"Doctor Lu, just now this official has sent people to Linxian to seek support, but only Juxian is willing to send people to send medicinal materials over, and the other counties, even our people will not be put into the city."

Gong Xiru's face sank: "How can this be?" It had only been half an hour since the news of the plague spread, how could they have gotten the news so quickly? ”

"The official also wonders, what may be the way, they don't send medicinal materials here."

Bai Lang reassured: "This matter can not be in a hurry first, this county plus the medicinal materials provided by Ju County, it should be able to last for a few days, and the most important thing now is to find out where the source of the disease is, and how to cure it." ”

Lu Xiaotian wrinkled his eyebrows and pondered, the old man was dead, and he couldn't ask him what he had eaten and touched, so it seemed that he had to investigate the scene.

"Where did that old man live?" He asked.

Hu was too busy to let people check, and after a while, he brought a child over, claiming to be the uncle's neighbor.

Lu Xiaotian asked the child to lead the way to the old uncle's house, while Gong Xiru and the three stayed behind to deal with other matters.

All day long, Shi Nan, whether it was the common people, or Gong Xiru and others, was exhausted.

After dark, Lu Xiaotian dragged his tired body back to the yamen, and locked himself in when he entered the door.

If it was Ling Yi and the others, they would know that he was the most frustrated at this time, but Gong Xiru didn't understand this, he knocked on the door to ask about the situation, but he didn't see Lu Xiaotian answering the door, and finally went directly through the window.

Lu Xiaotian lay on his back on the bed, "I finally know why the eldest lady doesn't like me so much when I go through the window, it turns out that someone has been turned in." That's how it feels. ”

Gong Xiru was immediately alert, "Have you been to Miss Ling's room?" ”

Lu Xiaotian said disapprerovantly: "Go every day." ”

Gong Xiru's face sank slightly, and asked, "What did you find in the old uncle's house?" ”

"Nothing was found." Lu Xiaotian sat up impatiently. "I'm tired for a day, and the eldest young master will let us rest and rest, okay?"

Gong Xi Ru thought about it for a while, and knew that there would be no result if she asked further, so she said, "Then you have a good rest." ”

Lu Xiaotian lay down again, sniffed, and frowned, "What the hell is it?" Why do you always smell a stench? ”

He simply sat up, his nose shrugging, following the taste. When I came to the cabinet, I suddenly said, "Oh, it's something from the eldest lady." ”

Gong Xiru walked out with one foot. Take it back again. Unconsciously came to his side, "Miss Ling also asked you to bring something else?" ”

Lu Xiaotian said while taking off the burden: "The eldest lady didn't say what it was, only said that we would each have a share, but just from the smell of this smell, why don't you give you my share?" ”

Gong Xiru glanced at him, stretched out his hand to open the baggage, and suddenly a strong smell came to his nose.

He hurriedly covered his nose, "You can't see what this thing is?" ”

Lu Xiaotian looked at the black mess. I really didn't figure out what it was for a while, but after he took a closer look. But he was suddenly shocked: "This - this is a medicine - is a medicine that I have never seen before." ”

His eyes rolled, remembering Ling Yi's words before leaving, his heart shook fiercely, and he grabbed his burden and ran out.

When he came to the quarantine area, there were still a few guards standing outside, and they saluted and greeted him when they saw him.

"I'm going to go in and see the four." Lu Xiaotian is about to go inside.

The guards opened the door, and immediately there was a rancid smell from inside, and one of them couldn't help but spit it out.

As soon as he vomited, several people next to him immediately retreated in horror.

Lu Xiaotian checked the pulse of the vomiting official and comforted: "It's nothing, it's just a weak stomach." ”

He walked in and carefully examined the condition of the four of them, his face pained, but fortunately he still had a breath.

After giving the medicine in the bag to the four people, Lu Xiaotian withdrew again and instructed the guards: "Watch carefully, if there is any movement, you must let people notify me." ”

Gong Xiru had just arrived, how smart he was, and guessed: "That medicine works?" ”

"We'll have to watch another night, if they're all fine tomorrow morning, then this is the cure." Lu Xiaotian looked at the burden in his hand like looking at gold, twisted a piece, pinched his nose and fed it into his mouth, and then handed it to Gong Xiru.

Gong Xiru was not as cowardly as him, and his face remained unchanged, and he asked, "If it weren't for the antidote-"

"It wouldn't be poison either." Lu Xiaotian smiled, "This is something given by the eldest lady." ”

After going back, he gave Zhu Mo and Bai Lang a piece of food, and both of them were like him, with bitter faces.

"What the hell is this, why does it stink so much?" Zhu Mo couldn't stand it the most and vomited a few times.

Bai Lang said: "Could it be that this is the medicine for the plague?" ”

Lu Xiaotian smiled and appreciated: "It's still that you're smart, not like someone, you have no brains." ”

Zhu Mo jumped to his feet angrily: "You have no brains, you are just jealous that I look better than you." ”

No matter how the three of them made trouble, what he was most concerned about and curious about now was how Ling Yi, who was far away in the capital, could know about the coming of this plague in advance and also know the prescription.

"Don't leak the prescription yet, I always feel that Heather still has our old acquaintances." He said in a deep voice.

Zhu Mo immediately stopped arguing with Lu Xiaotian, and said, "Do you suspect that this plague is man-made?" ”

"It's just a suspicion, before the plague broke out, Linxian got the news, I always feel that it is not simple."

Bai Lang also nodded and said: "Yes, I can't say anything about the prescription, if the four messengers are all okay tomorrow, I think they will be secretly placed for the time being, since someone wants to make a big fuss, why don't we cooperate." ”

Zhu Mo's eyes also flashed with golden light, obviously thinking that this matter was extremely interesting.

Lu Xiaotian looked at the three of them in astonishment, "You three hairy boys, do you dare to come nonsense?" ”

Zhu Mo immediately laughed at him: "What don't you dare, we young people just don't think about it, unlike some old people, who look ahead and think about it, and it's troublesome to death." ”

"You-" Lu Xiaotian sighed, and said in a calm tone: "Yes, I don't have the same knowledge as a little ghost like you, the world of adults, little ghosts will never understand." ”

Zhu Mo glared at him, Bai Lang was afraid that the two would quarrel again, so he hurriedly grabbed Zhu Mo and asked him to say a few words.

The night was dark and terrible, and suddenly there were a few cat meows, then a few birdsongs, and then all was quiet.

In the darkness, a low, hoarse voice was heard.

"My lord, the epidemic virus has spread, and several counties in the border know about it, I believe that soon the matter of the plague will spread out, once the epidemic poison is hit, it will definitely die within a day, as long as the heather dies in a large area, then the court will be afraid, and the heather will be isolated, and they can only wait for death inside."

Another voice approvingly: "You have done a good job in this matter, I will go back to report to the master, this time you have merit, and your benefits are indispensable." ”

The gloomy voice said happily: "Thank you, my lord, the little one will definitely live up to the expectations of the adults and the master." ”

When the guards in the quarantine area changed guards, they found that there was one person missing, and the leader asked, "Where did the other person go?" ”

The remaining guards looked at each other, and one of them said, "Wei Tao is not here." ”

A frightened voice came from afar: "Adult, the little one is here." ”

The leader sneered: "You kid, don't you run around in fright again." ”

Wei Tao shook his head and admitted his mistake: "The little one knew that he was wrong, and the little one was just scared and confused at that time." ”

"Alright, hurry up and rest, and come back tomorrow morning for a shift."

Wei Tao nodded again and again and said yes, respectfully retreated, but the corners of his mouth were glowing with cold light.

The next day, Lu Xiaotian quietly went to the quarantine area, and sure enough, the four of them were all conscious, and their complexions were much better, as long as they had a good rest for a while, they could return to normal.

In order not to divulge the secret, he asked the four of them to continue to pretend to be sick, and said to the outside world that it was the medicinal soup provided every day that worked, which made the frightened people get a lot of comfort, and a large number of people went to line up to get the medicine every day, and some people even thought that they would be fine if they drank more, so they lined up to receive bowl after bowl, and drank the medicine as water.

Inside the yamen, Hu Tai stomped his feet anxiously: "What can I do, the common people now regard ordinary medicinal soup as a panacea, the plague is getting more and more serious, the medicinal materials transported from Juxian County have been used up, what will be taken out tomorrow." ”

Gong Xiru asked, "Doctor Lu hasn't come back yet?" ”

Zhu Mo paid the most attention to him, and immediately shook his head: "I haven't come back since I went out in the morning, saying that I went up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs." ”

Bai Lang took out a manual and handed it to Gong Xiru: "This is the suspicious person I found out, and I plan to interrogate them next to each other." ”

Mrs. Hu leaned over and asked, "What manual?" What suspicious person? ”

The three of them looked at him and were silent for a moment.

Hu Tai hurriedly said: "What must the three little brothers not hide from their own officials, I am the parent official here, if you don't believe me, who else can you trust?" ”

Gong Xiru thought for a while and said lightly: "We suspect that this plague is not a natural disaster at all, but a man-made cause, and everyone is not sick, but poisoned." ”

Mrs. Hu closed her mouth in surprise: "How is this possible, who would do such a hurtful thing?" ”

Gong Xiru sneered: "Are there fewer bad people in this world?" ”

Mrs. Hu sighed helplessly, "Then what now?" Since it is poison, there must be an antidote. ”

Lu Xiaotian happened to walk in, and the expression on his face seemed to be happy.

"The antidote is there, but there is a very serious problem."

Gong Xiru immediately stepped forward and said, "Found the medicinal materials?" ”

Lu Xiaotian smiled bitterly: "Although I know what medicinal materials are needed in the prescription given by the eldest lady, but there are medicinal materials, but it is extremely difficult to find."

I ran all over the back mountain in the morning, and I only found such a small plant, which is enough for ten people at most. ”

Mrs. Hu didn't know what medicinal herbs were, so she hurriedly said: "It must be difficult for you to find it alone, and the official will immediately release the news and go out——"

"No—" The four of them said in unison.

Mrs. Hu looked at the four of them in astonishment, and asked again, "What else do you have to hide from your own officials?" ”

Gong Xiru paused and said lightly: "If someone wants to kill us, then we will obediently cooperate, but it is unknown who will die in the end." (To be continued......)