Not only those who had touched the corpses, but also the rats and crows that had eaten the corpses could have contracted the plague.
Therefore, several doctors personally prepared prescriptions and began a large-scale poisoning campaign against rats and other animals that would eat corpses. As for whether someone might accidentally eat the poison bait, that's not a consideration. They deserve to die.
Soon, the interviews and confessions of the surviving people came out, and the news was exciting. Just as Shen Hao judged, the reason why these people did not contract the disease and die was because they ran away early and did not come into contact with the corpses of the infected dead.
"According to the people who survived in Xiushan Village, some of them had contact with the deceased the day before his death, but did not touch the body the next day after the death. But even so, they did not contract the plague. It is very difficult to say that Maybe the source of the disease can only be generated from the corpse after the person is infected and dies?"
"If this is the case, it would explain why there are so many people running around but there are no widespread deaths in other places."
"Yes, because once infected, death will occur suddenly, and Qi Refining Realm monks will not be able to withstand it for two days before dying, which also means that the geographical area where the source of the disease appears will not expand too quickly."
To put it bluntly, the incubation potential of this plague is extremely low, which means that the contagion will not become uncontrollable. This is the greatest good news.
"But we still need to test it. Go to the dungeon to find a death row prisoner with Qi Refining Realm cultivation, and then let him stay in a box with a black-spotted corpse to see if he will die. At the same time, find an ordinary person and lock him in the same box. Together but without contact, if it goes as we expect, the monk will die soon, but the ordinary person without contact will not."
"It's my lord, I'll make arrangements right away." Wang Yiming was getting more and more excited now. He found that it was very refreshing to work with Shen Baihu. No matter what he did, he would be organized and would never get out of order. In addition, he is now considered a member of Shen Hao's family. Because as early as a few days after arriving at Wanhekou, Fengri City had already begun to secretly investigate the Yahang steward, and he had already handed over the surrender certificate to Shen Hao.
However, for the time being, Wang Yiming's handle on the Yahang's management is of no use. Things must be dealt with first with the plague here, and then it will be the Yahang's turn.
However, with the certificate of surrender, Shen Hao obviously relied a lot more on Wang Yiming and released a lot of authority. The more this happened, the more Shen Hao felt that Wang Yiming's ability was still very strong.
The next day, Wang Yiming brought the experimental results. A death row inmate with a third level of Qi refining stayed in close contact with a black-spotted corpse in a box for a night. Today, he became very hot and died before dawn. The cause of death was organ necrosis, blood coagulation, and body parts. Dark spots appeared.
The ordinary person who was also locked in a cell but had no contact with the corpse was frightened to death, but nothing happened. He was locked up alone and continued to be observed.
However, this basically supports Shen Hao's judgment: the source of the plague is the black-spotted corpse, and living people will not be infected as long as they do not come into contact with the black-spotted corpse.
This great news was reported by Shen Hao. Wu Changhe was overjoyed and issued an order saying that he would be rewarded heavily afterwards. At the same time, he hurriedly reported the new news to the Zhenfu Envoy Yamen. Wu Changhe has been in the limelight these days, but at the same time he is also feeling a lot of pressure. He is the number one contributor to the good control of the plague, at least on the surface. If the plague spreads and spreads, he will be the number one to take the blame, and it will not be surprising if he is beaten into the mud.
Now that Shen Hao had figured out the source of the plague infection, Wu Changhe was relieved. From now on, he would no longer face an out-of-control plague.
However, Wu Changhe also received an order from the Zhenfu Envoy Yamen, asking him to try to figure out the source of the plague, otherwise he might not be so lucky if it happens again.
Of course, Wu Changhe had no interest in finding out the source of the plague, so this would not bring him any benefit. Moreover, there are countless kinds of plagues in the world. Even if we find out about them, we still don’t see them becoming extinct? Just figure out how to cope, right? Why go to all this trouble?
However, Wu Changhe had to implement the order of the Zhenfu Envoy Yamen even if he didn't agree with it. It was only transferred once to the mouth of Wanhekou. The person specifically responsible was not Shen?
Unlike Wu Changhe, the order of the Zhenfu Envoy Yamen to thoroughly investigate the source of the plague was in line with Shen Hao's thoughts. He had always been worried about this matter in his heart, and there was always an indescribable feeling of weirdness, as if this plague It was very sudden, but he couldn't tell what was sudden. Maybe it was the half basket of ghost pears?
Maybe it's a professional habit, but Shen Hao always wants to figure it out when he encounters doubts, otherwise there will be a knot in his heart and he will feel uncomfortable for a long time.
"Perhaps we should investigate it from that Orion family."
However, almost all the people in Xiushan Village [Unnamed] are dead. People in the neighboring villages either don't know the Orion family named Xu, or they have only heard of it, saying that the Xu family used to serve in the army as a minor official, and it is a family tradition. If you have good martial arts skills, you will go to the battlefield to gain fame when fighting. If you are not fighting, you will return to your hometown to become a hunter to support your family. Shen Hao wanted to know very little about the life trajectory of this family before the accident.
After that, there will be clean-up work, while continuing to confine those people in the disaster area who have not been completely eliminated from danger.
After knowing how the plague spreads, the disaster area is no longer a daunting place. Wear thick sheepskin gloves, cover your mouth and nose, do not touch the body with your body, use special shovels and tongs, and add lime powder to bury it on the spot or Burn. There is always a need to start life again, especially in larger towns. They cannot be abandoned just because of a plague. Disposal of corpses is also a top priority.
Therefore, under Shen Hao's instructions, the cities along the Wanhekou line began to deal with the corpses on both sides of the official road in an orderly manner. Thicken the soil layer that has been buried deeply and sprinkle more lime. Those who were not buried deeply or whose bodies were exposed were burned immediately.
In addition, who knows if the animals will die immediately after touching the corpse, or cause the plague to change and continue to kill people? So Shen Hao ordered poisonous bait to be spread all over the mountains and plains at the same time, trying to kill all animals that might have come into contact with the corpse. As for whether some innocent animals will be exterminated, no one cares about this place. After all, when the plague comes, almost everyone will die.
But when you gradually clear up to Xiushan Village, things take a turn for the better, just like a piece of green tea whetting your appetite, giving you a little sweetness when you want to give up the pursuit.
"Sir, I found this when I was cleaning up the Xu family's house. I think it's very suspicious." Wang Yiming found Shen Hao with an old parchment scroll.
"Is this... a map?" Shen Hao opened the parchment and found a simple map. The signs and directions on it seemed to depict a road into the mountains. There is a specially marked red dot at the very end of the mountain road.
