Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 370 Plague

The spring of the fifth year of Baojing.

This year's spring is particularly warm, the willows sprouted early, the river thawed early, and this year's farming came earlier than usual.

Qingzhou Prefecture, Qinghe County.There is a small river flowing slowly in the county, flowing into the East China Sea not far away.This river is too shallow. In the past, everyone had to block the river and build dams to save the river water for irrigation.Because of the damming of the river, the downstream often stops flowing.

In the upstream and downstream villages, due to water disputes, there have been hundreds of fights with weapons, and it has developed to the point where they do not communicate with each other until they die, and they would rather be single than intermarry.

But these two years have been different.The vigorous advancement of the windmill has allowed the villagers here to draw water from the ground for irrigation, greatly reducing the demand for this small river that was not abundant in the first place.

There are no water disputes, and the relationship between upstream and downstream villages has eased a lot.No, the weather is fine today, but it is sunny in early spring.Children from two villages gathered together and were playing in the field.

Hatred is distant and unfamiliar to the next generation. Unless there is a new fight, this kind of hatred will be forgotten by time sooner or later.

"Da Ming! Look, what did I catch?!" one child shouted at another.

Jiang Daming is from Jiangjia Village upstream.Gong Xiaoshu is from Gongjia Village downstream.The two children are eight or nine years old, and they are full of energy.

At this time, Gong Xiaoshu was holding a Harrier in his hand, and was waving it excitedly.

Jiang Daming over there came over to take a look, but said: "Isn't this Brother Harrier, if you really catch it, I will eat the stone in my hand!"

Brother Harrier is a bird of prey similar to an eagle. It is smaller than an eagle and similar in size to a domestic chicken, but it is extremely ferocious and cunning. It often preys on snakes, rats, and pheasants, and it also often preys on domestic chickens.From the perspective of the farmer, this bird is not a good bird.

Don't say that Gong Xiaoshu's small body can't catch Brother Harrier, even a seasoned hunter can hardly catch this bird.So Jiang Daming is 1 unbelievers.

Gong Xiaoshu is a braggart, he immediately said: "Don't believe me, this is what I hit. I saw it squatting on a tree, and then I picked up a stone and threw it at it like this!"

As he said that, Gong Xiaoshu made a gesture of throwing stones.At this time, the little friend beside him ruthlessly exposed: "Don't listen to his bragging, I have seen it all, this stone is thousands of miles away from Brother Yao, it is impossible for him to drop it!"

When the other friends heard this, they all burst into laughter.Gong Xiaoshu's mouth is full of bragging, and it's not just a day or two.

Gong Xiaoshu is a brat who wants to save face, so he blushed immediately and said, "Even if I missed it, I would have scared it to death, otherwise it would have fallen off the tree and died!"

Gong Xiaoshu raised the Harrier in his hand to increase his persuasiveness.

When the others heard this, not only did they not believe it, but they laughed even more happily.A ferocious Harrier will be scared to death by a stone that is too far away?
Jiang Daming also smiled, but when he saw Gong Xiaoshu's face blushing, he quickly said, "Okay, no matter how he got it, Xiaoshu got a Harrier anyway. Why don't we make it into a Chicken?"

Hearing this, the little friends nodded. These little kids, they don't have enough to eat, and it's time to eat and grow their bodies.

Jiang Daming said: "Since this is the case, thank you, Brother Xiaoshu!"

When the other children heard this, they all laughed and said, "Thank you, Brother Xiaoshu!"

When Gong Xiaoshu heard this, he immediately showed a big smile, and the unhappiness just now was forgotten.

The relationship between the children is like this, come and go quickly, there is never an overnight feud.

Next, this group of little kids skillfully found firewood, life, and mud, and started to burn 'Brother Calling Flower Harrier'.It didn't take long for the children to peel off the burnt black soil shell, and took out the beggar Harrier.

Naturally, children are not too meticulous in doing things, and this Brother Harrier actually has traces of bloodshot eyes.But the hungry little kids don't care so much, you eat one bite, I eat this Harrier brother, leaving only a few bloodshot bones in place.

After playing for a while, it was not too early, everyone bid farewell to each other, and then went back to their respective homes.

After the people left, the voles in the field came out. They sniffed around, then picked up the bloodshot bones in their mouths, and left in a hurry.This voles, I'm afraid it's going to make a fuss about it.

The wild mouse happily took the bone stick home, his home, his mother mouse, and a litter of young mice.

The female mouse had just given birth and was in a weak state. The male mouse brought her a bone stick, and then tried to bite open the bone stick, allowing the female mouse to take a bite of the bone marrow inside.

Although the bones are not big, it is also a rare nutritious meal for female mice.Seeing the female mouse eating happily, the male mouse also licked his lips, and then got out again.He still needs to continue looking for food, and he needs to work harder for his wife and children!
The male mouse was running on the ridge of the field, intending to get some fresh grass roots for his wife and children.Suddenly, he felt dizzy for a while, and then staggered two steps and threw himself on the ground.

"It's so dizzy..." The male mouse suddenly felt dizzy and weak, his limbs began to twitch abnormally, and white foam spit out from his mouth.Then at this moment, Brother Harrier who was looking for food in the sky suddenly saw the mouse.

With a swoop, Brother Harrier easily snatched away the defenseless mouse.For this unexpected food, Brother Harrier is not polite at all.

Brother Harrier ate the mouse and took the rest back to his nest. In his den, there was also little Brother Harrier waiting to be fed.

It's just that after he ate the mouse, he also felt a little dizzy, and then had to stop on the tree to rest.In the next moment, he plunged headfirst from the tree!

In the mouse nest, the female mouse that had eaten the bone marrow was also dead on all fours, with blood spilling from her mouth, and a dozen little pink mice wriggling around her.

At this time, a wild dog dug open the hole of the wild mouse, the wild dog dug out the corpse of the wild mouse, ate it in two bites, and swallowed the little mice along the way.

The wild dog ate the mouse's family and felt that it was not full, so he walked towards Gongjia Village. He wanted to go to the village to try his luck and see if he could pick up leftovers.

At night, Gong Xiaoshu from Gongjia Village developed a high fever, and the family members were a little worried. The experienced grandfather took out the high-grade wine that he usually would not bear to drink, and began to wipe Gong Xiaoshu's body, and asked Gong Xiaoshu's mother to find some herbs to brew for Gong Xiaoshu drink.

And in Jiangjia Village, Jiang Daming did the same, he also had a high fever.His family saw that there was no ambiguity, and immediately carried him to the medical center in Qinghe County.

What the Jiang family didn't know was that at the same time, children from several families in their village also started to have a fever.These children are all children who play with Jiang Daming during the day.

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In Qingzhou City, Wang Shijun got up early in the morning.He first touched the forehead of his son beside him, then frowned.The wife next to him also woke up at this time, and after seeing his movements, she quickly asked, "Master, how is the baby?"

Wang Shijun shook his head and said, "It's still hot, get up and take the child to the medical clinic."

The wife nodded and hurriedly got up and dressed.The child suddenly had a fever last night, and the whole family was so busy that they fell asleep in the middle of the night.Now the situation has not improved, of course I have to go to the hospital to have a look.

Wang Shijun couldn't follow his wife to the clinic with his son, he had to go to work.If you don't go to work for a day, your salary will be deducted a lot.

The family split up, grandparents and their wives took their children to the clinic, and Wang Shijun went to work in the workshop.

He came to the workshop, but found that several workers did not come.At this time, the team leader came over and said to him: "Shijun, there are a few people who have troubles at home today, you have to work harder."

"Is something wrong? Why are there things together?" Wang Shijun said strangely.The wages in this workshop are very high, but if you don't go to work for a day, you will lose a day's wages. Some workers have to climb up to work even if they break their legs.Everyone is not willing to part with these wages.

The team leader shook his head and said: "I heard that the child is sick, and he is still very sick. Well, don't ask, let's start working." The team leader also had some headaches. The wages of several people, but this production task is difficult!The pressure still has to fall on him as the team leader.

There were quite a few fewer people in the workshop today, and the usually bustling workshop was especially deserted today, which made Wang Shijun a little unaccustomed to it.But he didn't think too much, picked up the workpiece and started to assemble, and soon forgot about the things around him because he was busy.

I don't know how long he has been busy, he is a little hungry.Suddenly, there was a 'bang' sound from above the head, and then a wild cat fell from the ceiling above the head.

"Grass! It's really unlucky, why did a dead cat fall down?" The worker next to him was startled, and then cursed.Then he grabbed the dead cat with his hands and walked outside.

In the evening, Wang Shijun started rushing home after finishing his day's work.When I got home, I saw my wife making medicine.Then he asked: "How is it? How is the son?"

The wife shook her head and said, "It's hard to tell the doctor, but he just prescribed a medicine for us to try." She hesitated for a while, and then said, "But many children in the hospital are sick today, and we waited for a long time to get it. Wait until the doctor."

She said worriedly at this moment: "I see that the doctor's complexion is not good, is there something wrong?"

Hearing his wife's words, Wang Shijun didn't know how to answer, he could only say: "Is there any problem, maybe it's the wind and cold."

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"It's not a wind chill, definitely not a wind chill." Hu Jubai said to Zhang Wei with a serious face.

"What's wrong with that?" Zhang Wei asked.

"It's the plague!" Hu Jubai said seriously.

"This..." Zhang Wei's heart sank.

In terms of pathology, Hu Jubai is an expert among experts.She is skilled in medicine, especially in gynecology and pediatrics.Zhang Wei still wants to listen to her words.

Zhang Wei immediately said to the servants beside him: "Go and inform the adults in the mansion that I have a meeting." Then he said to Hu Jubai: "Jubai, follow me to the meeting later."

Hu Jubai nodded in response.Then at this time, Gouzi Soybean came in from the outside.He also had a dead bird in his beak.

He put the corpse in front of Zhang Wei, and said, "Brother Wei, I picked up this bird outside, and I feel a different aura in its body."

Zhang Wei was taken aback, and asked, "What kind of anger is it?"

"It's the 'epidemic' we encountered in Asan!" Huang Dou said seriously.When he was in Asan, Huang Dou had already deeply remembered the "epidemic atmosphere" in his mind, now he suddenly discovered this, and immediately reported it to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei and Hu Jubai glanced at each other, and Zhang Wei immediately stood up and said, "Jubai, don't go to the meeting with me, you immediately use my name to organize all the medical centers and doctors in Qingzhou Prefecture, and start researching This epidemic. Find out the root cause as soon as possible, and see if they are playing tricks!"

There are natural and unnatural diseases.If the plague is initiated by the plague god, it is unnatural.If so, it is a repeat of the Asan disaster.

Hu Jubai also understood what Zhang Wei meant, she immediately stood up, turned around and left the mansion.

Not long after, the servant came back and said, "My lords, you are already waiting in the back hall." Zhang Wei nodded and walked away immediately.

In the back hall, fellow acquaintance Zhang Mingchen was a little absent-minded, and the general judge next to him asked in a low voice: "My lord, I don't know why the lord of Futai summoned us?"

Everyone was suddenly called to a meeting, and everyone was a little confused.So the judge asked Zhang Mingchen in a low voice.But he obviously asked the wrong person.

Zhang Mingchen said angrily, "How do I know? Who doesn't know that I'm a fellow fisherman? Apart from fishing, can I know anything else?"

Hearing Zhang Mingchen's words, the judge shrank his neck and stopped talking.

Over the years, Zhang Wei's reputation has become stronger and stronger, and along with it, Chen Zhirui's momentum has also become more and more powerful.As Zhang Wei's master, Chen Zhirui, coupled with her strong working ability, has almost shouldered the government affairs of Qingzhou government.As the second-in-command, Zhang Mingchen, a fellow acquaintance, was blatantly emptied by her!
And Zhang Mingchen was unwilling to give in, he was 1 times unconvinced by Chen Zhirui.Therefore, he was squeezed out to the point where he could only go fishing to relieve his boredom, otherwise he would have nothing to do when he came to the government office.Almost all the subordinates bypassed him and reported to Chen Zhirui, so what's the use of him?

Just when Zhang Mingchen was sulking, Zhang Wei walked in with windy steps.All the officials immediately stood up and bowed their hands to him, saying: "I have seen the Futai."

Zhang Wei pressed his hand slightly, signaling them to sit down, and then said: "In the past two days, I found that the number of patients in the hospital suddenly increased, and the same is true in all counties."

As he said this, Zhang Mingchen on the side said in a strange way: "I'm afraid this is so rare for Mr. Zhang. It's very common for people to feel the wind and cold occasionally during the alternation of cold and warm."

Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "It's not a cold, it's a plague!"

"Plague?!" Hearing this, all the officials looked at each other in blank dismay.If Zhang Wei's reputation was not high enough, they would all be shouting.

But some people thought about their words and said cautiously: "My lord, you must not use this plague word indiscriminately, for fear it will cause panic."

Zhang Wei said affirmatively, "I'm pretty sure about this. This is a plague, and it's not a natural plague. It's caused by the God of Plague!"

Hearing this, the officials present were even more restless.

Zhang Wei continued: "If anyone has read my resume, they will understand that my hometown, Eshan County, Jinhua Prefecture, once had a plague caused by the God of Plague."

"Back then, Eshan County was united and the Jinhua Mansion fully supported us. Only then did we drive away the plague god and eliminate the plague. My wife and I were both witnesses to what happened at that time, so we are so sure!"

His words finally made all the officials frown.They have indeed studied Zhang Wei's resume, and the more they study, the more they admire this person.And what he said was right, there was indeed a disturbance by the God of Plague in Eshan County back then.

Still, they have a hard time believing it, or rather they don't want to believe it.

"My lord, once we confirm that there is a plague, it will be a big deal. It will cost us a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is still spring plowing. This..." This is a matter that affects the whole body. If we look back, it will be an oolong incident. , then no one can afford this responsibility.

Zhang Wei glared at the official who said this, and the official immediately lowered his head in fright.Then Zhang Wei said: "I am holding a meeting now, not to discuss with you whether it is a plague, but to tell you that it is a plague! In the name of the prefect of Qingzhou, I tell you that this is a plague, and you must treat it as a plague. If anything happens, I, Zhang Wei, will bear it alone!"

As soon as Zhang Wei's words came out, everyone bowed their heads in shame, but if there were no such words, they would still continue to argue.

Zhang Wei immediately said to them: "I will assign the work next, and all officials must not shirk!"

Then, Zhang Wei began to assign work, and the officials immediately wrote it down, and then left in a hurry.

The next step is to issue the document, notify the county magistrates below, and tell them what to do.

Although the prefect is in charge of one prefecture, the county magistrates of each county also have great autonomy. If the county magistrates below are overpowering, the magistrate will have nothing to do.

Fortunately, Zhang Wei's reputation and prestige are extremely high. As soon as the magistrates below received the order, they immediately followed Zhang Wei's instructions.

When the Qingzhou government was in action, all over the country, such things began to happen one after another.

Some state capitals don't pay much attention to it at all, thinking that it is a wind and cold in the alternating period of cold and hot.Although some state capitals are vigilant, they have no experience in this area and are just vigilant.

The lack of circulation of information caused the plague to spread across the country.

And Zhang Wei knew about it because he saw it in the national newspapers.The mansion reports distributed to all levels of government were extremely ineffective. When Zhang Wei saw the news, he immediately wrote to the court to investigate the source of the plague!

At this time, Qingzhou Prefecture has begun a large-scale quarantine. As long as people with headaches and brain fever appear, they will be forcibly arrested by guards and sent to a fixed place for quarantine.This work process is very slow, because everyone does not understand, why should it be isolated?

Zhang Wei had no choice but to use his reputation and prestige again.

At nightfall, Hu Qinghao was adjusting a formation, and the 360-pole Gathering the Sky Star Banner was directing the star power, while Zhang Wei waited quietly on the side, and he was going to borrow the formation later to display the magical power of 'Entering Dreams'.

This dream is a gifted supernatural power of Yin officials, ghosts and gods. Isn't it normal for this fairy to give dreams to mortals.

Zhang Wei planned to use this method to pass on his words to the people.The common people are unwilling to be isolated and do not understand the isolation, so we must explain clearly to them the stakes in it.If you don’t believe other people’s words, you should believe my Zhang Wei’s words!
Zhang Wei's priesthood has been deprived, but his belief is still spreading, he can be regarded as a wild god.Naturally, he can also use this magical power of 'entering a dream'.

But after all, he is a wild god, and he is not giving dreams to his believers, and he wants to give dreams to the people of the entire Qingzhou Prefecture on a large scale, so he has to use the power of formations.

Hu Qinghao was in charge of adjusting the formation and completing Zhang Wei's goal.

After a while, Hu Qinghao signaled that the formation has been set up, and Zhang Wei can use the magical power of dreaming.

Zhang Wei quickly sat down cross-legged, and then began to fall asleep relying on the power of the formation.

Suddenly, Zhang Wei felt a different world.He had never had a dream before, and this was the first time he had done such a thing.Dreams are something between fantasy and reality.Entering this level, Zhang Wei found that the world is different.

The world in the dream is colorful black, and colorful is everyone's dream.Zhang Wei took a deep breath and walked towards these dreams.

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Wang Shijun, who was sleeping, saw a person walking towards him. This person was wearing an official uniform and looked like a magistrate... Then this person spoke.

"I'm Zhang Wei, the current prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture. I entered your dream because I have something to tell you."

"This matter is about this plague."

"This plague is transmitted to you by animals infected with the plague. If you come into contact with these sick animals, you may get sick and then spread it to your family and children."

"So, as long as you are sick alone, it is possible to infect the whole family and make the whole family sick. In order to prevent this, I ask all the sick people to isolate themselves. This is for the sake of you and your family."

"I, Zhang Wei, will not lie to you."

"Please listen to me and self-quarantine. Everything is for epidemic prevention."

"My wife is researching the medicine to treat the disease. As long as she researches it, I will make it immediately and save everyone who is sick."

"Please believe in me, believe that I can lead you out of the predicament and defeat the epidemic!"

In other people's dreams, Zhang Wei kept repeating these words over and over again, in order to make the people of Qingzhou Prefecture believe him and cooperate with him.Only in this way can they control the epidemic and defeat it.

After a night of dreaming, Wang Shijun opened his eyes. He looked at his son beside him, and said to his wife and parents at home, "I should take my son to quarantine. Don't worry, Mr. Zhang will not lie to us."

(End of this chapter)