Chapter 43: The Plague of Liangzhou
A sudden plague turned Liangzhou City into a dead city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info The city is full of corpse smell, the wind is gusting, it is really unbearable to stop, Lord Chen is busy leading the distinguished guests to the back hall of the mansion.
After everyone sat down, they didn't have time to greet each other, so they discussed the plague, such a serious plague, if it is not controlled, Liangzhou may be wiped out.
"Hey, it's strange to say, this is why the plague is fierce and fierce, and I have been an official for many years, and I have never heard of it. The plague had broken out five days earlier, and the sick people were so sick that they would die in less than three days, and the speed of the spread was so rapid that in the blink of an eye the whole city was in full swing.
But so far, Langzhong in the city has not figured out what the plague is and how to diagnose and treat it, and originally wanted to isolate the patients, but more and more people are sick, and it can no longer be controlled, so in order to prevent the spread of the disaster, he has to order the closure of the four gates." Speaking of this, Lord Chen suddenly got up, fell to his knees with a thud, and kowtowed to King Chen.
Jun Muqing was also taken aback, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help, but Chen Yuanshou refused to get up, but pleaded, "His Royal Highness King Chen has seen the situation in the city, if the court doesn't care anymore, Liangzhou City will be over." His Majesty has the courage to implore His Highness to return to Beijing immediately, inform His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the situation here, and save the people of this city."
"Lord Chen, please get up," King Chen got up and picked up Chen Yuanshou, "Lord Chen is for the country and the people, and he is worthy of being the parent official of the people of Liangzhou." As a royal lord, it is the duty of this king to ensure the safety and well-being of the people and the country. Don't worry, my lord, I will immediately repair a letter and send it to the capital as soon as possible. I myself know a bit about medicine, and I would like to study the situation here."
"Thank you Lord Wang" Lord Chen kowtowed again, "Fortunately, no one in the palace is sick, and it is safe, the prince will drink tea and rest here first, and I will let the prince clean up a few clean rooms."
"There is Lord Lao Chen". King Chen picked up the teacup and took a sip, only to feel that the tea was sweet and sweet.
"Good tea, good water, it's rare to be able to drink such good tea at this time, is it using spring water from the mountain?" asked Chen Wangman.
"Yes, yes", Lord Chen obviously couldn't keep up with his train of thought, one moment he was still discussing the plague, and the next second he was concerned about tea. I had to reply, "This tea is good tea, but the water is not spring water, there are many springs near Liangzhou, and the people also live on spring water, only there is an old well in the government office, the water quality is sweet, so the water used by the government is taken from the well water."
"I see...... "King Chen picked up the glass and drank it down.
At dusk, the remnant sun is like blood, a person and a fox walk on the street of Liangzhou City, the wide street is lined with shops, you can see the prosperity of weekdays, and now the silence of death.
There was no one on the street, and the newly deceased needed to be restrained, so some people listlessly collected the bodies of their family members and carried the coffins outside.
Everyone lives in the shadow of the plague and has no heart to care about the passers-by, but the eyes of the passers-by never leave these people.
There was a dead body lying on the side of the road unrestrained, and by the time he had not been dead for a long time, the body was already highly decomposed, and if I was not mistaken, the wound on his body was ulcerated, which was the cause of his death.
The corpse was festering in a large area, the wound was black, and black pus and blood flowed out, and the smell was incomparable, and it was the same after seeing several corpses, if his experience was correct, these people were all poisoned by the corpse.
It's rare to go out today without being held, Ahri followed behind King Chen, slowly walking through the street, but the more he walked, the more panicked he became. I always feel that this place is ghostly and terrifying.
Phew, it's only been a few days since I came to the mortal world and I've become so useless, Ahri is secretly ashamed of himself, the great god of the heavenly realm, the underworld has broken through a few times, and what the hell are you afraid of.
However, mortals are afraid of ghosts, and seeing ghosts in the mortal world feels different from the underworld, and what she sees is not a ghost, but a scene she has never seen before. Because she saw that the faces of those mortals were covered with a layer of black gas, some were rich and some were slightly lighter, and some of their entire heads were submerged in black gas, and their expressions were as stiff as dead people.
There are a lot of ghosts, I have never seen such a terrifying mortal, Ahri is a little worried in his heart, the more he walks, the more careful he becomes, and finally he simply rubs forward against King Chen's legs.
Sensing the strangeness of the little fox, King Chen leaned over and picked it up, smoothed its erect neck hair, and said softly, "Did you notice something? Let me tell you, they were all poisoned by corpses, but what was the reason why the whole city was poisoned by corpses?" Of course, this question was not asked to Ahri, but to himself.
Corpse poison, as the name suggests, is the poison produced by corpses, and not all corpses can produce corpse poison. The most poisonous poison in the world is the resentment of people who are about to die, and the resentment of those who die will produce corpse poison in the corpse, and the greater the resentment, the more powerful the corpse poison will be. When a person dies, if this grievance does not come out, it is easy to form zombies. So zombies are the most common transmitters of corpse poison.
But I haven't heard of zombie activity in Liangzhou City, and zombies can only spread corpse poison by biting people, it is impossible for no one to notice, and in such a short period of time, the people in Liangzhou City are infected with corpse poison to varying degrees, and zombies will never be able to do this.
In fact, he already has a suspicion, but it still needs to be verified.
It was night, the moon and stars were scarce, there were no lights in Liangzhou City, and it was as silent as a dead city.
There is a koi stream in the city, which is formed by the convergence of countless springs on the mountain, passing through the city, and is the source of water for the people in the city. I heard that the people of the government said that this place is also one of the wonders of Liangzhou, there are a large number of carp growing in the stream, it is said that the ancestors of the residents raised it in order to prevent people from poisoning the water source, and the people in the city never hunt the fish in the stream.
Under the moonlight, I can vaguely see the waves and lights moving frequently, sometimes there is the sound of splashing water, and I can see the big fish rowing under the water surface, and it can be seen that the carp in the water are still alive, which is strange, so the previous speculation is wrong, and the corpse poison is not transmitted through the water source?
King Chen watched by the stream for a long time, and did not find anything abnormal, but when he was about to leave, he found that the little fox sitting on the stone fence was gone, and looked around to find that it had run to the water under the bridge at some point, and stood there staring at the water, as if there was a state of tension.
"What's wrong, what did you find?" asked King Tatsu as he descended to the water's edge.
Ahri glared at him, and said in his heart, you untie this chain for me, and this princess will tell you. Ahri shook the chain on his foot to signal that he should say something.
King Chen didn't buy it, and he had already guessed what Ahri was looking at. It's not looking at the water or you're looking at the fish. I saw that he had a light tiptoe, and the man had risen into the air, skimming over the water, and he had returned to the original point without seeing any strength, and there was an extra carp half a foot long in his hand.
If someone sees this light skill, they will be shocked, and even Ahri is stunned, thinking that he has returned to the heavenly realm, and what he sees in front of him is not a mortal but Bai Ji.
King Chen didn't notice Ahri's surprised eyes, he was looking at the fish in his hand, he couldn't really see it in the moonlight, but this fish was indeed a little strange......