Chapter 598: Five Counties Seal Off

When the city gates of Yaozhou County were closed at night.

The officer guarding the city gate looked puzzled.

"Why are there so many people going out today? Especially in the evening, the line is almost all the way to the county government office."

"I don't know. It's really strange. Is there something wrong in the county?"

"The county magistrate didn't say anything. It's none of our business. If there's any trouble, it can't come to us. We just need to guard the city gate and get paid monthly."

After closing the city gate, the two chatted idly.

And in the county government office, County Magistrate Zhang was sleeping with his beautiful concubine in his arms.

The next day, a fast horse came from outside the city.

"Who are you? Get off your horse!" shouted the officer guarding the city gate.

"I'm here to find County Magistrate Zhang on the orders of the inspector. How dare you stop me?" The man on the horse was very arrogant. He drew his sword and pointed it directly at the official who was speaking.

The officer was so frightened that he nearly peed his pants.

"I, I dare not stand in the way. Sir, please come in quickly." The man was wearing casual clothes and had no idea what his position was. The officer could only address him respectfully as "Sir".

The man on the horse was really pleased by the call of "Sir". He curled the corners of his mouth, put the sword back in place, and then rode his horse to enter the city, but suddenly stopped.

"The inspector has ordered that Yaozhou County be sealed off from today! Not a single fly is allowed to be released!"

After that he left.

The two officers were completely confused.

"Why are they locking down the city? What happened?"

"I don't know? We should do whatever this person says. We can't afford to offend him. Let's close the city gates quickly."

The man on horseback stopped outside the county government office, dismounted, knocked on the gate, and walked all the way to the backyard. No one dared to stop him.

In the end, he broke into Zhang Zhixian's room and stood directly beside the bed.

The beautiful concubine, who had just woken up, was only wearing a bellyband. There were three charcoal stoves in the room, and it was very warm. Fortunately, all four windows were opened a little, otherwise she would have fallen into a deep sleep.

"Ah——" Seeing a ferocious man standing beside the bed and staring at her viciously, the beautiful concubine screamed in fear.

It woke up Zhang Zhixian who was sleeping soundly.

"What are you doing? Why are you making such a noise so early in the morning? You are such a scoundrel, get out!" Zhang Zhixian was in a bad mood when he woke up, and he slapped his concubine on the face. There was no trace of the gentleness he had last night.

"Master, there is someone beside the bed." The beautiful concubine did not dare to get angry. She wrapped her body with a quilt, leaving only her head exposed, and then said tremblingly.

"Who is it?" Zhang Zhixian then turned his head and looked towards the bed.

"Zhang, Brother Zhang, why are you here?" Seeing this man, Zhang Zhixian immediately came to his senses.

This man held no official position; he was just a servant serving the inspector. However, he was given the surname Zhang, and even County Magistrate Zhang had to address him as "Brother Zhang".

"Humph, you seem to be so leisurely, but do you know that something big has happened in Yaozhou County, which is under your jurisdiction?"

The man snorted coldly, ink almost dripping from his eyes.

"What, what's the matter?" Zhang Zhixian was still confused.

"Why didn't you provide food relief after you hid the flood? You might be greedy, but didn't you know that there would be a plague after the flood? Why didn't you deal with it in advance and implicate the adults? Now the plague has spread throughout Enxin. What do you want the adults to do?

I have ordered the city to be sealed off, and the other counties to be sealed off as well. The Lord has ordered me to tell you to handle it quickly. Those infected with the plague should be burned to death! When the plague is over, he will send a group of refugees to replace those who died, so that the number of people in Yaozhou County will not be small. The plague must not be spread out..."

After giving his instructions, the man left.

Zhang Zhixian was still a little dazed.

"Plague, it turned into a plague? Damn it, why didn't you tell me earlier! Someone, someone, come!!"

He climbed out of bed in his underpants and motioned to his concubine to help him get dressed, still shouting at the officers waiting outside.

There were 60,000 people in Yaozhou County, and several thousand died in the flood, while more than 20,000 escaped from the city.

Now there are only 30,000 people left in the county.

Those who escaped yesterday were not much better off and were imprisoned in other counties.

Nghe An Province has only one prefecture and five counties.

The entire city is sealed off, no one can go in or out.

There were also some smart people who noticed something was wrong and vaguely felt that something big was going to happen, so they did not run to other counties, but hid in the mountains.

At this moment, Jiang Fubao, who was researching prescriptions in the clinic, had no idea that a plague had broken out in Enxin Province.

I don’t know, in these few days, many people will die.

For seven consecutive days, Jiang Fubao took Pan Erya and Pan Shitou to the ruined temple.

Deliver medicine to these experimental patients.

As she said, even if these medicines can't cure the disease, they won't make you sick.

The patient who took the first medicine is still in a coma, but has not died. The patient who took the second medicine had a low fever, but he could not recover and kept having a low fever.

The third medicine had the best effect. My fever was gone, but my throat felt like a razor blade was stuck, and my cough became more severe. I even felt like I was suffocating my breath when I lay down. I couldn't sleep all night and could only lean back and take a nap.

"Little miracle doctor, how long do I have to take these medicines? Why isn't my condition getting better?" The patient, who once had great faith in her, now lost all confidence.

After taking the medicine for the seventh day, they all doubted that the medicine was of no use.

"You don't need to drink it tomorrow. I will prepare new medicine." Jiang Fubao pulled out the silver needle from the unconscious person and spoke slowly.

"Do you want to try the medicine again? Ahem, let me try it. I'm feeling worse and worse."

"I tried it too. Cough cough. I even coughed up blood."

In seven days, the condition of those infected has become increasingly serious.

They used to be able to sleep well and cough occasionally, but now they have lost their sense of taste and smell, and can't even speak complete sentences due to coughing, and they are even coughing up blood. More and more people are in coma, and there is a young child who was burned into a idiot and didn't even recognize his own mother.

"It's not a drug test. Everyone of you can take it." Jiang Fubao said firmly.

"Take medicine?" Someone stared at her in confusion.

"Yes, I will roll the medicine into pills. Take it three times a day, morning, noon and night. Take one pill each time. I will personally deliver it to you tomorrow."

Having said that, Jiang Fubao went out with the booklet in his hand.

She was ready to take a gamble.

Since all three prescriptions are slightly useful, why not combine them together and give it a try? With so many people, it would be difficult to make enough medicine, so why not just grind them all into powder and roll them into balls. Not only is it convenient, but it can also be stored for a long time.

Just do it.

Jiang Fubao returned to the clinic and called everyone to help.

At the same time the next day, she went to the ruined temple with the pills.

"Why is another person being sent here?" Jiang Fubao asked when he saw the police officers carrying an unconscious woman and preparing to send her to the ruined temple.

"This person was infected with the plague, but she didn't dare to tell us. When we searched, she hid in the rice jar at home to avoid us. She drank the typhoid medicine prescribed by her son at the clinic last month, thinking that she would get better. However, she got worse and worse until she fainted."