Bandit report, always good

The city guard handed out the talisman water, and Yan Yan and Xie Tiao put bowls in front of them respectively. Sun Baicao sniffed it and said softly, "No problem, drink it."

As soon as the words were finished, a middle-aged woman suddenly rushed out from the city. She slammed into the crowd like crazy, and the cups and bowls fell to the ground, crackling, and the debris fell everywhere.

Sun Baicao couldn't defend himself, and sat down on the ground: "Oh! My old bone!"

Shen Liuliu was staggered back by him, but luckily the disciples of Wan Poison Sect supported him in time, but he said, "Damn! What is it!"

Yan Yan threw away the bowl and hurried to help Sun Baicao: "Master!"

Xie Tiao, who was standing at the very edge, also threw the bowl away after seeing this scene, and went to Sun Baicao: "Senior Sun, are you alright?"

"Retribution~"

"Heaven's retribution..." the woman laughed crazily as she ran.

"Presumptuous!" Yang Kaitai was angry and annoyed: "Who released Madam!"

Two servant girls hurried out from the city: "Madam! Madam, come back with us!"

Mrs. Yang laughed and said, "Retribution from heaven hahaha..."

Yang Kaitai was furious: "Hurry up and stop Madam!"

Mrs. Yang stopped suddenly. She looked at Yan Yan's group in horror, and screamed with horror: "Ghost——ghost! Ahh—"

"Ma'am!" Yang Kaitai walked over and hugged her gently, coaxing: "This is the doctor who came to treat us, not a ghost."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Under his comfort, Mrs. Yang gradually calmed down and was taken away by the maids.

Yang Kaitai apologized: "Zhuo Jing is insane, I made everyone laugh."

Sun Baicao supported his old waist and stood up: "No, no, my lord and wife are very affectionate, I am very envious."

After this commotion, no one cared about the Fushui anymore, and walked to the city together.

Xie Tiao went back to Cui Mansion first, Yan Yan followed Sun Baicao to see the patient first, and Shen Liuliu went to arrange the medicinal materials.

Yang Kaitai narrated the cause of the disease to Sun Baicao, while Yan Yan listened quietly, suddenly, he felt something was wrong: "Master Yang, why are there so few people in the city?"

Yang Kaitai said with a sad face: "I put all the people who got the disease in the Fufeng Hall in the west of the city, so there will be fewer people on the street."

"Oh." Yan Yan looked at both sides of the street, and said casually: "There are too few people on the street, are there many people who are sick?"

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Yang Kaitai's face, and he said, "It's quite a lot."

"The epidemic is so serious, is your lord going to the court?" Yan Yan asked.

Yang Kaitai sighed: "It can be said that it has been almost three months since the papers were handed in, and there is no news from Beijing."

Yan Yan was puzzled, the epidemic was so serious, didn't Emperor Jin'an know about it?He doesn't look like an inactive emperor.

Yang Kaitai understood: "Beiyue is ready to move, the war is about to break out, the court is busy, it seems to be delayed."

"But life is at stake here." Yan Yan sighed softly.

Sun Baicao said with a smile: "The plague is raging in the city, but luckily your lord is safe and sound. It's really a blessing for the people."

"Don't dare." Yang Kaitai sighed and said, "The sickness lies in the common people, and the pain lies in the hearts of the officials. I would rather the common people be safe, and I will suffer this crime."

Yan Yan teased, "Does your lord have any prescriptions to keep you safe?"

Yang Kaitai smiled wryly and said: "It would be great if I really have one, maybe it's God's blessing."

Yan Yan smiled and said, "Then I'll drink a few more bowls of talisman water tonight."

Sun Baicao asked again: "Can't the doctors in the city find out the cause?"

Yang Kaitai shook his head: "Most of the doctors in the city have been infected with the plague, and there are quite a few of them, all of whom have... gone..."

Sun Baicao's brows were solemn: "Hanging the pot to help the world, sacrificing oneself for others, devoting oneself to others, and doing one's best after death, this is the benevolence of a doctor."

When they arrived in the west of the city, as soon as they reached the entrance of Fufeng Hall, they smelled an unpleasant smell. Sun Baicao handed Yan Yan a face towel, and Yan Yan wrapped it around his face.

The epidemic was more serious than Sun Baicao had imagined. The patient would develop red rashes and itching from time to time. If he couldn't bear it, he would scratch himself bloodstained, and his body would fester continuously, causing high fever one after another.

Sun Baicao told Yan Yan, "Be careful, don't touch the wound."

Yan Yan nodded, observing the patient's face, he asked, "Is it heat poison?"

Sun Baicao hummed, and then said to Yang Kaitai

Said: "My lord, please ask people to prepare clean clothes, boil the old clothes of the patients with quicklime and bury them. Also, keep them ventilated."

Yang Kaitai frowned: "Doctor Sun, we've been doing this all the time, but it's useless."

"Keep going." Sun Baicao said calmly, "It's better than doing nothing."

After working all afternoon, Sun Baicao asked Yan Yan to go to Shen Liuliu to discuss a solution, but she still stayed in Fufengtang to take care of the patients.

Yan Yan walked along the road, keeping his eyes on his surroundings.

Suddenly, he heard someone calling him, he stopped, turned around and saw Xie Tiao anxiously, Xie Tiao anxiously said: "Youqing, have you been to Fufeng Hall just now?"

Yan Yan said: "Yes, I just came out."

"Then have you seen Ah Jing and Ah Shu? I can't find them anywhere." Xie Tiao said upset.

Yan Yan recalled it for a while, and said with certainty: "Never."

Xie Tiao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"Thank you brother!"

"You Qing!"

The two opened their mouths at the same time, Yan Yan said understandingly: "You speak first."

Xie Tiao looked around, frowned and said, "Do you...do you feel that there is something unusual in the city?"

"There are too few people!" Yan Yan said sharply.

Xie Tiao acquiesced, and then said: "...Yang Kaitai has a problem."

Yan Yan smiled: "Go and ask and you will know."

Fufeng Hall

Yang Kaitai finally couldn't bear the scrutiny of the few people, and said in surrender: "This matter... can be regarded as my dereliction of duty..."

"Not long after the plague broke out, people in the city were infected one after another. I was so distraught that I neglected the defense of the city gate. One night, more than a hundred people from Zhuifengzhai rushed into the city and took away nearly half of the city's residents. .”

Yang Kaitai supported his forehead and said in pain: "I also want to rescue the city people, but the city is short of troops. I asked Shouzhou for help, but they heard that Yongcheng had a plague, and they refused to help. I am also... at a loss."

Xie Tiao asked: "Where is Zhuifeng Village?"

"The bandits on the east mountain of Yongcheng." Yang Kaitai said in a tone of bewilderment: "Originally we lived in peace for seven or eight years, but I didn't expect them to take advantage of the situation to rob."

Xie Tiao did not give up and said: "Your Excellency, have you ever thought of asking the imperial court for help?"

"Thank you, Young Master!" Yang Kaitai said with a wry smile: "Yong City is remote, and there has been no news of a memorial for three months. Do you think Beijing will send people to suppress the bandits?"

Xie Tiao frowned: "Then what should I do?"

Yang Kaitai blamed himself: "I am ashamed of the people of Yongcheng."

Shen Liuliu waved his big hand, and said arrogantly: "Don't be discouraged! Isn't it just to fight bandits? Let's see how I repel insects and attack... What's going on..."

"Zuifengzhai!" Yan Yan reminded.

"Ah, yes!" Shen Liuliu said, "Look at me attacking Zhuifeng village by repelling insects!"

Yang Kaitai looked hopeful: "Really...is it possible?"

"There is no place that my Wan Poison Sect cannot attack!" Shen Liuliu said boldly.

Yang Kaitai was stunned: "Wan Poison Sect? Your Excellency is...Sect Leader Shen?"

Shen Liuliu was talking nonsense, and Sun Baicao came over and said with a frown, "The epidemic is so severe, we must first find the source of the disease."

Yan Yan said casually, "Is it the wind?"

"That won't work!" Yang Kaitai waved his hand: "If it were windy, I would have been ill a long time ago."

"Is that water?" Xie Tiao guessed, "There are only a few ways of infection."

Yan Yan shook his head: "No, everyone in the city has the same drink, and Master Yang is no exception!"

Yang Kaitai seemed to have remembered something, and raised his hand tremblingly: "I...I'm not..."

Several people looked at him in surprise, Yang Kaitai thought deeply: "Most people in Yongcheng worship gods in their homes, and many people eat Tianshui."

What the hell?

Yang Kaitai explained: "It is rainwater. According to the customs of Yongcheng, rainwater is heavenly water. Drinking it can pray for family members, but it is troublesome to collect rainwater. Few people spend energy hoarding rainwater. I am not in good health, so I hoard some rainwater so that Pray for her."

Yan Yan thought about it, there is no river outside Yongcheng, if it is really water, where does the disease come from?

Yan Yan asked: "My lord, I saw that almost every household has a well. Where does the underground river under the well flow from?"

"Yongcheng Dongshan." Yang Kaitai said.

A few people startled, Dongshan, it is Zhuifeng Village again!

Several people thought at the same time that the city residents were captured by Zhuifeng Village, and the underground river flowed from Zhuifeng Village. All the signs showed that the plague was inseparable from Zhuifeng Village!

Sun Baicao said seriously: "The most important thing right now is to cut off the water source. The water in the well in the city is useless. My lord, how long will the rainwater you hoard be enough?"

Yang Kaitai thought for a moment and replied: "Three days, three days at most."

"Is there any other source of clean water?"

Yang Kaitai recalled: "There is a river in the southeast, but the journey is far away..."

"It doesn't matter!" Sun Baicao said to Yan Yan: "Yan Yan, you will bring people to fetch water tomorrow, the city cannot live without water."

"Okay." Yan Yan replied.

Xie Tiao took the initiative and said, "Then I will discuss with Senior Shen how to rescue the citizens."

Several people had their own tasks, and after dinner, they went to bed.

The next day, while Sun Baicao was decocting medicine, Shen Liuliu shivered in fright when he broke into the door.

"Old grandson! Old grandson!" Shen Liuliu yelled anxiously, "Come over here and have a look! Those boys in my family are all comatose and have red rashes on their bodies."

Sun Baicao was shocked: "What... what's going on?"

Shen Liuliu said impatiently: "It's just...it's a rash! Do you think...would it be..."

"Water!" Sun Baicao had a flash of inspiration and panicked: "Yesterday's talisman water!"

The two stared at each other for a while, and said at the same time: "Have you drunk?"

Shen Liuliu kept tugging at his beard anxiously: "You elbowed me before I drank!"

"I didn't drink it, I didn't drink it either..." Sun Baicao breathed a sigh of relief, and then raised his breath again: "Where's my Yanyan? Did you drink it?"

Shen Liuliu sighed: "He went to find water before dawn, and he hasn't come back yet."

Sun Baicao walked back and forth anxiously: "Why haven't you come back yet? It's almost noon."

"Senior Sun!"

Xie Tiao's burning voice came from the courtyard.

Sun Baicao had a hunch that something bad happened again, and sure enough, before Xie Tiao entered the house, he said anxiously: "Senior Sun, our family members seem to be infected, and red rashes have appeared on their bodies!"

Sun Baicao asked, "Did you drink yesterday's talisman water?"

Xie Tiao is smart, he knows everything, he said: "It's Fu Shui!"

Sun Baicao sighed: "It's probably the water Mr. Yang fetched from the well, and I don't know if Yanyan drank it."

"Youqing," Xie Tiao comforted, "don't worry senior, youqing didn't drink, I saw it with my own eyes."

Sun Baicao finally breathed a sigh of relief, "You two, hurry up and send the patient to Fufeng Hall."

Xie Tiao was like an ant on a hot pot, walking back and forth in a hurry: "Everyone is sick, so how to save them?" This is... too coincidental.

Sun Baicao said calmly, "The epidemic must be brought under control first."

"Mr. Sun! Mr. Sun! Something is wrong!" Yang Kaitai hurried into the yard.

Sun Baicao's right eye twitched, and Yang Kaitai continued: "Mr. Yan was taken away by bandits!"

Sun Baicao stared, her legs went limp, and she sat down on the chair: "What did you say...?"

"On the way back from transporting water... Mr. Yan... was taken away by bandits!" Yang Kaitai couldn't bear it.

Sun Baicao rolled his eyes and was about to faint. Shen Liuliu hurriedly grabbed him and shouted, "Old Sun! Old Sun! You can't be bothered!"

Sun Baicao sat up tremblingly, and said in a trembling voice, "Is Yanyan the only one taken away?"

Yang Kaitai was acquiesced.

Sun Baicao said heartbrokenly: "Is the bandit leader a man or a woman? My Yan Yan is so beautiful, he won't be attracted to him! Yan Yan! Master, I'm sorry!"

Yang Kaitai explained: "The bandit leader is a man..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Tiao's legs went limp and he also fell down on the chair, Shen Liuliu wondered, "What's wrong with you?"

Xie Tiao's eyes were dull: "It's over... the man... Then Ajing and Ashu..." He was only worried about his sister's safety before, but when Sun Baicao reminded him, he also began to worry about his own sister's innocence.

Sun Baicao breathed a sigh of relief again, men are fine, after all there are still few broken sleeves in the world!

Yang Kaitai said what he didn't finish: "The second head of the bandit is a woman."

There was silence all around, and then there was a burst of ghost crying and wolf howling.

"Yanyan, Master, I'm sorry—"

Yan Yan sat in a clean cell, lost in thought. He couldn't believe that the moment the bandits came, the city guards left him and ran away. What about the trust between people?

He couldn't believe it even more, the bandits would leave after they caught him, could he be so hot?

"How many people were caught?"

"Back to the young master, only one!"

"One? What's going on?"

"The rest are officers and soldiers."

"Strange! There is only one person, let me go and see."

"Hey, young master! She's still a beautiful woman!"

"Brother Cheng, you see a woman and say she is a beauty, I can't believe you!"

There was a voice at the door, Yan Yan recovered from his contemplation, and looked at the prison door.