Chapter 548 Extra - Danger
Like Chen Shi, everyone hoped that the plague would end soon. The palace had invited high monks to perform rituals many times, but things never went as planned.
More and more patients flocked to the clinic, and more and more patients died from their illnesses.
To prevent the further spread of the plague, the unfortunate patients who died were transported to a designated location for cremation.
Although the family signed a cremation agreement when the patient was brought in, some people still couldn't bear to see their loved ones die without even a complete body.
This also led to some people violently seizing the corpse.
Therefore, the corpse transport teams always leave the city at night, and they also have special guard teams.
That evening, just as Chen Shi finished preparing the medicine for Shu Tong, some people from the ward came to talk to Shu Tong. Chen Shi was filling the medicine container in the medicine preparation room when she heard the two of them talking about "Xiao Xing".
Chen Shi paused, listened carefully, and almost knocked over the medicine jar in her hand.
Little Star ultimately didn't make it through.
The body transport team was preparing to set off to deliver the body to the crematorium around midnight.
Chen Shi rushed out, her eyes brimming with tears she couldn't hold back: "Is Xiao Xing going to be taken away too?"
Seeing Chen Shi, Shu Tong sighed and nodded: "Yes... he read all the books you brought him, and he was still clutching the lucky charm you gave him when he left..."
Chen Shi's tears streamed down her face: "Sister, let me see him off..."
"Ashi, it's not that I don't want you to go, it's just too dangerous..."
"I must go see him off on his final journey." Chen Shi wiped away her tears. "Sister, I'll wear protective clothing and a mask. I'll do whatever you ask me to do. Just let me go see him off."
Seeing her tearful face, Shu Tong was afraid that if she didn't agree, Chen Shi would take extreme measures to sneak out. So, it was better to make sure she had proper protective measures before letting her go.
"Okay, I'll go with you."
Shu Tong took two sets of protective suits, and the two of them put them on. They also put on masks. When they arrived at the back door, the body transport team was just about to leave.
Today it was Ye Zhiyuan's turn to be on duty, so he was also in charge of the guard team. When he saw the two people acting suspiciously behind him, he dismounted and walked over.
"What's wrong with you two? It's the middle of the night, go back and rest!"
Chen Shi sniffed: "This time... Xiao Xing is here... I want to go see him off..."
Ye Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly tightening: "Xiao Xing, he..."
"They left tonight." Shu Tong was also very sad. "We just went with them, we won't do anything."
Normally, doctors from the clinic would accompany the body transport, so Ye Zhiyuan nodded after a moment of silence and let them get into the doctor's carriage.
The convoy set off, heading towards the crematorium on the outskirts of the city in the deep of night.
Meanwhile, Chen Ci's entourage was also galloping back along the official road. The closer they got to the capital, the more the air began to be filled with the smell of corruption.
They urged Chen Ci to move even faster.
"Your Highness, there's a side path ahead. Should we take it?" Tang Ming asked Chen Ci for his opinion at the fork in the road.
Chen Ci glanced at the crescent moon hanging in the sky and nodded: "Let's take the small road. The sooner we get into the city, the better. I'm in a hurry."
"Alright." Tang Ming gestured, and a group of people drove onto the side road.
The corpse transport team was noticeably slower. Once they left the city, they followed a small road eastward, passed through a grove of trees, and arrived at the crematorium.
But just as the convoy reached the depths of the woods, many torches suddenly appeared around them, and people rushed out to snatch the body.
Even though Ye Zhiyuan desperately shouted that the corpses carried the plague and were contagious, people who had been driven to the brink of despair did not care about life or death.
In their hearts, taking their family members' bodies back and burying them properly meant that at least in death, they could die together in harmony.
Everyone has probably given up hope of dealing with this sudden plague.
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