It seemed to be a sign of bad luck. Before the hour, Su Mu was awakened by the violent wind and rain outside the window. The raindrops fell on the tiles and rustled, while the wooden windows were creaked uncontrollably.Su Mu didn't want to go back to sleep anymore.

Although there was no thrilling thunder, Su Mu still felt that his heart was not at peace.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the sky to light up. Su Mu, who had been thinking wildly for almost an hour with his eyes open, simply got up. As soon as he opened the door, he smelled the fragrance of medicine. Looking across the courtyard, he saw Bai ZhiHe was boiling medicine in front of the door, sitting on a small bench and gently fanning the cattail fan.

A few days ago, Du Han said that he thought it would be troublesome for Su Mu and Lu Lingjue to run around, so he simply packed up two clean rooms for them to live in the government office.

Seeing Su Mu push the door open, Bai Zhi raised her head in the smog, raised her hand from a distance and shook her cattail fan.

"Woke up so early?" She squinted her eyes and smiled softly, patted another small bench next to her and said, "Yaoyao went to get some medicine, there is still a seat, do you want to sit for a while to refresh your mind?"?”

Su Mu was stunned for a moment, and seeing Bai Zhi's gentle smile, she didn't refuse any more, and carefully sat down on the bench.

"Did Mrs. Bai not sleep all night?" Su Mu glanced at Bai Zhi's expression. Although he didn't show any signs of fatigue, based on the time he went to rest last night, only three hours had passed.

Bai Zhi shook her head lightly when she heard the words: "Of course I'm resting. You guys have to go out to deal with things during the day, but I'm different. You can take a nap next to the bed, and you won't be able to fall asleep naturally at night."

Although Bai Zhi is already in her forties, Su Mu can't feel the age gap between him and the other party at all. Bai Zhi's words are always lively and agile, but her voice is as gentle as the morning sun.Mu has only just met her for a day, and he also feels very cordial.

Perhaps it was because Bai Zhi's expression was too gentle, which made Su Mu even more curious about why Liu Xiaoran had such a frosty personality, and couldn't help asking: "Ma'am, there seems to be a big difference in behavior between you and Liu Shaoqing?"

Hearing his hesitant opening, Bai Zhi burst out laughing, took a fan and patted Su Mu's shoulder lightly and asked, "Tell me, why doesn't it look like this?"

Su Mu thought about it, and finally replied truthfully: "Liu Shaoqing's personality is colder."

Bai Zhi nodded, and hummed in approval.

"Xuanxuan was very attractive when he was a child. He was good-looking and well-behaved. When people come to visit us during the holidays, they love to hug him and not let go."

Her tone was full of nostalgia, so that Su Mu just listened to her words, and seemed to be brought back to the time when he was carefree, "After growing up a little, Xuanxuan is not like this."He loves to laugh. His personality is exactly the same as his father. He learned things very quickly since he was a child, and he can easily memorize books, but he always doesn't know the point when dealing with people and things. He imitates his father every day and keeps a straight face.Even those generals, ministers, and children don’t take him with them when they go out to play together.”

Bai Zhi was a little dissatisfied and said: "I often say that children should not be bored at home, it is better to go out to play more, but that old-fashioned Liu Chengzhi thinks that Xuanxuan's appearance will become a big weapon in the future, so he secretly encourages him in different ways.Xuanxuan continued to be a little old man, and the two of them agreed with me in front of me, and when they turned their heads, the older one took the younger one to some secluded corner to read and write."

Su Mu found it quite interesting, and it fit Liu Xiaoran's image very well.

After Bai Zhi finished speaking, seeing that Su Mu's eyebrows and eyes were no longer clouded as before, she smiled lightly and asked, "I heard that Chen Chu called you Yu Zhi, so I will do the same. Getting along with Xuanxuan, is it true?"Isn't it quite difficult?"

Su Mu became nervous for no reason, feeling a little embarrassed by being randomly checked by the teacher in charge, but then he relaxed and shook his head sincerely: "Although Liu Shaoqing is not talkative and a bit cold, she is actually careful and thoughtful.There was a case in Bishui County, thanks to his seriousness and thoughtfulness, he was able to prevent the perpetrators from escaping and allow the unjustly killed to be brought to justice, I admire him."

If it were another person, Bai Zhi would probably guess that the other party said that because her child was too fierce, but Su Mu's eyes were clean and clear, and she could see the end at a glance, making her believe from the bottom of her heart that this was the other party's sincerity.

She looked at Su Mu with a more gentle look. Such a clean child, even if she has seen countless people, is rare.

The raindrops dripping from the eaves formed a water curtain outside the corridor. Su Mu and Bai Zhi just sat there for a long time amidst the scent of medicine, until Lu Lingjue yawned and opened the door from another room.

Seeing Su Mu and Bai Zhi sitting side by side, he almost thought he was confused. The two talked familiarly, it was not like they met for the first time yesterday.

"Chen Chu finally woke up?" Bai Zhi glanced at the sky, and stood up, "This medicine should be ready, you go and use it early, and you will definitely have to go out later, I dragged you to say soIt's been a long time, you must be hungry."

Just as Su Mu was about to say no, Lu Lingjue responded first: "Yes, I'm almost starving! Ma'am, don't you need to go earlier?"

Bai Zhi carefully opened the lid of the crock pot where the medicine was boiled, and shook her head: "I've already used my dim sum just now, you go, I should also give Xuanxuan the injection."

Su Mu felt his heart skip a beat when he heard this word. He had seen acupuncture practitioners in the hospital before. Many needles were stuck on their bodies, and they were inserted next to the eyes to look like hedgehogs. Whether it hurts or not is another matter.Just looking at it made people feel a little terrified, and just about to follow in to have a look, someone trotted over and said, "My lords, Du Cishi invites you to go over."

The once frozen time seemed to flow again at this moment, and the heavy uneasiness on Su Mu's heart became more and more obvious at this moment.

"Don't worry, maybe he came to tell us that a doctor has found a solution to the epidemic, or that Capital City sent someone to help Jiangzhou City!" Although Lu Lingjue said so, looking at Su Mu's expression, he didn't know what to do.Can't relax.

When Du Han saw people coming, he was unambiguous, and said straight to the point: "The people guarding the west of the city this morning reported that dozens of people got sick overnight, and last night they heard the sound of coughing all night., I knocked on the door this morning and found that there were indeed signs of infection, and just now, Chengbei also came to report, saying that it was also the case."

Su Mu's heart sank, dozens of people, this is not a small number, and these are people who have already shown signs of illness, which shows that the actual number will only increase rather than decrease.

Du Han's expression became more solemn: "There are already people who want to leave Jiang Prefecture because they are afraid of being infected by the plague, so they gathered at the gate of the city, waiting for the gate to open."

"No!" Su Mu blurted out, "It's just like this in Jiang Prefecture now, if the disease spreads to other places, it will definitely become—"

He didn't finish his sentence, but Du Han nodded.

"Yes, so I have already sent someone to inform the city gate, but I am afraid... once the city gate is closed, everyone in the city will be in danger." Du Han closed his eyes, his tone full of helplessness.

At that time, the long-suppressed restlessness in Jiangzhou City will be completely uncontrollable.

Neither Su Mu nor Lu Lingjue spoke, but they both foresee the worst ending.

Now they didn't even have time to guess how the disease spread overnight, so Su Mu and Lu Lingjue rushed to the city gate.Although he was mentally prepared, when he saw the dark crowd, Su Mu still held his breath. It could be seen that some people were in such a hurry that they didn't even pack their bags, they just hung all their things on their bodies.Many, many people were anxious, and some women were crying while coaxing the baby in their arms.

Before the city gate opened, Su Mu just wanted to go forward when he was dragged in another direction by Lu Lingjue.

"We need to go to the tower. There are Jiang Prefecture troops defending the city. With them, if there is any accident in a while, the people here will be more calm."

Su Mu looked at this group of people and felt unbearable, but this was not the time to hesitate, so he turned around and followed Lu Lingjue up the tower.

Huang Yu, who had already received Du Han's order earlier, couldn't bear to look at the people below the city tower. He couldn't understand the situation, he only knew that he needed to obey the governor's order, and he was holding his breath. Although he didn't know SuMu, but he knew that Lu Lingjue was an official from the capital, so when he saw the two of them, he was very annoyed and asked in a rough voice, "What's the business of the two adults here?"

Lu Lingjue was aroused by the tone, and before he could figure out how to answer, Su Mu cupped his hands and said, "General Huang, the city gate cannot be opened today anyway, I hope the general will remember it."

Hearing this, Huang Yu became even more furious, and punched the table heavily: "Then shall we watch the common people wait to die in this city?"

Lu Lingjue jumped up immediately: "After being released, if anyone in this crowd gets sick, let alone on the road, there may be some misfortune. If they arrive in another city, the other city will become like this.?”

Huang Yu sneered after hearing this, and asked back: "So why do tens of thousands of people in Jiangzhou City have to fend for themselves here? Are they not innocent people?"

This time Lu Lingjue was also speechless, as the solution to the epidemic has not been found yet, no matter how much he refuted, there would be no solution.

At this moment, Su Mu replied with a suppressed voice: "It is true that there are many patients in the city, but there is still a solution, isn't it? Even if they escape from Jiangzhou City, where will they be displaced after that?"?”

"We are not only thinking about the people outside the city, but also thinking about the people of Jiang Prefecture. Governor Du has already reported to the imperial court before, and someone will come to help soon."

"And what we have to do now is to defend Jiangzhou City."

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