The Tyrant's Cannon Fodder Queen[Transmigration Book]

Several imperial physicians agreed on the formula, completely ignoring Xue Yao's proposal to isolate patients.

The problem this time is obviously much more serious than that of the Shushu Road and grain raising.

Although it is not certain that this plague is plague, it is clear that it is also a severe infectious disease with a fatality rate of nearly 100%.

If these imperial physicians and the local people do not cooperate with the isolation, Xue Yao will have nothing to do.

The plague is really a massacre-level existence, and its latency is extremely short. Once infected, it takes about three to seven days to develop a sudden death.

According to the plague records in history, the plague in the 70.00th century alone killed more than half of the British and more than [-]% of the French.

It was also introduced into China in 1910.

Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, the medical community generally believed that the plague was transmitted from rats to humans, rather than from person to person.

In ancient China, there was no understanding of Yersinia pestis. Wu Xuanchong, a doctor who wrote "The Law of Treating Plague", believed that the pathogen of plague came from the earth.

In modern times, it is a matter of common sense. In ancient times, we crossed the river by feeling the stones, and there was no concept of preventing and avoiding sterilization.

Under such circumstances, Xue Yao had only one solution—notify the local imperial court post envoy, and urgently request the prince to appoint him as the person in charge of epidemic prevention, and give him the right to temporarily deploy troops from the three counties.

It can only be compelled by force.

In fact, the prince does not have such great power. If he had, Xue Yao would have made these demands with the prince long before he came.

If you want these rights, you must ask the prince to ask the emperor, and the prince intends to conceal and solve the epidemic quickly, so as to avoid natural disasters and man-made disasters.

But now things cannot be hidden. If it is really plague, the death toll in these three counties will be at least half in the future.

The reason why it didn't continue to spread outward was probably because the three counties had inconvenient transportation to the outside world, and the outbreak of this plague was too fast, and the refugees with the plague died there before they went out.

As soon as the doctor's meeting was over, Xue Yao wrote the urgent letter and asked Zhang Si to send it to the post station, and then went back to the house to pick up the masks he had prepared in advance and distributed them to the imperial doctors.

He solemnly begged the doctors again and again to wear a mask when making outpatient visits, and to wash hands with soap immediately after the outpatient visits.

In the next few days, Xue Yao did not go out with other doctors.

Now we are waiting for the prince's reply. If he gets the military power, Xue Yao will immediately forcibly isolate the patients.

If the crown prince still conceals and refuses to report and is unable to mobilize troops, Xue Yao will set off to return to Beijing.

He can only wait to die if he keeps it, he still has a little fat cub to feed.

However, six days later, Xue Yao received a bad news before the prince responded——

People in Pingrong County planned to gather for the sacrifice of "Sending the Plague God".

Xue Yao learned from the local government officials that this kind of sacrifice requires the patients to sit together in the altar.

During the sacrificial ceremony, there was such an act of passing and drinking incense ash water as a fatal act.

The sense of despair and powerlessness is something that Xue Yao has never experienced in ten years.

If such a "large-scale infection ceremony" is really held, the entire Pingrong County will be finished.

Xue Yao immediately called on the county magistrate of Pingrong County, showed him the handwritten letter with the crown prince's seal, and asked him to cooperate with him in preventing mass gatherings.

This made Zhixian very embarrassed.

The sacrificial activity of sending the plague god does not violate the king's law, and there is no reason for the government to suppress it because of emotion and reason.

Pingrong County has just experienced natural disasters and plagues, and the people are already miserable. If they are not allowed to ask the gods to drive away the plagues at this time, there may be big troubles.

When Xue Yao saw that the county magistrate was talking about him, he guessed that he wanted to tactfully evade.

"Lord magistrate, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specially sent me to Pingrong County to control the epidemic, and will send me a military talisman in a few days, and I won't need your help at that time, but the military talisman has not arrived yet, the situation is urgent, please cooperate. "

The magistrate smiled flatteringly, but still refused to let go: "Since His Royal Highness asked you to come to eliminate the plague, why don't you let the people send the plague god?"

Xue Yao: "..."

Talking about infection to him at this time is completely a bible, and the eloquence is so good that even the gods can't fool him.

Then only...

"Do you know who my grandfather is?" Xue Yao's face darkened, and he asked the magistrate fiercely.

It's time to fight a wave of grandpa!

Fighting father and grandpa, regardless of ancient or modern times, is quite effective in any era.

The county magistrate was taken aback for a moment, and said nervously: "The lowly position is ignorant..."

"Zhou Chong." Xue Yao said it directly.

"Master Zhou... Master Zhou?" Zhixian couldn't believe it: "It's the one..."

"That's right." Xue Yao pursed his lips and smiled: "Zhou Chong, the second assistant to the cabinet and the secretary of the official department."

The magistrate brought the servants and followed Xue Yao to the sacrificial place to prevent the common people from building the altar.

As expected, there was fierce resistance from the common people.

The old people who were waiting to save the lives of their children cried and knelt at the feet of the county magistrate, begging the magistrate to leave a way for the people to survive.

The county magistrate looked embarrassed, and helped the old man up, presuming that it was the meaning of his superiors.

He said that the "superior" does not allow the people to sacrifice privately, because the capital has invited a celestial master to do it, and the plague god left soon.

Knowing that the "God of Plague" could not be sent away soon, Xue Yao said to the common people: Not only will your method of sacrifice not send away the God of Plague, but those who participate will also attract the God of Plague.

Of course no one believed the wild words of this young man dressed as an aristocrat.

But the common people didn't dare to make trouble with the government. Seeing that the magistrate was both soft and hard, they obediently withdrew the altar.

However, it was probably because among the people who built the altar, there were patients in the incubation period. After returning that day, another seven families had patients with plague symptoms.

Some people speculated that the original sacrifice to the God of Plague was canceled and the altar was demolished, which caused the God of Plague to convict and take more lives.

As a result, the common people hurriedly began to prepare for the sacrifice again.

Xue Yao hurried to the Yamen again, asking the county magistrate to stop him again.

This time, the common people were not so easy to be fooled. The government used force to disperse the people, and arrested a few rioters who took the lead in the riots and put them in cells, before calming down again.

The imperial physicians go out every day, and there are eunuchs arranged by Xue Yao to monitor them wearing masks and washing their hands.

This act of thinking about their lives made many imperial doctors swallow their anger, thinking that Xue Yao, a weird boy, was deliberately teasing and humiliating them for the prince's face.

When Xue Yao came to Pingrong County, he never went to see a doctor or discussed the formula. Apart from forcing the doctors to cover their faces and wash their hands, the only thing they did was to suppress the local people who wanted to gather for sacrifices.

It is conceivable that the imperial physician's private impression of this young man has been extremely bad.

Xue Yao couldn't explain this, so he could only eat and sleep calmly, lying at home waiting for the soldier's talisman.

That night, Xue Yao was sleeping soundly, and vaguely felt a chill creeping down his neck.

He pulled up the quilt in a daze, when the back of his hand suddenly hit something chilly.

Xue Yao tensed all over, and slowly opened his eyes.

In the middle of the night, the window was not opened, and the moonlight could not see through. In the darkness, one could see a pair of eyes that reflected some light, staring at him with murderous intent.

Blood rushed to the top of Xue Yao's head in an instant, and his scalp was numb.

"Shut up." The voice of a strange man with a local accent.

Xue Yao held his breath, and his eyes gradually adapted to the darkness - standing beside the bed was a strong man in simple clothes, his face was covered with a kerchief, only his eyes were exposed, and he was holding a farming sickle on his neck.

"Calm down." Xue Yao tried to calm his voice.

"Calm down!" The strong man was trembling all over, he didn't know whether it was fear or excitement, "My father has just left for three hours, and I will let you, a dog official who killed a thousand knives, be buried with him! It's all you dog official We are not allowed to send the God of Plague!"

"Don't get excited." Xue Yao lay motionless on the bed and looked at him: "I'm not an official, and I don't want you to send the plague god, but I don't want you to invite the plague god."

"Fart!" The brawny man looked shocked and gasped, and said in a low voice, "It's not an official, why did the county magistrate listen to you! It was you who made the altar be demolished, and my father offended the plague god! You dog official! You dog official!"

As he spoke, he became more and more emotional, clenched the sickle tightly, and his eyes showed a fierce look.

Xue Yao saw that he was about to slit his throat, and immediately said, "Think about your wife and children!"

The burly man who was just about to commit the murder was taken aback for a moment, stopped the scythe and asked him: "What's wrong with my wife and children? What do you want them to do!"

"If you kill me, your whole family will die."

"Who knew I did it? I'll kill you, dog officer, and climb the wall to get out!"

Xue Yao bluffed him and said, "When Wu Zuo saw the edge of the knife, he knew it was your sickle that killed someone."

The strong man trembled when he heard the words, looked down at his sickle, then raised his head and said angrily, "I'll throw it into the river!"

Xue Yao tentatively asked, "Buy a new sickle?"

"Yes! Buy a new one, who can tell?"

"The head arrester saw that your house had a new scythe. How could he not know that you killed the person?"

Where is it so easy to settle a case?But Xue Yao felt that this man seemed simple-minded, so he should be easy to deceive.

The strong man was really taken aback by him, and the hand holding the sickle couldn't help shaking.

In the room, apart from the panting of the brawny man, there was the sound of Xue Yao's heart beating like a drum.

My mind is extremely chaotic at the moment, and everything is in a mess.

Never expected that he would die at the hands of a stranger so unclearly.

He wanted to save people, but was misunderstood by the rescuers.

If the sickle is cut off, what is the meaning of reviving this life?

The position of the prince was not preserved.

The cub Long Aotian was raised as a husky by him.

How to do?

Very unwilling.

"Calm down. I'm not an official. I came all the way from the capital to Pingrong County just to save you."

Xue Yao looked at the strong man frankly: "I came back to you, and the low-interest food I distributed to you was raised by me all the way from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Did you borrow the food? Do you remember? When I registered, I was sitting behind the yamen clerk. next to the coffee table, so that the government servants do not take advantage of the common people."

The strong man gradually opened his eyes wide, and carefully identified Xue Yao's face.

But in fact, Xue Yao was not always there to supervise the distribution of grain, and most of the farmers had never seen him.

Xue Yao felt that there was a joke in his heart. How could a farmer who risked his life to avenge his father be so bad?If you keep fooling around, you might save your life.

"My grandfather is a high-ranking official in the capital, and he cares about the common people. My ancestral home is in Jiangsu. I have never had anything to do with Pingrong County in eight lifetimes. I have no complaints or enmities. Why should I harm the common people here?" Xue Yao continued to reason: "On the contrary, I have lent millions of shi of grain to the three counties affected by the disaster, and to put it bluntly, if the common people have any mishaps, wouldn’t I lose all my money?”

The brawny man probably couldn't find anything to refute, so he frowned and stared at Xue Yao: "Then why don't you let us send the God of Plague!"

"Because your sacrifice is actually inviting the god of plague."

It is impossible to talk about scientific principles. Xue Yao can only use superstition to restrain superstition, and said nonsense: "We have invited a real celestial master in the capital. Mana, so I was sent to stop it."

The strong man said angrily: "What kind of goddamn gods are you! This sacrifice is a tradition in our county for hundreds of years! How could it be a lie of the plague god!"

Xue Yao fell silent and looked at him quietly.

I actually panicked a lot.

What to do, I can't think of an excuse.

"No more sophistry!" The brawny man saw that he had run out of words.

"You don't believe me." Xue Yao said, "Then are you willing to make a bet with me? If so, I will ask the magistrate to allow you to sacrifice."

The strong man wondered, "What bet?"

Xue Yao took a deep breath and said, "You can sacrifice, but all the villagers are not allowed to be present. Only five representative villagers who are not afraid of death and insistence to hold sacrifices are allowed to be found. The ceremony will be held according to your rules. After the ceremony is over, we will go home immediately. I Let me make a bet with you—at least three of the five village representatives who participated in the ceremony will cause the plague, and they will die violently within five days! If it comes true, it will be enough to prove that this ceremony is to invite plague instead of send it out?"