"Okay, you go out first. This little mouse is called the Golden Mouse. It won't bite its own family. You will gradually get used to his presence in the future."

Upon hearing this, Baochai asked eagerly, "Sir, does this little mouse understand human nature?"

Shi Zhongkui smiled and said to the Golden Mouse, "Since we have been discovered, you should also take the opportunity to formally pay homage to the two mistresses."

The golden-haired rat nodded, but did not speak in a hurry.

Instead, he turned around and knelt down to worship Baochai and Yingchun three times each.

The shocked women were amazed and became even more curious about the Golden Mouse.

It's a pity that Shi Zhongkui knew that there must be something important when the golden squirrel sneaked in to find him. Otherwise, if he was not in a hurry, he would definitely wait until after his lunch break.

When Baochai and Yingchun saw Shi Zhongkui waving his hands, they could only turn around and lead the maids out of the back room.

"Master, do you still remember that after the moat was cleaned a month ago, the Underworld Department was afraid that you would blame them, so they arrested ghosts on a large scale?"

Shi Zhongkui nodded, and the Golden-haired Rat continued, "After that, the spirits born in Gyeonggi were worried that they would be implicated, so they had to hide in other provinces, or simply go outside the customs.

This morning, I learned from a rabbit spirit that sneaked back that there was a hook outside the customs at the end of last month.

The frightened rabbit hurriedly ran back to seek refuge."

"what?"

Shi Zhongkui really didn't understand what Jie Gou was.

It wasn't until the Golden Mouse explained it carefully that he realized that the so-called Jie Gou is a bird with a mouse tail and looks like a wild duck.

Wherever this thing appears, there will definitely be plague.

Upon hearing this, Shi Zhongkui's expression immediately became serious.

If a plague appears on the grassland, there is no need to worry too much about it spreading to Dazhou.

Judging from the traffic conditions at this time, the spread was not as fast as expected. Even by the time Dazhou knew about it, winter might have already entered and the most dangerous period had passed.

But if too many cattle and sheep die, and it is already mid-October, that means the grassland is likely to have an extremely difficult winter this year.

In order to survive, the grassland people within two to three hundred miles of the Great Wall had to migrate to the vicinity of the Great Wall to ask for help from the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Otherwise, they would organize themselves into groups and cross the Great Wall to rob villages and even prefectures and counties in Zhou Dynasty in order to obtain enough food for the winter.

And the latter is actually the most likely.

Even if Dazhou was willing to help, it would be impossible for him to support tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of herdsmen in three to five months.

So basically all that's left is to rob, and as long as you return to the grassland, you basically don't have to worry about Zhou's revenge.

Just because of the lack of horses, it is impossible to get out of the customs, let alone the supply problem after entering the grassland.

Shi Zhongkui sighed and listened to what the golden-haired rat meant. The plague occurred at the end of last month, which meant that it had already been half a month. Even if he rushed to the grassland to get rid of the hook, it would definitely be too late.

Thinking about it again, this winter or next spring, there will definitely be chaos on the grassland.

A large number of ordinary herdsmen who could not survive would ride horses and pick up knives to become bandits and intruders. Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but worry.

But after a while, he thought with some expectancy, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds if there was an invasion from outside?

Not to mention leading troops to fight, just the sharp increase in their respective expenses will force the court to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

Shi Zhongkui didn't care about saving money, but if the imperial court wanted to increase revenue, it would definitely increase its efforts to support itself in opening up wasteland and increasing grain production.

The question now is, should I write a letter to remind the court?

After thinking for a long time, Shi Zhongkui finally decided to submit a letter.

Only when you do something and don't do something can you be a man.

However, it would be great to know how to write.

Shi Zhongkui got up directly and went to the study next to the main hall of the central courtyard, summoning the God of Sun Travel, Daxing, Wanping and Changping Digong.

At 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening, Yingchun looked anxiously outside the study and asked Baochai, who was also worried, "Sister, what trouble has my husband encountered? He didn't even eat dinner."

Baochai shook his head and comforted, "Second sister, I heard from my brother and Xue Biao that my husband not only understands the ways of the world, but also the rules of officialdom, so he should be fine."

Upon hearing that it was an official matter, Yingchun became even more worried.

Suddenly the words "I regret teaching my husband to look for a title" came, and Baochai was stunned when he heard it.

Fortunately, the door to the study room suddenly opened, and Shi Zhongkui said to Yu Shun who was waiting outside the door, "Send this letter to the teacher's house immediately before the curfew."

Yu Shun nodded quickly, took the letter, said "Yes, sir", turned around and left quickly.

"Ms. sir."

Shi Zhongkui looked at the two daughters-in-law who looked worried, and said with a smile, "Madam, my husband is hungry."

Yingchun and Baochai hurriedly asked the maid to notify the kitchen to make another dish and wine, but Shi Zhongkui waved his hand, "Just let someone heat up the prepared food."

Baochai and Yingchun knew that Shi Zhongkui didn't want to waste it, so they nodded and asked them to do it.
Chapter completed!