Tanhualu

Zhao County Magistrate said that the earliest and most serious plague in Panshi County occurred in Qi Zhai.

Qi house?

With a thought, Yang Jin thought of the righteous dog that dragged her here, wasn't it raised by Qi Zhai?I don't know where it is now, and what happened to the injuries on its body.

"Brother Zhao, where is the Qi residence? I want to go and see." Yang Jin said.

"Go out from the county government office and go north through the first intersection. The biggest face is his house." County magistrate Zhao guessed that Yang Jin wanted to see the situation before he could prescribe a prescription.

"I'll accompany you tomorrow morning," he said, "however, Qi's house is empty now."

"Empty?" Yang Jin wondered.

County Magistrate Zhao sighed and said: "On that day, Boss Qi was the first to fall ill. His family thought it was just a common cold, so they asked the doctor for medicine. Unexpectedly, Boss Qi's illness was not only bad, but also getting worse. In less than half a month, the whole family, including his two sons and the female family members in the house, were all suffering from the same symptoms. Only then did we know that this disease is not common."

"and after?"

"Later? Boss Qi passed away first, followed by his youngest son. Rumors spread in his family that he had provoked the plague ghost. The servants in the family, who were not infected with the disease, all ran away one after another. There were a few loyal old servants left, dragging their sick bodies to wait for the decoction. As a result, when I got the news and sent someone to intervene, all the members of the Qi family fled, and the remaining eldest son of the Qi family still dragged With a sick body, dying."

Yang Jin's heart was blocked when he heard it: "Then what happened to Mr. Qi's family?"

"What can I do?" County Magistrate Zhao smiled wryly, "I already sensed that the situation was not right, so I brought the most famous doctor in the county to Qi's house to visit. But all this caught people off guard, even the doctor was caught off guard. According to the treatment of wind-cold disease, Qi Jia Dalang passed away within two days."

Yang Jin frowned.

"Qi Dalang was in a terrible condition at the time. He was tortured by diarrhea and high fever so hard that he couldn't even breathe, and finally died of dehydration. He didn't even have a human appearance!" Zhao County Magistrate said sadly.

Yang Jin frowned even tighter: "So, since then, this plague has spread in Panshi County?"

"Maybe even earlier than that!" County magistrate Zhao said shamelessly, "It's just my fault for being slow. If I had discovered the abnormality earlier, I wouldn't be like this now!"

Seeing the guilty expression on his face, Yang Jin said, "People are not sages, and the plague has been controlled to such an extent, Brother Zhao, it's not easy for you!"

County magistrate Zhao suddenly grabbed Yang Jin's sleeve and begged, "Brother Yang! I know you are good at medicine! From the moment I saw you, I was sure of this matter! Please do your best to treat Panshi The people of the county, Mr. Zhao is not talented, so you can drive them away in any way! As long as you can drive away the plague!"

Yang Jin stared at the tired look in the earnest eyes of the man in front of him, and suddenly felt that a huge boulder had been crushed on his head.

"I will!" she said.

On the second day, at dawn, Yang Jin, accompanied by County Magistrate Zhao, went down to the Qi residence.

Along the way, I watched the sun slowly emerge from the side of the mountain in the distance, rubbing against the sky bit by bit.The sun has also changed from the initial orange orange to a dazzling golden.

The sky is getting brighter, and the large and small stones all over the mountains in the distance are gradually showing their appearance.

County magistrate Zhao thought about what Yang Jin saw, and introduced: "That is Panshi Mountain. Our county has lived on the good materials produced on that mountain for generations, so it is called Panshi County."

"Living with stones?" Yang Jin was puzzled.

"The stone produced on that mountain is an excellent material for building houses and courtyards. Moreover, Panshi Mountain produces not only stone, but also jade, so our county is also the largest jade distribution center in Pingzhou." Magistrate Zhao explained as he walked. .

I see.Yang Jin thought, no wonder there are many jade shops on both sides of the street along the way.But now it's all closed.

It is conceivable that with such good feng shui, this place can be called rich.

After leaving the county government office and turning a corner, you can see a spacious mansion at the intersection from a distance.

"There is Qi's house," Zhao County Magistrate said. "His family is the most prosperous local stone and jade business. What a pity!"

Yang Jin looked at the open door, it was unremarkable, as if no one had lived in it for a long time, and felt desolate.

When he came to the gate, Yang Jin said, "Brother Zhao, you can wait for me right here! I'll go in, take a look and then come out..."

"Why!" County Magistrate Zhao interrupted her without waiting for her to finish, "This yard is empty and deserted. I can't let you go in alone!"

"I'm not afraid," Yang Jin smiled slightly. "Many patients lived in this courtyard. It's too dangerous for you to go in."

County magistrate Zhao realized that she was afraid that she would be infected, so he raised his voice and said: "There is no reason! You are young, and you are a guest who came to save your life. Zhao is no longer promising, and a man in his thirties is also the master. Home, there is absolutely no reason to let you go in alone!"

Yang Jin persuaded him not to stop, so he had no choice but to follow.

The Qi family mansion, the courtyard with five entrances, the interior decoration and layout are not luxurious; however, when people go to the courtyard now, there are only three or two old birds chirping on the tall trees in the courtyard, as if recalling the prosperity of the past time.

Yang Jin stepped across the front yard, looked around, and found something dark in the east yard with sharp eyes.

She was busy looking for the past.However, the moment she saw the black thing, her tears were about to fall——

It was the righteous dog, lying motionless in front of the house gate, with its black head buried between its two front paws.Compared with when Yang Jin saw it the day before, his body was almost a circle thinner.On its body was the medicine that Yang Jin had applied to its wound, but it was dusty.The most pitiful thing was the broken hind leg, which was limply drooping on the ground. It was bloody and bloody, and the blood that flowed out had congealed into a black and purple pool on the ground.

"Why are you here!" Yang Jin squatted down.body, stroking the fur on the righteous dog's head.

The dog seemed to be extremely tired, propped his head up and sniffed, and after smelling a familiar smell, he raised his eyes with difficulty and looked at Yang Jin, his dark eyes were mixed with turbidity.

"This is?" County magistrate Zhao also rushed over.

"That's it! The one who dragged me to Panshi County to save people!" Yang Jin stroked the head of the righteous dog and briefly explained the past.

County Magistrate Zhao was greatly shocked. He looked at the black dog's collar and said, "This is the guard dog raised by Qi Mansion! It even ran out to find someone..."

He glanced at the house behind the black dog, and his expression became even more excited: "This room is, it is the room of Mr. Qi's family! Is it... Is it because Qi Dalang was seriously ill and the servants at home were left alone? Did you run out to ask for help?"

Shocked, Yang Jin also looked up at the room in front of him.

The black dog seemed to confirm their conjecture, purred a few times in its throat, and then barked hoarsely towards the room.However, no matter what, it couldn't cry out as crisply as before, and there seemed to be something hard stuck in its throat.

Yang Jin guessed that it must have searched the entire Qi family mansion when it ran back yesterday, but couldn't find half of it. In the end, it was too tired, so it had to lie down and keep screaming until it became hoarse.

"Okay, okay..." Yang Jin stroked the black dog's neck sadly, "We all know..."

The black dog snorted again, rubbing against Yang Jin's palm like a child.

Yang Jin was even more sad. He hurriedly took out half of the pancake from his carry-on, put it in front of the black dog, and coaxed it: "Are you hungry? Eat quickly! After eating, we will find a clean place to clean your wound."

Right now, the city is in a difficult situation, so it's pretty good to have such pancakes to satisfy our hunger.

Unexpectedly, the black dog turned its head aside, didn't even look at the pancake that could still smell the sweetness of grain, and barked towards Qi's room.

"Eh? You still hate eating?" Yang Jin said angrily, "It's good to eat pancakes, but you have to eat meat and bones? If you want to eat, there is no place for you to find it right now." ah!"

She said, patting the black dog's head lightly, forcing it to face her.

But the black dog was stubborn and refused to submit.

"Brother Yang, don't make things difficult for it," Zhao County Magistrate said, "It's better to re-medicate it now and bandage its wound!"

Yang Jin looked up at him, puzzled.

County Magistrate Zhao sighed silently, and said: "The dog has always been loyal to its master. Since it can break through all obstacles and escape to find someone to save its master, now that its master has passed away, how can it eat? It must be guarded here to the death. I look forward to seeing the master again."

"I'm afraid, it doesn't want to..." County magistrate Zhao couldn't continue after he said this.

Sure enough, no matter how Yang Jin coaxed him or manipulated him around, the black dog remained unmoved.

In the end, Yang Jin had no choice but to clean up and bandage the wound for it again, and before leaving, he put the pancake by his side where he could go at any time, and then reluctantly left.

For two consecutive days, Yang Jin was busy seeing patients during the day, and at night, he held Yun Sujun's notebooks and read them at night by candlelight. From time to time, he would scribble on the blank paper on the table and write down the treatment methods that flashed in his mind. and prescriptions.After writing more than half of the page, I felt that it was not enough, so I dipped it in ink and smeared it.

As long as she has free time, she will go to Qi Mansion to see the righteous dog.But no matter what Yang Jin used to tease it, it was unmoved, its whining and chirping voice became weaker and weaker, and it looked skinny and skinny.

"If you continue like this, you will die..." Yang Jin said, feeling sore in his heart, and shed a few tears.

The black dog seemed to be aware of it, raised its head with difficulty, looked at Yang Jin, blinked its increasingly cloudy black eyes, stuck out its tongue, and licked the tears on the back of Yang Jin's hand, as if to comfort her not to be sad .

Yang Jin suddenly felt pain in his heart like being pricked by a needle.She gritted her teeth, looked at the gray-black head in front of her, thinking about how to pry open the dog's mouth and force food in.

Suddenly, there were panicked footsteps from far and near.She turned her head suddenly, and saw a figure running into the Qi Zhai compound desperately.After seeing her, he almost cried out——

"Yang, Yang Langzhong! No, it's not good!" The person who came was a gentleman, and he was one of the people who supported Li Zhu that day.

"What's wrong?" Yang Jin frowned.

"Master Zhao... He passed out!"