The first-level Zhaohua Thousand-level Hall

Chapter 52
At this time, Lang Sheng just came back, so he naturally saw what Xu Qingluo had found.

The two looked at each other, and Lang Cheng also found something, his voice was deep: "I found some cattle and sheep footprints in a hidden place over there."

Although it is guessed that this plague is not a natural disaster, it is really more and more man-made to strip things away step by step. No matter who they are, the two of them are not in a good mood.

Cattle and sheep follow water and grass, but the source of the Huaihe River is so secretive and difficult to get around. If no one drives them, no cattle and sheep will come here on their own initiative, not to mention that there is no grass at the source of the Huaihe River.

"There must be other clues here."

Xu Qingluo spoke first, breaking the somewhat stagnant atmosphere: "Let's search again, maybe we can find the corpses of cattle and sheep. As long as we find the corpses, I can tell whether this plague is caused by the disease of cattle and sheep or not." gone."

"Anyway, finding more clues now is a good thing, and everything will be fine!"

Xu Qingluo's voice deliberately brought some lightness, not wanting Langsheng to only think about heavy things.

"and many more."

Lang Sheng grabbed Xu Qingluo's arm, met the other's puzzled eyes, and smiled: "This place is so big, just the two of us can find it when and where, you forget what I do. gone?"

"You are the general."

Xu Qingluo replied subconsciously, and then her eyes lit up: "Just a small team is enough."

Lang Sheng is a general, but he can mobilize the army to help. Although the source of the Huaihe River is large, it is only compared to two people. If there is a team of a hundred people, it can dig three feet of ground in a very short period of time.

"However, there is no time to waste. An assassin has already appeared, and we are still trapped here. We don't know when we will be able to return to the county seat. When someone comes, the evidence will probably be—"

Xu Qingluo's voice stopped abruptly because she saw Lang Sheng take out something from his bosom.

"Flare."

Xu Qingluo's eyes lit up looking at Langcheng: "You still have this."

"A habit developed on the battlefield, no matter where you go, you must always have one with you."

While talking, Lang Sheng had already lit up the signal flare.

Xu Qingluo watched the signal flare go up into the air, passing through a bit of haze, thinking about what Lang Sheng said, she couldn't help but reach out and hold the other's hand, why do you have to carry a signal flare with you wherever you go, because you are often in danger.

She never thought about letting Lang Sheng not go to the battlefield. This man should belong to the battlefield, but sometimes he can't control his heart. Being able to find a cure, she was already worried, worried about the two-year agreement, whether this man would encounter other dangers on the battlefield, and what would happen if he was injured and poisoned when she was no longer by his side.

Xu Qingluo looked at Langcheng, but opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Lang Sheng turned his head, misunderstood Xu Qingluo's expression, and stretched out his hand to undo half of his outer robe: "In this way, neither of us will be cold."

Before the soldiers came, Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng naturally couldn't leave, they could only guard here.

The man gave half of the robe to Xu Qingluo, and the robe still carried the warm breath of the man's body, which smelled very good. I don't know if it was due to psychological reasons, but Xu Qingluo really didn't feel cold at all. Compared to Lang Sheng's, his newly grown body was extremely petite, leaning against the man's arms, completely wrapped up.

Xu Qingluo's heart calmed down little by little.

From the beginning to the end, Lang Sheng couldn't fully guess Xu Qingluo's complicated thoughts. He just sat down as best as he could. The man's tall body and warm robe kept all the cold wind out.

In less than two hours, Lang Cheng's people arrived. It was Lang Wei who led the team. If it wasn't for the difficult road, they could arrive in half an hour if they marched in a hurry. As soon as he brought the people over, he would go to Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng. Come over here, with a relieved expression on his face: "Brother, sister Xu, you didn't take me with you when you went out. The big snowstorm last night worried me to death."

Lang Sheng stroked the hair on Lang Wei's head to stop him from pounced on Xu Qingluo's arms: "Okay, it's not that children are so unstable if they don't move at all."

As Lang Sheng spoke, he took off all the robes on his body, and smiled before Xu Qingluo objected: "There are other warm clothes over there, you follow Lang Wei back to uncle's place, and wait until you find the clue I'll talk to you again."

Xu Qingluo thought that when she and Lang Sheng came out for a long time, Xu Liang should be worried when he was there alone, but he didn't insist anymore: "When you find the clue, you must bring me to confirm it yourself, and the kind of plague prevention and control medicine I opened You have to drink the medicine too, this is probably the source of the plague, so be careful—”

Xu Qingluo gave a lot of advice, and Lang Sheng listened patiently. Finally, looking at her still worried eyes, he thought about avoiding other people's eyes, leaned close to the girl's cheek, and kissed lightly: "What you said, I will will remember."

Xu Qingluo's cheeks were a little red, and he couldn't get out the words of advice in his mouth. Looking at the man's back, he finally just muttered: "It's not the first time, I don't know where else to kiss?"

For example, lips, she still misses a man's kiss.

Sure enough, Xu Liang was anxiously waiting for Xu Qingluo and Langcheng at the wooden house. If Xu Qingluo hadn't left a message before leaving, and Langcheng was very reliable, he would have gone to find it himself.

Seeing Xu Qingluo, Langwei and a few other soldiers came back together, he was relieved. When meeting Xu Qingluo, he would scold her for not knowing how to protect herself. She was assassinated yesterday, but today she dared to be alone with Langcheng. out for that long.

Seeing that Xu Liang was about to make a long speech, Xu Qingluo immediately told what he had discovered.

Xu Liang suddenly forgot what he was going to say to Xu Qingluo at the beginning.

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Lang Sheng led those one hundred soldiers to search around the deep pool at the source of the Huaihe River for two full days, which can indeed be called digging three feet, and because of the extremely meticulous search, they found enough things.

"Hundreds of corpses of cattle and sheep, all of which were not low in decay, were all dug near the source of the upper stream, and several corpses of cattle and sheep sank at the bottom of the upper river."

Lang Sheng's face was very cold, and his eyes were full of killing intent. He didn't know and couldn't be sure whether those cattle and sheep were really the source of the plague, but he knew the common sense even if he didn't know much about medicine, that is, polluted water sources are easy to cause people to suffer. Infected, and so many rotting carcasses of cattle and sheep are hidden near the upstream or even at the bottom of the water, how can nothing happen!

Xu Qingluo's complexion was normal, it should be said that she had already been mentally prepared for such a situation.

"Winter has been in for more than a month, and there have been several heavy snowfalls. In such weather, these cattle and sheep carcasses should not be so rotten, especially since the outbreak of the plague is only within these two days."

Xu Qingluo casually walked to a dead sheep, squatted down, and gently cut open the belly of the dead sheep with a knife. To everyone's surprise, although the inside of the dead sheep was not fresh, it could still be seen The texture and blood inside are completely different from the outside 'freshness, yes, it is freshness.

Xu Qingluo took a breath, and cut the sheep's stomach with another knife: "The fodder inside should have been eaten in a few days, so—"

Xu Qingluo stood up: "These cattle and sheep definitely got sick and rotted to death in the shortest possible time, and the disease should be similar to rinderpest, sheep plague, the cattle and sheep carcasses found here should be the ones lost in that farm Those who did not die in time were also killed conveniently."

Xu Qingluo kicked the head of a sheep next to him with his toe, and there was a sharp scratch on the neck.

"Although we have found the source, how can we be sure that the plague on these cattle and sheep is related to the people from the Western Regions?"

Lang Sheng asked suddenly, the question was Xu Qingluo, of course it wasn't that he really thought it had nothing to do with people from the Western Regions, but that he wanted to find evidence, enough evidence, he didn't want to let this matter go at all, the man's eyes flashed With a hint of sternness, those people in the Western Regions seem to be tired of their long and stable life.

Xu Qingluo turned her head and saw the stern look in the man's eyes, and she understood what he meant: "The clues should still be in these corpses."

She walked along rows of carcasses of cattle and sheep, flipped them over from time to time, and finally stopped in front of a bony carcass.

"This cow should have been sick for a long time, and it might be the last batch to die, if my guess is right—"

Xu Qingluo's knife sliced ​​through the cow carcass smoothly, splitting its texture, and the skilled movements made the soldiers watching around feel a little chilly. The recruits just dug out the corpses of cattle and sheep, and after listening to the conversation between Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng, some of the irritable ones couldn't help but ask, but all the impulses were caused by Xu Qingluo's skillful cutting up of the corpses. During the movement, he was subconsciously pushed down.

Xu Qingluo seemed to be unaware of the fearful eyes of the recruits around him, and explained to himself: "There are differences between cattle and sheep, and the growth states of cattle and sheep are also different in different regions, just like there are more cattle and sheep herding in the Western Regions. The water and grass are luxuriant, and the growth of cattle and sheep is particularly good. The color of the beef and mutton is dark red, and the bones are hard due to the long growth period. They are more powerful, and many people think that it is a gift from the Changshengtian on the grassland, although it is not a gift from the gods, it is indeed a gift from the grassland, and the cattle and sheep in the Central Plains—"

"The meat is bright in color, the blood is light, and the bones are soft. If these cattle and sheep are not rotten like this, you can taste it directly. The cattle and sheep in the Central Plains that are fed with fodder are much more delicious than the cattle and sheep that are raised on the grasslands." There is a difference, one is thicker in texture and has a mellow taste, while the other is fine in texture and lacks some variation."

Xu Qingluo conveniently cut open another cow carcass next to that cow carcass. Anyone with sharp eyes could find that all the differences Xu Qingluo said were right. anger.

Xu Qingluo's downcast eyes were tinged with satisfaction. Although she didn't like these recruits who were easily incited to embarrass Langcheng and the people who crossed the river and demolished bridges, she knew very well that now was an opportunity for the Xu family to return There is a chance for Lang Sheng to get rid of those trumped-up charges and be able to fight back.

People from the Western Regions and the third prince Yang Jiajiaye can take advantage of public opinion, why can't she, Xu Qingluo, stab this sharp knife into the hearts of those people?
No matter how many people were involved in this matter from beginning to end, she couldn't make them too proud.

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The plague in the county became more and more serious. In just two days, hundreds of people had died, and every household was crying. Fortunately, those recruits under Lang Sheng told their relatives what they had seen and heard. After the same robe, the whole Huai County knew about it.

In addition to the crying, there were curses, cursing the Qian family, scolding the Western Regions people, scolding this damn plague, but no one dared to scold Lang Sheng and the Xu family anymore.

The Xu family is a doctor who can save lives, and Lang Sheng is a powerful general with a serious illness in his hands who can give them a little sense of security.

Obviously two days ago, she wished to put her and Lang Sheng to death.

Xu Qingluo concealed the sarcasm in his heart, returned to the medicine building and began to help Xu Liang save people together.

Xu Liang returned to the pharmacy two days ago. There are a few doctors in Huai County, and there are many medically skilled buddies and a few invited doctors in the Xu family pharmacy, but it is Xu Liang who can really play the leading role. , he was so busy these two days that he didn't close his eyes, the undersides of his eyes were all black and blue.

Seeing that the situation here in the medicine building was really under control, Lang Sheng was relieved.

Lang Sheng still needs to discuss things with the county magistrate of Huai County. Although he has soldiers in his hands, An Zhiyuan is still needed for many things in Huai County.

But before leaving, Lang Sheng took Xu Qingluo's hand: "I'll send you back to Xu's residence first."

It's one thing to get the situation under control, but quite another to not get the plague under control.

"I want to stay here."

Xu Qingluo refused.

"Be obedient, it's too unsafe here, you can still consider the prescription when you return to the Xu Mansion."

Even though he was selfish, compared to Xu Qingluo's life, Lang Sheng would not care so much about anyone's life including his own.

"I said, I want to advance and retreat side by side with you!"

Xu Qingluo pursed her lips, her eyes were full of stubbornness: "Unless you lock me up!"

Lang Sheng looked at Xu Qingluo, and sighed helplessly for a long time: "You—"

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"Add more licorice and yellow lotus to this medicine."

"Add three taels of bamboo leaves to this, and try to release some bad blood."

"This one removes the rhino horn powder, and then asks daddy to cup him. The coldest place is at the waist and abdomen."

"Try the newly configured Qingwenbaidu powder here."

While diagnosing and treating each patient, Xu Qingluo gave instructions to the staff in the pharmacy behind him. Although all the patients had the plague, the same medicine could not be used for all due to the different degrees of the plague depending on each person's constitution. Dosage, Xu Qingluo has already researched five prescriptions in her hands, and she doesn't know which one can cure the plague, so she can only try one by one, but no matter which prescription, even if it can't cure the plague, it can relieve it a little. Look at the condition.

Her movements were extremely efficient, and she had seen more than a dozen people in a row in just one stick of incense time, but the guy behind her was a little flustered.

"Woooo."

The woman in front of Xu Qingluo covered her face and kept whimpering, curled up, a stench came from her body, the people around her quietly moved away from her, and there was actually a space vacant in the crowded medicine building .

Although most of her face was covered, Xu Qingluo could still guess what was going on. She knew it from the swelling on the opponent's hands that looked like it was about to fester, and she reached out to take the opponent's hand to feel the pulse: "You—"

"Dont look at me!"

The woman screamed and waved at Xu Qingluo. If she hadn't reacted in time, she might have been hurt.

"Hey, what's the matter with you! Miss Xu wants to see a doctor for you!"

"Ugly people often do mischief, and other people's faces are fine, but she has such pustules all over her body, she must have done something bad and received retribution!"

Before Xu Qingluo said anything, there were already people around who were sneering at the woman who was covering her face, and smiled flatteringly at Xu Qingluo. No matter how stupid a person is at this time, he knows that he can't offend the doctor, especially Xu Qingluo is still a doctor who can control their illness.

"Miss Xu, don't pity her. She was the one who scolded you the most in the past two days. She deserves it!"

Accompanied by the crusade of several common people, the whole body of the woman was trembling.

"enough."

Xu Qingluo let out a faint sound, and all the chirping voices stopped as if they were pressed to pause: "She is a patient, and I am a doctor. My duty is to cure diseases and save lives, and whoever told you that there are pustules on your face is just What retribution?"

Xu Qingluo stretched out his hand and gently held the woman's wrist: "Don't worry, this is just a complication of the plague. As long as you cooperate with me, I will try my best to heal you."

There was a kind of softness in Xu Qingluo's voice, a kind of firmness that made people believe, and unconsciously, the woman put down her hand covering her face: "Xu, Miss Xu, you can really heal my face." ?”

"I will definitely try my best."

Xu Qingluo is not lying. She will indeed do her best to treat every patient in this plague. It's just that she doesn't want to be a doctor's parent. It's just that she doesn't want to let the conspiracy of those behind it succeed, but she wants to protect Langsheng. that is it.

Seeing that Xu Qingluo not only did not get angry because of this woman's behavior, but comforted him so attentively, the people around who were talking gradually shut up, but some other emotion appeared in their hearts. Looking at Xu Qing With Luo's petite body, pale complexion and thick dark circles under their eyes, it was the first time they regretted their insults to Xu Qingluo in the past two days.

"Your face is like this because the system is different. Most of the heat poison has spread to your outer skin. Although it looks serious, because of the heat poison, the inner situation is much better than other people."

Xu Qingluo took out the silver needle for disinfection, and leaned towards the woman's face: "I need to pierce the pustules on your face now, and it will be fine after applying a special ointment."

"Miss Xu, thank you, I, I'm sorry for you, I was instigated by others to trouble you before, and this is all my retribution."

Xu Qingluo helped the woman to pierce the pustules on her face, carefully applied ointment on her, and was about to leave when the woman suddenly opened her mouth.

"Yes, Miss Xu, you are a good person. It's because we were wrong before. We shouldn't be provoked by others. I, I kowtow to you and apologize!"

"I'm sorry, Miss Xu, if it weren't for you, our family's big tiger would not be able to live until now!"

"Miss Xu hasn't closed my eyes for the past two days. It is Miss Xu who helped us live to this day."

"A few days ago, Miss Xu, you also helped Dr. Xu go to the free clinic on Fuyu Street. My old lady was rescued by Dr. Xu and Miss Xu. I don't distinguish between good and bad. Miss Xu kowtowed."

After the woman's words came out, it seemed that some kind of consecration had been opened. Some unusual people who had been silent just now opened their mouths one after another, but they apologized, and some even knelt down on the spot.

This time, they sincerely admired Xu Qingluo and regretted it sincerely.

Naturally, Xu Qingluo would not allow people to kneel and kowtow to her. She felt that she had a selfish desire to save people, and she and these people just got what they needed, but even if Xu Qingluo stopped them, several people kowtowed heavily.

Looking at the faces full of gratitude and guilt even after being seriously ill, Xu Qingluo felt a little dazed, but at the same time felt a little astringent and warm, and it took her a long time to recover: "Everyone said that the first two days You came here to be provoked by villains, what is it?"

"I met a man on the street before. He was talking bad things about you, Miss Xu."

"While I was drinking, I heard two people talking in the tavern. They said that you are Miss Xu, that you are not a good person."

The commoner who spoke was embarrassed to say what those two people said in detail, they were all insulting Xu Qingluo, and his face turned red for a while.

"I saw those two people who came to the medicine building a few days ago. They were the ones who kept instigating the crowd. They said that Miss Xu, you deliberately didn't save the child, so that he could infect us with the plague. , let us all come to you for medical treatment!"

This time it was the woman with a bad face who spoke, her voice was a little hoarse, but she was serious about her memory: "I still remember that one of those two people was short and fat, and the other one had the eyes of a deer-headed mouse, which made people dislike, His skin is very dark, and he is also a short man, not as tall as me."

Although this woman didn't stand up, she was about the same height as Xu Qingluo and shorter than her, which was rare among men.

"Yes, I seem to have heard someone in the crowd say that, they must be deliberately trying to harm Miss Xu, you two bastards!"

Others also began to recall the appearance and figure of the two people, thinking about their names along the way, but no one could say.

This meant that those two people must not be natives of Huai County. Otherwise, with so many people present, there would be one or two people who could tell each other's origins.

After thinking about it, Xu Qingluo called Baicao over while cleaning his hands: "You go to Langwei and ask her to help you find some reliable people to inquire with, see if there is anyone who looks like this—"

Xu Qingluo told the people about the appearance of those two people. If he could hold them directly, he would be able to hold more evidence and take more initiative. No matter how many nights there are, the corpses of those cattle and sheep are not as good as one or two. Live mouth is important: "Focus on the Yang family, and find out whether they have been to the Yang family or had contact with someone from the Yang family before and after Aunt Wang's grandson came to the medical center."

Xu Qingluo didn't have a good impression of the Yang family. Although there was no direct evidence, she felt that everything was related to the Yang family.

Baicao left without asking any more questions. The little girl has been busy with Xu Qingluo for the past two days, but she has grown a bit more than before. If it was the past, she would definitely not have time to ask.

In the evening, Baicao came back and brought back a piece of news. As expected by Xu Qingluo, those two people had indeed been in and out of the back door of Yang's house before and after the incident with Mrs. Wang's grandson, and the people who came into contact with them, After inquiring, it seems that it is Yang Yunping's personal servant.

"Also, Miss, I heard from the uncle who sells vegetables near Yang's house that the boy hasn't shown up for several days."

Baicao hesitated for a while, and said this too.

"Kill and kill."

(End of this chapter)