The moon falling to the ground

Chapter 258 Outbreak

The loud shout scared the remaining masked men so much that they scattered like frightened rabbits.

The patrol came to inquire about the situation and sent a team to chase the masked man. The masked man who was knocked unconscious notified the people of Jingzhao Yamen to take him away. Another team personally escorted Jian Yue and others back to the mansion.

Steward Lei took out a bag of silver to thank the escorting soldiers and politely sent them away.

Here, Jian Yue and a few others were bandaging each other.

Several people suffered minor injuries, but fortunately none were serious.

Ji Yunzhong learned that Jian Yue and Doctor Mao had been assassinated on the way, and hurried over to visit them. Seeing that they were fine, he hurried away.

He has been extremely busy lately, and Jane Yue wasn't quite sure what he was busy with, but she tactfully didn't ask.

Since that strange confession, Ji Yunzhong has not said anything that would make people blush and their hearts beat faster. It seems that he just said it on impulse, or just casually.

Jian Yue did not feel lost. Regardless of fate or destiny, she liked to let nature take its course and follow her heart. That kind of life-and-death love was not suitable for her.

At night, the Princess's Mansion stepped up its security. Steward Lei ordered that everyone in the Princess's Mansion, except for shopping, should try to reduce going out and avoid contact with people outside. Those who had to go out for something must bring cloth soaked in anti-epidemic medicine. Clothes worn must be washed in boiling water after returning. Every corner of the mansion was disinfected with lime water and wormwood water.

The servants in the princess's mansion worked until half the night before they finally stopped.

The next morning, Steward Lei came back from outside. He went to the government office to inquire about the assassination yesterday. According to the confession of the arrested people, they were gangsters hired by Princess Xinyue of the Taiwei Mansion to assassinate Jian Yue.

Jian Yue guessed the Xie family, General Rong, and Yan Xinning, but she never thought it would be Princess Xinyue. Unexpectedly, this arrogant and domineering princess is as cruel as her name suggests.

However, all the family members in the Taiwei Mansion are now under custody, and it is unknown how Princess Xinyue contacts the outside world.

Now, both General Rong and Xie Mingzhi are in the Ministry of Justice prison. If the women in the General's Mansion cannot be detained, then the Ministry of Justice prison may not be able to detain General Rong and Xie Mingzhi.

Also, Yi Tianxiao and Yan Xinning are missing.

At noon, the noisy Shangjing seemed to quiet down all of a sudden.

More than half of the court officials fell ill. The soldiers of the imperial guards also fell ill one after another. The various government offices were in chaos and almost stopped functioning.

The government office posted a notice: Due to the outbreak of the epidemic, people are strictly prohibited from going out.

Yes, the imperial physician finally determined that the aggressive disease was a plague. At present, it is impossible to determine what virus it is and to formulate an anti-epidemic prescription. The government had no choice but to strictly prohibit crowds from gathering, close shops, and set up temporary isolation points to isolate the sick.

The prince had no choice but to put down the case at hand and turn to preside over the epidemic prevention work.

Long queues formed in front of the major clinics, all of whom were there to buy anti-epidemic drugs. Many patients with fever no longer dared to come to the clinics, as they would be arrested and quarantined once discovered.

The princess's mansion was even more closed, cutting off contact with people outside.

A day later, the spies in the East Palace reported that the prince and his wife had been infected with the disease and were bedridden. Only half a day later, the palace reported that the emperor suddenly had a fever and vomited, and was suspected of having contracted the disease.

When General Rong, who was in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, heard about the situation outside, he laughed and said to a jailer outside the cell: "Notify the Second Prince that we can take action now."

At this time, the second prince, who was supposed to be imprisoned in the clan residence, was secretly deploying troops in his own residence. The two people following him were Yi Tianxiao and Yan Xinning.

Yan Xinning's eyes were dull, and she stood when she was told to stand, and sat when she was told to sit, like a puppet. The toxins in her body continued to erode her nerve center, and her independent consciousness became less and less, her thinking ability became weaker and weaker, and most of the time she just followed orders.

Yi Tianxiao frowned, a little confused.

He was very familiar with the medicine from the Ghost Gate. The medicine that Junior Brother brought into the Yamen Prison this time looked like an infectious disease, but it was actually a contagious poison. But the speed of transmission of this poison was not so fast. He expected it to take seven or eight days to be effective, but he didn't expect it to be effective in three days.

This speed is a bit weird.

The Second Prince did not notice Yi Tianxiao's strange expression. At this moment, he was excited about the upcoming victory. As long as tomorrow passed, this magnificent country would be his, haha!

At night, General Rong and his son Xie Mingzhi quietly left the Ministry of Justice prison and entered the Second Prince's mansion one after another with the officials of the Second Prince's faction.

Several of these officials were also infected with the disease, but their condition was not so serious that they could not walk, so they were supported to enter the Second Prince's mansion. The reason why these officials came to the Second Prince's mansion with illness was because the Second Prince had someone tell them that he had a good medicine to cure the disease.

The officials' symptoms were the same as those of the Guimen poison. Yi Tianxiao just glanced at a few people casually, without suspecting anything else, and gave each of them a black, smelly pill.

Several officials could not help but frown. But for the sake of their own lives, they still stuffed the food into their mouths despite feeling nauseous, stretching their necks and swallowing it hard.

Some officials were afraid of vomiting, so they quickly drank water to relieve the nausea in their throats.

"Okay, you have taken the antidote and will recover soon. We will finalize the deployment in a quarter of an hour."

With the war approaching, the Second Prince rarely showed his kindness and concern for his subordinates, in order to let them shine in their respective positions and contribute to his great cause.

However, the officials who took the antidote did not recover as quickly as the second prince expected. Instead, within a quarter of an hour, they began to convulse, vomit, and finally vomit blood and roll their eyes.

The second prince was startled and looked at Yi Tianxiao at a loss.

Yi Tianxiao was also confused by this result. He ignored the unpleasant smell in the room and took the pulses of several people. The results of the pulses surprised him.

Although the patients' symptoms are the same as those caused by Guimen poison, they are not caused by Guimen poison. They are poisoned by another unknown poison.

Yi Tianxiao's heart trembled, and he had a bad premonition, as if something was out of his control.

"What's going on?" asked the second prince.

The second prince was very unhappy because he failed at the critical moment.

Yi Tianxiao had no choice but to tell the truth: "The poison in them was not from my Guimen, but another kind of poison. This poison is very... weird." He didn't know what words to use to describe it.

The second prince frowned: "How could this happen? Could it be that they really have an epidemic?" This thought made the second prince panic. He could not help but stay away from the sick people and ordered his servants to carry them out immediately.

The other officials were panicked, and even General Rong and Xie Mingzhi, father and son, secretly covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves.

Yi Tianxiao couldn't determine the symptoms for a moment, and remained silent...