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"Xue Liu, we should go."
Xueliu shuddered and came back to her senses as if she was suddenly awakened.
"What's wrong with you?" Wu Pi walked forward and carefully observed Xue Liu's expression.
Xueliu's complexion was rosy, but for some reason she looked a little sleepy.
"I'm fine, Brother Wu Pi, I'll leave now." She was a little scared facing Wu Pi. This tall man who always followed the young master could block most of the light when standing in front of her.
"Wait." Wu Pi pulled her back, "Have you felt unwell recently?"
"No, no." Apart from feeling sleepy occasionally recently, this was probably because he had never been to such a far place before and was a little tired.
Xue Liu's thoughts drifted away. She came here with the girl, and the girl never stopped after arriving in Sulou County. There was no time for the two of them to stay together like they did in the Yu family yard.
"If you feel uncomfortable, please speak up." Wu Pi didn't see any problem, so he didn't think much about it. "We still don't understand why so many people are infected. We need to be careful."
Xue Liu understood what Wu Pi was worried about, but she didn't care much.
"No matter how you get infected, it shouldn't be me, right? No one in the city is sick, and I haven't left the yard since I came here. It's mostly you guys who are busy everywhere."
Wu Pi didn't say anything more, but just reminded: "Then be careful next time, there are not many medicines nearby."
Everyone in the surrounding area knew about Sulou County. Many families and even the local government restricted or stored medicinal materials in advance, so there were very few medicines available for purchase. As someone who was not from Sulou County, it was easy for me to get food from the local people.
Xue Liu didn't say anything else. Next, they had to help transport the food that the young master had asked someone to collect through the river to the farmland.
…
The farmland was in a state of chaos.
Food brings hope of life, but it does not mean freedom from the threat of death.
The people here are not all suffering from voodoo, but also from various other diseases, all of whom have been driven out by the city residents.
The rooms further inside were filled with people suffering from various illnesses.
"Doctor, doctor, my old woman is coughing and retching. Can you come and take a look?"
"My child's fever hasn't subsided. Can the doctor help me?"
"Okay, I'll go check it out later." Mingyu, who was busy and exhausted, agreed to the old man and turned to the mother of the crying baby and said, "Please put a cold towel on him first and see if that can bring his temperature down."
"I've been applying the compress non-stop, but my son keeps crying," the woman said, her voice already starting to sob. "I'm afraid he won't make it. Is there no other way?"
No.
All available medicines and methods have been used.
Mingyu was speechless.
"Doctor, doctor." The old man urged, grabbing Mingyu's arm tightly.
“…I’ll be right there.”
"Can't you save my child first?!" The woman seemed to be unable to bear it anymore and screamed at the old man in disarray, "That old woman doesn't have much time to live. My child is only two years old and there is still so much time. Why can't you save my child first!"
After saying this, the woman hugged the child in her arms and burst into tears.
The people around watched in silence, and for a moment the only sounds were the crying of the mother and child.
“…Then you go ahead and do your work, doctor.” The old man’s voice was as soft as a mosquito’s hum, and he walked away slowly with a faint sigh.
Mingyu wanted to catch the old man, but Wang Cailing who came hurriedly grabbed his hand.
"Doctor, Doctor Wang said someone else has developed symptoms and fainted."
Doctor Wang was the doctor in the city and he took the initiative to follow the city lord who was driven out.
"Okay, I'll go over now."
Mingyu didn't know how the farce ended. Her mind was in a mess and she even suspected that her body was being controlled by someone else while it was working in an orderly manner.
When Yu Tongan found Mingyu, Mingyu had already returned to the group of patients.
"...He is not suitable to eat hard food now, and the kitchen is busy now. You can make some noodles or something for her." Mingyu instructed the old woman. There was vomit left in the gaps beside the old woman lying on the ground.
"Okay, okay, thank you, doctor." The old man repeated thank you several times, looking at his sick wife with cloudy eyes, full of worry.
Mingyu was too tired to speak, so he could only wave goodbye and turned around to see Yu Tongan.
"I brought some food. Let's take a rest first?" Yu Tongan picked up the paper bag and gently shook the food in his hand.
"No, I..."
Mingyu was about to refuse when Yu Tongan grabbed her hand forcefully and took her out, not letting her go until they were in a place where there was no one.
"Take a break first." Yu Tongan opened the food without paying any attention, opened the kettle and handed it to Mingyu.
Mingyu looked at Yu Tongan for a while, silently took the kettle and sat down.
Mingyu then realized that her legs were shaking with soreness. She drank some water and found that her mouth was so dry that it was unbearable. She tilted her head back and swallowed quickly.
"Slow down." Yu Tongan patted her back gently and reminded her in a low voice.
Looking at the empty terraced fields, Mingyu started to eat and found two bowl-shaped cakes.
"I think I said I don't like it." Even as he said that, he picked it up and took two bites.
How did he remember saying that he didn't dislike it?
"I'll change it next time." Yu Tongan tilted his head and looked at Mingyu, whose cheeks were bulging. She usually ate slowly, and it looked like she was really hungry.
Mingyu's mind was a little dizzy. He looked at the moonlight in the dark night, and his ears were in a rare silence. After swallowing the food in his mouth, Mingyu began to mutter.
"It's not that it's bad, it's just too sweet. Even the sweets in Huanzhou are ridiculously sweet."
Yu Tongan listened patiently and humbly apologized to Mingyu: "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Anything else?"
Mingyu swallowed the food in his mouth before asking, "What?"
"Are you still dissatisfied with Huanzhou? I will work hard to satisfy you."
"There are also kapok and snow willow." Mingyu put down the food in his hand and turned his sitting body towards Yu Tongan.
Yu Tongan held the new food and placed it in front of Mingyu.
"Is there anything they didn't do well enough?"
"Okay, very good." Mingyu took a piece, "But they are here to monitor me!" and took a bite.
"It's my fault, but I've already ordered it to stop." Yu Tongan placed the food on his knees with a gentle apology on his face. "If you still feel uncomfortable, I'll replace you, okay?"
"No, they are fine." Mingyu fell silent and closed his eyes. His swollen and aching eyeballs finally got a moment's rest.
Mingyu opened his eyes again.
"Why don't you say I'm being unreasonable? You must be exhausted too."
"Being unreasonable?" Yu Tongan restrained his smile and looked at Mingyu seriously, "You have done very well. You are not being unreasonable."
Mingyu's eyes suddenly felt a little sore.
She has been at the terraced fields for almost a week. The non-stop work has made her so tired that she can't think. The quarrels among the family members have made her breathless, and the successive deaths of the patients have made her dare not stop.
What did she want? What could she do? She didn't know.
Yu Tongan looked at Mingyu, took a deep breath, stuffed a bun into his mouth, swallowed it, and suddenly started cursing.
"What a lousy emperor! If you can't do it, don't fight for it."
Yu Tongan chuckled softly.
"Am I wrong? Emperor Dewen would never condone such things when he was alive. Hoarding medicinal herbs and driving out the people, if Emperor Dewen knew about it, he would definitely be furious and hold everyone accountable."
"That's all true."
Mingyu thought of Prince An who had used a sword to assassinate the crown prince, and sneered with some disdain.
"By the way, do you know that someone has been poisoned by voodoo again?"
Yu Tongan retracted the smile on his face.
"knew."
People began to be driven out of the city again, which directly increased the burden on the terraced fields.
Why is it that the number of people suffering from the disease always increases suddenly at certain times and not at other times?
Mingyu thought for a moment and decided, "They're going to send the body to the temple tonight. I'm going to go with them and take a look."
"We've already sent Wu Ren and Yu Yao there, but they didn't find anything."
The temple is some distance away and requires a detour. In addition, Yu Tongan was busy with food and communication matters, and Mingyu was helping to treat the patients so he did not go there in person.
"There's nothing wrong with the food or water. Even Doctor Wang and I walked among the patients without getting infected." Mingyu sighed, "I don't know where else to check. And I remembered something."
Mingyu picked up the bowl cake and shook it. There was a hole on it that she had bitten before.
"What did the vendor say?"
Yu Tongan understood and continued the conversation.
"'Everyone I met died in the same way.'"
"Yes." Mingyu took another bite, swallowed it, and commented, "It tastes good. It would be better if there was less sugar."
"I remember that. Then I need to go along tonight."
"What's the point of remembering it? You didn't make it." Mingyu finished the cake in his hand in two bites and started to pack the remaining food. "What are you going to do? You must be exhausted these past few days. You might as well go and rest."
Yu Tongan, who was "disdained", helped to clean up and took the remaining things for himself.
"Isn't this about seeing if there's anything we can do to help? More people, more eyes, see what we can find."
Mingyu thought about it and realized that Yu Tongan was smart and it would be best if he could find the problem earlier. So he didn't refuse and just said, "Don't force it."
Yu Tongan found it a little funny.
"It's better that you don't force it. Remember what I said about that kitten?"
"It's only been a few days, I remember."
"That's good."
…
Even though they knew it was poison, everyone still wrapped themselves tightly.
The city lord was also wrapped quite tightly.
"You two should already know the rumors. If you insist on going, I won't stop you." The city lord said in a serious tone, his expression even more cautious. "Just be mentally prepared."
"Don't worry, City Lord, we understand."
Mingyu, wrapped in thick cloth, also nodded.
"Okay." The city lord waved his hand, and several people built a simple rack with bamboo. They worked in groups of two to lift up the tightly wrapped corpse.
"Let's go."
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