Chapter 124: Forced to protest! (Congratulations to the alliance leader for ensuring his safety!)

Thick black smoke rose straight into the sky.

The crackling sound of flames and the sound of collapsing buildings were heard constantly.

Qufu, this city is well known all over the world.

The Confucius Mansion, a family that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, was completely destroyed by a fire.

"This cancer that has plagued us for so many years has finally been cut off today."

On a high slope.

Zhu Di, whose whole body was still wrapped tightly, sighed as he looked at the fire that turned half the sky red.

"Dad, can I ask if there is really a plague in the Kong family?"

Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing aside and had been put down, looked at the fire in the distance and the soldiers sorting various property books in a nearby camp, and felt a little suspicious.

If there really was a plague in the Kong family, wouldn't it also be in these treasure books?

Why was the old man not afraid at all and even moved all these things out?

The old man, who was looking at the fire in deep thought, turned around and glanced at Zhu Gaoxu lightly.

"Second brother, you are questioning me!"

Listening to the old man's calm tone, Zhu Gaoxu's hair trembled all over his body and he shook his head vigorously.

"No dad, I definitely believe what you said, but I thought that if the Kong family was hit by plague, wouldn't these treasures be in the books? Why not burn them together? Instead, I brought them out, just in case.

Be careful of spreading the plague, what should we do?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu as if he were a stupid pig.

He shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Ignoring Zhu Gaoxu, he turned around and returned to another camp nearby.

"Hey, hey, kid, don't leave. Please explain to me."

Zhu Gaoxu, who was somewhat puzzled by the old man's gaze, did not dare to ask the old man, so he grabbed Zhu Zhangui who was about to follow him.

"That second uncle, I think with your IQ, it might be difficult for you to understand when I explain it."

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes widened.

"Don't think that I don't understand what you mean? You dare to call me stupid, believe it or not, and I'll beat you up? Tell me quickly, or you'll just wait to go back and let your father beat you up!"

Zhu Zhangui was speechless.

I said this as if I told you that you wouldn't report anything when you get back.

Well, since he wants to know, then tell him, otherwise he won't be able to be clean in the past few days.

"Okay, I'll tell you."

"As for the plague, the state of the plague on objects is different from that on the human body. The plague on objects can be killed with plague-killing water, and it is very comprehensive."

"Just like silver and precious jade, if soaked in plague-removing water for a period of time, all the plagues on them can be killed."

"But people are different. We can't put people in the plague-killing water!"

"If you put people in the plague-killing water, they will probably die before the plague kills them."

"According to medical science, the plague mutates in humans, so in order to..."

Zhu Zhangui impatiently gave Zhu Gaoxu a general introduction to the basics of plague prevention. This lecture lasted two to three quarters of an hour.

After Zhu Zhangui finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes rolled as he listened.

What is all this?

Is it related to the question I asked?

What else is mutation, what is latent transmission, and what is the incubation period?

Looking at the confused Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Zhangui spread his hands helplessly and muttered: "I just said it and you don't understand it. You have to listen."

He shook his head and walked towards the camp with his hands behind his back.

Looking at the retreating figure, Zhu Gaoxu scratched his head in confusion.

The more he heard this, the more confused he became.

Until now, he still hasn't figured out why money books can be brought out but people can't be saved.

Before burning the city, Zhu Zhangui ordered all gold, silver, treasures and books to be moved out.

These things cannot go with the Kong family.

These are the properties of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Kong family is gone, they will naturally be returned to the state.

It must be said that the Kong family has existed for so many years, and the wealth they have accumulated is amazing.

It took more than 200 soldiers to retrieve these items after two days of searching and moving.

According to the rough statistics of the scribe, there are about 20 million taels of silver and nearly 200,000 gold.

In addition, there are countless antique paintings and precious books.

If all these things were converted into money, they would be almost equal to the total income of Zhu Zhangui's five years of harvesting melons from the sea.

For this money, the old man just made a big stroke, leaving 10% to the Ministry of Accounts, and the rest went into the royal treasury.

The entire court was watching the money Zhu Zhangui handed over before.

If the old man had put the money into the royal treasury, Xia Yuanji might be able to hang himself in Fengtian Palace.

Today, no one knows about this money.

How much money does the Kong family have inside? That's not just as much as the old man said.

As for the plague carried on gold and silver, the old man doesn't care at all.

He didn't believe it.

No matter how powerful the plague is, it can still withstand the burning fire.

If all the gold and silver were remanufactured, he would not believe that the plague could still survive.

Regarding books and treasures, the old man accepted Zhu Zhangui’s suggestion.

First use disinfectant to disinfect it several times.

If you can boil it with water, boil it with water; if you can't boil it with water, grill it with charcoal fire.

As for whether these things would be lost during the charcoal roasting, or if there were signs of damage, Zhu Zhangui didn't care. Anyway, these things went into the household warehouse, and it had nothing to do with him.

The old man stayed outside Qufu City for three days, confirmed the quantity of gold and silver, and completed the follow-up work before returning to Jinan City.

The Confucius family was destroyed by the plague. Once this news spreads, it will definitely cause shock in the world.

The old man was afraid that Zhu Pangpang would not be able to suppress the situation, so he decided to return to Jinling immediately and take charge of the matter personally.

Mr. Zhu Zhangui also asked him to pack his things and go back with him.

As for the disaster in Shandong, it has been temporarily suppressed. The victims have returned to their hometowns one after another, following the arrangements of local officials, cleaning up their homes after the disaster, and waiting for next year's spring plowing.

Except for the soldiers who stayed outside Qufu City to pack up their belongings, the entire Shenji Battalion broke out of camp and headed to Peiping to assemble, waiting for the start of the Northern Expedition next year.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was originally supposed to be appointed as the chief military officer of the Northern Expedition, was revoked by the old man for some reason.

Instead, he passed the imperial edict to Zhang Fu and asked him to take charge of the discipline training of soldiers.

On the third day after returning to Jinan Prefecture, Zhu Di inspected the situation of the victims returning home. After confirming that there was no problem, he officially drove back to Jinling under the excitement of the Jinan Prefecture officials and the reluctance of the people.

Jinling, East Palace.

"Are you feeling better? Do you want to ask the imperial doctor to come over and take a look?"

Princess Zhang took the medicine bowl handed over by her daughter-in-law and asked with concern while giving Zhu Pangpang medicine.

Zhu Pangpang waved his hands feebly, "It's okay. I know my body well. I'm just tired. Just rest for a few days."

Looking at her husband's weak face, Ms. Zhang felt distressed and complained: "You tell me, why do you care about them? Didn't the old man already announce the decree to the world? The Kong family died of plague, and there was also Yan Sheng.

My father-in-law’s last letter. They don’t believe it, so tell them to wait for the old man to come back to find him. Why are you tormenting you every day?”

Zhu Pangpang reached out to take the medicine bowl, drank it in one gulp, and shook his head helplessly.

After waving the servants to leave, he said to Mrs. Zhang: "Actually, don't talk about them, even I don't believe it."

"There are too many unknowns in this matter. The reason why the Kong family contracted the plague, the sudden large-scale death, but there was no situation in the surrounding counties, including the people in Qufu City, did not die of the plague. It is really strange.

If there are too many, this matter simply cannot withstand scrutiny."

"Okay, okay!"

"My prince, don't worry about this. The most important thing for you now is to take good care of your health. As for other things, you should wait for the old man to come back and let him handle it!"

"Look what you are like now? If you have a problem, how will you let this family live?"

Seeing that his wife was getting more and more angry as she spoke, and even had tears in her eyes, Zhu Pangpang quickly wiped her tears with distress.
To be continued...