a crime?"

"Who knows?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows and smiled wickedly, "Maybe your father was found by peeking at the little widow in the next village in the bath..."

"Don't talk nonsense! My father wouldn't do such a dirty thing." Hu Dashan was so angry that his cheeks were bulging, and his big eyes stared at Li Hao, "Why are you so unkind as a monk?"

Seeing him angry, Li Hao said with a smile: "I am not a monk, I am just a vulgar person wearing Taoist robes. Just kidding, so serious, so lack of humor."

Li Hao's harmless smile instantly made Hu Dashan's anger relieve most of his anger. Li Hao did not forget to remind him: "Don't you go to the village government office to see your father?"

"Oh, yes." Hu Dashan pulled Li Hao and ran to the village yamen. Li Hao yelled depressedly all the way, "Hey, why are you pulling me? It's not my father's fault."

The village government office is in the wasteland in the north of the village. It is actually a broken house. It is mainly used for gathering and discussing matters in the village, and is usually idle.

A notice board stands in front of the gate of the village government. At this moment, a notice is posted on the notice board and an official seal is printed. Many villagers are talking around the signboard. In fact, most of them do not know the words, and several literate people in the village tell them the content of the notice.

Li Hao saw so many people from afar, and he guessed in his heart that something big happened. Otherwise, there would be no government notice sent to such a small village. He rushed up in just a few steps, pushed the crowd away and came to the signboard. There were not many words on the notice, and it took a while to finish reading. After reading it, he frowned and said to himself: "There is a plague on Henan Road!"

The notice was issued by Linbei County Government. The notice stated that there were already four prefectures and counties on Henan Road. Xuzhou where they are located is one of the prefectures and counties that are causing plague. The most important thing is that plague patients have appeared in Linbei County.

This plague came very suddenly. Why is it said to be suddenly? Because it appeared at the same time in four prefectures and counties, it has never happened before. If it is not controlled, it will be the most harmful plague since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

After local officials discovered the plague, they immediately submitted a rush to the court. Li Shimin, who had been frightened by natural disasters, felt that his head hurt again. He personally issued an edict, sent all the staff of the Imperial Hospital to mobilize, and spent a lot of money to summon famous doctors from various clinics to Henan Road to fight the plague. He also strictly ordered the edicts that if the governors of those prefectures and counties could not control the plague, they would be dismissed and imprisoned.

Li Shimin attached great importance to this plague. There was no way. Li Shimin killed his brother and became the throne, and was always stabbed by others. Unfortunately, after he took office, he caused natural disasters for many years. The people complained, saying that God punished Li Shimin, which caused the people to suffer.

Li Shimin wanted to cry without tears, and the baby felt sad, but if the baby didn't say it, he could only work diligently and love the people and be a good emperor. He defeated the Eastern Turks in the fourth year of Zhenguan, and finally made him counterattack. The whole country celebrated, and the people of the Tang Dynasty finally gave him a big praise.

Li Shimin is not afraid of anything now, just fearing natural disasters.

The Linbei County Government issued this notice with only two intentions. First, it told all villages and towns that all villages and towns in Linbei County were temporarily blocked and all people and animals were restricted from going out. The residents in the village should not walk around and run around to prevent the spread of plague.

Second, tell all villages and towns that soon a doctor sent by the imperial court will come to each village to stay in charge, hoping that the villages in each village will actively cooperate with the work. Once anyone is found to have any signs of an epidemic, they will immediately notify the doctor for treatment. If the treatment is useless, the dead body will be burned to prevent infection.

After reading the notice, Li Hao was stunned for a long time, and suddenly thought of a major problem. The village was blocked, so how could I go back?

When Li Hao thought of this, he quickly ran out of the village, not even caring about donkey eggs. However, when he ran to the village head, he was sadly finding two warriors in military uniforms guarding the Jinshui Bridge with long soldiers in their hands.

"Fuck, the movement is so fast!" Li Hao shouted in despair, his eyes turned around. He thought of the idea of ​​swimming across the river, and quietly turned around and ran north to the Jinshui River. The Jinshui River was not small, more than four meters wide, and the river flowed very slowly. Although his swimming skills were not high, he thought there should be no problem swimming over it. He was about to go down the river when he suddenly saw movement across the river. After a closer look, he felt that he was completely unhappy. He saw a warrior riding a horse on the opposite side of the river, slowly moving along the river, his eyes sweeping around the river. If it weren't for the willow trees by the river, he would have discovered Li Hao long ago.

These warriors who blocked the village were obviously people in the army. In order to control the plague, Li Shimin even dispatched his army, which shows how much he attached to this plague.

Now Li Hao was in trouble and returned to the village with his head hanging down. Before he knew it, he returned to Old Man Hu's house. At this moment, the donkey egg was finished and was rubbing against Cuihua in the donkey shed, making a great time.

Li Hao was angry when he saw this guy. It was this guy who couldn't control his lower body, which made him trapped in Huliu Village now. It was afternoon, and where would he sleep at night.

"You are a lewd donkey!" Li Hao picked up a willow branch from the ground and wanted to go up and suck him a few times. Suddenly, someone shouted in the back: "Master Li, when did you come?"

Li Hao turned his head and saw Old Man Hu and his eldest son Hu Dashan coming back through the fence yard. The two of them walked into the yard in three or two. Li Hao threw away the willow branches in embarrassment and said, "I'll bring the donkey to find Cuihua to match that one, hahahaha..." Alas, I feel so embarrassing and shameful to say such things.

Old Man Hu also laughed and spread his hands and said, "Get into the house and have a drink of water." Li Hao nodded in a dry laugh and went into the house with him.

After entering the room, Old Man Hu pushed open the back door and shouted: "Damn the child, Taoist Li is here, boil some water for the guests."

"Okay!" A woman's voice came from behind the house. It was Mr. Hu's wife, Liu.

Old Man Hu searched for three rooms, but saw no trace of his younger son. He turned to Hu Dashan: "Dashan, your brother?"

"It's time to go out to play." Hu Dashan replied, "He went out after you went out for a while."

"This guy." Old Man Hu snorted coldly and sighed, "I know how to play all day long. I finally handed over Shu Xiu to study in the neighboring village, but I just didn't work hard."

Li Hao advised from the side: "Children are so playful, I was like this when I was a child."

"How can that be the same?" Old Man Hu squeezed his eyes and said with a trembling beard. "The emperor just started the imperial examination to select officials. I still expect them to study and become personal experts. You are a Taoist priest, but you don't expect to be an official."

Li Hao:...

Li Hao really wanted to explain to him again that he was not a Taoist priest, but he knew that it was a waste of effort, because he didn't know that he had told these people hundreds of times. They were goldfish. After blinking a few times, they forgot. Li Hao was so tired. He turned around and looked around with embarrassment, and said indifferently: "Ah, Uncle Hu, your family is so big."

"What's the big deal?" Old Man Hu shook his head and sighed, "There are only three rooms in total. This main hall is one, and I and the mother of the child. The two kids are just enough to live in. Oh, if these two kids are not promising, our family will not have a room for them to marry a wife, and they will have to build another house, which is very worrying."

Li Hao blinked and said flatteringly: "Uncle Hu, I heard that the village is blocked."

Old Man Hu nodded: "Well, it's blocked, the officials and soldiers of the court are guarding it, and even a single chicken feather cannot fly out."

Li Hao pretended to be surprised and asked, "Then can't I go back?"

"Well, I can't go back." Old Man Hu nodded again.

"Hehe...hehe..." Li Hao smiled even stronger, "Dad Hu..."

"No, don't, don't call me dad." Old Man Hu found that he suddenly changed his name. He felt that nothing good happened and shook his hands, "I'm only thirty-five. They called me old. If you call me dad, I feel like I'm alive in a few years."

"Yes, yes..." Li Hao nodded flatteringly, "Uncle Hu, you said that as the head of Huliu Village, you are such a big official, can you help me solve my accommodation problem?" After he said that, he looked at Old Man Hu affectionately, his blinking speed was comparable to a sewing machine.

"Uh...this..." Old Man Hu pondered for a moment and said with a embarrassed look on his face, "Now our Henan Road is in a plague. I'm afraid no one dares to take you in, and our family has no room."

Li Hao thought for a while and suddenly said, "Then can I live in the village yamen?"

Old Man Hu looked at him in surprise: "There is nothing in that place, how can people live?"

"At least there are walls and roofs, which can block the wind and rain." Li Hao looked at him with a pleading look.

Old Man Hu sighed helplessly, lowered his head and thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, you and the little miracle doctor have been kind to our villagers, and we can't repay them without repaying them. Just live there. Let me ask my child's mother to send you some hay and bedding, but don't catch a cold. I heard that people who are sick are more likely to get infected with plague."

Li Hao's eyebrows were thrusting. Can you say something auspicious? Can you chat? Can you chat?

Although he was unhappy, he still had to thank Old Man Hu, after all, he had done this very carefully.
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