An Empire as a Betrothal Gift

Liu Rengui was quickly put into prison and waited to be punished. From being greeted to being dismissed, it took only one meal.

The corner of Zhou Mingli's mouth twitched, he was a little impressed by Wei Lian's vigorous and efficient work.

According to the rules and procedures, after they took Liu Rengui into custody, they had to interrogate Liu Rengui to find evidence, get people to sign and pledge, and then counted the names one by one, and finally reported it to Yongping.

It will take a lot of time to toss after a long meal.This is exactly what is lacking the most right now.

Wei Lian holds the golden order, and has the right to kill first and then play.Even so, it takes courage to solve a problem so quickly.

Zhou Mingli took a little contempt and admitted that Young Master Lian is not useless in politics.

At least it's different from the gesticulating he imagined.

Wei Lian asked, "Where is the general judgment?"

Tong San is Zhizhou's deputy.They came from Yongping and were not familiar with Jiangzhou's place of life, so it would take a lot of time to investigate from scratch.If you want to grasp the situation in Jiangzhou as quickly as possible, you still need a local official.

Two guards quickly escorted an official. Judging from his disheveled appearance, he might have just been pulled up from Wenrou Township.

"Master Qi, someone brought it here."

Cao Wuliang was hanging out with his concubine in the daytime, when he was forcibly dragged here by a group of vicious officers and soldiers, he didn't even have time to put on his shoes, he was holding back his resentment, and was about to yell at him.

Thinking that in Jiangzhou, he is under one person and above ten thousand people, who would dare to arrest him?

As soon as he was pulled in and thrown on the ground, as soon as he raised his head, he saw a young and handsome young man in white with a folding fan pinned to his waist.

Cao Wuliang was immediately taken aback.

The Zhizhou loves money, and the judge is lustful. He is secretly reviled by the local people as "the two major scourges of Jiangzhou".Cao Wuliang is not afraid of men and women, as long as they are beautiful, they all like to snatch them for fun.On weekdays, he did a lot of things like bullying men and women, and he didn't know how many skinny horses and child molesters he played to death.

And Wei Lian was undoubtedly the best-looking person Cao Wuliang had ever seen.The most lovable child molester in his house is not as beautiful as he was in his life.

Cao Wuliang forgot the current situation, and murmured in a daze, "Beauty..."

The guard was about to draw his sword immediately.How can His Majesty's people allow this thing to be coveted!

Zhou Mingli's eyes showed disgust.Looking at Tong Juan's fat-headed appearance, he knew that he was the same as that surnamed Liu, and he would just go to jail, so what's the need for interrogation?

Wei Lian walked over slowly, squatted down in front of Cao Wuliang, raised his chin lightly with a folding fan, and stared into his cloudy old eyes.

Cao Wuliang laughed covetously: "Beauty, do you also like me—" He paused.

A few sharp spikes protruded from the fan bone, pressed against his neck, scratched the skin, and a slight blood oozes out. An inch deeper can make his blood splatter three feet.

Cold sweat dripped down Cao Wuliang's forehead.

"Liu Rengui is dead." Wei Lian lied without changing his face, "Are you going to redeem yourself, or go down to accompany him?"

Cao Wuliang: "..."

After a stick of incense, all the large and small materials about the recent epidemic situation in Jiangzhou were placed in front of Wei Lian.

About one and a half months ago, the first strange disease appeared in Qingping County, Jiangzhou.A widower who lived alone died in his own home, festered and disfigured, and could not have been recognized as a person if he hadn't been wearing the clothes he usually wore.

The widower used to go up the mountain every day to cut firewood and sell it in the county.He didn't go out for several days, and there was a faint smell in the house, which finally attracted the attention of the neighbors. After opening the door and checking in, they screamed at the inhuman dead body.

At first, no one reported it to the officials, and it was only assumed that the widower had some kind of illness.Out of neighborhood friendship, the neighbor buried him.Unexpectedly, a few days later, the neighbor's family of three died suddenly.

At the same time, people in the county who had been in contact with the family of three showed abnormal symptoms one after another.

The patient first started to bruise and itchy on the arm, and kept scratching the arm, and then it became more and more itchy.On the second day, the whole arm began to rot, and even a piece of flesh could be scratched.On the third day, the rot spread to his face, completely ruining his appearance.On the fourth day, it spread to the whole body. By this time, people are already unconscious. Even if they are not confused, they will be frightened and go crazy when they see their own appearance.On the fifth day, most people couldn't hold on any longer, and those who didn't die were like corpses. Crows had already hovered in the sky, waiting to peck at the carrion.On the sixth day at the latest, the patient died.

No one made it to the seventh day.

The disease first spread in a small area in Qingping County, causing panic.Reported to the yamen, but the yamen didn't care about it, and shirked "seek a doctor if you are sick, and what to do with the yamen".Qingping County is barren, and there is only one old doctor in the county. He usually receives very little money for seeing a doctor, and is called a good hand and benevolent heart by the people.

During those days, the clinic was overcrowded, and even those who were not sick were worried that they would get sick, so they had to go to the doctor to feel relieved.But once someone with symptoms really appeared, the crowd quickly dispersed, as if seeing a plague god.

Only the old doctor is fearless and sees people as usual.It's just that this strange disease has never been heard of before, and it's hard for him to see the reason. It's just convenient to prescribe a few doses of medicine.

A few days later, a patient's son came to the door dragging his old father's body, saying that the old man had prescribed medicine, and his old father died of illness.The man sat on the ground and rolled around, spitting all over the place, saying that the medicine prescribed by the old doctor had killed him, and he was earning black-hearted money, demanding that he pay for his life.

The old doctor replied helplessly: "I hope that people in the world will be free from disease, even if the medicine on the shelf will cause dust. I have been practicing medicine all my life, and I am fighting with the king of hell. I am naturally happy if I win. If I can't win... But I can't change my fate against the sky. "

But the ignorant county residents in the backcountry didn't understand. They only knew that his father died and he had to find someone to take responsibility.The man wanted to beat the old man, but was stopped by other people, who all accused him of making trouble for no reason.

Some of them are really fighting for the old doctor, while others have selfish intentions - if something happens to the old doctor, who will see them?

The man was accused by everyone, blushed, and fled in desperation.A few days later, news came that the man was also infected and passed away.

To make matters worse, the old doctor also developed symptoms, and it is not known which patient contracted it during the consultation process.

And the common people who had been watching the excitement in the medical hall before, also got sick after returning.

Now people are outraged.

They have been extremely careful these past few days, staying behind closed doors, and the only place they have been to is the medical clinic, which must have been passed on to them by the old doctor!

The news that the old man was sick made them confirm this guess even more.

Well, it's useless for them to speak for the old thing, but the old thing passed the disease to them!Angry people kicked open the door of the clinic, only to find that the old man had already died of illness at home for many days.

The anger could not be appeased, people smashed up the hospital and burned it down again.In the past, they praised him for his good hands and kindness, but once his own interests were touched, he reviled him for being extremely vicious.

The most terrifying is the plague, and the most terrifying is the human heart.

The poor old Langzhong had no shame in his heart all his life, and he ended up with such infamy after his death.

People smashed and burned down the medical hall, thinking that the god of plague was burned to death, and they could sit back and relax from now on.But no, the strange disease is still spreading.Family members of those who were previously infected were also hit.When the catastrophe comes, they go their separate ways. Some people abandon their wives and children, while others cut off their friendship.

Then, a county resident who delivered wine to and from the restaurant in Qingning County next door fell ill on a certain day.Subsequently, a plague broke out in a restaurant in Qingning County, and the entire kitchen was wiped out, including the diners who were dining that day.

The disease spread to the neighboring county, and finally the plague in Qingping County could not be concealed.The magistrate of Qingping County finally planned to report to the magistrate. However, Liu Rengui was at the juncture of promotion at that time, so there must be no mistakes.

Spread the word from ten to hundreds, and so far, six of the seven counties in Jiangzhou have suffered from the plague.Among them, Qingping County was the most serious, Qingning County was almost occupied, and the other four counties were less serious.

The farthest Qingqiu County has not had a single case. It is said that the local magistrate ordered the county to be closed as soon as he heard the news.The county magistrate of Qingqiu County once sent a letter to the top to wait for support. Unexpectedly, the letter of appeal for help was backlogged by Liu Rengui, and then he planned to bypass the magistrate and send someone directly to Yongping to deliver the report, but the letter was intercepted halfway, and the person was also warned. Wearing small shoes, now I am almost out of ammunition and food.

Zhou Mingli read the sealed letter with tearing eyes, slapped the case fiercely, grabbed Cao Wuliang by the collar, his eyes were scarlet, and he gritted his teeth: "...Is this how you do things for the common people?"

"Is this how you are an official?!"

Cao Wuliang shivered tremblingly: "Qin, please forgive me! I have already sent all the letters, but can you make amends..."

Wei Lian raised his eyes, lightly patted his shoulder with his fan, and said gently, "Good job."

Just as Cao Wuliang was about to laugh, his eyes widened in the next moment, and he collapsed down with his eyes closed.

Bright red blood flowed from the neck, staining the ground red.

Wei Lian took the fan back, it was still a clean white fan, nowhere could it be seen that it was stained with blood.

"Unfortunately, there is no forgiveness."

Zhou Mingli let go of his hands, looked down at the corpse, and then looked back at the back of the young man.

Young Master Lian this man...

He actually saw His Majesty's invisible shadow of killing people while talking and laughing.

Find out what happened in Jiangzhou recently, and you can understand how severe the situation in Jiangzhou is now.

Wei Lian went to see Zhou Yushan, who had already been taken down and changed into clean clothes, he was still quite young and strong.

When Zhou Yushan saw Wei Lian, he stammered, "Master, son."

He heard others call Wei Lian that way.

"How many days has your sister been sick?" Wei Lian asked.

As soon as his sister was mentioned, Zhou Yushan's eyes turned red, and he choked up and said, "...it's been two days."

This strange disease will die within seven days, and his sister doesn't have much time.

Wei Lian asked again: "Who has your sister been in contact with these days?"

Zhou Yushan shook his head: "Little sister has a leg problem and has been unable to go out to see people. Caomin and her mother took care of her. Her mother died eight days ago... and Caomin took care of her alone. During that time, she had no contact with anyone. Now everyone People are in danger, and they don’t go out much.”

Wei Lian was thoughtful.

Judging from the previous data, the person who contracted the strange disease must have had contact with the patient.As for the first person who contracted the disease, he died, and no one knew what he had been exposed to.

Zhou Yushan's mother fell ill half a month ago and died eight days ago, while his younger sister fell ill two days ago, with a gap of six days.

In the past six days, his sister only had contact with Zhou Yushan.

But Zhou Yushan is a healthy person.

If there is any contact, you will get sick. Zhou Yushan once went to seek medical treatment with his seriously ill mother on his back. Why is Zhou Yushan fine?

Wei Lian reorganized all the clues, looked again at the number of patients submitted by the counties but was backlogged, and found a problem.

Not everyone who comes into contact with a sick person will get sick.Among the patients, children and the elderly are the majority, followed by women, and young adults are the least.

Zhou Yushan is a young man.

In the medical books that Wei Lian had read, he put forward such a concept: diseases contain certain toxins, some people have strong resistance, and the virus cannot invade him, and some people have weak resistance, and they will get sick.

Young men have good physique and can resist the virus and not contract the disease, but it does not mean that they have never carried the virus, they can also infect others.

So it is hard to guard against.

Of course, there is another possibility that his sister was not infected by Zhou Yushan, but by his mother.This shows that the disease has an incubation period, and it lasts for six days or even longer.

Whether it is asymptomatic transmission or a long incubation period, it is a very bad thing.

Worse, both can happen at the same time.

The author has something to say:

The concept of virus was put forward by foreign scholars after 1890. The explanation in the article is not standardized and correct, but the ancient background cannot recognize viruses so correctly←

The setting of the world view in this article is that ordinary people, including imperial doctors, do not know the concept of isolation, nor the principle of infection. They stay behind closed doors purely because of fear rather than knowing how to isolate themselves.Otherwise, you won’t think that the old doctor is the culprit who harmed them. If you are more careful, you should be able to see that the people who watched the excitement were completely infected by the spitting doctor’s son. If it's contagious, it's miserable.

Don't worry so much, just remember that Wei Lian is a genius doctor!He knows everything!