Outside the palace walls, the imperial guards gathered in large numbers.
Many of them were quite confused and didn't know why they were asked to gather at this point.
"Brother, I heard that the person who summoned us is the imperial envoy. I don't know what the imperial envoy is going to do at this late night."
"Who knows, maybe they took us to search our homes again. Don't worry about so many things. Searching our homes is the most profitable."
"Hehe, that's true. When we raided the homes of Hou Junji and other rebels, the brothers made a huge profit."
The two guardsmen were whispering, but they didn't notice that everyone else fell silent, which made the sound of their conversation particularly noticeable.
The two of them also noticed this and quickly shut their mouths.
However, a young man dressed in Chinese clothes slowly walked toward them.
For a moment, both of them were a little nervous.
Although they did not recognize the young man, they were able to guess his identity from the young man's luxurious clothes and the compelling nobility on his body.
I'm afraid this is the imperial envoy. I didn't expect him to be so young.
Muchuan walked up to the two of them, but frowned and looked at them.
The two forest guards were so frightened that they couldn't help but kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.
"My Lord Imperial Envoy, please spare my life. I was just joking. How dare I line my own pockets!"
"Yes, yes, sir, please be patient and leave me waiting for my life!"
As soon as another pig teammate opened his mouth, the expression of the imperial guard who initially begged for mercy changed drastically.
According to this kind of argument, doesn't it confirm that they embezzled public funds?
Muchuan didn't bother to care whether these two people had stolen stolen goods. The reason why he got close to them was because their expressions were very abnormal.
The so-called observing the body through physiognomy, Muchuan could tell at a glance that the two men had some problems with their kidneys, and it was most likely that they were infected with the Black Death.
Muchuan took out two test strips and threw them to the two of them.
"Keep it in your mouth and take it out after half a quarter of an hour."
Hearing this, the two of them looked at each other, both seeing the panic and despair in each other's eyes.
In their opinion, the strange piece of paper handed over by Muchuan was probably a highly poisonous substance that would cause death if swallowed!
The two of them took the test strips tremblingly, and one of them even shed tears.
While shedding tears, the man said: "Sir, I have nothing else to ask for. I only ask that you don't implicate the villain's family. They are all innocent."
The other person didn't have so much nonsense. He was so upset that he stuffed the test strip into his mouth, then closed his eyes, as if he was going to die.
The rest of the imperial guards watched, all of them a little scared.
Fortunately, they didn't talk nonsense just now, otherwise they might be the ones taking poison at this moment.
That's right, none of these imperial guardsmen have clean hands, and all of them have more or less enriched their own pockets.
This is perfectly normal. The saying goes that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if the officials are honest, there will be no action. This is fully confirmed.
Think about it, if there is no benefit at all from being an official, who would want to be an official?
They are all designated to do business.
All in all, Muchuan was not at all interested in the style of these Imperial Guards. He just wanted to know whether anyone was infected with the Black Death.
As a result, Muchuan called Gao Kan, took out a large number of test strips, and asked Gao Kan to distribute them to everyone.
The faces of everyone who had been watching the excitement just now suddenly changed.
Thump~thump~
Hundreds of people knelt together and begged for mercy.
"Sir, you are really going too far. Let's just do this. The little people will transfer all their property to you, and you can just wait for your life for me!"
"Yeah, yeah, killing us wouldn't do you any good, would it?"
"This is all the property of the villain, please accept it with your grace!"
Faced with this extremely violent reaction from everyone, Muchuan couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
As for that, I just let you suck the test strip to check if there is any infection.
Gao Kan understood clearly, but he quickly said to Muchuan: "Master, I think these guys think our test strips are some kind of poison."
Hearing this, Muchuan suddenly realized.
In desperation, Muchuan said to everyone: "Everyone, before I had time to explain, this thing is a test strip to check whether you are infected with the Black Death. You can rest assured and just hold it in your mouth."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was completely confused.
This is really a flat A that swaps out all the skills.
Everyone was embarrassed. Although they learned that the test strips were not poisonous, their faces were still ashen.
They have just admitted the fact of corruption, which is a serious crime of beheading!
Muchuan was well aware of everyone's concerns, but he smiled faintly and said, "As for what you just said, I was deaf and didn't hear it at all."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and they looked at Muchuan with gratitude.
Afterwards, everyone started to take the test strips without any worries.
Half an hour later, Gao Kan and others collected all the test strips.
This test strip is not difficult to observe. If it is not infected with the Black Death, the color will not change after taking it; if it is infected with the Black Death, the color will turn green.
The results were not optimistic. More than 30% of the hundreds of test strips turned green.
Muchuan frowned and didn't say much. He just isolated all the Imperial Guards who were infected with the Black Death.
The isolated Imperial Guards were quite puzzled. Although they learned about the Black Death from Muchuan, they had no idea how powerful this thing was.
"Sir, are we infected with the Black Death?
Can this disease be cured?"
A nervous guard couldn't help but ask.
Muchuan glanced at him and found that he was not the only one, the others were extremely nervous.
Muchuan knew in his heart that he must not explicitly state the horror of the Black Death at this moment, otherwise it would definitely cause panic.
As a result, Muchuan smiled faintly and said: "It's not a serious disease. It can be cured easily. But we can't let it spread, otherwise it will be very troublesome."
As soon as these words came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and were no longer so nervous.
Later, Muchuan carefully interrogated them about the people they had come into contact with during this period.
After understanding it, Muchuan felt a little more at ease.
The Royal Guardsmen surrounded the palace on weekdays, rarely went home, and did not come into contact with too many people.
However, I am afraid that many people in the palace have been tricked, which is quite troublesome.
In desperation, Muchuan could only go to see Li Shimin one more time and proposed to him that he conduct a major test on the palace first to find out who had been infected.
This is very important. If a member of the royal family is infected with the Black Death, there will be big trouble.
