The plague god, also known as the five plague messengers, is the god of plague in ancient Chinese folklore, respectively, the spring plague Zhang Yuanbo, the summer plague Liu Yuanda, the autumn plague Zhao Gongming, the winter plague Zhong Shigui, the head of the plague history and literature, is the legendary evil god who can spread the plague.

The girl stared at Su Tao, and for some reason, she felt that this young man, who was not a few years older than herself, gave people an extremely down-to-earth and reliable feeling.

"When did she get sick?" Su Tao's face became solemn, and the patient's condition was more serious than expected.

"Two days ago!" the girl asked nervously, "please cure my grandmother!"

Su Tao sighed, and then smiled: "I will do my best." ”

At this time, the girl must not feel hopeless. From the news that has been learned, another person died last night, and the entire Qishanling Village is shrouded in a gloomy mood.

The old lady's pulse is more complex, so she can analyze the effects of the epidemic on multiple organs of the human body. The heart, lungs, spleen and kidneys are showing signs of decline, which are more serious than cholera and plague.

Su Tao pierced an acupuncture point on the old lady's chest with a silver needle, the old lady suddenly coughed violently, Su Tao hurriedly handed over the garbage basket next to her, and the phlegm coughed up by the old lady contained some purple blood.

"Doctor, how is my grandmother? Seeing that her grandmother reacted violently, the girl hurriedly asked nervously.

"You don't have to worry! she has phlegm blocking her organs, I just helped her explode, and now she should be more comfortable. Su Tao hurriedly explained.

Although the old lady was still very haggard, she seriously exuded some radiance, forgot to glance at her granddaughter, and said, "Youyou, I'm fine, don't worry!"

Song Youyou wiped her tears and choked up: "Grandma, you must get better." ”

"I'm going to get better for you. "The old lady, despite knowing that she was not in good health at the moment, showed an extremely strong side.

The two grandchildren spoke the dialect of Qishanling, and Su Tao and the others couldn't understand it, but they could still see that the relationship between the two was close, and they were not only slightly moved.

There was a cough not far away, Gong Mingcheng walked into the tent, he glanced at Su Tao, his eyes showed surprise, and said, "Youyou, why are you here?"

"I want to accompany grandma!" Song Youyou said firmly with tears in her eyes.

"Well, why don't you listen to your uncle? Your grandmother, we must be cured. This time the disease is very contagious, you are the first college student in our village, you must not have an accident. Gong Mingcheng walked over and pulled Song Youyou out.

"Uncle Gong, I want to accompany my grandmother. Song Youyou wanted to break free and said anxiously.

"I have to be responsible for your father!" Gong Mingcheng said with a sigh.

"Village Chief, let go of Youyou!" Su Tao grabbed Gong Mingcheng at this time, "She has been with her grandmother for a long time, and it stands to reason that the virus has long been lurking in her body, so it's too late for you to drag her out now." ”

Gong Mingcheng glanced at Song Youyou and said, "We people have lived in the mountains for half our lives, and if we die, we will die, anyway, the future days can be predicted, and there will be no changes." You baby, you finally relied on your own efforts, you were admitted to the university, walked out of the village, came into contact with the outside world, and had a good time, if something happened, it would be a pity. ”

Song Youyou shook his head and said: "I can't leave my grandmother, since I was a child, she was reluctant to eat, reluctant to wear, and raised me as an adult." She's sick now, and I'm going to take care of her. ”

Gong Mingcheng shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Silly child, if you are also sick, the old lady will definitely be even more sad and sad." ”

Su Tao sighed, comforted the two, and said, "Please give me a little time, I will find a solution as soon as possible." ”

Gong Mingcheng walked out with his back on his back, squatted on a stone outside the tent, and smoked a dry cigarette. After smoking half a bag, seeing Su Tao walking out, he quickly got up and asked, "Doctor Su, how is the situation now?"

"I can only temporarily alleviate their pain, and I have not yet found a concrete solution. Su Tao said truthfully, he just used acupuncture to expel the blood and phlegm in the trachea for the patient one by one, because there were many people, so he spent a lot of energy and looked a little haggard.

"Alas, our mountain village, so remote, how could we get into such a disaster?" Gong Mingcheng said with some anger.

"It stands to reason that new types of epidemics don't usually happen here, so I also suspect that the source of the disease is from the outside world. Su Tao thought for a while and said his inner guess, "Recently, has there been anything special happening in the village, such as outsiders coming to the village, or people working outside returning to the village." ”

"No!" Gong Mingcheng hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said.

"Village Chief Gong, if you want to save the people in this village, don't hide it. Su Tao said very seriously, "Only by finding the cause and treating it can we have a direction." ”

Gong Mingcheng sighed heavily and said, "At the beginning of last month, there were indeed people who entered our village, and they only stayed for three or four days before leaving. ”

"Who are they?" Su Tao sighed secretly, as expected, this was not a natural disaster, it was very likely to be a man-made disaster.

"It was brought by the county tourism bureau, two foreigners, and one said it was a big man from the capital. Instead of living in the village, they hunted in the mountains for several days. Gong Mingcheng sighed, "They went into the mountains with guns, and when they left, they hunted a lot of wild goods, including many forbidden hunting animals." ”

Su Tao knew that because what this group of people did was illegal, he would hesitate to say it for a long time.

Su Tao nodded at Gong Mingcheng and said, "It stands to reason that they are not familiar with the situation nearby, and if they enter the mountain, they must arrange a local guide." ”

"The guide...... It's already dead!" Gong Mingcheng said with a wry smile, "The day after they left, the old lame man who led them suddenly began to have a fever, and then he couldn't afford to get sick, and then the people in the village began to have similar symptoms one after another. The old cripple died the first...... He wasn't in good health, we thought it was because of a cold, so we didn't care!

"Why didn't you report this matter to the higher-ups?" Su Tao frowned.

"I didn't think about it, but I got in touch when you asked. Gong Mingcheng lowered his head and said with a fluttering look in his eyes.

"You're lying! Who do you want to cover up for? If you continue like this, you will be a sinner in Qishanling Village. Su Tao's face became serious and debunked.

“…… I didn't want to do this for anyone!" Gong Mingcheng's face became nervous.

Su Tao sighed and persuaded earnestly: "Village Chief Gong, paper can't hold the fire, you know it yourself." ”

Gong Mingcheng squatted down, slapped himself twice, and said, "You are right, I am the sinner of Qishanling Village, and I am the one who brought disaster to this village. ”

Su Tao asked: "Now the sooner you explain what you know, the sooner you may reduce the pain for the villagers." ”

"Those people were brought into the village by my son!" Gong Mingcheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "My son said that these people want to develop our village into a tourist scenic spot. ”

Su Tao sighed secretly, Gong Mingcheng is probably awakened now, Qishanling Village is so remote, similar to Miaojia Village, it is completely impossible to develop such a remote place into a scenic spot, it is just a lie.

"Where is your son now?" Su Tao asked, "If you find those people, you may be able to know the cause." ”

"I don't know either!" Gong Ming said, "He rarely comes back these days." After he went out, he was not heard from. ”

"Do you remember his mobile phone number?" Su Tao handed the phone to Gong Mingcheng.

Gong Mingcheng hesitated for a moment, dialed the number, and after a few rings, Gong Qiang's voice came from inside.

"Qiangzi, it's me!" Gong Mingcheng said in a deep voice.

"Dad, what's the matter? Why did you call me from an unfamiliar number?" Gong Qiang was still lying on the bed, not getting up, and said in a somewhat impatient voice.

"I used a friend's mobile phone!" Gong Mingcheng glanced at Su Tao, saw that his eyes were full of encouragement, and sighed, "Qiangzi, what happened to you last time you went into the mountain." Uncle Cripple, who took you into the mountains at that time, fell ill directly after coming back. ”

Gong Qiang frowned, and said unhappily: "We are just hunting, Uncle Cripple is not in good health, do you still blame me? I said that I would find a reliable person to accompany us up the mountain, but you said that Uncle Cripple was the best hunter in the village when he was young, so he let him go up the mountain with us." Let's take a look, I'll send some money to Uncle Cripple in two days, and you can take him to the town clinic to have a good look, the barefoot doctor in the next village is unreliable!"

"Qiangzi, don't send money, you lame uncle, you have left a few days ago!" Gong Mingcheng heard this, his heart was relieved, judging from his son's tone, he didn't know about it.

"Uncle Cripple is dead?" Gong Qiang gasped, "How could it be?

"Qiangzi, tell me the truth, what is the origin of the group of people who went into the mountains with you, and what else did they do in the mountains besides hunting. Gong Mingcheng said in a somewhat anxious tone.

"They're just hunting!" Gong Qiang heard something was wrong, "Dad, tell me honestly, what happened?"

"First your lame uncle died, and then Xiaoya's mother also died. Later we learned that they had a terrible contagion, and now half of the people in the village are sick. It all started with your lame uncle, Qiangzi, you must not hide from Dad, what exactly did you do in the mountains. Gong Mingcheng said in a dumb voice, "Otherwise, everyone in the village would have died so inexplicably." ”

Gong Qiang thought back to everything on the mountain, those people were indeed strange, and he said truthfully: "Dad, I'll tell you the truth, I am not familiar with those people, suddenly found me, let me take them to practice with the county tourism bureau, and then enter the village." After leaving the village, there was no contact. ”

"Alas, you have been in contact with them for so long, haven't you left a clue?" Gong Mingcheng asked with a frown.

"All I know is that the young man from the capital has the surname Ying. Two gringos, very good at playing with guns, one is called Mark and the other is called Dean. Gong Qiang said guiltily.

"Alas, if you think of other clues, tell me quickly!" Gong Mingcheng sighed.

Gong Qiang hung up the phone uneasily, he worked as a temporary worker in the county tourism bureau, worked as a driver in the team, and now lived in a rental house, last time he accompanied the gang back to the village to play for a few days, but the surname Ying Dashao left 50,000 yuan for himself when he left, which was his salary income for two years.

Gong Qiang originally thought that this was a pie-in-the-sky good thing, but he didn't expect to cause such a big disaster.