Zhao Yiming now knows the truth about the strange disease in Meixian County. Although he has not told the people, he no longer forces them to be isolated for treatment.
Those with milder symptoms are allowed to go home and reunite with their families. They only need to queue up at the medical point three times a day to receive and take medicine.
The effectiveness of the decoction gave the people hope. The originally lifeless Meixian County gradually became full of vitality, and shops began to open for business on the previously deserted streets.
As the New Year approached, the people were no longer in danger of losing their lives and began to prepare supplies for the New Year.
The streets and alleys are filled with Spring Festival couplets and red lanterns, and the children are let out to play and have fun, creating a festive and prosperous scene.
The secret guards had been lying in ambush for five consecutive days but still failed to catch the people who poisoned the city. However, they did not relax their vigilance at all. As more and more people in the city recovered from their illness, Zhao Yiming believed that they would soon be unable to sit still.
That night, as soon as it got dark, snowflakes began to fall from the sky again. Just after midnight, a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the ground.
The secret guards who were lying in ambush near the well rubbed their hands carefully and dared not make any bigger moves.
I thought that tonight would be a failure as usual, but I didn't expect to hear movement on the street ahead.
The secret guards hurriedly alerted and saw with their own eyes three men wrapped tightly with their faces covered with scarves walking towards the well.
"Why do we have to choose this awful weather to do this? Can't we do it another day? It's too cold tonight and my shoes are soaked." One of the men complained.
"Your shoes are wet? You're cold? We'll come when the higher-ups say so. What's your turn to have the final say?" The man walking behind him slapped him on the head with a "bang...", almost knocking his hat off.
"Okay, keep your voices down. You two have to call someone over to make things easier, right?" The leading man turned around and scolded them, and the two men immediately stopped shouting.
The man who spoke first glared at the man who was arguing with him, then muttered to the leading man, "Brother Hu, you are too cautious. It's so cold and late at night. Who else would go out except us?"
Hearing this, Brother Hu turned around and glared at him, "Third son? Why are you talking so much? Do you need to be punished?"
The third son was called out by name and scolded by Brother Hu, and only then did he lower his head and keep silent.
Seeing him like that, the man who had just been arguing with him immediately covered his mouth and laughed.
Seeing this, Brother Hu turned around without saying a word and said in a deep voice: "I told you to shut up, shut up, Erpi, you can't shut your mouth, right!"
"Brother Hu, I was wrong." Erpi said and quickly covered his mouth, which was already covered by a scarf, with his hands.
The three of them finally reached the well. Brother Tiger gave them an impatient look and said, "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and put the medicine in! We have to go to several places tonight. You don't want to go back, do you?"
"Let's put it in right away, let's put it in right away." Sanzi and Erpi responded quickly, and then one of them took out a large bag of medicine powder from his body and was about to pour it into the well.
But the next second, they suddenly felt a weight on their shoulders, and then it seemed as if something hard was pressing against their necks.
"Don't move."
Hearing the voice, both of them were subconsciously stunned and immediately turned to look at each other.
The next second, both of them raised their fingers in unison and pointed at each other's necks, "Knife, knife, knife..."
"I told you not to move." The secret guard was annoyed by the two men's nagging and pushed the knife towards their necks again.
Even through the scarf, they could feel the coldness of the sword. They were so frightened that they dared not breathe.
Seeing this, the leader, known as Brother Tiger, changed his attitude towards Erpi and Sanzi and said to the secret guards in a flattering manner, "Sir, is there any misunderstanding? We don't know you!"
Ji Feng looked at him and couldn't help but sneered: "What a coincidence, we don't know you either, and there is no misunderstanding."
"Then this..." Brother Hu smiled awkwardly and reached out to push the knife on his neck aside, but was pushed back by Ji Feng again in a playful manner.
"Well……"
Then, Brother Hu took out a purse from his arms and handed it to Ji Feng in a flattering manner, "This is a small gift from me. The weather is so cold, why don't you go have some wine to warm yourself up!"
Ji Feng glanced at the purse in his hand and said, "Why? Are you sending away a beggar?"
Brother Hu made up his mind and took out two silver notes from his pocket and handed them over. "Please be kind, gentlemen, and keep our relationship to ourselves, okay?"
Hearing this, Ji Feng laughed. Just when Brother Tiger thought he agreed, Ji Feng's expression suddenly changed and he said, "Not good."
The two secret guards accompanying him also laughed and said, "We've been waiting for you in the snow for quite some time. What? You think you can get rid of us with just a few words?"
Hearing this, Brother Hu finally realized that the other party was coming for them. He then frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
"Guess?" Ji Feng asked with a half-smile on his face.
Then he reached for his scarf and said, "Let me see what kind of person is causing such a stir in Mei County?"
With the sharp knife across his neck, Brother Hu didn't dare to resist. He could only turn his face away and helplessly let Ji Feng pull off his scarf.
"What? You dare not admit it? Turn your face to me." Ji Feng hit Brother Hu's face with a knife in an extremely insulting manner.
Brother Hu took advantage of the moment when Ji Feng's knife left his neck and lowered his head as he turned, instantly avoiding the blade. Then he exerted force with his feet and flew forward. When he landed, he was already several feet away from Ji Feng.
Without even looking behind him, he got up and seized the opportunity to rush forward.
However, Ji Feng and the others had been waiting for so long, how could they possibly let him get away so easily? He confidently raised his knife, raised his hand, aimed, and exerted force, and then the knife in his hand flew straight towards Brother Hu's feet.
The sharp knife pierced his thigh directly.
"Ah..." The shrill sound seemed to tear through the night sky. Brother Hu fell heavily on the snow. The knife stuck in his thigh made it impossible for him to stand up again.
Before he could continue wailing, Ji Feng was already standing in front of him.
Looking at that familiar face, Ji Feng was a little surprised, "It's you! Brother Hu."
This person was the thug of Chunxianglou. On the first day Zhao Yiming entered the city, he had a fight with him because of the establishment of a medical point in Chunxianglou.
It was hard for them to wait in the snow for so many days, but they didn't expect that the person they wanted to catch was right next to them.
You know, he met this guy many times when he went in and out of Chunxianglou!
"You've kept us waiting for so long, Brother Hu." Ji Feng pulled his scarf to cover his mouth, then casually put his hand on the hilt of the knife and pulled out the sharp knife that was still stuck in Brother Hu's leg with one force.
With the help of the scarf, he didn't make a sound this time even though his face was covered with tears and cold sweat from the pain.
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