Zhao Gui was at a loss for words and stayed for a long time. He could only say, "Let's ask the criminal police comrades to come and have a look" and walked out silently.
The criminal police came and took a look, confirmed that there was no doubt that he had committed suicide, and then filled out a death certificate. However, although he committed suicide, because he died during the isolation and observation period, he was still a "suspected case". Laifu's grandfather was not able to "lay in peace" as he had imagined, and was put into the body by the corpse collection team amidst the wails of the family. The body bag was taken out, put on a cart, and transported to Liuhuaqiao for cremation.
Dad Laifu and Laifu cried until they died and begged. Zhao Gui and Huo Junming couldn't bear to kowtow and offer money as bribes. However, the rules were set by the Australians, and it was not easy to cover up this matter in full view of the public. If something goes wrong, the least they can do is "the whole family be exiled to the plagued land of Taiwan". To them, this is no different from the whole family being executed. I had to harden my heart and "act according to the rules."
Seeing the old man's body being loaded onto the body collection team's galloping two-wheeled cart, Huo Junming filled out the body sign, tied it to the body bag, and tore off half of it and gave it to Laifu: "Go to Liuhuaqiao to pick it up with this note in three days." Ashes.”
Laifu's father, who was kneeling on the ground, took it blankly, but Laifu's grandma snatched it away, tore it into pieces, stared at her eyes that were swollen and blistered from crying, and cursed: "Who wants you to be hypocritical? Burn him!" Why collect the corpses after they have turned to ashes! You short-haired rebels who have suffered a bad death due to the plague, sooner or later the court will execute you, crush your bones and spread your ashes..." He raised his hand, and the pieces of paper fell like snowflakes. It fell on two people.
"This is paper money for you to burn..."
Father Laifu was so frightened that the Australians were notorious for being decisive and ruthless. The days when hanged corpses were hung at every intersection were not long gone. When his mother scolded him, Agui could say that he was a kind-hearted person, but the other one didn't dare to say the same thing. He quickly signaled to Laifu: "Laifu! Help you in!" After saying that, he quickly greeted Huo Junming and Zhao Gui, saying that his mother was "excessive pain" and was temporarily confused, so he asked them not to take it personally.
"Forget it, forget it." Huo Junming and Zhao Gui felt bored and left Laifu's house as if they were running away. Huo Junming only felt that his heart was filled with panic. Looking at Zhao Gui, who also had a gloomy face, he felt speechless for a moment. The two of them carefully walked around the rest of the area and slowly walked towards the temporary epidemic prevention center. , I didn't expect to see a naturalized citizen from the epidemic prevention center running over halfway: "I found you! Hurry, something happened at the epidemic prevention center!"
Epidemic prevention centers were recently established, and most of them occupied public buildings such as temples, ancestral halls, and halls in the city. In addition to the epidemic prevention personnel, there are also specialized doctors and health police. This is where they work, diagnose, treat and rest. Bodies collected from various places that have died or are suspected of dying from illness are also temporarily parked here, waiting to be transported out by boat in the evening. .
The Shanshan Guild Hall is occupied for epidemic prevention in this area. The "haunted" back garden naturally became a morgue - because of its large area and the river pier in the back alley, not only the corpses of the film were temporarily placed here, but also the corpses collected by nearby places. Settled here.
Huo Junming was really not used to resting in the epidemic prevention center at night at first. He always felt that the yin energy was too strong, but he got used to it over time - the daily epidemic prevention work made him exhausted, and he basically fell asleep as soon as he lay down.
"Why are there so many things today..." Huo Jun groaned, but his movements were not slow. He and Zhao Gui hurried to the epidemic prevention center and found that many citizens had gathered at the door, noisily crowded at the door. The policemen had already picked up their whistle sticks, but they didn't dare to take action - the door was full of civilians, and they neither took action nor broke in, they just shouted twice, not to mention there were too many people at the door, because no one Thinking that units like the epidemic prevention center would be attacked, the policeman on guard only had a whistle stick.
"What's going on? What are you arguing about?" Huo Junming ran to the door and shouted.
The crowd fell silent instantly, turning their heads and looking at him with eyes that said, "Here comes the man in charge."
"Report... report that these citizens want to see you and protest..." The sentry's face turned pale with fright.
"This poor man!" An old man who looked like the leader of this group walked up to him angrily, "This quarantine has made people angry. If this continues, I think the Song Dynasty will be over!"
"You are so brave!" Huo Junming was shocked when he heard this. How could anyone dare to say this! "Since the liberation of Guangzhou..."
"May I ask Master Chai, what do you mean by the word 'liberation'?" The old man interrupted him rudely.
"To relieve the people is called liberation, and to defeat Jie and Zhou is called liberation." Huo Junming gave the standard answer provided by the Senate.
"What a way to liberate the people! What a way to conquer Jie and Zhou! I have never heard of it. Which dynasties and generations relied on digging tombs and killing corpses to relieve the people? What dynasties and generations relied on burning bones and raising ashes to liberate the people?" You're a bastard!" The old man became more and more excited as he spoke, almost poking him in the chest.
"...You! Do you know that disobeying the orders of the Senate is tantamount to rebellion!" Huo Junming instantly understood that he was here to protest the cremation policy. "You dare to disobey the decree of the Senate! You are not afraid of my iron fist of the People's Dictatorship of the Song Dynasty. Is it the power of God?"
"Rebellion? Are you rebellious and traitors worthy?" The old man shouted with a louder voice, "The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death! You thieves! You are so perverse, don't you see that this plague is your downfall... ..." He couldn't say the rest of his words. Zhao Gui had already brought two policemen, who ran over with sirens blowing and used batons to drive away the crowd watching the excitement. He rushed in front of the old man and beat him to the ground with one stick.
"Shouting reactionary slogans in public, arrest him!" Zhao Gui usually muttered, but when he was arresting people, he was particularly smooth when announcing the charges. The two policemen immediately took action, stuffing a ball of numbness into the old man's mouth, no matter what. Seventy-two-one was dragged down.
Seeing that the police batons had already been beaten down, and if the riot continued and the White Horse Team would be invited, no one would be left behind. The crowd roared and ran away.
Huo Junming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the rioters at the door had dispersed, but he saw Fu Wuben, the doctor of the epidemic prevention center, coming out in a panic - this doctor Fu was not a simple man. Despite his young age, he was a real doctor. The direct disciple of Liu San, who is known as a master of Chinese and Western medicine. After arriving in Guangzhou, he worked for his master for several months and gained a great reputation. He is also the doctor in charge of several epidemic prevention centers in this area.
"What's going on?" Fu Wuben asked.
Huo Junming actually didn't know it himself, but an epidemic prevention team member replied: "Comrade Fu, I wonder if you still remember the man who caught burying the body during the patrol the day before yesterday. His home is in Scissors Lane..." This team member was completely wrapped up. It was so tight that you couldn't see his expression, you could only see the sweat on his forehead, and you didn't know whether it was because of heat or anxiety.
"Remember, in the Mongolian House in East Fifteen Branch Lane, a young scholar died. He was a typical plague patient. His family did not report it. He secretly took him out and buried him during the patrol break. Comrade Dagang and I Let's go dig it out and cremate it together." Fu Wuben was a little angry, "Is it because their family gathered together to cause trouble today?"
"It's them," the anti-epidemic team member's voice revealed a sense of helplessness, "That old man just now is this show...the father of the scholar from the Ming Dynasty. He was not there when we went to dispose of the body. He has been running to the door every day for the past two days. I came to ask for an explanation, but I was blocked by the sentry. As a result, the old man called many people over today, all of whom were dissatisfied with the policy of burning corpses. There are several households with bad records of stealing and burying corpses..."
"Don't panic next time you encounter this. Although you are in the epidemic prevention brigade, you are also a member of the National Army. You are my minions in the Song Dynasty," Fu Wuben said to the workers. "Just beat them out! If you dare to cause trouble again, you will be dealt with strictly as assaulting the police." ! Chief Liu said that extraordinary measures should be taken in extraordinary times. You don’t have to worry. I will report this matter, so you go and get to work."
There was a reason why Fu Wuben was so angry, because due to the policy of collecting corpses from the disease, the epidemic prevention team members had to argue with the people almost every day, and there were constant conflicts. Considering that someone in the family died and had to be sent to quarantine, it is normal for the family members to be in a bad mood, so Lin Motian called on the epidemic prevention team and police to be "more considerate." Make sure you don't retaliate when you scold someone, and forget about physical pushing and the like. Don't treat everything as "assaulting the police".
However, the conflict intensified with the tolerance and concession of the epidemic prevention team and the police. From shouting and pushing, to today they even stormed the epidemic prevention center. This made Fu Wuben, who had received a complete set of new education and was young and energetic, how could he bear it.
Fu Wuben's report brought another bucket of ice water to Lin Motian, who was already exhausted. It’s really hard to deal with the common people! No wonder Liu Xiang always said: People’s livelihood matters must be handled with caution! He suddenly came up with two words that he hated in the past: "trickster"!
After all, Lin Motian, who grew up in the city, was still too young, and he followed a purely academic path from medical school to hospital, with limited contact with the grassroots.
As a doctor, he has certainly seen all kinds of weird things that happened in hospitals in the past - in his opinion, this was just due to personal greed and quality issues, without taking into account the social emotions and psychology of the entire society. I have no idea what these measures I took meant in the late Ming Dynasty - even in the old dimension of New China in the 1980s, cremation was not an easy topic. However, the forced implementation of the cremation policy has still caused quite a stir at the grassroots level in rural areas, causing tensions between cadres and the masses. This is the situation after cremation has been popularized in cities and the national leadership has set an example by advocating cremation for decades. In this During this period, he proposed that all corpses of those who died of illness should be cremated. The magnitude of the rebound was beyond his expectation.
