I'm not a genius in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 194 Cruelty and Mercy

Wang Zi'an was obsessed with martial arts in his previous life, and had never faced the cruelty of life so intuitively. He didn't know how to face this father.He really couldn't bear to tell this honest man the truth, not only his daughter lying on the bed, but even himself and the two alive and kicking children in the yard had been infected with the terrible plague, yes, the terrible plague.In this era without antibiotics, even headaches and brain fever are very likely to kill people, let alone this highly contagious plague?

"Please, please don't burn her—"

Seeing the look on Wang Zi'an's face, Zhang Laosan's expression turned pale, and he seemed to have aged a bit, begging to Wang Zi'an with some difficulty.Wang Zi'an couldn't help being taken aback, when did he say he was going to burn the patient to death?
"Third Zhang, don't you want to kill everyone—"

Hearing Zhang Laosan's begging, shopkeeper Zhang suddenly jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, at a speed that didn't fit his body shape at all, and his chubby fingers almost poked Zhang Laosan's face.

"Lao Zhang, don't be confused. Once this plague spreads, you know what it means. Don't mention you Erni, I'm afraid even the eldest and third child of your family will not be able to escape. Neighbors and neighbors will be full of the city." The elders will be buried with you..."

Zhang Laosan seemed to have his spine taken off by this sentence, and he wilted on the ground a little weakly, crying like a child.

"Damn Ni, I'm sorry for you, I didn't take good care of the child—"

Zhang Laosan's gaffe frightened the two children who were hiding beside Yang Cai'er, and they cried and threw themselves into Zhang Laosan's arms. The father and son cried together, Wang Zi'an couldn't help feeling sorry for her, and turned her head away, unable to bear to look directly.

"I won't allow you to burn her—"

Yang Cai'er leaned over and stared at Wang Zi'an, her eyes were red, and she raised her fist aggressively. Wang Zi'an was stunned, and looked at everyone strangely.

"When did I say I was going to burn people? It's just that I got the plague..."

"Don't burn it? Manager Wang, it's impossible..."

As soon as Wang Zi'an finished speaking, shopkeeper Zhang was startled, and he no longer cared about wagging his tail in front of Wang Zi'an. With a bitter face, he spoke earnestly to Wang Zi'an.Wang Zi'an couldn't help frowning, and was about to speak, but Fang Zheng also walked out.

"Your Majesty, this is a big matter, so don't be emotional. As you said earlier, why cry as a family? Once this plague spreads, the consequences will be disastrous..."

Wang Zi'an couldn't help being taken aback, as if he was meeting Fang Zheng for the first time, he looked at Fang Zheng carefully.Fangzheng is not a country bumpkin like shopkeeper Zhang who has never seen the world. He was the Tianzi Jiuwei back then. He never expected him to say that.Seeing Wang Zi'an's surprised expression, he frowned.Fangzheng straightened his expression, and gave another deep salute.

"After a catastrophe, there must be a plague. When the plague is together, the corpses are scattered all over the field. The best way to deal with it is to burn the patient immediately at the beginning of the discovery, so as to avoid future troubles. Although this method is cruel, two evils are compared, whichever is less , besides, this matter has already been established, Mr. Lang is the son of a master, you should know the importance of this..."

"The plague is not incurable, it only needs to be isolated and treated. You are exaggerating..."

Wang Zi'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry, what kind of show operation is this.Having said that, I remembered it. In my previous life, I seemed to have seen this kind of saying of burning patients to death, but shouldn't it be isolated and treated in general records?
"If it really reaches the step that Lang Jun said, I am afraid that the army will lock the city, and everyone will not be able to get out..."

Seeing that Wang Zi'an didn't take it seriously, Fangzheng couldn't help but smile wryly. After all, he is a high-ranking student who came out of the secret realm of Zhongnan Mountain. He doesn't understand the hard work in the world, and he takes things for granted.

"Any plague spreads very quickly and infects a wide range of people. Where do so many medicinal materials and doctors come to treat them? In most cases, it is just a symbolic rescue, doing everything possible to appease ordinary people. In the end When is it not that there are corpses everywhere, thousands of villages are sparse, and there are no people in ten? Therefore, if the plague patients can be found in advance, they should be burned as soon as possible to prevent future troubles. This is already the default practice everywhere..."

Wang Zi'an couldn't help being stunned, he didn't know how to refute, and his face was a little heavy.

"Fortunately, Mr. Lang is here this time, and the epidemic prevention measures are appropriate. The epidemic was discovered early, and a decision was made that morning. Sir, this is not cruelty, this is the greatest mercy to the people..."

Wang Zi'an was speechless, Yang Cai'er's face was already pale, and she held Wang Zi'an's hand tightly with some obsession. The sharp tingling came from Wang Zi'an's hand, and Wang Zi'an didn't seem to notice it.Is there no way to cross over by yourself?Looking down at Zhang Laosan's desperate eyes and the watery eyes of the two children, he suddenly felt an unspeakable stabbing pain in his heart, and his mind was turbulent.

Without saying a word, he walked out of Zhang Laosan's yard in a daze.

"Director Wang, that patient..."

Although he was very afraid of offending Wang Zi'an, but this matter related to the lives of his family, shopkeeper Zhang couldn't help but reminded him aloud.Wang Zi'an couldn't help but pause, and didn't look back.

"This whole family is quarantined for the time being. I'll send people to deliver the soup later. Don't worry, as long as you don't bother them, the infection will not be contagious for the time being..."

Shopkeeper Zhang, Fangzheng and the others looked at each other, looked at Wang Zi'an's gloomy face, did not dare to say any more, and directly arranged two people to stare at the gate of Zhang Laosan's house from a distance, preventing their family from coming out, but in their hearts become more burdened and worried.

"God, it's really unfair. It's okay for the victims outside the city to be so messy, but it's just their house..."

Yang Cai'er was a little depressed, and once again entered into a habitual muttering.Yang Cai'er's voice was still as thin as a mosquito, but it sounded like thunder to Wang Zi'an's ears. He suddenly turned around and grabbed Yang Cai'er's little hand excitedly.

"Cai'er, what did you just say?"

"I said for goodness sake it's not fair—"

Yang Cai'er was following closely behind him, but when Wang Zi'an turned around so abruptly, Yang Cai'er almost ran into his arms in public, full of shame and anger, just about to lose his temper at him, when she saw the expression on Wang Zi'an's face , suddenly a little unclear, but still replied very cooperatively.

"No, it's not this sentence, it's the next sentence..."

Wang Zi'an's eyes were astonishingly bright, and his tone was a little eager.

"I said that it's okay for the disaster victims outside the city to live in such a mess, but it's just their house..."

Yang Cai'er didn't know what evil Wang Zi'an was doing, so she repeated it in confusion.

"However, their family—"

Wang Zi'an only felt a flash of lightning flashing across his heart. When he was at Laosan Zhang's house just now, he had always had a weird feeling that something was wrong. Now he finally understood what he had overlooked.

PS: The first update was delivered today, thank you all book friends for your company along the way!There are two more in the evening.

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