Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Chapter 1378 What I worried about finally happened

Bai Mingwei and his group passed through the bamboo forest and walked along the path for a distance, then they saw a clear mountain stream.

The trickle of water hits the moss-covered stone wall, making a clear and melodious sound.

The sunlight is clear and its shadows are cast on the rocks.

The spring is at the end of the mountain stream.

It was a small pond, and a cool breeze blew over from afar.

Xiaobai and Huihui jumped down, lay on the pebbles and drank the water in the small pool, looking very happy.

There was no special smell around, everything was as normal as it could be.

Xiao Chongyuan just stood there for a moment before concluding, "There is no problem here."

Bai Mingwei did not do any verification and directly ordered: "Let's go to the nearby village to have a look."

The group left the spring and met several groups of villagers who came to fetch water.

The villagers all avoided him and no one dared to look directly at him.

But after meeting another group of villagers, Bai Mingwei signaled the guards to leave first, and she slowed down.

Xiao Chongyuan stayed with her.

The two heard the villagers' conversation coming from far away in the bamboo forest path.

"Don't you find it strange? I haven't seen Old Li in the past few days."

"What's so strange about that? I don't know where Old Li earned some money from. He bought some meat and brought it home. He stewed the meat every day. You can smell the aroma of the meat from far away."

"He has meat to eat, why would he come out? He is so stingy that he wants to close the door tightly, for fear of missing out on a sip of soup."

"That's not what I want to talk about. Old Zhang lives close to my home. I've seen him tend to the vegetables in his yard every night and cover them with straw mats, fearing that the vegetables would freeze to death. But these past two days, his vegetable patch has not been covered with straw mats at all. This is very wrong."

As he spoke, the man coughed a few times.

The companion hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?"

The man said, "I am ashamed to say that I put out the fire before going to bed in order to save some charcoal, so I was frozen and caught a cold."

Next comes the care and greetings from companions.

The sound is getting farther and farther away.

Hearing this, Bai Mingwei quickly walked towards the guards waiting in front and ordered: "Leave a few people to block this place temporarily, and tell them not to transport the water out yet."

"Ask someone to go to the provincial government and pass on a message, asking the government to send a group of runners and bring a few experienced doctors."

"The rest of you, follow me to the village ahead and find a man called Lao Li. Remember, from now on, everyone must be careful and don't touch anything easily."

After arranging all matters, Bai Mingwei quickened his pace.

The mountain road was trampled smooth and no grass grew on it.

However, the steep mountain road made it impossible to ride horses, so the group had to walk quickly towards the village.

After about a quarter of an hour, a village with more than a dozen households appeared in front of us.

There are many villages that rely on this spring for their livelihood. They are not far from each other and are scattered in all directions of this spring. The village where Old Li lives is rooted in the east. It is a beautiful but barren place. It is surrounded by rocky mountains and no fertile land can be cultivated.

Arriving at the door of Old Li's house, Bai Mingwei looked inside over the bamboo fence.

Sure enough, the vegetable plots in the yard showed no signs of being covered with straw mats at night, and the smaller seedlings had begun to wither.

There is a strange smell in the air.

There was the smell of rotting meat, and also a smell like human excrement and vomit.

Xiaobai and Huihui wanted to go and see what was going on, but were stopped by Bai Mingwei.

Bai Mingwei told everyone: "You guys stay outside, I'll go take a look."

Xiao Chongyuan was a little worried and pulled her cloak.

She looked back and patted Xiao Chongyuan's hand: "It's okay."

Xiao Chongyuan knew that he couldn't do anything if he went in, so he could only remind him: "Be careful."

Bai Mingwei jumped into Old Li's yard, and the first thing that caught his eye was the ear room.

The ear room is adjacent to the house but not inside it, and is most suitable for use as a kitchen.

Bai Mingwei noticed something strange in the kitchen, so he went to check it out.

There were several pieces of smoked meat hanging in the kitchen.

The meat was pickled with salt and then smoked by fire, gradually losing moisture and becoming bacon.

However, the intestines and other offal in the earthen jar nearby had not been pickled and had begun to rot and stink. It was obvious that Old Li did not use salt to process them in order to save salt.

After a quick look, Bai Mingwei carefully moved to the main room, trying not to touch anything.

Through the window frame without clear paper, Bai Mingwei saw the vague outline of a person in the room.

The man was half lying on the bed, motionless.

Bai Mingwei used his Qi to smash the wooden frame of the window open, and a beam of light poured in.

I saw an old man lying on the couch, with yellow-brown liquid flowing from the corners of his mouth and vomit all over the ground.

The room was in a mess, but the old man still showed signs of life, his fingers moving with difficulty.

Seeing this, Bai Mingwei's eyes suddenly froze.

She quickly retreated, and at the same time told everyone: "Stay away!"

Xiao Chongyuan immediately took out a water bag from the bag on Xiao Hei's back, uncorked it, and the smell of wine wafted into his nose.

He poured all the wine on Bai Mingwei's boots: "Step in the wine."

Bai Mingwei did as she was told, and then used a tinder to light the wine and boots on the ground. When the fire was about to spread to her body, she quickly stepped on the mud and put out the fire.

She looked extremely serious. "Something happened. Old Li is still breathing, but he's obviously infected with the disease. What we were worried about has finally happened."

(End of this chapter)