This is Yang Jinqiao's second letter. There were only three days between the two. She sent the second letter almost immediately after she sent the first letter. You can imagine how she acted.

I was anxious and couldn't wait to send the second letter while the first letter was still on the way.

Hope to come back soon.

There are only three words this time, hope you will come back soon.

There is one less word than before, but everyone knows that this is not a clerical error, nor is Yang Jinqiao trying to save trouble. She is telling Pei Yuanhao in the most direct and obscure way that the situation is urgent.

But even so, there is still no news from Beijing.

What happened?!

Pei Yuanhao also felt that the situation was unusual, and he originally planned to go north and return to Beijing immediately after solving the problems of the victims, so after receiving Yang Jinqiao's letter, he immediately ordered to go there. The state capital was busy again.

Hong Wenquan was still not released, but two other officials were asked to perform their duties. After returning to Beijing to report to the Ming Emperor, officials were again dispatched to Yangzhou.

The next morning, before it was completely dark, we got up.

The carriage was still parked outside the state capital, and everything had been packed away. The accompanying soldiers were already waiting aside. Pei Yuanhao waved to them, and the men immediately got on their horses and were ready to set off at any time.

It was still a bit chilly in Yangzhou in the early morning, and I got sick yesterday. Although I took good medicine and some unspeakable methods to reduce the fever, my vitality was damaged after all. Standing at the gate of the state capital, I still felt a little bit cold.

Peggily, Pei Yuanhao walked to the carriage and looked back at me: "Come here."

I walked up silently, and he already extended his hand to me: "Get in the car."

There was already a commotion outside, and I really didn’t have the strength to worry about anything anymore. I carefully grabbed his hand, and his body temperature immediately spread from his fingertips. I don’t know why, but that temperature made me feel a little painful.

Just when he held my hand tightly and was about to help me get into the carriage, suddenly, there was a rapid sound of gongs and drums on the road ahead.

The sound of "dang-dang-dang" spread quickly on the empty streets in the early morning. Many people who were still sleeping were woken up. They poked their heads out and looked sleepily. Some people opened the door and walked out wearing clothes.

My hand that opened the curtain was suspended in mid-air, and I looked towards the end of the long street.

"Urgent report, urgent report!" A figure hurriedly ran from the front and shouted loudly: "There is an epidemic and people are dead!"

Disease?!

My heart skipped a beat, and Pei Yuanhao had already loosened his hold on my hand.

When I turned around, I saw that his expression also changed drastically. He stood there motionless, waiting for the person who urgently reported the news to come over. Two acting chiefs of Yangzhou Prefecture hurriedly stepped forward: "What's going on? What kind of epidemic is it? Tell me clearly!"

"Back, sir, a large number of victims had fever yesterday and coughed for a long time. Several of them died in the middle of the night. The doctors in the mansion went to see them, but they couldn't find the root cause of the disease. The doctor from the Huisheng Pharmacy arrived this morning.

They say there’s a plague!”

"Plague" is a word that makes everyone talk about it. When I heard it, I felt the sound was like a thunderbolt, which made my ears buzz and hurt. A sharp pain suddenly burst out from my sleeves. I couldn't bear it anymore.
Chapter completed!