He stood there, rain dripping down his clothes, his handsome face still showing lingering worry.
Liu Yingying said reproachfully, "You're such a grown-up, don't you know to bring an umbrella when you go out? What am I going to tell your mother if you get sick?"
Xue Ye strode in as if he hadn't heard, his cold gaze falling on Zhou Peng and his two servants. He said coldly, "Given the current situation, we can't leave the city for a while. If these three wake up, they will still come looking for trouble."
Liu Yingying looked at him noncommittally, "Then what does Xiao Ye think we should do?"
"Once and for all!" Xue Ye said, drawing the short sword from his waist.
Liu Yingying naturally understood what he was going to do next, and pressed his hand down.
"Don't cause anyone to die!" As she finished speaking, she looked up and noticed the incredulous look in Xue Ye's eyes.
She smiled gently, took out a packet of blood-red powder from her bosom, walked to the temple entrance, casually plucked a green leaf to collect some rainwater, and then used her fingernail to dab some powder into the water and dissolve it.
Then he turned to Zhou Peng and his two servants and fed each of them a little of the bright red liquid.
Xue Ye asked, puzzled, "What is this?"
Liu Yingying explained, "A very small amount of this stuff can paralyze a person, turning them into an idiot..."
It's actually a chemical item, thallium, that you redeemed from the mall.
She had no intention of killing anyone, but she should at least nip any visible threats in the bud.
After doing all this, Liu Yingying went to the entrance of the City God Temple again to collect rainwater to wash her hands clean, and then wiped them clean on Xue Ye's body.
It seemed like he was teaching by example, saying, "You should learn from this. Fighting and killing all the time creates too much negative karma. It's better to be kind!"
Xue Ye's lips twitched slightly. No matter how he looked at her, he couldn't see what this woman's actions had to do with kindness.
But he thought there was nothing wrong with it!
In the following period, Liu Yingying repeated the same method and earned a lot of points.
As her points in the system increased, her sense of security also surged!
In this way, even if the city runs out of food, at least they can still exchange points for supplies in the shop.
But soon, even bigger trouble followed.
—An epidemic broke out outside Jinling City.
The city officials were so frightened that they immediately ordered the city gates to be closed and no more refugees to enter!
The area surrounding Jinling City is now suffering from extremely severe flooding, and countless people have been displaced.
After the city gates were closed, all the refugees were kept outside Jinling City, and it was said that tens of thousands of them had gathered.
Heavy rains, floods, lack of food and clothing, disease, and extremely poor living conditions... Every day, large numbers of disaster victims died outside the city.
There are currently no cases in the city, but there is widespread panic and soaring prices...
The rent at the inn where Liu Yingying and her friends stayed quadrupled in just four or five days.
Too expensive? You don't have to stay here!
Anyway, there are plenty of people who are willing to pay money for a place to stay!
Liu Yingying abhorred this kind of profiteering during the national crisis!
But she wasn't an official in Jinling City, so there was nothing she could do about it…
Now she has gotten into the habit of going to the lobby on the first floor every day, finding a window seat, ordering a cup of tea, and then listening intently to the information about the outside world.
Previously, Xue Ye and Xiao Xue both stayed in their rooms and were unwilling to come down.
But now they can't stay still, so they simply come down to have tea with Liu Yingying every day...
"Sister Liu, I heard that there seems to be a malaria outbreak outside the city. There are soldiers stationed outside the city, and they're burning corpses every day..."
Xiaoxue looked at her with a face that looked even uglier than if she were crying.
"Don't scare yourself. This morning, the shopkeeper told me that the government only gave information that an epidemic had indeed broken out outside the city, but they didn't say it was malaria. It might just be the common flu!"
"What...the flu?" Xiaoxue was completely bewildered.
"Cough~ It's just a cold!" Liu Yingying quickly corrected.
Xue Ye: "Jinling City isn't far from the capital. Given this situation, the imperial court shouldn't stand idly by!"
Liu Yingying took a sip of tea; "They'll definitely take over, but I don't know how they plan to do so..."
To be honest, she's always been unsure about this.
Based on her prior knowledge from history books, the most common way ancient people dealt with such epidemics was to lock up all the infected people and then burn them all after they had all died…
Hopefully, the reality won't be that dire!
However, what she feared most came to pass, and reality proved her prediction correct.
Dozens of imperial physicians were sent from the capital to treat the epidemic. At the same time, in order to prevent a large number of refugees from causing an uprising, General Weiyuan was dispatched to lead troops to guard the area.
What's worse is that the first patient appeared in Nanjing this morning!
This caused great panic.
People outside the city wanted to escape into the city for refuge, while those trapped inside wanted to take the opportunity to escape and try to survive.
General Weiyuan had no choice but to order his men to take turns on duty in twelve shifts to guard against the enemy.
However, patients continued to appear one after another in the city.
The prefect of Jinling ordered everyone to avoid gathering in crowded places to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
But so far, the imperial physicians still haven't been able to diagnose what this disease is.
Liu Yingying hasn't gone downstairs these past two days; they've cancelled one of their rooms.
Xue Ye shared a room, while she shared a room with Xiao Xue. The three of them stayed in their own rooms every day and didn't go anywhere else.
"Sister Liu, do you think we might die here?" Xiaoxue paced anxiously back and forth in the room.
But then they saw Liu Yingying sitting at the table, engrossed in writing.
"Alright!" Liu Yingying put down her pen.
Xiaoxue walked over curiously and asked, "Sister Liu, what are these things you wrote?"
"This is the plan for dealing with the epidemic, and it's to be given to General Weiyuan!"
"But how can we meet that General Weiyuan?"
Liu Yingying smiled confidently; "Don't worry, there will be opportunities!"
Now that she's here, she's determined not to stand idly by during this pandemic; she'll do everything in her power to help the people!
Just then, a scream suddenly came from next door!
"ah!"
Then, someone shouted, "Oh no, he's infected too!"
Then came a series of chaotic footsteps and screams outside…
Liu Yingying's heart sank, but she quickly made a decision: "I'll go out and take a look. If you're scared, stay inside!"
But after hesitating for a few seconds, Xiaoxue seemed to have made up her mind and followed her out.
By this time, everyone outside had already scattered like birds and beasts, with only the innkeeper and a waiter standing far away at the end of the corridor, looking as if they wanted to avoid him at all costs.
The innkeeper also wanted to escape, but the inn belonged to him.
However, he has already sent someone to notify the government, and officials will come to take the patient away soon.
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