The doctor was not sure, and just said: "Places suitable for the growth of Guitou Pear are usually deserted places. The things that survive in such places are not good in either plants or animals. And we don't know much about this kind of deserted land, so we can't say I wonder if there is a source of the plague. This needs to be seen to find out."
Shen Hao nodded and continued to search the house.
There is a hunting bow hanging on the wall of the house, long and short spears in the corner, and some old animal traps in the back room. This family must be hunters, right?
Going to the main room, there is a memorial tablet and an incense table. The tablet reads: Xu Tianwu, Chief of the Jingxi Army's Guards.
This person should be an elder in the family, his surname is Xu, and he has served in the military. If you search further, you should be able to find out. Shen Hao wrote down the name.
I wandered around this house for half an hour. After I came out, I went to search the houses of several people whose names were recorded in the files, but found nothing.
Afterwards, the doctor, together with his two other companions, began to organize manpower to investigate some of the symptoms and onset cycles of the plague, and also made an assessment of the plague to assess its spread and damage to the monks.
But three days later, the first monk who became ill appeared.
He was a government official from Wanhekou, and he was responsible for setting up barriers to prevent outsiders from entering. Others with him showed no symptoms. Moreover, this yamen servant was not immune to danger because of his cultivation. He just fell asleep and never woke up again. Horrible black spots also appeared on his body.
"This yamen servant is at the second level of Qi refining and has been refining his body for many years. It stands to reason that the fatality rate of the plague on him will be very low..."
"Furthermore, the sign before death was just feeling tired, and his family did not hear him say anything else about being unfit."
"Why are the other government officials who work with him okay?"
"It's not clear, but there must be a reason. Gather them together and ask them, I feel this may be a breakthrough!"
"As well as those who escaped alive, they must now be sent to Huiwanhekou for intensive care."
...
The information came together quickly in the chaos of the past few days. The death of a government servant made everyone's nerves tense again, because it meant that this black spot plague not only killed ordinary people, but also posed a direct and fatal threat to monks, at least those in the Qi Refining Realm.
When the news reached Fengri City, Shen Haoyuan could not see Wu Changhe's face from Wanhekou, but he felt Wu Changhe's uneasiness and anxiety from the urgent orders issued three times a day. Wu Changhe even asked the newly arrived deputy Qianhu Tang Qingyuan to personally lead two hundred thousand personal guards to Pingshun City to help Shen Hao Town. At the same time, he contacted the local garrison and agreed to block all official roads around Wanhekou and restrict personnel. In and out.
Not only that, Wu Changhe had already reported the plague at Wanhekou, and the Jingxi Town Governor ordered that all refugees in Jingxi towns must be strictly screened, and those who passed through Wanhekou would be immediately imprisoned and monitored.
However, the news that "monks are also within the scope of the plague" did not appear in the latest official report. Wu Changhe only said in the secret order to Shen Hao that "Chief Jiang Zhen means not to cause panic for the time being." Shen Hao kept the subsequent news within a controllable range.
Information must be controlled, but prevention must not be lax. At least now, monks in the Qi Refining Realm can no longer undertake high-risk disaster area exploration missions. That's why Tang Qingyuan led thousands of personal guards to come for reinforcements. There were more than ten people among them, all masters of the God Condensation Realm, who could be dispatched by Shen Hao. At the same time, the rest of the Xuanqing Guards of the Qi Refining Realm could also have the opportunity to take shifts to reduce the risk of contracting the plague. possible.
The most difficult thing now is the out-of-control population flow. It is impossible to count how many people have fled from the Xiushan Village area. The people who died next were equally troublesome, because they died in one village after another, and there were few survivors. It was very troublesome to find out some necessary information about the plague.
It wasn't until the eighth day after Shen Hao entered Wanhekou that things took a turn for the better.
"We found three people in Yucheng who were said to be a family of three from a neighboring village of Xiushan Village."
"Bring them back, I want to question them personally!"
That afternoon, the family of three sat in the meeting hall, eating roast chicken and rice that Shen Hao specially ordered for them, and answering Shen Hao's questions.
"It was the people who died in Xiushan Village at first, so many died!"
"Families in our village have daughters who are married to Xiushan Village. They are worried about their daughters so they take them back. As a result, they get sick and the whole family dies."
"At first, people from the yamen would come to organize the burial, but later they stopped going. They would get sick! No one survived."
"I was driving a cart, and they carried people while I drove the cart. Later, I saw that everyone around me was dead and I didn't dare to stay anymore, so I ran away with my mother-in-law and baby. It was said that the city wall was being repaired over there in Yucheng, so I If you know how to be a mason, you can get some food there."
Shen Hao frowned when he heard the accent from the Jingxi Mountain area. Sometimes it took him several times to understand it, and he had to have Fang Yangqin, a local, as a translator.
The three doctors were all taking notes, but it seemed like they didn't get any useful information from their faces. On the contrary, two of the roast chickens on the table were eaten by this family of three with a good appetite.
However, Shen Hao's focus was different from that of the doctor. What he focused on was not the plague itself, but the difference between those who died in the plague and the ordinary people who could still eat and drink without these three bullshit. This may be the key point.
Suddenly, Shen Hao interrupted: "Are you the driver? Have you never touched those corpses?"
"No, I only have my mother-in-law and my baby at home. As long as they are fine, I will drive the car. If someone dies, someone will carry it into the car. When they reach the pit, the government servants or helpers will carry it down. In fact, everyone in the family is dead. It’s up to the local chief to organize people to carry it, and it’s not my turn.”
"That means you haven't touched those corpses."
"That's right."
"Then have you seen any of the people who carried the corpses survive like you?"
"Um..." After swallowing a mouthful of roast chicken, the man recalled it carefully. After a long while, he shook his head and said, "No, everyone who carried the body is dead. Anyway, I haven't seen anyone alive after carrying it." Yes. Ouch! What you say is scary! Isn’t it because I didn’t touch the corpse that I’m not sick?”
The three members of the family who thought they were blessed by their ancestors were now scared to death, and they all understood Shen Hao's analysis.
"You have all heard it. Go and gather all the living people scattered in the disaster areas and ask them if they have come into contact with the corpses. Those who have come into contact will be kept in separate custody. Also, did the dead government servant also come into contact with him recently? Get rid of the corpses of those who died of illness. Go quickly!"
Everyone became busy amidst Shen Hao's shouts, and they all understood that they might have found the context for the spread of the plague.
