"It might be a plague," Xu Dafu said.

Li Ruo asked, "Where have all the people from Chenzhou fled to?"

The patients on the raft said that most of them fled to the capital, some fled to Yuzhou, and others went to Tangzhou and other places, which is hard to say.

Li Ruo naturally dared not bring the people on the boat, but only gave them medicine, leaving it to them to decide whether they could survive.

"If it really is a plague, it will be troublesome if they flee to the capital." Her brother is on his way to the capital!

There's also General Mountain.

She felt uneasy, sensing that this was a huge conspiracy.

Li Ruo's expression was somewhat serious. "We need to get back to General Mountain before those people arrive in Yuzhou."

"Okay, I'll tell them to speed things up." Xu Dafu didn't dare to delay for even a moment.

Fortunately, their boat was fast, and they returned to General Mountain in two days. At that time, no patients had arrived yet.

Li Ruo wanted to tell Liao Fusheng about this, but Lin Dazhu told her that the Taoist priest had gone out and had not returned yet.

"Where did they go?" Li Ruo had a bad feeling.

Da Yu ran over and said, "This morning, the Taoist priest asked for a boat and went down the mountain with his family. He looked very worried. I asked him where he was going, and he said that there might be a plague in Chenzhou, so he was going to see what was going on and whether it would endanger General Li and the soldiers. He was also going to pick up his grandmother and his uncle's family."

"What?"

Li Ruoxin's heart was pounding.

Chenzhou... Oh right, I remember now. A few days ago, Liao Fusheng's father mentioned Chenzhou. They came from Chenzhou. After the family split up, Liao Fusheng's grandmother and uncle's family lived there.

What a coincidence!

"How many people did he take with him?"

Da Yu said, "About ten in total."

"How is your martial arts skill?" Li Ruo asked again.

Seeing her tense expression, Da Yu asked, "What happened?"

Li Ruo: "I don't think it's as simple as a plague." The plague may be real, but Liao's father's purpose is definitely not simple.

But she couldn't understand why this person had gone to such lengths to take Liao Fusheng away.

Da Yu said, "His martial arts skills are alright, but not particularly outstanding."

Yes, she never assigned any extra guards to the Taoist priest.

Li Ruo found herself somewhat flustered. In the past, Liao Fusheng had always taken care of everything for her, relieving her of many worries. She never imagined that one day he would leave.

When Lian Lizhi and Grandma Li heard about it, they were extremely worried. Lian Lizhi asked, "Will my cousin be in danger?"

Li Ru calmed herself down. "I don't think so for the time being. They went to such lengths to trick him into going to Chenzhou, so they must have something in mind."

"Could it be that they're using the Taoist priest to blackmail us into handing over the grain?" Dayu asked.

“That’s possible,” Li Ruo said. “We’ll find out soon.”

On the one hand, she ordered Lao Wang to lead troops to guard the nearby Erlihai area and prevent refugees, especially those from Chenzhou, from entering.

Meanwhile, Mu Sisi and her medical team are on standby at all times, ready to face the plague.

Also, send Fifth Master and Guazi to Chenzhou to find out about the Taoist priest's situation and inform Li Qing that they might encounter refugees from Chenzhou who have been infected with the plague, and warn him not to get close.

Thirdly, we must inform General Zhao of Baiyufeng and Marquis Xinyang to be vigilant against the plague and protect their waters.

The following afternoon, there was still no news from the Taoist priest, proving that the other party was not using him to exchange for food.

On that day, as expected, there were quite a few refugees with swollen heads and faces, and who were also coughing and panting. They tried to approach the waters of Qinghua Mountain, but were intercepted by the Li family army who stayed behind.

Upon receiving the news, Li Ruo immediately led Mu Sisi and other doctors to the scene. After their diagnosis, they determined that the refugees were likely suffering from bald worms.

This is a very severe type of plague. Patients' heads and faces turn purple, swell, and become painful. At the same time, their lungs and internal organs are also infected, causing incessant coughing and wheezing, watery eyes, red and swollen throat that prevents them from speaking, fever, and eventually coma and death.

"What medicine should I use?" Li Ruo asked.

Mu Sisi said, "There isn't a particularly effective prescription, but we can try a few prescriptions first and find the most suitable one."

“Okay.” Li Ruo gave her some of the medicines she had bought earlier. “Try these too, and see which one works best.”

Mu Sisi was somewhat surprised. Why did this Miss Li always have so many unexpected things to do?

But as long as it can cure the disease, it doesn't matter where it comes from. "Okay, this can reduce fever, it must be useful."

After two days and two nights of non-stop work, Mu Sisi and the doctors finally chose a relatively effective prescription, "but the medicinal materials are also a problem."

The other doctors were deeply worried; with such a great natural disaster, where would they find so many medicinal herbs?

"Don't worry, I stocked up on some before." Li Ruo turned around and bought a large amount of medicinal herbs from the store, spending a whopping one million points.

When everyone went to the hold to move the cargo, they were stunned and at the same time admired Miss Li immensely.

They could hardly imagine what they would do without Miss Li.

The women soldiers of Qinghua Mountain cooked medicinal soup and transported it by small boat to distribute to those who were sick. The boatmen on the boats were all fully armed.

"Young lady, this soup recipe is indeed effective; those who contracted the disease have all shown varying degrees of improvement," Ye Sang said happily.

If anyone dies, their body should be collected promptly and cremated on the raft using gasoline, so that the plague will not easily spread to the mountains.

But Li Ruo was still worried, because of her elder brother and Liao Fusheng.

Seeing that the situation here was gradually stabilizing and that the prescription had been confirmed to be effective, she wanted to go out.

That day, Li Ruo called Xu Dafu, Lao Wang, Yang Huahua, Uncle Luo, and the Third Master to a meeting. Old Lady Li, Lian Lizhi, and Li Yi were also present.

She said, "I'm taking Xu Dafu and five thousand naval troops to find my elder brother and Liao Fusheng."

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