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A man with his head wrapped in sackcloth yelled towards this side, and the child in front of Mo Li was startled. He immediately hugged the cloth bag tightly, and went into a narrow alley beside him without looking back.

Many people suddenly appeared on the originally empty streets.

Some of them wore sackcloth and filial piety, and some had incense ash all over their faces, which looked very strange.

"Go quickly, outsiders are not allowed to enter Qinghu Town."

The townspeople shouted loudly, their eyes full of hostility, as if they wanted to surround Mo Li and Meng Qi.

It was someone else who, seeing such a situation, naturally turned around and ran out of the town in a panic.Although there are no warm houses or shops selling hot food outside the town, it is better than losing your life.

The townspeople seem to be very used to intimidating others. When they found that Mo Li and Mo Li had no intention of escaping, they became annoyed. come over.

"Get out! This is not where you guys came from!"

Mo Li is wearing heavy windproof clothes, which are common clothes for long-distance travellers, but Meng Qi next to him is very eye-catching. It is winter, a brown single robe, the sleeves and hem are very long, it is not an ordinary person at all. There will be dress up.

This made the townspeople hesitate. They whispered to each other and talked about these two people in heavily accented dialects.

Mo Li could only understand a general idea, and one of them was talking about Meng Qi's appearance.

"...with such a handsome appearance, he must be a rich man, maybe someone from the government."

When the government was mentioned, these townspeople immediately became angry, and they couldn't help but push and shoved: "Qinghu Town has no lackeys of the government, get out!"

As a result, the pusher didn't push, instead he stumbled into a ball.

In the midst of the confusion, a tambourine sounded suddenly.

A group of people in white clothes walked towards this side very ostentatiously. The first one was a fairly handsome man, but there was a mole on his forehead that couldn't be hidden, which ruined the handsome appearance he tried to pretend.

"It's the incense master!"

"The Lord of Fragrance is here!"

The townspeople showed joy, and hurriedly dispersed to make way for them, then bowed their heads reverently to the man and his party and clapped their hands together, muttering something.

"Holy lotus altar?"

Mo Li has only seen such a gang that pretends to be a ghost, and the group of people led by the incense master, holding gongs and drums in their hands, beating the Dharma bell, grabbing incense ash and throwing them as they go. The congregation of the holy lotus altar.

"It should be. I haven't dealt with them before, so I'm not familiar with them."

Meng Qi said lightly that his appearance as an outsider was completely different from when he was just outside the town.

Sometimes, this kind of posture is obviously necessary. The incense master of the holy lotus altar looked at Meng Qi suspiciously, and did not act rashly. Who are you from, and what is your purpose in Qinghu Town?"

Mo Li turned his head subconsciously, and found that Meng Qi didn't have any intention of speaking. He didn't know when he took a step back and stood behind him, as if he was the leader.

Xiangzhu was very surprised. He regarded Mo Li as a follower before, and ignored the past. Now he has to look again.It's a pity that Mo Li is not like Meng Qi. The thick robe has a collar that can be used as a hood, and it can block most of his face when it is erected. Xiangzhu can't see Mo Li's appearance at all.

"We got lost and came here, just want to find a place to rest temporarily, and leave the next day."

As Mo Li spoke, his eyes fell on the townspeople.

These people all look strong, full of energy, and don't have any ailments. What's the matter with the kid who ran away saying that many people in the town are sick?

The holy lotus altar is so ostentatious, the people here are probably bewitched by them. Although Mo Li doesn't understand why some people believe the words of the holy lotus altar, but Master Li said that many people can't even eat, who can let them If they survive, they will naturally follow whoever they want. Such believers are the most troublesome.

The incense master of the holy lotus altar stared at the ink carp for a while, and then said with a smirk: "Recently, the town is doing something to get rid of evil spirits. Outsiders should not stay here, so as not to be contaminated by evil spirits. People who are haunted by evil spirits , the light one gets sick, and the serious one dies. I don't think you two want to die here for no reason, it's better to leave as soon as possible."

"I see that Qinghu Town has an ominous aura. Is your ritual exorcising evil spirits or attracting ghosts?" Meng Qi sneered.

Xiangzhu sternly said: "Good words are hard to persuade, damned ghosts, if you insist on staying here, there will be no shortage of two pits in the mass graves outside the town."

After speaking, he led the people away in the prayers of the townspeople.

When the incense master was far away, the townspeople turned their heads and glared at Mo Li and Meng Qi, and then slowly dispersed.

Mo Li took out a small gourd from his rucksack, poured out two pills, and stuffed one to Meng Qi.

"This is?"

"Just in case." Mo Li swallowed a pill by himself first, and then explained, "I suspect that there is an epidemic in Qinghu Town, although the incense lord's followers kept throwing incense ash, I still smell some medicinal herbs. "

Meng Qi rubbed his chin, and said with some surprise: "I think the people in this town are full of energy, it doesn't look like there is an epidemic."

"Go to the pharmacy in the town first." Mo Li made a decision.

Qinghu Town is very big, almost catching up with the county seat of Zhushan County. The long streets are connected with alleys, and the roads are intricate.

There are dilapidated brick and tile houses everywhere, some with thick straw on the roof, some with yellow mud on the walls, and some with weeds growing in front of the door, which makes these crowded houses look ugly. It is desolate.

Mo Li frowned all the way, he felt that Qinghu Town should have been a town where many people lived, and it was very lively.

There are restaurants and teahouses in the town, but now the doors and windows are locked and the paint on the window lattices is peeling off.

Mo Li approached a cloth shop next to the street that had lost its signboard, a thick layer of dust had accumulated on the threshold, the original door was gone, and it could be clearly seen that it was empty inside.

There were faint deep marks on the ground where heavy objects were being dragged, and that location was supposed to be a counter for placing goods.

The ink carp wiped off the ash on the wall with a sullen face, and saw a dark brown spot.

"Blood."

Meng Qi, who was following behind him, walked up to the wall with great interest and gestured: "The blood splashed from this direction is about a man of this height. His head was hit. The person who killed him should use It's not a knife, even a knife is very blunt, and the blood beads didn't fly out in a clear arc."

"...Have you seen many?"

"I remember that on the day when the former dynasty fell, blood was everywhere in the magnificent palace city of Taijing, and everyone was running for their lives. The fierce soldiers under Lu Zhang killed anyone they saw. It left traces, countless traces." Meng Qi seemed to be recalling, but at the same time seemed to be sighing, and Mo Li found that he was actually normal, not sick.

"Where are you? Are you running for your life?"

"Me?" Meng Qi was in a trance, and he murmured, "I seem to be just watching, that feeling is very strange, doctor. I witnessed the fall of a dynasty with my own eyes, and saw that great cavalry general Lu Zhang wearing a yellow robe, But no one can see me... The palace was burned by flames, thick smoke swirled up, I was like that smoke, formless, formless, neither happy nor sad..."

Mo Li stared at him closely, and a ridiculous thought suddenly appeared in his heart.

Before he could continue guessing, Meng Qi was shocked, as if he had woken up suddenly.

"Doctor, did I say something just now?" Meng Qi asked suspiciously.

"...It's nothing. The shops on this street are gone. Something must have happened in Qinghu Town. There should have been a lot of people living in the town."

Mo Li left the cloth shop and found the same abandoned medicine shop at the end of the street.

"Half the town is empty."

Going around this deserted street, you can see a building with a high foundation in the distance, like a temple. The wind brings a stronger and stronger smell of incense, which is a bit choking.

"That's probably where the holy lotus altar is playing tricks."

Although the townspeople are full of malice towards them, the two martial arts masters don't need to show their faces if they want to spy on the temple.

Climb over the wall and mount the beam.

There is no plaque in front of the temple gate, and it is enshrined in the holy lotus altar that is Ziwei Xingjun. The statue is very rough. It can be said that it is Ziwei Xingjun or other temple gods. They all have faces like the full moon and two long eyebrows. Trailer hook.

"Why is this statue holding a pig?" Meng Qi asked in bewilderment.

Mo Li identified the statue of Ziwei Xingjun, and then found that this thing with a face as big as a basin and an arched nose might not be a pig, because pigs don't grow beards around their mouths.

"No, that's a dragon..."

Meng Qi fell into silence when he heard the sound, and after a while, he said with difficulty: "I have never seen such an ugly dragon."

The congregation of the holy lotus altar was busy adding fire to the incense burners in the temple. It seemed that the townspeople were not allowed to enter the temple and could only worship in the open space outside the gate.They chanted obsessively, but there was no one else in the temple, let alone the incense master.

"Go and find the child we met." Mo Li made a decisive decision. It is impossible to find out the situation from the townspeople. Only the people here know what happened in Qinghu Town.

"How to find it?"

"The child's cloth bag contained herbs, all of which were taken from this temple...maybe it was stolen. There is no medicine shop in the town, and you can't see a doctor or a patient. What do you think this child is stealing medicine for?" ?”

"Medicine can only be used to cure diseases." Meng Qi snapped his fingers and said firmly, "Whether it is running away from people or stealing medicine, they may be hiding their illness and wanting to cure it secretly. Does the holy lotus altar know that there are sick people at home?"

Mo Li shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, but I know he doesn't have enough medicine, and he must find a way to steal it. Let's go to the place where we met that child and wait."

In the narrow alley, a child stuck his head out. He looked left and right, then tiptoed and hid in the shadow of the eaves.

He had just walked a few steps when suddenly one hand picked him up.

The child was about to scream in fright, but covered his mouth in time, and looked at the person in front of him with a pale face.

"The reaction was quick." Meng Qi raised his eyebrows, looked at the thin child, and said with some surprise, "That's right, it saved me the trouble of acupointing the dumb."

The child's eyes lit up, he looked at Meng Qi eagerly, and asked in a low voice, "You, do you know martial arts? Are you very good? Are you the heroes in the storybook?"

"Don't worry about heroes, what you need now is a doctor." Meng Qi grabbed the child's thin arm and handed it to Mo Li.

Mo Li felt the child's pulse naturally, and then patted his head.

"It's okay, no fever."

The child twitched uncomfortably, looked at Mo Li and whispered, "You are a doctor, can you treat Uncle Lin?"

"Where is the Uncle Lin you mentioned?" Mo Li realized that this person might be more seriously ill, otherwise he wouldn't let a child steal the herbs.

The child pointed in the direction outside the town.

"Why don't you live in town?"

"...If you are found, you will die." The child said cautiously, "The Lord of Fragrance said that the sickness is due to evil spirits, so you must sincerely bow down. If you still can't recover, you will ask Ziwei Xingjun to send fire from the sky to drive away the evil spirits."

The author has something to say:

An epidemic is an epidemic that breaks out in one place at one time

It is a name, not the name of a disease. There are many diseases that are called seasonal epidemics.

The seasonal flu we are talking about today was also an epidemic in ancient times. Because it was not treated in time, it became pneumonia and basically did not save it.

This kind of disease breaks out in one place, but not everyone will get the disease. The elderly, children and the infirm will get the disease, and the young and middle-aged rarely get the disease.