Qi Hou fell so badly that the Lu Chen brothers rushed over and helped him up.

The two men carried Qi Hou on the left and right and came to Xiao Jingzhou.

Xiao Jingzhou asked in a low voice: "What happened?"

Qi Houleng sighed in pain and said:

“Your Highness, the people of the whole city have stomachaches.

His stomach was swollen like a ball, and many people died from the pain!

General Yang ordered someone to find a doctor and asked me to come and ask Your Highness for help. ”

Xiao Jingzhou ordered: "Lu Feng, support Deputy General Qi, and Lu Chen, follow me to check the situation."

The two men walked out of the government office and headed towards the south gate.

On the road, we saw many people lying on the ground, curled up with their hands covering their stomachs.

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Their faces were all filled with painful and hideous expressions.

Seeing this, Lu Chen frowned, and his childish face looked several years more mature.

When they first entered Zhiyi City, the people in the city were so hungry that they collapsed and lay on the ground unable to move.

But now it looks more like a sign of poisoning.

He said, "Your Highness, how come this looks even more serious than when we first entered the city?"

The two passed by the alley on the corner.

A boy about six or seven years old was holding a woman and trying to feed her some water.

The boy imitated the adults and coaxed, "Mom, have a drink of water.

This water is so sweet. My stomachache goes away after I drink it.

The dog feeds you.

Mom, drink some water. Drink water and you will grow taller quickly! ”

But no matter how he fed or pried open the woman's mouth.

The woman lying on the ground, with her brows furrowed and eyes tightly closed, remained indifferent.

Half of the bowl of water was spilled, soaking the woman's clothes.

Lu Chen couldn't express what he was thinking at the moment. He wanted to remind the little boy that the person in his arms had already died.

He took a few steps forward when he was stopped by a hand.

There was a hint of compassion in Xiao Jingzhou's eyes.

Then, he ordered in a calm voice: "Have someone bury the woman and hand the child over to Yang Jin."

Several soldiers passed by and walked towards the street.

Soon, the sound of a child crying was heard in the alley.

"You are talking nonsense! My mother is not dead!"

"Mother! Woo woo woo ~ Be obedient, mother, please don't leave the dog!"

"Wow, wow, wake up, mom!"

The sound of the boy crying was getting farther and farther away, and the two were almost reaching the south gate.

There was still a long queue of people queuing up at the porridge stall to get porridge.

On the other side, there are several round-tables.

Several old men were sitting at the table, taking the pulse of the people waiting in line.

Yang Jin saw Xiao Jingzhou from afar, walked up to him quickly, clasped his fists and bowed.

"Greetings, Your Highness."

"No need to be polite! General Yang, what is the situation now?"

Yang Jin stood up straight, his face full of sorrow.

“Several people died. I have sent people to the city to find doctors to diagnose the people’s pulses.

I believe the cause of the disease will be found soon. ”

Xiao Jingzhou looked at the five tables that were not fully occupied by doctors and felt that there were more than just these few people in the city.

He said: “Issue a notice offering a reward and search the whole city for a doctor.

Each doctor can receive 30 kilograms of food.

Anyone who pretends to be a doctor will be expelled from Zhiyi City once discovered. ”

Today, outside Zhiyi City, there are dead trees, withered grass, and cracked soil everywhere, creating a bleak scene.

Being driven out of the city means waiting for death.

Such a punishment is indeed severe!

Yang Jin ordered someone to find a doctor and took Xiao Jingzhou to the examination table.

The white-bearded doctor placed his right hand on the thin man's wrist.

He first scanned the man's body, then touched his abdomen.

Then he shook his head and sighed.

The man held his stomach, sweat beads appeared on his forehead due to the pain, and he couldn't even bring himself to ask about the condition.

Yang Jin asked the doctor in a low voice: "How is it?"

The white-bearded doctor said, "The stomach is in a hard knot, and there is no medicine to cure it."

The thin man covered his stomach, and his face turned even paler when he heard the bad news.

The people who had been queuing up were furious when they learned that there was no cure.

"Old man, are you really a doctor?

There is no cure for stomachache, you are a quack! ”

"That's it! That's it!"

“We all have food, we are not starving to death!

I can't let my stomach hurt to death! ”

"I think it's this old man who's talking nonsense to scare us!"

"But Doctor Yan is at Huichun Hall!"

"I don't want to die...I don't believe it anyway!"

There were discussions and doubts all around.

The old man with white beard stood up and slowly unbuttoned his loose gray cloth clothes.

The ribs are clearly visible on the chest, and the belly is bulging, just like someone who is four or five months pregnant.

When everyone saw this, they all shut up.

For a moment, you could hear a pin drop.

Doctor Yan is over fifty years old, and the wrinkles on his face can kill a mosquito.

His face was full of sadness and resentment: "I am no different from you."

"This stomach is filled with soil from outside the city, which is used to make the Guanyin soil cake.

Earth cakes can fill your stomach, but eating too much will cause abdominal pain, intestinal hardening, and inability to defecate, which will lead to death from the pain. ”

Yang Jin understood the problem and stepped forward to ask, "Will drinking water help? Drink more water?"

There was a lot of water in the granary. If drinking the water was useful, he would pry open the people's mouths and force them to drink the water one by one.

Doctor Yan shook his head and said, "It's useless. The lower part is hardened, and no matter how much water you drink, it will have little effect.

There is even a risk of bursting the stomach. ”

Yang Jin was anxious: "You can't really wait to die, right?"

Doctor Yan said nothing and buttoned up his shirt silently.

Lu Chen understood that the illness was caused by the Guanyin Clay Cake.

He came close to Xiao Jingzhou and whispered, "Your Highness, we all had stomachaches while on the road to exile.

The elixir given by the gods cured everything after taking a few pills.

Your Highness, why don't you write a letter to the gods and ask them to give you the triangular shaped elixir? ”

Xiao Jingzhou had the same idea. He glanced at the painful faces of the people around him.

He made up his mind to find a way out for the people.

"Go back! I want to write a letter to God!"

The two returned to their place and found Zhou Shuyun first.

Xiao Jingzhou asked, "Aunt, do you have any of the triangular pills left?"

Zhou Shuyun didn't know what was going on outside, so she thought for a moment before saying, "Your Highness, wait a moment. I'll go look for her."

The two men watched Zhou Shuyun enter the house and waited outside.

Soon, three boxes of stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets appeared in front of the two.

"Your Highness, this is all that is left."

Xiao Jingzhou handed it over to Gu Zhenbei: "Uncle, several people outside died of stomachaches, all because of eating Guanyin earth cakes.

Ask a few people to take this medicine and see if it works.

I want to write a letter to the gods. The people of Zhiyi City cannot die like this. ”

Gu Zhenbei was shocked when he learned about the situation.

He called Gu Shijie over: "Pack your things and take your mother and the others to the government office first. Remember to be careful."

Afterwards, he did not dare to stop for a moment and went out with the stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets.

After everyone left, Xiao Jingzhou returned to the house and ordered Lu Chen to lock the door.

The injury on his right hand had not healed yet, and it was still difficult for him to write, so he could only continue to use his left hand.

The pencil rubbed against the white paper, making a rustling sound.

After Xiao Jingzhou finished writing the letter, he immediately put it into the wooden bowl.

He thought to himself: 'I hope the medicine of the 21st century can save the people of this city! '