Chapter 313 Smell
"You'er, what's wrong?" Huo Xifei asked hurriedly when he saw Yuan Ziyu looked a little confused.
"Wait a minute!" Yuan Ziyu didn't bother to answer Huo Xifei. He followed the smell of the medicinal herbs and finally stood next to the water tank in the kitchen.
The smell of medicinal herbs came from this water tank!
Huo Xifei also followed and asked, "Do you find that there is something wrong with this water?"
Yuan Ziyou nodded solemnly: "Indeed!"
After saying this, he returned to the courtyard and asked the women who were still crying, "Is the water in the kitchen tank drawn from the Qingshui River?"
Seeing Yuan Ziyou coming over to ask, several women stood up in awe. One of them quickly responded, "My lord, the water in that water tank is drawn from the Qingshui River. My lord, is there anything wrong with that water?"
When Yuan Ziyou heard this, he remembered that there was still half a liter of water left in the water tank, so he frowned and asked, "Have you used all that water?"
"I've used it, I've used it!" the woman said hurriedly, "The water..."
When Yuan Ziyu heard what the woman said, he hurried forward and took her pulse.
Seeing Yuan Ziyu's serious expression, the woman didn't dare to say anything. She just stood there quietly looking at Yuan Ziyu's fingers on her wrist.
Yuan Ziyu took the pulse for a long while, then looked at the faces of several women carefully with a puzzled look.
After thinking for a while, Yuan Ziyu asked again, "Did everyone in your family use the water in the water tank? Are you sure?"
"Sure, sure!" the woman from before said hurriedly, "Sir, we'll all use the water in the water tank when cooking."
"When did the person in the room realize something was wrong?" Yuan Ziyu thought for a while and asked again.
"In the afternoon today!" the woman said, "My husband had lunch at noon and went out. When he came back, he was sweating profusely. He said it was too hot, so he scooped up some water from the water tank and drank a few sips. Unexpectedly, in less than half an hour, he fell unconscious!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ziyou hurriedly asked, "Is he the only one who drank the raw water?"
"That's right!" the woman said. "Normally, we boil water and let it cool before drinking it. But today, the boiled water was too hot, and he couldn't wait and drank it raw. My dear, is there really something wrong with the water? But that doesn't make sense. Our whole family used that water, and he's the only one who got hurt!"
"It's not clear yet!" Yuan Ziyou comforted: "Don't worry, everything will be fine. I will do my best to treat him!"
"Hey, thank you, sir, thank you!" When the woman heard Yuan Ziyu say this, she was so happy that she kept bowing.
After leaving that house, Yuan Ziyu ordered Pingshan: "Go get an iron pot, and then go find us by the river!"
"Yes!" Pingshan responded quickly.
After Pingshan left, Huo Xifei asked, "You'er, what did you discover just now?"
"Hmm!" Yuan Ziyou said, "I noticed that the water in this family's water tank smells a bit like medicinal herbs. Logically, water pumped back from the Qingshui River shouldn't have that smell."
"What's the smell of this medicinal herb?" Huo Xifei asked hurriedly.
"I don't know. I'm not familiar with this smell. It's not the smell of medicinal herbs I usually know!" Yuan Ziyu shook his head and said, "But it's very strange. Logically, we've been eating in Xiahe Village these days, and those meals inevitably use water from the Qingshui River, but I haven't noticed anything unusual in the food!"
"You mean to say that the raw water has the flavor of those herbs, but the boiled water has it, right?"
"Yes!" Yuan Ziyou nodded and said, "So, I suspect that the man just now was infected with the disease because he drank raw water. However, I can't be sure yet. I asked Pingshan to get the iron pot just to try and see if it is what I think."
"Okay, let's go to Qingshui River now!"
"good!"
Yuan Ziyu had never been to Qingshui River before, but fortunately Huo Xifei knew the place!
The two arrived at Qingshui River, and as soon as they approached, Yuan Ziyu smelled the same smell.
"That's right, this river water smells like that kind of medicinal herbs!" Yuan Ziyou said hurriedly: "Or, it's not medicinal herbs, it's the smell of medicine!"
Huo Xifei looked at the quietly flowing river in some surprise. Although he could not smell those odors, he believed that Yuan Ziyu would definitely not be wrong!
"Brother Xi, let's pick up some firewood first!"
"good!"
When Pingshan arrived, Huo Xifei and Yuan Ziyu had already prepared firewood and built a simple stove with stones. Huo Xifei asked Pingshan to fill a pot of water and put it on the stone stove to start burning.
When the water boiled, Yuan Ziyu stepped forward and smelled it carefully, then shook his head at Huo Xifei. Huo Xifei then understood that the boiled water indeed no longer had the smell of the medicinal herbs.
"You'er, tell me, are those villagers in Xiahe Village who have contracted the plague because they drank the raw water from the Qingshui River?" Huo Xifei asked hurriedly.
"I think it's very likely!" Yuan Ziyu said, "Brother Xi, do you remember what the doctor said earlier? When they were treating the villagers for the epidemic, some of their illnesses had improved, but then inexplicably got worse again!"
"Hmm!" Huo Xifei nodded: "Maybe those villagers just drank raw water again!"
"I think so too!" Yuan Ziyu agreed, "However, how could there be the smell of medicinal herbs in this Qingshui River?"
Pingshan, who was standing by, was confused. "Miss Yuan Er, you said the water in the Qingshui River smells like medicinal herbs?"
Pingshan went forward and sniffed, then said doubtfully, "No, I don't smell anything."
Huo Xifei couldn't help but laugh: "If you can tell the difference, you will be the one to diagnose and treat the epidemic in Xiahe Village this time!"
"Hehe!" Pingshan scratched his head embarrassedly: "Miss Yuan Er is still amazing!"
Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "Alright, let's go back. By the way, Pingshan, go find County Magistrate Pang and have him pass down the order that from now on, no one is allowed to drink raw water. If you want to cook or drink water, you must boil it first!"
"Yes, Miss Yuan Er!"
Looking at Pingshan running away with the pot in his hand, Huo Xifei sighed helplessly: "This kid is so jumpy!"
Yuan Ziyou smiled at Huo Xifei and said, "Brother Xi, stop pretending. If you didn't appreciate Pingshan, would you let him stay by your side forever?"
"Ahem!" Huo Xifei coughed softly. "Although this guy is a bit jumpy, he's quite efficient!"
Yuan Ziyu smiled but said nothing. She knew that Pingshan was the most capable person around Huo Xifei in his previous life.
"You'er, how about we go explore the dense forest tonight?" Huo Xifei asked.
"Okay!" Yuan Ziyou said, "The Qingshui River wouldn't become like this for no reason. There must be some unknown secret in the dense forest!"
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