After the news of Lu Bing's sudden death, although the Jinyiwei was dispatched in large numbers, various versions were still circulating in the teahouses, restaurants and streets in the capital.

The mythical version was taken to death by someone who died unjustly, the conspiracy version was murdered by a political enemy, and the secular version was naturally dead on a woman's belly.

These news were also reported to Wei Guangde by Zhang Ji as rumor, but Zhao Hu never came back after leaving.

It was not until it was dark that Zhao Hu came back and reported all the information he had heard in the past half day.

"Master, it is said that Governor Lu left the Beizhen Fushishi and entered the palace in the afternoon, but he was carried away from the palace. Two imperial physicians followed him. Later, several imperial physicians and famous doctors from the capital came. Anyone with some famous reputation was called to Beizhen Fushishi, but they were still not rescued until the night."

Zhao Hu was inquiring in detail this time, but Wei Guangde frowned slightly after hearing this.

"It means that Governor Lu fell ill when he was in the palace. He saw the imperial physician in the palace and then sent him back to the Beizhen Fushi, and also invited other imperial physicians and the capital to treat him?"

"Yes, it is said that the emperor issued an order to let all the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital go."

Zhao Hu replied.

"What disease is it? It's so dangerous? Has anyone revealed it?"

Wei Guangde said curiously, it seems that Lu Bing really had some emergency disease, and death is also a fate.

"No, those people are so secretive that they refuse to tell what the disease is."

Zhao Hu said in embarrassment.

"It's so secretive? Is there any hidden secret?"

Wei Guangde immediately heard the problem and asked hurriedly, but then he remembered something and exclaimed in a burst of voice: "Plague?"

In this era, violent diseases are rare. Wei Guangde only knows that some plagues seem to be like this. They die in half a day after the disease occurs.

However, not all plagues are so fast, and many of them will have to be delayed for several days.

Now the doctors of the Ming Dynasty have also noticed that although they call highly infectious diseases "plague", there are still differences between plagues, and the onset cycle and onset symptoms are different.

Combined with the secrets of the doctors before, Wei Guangde had just experienced the epidemic in the south, so naturally the first thing he thought of was that the epidemic in the south had spread to the north.

Not to mention that this possibility does not exist, Wei Guangde can clearly remember that even when the plague in the south was prevalent, the spies and information sent by the Jinyiwei did not stop. Maybe the information was stained with unclean things. Lu Bing was infected when he checked the information, and he himself didn't know that it was contagious.

Thinking of Lu Bing's illness in the palace, Wei Guangde suddenly shuddered. What if he was called into Xiyuan two days next?

The place is now dangerous and you may inadvertently get infected with the invisible and intangible virus.

Wei Guangde was worried in the house. Zhang Ji had been asking about it before and was full of rumors, but he laughed so hard, but now he can no longer laugh.

Of course, this time he was not happy, so he had to wait a few days to go to Lu Mansion to pay tribute. After all, Lu Bing was considered an elder, but he had passed away before he could take care of him.

Without Lu Bing's protection, Wei Guangde suddenly felt that perhaps Weng Pu's opinion was correct, and if he could, he would be better off going to the local area to work for two jobs.

He was young and ignorant before, so he thought it was good in the capital. Later, he was arrested by Lu Bing to meet him. With the words of this boss, he lived in the capital more at ease, although Wei Guangde did not violate the law.

But now it’s different. He has no support. Chen Ju from the palace has also shown up with him and cannot have more contact. Now he has returned to the way he first came to the capital, and has no channels to inquire about all kinds of news.

Soon, Lao Kan, Zhang Ke and other fellow villagers came here, as well as the new Jinshi Gui Zhiyang and Ouyang Yijing.

They were able to get to Wei Guangde's mansion because they were all fellow villagers, real fellow villagers.

Guizhiyang is from De'an, a juren in the 31st year of Jiajing. He was in the same year as Zhu Shilong, but Zhu Shilong has no intention of imperial examinations in the past two years and has gone out to travel around and enjoy the mountains and rivers.

Speaking of which, Wei Guangde also participated in the Jiangxi provincial examination that year, but it ended up falling in the list, so he was naturally familiar with Guizhi Yang.

However, Guizhi Yang was not lucky and failed in the 32nd and 35th year of Jiajing exams. He did not get the Jinshi merits until last year, and he was considered to have passed the exam.

As for Ouyang Yijing, the time he passed the imperial examination was actually earlier than that of Zhu Shilong and Guizhiyang. He was a juren in the 28th year of Jiajing, but Ding You was at home. When Wei Guangde was in Pengze, he even visited his mansion.

However, time has changed, and the boy of that year has already stepped into the officialdom before him and become his predecessor.

It is worth mentioning that Ouyang Yijing also participated in the 35th year of Jiajing exam. He arrived in the capital and completed the registration at the Ministry of Rites, but he failed the exam in the end.

After learning that he failed the exam, he left the capital and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi immediately. He could be said to have come and gone in a hurry.

Today, when they learned that Wei Guangde had returned to the court, the two new Jinshi came without any invitation, so the news was naturally learned from Lao Kan.

During the period when Wei Guangde was not in the capital, officials from Jiujiang gathered around Lao Kan.

As for the reason, it is actually very simple. Although Jiangxi is a major imperial examination province, the Jinshi in Jiujiang Prefecture can only be considered to be middle- and lower-level in Jiangxi. There are few people and not high-ranking officials. Naturally, they have to join in the internal group to keep warm and take care of each other.

At the dinner table, everyone's topics were naturally concerned about Wei Guangde's trip to the south and then talked about Lu Bing.

Wei Guangde could see that they were envious of his successive foreign dynasties. Zhang Ke also burped at the banquet and said, "Next month, I will probably go to Shanxi."

"Censor?"

Lao Kan asked in surprise.

Zhang Ke nodded, "Forget it, I've been done. Zhongshu Department is just a decoration. There are no chores all day long. No matter which room the next six departments have endless work, and there is nothing there in our place."

Zhang Ke said it easily, but Wei Guangde also knew that this guy probably spent a lot of money on his job transfer.

He picked up the wine glass and smiled at Zhang Ke: "From the future, we will be colleagues of the Censorate and we will take care of each other."

"Haha. That's that's that."

Zhang Ke laughed and picked up the wine glass and touched Wei Guangde gently. Then the two of them drank it all in one go.

"I heard that Lord Lu was sick in the palace. What disease did he get so violent?"

Guizhiyang looked at them drinking a drink before asking.

Now he is in the pedestrian department and is anxious to change jobs. However, it is not easy to transfer jobs, and he still has to look at the opportunity.

So when Wei Guangde and Zhang Ke were talking, he waited aside until the two of them put down their glasses before they interrupted.

Lao Kan smacked his lips, and his actions naturally attracted the attention of others, including Wei Guangde, who looked there.

In the past, Wei Guangde was the one in their small circle, but just now he returned to the capital, his one in the world would definitely not work well.

Seeing Lao Kan's appearance, as if he knew, Wei Guangde couldn't help but ask curiously: "If you know, say it, don't pretend to be profound."

"Ahem."

Lao Kan looked at Wei Guangde and shook his head, it seemed that he didn't want to say anything.

"Everyone takes turns to pay a glass of wine to help the adults. If one glass doesn't work, just two glasses until he is willing to speak."

Wei Guangde quipped when he saw Lao Kan's appearance, and raised his wine glass first while speaking.

"No, no, I'll just have fun."

When Lao Kan heard Wei Guangde was about to drink him, he waved his hand immediately, "It is true that Lord Lu had an accident in the palace, but I heard that it was not a disease of tyrant, but something that happened to His Majesty. The elixir he had just practiced had elixir poison. Lord Lu couldn't bear it, and the imperial physician was helpless, and in the end it was like this."

"What? I'll die from taking pills?"

Ouyang Yijing said in a little surprised. Actually, Wei Guangde didn't expect it, so he was a little stunned at this moment.

He even suspected that Lu Bing was infected by the plague in the south and suddenly died of illness. But Lao Kan meant that he had eaten the pills newly refined by Emperor Jiajing and died of death.

"Actually, you can find out if you ask some Taoist priests that the elixirs refined are all elixirs, but it's just a matter of how many things you have.

It is said that after taking pills, it can make you strong and rejuvenate. This is a legend, but that thing cannot be taken for a long time, because pills have elixirs.

If there are poor refining, it may be highly toxic. Anyway, it is best not to touch the elixir."

Lao Kan said casually at this time. After saying that, he picked up the chopsticks on the table, picked up the dishes and put them in his mouth, and chewed them slowly.

"I just heard someone this afternoon, but I didn't expect Ren Zhi to know."

Zhang Ke smiled and said.

"You heard about it, too?"

Wei Guangde's strange way.

"There are not many secrets in the officialdom. What happened in the palace? The little servants in the palace had to run to the Six Departments every day, and I don't know who revealed it, and then I knew it."

Zhang Ke replied, "And I also heard that people have died of eating in the early years, but they have not died of eating in the past years, but some have vomited and diarrhea after taking pills.

By the way, a few years ago, Master Yan had taken the pills rewarded by His Majesty, but he went back to bed for three days and almost couldn't be saved. Others said that Master Yan was unlucky. His Majesty took the same pills, but he almost died after taking them."

Wei Guangde was happy after hearing this, thinking that it might be that Emperor Jiajing had taken too much drugs and had a strong resistance to elixirs. In addition, Mr. Yan Ge was old after all, and his body was not as good as the emperor.

However, he had heard of this incident, and it was naturally Chen Ju, because he was there when the medicine was given, and he watched Emperor Jiajing pour out two pills from the jade bottle, take one of them himself, and give one to Yan Song.

Then, Emperor Jiajing had nothing to do and was still meditating and practicing. Yan Song fainted without much effort and was carried out by his servants from the West Garden and sent him home. There was another mess.

Emperor Jiajing, who had finished his merits, received the reward and quickly called the imperial physician to go over and treat him.

As a result, the rumors that Yan Song was not blessed spread inside and outside the palace.

This was something Chen Ju saw with his own eyes, and there was no falsehood at all, so many people believed it at that time.

In this era, many people believe in gods and ghosts. There are not many atheists like Wei Guangde, and most of them are scholars.

Of course, as he traveled through time, Wei Guangde was a little uncertain about the theory of gods and ghosts.

In later works, most of the lines used in ancient legends of gods and monsters are "Zi doesn't speak of strange powers and gods", which gives people the feeling that Confucius said this as if he should not talk about gods and monsters, just like what he said, "Respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them."

After a few casual conversations, Wei Guangde felt relieved. As long as Lu Bing was not infected with the plague, he could still go to Xiyuan, but he would definitely be taken from the elixir given by Emperor Jiajing in the future. That thing is really dangerous.

What if Emperor Jiajing insisted on rewarding him with elixirs?

Wei Guangde unconsciously thought again, and then he said that he would not have the blessing.

Soon, Wei Guangde came up with a solution to deal with it.
To be continued...