"What…"
Upon hearing this, Little Stone's mother's vision went black, and she fainted instantly.
The village chief swayed, frozen in place, muttering in disbelief, "How could this be... I clearly said it was foolproof... How could this be..."
"It's all your fault... You insisted on getting Little Stone vaccinated. He's our only child. How are we supposed to live if he's gone!"
The village chief's wife pounded on the village chief's shoulder, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Kill him! I'll kill that quack doctor to pay for Little Stone's life!"
Once the village chief came to his senses, he rushed outside, like a raging bull, and his family couldn't hold him back.
"Bang..."
When they reached Yang Doushi, the village chief punched him hard in the face.
Then he straddled him, pulled out an arrow from the spot, and stabbed it into his neck, yelling, "I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
"What is the village chief doing?!"
"Quickly pull them away! Dr. Yang is our hope; we can't let anything happen to him!"
"..."
The villagers realized what was happening and immediately stepped forward to stop him, shielding Yang Doushi behind them.
Having survived the ordeal, Yang Doushi not only showed no remorse, but instead began instigating the villagers, pointing at the village chief and shouting, "He must have been bribed to kill me and everyone else! Kill him now!"
"What!"
The villagers were shocked to hear this.
Fortunately, due to the village chief's usual authority, the villagers were not completely incited. They only angrily questioned, "Village chief, how could you do this? Don't you care about your own life or the lives of your family members?!"
"Bullshit! He's the one who harmed Little Stone! Get out of my way, I'm going to make him pay with his life!"
The village chief was extremely emotional and cried uncontrollably.
"What? Little Stone is dead?"
"Because of smallpox vaccination?"
"Then...my child has also been vaccinated against smallpox, what should we do!"
"..."
Upon hearing this, the villagers were instantly terrified, especially those families who had been vaccinated with smallpox, who were extremely nervous.
"Impossible! My smallpox inoculation is very safe and has never failed. Little Stone is locked up in the post station now. It must be because the village chief took bribes and colluded with them to deceive you!"
Yang Doushi never expected that someone would die, and he was extremely panicked. But in order to save his own life, he tried his best to pretend to be innocent and incited the villagers, "Everyone must resist, otherwise you will all die here!"
"Yes, we must resist!"
"No, my son is still at the post station!"
"Yes, my father was also brought into the post station."
“My husband is inside too.”
"Then release them, or we'll just break in!"
"Yes, rush in and save them!"
"..."
The villagers were finally stirred up, but they were hesitant to act because of the hostages.
Even so, the situation is on the verge of exploding.
"Everyone, calm down. Don't listen to what Teacher Yang is trying to confuse!"
At this moment, Yun Zhourong ran out quickly and said to everyone, "I do not support smallpox inoculation, not only because of its high failure rate, but also because it is easy to spread to others. Smallpox in your village must have been spread in this way."
Yun Zhourong only realized this after seeing Yang Doushi. Smallpox is an infectious disease, so there must be a source of transmission; it couldn't have appeared out of nowhere.
And this doctor Yang is clearly the culprit.
She didn't quite understand the difference between cowpox and smallpox before, but now she understands it completely.
While variolation can suppress the spread of smallpox to some extent, if not properly controlled, it can lead to unpredictable disasters.
"What?! Is that really how it is?!"
"My God, you heartless bastard, you're the one who killed my grandson!"
"Could it be that he deliberately planted the smallpox in our village?"
"I remember now, he often gave malt candy to the children in the village during that time. Malt candy was so precious back then, and I even thanked him!"
"I thought he was a good person, but I never expected him to be a wolf in sheep's clothing!"
"By the way, I saw him trying to sneak out of the village that day, but he was stopped by the soldiers!"
"So you were trying to escape. You must have done something terrible. You little devil, you almost got us all burned to death."
"Kill him! Kill him right now!"
"..."
Upon learning the truth, the villagers who had previously defended Yang Doushi instantly turned their anger towards him and attacked him en masse.
The anger of more than two hundred villagers caused the situation to spiral out of control, and Yang Doushi was beaten to death without any attempt to stop it.
By the time the crowd dispersed, Yang Doushi was no longer recognizable as a human.
"What should we do..."
Yun Zhourong felt somewhat uncomfortable. It wasn't that she sympathized with Yang Doushi; she also felt that he deserved to die. It was just that seeing a life lost inevitably made her feel sad.
"Someone was killed...someone was murdered..."
The villagers, now coming to their senses, looked at their hands with expressions of fear.
I was just angry and never intended to kill anyone.
"fine."
Liu Pingkang, however, waved his hand and sneered, "The law does not punish the masses. Besides, this Teacher Yang has committed many evils and deserves to die. At most, he will only give you a verbal warning and will not convict you."
"That's...that's good..."
Upon hearing this, the people breathed a sigh of relief, but they all became quiet and obedient.
“Everyone has already been exposed to smallpox and will definitely get sick soon, so we must vaccinate them against smallpox as soon as possible.”
At this moment, Yun Zhourong seized the opportunity to say, "Actually, I have already made a pledge to the county magistrate that I can absolutely guarantee your safety. Please trust me."
"this…"
Having just been afflicted by smallpox, the villagers were hesitant to try it again.
"The baby... is stable."
At this moment, Ji Minxiu rushed over and grabbed Yun Zhourong's wrist, saying...
"really?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhourong immediately said to the village chief with delight, "Village Chief Wu, Little Stone is safe for now, but his condition is still dangerous. He needs to continue treatment and we must keep a close eye on him and take good care of him in the days to come."
"Little Stone isn't dead...not dead...that's wonderful...wonderful..."
The village chief's family wept with joy, and then knelt down before Yun Zhourong. "Thank you, Doctor Yun! Thank you so much! We doubted you so much, yet you still repaid evil with kindness and saved our child. I believe in you, and I'm willing to be the first to get vaccinated!"
"We are too!" The other members of the village chief's family also chimed in.
Such a magnanimous person would never lie to them.
"Get up quickly, I guarantee that smallpox vaccination can really guarantee your safety."
Yun Zhourong was very pleased with the village chief's family's reaction; all her efforts had finally paid off. "In that case, let's get started without further ado."
After disposing of Dr. Yang's body, Yun Zhourong brought out the cow that had been infected with smallpox and began the inoculation process.
The method is very simple: expose the arm, make an incision with a scalpel, and then apply the cowpox semen.
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