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Chapter 70 Cholera
  This was painful for Xiao Yichen. Shen Jia's pair of plain white Rouyi hugged his waist, and her chest was almost against his back, which made him feel a little distraught.

Shen Jia smelled something wrong in his breath and thought he was uncomfortable, so he asked: "Xiao Yichen, what's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable? Do you want to stop and let me feel your pulse?"

Shen Jia's words were like a plate of cold water, pouring cold water on Xiao Yichen's heart, making him wake up instantly.

"I'm fine, Miss Shen, sit down." After Xiao Yichen finished speaking, he pinched the horse's belly hard. The big black horse neighed, spread its hooves, and soared like an arrow from the string, raising dust all over the sky.

It is about six hundred miles from Yixian County to Bozhou. Xiao Yichen's horse is a thousand-mile horse. Even with two people, it is much faster than an ordinary horse. They decided not to wait for the others and went to Bozhou first.

At noon, they arrived outside Bozhou City.

Shen Jia took out beef jerky from his backpack and handed a few pieces to Xiao Yichen, "This is the beef jerky I made. Do you want to try it?"

Xiao Yichen took the beef jerky unceremoniously and ate it, praising: "This beef jerky tastes good!"

"Of course, we don't want to see who did it." Shen Jia raised his eyebrows slightly and said arrogantly.

Xiao Yichen smiled and touched Shen Jia's head, "Well! You are the most powerful!"

"Xiao Yichen, you ask for a beating! Why do you keep touching my head?" Shen Jia pretended to hit Xiao Yichen.

Xiao Yichen didn't hide away either, standing there waiting for Shen Jia.

Shen Jia felt embarrassed and changed the subject: "Should we go directly to the government office, or should we go to the surrounding villages to make secret visits before making plans?"

"Xiao Ping and the others haven't arrived yet, let's go to the surrounding villages to check the situation first." They don't know anything about the situation in Bozhou now, so it's not a wise move to rush to the government office.

"I also think it is safer to understand the situation first." After Shen Jia finished speaking, he took out two masks from his backpack and put on one himself. "There is an epidemic here. It is safer to wear a mask."

Xiao Yichen held the white so-called mask with a confused look on his face, "Miss Shen, what is this? What is its use?"

Shen Jia said proudly: "This is called a mask. Wearing it can isolate viruses from the outside world and prevent harmful substances from entering the body through the mouth and nose..."

Xiao Yichen imitated Shen Jia and put on the mask, and sighed: "I really don't know how your little head grew and how it works so well?"

Shen Jia held her head high, like a proud little peacock: "I am talented, gifted, and smart as ice and snow, no one can match me. Don't envy me, I am a legend."

Xiao Yichen burst into laughter.

This smile made Shen Jia angry. She glared at Xiao Yichen fiercely and said angrily: "Do you think I am wrong? Have you ever seen a girl smarter than me?"

The fierce look made Xiao Yichen want to come up and fight him if he said he had seen him before.

Xiao Yichen made a fist with his right hand and put it to his lips, suppressing a smile and stroking his hair: "No, Miss Shen is the smartest. The others can't even compare to a hair like yours."

"That's pretty much it!"

The two of them chatted and laughed casually as if they were good friends they hadn't seen for many years.

They got on their horses and went directly to the nearest village outside Bozhou City. They saw no one along the way. The big trees on both sides of the road had mud marks about two meters high, which showed how severe the flood was at that time.

After riding for about half a quarter of an hour, they finally arrived at a village. The two dismounted and prepared to lead the horses into the village.

Before entering the village, I heard the sound of mourning and music coming from the village. Then I heard crying coming from a room at the end of the village. The crying was heartbreaking and heartbreaking, and it sounded very depressing.

Then there were cries from another place slightly farther away, intermittently, one after another. Shen Jia and Shen Hao looked at each other, and both saw solemnity in each other's eyes. As soon as the two arrived at the entrance of the village, an unpleasant smell wafted over. Even wearing masks could not block the unpleasant smell.

Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen endured the discomfort and stepped into the village. When they passed by the house holding a funeral at the head of the village, the pungent fishy smell became even worse.

The two of them continued walking into the village without stopping. After walking for a while, they finally saw a middle-aged man with a depressed expression walking from the other side of the road. Shen Jia quickly stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, may I excuse you?"

The middle-aged man saw Xiao Yichen and Shen Jia holding horses, both dressed in extraordinary manners, wearing strange masks on their faces, and their accents did not sound like locals, so he asked: "Young Master, little girl, you are not locals, are you? What do you want to ask me about?"

"We came from Yixian County, uncle, what happened here? Why is there a fishy smell?"

"You just came from other places, so it's normal if you don't know. Three days ago, people in the village began to contract strange diseases one after another. They were fine in the morning, but in the afternoon they suddenly vomited and had diarrhea. The fishy smell will stop if no one is around for two hours.

The house where the funeral was held in front of me contracted this strange disease yesterday morning. I had vomiting and diarrhea. The house smelled terrible, and no one was there last night. "

After hearing what the middle-aged man said, Xiao Yichen and Shen Jia's hearts sank deeper and deeper.

Shen Jia cupped her fists and thanked the middle-aged man: "Thank you, uncle, for clearing up the confusion! I'm leaving now."

After Shen Jia finished speaking, she took Xiao Yichen's hand and walked quickly to the village.

She wanted to see where the village's water source was.

Xiao Yichen glanced at the hand holding him and raised the corners of his lips slightly.

Shen Jia's hands were soft and smooth, her skin was like white jade, her fingertips were like bamboo shoots, and her wrists were like white lotus roots.

"Xiao Yichen, if I guess correctly, the strange disease they have is cholera." Shen Jia said with a solemn face and a worried expression.

Xiao Yichen's voice trembled slightly, "Cholera?"

Shen Jia nodded heavily: "Based on the symptoms the uncle mentioned, I'm 80% sure it's cholera."

Xiao Yichen frowned, cholera was a frightening plague. He had read records about cholera from the royal collection. It said that three hundred years ago, cholera broke out in neighboring Bagan. Seventy people died of cholera, and their deaths were painful and hideous. Later, cholera spread to the Central Plains, and the epidemic spread rapidly in the Central Plains. , severe cholera broke out and many people died.

"Miss Shen, if it is really cholera, do you have any way to treat it?" Xiao Yichen looked at Shen Jia hopefully and said.

"I haven't seen any live cases now, and I'm not sure whether it can be treated." Shen Jia was also worried.

God seemed to hear Shen Jia's thoughts.

When they passed by a low mud brick house, they heard the cry of a child from inside. Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen looked at each other and walked in at the same time.

The room is so small and cramped that it feels like you can't breathe if you stand in it.

I saw a pretty woman in her twenties lying on the bed, and next to her stood a little boy of about six or seven years old with tears on his face.

Seeing that the woman had fallen into a coma, Shen Jia quickly stepped forward and placed his fingers on her pulse. Her pulse was heavy and she had a slight fever. She was breathing heavily. When she opened her mouth, she saw that her tongue was very red.

The little boy stopped crying when he saw Shen Jia examining his mother like a doctor.

(End of this chapter)