Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 162: Child-Diarrhea Mushroom

Just when Emperor Yong'an was shouting in his heart, let's end the meal as soon as possible and get these two conspicuous people out, A Zi came in and replied.

"Reporting to the Sixth Prince's wife, news has come from outside the palace that something happened at the Salesian Home."

Qiao Lili stood up from her seat suddenly, changing her little girl attitude when she was flirting with Yu Jingyan just now, and asked with a sharp look: "What happened?" No matter who it is, if they have bad intentions towards the children, she will not let them go.

"After lunch, all the children had diarrhea." While the doctor at the orphanage was still looking for the cause, the news spread quickly in the capital.

"Qiao Lili from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion is just seeking fame. What kind of orphanage is this? They must have fed the children unclean or stale food, otherwise, how could they have diarrhea?"

"She is just trying to scam people out of money. She probably pocketed all the donations she received."

"The Emperor's calligraphy was sold for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."

"Don't tell me you're keeping all of it for your dowry."

"How could someone like her persuade the Sixth Prince to marry her?"

"Just because of that face, she looks like a foxy woman. If she was trying to seduce me, I wouldn't be able to handle it either."

"What? The legitimate daughter of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion. This is really a disgrace to the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion."

"Otherwise, why did General Bai break off the engagement? We outsiders don't know, so there must be something fishy going on."

"That's right, that's right. It's pitiful for these innocent children. They might as well wander the streets. At least they are still alive."

"So many lives have been lost just to put powder on your face."

At this time, the children had just started to have diarrhea, but in the eyes of everyone, someone had already died.

It seemed like in just an instant, on the streets, in teahouses, taverns, restaurants, and in every main street and alley, such rumors spread like weeds, quickly and madly sweeping across the entire capital.

Yu Jingyan and Qiao Lili put down their bowls and hurried out of the palace. "When there is accurate news, send it in immediately." Yu Linghuan was just like any other nagging parent at this moment, extremely worried. "Let your mother ask Ah Zhu and Ah Zi to stand by, and I'll ask the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital to prepare as well."

The news that came in was that all the children had diarrhea, and this situation was not good, so they had to use the Imperial Medical Bureau. In such a hierarchical social system, ordinary people were not qualified to work for the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Yu Linghuan said to let the Imperial Hospital prepare, which was already giving a lot of face to Qiao Lili's orphanage.

Qiao Lili asked Cai Qi to go back to Duke Dingguo's Mansion and take Feng Wuzui to the orphanage, while she and Yu Jingyan went straight to the orphanage.

The Salesian Home is in chaos and has become a mess. The children are either in the toilet or queuing outside the toilet. Many young children, who can usually control their urination and defecation, cannot do so at this moment and urinate in their pants. The smell of the entire Salesian Home is hard to describe.

Seeing Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan coming, Yunwu, who was busy organizing the children to line up for the hospital doctor to feel their pulse, and Zhou Chengye, who was washing and changing the children's clothes, both came forward to greet them.

"What's the situation now?" Qiao Lili didn't bother to exchange pleasantries and asked the two anxiously, "Has the hospital doctor made a diagnosis? Is there any problem with the food?"

To be honest, seeing so many children showing the same symptoms, Qiao Lili judged on the way here that there might be something wrong with the food. It is impossible for stale or problematic food to appear in an orphanage. It is more likely that the food was poisoned.

"There's nothing wrong with the food. The hospital doctor has checked it." Yunwu replied. The food was sampled and the hospital doctor carefully checked it one by one. Moreover, they all ate but did not have diarrhea. "It shouldn't be the food."

"My little girl, Little Eleven, just had diarrhea. She is only half a year old and eats separately prepared complementary foods and milk," said Zhou Chengye.

It’s not a problem with the food, it’s not poisoning, then what is it?

Yu Jingyan, who had been silent until then, asked, "In the past two or three days, have there been any new children? What was their condition when they arrived?"

Zhou Chengye frowned and said, "Yes." He pointed at a few children in the corner. "They were the last group to come. There were three of them. After them, no one else came."

"Did the hospital doctor examine them when they were admitted?" asked Qiao Lili.

"I checked, the hospital doctor took their pulses, and I gave them baths. All three children are very healthy. Their bodies..." Zhou Chengye suddenly stopped here, feeling that something was wrong.

"What's going on?" Qiao Lili felt that he remembered something important.

"Although they were very dirty, after washing, their skin was white and tender, without even a single scar. This is a bit incredible for children who have been wandering for so many years." At that time, Zhou Chengye just thought that these children were quite lucky and did not suffer any hardship. Now, thinking about it, this is completely untrue. The children he adopted, even if they had only been wandering for a few months, had scars of varying sizes on their bodies, some from falls, bumps, mosquito bites, and some from being beaten when fighting for food.

"Young master, there is something wrong with these three children. They said they have been wandering for several years and they are indeed very thin. But they are too clean without a single scar. This is not rational." Zhou Chengye lowered his voice.

This is indeed a cautious person.

"Go and lock those three children up in a separate yard." Qiao Lili said to Yunwu, "Watch them carefully. Don't let them run away, or be silenced or rescued."

"Yes, young master." Yunwu, who had been in a state of anxiety for the whole night, immediately became energetic and energetic when he saw the young master. "Now that the young master is here, all problems will be solved."

At this time, Cai Qi brought Feng Wuzui from Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

"Girl, tell me what you know." Feng Wuzui is such a person. He doesn't care about any conventional etiquette and asks directly to the point.

"Grandpa Feng, all the children have diarrhea, including those who don't eat the same food, but the adults have eaten and are fine." Qiao Lili said: "It is initially suspected that the three children who came three days ago brought something that caused all the children to get sick."

"Okay, I understand." Feng Wuzui walked to the hospital doctor's pulse diagnosis area and diagnosed the pulses of three or four children. He then turned around and asked Qiao Lili, "Where are the last few children?"

When Qiao Lili saw that Feng Wuzui's expression was different from usual, she felt something was wrong and quickly asked Yunwu to lead the way.

The three half-grown children started to panic from the moment they were locked up in this yard. Even at the age of twelve or thirteen, they were already able to think about problems.

Before they came, they didn't know what they were asked to do. They were only told to stay here for a while, and the people who sent them promised their families many benefits. But today, when they saw that all the children were sick, they suddenly understood, and at the same time they were worried that they would also get sick or even die like those children.

At this time, they saw an old man with a Taoist look coming to check their pulse. They did not refuse and cooperated obediently.

After Feng Wuzui examined the pulse of the three children, his expression relaxed slightly.

He walked out the door with Qiao Lili and the others, and said, "These three won't die, it's just a bit of trouble."

"Grandpa Feng, is it a disease or poison?" asked Qiao Lili.

"It's neither a disease nor a poison." Feng Wuzui stroked his goatee. Humph, this is only him. If it were someone else, even if all those old immortals from the Medicine King Valley came, they wouldn't be able to deal with these kids with diarrhea.

"Is that, a poisonous insect?" This is the most mysterious cause of disease that Qiao Lili knows. It is neither a disease nor a poison, so could it be a poisonous insect?

"Girl, Gu worms are very expensive. It takes a lot of manpower and resources to cultivate a Gu worm. If these hundreds of children are all infected, the cost is too high. It's a waste to deal with these useless orphans. Besides, if it's a Gu, there won't be any adults left." Feng Wuzui admired the puzzled looks of the crowd. He grasped the atmosphere perfectly. After his vanity was greatly satisfied, he told the truth: "It's actually a plant."

"What? Plants?" Qiao Lili, Yu Jingyan, Yunwu, Zhou Chengye, Caiqi, Caixing, and Qiao Peng, who had just rushed over after hearing the news, all opened their mouths wide. What kind of plant is this? It can selectively cause diarrhea in only children, even those who haven't eaten.

"To be precise, it's a kind of mushroom called Tongxie Mushroom (nonsense, made up, no need to ask Teacher Du)." Feng Wuzui said, and admired the confused and ignorant expressions of these people one by one.

Tsk, I knew you guys hadn't heard of it.