On the second day after arriving in Qiyuan County, Fu Bai and the Chen family devoted themselves to the research of anti-epidemic prescriptions.
At noon, the first batch of herbs that Zhang Haixin had purchased was delivered to Qiyuan County.
They also escaped the predicament of having no medicine available.
On the third day, Fu Bai and Old Master Chen developed a prescription that could effectively treat the plague.
Then the government would prepare the medicine and give it to the sick people.
After only two days of medication, patients with mild symptoms recovered, those with moderate symptoms also showed improvement, and those with severe symptoms who were hanging on by a thread struggled back from the brink of death.
Seven days later, more and more people recovered.
Every day, every hour, people would bring their families to the county government office and kowtow before it.
The medicines purchased by Zhang Xinhai were continuously delivered to Qiyuan County.
Everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction.
On the eighth day, however, something unexpected happened.
Suddenly, the garrison commander of Taizhou arrived in Qiyuan County with 5,000 troops. They seized the four city gates of Qiyuan County from the soldiers and sealed off the county without warning.
People can't get out, and medicine can't get in.
Prefect Xia went to negotiate with the Taizhou garrison commander, who said that in order to prevent the plague from spreading to other places, he could only seal off Qiyuan County.
No matter what Magistrate Xia said, the Taizhou garrison refused to allow the Black Armor Army, disguised as merchants delivering medicine to Qiyuan County, to enter the county.
Not only medicines, but all food and supplies were not allowed to enter.
This is going to starve the people of Qiyuan County to death!
Prefect Xia and the garrison commander of Taizhou argued until their faces turned red and their necks bulged. They both wished they could take off their civil official robes and have a proper fight with the garrison commander of Taizhou.
However, with his thin arms and legs, he probably couldn't withstand a single blow from the Taizhou garrison.
While Prefect Xia and the Taizhou garrison commander were arguing, Li Jingxing's men also made a discovery.
They caught several suspicious-looking people at the water source in Qiyuan County.
After being caught and interrogated, they obtained a shocking piece of information from them—these people actually planned to dump the body at the water source in Qiyuan County!
Moreover, the bodies being disposed of were those who had died from the plague.
In other words, they wanted to pollute the water sources in Qiyuan County and infect the entire county with disease.
Upon hearing this news, 748's fur stood on end.
Isn't this blatant poisoning? How utterly wicked must the person who devised this plot be?!
Fu Bai was dripping black liquid into white bowls and plates. The liquid was emitting blue smoke and making a sizzling sound as it dripped onto the bowls and plates, which looked terrifying.
Hearing 748's shocked voice, Fu Bai sneered, "Do you still have any illusions about them?"
As he spoke, he poured the large fleshy worm out of the porcelain bottle.
This worm was fattened up by Fu Bai, and when it fell from the porcelain bottle onto the table, it bounced a few times.
But it didn't feel any pain at all. The little antennae on its head twitched, as if it sensed that the delicious food was nearby. Its tiny beady eyes on its face suddenly lit up, and it wriggled its body toward the direction of the delicious food.
The way worms crawl is quite unique.
Its head sticks out first, then its tail arches forward in a "几" shape.
Don't be fooled by its slow movements; it's surprisingly fast. Before long, it climbed into the bowl and plunged into the black liquid that was emitting blue smoke.
Just like a fish entering the water, you can see satisfaction and joy in its plump body.
748 is both afraid and loves watching.
It raised its two tiny fox paws to cover its eyes, but then opened them again to peek through the gaps at the large worm in the bowl.
[Fu Baibai, you've been feeding it for so many days, and apart from gaining a little weight, it hasn't changed much.]
Yes, after Fu Bai removed the worm from Li Jingxing's brain, he began feeding it.
Everyone in Qiyuan County avoided the plague like the plague was afraid of it, but for the flesh worms, it was a great tonic.
The black liquid that Fu Bai dripped into the white bowls and plates was "epidemic qi" extracted from the bodies of sick people, which Fu Bai called epidemic poison.
Eating the plague virus every day is the most enjoyable time for the giant meat worm. Its mouth, which can only be seen by magnification hundreds of times, is happily slurping and drinking.
I've been in Qiyuan County for almost ten days now, and the big meat worms have been eating the plague virus for almost ten days as well. I haven't seen any other changes yet, but I have definitely gained a lot of weight.
Fu Bai stared at the large fleshy worm. He could sense the energy fluctuations on the worm's body and said, "It should be enough after a few more days of eating."
At that time, this Gu worm will no longer be a child Gu.
As for how far it evolves, that depends on its own destiny.
After feeding the large worm as usual, Fu Bai put it back into the porcelain bottle.
As I stepped out of the room, I saw Li Jingxing walking back quickly.
Seeing Li Jingxing about to walk towards him, Fu Bai quickly said, "Stop, I'm going to take a shower first."
After all, he had just contracted the plague, and who knows if there were any remnants left on his body.
Li Jingxing had already gotten used to Fu Bai's unusual behavior these past few days, so he didn't press the matter further and obediently stood there without coming over.
Nanxing had already prepared hot water. Fu Bai took a bath and then used mugwort to fumigate himself before going to find Li Jingxing with his hair still wet.
Seeing that Fu Bai's hair was still wet, Li Jingxing took a cloth and pulled Fu Bai into his arms.
Fu Bai found a comfortable position and let Li Jingxing dry his hair.
Li Jingxing applied just the right amount of pressure, and Fu Bai comfortably closed his eyes.
"Have you figured everything out over there?" Fu Bai asked with a look of satisfaction.
“Hmm,” Li Jingxing said casually, running his fingers through Wu Kun’s black hair, “Wu Kun is a pragmatic person.”
Wu Kunzheng was the garrison commander of Taizhou.
While Magistrate Xia and Wu Kun were arguing, Li Jingxing went directly to Wu Kun and revealed his identity.
Upon learning that the King of Li was actually in Qiyuan County, Wu Kun's attitude immediately changed, becoming extremely obsequious and fawning.
With Li Jingxing present, Wu Kun wouldn't dare utter a word, let alone open the city gates of Qiyuan County to let the medicine delivery team in, or even immediately retreat.
Prefect Xia, on the other hand, stood to the side, looking dumbfounded.
He had always thought that Li Jingxing was a bodyguard by the young master of the Chen family, but he never expected that he was the tyrannical Prince Li Jingxing!
That……
Wouldn't that mean the young master of the Chen family would become the Princess Consort of the Li Prince?
Thinking of this, Prefect Xia began to break out in a cold sweat.
Two days ago, he seemed to have praised the princess in front of the king and asked her if she was getting married this year, since he happened to have a daughter of marriageable age.
What was the reaction of the Princess Consort of Li at that time?
He glanced at the guard beside him with a half-smile, then gently but firmly rejected his desire to marry him, saying that he already had someone he loved and that no one else could replace him in this life.
Hiss~
Prefect Xia gasped, wishing he could go back two days and slap his past self.
Should!
You have absolutely no sense of propriety!
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