Chapter 44: Yuchi Shuo Falls Ill
"What did you feed him?"
Zong Hao asked with a somewhat grim expression, but he didn't expect the other party to not care:
"Something that saves you and me time."
Then the voice continued, "You've taken a poison that only I can cure. The poison will recur every three months. If you don't have an antidote, you'll bleed from all seven orifices and die suddenly."
Qian Youliang was so frightened upon hearing this that his soul left his body. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Sir! Please spare my life! Every word I said is the truth!"
"I bet you wouldn't dare lie. You'll need to come here every three months to take this antidote."
When Qian Youliang heard that the other party gave him the antidote, although he was not afraid of dying immediately, he still felt like a knife was hanging over his head.
"Of course, this antidote doesn't come without a price. You need to keep an eye on Liang Cheng at all times. If you see the two people in the painting, come and report immediately."
Qian Youliang just wanted to survive now, so naturally he didn't dare to refuse the other party's orders.
After Zong Hao took Qian Youliang out of the temple, they returned to Zong Hao's house along the same route.
Qian Youliang was still in a daze, as if he had lost his soul.
"I've already dealt with the people you brought with you. Replace them with people from my mansion when you return. Otherwise, if the prefect notices anything unusual, you know what will happen to you."
Qian Youliang had never hated Zong Hao more than he did at this moment. In his heart, all this was because of Zong Hao, otherwise he would not be able to control his life now.
But when Qian Youliang thought about what would happen if he didn't understand the medicine and died of the poison, he shuddered in his heart.
Half a month later.
Under the governance of Duke Zheng and the prefect, the disaster-stricken Liangcheng gradually returned to normal operations.
Not only was there more food for disaster relief, but the walls around Liangcheng were also built more solidly. Not to mention wild beasts, even bandits outside the city would find it difficult to break into the city.
As for the wastelands in the city, many fields have already started to plant sweet potatoes.
Although the growth is not as good as that of ordinary fertile fields, it is no longer a wasteland that cannot be cultivated.
With the availability of water and the fermentation of pig, cattle and sheep manure sent by wealthy businessmen, the fertility of the land continued to improve.
Everything went very smoothly. Even in the plague areas, the number of infected people decreased after the isolation measures proposed by Gu Feixue.
Although there was no feasible way to treat the plague in ancient times, because the land was vast and the population was sparse, each household was a certain distance away, and some plagues were confined to a few villages.
The plague can be brought under control quickly by simply classifying those infected with the plague, those who are not infected, and those who are suspected of being infected.
The rest depends on the patients themselves, after all, there is no good cure for this plague.
There are also people who have had the plague and finally survived.
As for the miracle doctor rumored in the community, Gu Feixue and everyone else didn't dare to think about it.
If there really is such a miracle doctor, why hasn't he appeared for so long?
During this half month, Gu Feixue got her wish and became a disciple of Duke Zheng.
At first, the Gu family disagreed, but of course with the Crown Prince's mediation, Gu Lang and Wang Shi could no longer say anything.
Early in the morning, Duke Zheng came to the Gu family courtyard to teach Gu Feixue. Gu Feixue practiced with Gu Sang and Gu Da for the entire morning and afternoon.
Although life is very fulfilling, I can't help but yearn for the outside world, especially after the disaster has eased, and there are more people coming and going on the streets every day.
On this day, Yuchi Shuo accompanied the prefect of Zheng Guogong to inspect the disaster front line. However, just as he arrived at Anju Village and had not yet entered the village, Yuchi Shuo was bumped by a middle-aged woman who suddenly jumped out from the side.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
After saying that, he staggered and ran behind the few people.
Yuchi Shuo looked at his sleeve that was stained with some unknown liquid and was about to cut it off when he heard Gu Feixue's voice from behind him:
"Master, where are you going?"
Now Gu Feixue no longer called Duke Zheng "Uncle Zheng", but called him "Master" instead. Even Gu Sang and Gu Da learned how to pronounce the word "Master" in the Central Plains dialect.
Duke Zheng was very proud when he looked at his three new favorite students.
Needless to say, Gu Sang and Gu Da, the nomadic people all have excellent roots and are born to be martial artists.
What surprised him was Gu Feixue. Although this little girl had thin arms and legs, she could actually maintain the horse stance for a longer time than that brat, a full hour!
Thinking back to when he was young, he practiced horse stance, but the first time he only lasted about an hour.
Not to mention that she is very agile and nimble, and she was born to practice light skills.
"Master accompanied His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his men to inspect Anju Village."
When Gu Feixue heard about the inspection, she naturally joined in.
When the group arrived at Anju Village, they saw that there were only a few people left there. It seemed that everyone had gone to work.
However, Gu Feixue observed a strange phenomenon, that is, the doors of some houses were closed, but there were hoeing tools outside the doors.
You should know that only those who sign up to reclaim wasteland can get tools.
Now that there is water, everyone wants to develop the wasteland as soon as possible. It's only morning now. Could someone come back so soon?
Although she knew that she shouldn't meddle in other people's business, Gu Feixue still pointed this phenomenon out to Zheng Yannian.
Zheng Yannian couldn't help but frown when he saw this. When conditions were not favorable, he could just stay at home and save food.
Now not only are disaster relief grains distributed every day, but the wastelands are also connected to water. Why are some people still unwilling to move?
Zheng Yannian went to ask the village chief of the temporary Anju Village and found out that those households that did not go to work were because they had just fallen ill in the past few days, not because they were lazy.
Some people also asked if he had contracted the plague, but Muramasa told everyone firmly that it was just common typhoid fever, so everyone gave up.
However, for some reason, Gu Feixue felt an inexplicable uneasiness.
Whether in the previous life or this life, Gu Feixue's intuition has always been very sharp.
This uneasiness made her call Gu Sang and Gu Da and return to the prefectural villa to visit the Gu family.
Gu Lang and Gu Tingchuan were reviewing their lessons in the study, while Wang was sewing clothes in the house.
Gu Feixue thought she had made a mistake, so she shook her head and stopped thinking about it. Then she took Gu Sang and Gu Da to practice martial arts in the yard.
In another half month, she would be able to show off her martial arts skills a little more so as not to attract so much attention.
No one knew that such a shocking event would happen.
The next day, Gu Feixue waited and waited but Duke Zheng did not come to teach her martial arts.
It was not until noon that she received a piece of news that shocked her.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is suspected of being infected with the plague. He has had a high fever since last night!"
When he said this, Zhuifeng's face was full of a look of blame for his death.
"But he looked fine yesterday, why..."
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