The Mute Widow (End)
The man handed the envelope to Xiao Zhaoming and said slowly, "Our people followed Mr. Wu to the pharmacy. After Mr. Wu left, he saw a man covered in pus coming to the pharmacy to get medicine. It happened that he had been to Fengzhen before. Combining the man's symptoms and the appearance of the pus, it was speculated that it was most likely an epidemic."
Fengzhen was originally an insignificant place until a plague called scar pox appeared and quickly spread to other places around it. It is very similar to smallpox, but more difficult to treat than smallpox.
No matter how many doctors were sent from the capital, they were helpless... until Mr. Wu appeared. He controlled the spread of the disease in just two months, and spent another half a year to develop a method to treat scars.
After hearing this, Jileta held her head and opened her bright eyes: "Then we must hurry and tell the emperor! How can we delay this?"
That being said...
The messenger looked up at Xiao Zhaoming.
Xiao Zhaoming was seen reading the letter in his hand by candlelight, and he seemed not to have heard anything. His long eyelashes cast a faint shadow on his face.
"Young Master..."
Xiao Zhaoming flipped through the pages slowly, his expression calm, "No hurry."
Jileta frowned and said, "Are you not in a hurry? Human lives are at stake... Wait! Mr. Wu is there too, right?"
After reading the last page of the letter, he calmly put it back into the envelope and said to Gilletta, "It's getting late. Go back and have a rest. You've worked hard during this period."
"I was the one who insisted on going, it's not your fault..." Although Jileta was carefree, he still knew that people were trying to chase him away. "You should also go to bed early." After saying that, he left the house.
The person outside the window came in and asked, "Sir, do you have any other plans?"
Xiao Zhaoming smiled meaningfully and said, "Don't let anyone else know about this. Keep the news a secret."
The man said, "Yes."
"Have them keep an eye on Mr. Wu and make sure he doesn't leave Tanzhou. Also, have them secretly find some tight-lipped doctors to send to Tanzhou."
"I understand." The man paused for a moment, "Do you want to continue staring at that lady?"
He placed the letter in his hand on the candle flame, lit it and threw it aside, the flame reflected in his pupils. Suddenly, he remembered what was written in the letter.
This thin-looking lady is so brave to do such a thing.
What also surprised him was that Wu Laifeng would help her, which went beyond the relationship between doctor and patient.
Speaking of which, the lady's death is getting closer and closer...
"Keep following until you die."
"yes."
The letter was reduced to ashes and the flames died out.
Xiao Zhaoming said slowly, "Clean up. Let Wen Yu come in to find me."
"I'll go right away." After picking up the ashes, the man left the room.
Another figure soon appeared outside the window. It was Wen Yu.
The moon was hidden by clouds, and the only light was the candlelight in the house.
Xiao Zhaoming covered his eyes and said, "Prepare the carriage and leave for Tanzhou in five days."
Wen Yu didn't raise any questions and said, "Yes."
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Because Chen Fang passed away suddenly, no one in the family could sleep well.
As a mute daughter-in-law who always appears docile, Shen Wanyue volunteers to take care of her bedridden mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law still couldn't speak. She didn't want Shen Wanyue to take care of her, and she made a fuss about it.
The eldest brother has always been a filial son. After experiencing these things, he was inevitably upset. For the first time, he spoke harshly to his mother: "Mom, please stop making trouble. There are so many things going on at home. Uncle died suddenly, and we brothers have to deal with the funeral of our fourth brother's wife. Who will take the time to take care of you? You just have to make do with it."
The mother-in-law was so angry that she kept screaming “ah ah” for a long time.
In the end, it was Shen Wanyue who stayed.
She looked at the person on the bed whose face was alternating between pale and blue: I don’t want to take care of him, you’re on your own.
Not long after the eldest brother left the mother-in-law's room, Shen Wanyue also left the room.
The mother-in-law rolled her eyes to the sky, wondering what sin she had committed!
The whole family was busy, and no one noticed whether Shen Wanyue had left.
Besides, it was night time and my mother-in-law's room was dark, so everyone just assumed that they were asleep.
Zhu's husband was supposed to stay with her, but his uncle got into trouble, so he and another brother rushed to his uncle's house to help.
Mrs. Zhu was being taken care of by another brother's wife at this time.
Chen Wanyue took a quick look—the person was still sleeping.
Lady Li suddenly popped up again: "Don't worry about her."
She was startled: Just take a look on the way.
After confirming that the person had not woken up, Shen Wanyue went to look for Zhu Sao’s husband.
The road was dark. Zhu's husband was upset. He waved the stick in his hand to clear the way and shouted at the top of his voice: "Why do so many things happen every day? Is there something evil in our family?"
Another brother was not feeling well either. He had just returned home and had to travel again. He was not as strong as Mrs. Zhu's husband. He was so tired that his face turned red and beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks. "Ask someone to come and check it out some other day."
Zhu's husband's chest rose and fell as he breathed heavily: "It's so hot."
As soon as the words fell, a cool breeze came from behind, and the two sighed comfortably: "This breeze is cool..."
Shen Wanyue said speechlessly: Are you trying to scare them or cool them down?
Madam Li had no expression on her face: "I wanted to blow a branch down to crush him to death." But she didn't have the ability to do so.
Chen Wanyue:.......
She sometimes suspected that Madam Li was not a soul but a blower.
"I can feel that I don't have much time left in this world. If you can't get over it, I won't force you. I'll do it myself."
Shen Wanyue hid behind the tree and twitched her lips: I have a plan, don’t mess around.
"Ouch!" At this time, Mrs. Zhu's husband suddenly squatted down holding his stomach.
The brother next to him was frightened: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Zhu's husband held his stomach and said, "I... I have a stomachache! I need to go to the bathroom... You, you go first. My uncle's house is not far away, I'll go there after I finish my work!"
While speaking, he held his stomach, bent over and ran towards the grassy area.
The brother wanted to wait for someone, but the occasional sound of birds and rustling leaves made him feel timid, so he chose to leave: "I'm leaving first! Hurry up!"
Zhu's husband replied as he ran: "Yes, yes, yes!"
Shen Wanyue picked up a pile of broken stones on the ground and walked over to Zhu Sao's husband.
Madam Li understood her intention.
Mrs. Zhu’s husband couldn’t bear the pain, he squatted on the ground for a while and then fell to the ground: “Oh...it hurts so much..."
At first he thought he had a stomach upset. His stomach was cramping and he was sweating.
He was about to call for help when a stone flew out of nowhere and landed in his mouth: "Ugh!"
He shivered in pain: "Who!"
Shen Wanyue walked out slowly, holding a stone in her hand, and stood in front of him.
"Dumb! Aren't you taking care of your mother? Damn it, you even threw rocks at me! Don't you want to live?!"
The fat on Zhu Sao's husband's face was squeezed together and sweat stuck to it.
Chen Wanyue suppressed her nausea and threw the stone in her hand away.
"Hey! Throw it away! Let me show you how I'm going to deal with you..." Before he could finish his words, Zhu's husband was stunned. This mute was taking revenge on him. "You already know... It was you who made my wife behave like that?!"
Shen Wanyue nodded.
Once I've dealt with you, I can go back.
She threw the stones in her hand even harder.
She was a little surprised that Madam Li did not show up at this time.
Later, Zhu's husband couldn't take care of his stomach, so he held his head and tried to stand up and run away, but his abdomen hurt so much that he couldn't stand up at all. The steamed buns were all swollen and purple.
The rocks thrown by Shen Wanyue became bigger and bigger.
"It hurts...don't throw it away..." Mrs. Zhu's husband apologized repeatedly, "Please..."
She didn't stop what she was doing.
Compared with the wound on Madam Li's head, the injury suffered by Madam Zhu's husband was nothing to mention.
Even if Chen Fang hadn't come back to help, if the wound he had caused wasn't treated, Madam Li wouldn't have gotten any better...
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Wanyue stopped moving.
Mrs. Zhu's husband fainted from the pain.
"...Is he dead?" Madam Li suddenly asked from the side.
Chen Wanyue gasped: I am still breathing, why did you disappear just now?
Lady Li did not answer the question directly, but said: "Your curse is lifted, you can go back."
The corners of Chen Wanyue's mouth slightly raised, and a smile appeared at the corners of her eyes: Are you happy?
Madam Li was silent for a moment and said, "It's not pleasant. I wanted to cast a curse on you to kill them, but..."
Chen Wanyue raised her eyebrows: Can't bear it?
"No, it's a lack of ability."
Chen Wanyue asked the question that concerned her: When can I go back?
"Tonight." Lady Li's soul was already broken, but now it was much dimmer, and the cracks on her face became bigger. "I have another request. Can you erect a monument for my husband and bury my body next to him?"
Chen Wanyue: Sure.
Not long ago, when she handed the embroidery to Wu Laifeng, she asked him to help bury her.
According to the time, Wu Laifeng should have arrived as well.
The next moment, a ball of light appeared before my eyes.
"Is it Madam Li?" The person who came was Wu Laifeng.
When he saw the person on the ground, he was shocked: "This..." He was relieved after confirming that the person was not dead.
"Can I take your pulse again?"
Shen Wanyue stretched out her hand.
She could feel the heartbeat in her chest slowing down, and her vision gradually darkened.
Wu Laifeng frowned and shook his head. He had never seen such a strange disease before. The last time he was helpless was when the town was sealed off. Fortunately, it was under control...
Madam Li disappeared without a sound, and when Chen Wanyue went to look for her, she found that she was gone.
As for where to go, Chen Wanyue didn't care.
Her heart suddenly tightened, and she felt the pain of her skin being torn all over her body. She couldn't help but groan.
Wu Laifeng held the person back: "Madam Li!"
This is the prelude to leaving the body. It hurts so much, even more than the last time I went to Zhu's wife.
Suddenly her shrill scream pierced the air.
Wu Laifeng's pupils trembled, and he saw Shen Wanyue's skin cracking.
The skin seemed to be cut by an invisible sharp blade, and fine cracks appeared all over the body.
He took out the golden wound medicine he carried with him and applied it to the wound: "Madam Li, please be patient."
In a flash, there was a "hissing" sound, and the skin and flesh burst open in a spider web shape, with blood oozing out.
The skin and flesh on Shen Wanyue's face rolled, causing Wu Laifeng to feel a chill in his heart.
At the same time, he realized that Madam Li could not be saved.
"ah!--"
The skin on her hands flakes off.
Wu Laifeng had no choice but to control the bleeding - all in vain.
Chen Wanyue had never wanted to die, but at this moment, she wished she could end her life!
Amid the pain and Wu Laifeng's cries for help, she gradually lost consciousness: It's finally over...
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