Chapter 229: Listening to Politics (II)
After a few days of cultivation and adjustment, Yi **** finally set off again to return to Beijing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info and even Xizhe returned to Beijing with the army as a first-class soldier, intending to find out his sister who had been separated for many days.
"Brother Lian, you have made a great contribution this time, so you didn't ask the general what reward he wanted?" Private Zhang Ling, who was traveling with him, asked quietly in Lian Xizhe's ear.
Zhang Ling accompanied Lian Xizhe to transport grain and grass on the water to support the border pass in the battle to repel the Hu tribe, and the two were the most familiar in the military camp. Zhang Ling's family is not wealthy, he helped the family do farm work since he was a child, and he began to be a soldier at the age of sixteen, and he is a real honest person.
"Money doesn't matter to me, I just want to find my sister."
"Che, I really don't know how to take advantage of opportunities. If I were you, I would ask the general to reward a few girls, and I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet!" Although he knew that Zhang Ling was honest and upright, even Xizhe couldn't help but feel funny when he heard these remarks.
"It's getting dark, where are we going? Where are you going to sleep tonight? Lian Xizhe deliberately diverted the topic and asked.
"Walk about three miles ahead, and in front of you is Fuyao Village, where we will stay tonight."
When the sun goes down, the sunset dances like a handsome dancing girl in the misty clouds. The army finally arrived at Fuyao Village before dark, but the scene in front of them was beyond everyone's expectations.
At sunset, the depressed village seemed so lonely, and everyone in the village had a look of fear and despair on their faces, the ashes of burning things floating everywhere, and the smell of death in the air.
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"I haven't seen you for a few months, how can this Fuyao Village become so unrecognizable?" Looking at the depressed and barren scene, Vice General Yin's expression was full of surprise and distress.
"Xizhe, you and Zhang Ling went to find a villager to inquire about what happened." General Ning frowned and said.
"Yes!"
The more Lian Xizhe walked deeper into the village, the more the haze of despair became thicker. I saw a woman washing kitchen utensils and asked, "This sister-in-law, I'm bothering you." We are Yi ****, passing through here, I wanted to rest for a night in this Fuyao Village. But now that the village is so depressed and sparsely populated, I want to ask what happened. ”
"Yes, I came to Fuyao Village a few months ago, and it wasn't like this at the time, what happened? Where have all the people gone? Zhang Ling also asked.
The woman looked up, and Xi Zhe saw that the woman's face was covered with a sackcloth covering her mouth and nose.
Seeing that the two of them were dressed in military uniforms, the woman took off the linen cloth that covered her mouth and replied respectfully, "Go back to the military master." Yes, this Fuyao Village was indeed thriving before, with harmonious neighbors, and it can almost be said to be a paradise. But the military master didn't know that all this had changed a month ago. The woman's eyes were full of sorrow as she recalled the past.
"A month ago, the plague somehow began to spread in the village, and the epidemic spread so fast that most of the sick people eventually died. Now the whole village can escape, and those who can walk can go, leaving behind the old, weak, sick and disabled, and can only wait for death here. The woman's eyes were full of tears and she said, "My man breathed a few days ago, and only my son is by my side. It's not that I'm still cleaning and disinfecting the items I used at home. ”
"It's so pitiful." Zhang Ling said sympathetically, then turned to Lian Xizhe and whispered, "But since the epidemic in this village is so serious, it seems that we can't stay here longer." ”
The two immediately informed General Ning of the information they had received, and as soon as they heard that there was a serious plague epidemic in the village, the army instantly fell into a state of panic. Everyone is afraid of contracting some incurable disease, and when the time comes, they will not die on the battlefield, but die of the plague.
"Who are you?"
Everyone looked at the woman who suddenly spoke at this time. The woman is wearing a pure white smoke and soft gauze skirt, with an elegant jade face, black hair hanging down to her thin waist, and her temperament is fresh and refined, which makes people stunned. But in the end, the woman's quiet and cold expression was like a basin of cold water, which made people sober up instantly.
"Fellow military masters, but they were sent by the imperial court?" An old man standing next to the woman asked, his tone obviously much more polite and kind.
"This uncle, we are Yi ****, but we were ordered to return to Beijing. I wanted to spend the night here, but I saw Fuyao Village as a scene, not a reinforcement sent by the imperial court. ”
"I see, I'm the village chief of Fuyao Village, Hu Ai." The village chief was a kind old man in his fifties and sixties, and when he heard General Ning say that the army was not specially sent by the imperial court for disaster relief, his face was full of exhaustion and disappointment.
"A month ago, a plague broke out in Fuyao Village, and the villagers died and fled. We have long reported the epidemic here to the imperial court, but after waiting for more than ten days, there is still no response from the imperial court to support treatment. The village chief said helplessly.
"Humph! Come to think of it, how can the imperial court care about the life and death of us little people. These people seem to have extraordinary status, how can they be buried with poor people like us. The woman spoke quietly, her tone full of sarcasm and disdain.
"How do you talk!" Vice General Feng has always been conceited, and he didn't buy it when he heard this sarcasm.
"Master Jun, don't be surprised!" The village chief smiled and apologized: "Let me introduce you to the military masters, this is Dr. Lan Xinzhilan, and he is the benefactor of our Fuyao Village." Half a month ago, the epidemic in Fuyao Village was serious, almost purgatory on earth, and Dr. Lan happened to travel through our village, saw that we were pitiful, and volunteered to take the risk of staying to treat the villagers, which brought the epidemic under control a little. ”
"Oh? In this way, Miss Lan is really compassionate. General Ning was not angry at the girl's cold ridicule, and asked, "Judging from Dr. Lan's treatment in the past few days, can this disease be cured?" ”
"This disease is ferocious, and once the mortality rate is extremely high, even with medication, I am only half sure of survival. However, the disease is only transmitted through saliva and blood, as long as close contact with sick people is strictly prevented and disinfection is taken care of, it will not be a major problem. Lan Xinzhi explained carefully, but her tone was full of coldness and alienation.
"It's a pity that when I came, there were only the old, weak, sick and disabled left in the village, and the imperial court did not send people to support for a long time, and the manpower for treatment and disinfection was always insufficient, which delayed the treatment." Speaking of the indifference of the imperial court, Lan Xinzhi couldn't help but have a cold face.
"General! There is a reluctant invitation from the subordinates! Lian Xizhe's words were sonorous, "I ask the general to send someone to stay in Fuyao Village to treat the epidemic people!" ”
"What did you say!?" Everyone looked at Lian Xizhe in surprise, as if he was the weirdest demon in the world. (To be continued.) )