The destination arrived so quickly that all three of them couldn't help but smile in their hearts. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although I had been mentally prepared, I was still surprised by the depressed situation of this town, and at this moment, I can only describe it in one word, that is, lifeless.

"Master, this town is too quiet! It's quiet, I feel a little abnormal. Luo Ying didn't dare to speak loudly anymore, as if she was intimidated by this atmosphere, needless to say, this feeling was the same in the hearts of the three of them.

Fu Liang spoke at the back of the team and said, "Master, didn't the old man Jiang from this town come to you a while ago? Why didn't anyone come to pick us up when we arrived outside the city gate?"

"Maybe there was something urgent and we didn't make it to the appointment, so we could take a look around the town to see what was out of the ordinary. ”

Fu Fu nodded, his brow furrowed.

They walked on a wide old bluestone road, because of the cloudy day, the already empty streets, showing an inexplicable depression and desolation. The doors of every house were closed, and only the smoke from the roof betrayed the house's death certificate.

Dr. Yang looked left and right as he drove his horse, as if he was observing the situation in the town, but it was not too similar.

"Help the weak, you bring the dry food. Dr. Yang said as he jumped off his horse and began to walk on foot with the reins.

The physician distributed barley cakes to the two apprentices, kept a steamed bun for himself, wrapped it carefully, and tied his pure black horse to a plane tree by the side of the road.

It turned out that there was an old well next to this tree, and there were a few big stones for washing clothes on the side of the well.

No way, the master is the master, and he will always surprise you inadvertently. After he fished a bucket of water from the well, he carefully rubbed it with his fingers, and when he put it in his mouth and pecked it, his expression suddenly became serious, and it seemed that there was something wrong with the water.

"Master!" Fu Fu was very worried, afraid that the master would test the poison and have some accidents.

"It's okay, the water just tastes a little weird. He dipped a little more and put it in his mouth, and his mouth squirmed for a while and said, "Don't drink this well water for the time being, let's continue to walk forward." ”

After a few more bends in the street, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums in front of me, and in this atmosphere, you can guess that it is a funeral without thinking.

When the funeral procession came to them, Yang Yunshu recognized an old man wearing linen and filial piety at the front, it was Jiang Lao who came to Jiangning City to find him a few days ago, no wonder, it turned out that there was a white thing at home, for a moment, the four eyes were facing each other, Yang Yunshu was sure that he was looking at himself, but Jiang Lao actually sank his head, put away his surprised gaze, and continued to march with the team, completely ignoring the three strangers on the side of the road.

"Huh?" Fu Weak was puzzled, after all, he remembered this face, but when he looked at the master, he found that his face was only calm, and Fu Weak thought, maybe the master took into account that people have to do funerals, and they can't pick up customers halfway, which is also a bad rule.

When you see people, it's easy to settle down.

They finally went to the house of an old woman who returned from selling cloth, the old woman only had one grandson, and the grandmother and grandson had depended on each other for many years, when Yang Yunshu asked her why she wanted to sell cloth in other towns, she only shook her head blindly, and the old tears cried for a long time before she was willing to tell the truth.

It turns out that this town makes a living from the dyeing and weaving industry, and it is because of the dyeing and weaving industry that it is famous.

A year ago, Jiangjia Town was still a wealthy village and town under the jurisdiction of Tianfu, many heads of households in the town have been weaving cloth for a living for generations, and every household has its own storefront, because of the unique geographical location, the local cloth is much finer than other places, coupled with the dyeing and weaving technology is unique, and soon it became famous, and outsiders visit this place, most of them come for the colored cloth of Jiangjia Town.

It's just that a strange thing happened a summer a year ago, a villager drew a bucket of water from a well that he used every day, and after drinking it, he contracted a strange disease, and died two weeks later. Again and again, the well water continued to devour lives, and people began to protest, but the government had no choice, after all, they drank the same well water!

Later, everyone simply united and went to the Moshan River outside the town to fetch water to eat, which is the closest river to Jiangjia Town. Sadly, the water in the river is not edible, and after several deaths one after another, the sensitive villagers decided not to carry the river water anymore. In order to survive, many desperate villagers gave up their family business for hundreds of years and fled to other places to join relatives and friends.

The family where they are staying today is the latter.

The three of them were obviously so thirsty that their throats were about to smoke, but they could only hold back and not say anything, after all, they couldn't let the old woman be embarrassed, and the thought of having to endure this kind of hardship in the future, the idea of retreating in Luoying's heart once again grew, however, I can't be looked down upon by the master and the weak, thinking about it like this, the whole person is more energetic!

After dinner, Yang Yunshu asked the old woman about Jiang Lao.

"Do you know what Jiang Lao does for a living?"

"I know, he is the biggest business in our town, I heard that the colored cloth has been sold to Jiangning City, and Jiang Lao's son works in the official mansion, so he also has some prestige in our place, and ordinary people dare not offend him!" The old woman described, her eyebrows fluttered, and she seemed to be an extremely optimistic person, otherwise how could she have lived so strongly.

"Yes," Yang Yunshu nodded, "But I see that he appeared in the funeral procession today, is there something wrong at home?"

The old woman looked out the window and whispered in his ear, "His son has died." ”

"That's right," the doctor's heart brightened, no wonder he had to pretend not to know, it turned out that he was overly sad, and he was still not considerate of others.

"What is the reason for that?

"I don't know this, at this juncture, dozens of people will die every day, who doesn't live by their own lives, where do they have the heart to care about others!" The old woman was a little emotional, probably not wanting to say too much, "but," she said after calming down, "it is probably because of the water problem." ”

"If that's the case, it looks like we'll really need to study the water here. Yang Yunshu muttered to herself, but the old woman's eyes widened when she heard it, and asked, "Can you really save us?"

"This, contemptible people dare not assert, but please rest assured, since I am here, I will do my best. When Yang Yunshu said this, he suddenly felt that he had pressed down a heavy stone in his heart and embarked on the road of no return to practicing medicine, wasn't it because he made one kind promise after another?

For fear of increasing the pressure on the two apprentices, he had already ordered them to go to the side room to rest, but who knew that under the swaying shadows of the trees outside the door, Luo Ying and Fu Liang were leaning against the wall and listening to the conversation inside.

Tomorrow, I don't know what kind of journey awaits the three masters and apprentices.