As for Liu Haojia and others, they urged the carriages and horses to move forward. They walked forward for more than a hundred steps before stopping. They found a flat place on the side of the road and set up camp. The camp is very close to the outermost house in Qinghe Village, less than fifty steps.
After the camp was set up, everyone got into the tent. When they came out again, they were wearing strange clothes and holding a wooden stick in their hands! This dress almost covers you from head to toe, it's very weird! He even covered his face with a fine cloth covering his mouth and nose, leaving only his two eyes exposed!
What they were wearing were protective clothing hastily customized by Liu Haojia. Although it is not sealed, there will be no direct contact with pathogens.
This was custom-made in a hurry at a clothing store when he was in the capital. Fortunately, this thing is easy to make and can be sewn quickly with thick needles and large threads, otherwise it would not be possible to make it in a short time.
After everyone was dressed, Liu Haojia checked that the trip belts on their chests were fastened one by one, and then said to the two people who were not wearing protective clothing: "Thank you for your hard work today! We must prepare everything we need to prepare before we come back."
The two servants nodded and agreed. One pulled a pole and two buckets from the carriage and went straight to the river not far away to fetch water, while the other began to clean up the medicinal materials and other supplies.
Then Liu Haojia and his men turned around and walked straight into the village. Originally, Qinghe Village was also a large village. There were more than 160 households in the village, with nearly a thousand people, old and young, so it should be very lively. But at this time, the place was like a ghost, and there was no sound of human beings at all! Not even the sound of chickens or dogs was heard!
When Liu Haojia led people to the entrance of the village, he looked back at the people behind him. Although he couldn't see their expressions, he could read the huge fear in their eyes! Some people were even trembling! After all, smallpox was a terrible evil to them!
Seeing this situation, Liu Haojia looked around their eyes and said: "I know you are scared, but you don't need to worry! I have made arrangements before coming this time. As long as you do what I say, nothing will happen!" "
At this point, he raised the wooden stick in his hand and said: "Remember, don't let smallpox patients approach you! If an emotional person approaches, use a stick to hold it back! If you can't control it, just knock it down. Listen. Understand?"
Everyone responded in low voices. But Liu Haojia said loudly and reluctantly: "I ask you, did you hear clearly? Why is the voice so low?"
Everyone subconsciously shouted in unison: "I heard it!"
With this roar, everyone's energy and spirit improved a lot! Liu Haojia then turned around and entered the village entrance. But after they had walked a few steps, they heard voices coming from inside the house on the roadside, and then someone poked their head out from the wall of the courtyard and looked outside.
As a result, when they saw Liu Haojia's group of tightly wrapped people, their faces covered by their messy hair immediately showed a look of surprise! He casually grabbed a handful of hair on his face and said loudly: "You, you, are you sent by the government?"
Liu Haojia turned around and saw that the man's beard had been mixed together. It looked like it had not been groomed for a long time, and his age could not be seen at all. I knew he was having a hard time during this time. However, he still said loudly: "Yes, I am an imperial envoy from the imperial court, and I am here specifically to provide disaster relief!"
Liu Haojia heard this voice not only from this person, but also from several surrounding families who were alarmed! People in the yard peeled off the wall to look outside. After confirming that outsiders had entered the village, they thought of the words "imperial envoys of the imperial court" just now. They immediately rushed out of the yard with shouts and rushed straight to Liu Haojia!
The few people behind Liu Haojia were extremely frightened when they saw this, and they all shouted loudly: "Everyone stop! Everyone stop! Don't come over!"
But these people rushed over as if grasping a life-saving straw, who would listen to what they shouted! In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people came closer!
Upon seeing this, Liu Haojia shouted loudly: "Stab their chests and abdomens, don't use too much force!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man with disheveled sideburns had already rushed over! Liu Haojia picked up the wooden stick with both hands and stabbed forward. Before the person holding it could understand, the wooden stick had already pierced his chest! However, Liu Haojia relaxed his strength before taking a firm stand.
Even so, the wooden stick that stabbed him quickly knocked him to the ground! His breath was choked in his throat, and his whole body was twisting and turning on the ground, like a live fish that had landed on the beach!
The four people who rushed up were also knocked to the ground by several people beside Liu Haojia with sticks. After seeing five people lying on the ground screaming loudly, the others calmed down and stood there without daring to come forward. .
Liu Haojia picked up the stick and pointed, saying: "Everyone should stand back under the courtyard wall of their home, at an arm's length apart. No gathering is allowed. Who is the village chief? Let the village chief come see me!"
Zhang Peilan and others poked the villagers with sticks and drove them back to stand next to their own courtyard wall. Even the five people lying on the ground got up and staggered back to their own courtyard wall.
When Liu Haojia asked for the second time, one person said feebly: "The village chief is already ill. Now Mr. Gu has the final say in the village."
Liu Haojia immediately said: "Go and call him and ask him to come see me."
After saying that, he was afraid that they would not go, so he simply pointed a stick at the person on the edge and asked him to find someone. The man didn't want to go, but because of Liu Haojia's identity, he still took a step back and walked towards the village.
But before he had gone a few steps, he heard footsteps, and then three people walked out of the alley formed by two houses. The man in front had half-white hair, looked to be in his sixties, and was already a bit stooped. But the two middle-aged men behind him were very strong. Moreover, the three people look somewhat similar, so it seems that their relationship should be that of father and son.
When the people assigned by Liu Haojia saw the three people appearing, they immediately shouted happily: "Master, this is Second Master Gu! Second Master Gu, the imperial envoy has come to our village! Our village is saved!"
When Mr. Gu saw a group of strangely dressed people at the entrance of the village, he stopped in his tracks. Then he strode over with a happy face. But he was very smart. He stopped six or seven steps away from Liu Haojia and said, "Just now, the old man heard the villagers shouting that the imperial envoy is here. I wonder if you are the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court?"
Liu Haojia said: "I am the imperial envoy of the imperial court! Are you the Second Master Gu they call you?"
