The little fox does not want to hide the cub

The night was dark, Jiang Shen carried Li Ruan into the house.

This is another clean room that Master Wu found for them, but the houses in the village are not much better. The furnishings in the house are minimal, the tables and chairs are simple wooden, and the hard board bed is covered with two thick layers. A thick mattress is considered a good condition.

Jiang Shen put Li Ruan on the bed, took off his shoes and socks, and pulled the quilt over him: "It's getting late, go to sleep."

Just as he was about to get up, he was pulled back again: "Are you still going out?"

Jiang Shen: "That group of people outside are still kneeling."

Li Ruan: "Let them kneel."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Jiang Shen suddenly laughed.

He bowed his head and kissed the little fox's eyes, and said with a smile, "Bad fox, when did you learn to bully others?"

"How can I be bullying others?" Li Ruan was dissatisfied, "This is called revenge."

"Okay, okay." Jiang Shen tucked the quilt up for him, and said, "Avenged him, vented his anger, and tricked others into calling him a princess, are you happy now?"

He even found fault with those people for not shouting loudly enough to hear them, pressing them down to kneel down and salute, shouting His Royal Highness and Princess, almost waking up the people living around.

Jiang Shen was so angry that he couldn't get angry anymore.

This little fox...

Li Ruan frowned unhappily after hearing this: "How can you call it a lie, am I not the princess?"

Jiang Shen laughed: "Do you think that the crown prince can be made by talking about it? The crown prince establishes a concubine, especially the standard of a concubine. There are so many red tapes that you can't even remember. You have to worship ancestors, go to incense, you have to do it." Dali..." He took advantage of the situation and pinched his face, his voice was extremely soft and soft, "We are not married yet."

"The mortal rules are really troublesome." Li Ruan turned over, turned to Jiang Shen, and asked, "Then when can we get married?"

Jiang Shen's eyes moved slightly.

From the little fox demon's mouth, the important lifelong event in the mortal world was asked casually like "what's for lunch today", and even in his heart, what he ate probably wasn't as important as what he ate.

But Jiang Shen's heart still inevitably missed a beat.

Very unpromisingly rejoiced.

He took a silent breath before his heartbeat calmed down: "I still need a while to prepare."

"I know." Li Ruan said, "We have to wait for this little boy to be born, right? Then what's the rule, men can't be concubines?"

Jiang Shen responded softly.

But not all for this reason.

In this dynasty, ceremonies were emphasized, and funerals were grand and grand. This is a custom that has been subtly influenced since childhood.The little fox doesn't care about these red tapes, but Jiang Shen can't treat them so casually.

"Oh." Li Ruan suddenly thought of something, raised his head, "Then I just let them call so many princesses, and those people will say that I am arrogant."

"Forget it, let's be arrogant." He went back again, "I'm just arrogant. Others don't have the opportunity to be arrogant."

The little fox demon has been in the human world for a long time, and he understands the rules of the world more and more. He is no longer as cautious as before, afraid of doing something wrong.After all, people who like to gossip will not accrue virtue just because they are cautious in their words and deeds, and they can find faults no matter what they want.

As long as there are no mistakes in principle, other things, just say it.

Jiang Shen laughed again: "You are right."

"Those people outside, let them kneel for a while longer. However, I have something to talk to that doctor Cao, you rest first."

Jiang Shen wanted to get up when he said that, but was held back by Li Ruan: "Let's chat in the room, I'll listen too."

Jiang Shen nodded in response, "Okay."

After a while, Cao Xianqing entered the house.

He was about to kneel down and salute Jiang Shen, but Jiang Shen subconsciously wanted to help him, but soon remembered something, paused, and said: "Doctor Cao is sorry."

Cao Xianqing: "Yes."

The main room of this farmer's house is very simple, with only a square table and a few benches in the center.

Jiang Shen sat at the table, took the clay bowl on the table, and poured him some water: "Doctor Cao, please sit down."

Cao Xianqing showed a look of embarrassment, and shook his head: "Thank you His Royal Highness for your kindness, Cao Min... Cao Min can just stand."

Jiang Shen frowned: "Are you...are you seriously injured?"

Cao Xianqing has been with those patients whose condition has deteriorated for the past few days, no matter how careful they are, it is impossible to have no contact with them, and there is almost no possibility of not being infected.

Under his clothes, I don't know how much flesh is festering and bleeding.

Cao Xianqing didn't answer, Jiang Shen sighed lightly: "Doctor Cao is a benevolent doctor, Jiang is ashamed of himself."

"Your Highness, don't say that." Cao Xianqing bowed to him again, "Caomin did not expect that the nobleman Mr. Lin found was His Highness the Crown Prince. It is a blessing for the people that you are willing to go deep into the ward and investigate the truth of the matter. And... ..."

He hesitated for a moment, and said: "Caomin asked Mr. Lin for a few pills to continue his life, and there is no danger of his life for the time being."

No wonder.

Although Cao Xianqing was pale and looked extremely weak, he still acted as usual, unlike other patients who had a persistent high fever and were unable to walk.

However, Jiang Shen also took that medicine, and he could only continue his life, but it couldn't relieve his physical pain.

Doctor Cao looks weak, but he is indeed fulfilling his original promise, practicing medicine all his life, helping the world and saving people.

Jiang Shen narrowed his eyes.

But Cao Xianqing obviously didn't want to say too much about himself, so Jiang Shen didn't mention any more, but asked again: "Doctor Cao has been in contact with patients a lot these days, have you found anything, such as this disease?" The solution, or the cause?"

"Ashamed." Cao Xianqing said, "Caomin has practiced medicine for many years, and has never seen such a difficult disease. Even the prescription promoted by the government is not very effective. There are also symptoms of unconsciousness and persistent high fever. I have tried many medicines, but with little success.”

Jiang Shen pondered for a moment, then asked again: "The ointment promoted by the government is the one you gave that boy just now, right? Have you used it for yourself? How effective is it?"

Cao Xianqing nodded: "Yes."

Jiang Shen: "What's the effect?"

Cao Xianqing seemed to hesitate for a moment, but still answered truthfully: "Perhaps Mr. Lin's elixir for life extension is used as an auxiliary medicine, and the condition of Caomin's body has indeed eased."

He is still suffering from injuries, not because the ointment failed to work, but because he had too much contact with patients and was repeatedly infected.

"No." Jiang Shen shook his head, "The life-sustaining pill shouldn't have this effect."

Cao Xianqing was startled.

Jiang Shen said: "Mr. Lin should have told you when he gave you the elixir. This medicine can only hang your life, it has no effect on healing."

"Yes, that's what Mr. Lin said." Cao Xianqing said, "But the grass people thought that maybe it was because the elixir entered the human body, which enhanced the body's ability to heal itself, thus..."

Jiang Shen interrupted him: "Have you never used it on other patients?"

Cao Xianqing fell silent.

Jiang Shen roughly guessed what he was hesitating about, and said, "Doctor Cao is devoted to the common people, what do you know, you can tell me the truth."

"I'm really ashamed." Cao Xianqing showed a somewhat apologetic expression on his face, "When Mr. Lin gave the medicine, he once said that this medicine can only be used by the grassroots, so that the grassroots can take care of those patients. But I... I found that I took it After that, I used the ointment from the official government, and it turned out to be very effective, so..."

He paused at this point, and then hurriedly said: "The grass people are not questioning Mr. Lin's decision. If Mr. Lin didn't want to save the people, he wouldn't give the grass people so many life-extending pills. He also promised that the grass people would find noble people to help them. But At that time, it was really because one of them was about to die, and the grassroots thought that a dead horse would be a living horse doctor, so...he took a medicine for him."

Jiang Shen asked: "How is the effect?"

Cao Xianqing sighed heavily: "My life is saved, but as Mr. Lin said, the symptoms are not cured, so I can barely hang my life and suffer."

He said so much, he simply stopped hiding, and said truthfully: "Caomin has also tried medicines for other patients in the past few days, but the effects of the medicines are mediocre. I planned to try again tonight, but the result..."

As a result, he was followed by people during the day, and before he had time to take the medicine, he attracted people from the government and was arrested here.

Jiang Shen smiled helplessly: "Doctor Cao, that is the medicine for your life, you just use it for experiment?"

Cao Xianqing lowered his head.

"There is no need to try that medicine again." Jiang Shen said seriously, "As you said, if this medicine is really effective, Axue...Mr. I'm here."

"The grassroots also understand..." Cao Xianqing sighed.

But firstly, he was desperate, and secondly, he really couldn't figure out why the good medicine was useful for those patients in the past, and it was also useful for him, but why it was useless for those villagers?

In the past few days, Cao Xianqing has been asking himself this question, but he still can't think of an answer. He can only experiment with drugs again and again.

In this desperate situation, finding something to do is better than doing nothing.

How could Jiang Shen not understand his thoughts.

This Dr. Cao was covered in blood and looked extremely embarrassed, but compared to the luxuriously dressed and brightly dressed rich children outside, he was more worthy of respect.

Such a person can really be worthy of a sentence of brilliance, and a sentence of benevolence of a doctor.

Jiang Shen sighed secretly in his heart, and asked again: "How much do you know about the epidemic that occurred in the south last year?"

Cao Xianqing thought for a while, and said: "The grassroots only know that the patients in the epidemic are also in a similar condition to the villagers here. They all have skin ulcers and high fevers that don't go away. And after touching the wounds and blood of the patients, they will be killed. Infection, but because the government did not pay attention to it in the early stage, it quickly developed into an epidemic."

"But later, the government developed an ointment to relieve the condition, and then it was brought under control."

"You're right." Jiang Shen said, "The skin is festered and the fever doesn't subside. These are all the descriptions of the patients in that epidemic." When he said this, his voice paused for a while, and his voice sank, "No Anyone ever said that this strange disease can make people talk nonsense, lose consciousness, and look like they are possessed by evil spirits."

Cao Xianqing was stunned for a moment, and guessed: "This may be caused by a high fever. Ordinary people will indeed lose consciousness if they have a high fever..."

"It's not the same." Jiang Shen shook his head, "The high fever in the epidemic was caused by inflammation after skin ulceration, but... Dr. Cao, no one told you that a few days before the skin ulceration appeared in these villagers, they Is the initial symptom actually unconsciousness?"

Cao Xianqing was stunned.

"The grassroots don't know." Cao Xianqing replied truthfully, "When I was invited by the village head to treat my illness, he only told me that there was a strange disease in the village. At that time, the villagers were already what they are today, so I—"

As for after he arrived in the village, the condition of the villagers had deteriorated faster and faster. Some people were fine the day before, but when they woke up, their skin began to fester and they had a high fever.

At that time, when the symptoms of unconsciousness appeared again, Cao Xianqing only thought it was caused by a high fever and had no doubts.

"You said the village chief..." Jiang Shen asked thoughtfully, "Is the village chief also sick?"

"No." Cao Xianqing said, "Currently only young and middle-aged people are sick in the village, and the village chief is old, so he is not among them."

Jiang Shen fell silent.

He thought for a long time this time, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Doctor Cao, I don't know medical skills, but based on the condition of the villagers here, I have a guess in my mind."

Jiang Shen looked up at Cao Xianqing: "I don't think the ointment promoted by the government is useless. It's not a problem with the medicine that you used it on some patients with little effect."

Cao Xianqing was startled: "Why?"

Jiang Shen: "This medicine was developed during the epidemic last year, and the illness of some people in this village may not be of the same kind as you and the epidemic that occurred last year."

Cao Xianqing was stunned: "This... But no matter their pulse or symptoms, they are all the same disease."

"It may be inaccurate to say that they are not of the same kind." Jiang Shendao, "I heard that there are witchcraft in Lingnan, and the most poisonous one is the mother Gu, which can transmit the poison to others. It’s the same species, but it’s worlds different.”

Cao Xianqing: "You mean..."

"These villagers are like poisonous female poison at this time, and they are the root of this strange disease. And you are infected by them. So this ointment is useful for you, but it is useless for them."

The same is true for ointments.

When the government ordered people to develop this ointment last year, it was already in the middle and late stages of the epidemic.Most of the patients they used as reference were infected people like Cao Xianqing, and no so-called source of infection was found.

The antidote developed in this way is naturally more effective for the infected.

After hearing Jiang Shen's judgment, Cao Xianqing looked a little hesitant: "This..."

"I know this conjecture may be difficult for you to accept for a while, and I really don't have any more sufficient reasons to support this conjecture, but..." Jiang Shen paused, and said, "Last year in a county in the south, there was also a The same situation as today, has Dr. Cao heard of it?"

Cao Xianqing shook his head.

He is just a wandering doctor. He heard that the epidemic and the ointment were the cause of the commotion at the beginning. As for what happened in individual counties during the epidemic, he was not so well informed.

What's more, this can be regarded as a scandal by the government, and it will not be publicized.

But Jiang Shen didn't mind telling him: "When a strange disease occurred in that county, the local county government blocked the news and didn't let anyone spread it. It wasn't until all the patients died that the news was leaked."

"Looking at the time, that county may be the source of the southern epidemic last year."

"It's a pity that those patients have already died without proof. No one knows whether they died because of death or were trapped to death."

Before today, Jiang Shen had never doubted the source of the problem, it was just that the county magistrate didn't take this strange disease to heart, neglected his duty, and killed the people.

Until today, he heard that the government locked up those patients but refused to treat them.

Cao Xianqing was stunned: "Your Highness is saying that the government is imitating the past, and wants these patients to die without evidence?"

"Yes." Jiang Shen said lightly, "Other than that, I can't think of any reason for the government to trap patients without giving them medication."

Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, and disease epidemics occur in countless places every year.But the epidemic is not terrible. Even if the disease is more difficult, as long as the local government tries its best to treat it, no one will blame them.

What's more, this is the capital city, the government government is not well governed, and there is the imperial court, even if someone is really put to death, the imperial court will bear the responsibility.

On the contrary, they blocked the news like this, disregarding human life. Once the secret was leaked, they would only be thrown into jail like the county magistrate.

This is harming others and ourselves.

"But..." Cao Xianqing was speechless, "But why did they do this?"

Jiang Shen sighed lightly: "This is what I want to know too..."

Also, where did this strange disease come from? Why did so many people get sick at the same time in a short period of time? The disease had disappeared for nearly a year, so why did it make a comeback in the capital thousands of miles away at this time.

It may take some effort to find out.

Now that the night was getting dark, Jiang Shen asked Cao Xianqing a few more detailed questions about the illness in the village, and after he had a good idea, he didn't stay with him for a long time.He sent Cao Xianqing out, and ordered someone to find an empty room for him to rest before returning to the house.

Opening the curtain of the inner room and walking in, the little fox was sitting on the bed with the quilt in his arms, tilting his head and thinking about something.

Jiang Shen walked over: "It turns out I'm not asleep. I thought I'd see a fox sleeping like a piglet after I came in."

"I said I'll wait for you, when will I stop talking?" Li Ruan moved to the inside of the bed, letting Jiang Shen lie down.

Jiang Shen took off his robe, shoes and socks, lay down with his arms around the boy, and kissed him lightly on the lips.

As soon as the kiss was touched, Li Ruan habitually raised his head to catch up, but Jiang Shen turned his head slightly to avoid it: "Okay, it's midnight, and you don't want to sleep anymore?"

After a couple of kisses, the interest was aroused, so she wanted to pester him again and again.

This little fox always does.

Li Ruanyou was dissatisfied and puffed up her cheeks.But what Jiang Shen said was right, he was a little sleepy now and couldn't continue to make trouble.

Li Ruanwo fell asleep in Jiang Shen's arms, recalled what he had just heard, and asked: "You just said that those villagers may be the source of the disease, which is different from the ones who were later infected. Is there any way for them to cure it?"

Jiang Shendao: "Tomorrow I will send a letter back to the capital to ask the Holy One to summon the imperial physicians who participated in the diagnosis and treatment of the epidemic last year. Since the epidemic that spread so severely last year can be controlled, there is no reason why these dozens of people cannot be cured. "

Li Ruan nodded, and asked again: "Then what shall we do next, to investigate the government?"

"Everyone has been caught, why should I interrogate myself? Of course, I will send it to the Ministry of Punishment." Jiang Shen paused, and said, "However, we do have something to do in the village."

Li Ruan: "What?"

Jiang Shen: "I want to check on the village chief."

The government office in the capital, first imprisoned patients without treatment, and then disrespected His Royal Highness, it was enough for the magistrate and master to go to the prison of the Ministry of punishment.But the village head did not violate any laws, and Jiang Shen had no reason to arrest him.

But he felt a little strange.

At first, the village chief invited Cao Xianqing to treat the villagers, but he didn't tell him the truth about the villagers' illness.Then Cao Xianqing went to Changming Mountain to ask Lin Jianxue for help, and the village head made his own claim to report to the officials, which led to the closure of the village by the subsequent officials.

Was the village head really ignorant of all this?

But Jiang Shen sighed softly again: "Can't be detained, can't be interrogated, I don't know if this can be tricked out."

Most afraid of asking three questions, Jiang Shen can only speculate without evidence, and there is nothing he can do about him.

Li Ruan looked up at him: "Isn't it easy to make people tell the truth?"

Jiang Shen: "You mean..."

Li Ruan proudly said: "I can cast a spell on him."

The fox demon clan is best at this kind of psychedelic art.

Jiang Shen asked: "Is it possible? But your mana..."

Li Ruan: "My mana has been restored long ago."

Previously, Li Ruan's spiritual power had to be supplied to the little boy in his belly, and the remaining spiritual power was not enough to maintain a human form by himself, so when Jiang Shen was in trouble, he couldn't take action.

But now, the little brat has almost stabilized, and Jiang Shen often replenishes his essence, his mana has been restored to a point.Occasionally use some spells to help Jiang Shen, no problem at all.

Li Ruan thought for a while, then laughed: "But..."

Jiang Shen: "What?"

Li Ruan lay on his chest and tilted his head: "Psychedelic magic is a magic that consumes a lot of spiritual energy, how will you repay me?"

To consume spiritual power, that is to ask for Jingyuan from Jiang Shen.

Jiang Shen heard the deep meaning in his words, and chuckled lightly: "Now?"

"Otherwise?" Li Ruan frowned unhappily, "You still want to delay this matter until tomorrow?"

"..." Jiang Shen said helplessly, "Okay, right now."

He turned over and pressed the person into the bed, and kissed him gently with a smile on his face.This time the kiss was long and deep, and when the kiss was over, he stretched out his hand to untie the tie of Li Ruan's coat.

Li Ruan grabbed him and was stunned for a moment: "Still...do you want to continue? Are you not sleepy?"

Jiang Shen was also stunned: "It's not that you want to..."

The two looked at each other for a moment, Li Ruan understood, and sighed: "I just want you to kiss me again, why are you so full of these things..."

Jiang Shen: "..."

Li Ruan seemed a little troubled, but he still raised his arms cooperatively: "Although I am a little sleepy, but if you really want to, I will try my best not to fall asleep, come on."

Jiang Shen: "..."

Jiang Shen's ears were slightly hot, he pulled the quilt to wrap him up, and pressed him into his arms.

"I didn't think much about it." Jiang Shen said angrily, "Sleep."

Li Ruan was wrapped so that only half of his head was left outside, his eyes blinked: "But it seems to be up."

Jiang Shen gritted his teeth: "No."

Li Ruan: "Really not?"

Jiang Shen: "...Really not, go to sleep!"