Chapter 463: Unraveling the Plague
"Is your wife also symptomatic after she was infected with the plague?" Sun Yi stepped forward and stroked the young man, only to see his eyelids match, and then quieted down.
Seeing this, the old man said excitedly: "Yes, yes, my wife is going to be very sick, and no one can stop her after she goes crazy. β
Sun Yi glanced at Su Qing and said, "Hehe, this friend of mine is proficient in the art of Qihuang, let her help Ling Lang take a look!" β
As he spoke, he glanced at Su Qing, who was looking around.
"Well, old man, do you remember what your son ate before he contracted the plague?" As soon as Su Qing approached the young man, he smelled a fishy smell from his body.
After taking the big pulse of his wrist, he found that there was a clear frenzied aura in his body, and he was rushing around in his body.
The old man was stunned for a moment, and then, after thinking about it carefully, he said: "Chong'er, he started yelling last night, and then smashed things like his mother, I didn't feel right, I was afraid that the officers and soldiers would find out and take him away, so I tied him up." β
Speaking of this, he scratched his head and said, "That night, I was so sad that I didn't make dinner, and Chong'er - I remembered, he went to the kitchen to find food, which seemed to be salted fish steamed cakes. β
"Does he have any leftovers from his meal? Take me to see it. "Su Qing chuckled in his heart when he heard the 'salted fish', and suddenly remembered that the first time he saw those strange villagers pickling salted fish in Qingshui Village, Beihai.
Sun Yi also followed them to the kitchen with a puzzled face, only to see a broken bamboo basket on the stove and a coarse porcelain bowl inside. Keep the salted fish that I have eaten for most of it and half of the cake.
As soon as Su Qing entered the kitchen, he would smell a subtle fishy smell. It is exactly the same as Beihai Qingshui Village!
She took a closer look, and the salted fish that had been gnawed was only the size of a baby's palm. I saw that its color was like rouge. Bright and shiny, exactly the same as what she saw in the hands of the strange fishermen of Qingshui Village in Beihai.
"If I'm not mistaken, those so-called plagues are caused by eating this dried sea fish!" Su Qing pointed to the half of the dried fish in the bowl and said.
Hearing her say this, the old man's eyes lit up: "Immortal Dao is clever!" I remembered that three days ago, my wife went out to buy vegetables, and when she came back, she happily told me that a new dry goods store in Nanshi gave her a dried fish. β
"At dinner that day. She also steamed it for us to eat, but I never ate fishy food, and my son went to his aunt's house that day. So, she only steamed half of the fish and ate it all herselfβ"
Speaking of this, the old man regretted: "I thought that this fishy smell was too big, so I should stop her!" Don't leave half of it and hurt Chong'er again! β
Talking, talking, I can't help but cry.
Su Qing hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, "Old man." Don't be sad, as long as you are sure that it is because of this fish, I will find a way to help your son relieve this hot poison. β
Sun Yi's eyes flashed and asked, "Su Qing, how can you be sure." And the plague started from this salted fish? β
Su Qing winked at him and said, "This matter is a long story, we must first determine now whether my guess is accurate." β
If it's a general heat poison. As long as the elixir of heat clearing and detoxification is enough, but if it is really the dried fish from Qingshui Village. I'm afraid it will take a lot of work to unravel it.
But. Su Qing was already sure that this dried fish came from the North Sea at this time, not only because of the similar fishy smell, but more importantly, only the North Sea had this kind of bloody fish with a violent temperament.
When Luoyang went to catch Qingling shrimp, he ran into it by chance, and was caught off guard and was bloodied, and then took his entourage to the back of the strange stone to change his coat, and as a result, the Qingling shrimp they caught was carried to Su Qing by Fairy Mei.
At that time, she had heard Luoyang say that when they saw in Qingshui Village, the salted fish in the hands of those strange villagers were blood fish.
I also lamented how so many blood fish were caught.
Because, the bloodfish has an extremely strong temper, and as long as it feels the slightest threat, it will blow itself up. Moreover, he has a lot of blood on his body, so he is named Bloodfish.
"How do you verify it?" Sun Yi raised her eyebrows: "Do you want someone to try it?" β
"If Immortal Dao can save my son, little old man is willing to eat this half of the poisonous fish!" The old man said in a sad tone.
Su Qing hurriedly stopped him and said, "Why don't you go catch a dog and try it?" If it weren't for this fish, if it was, I'll figure it out. β
Sun Yi high-fived and praised: "This is a good idea, you wait here, I'll catch a dog." β
As he spoke, he quickly disappeared into the courtyard, but after a few breaths, he saw him come in with a small black dog in his hand, throw it at Su Qingmian and say, "You can try it now!" β
Su Qing saw that after the little black dog saw the salted fish in the bowl, not only did he not eat it, but he also looked frightened, and he couldn't help but believe that there was something wrong with this fish.
Sun Yi stepped forward and gently kicked the little black dog and said, "Eat it, the one who has the antidote, otherwise, I will kill you!" β
As soon as his voice fell, the little black dog seemed to be very human, shrank down, looked at Su Qing pitifully, and then closed his eyes and swallowed the half of the dried fish.
"This dog seems to be a bit human!" Su Qing saw that after it swallowed the dried fish, the desperate eyes as if he had eaten poison said to Sun Yi with pity.
Sun Yi chuckled and said, "If it wasn't human, I wouldn't test it!" β
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the originally timid little black dog screaming like crazy and rushing towards Sun Yi! Sun Yi moved and asked Su Qing: "Maybe it's OK?" β
"Sure enough, it's because of this bloodfish!" Su Qing saw that the black dog's eyes were red, and he looked like crazy, which was consistent with the symptoms of the young man in the room, so he couldn't help blurting out.
With her words, Sun Yi only waved his hand slightly, and the little black dog that had been chasing him and biting suddenly fell to the ground and fell asleep motionless.
"Sun Yi, your spell is a bad thing!" Su Qing said with reverence in his eyes.
Sun Yi smiled indifferently: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, let's see how this so-called plague is solved!" β
"Old man, you can rest for a while, we have found the cause of your son's illness, and we need to seriously discuss the method of detoxification." Su Qing saw that the old man was already emaciated. Standing aside tremblingly, he couldn't bear to persuade in his heart.
The old man still thought. It is inconvenient for them to cast immortal spells in front of them to save people, and they respond in unison. I trotted to the front yard to guard, but because of the pause for several days, I fell asleep against the door frame as soon as I relaxed.
Sun Yi glanced at the young man who was tied to the bamboo collapse and asked, "What else is the reason for this so-called plague, is there a secret origin?" β
Su Qing nodded solemnly, and told him in detail what she had encountered in that small fishing village in Beihai, but she only didn't mention Luoyang, the same. almost captured Luoyang, and the guessed Beihai Yaksha was not mentioned.
Su Qing knew that Sun Yi was a fact-oriented person and had always disagreed with imaginary things.
"North Sea?! It seems that the monster clan is not small! It's only hundreds of thousands of miles away, and it's not easy to transport these dried fish to the southeast continent! After listening, Sun Yi couldn't help but sigh.
Su Qing shrugged and said, "Those who have wings, isn't it a pity to be idle?" β
Hearing this, Sun Yi couldn't help laughing: "Heh." What you said also makes sense, the demon beast clan has always been idle, so they have to find something for the cultivation realm. β
"yes, I don't know if they're full. It's not good to practice transformation, if you have the idea of fighting the world, you will attack Tianxuanzong if you have the ability! Time to extinguish it for him! Su Qing said with some righteous indignation.
After learning the truth of the plague. Her ill feelings towards demon beasts increased greatly, and at the same time. I was relieved that there was little certainty that the so-called plague was not contagious at the moment.
That's the case. There are fewer victims, and after she finds the antidote, she can save more people.
"Su Qing, you said, at that time, someone looked at a normal person at first, and then died inexplicably, are you really the same as an ordinary person at the beginning?" Sun Yi looked at him seriously and asked.
Su Qing nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, when I saw him at the beginning, he didn't have that bloody aura on his body!" And the speech and behavior are normal. β
Sun Yi then asked, "Did he say that he made any deal with the so-called immortals in the small temple?" β
Su Qing thought seriously for a moment and said: "He didn't elaborate on this, only said that he regretted the abnormality, he must have an agreement with that monster, and he only hated that he didn't ask clearly." β
"Then he told you that there is a solution for the villagers to become like that?" Sun Yi continued to ask.
Su Qing shook his head a little disappointed: "At that time, we were blindly thinking about the people behind the scenes, thinking that we could solve it by finding the person who collected the fishermen's souls, who knows, the other party is too powerful, and it would be good to be able to escape from death." β
Sun Yi pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Also, you must have thought about saving those who were drained from their souls at the beginning, and you didn't pay attention to those pickled blood fish at all. However, if that man survives in the village, he must have something special! β
Hearing him say this, Su Qing suddenly remembered that when she and Luoyang first met that person, he came out of a dead tree!
In other words, the dead wood itself can extinguish the breath of the bloodfish, otherwise, living in such a village, it is the breath of the suffocating bloodfish, and he will go crazy if he stays for two days.
By the way, that dead tree is Purple Mulberry!
Since the purple mulberry tree can protect him, can the purple mulberry relieve the violent breath of the blood fish?
Thinking of this, the medicinal properties of purple mulberry came to her mind: to remove heat and dampness, and to expel evil wind......
Hot, wet, evil wind! Isn't this the disease of the breath in the young man's body? Su Qing's eyes lit up: "Sun Yi, I remembered, at that time, when I met that person, he was hiding in a dead purple mulberry tree, so I was able to escape the catastrophe!" β
"You say, the breath of the blood fish, Zi Mulberry can be solved?" Sun Yi raised his eyebrows and asked.
Su Qing said excitedly: "Yes, the purple mulberry originally has the effect of removing dampness and heat and expelling evil winds, and moreover, the ancient medical scriptures have clouds, and the purple mulberry is originally a fairy tree, which is liked by Emperor Luan, and gives it the qi of the spirit." That clear spirit qi is just right to restrain the violent heat in the breath of the blood fish! β
"This method is wonderful, Su Qing, although the purple mulberry is an ancient relic, but it is not too difficult to find, I will go to find some purple mulberry - well, in your opinion, where is the best place to use medicine?" Sun Yi took two quick steps, then turned back and asked.
Su Qingwei thought for a moment and said: "The purple mulberry fruit is known as the half-immortal fruit, which is naturally the best, but at this time, it may not be. Well, why don't you try it with purple mulberry old skin? β
What distinguishes the purple mulberry from other trees is that he will molt once a year, but the old skin will not fall off immediately, but will be piled up at the trunk of the tree and will not fall off until the next year.
The purple mulberry recorded in the medicine book is used as old skin for medicine.
Sun Yi, who was convinced, immediately disappeared into the courtyard, and within half an hour, he took out a large pile of purple mulberry skin.
Su Qing took out the stove and casserole from the storage bag, washed the purple mulberry peel and put it in, and then added some Qingling grass, white stems, and wood bark, these auxiliary spirit grasses, and herbs together, and began to boil.
Half an hour later, Su Qing first poured out some of the medicinal juice in the casserole and poured it down for the little black dog himself. After that, Sun Yifang unraveled its sleeping hole.
I saw that the little black dog was still a little irritable at first, but slowly, as the medicinal properties took effect, it settled down little by little.
Seeing this, Su Qing got up and poured medicinal juice on the young man who was tied to the bamboo collapse.
When Liao Laohan woke up and ran to the backyard, he found that the blood in his son's eyes had receded, and his expression was much calmer, but his temper was still a little irritable.
"Chong'er, are you awake? Do you recognize your father? He pounced on his son and asked happily.
The young man opened his mouth and looked at him and called out hoarsely, "Daddyβ"
"Su Qing, now that Liao Shao is well, we might as well leave, after all, there are still many victims in other places!" Sun Yi saw that Su Qing was reluctant to ignore it, so she couldn't help but persuade her.
Su Qing looked at the young man who was still a little sluggish and said, "He is not completely well, and I don't know if this medicine is really symptomatic, so I plan to wait for him to fully recover before leaving!" β
"Thank you to the gods for saving my son's life! Ask the gods and stay longer, do good deeds to the end, and let Chong'er return to his previous appearance, the old man is grateful! The old man listened to Su Qing's words, and only immediately ran to her and knelt down and begged.
Seeing this, Sun Yi nodded and said, "What you said is not unreasonable, since you save people, you must save them well, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain?" β
In the next few days, Su Qing paid attention to Liao Shao's situation all the time, and adjusted the prescription accordingly, while Sun Yi was on the side to help.
Although they were busy day and night, Su Qing was extremely relieved to see the young man recover day by day, and more importantly, these were the results of her busy work with Sun Yi.
Five days later, when the sixteen-year-old boy had fully recovered, the two of them left Licheng together and headed for Gumuzhou, where the plague was rumored to be the worst.
The land of the Han country is full of water, Gumuzhou is a peninsula, surrounded by the Han River for 300 years, only one side is facing the mountain, and it is named because of a towering ancient tree in the middle.
Because it is located by the river, people mostly eat fish and shrimp. Therefore, Luoluo County has the most plague in Gumuzhou.
Probably due to the plague, there were almost no people on the streets, and the gates facing the street were basically smashed, and the large storefronts even had copper doors.
Some of them are so tattered, maybe even the people inside have been murdered, right? (To be continued.) )