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Tao'er said in a low voice: "Ah Lan is right, we really can't all stay here, it will only add to Ah Lan's burden." ”

"So...... It also makes sense......" Ye Yi lowered his head in some frustration.

Tianlan smiled: "You don't want this expression. It's just a plague, and I'm not going to die. He pointed to his head, "You know, I've dealt with countless plagues. ”

Unexpectedly, Nangong Kui actually stood up at this time and objected with righteousness: "No! I can't let you stay here alone!"

"Akui?" "Nangong Kid?" Tao'er and Ye Yi were both surprised, Nangong Kui actually dared to speak out so resolutely, is this going to change the sky?

Nangong Kui continued: "This village is indeed very unsafe, we can't all stay here, but we can't leave you alone, if something happens, in such a village full of strangers, you don't even have a person to take care of." And no matter what you're going to do, there's always going to be someone to help you with the chores and stuff......"

Ye Yi's mouth was already open enough to put down a 'chicken' egg, and it took a long time to close it, and he gave Nangong Kui a thumbs up, and said, "Okay, Nangong boy, there is you." I look the other way at you. ”

Peach smiled and praised: "Akui has made great progress under my teaching! ”

Nangong Kui couldn't stand the praise, and instantly blushed with shame, and said weakly: "That...... I'm the best at doing chores, let me stay with Brother Tianlan......" There was another sentence he didn't say, he didn't want to leave his partner and run away in the face of danger like the time in the Bathing Spirit Forest. At that time, in the face of the terrifying mimosa, he forgot about Tianlan's safety and only cared about his own escape, and these days, that scene often appeared in his dreams. And today, it is his first attempt to overcome his cowardly self.

Ye Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Not bad, it's rare that Nangong Kid said a 'human word' once, and we will follow your wishes." ”

The corners of Nangong Kui's mouth twitched, and he thought: Didn't what I said before be human?

Tao'er clapped her hands happily and said, "Then Ah Lan will 'hand' it over to you." If something happens, we'll look for you!"

Tianlan felt helpless and said, "Alas, you guys ......"

Ye Yi guessed what he was going to say as soon as he heard it, and waved his hand to interrupt: "Hehe, the decision is on our side." Right, Peach Girl?...... Look at it, even the peach girl who doesn't know the general situation has nodded, so you just wait quietly for our decision. ”

Tao'er stepped on Ye Yi fiercely, and said with a smile on her face: "You, say, who, no, knowledge, big, body?"

"Oh! I was wrong, I was wrong, am I still not good?" Ye Yi screamed in pain, hugged his feet and hurriedly begged for mercy, secretly scolding himself for being too straightforward and fast-talking, and accidentally said what was in his heart.

Tianlan couldn't help but laugh, the two of them were really a pair of living treasures. In the face of this brief separation, he still said solemnly: "You two, be careful in your actions. ”

Ye Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, we are not three-year-old children." It's you, don't be strong, don't be strong. If you really can't do it, leave early, and don't pay yourself for it. ”

“...... I've got my own measure. ”

After sending Ye Yi and Tao'er away, Tianlan was busy in the next few days, he had to learn about the daily life of the locals, including the frequent residences, the condition of the fields, the abnormalities of the livestock, the customs and habits, as well as recent changes or outsiders. It is not easy to fully understand these things in three or five days, and he has to visit them one by one, and he has to personally visit each place to find out the anomalies in them.

In three days, he traveled to almost all the places frequented by the villagers, and he almost never went to the residence arranged for him by Wang Kai. Poor Nangong Kui had already done his best just to keep up with him, let alone help, but his performance of not shouting tired or complaining made Tianlan feel very different about him.

The plague spread so fast that in just three days, more than half of the people in the village fell ill with that strange disease. At first, Tianlan could still 'time' give them injections, but later on, the number of patients was too large, and he had to go around to find out the cause, so he didn't have time to stay in the village as a full-time doctor, so there was no way.

According to his speculation, almost everyone in the village has been infected by now, but some people get sick early, some people get sick later, but without exception, they will die from this strange disease. The trick of burning the sick that Wang Kai said before was not applicable at all, and their hopes now are placed on the approachable and elusive "god-sama". In fact, Wang Kai, the village chief, was just an agent, and the real village chief had died of a strange disease as early as the day before Tianlan and the others arrived, so it was not surprising that the entire village was panicked.

In the early morning of the fourth day, Tianlan and Nangong Kui came to a small river. This river is one of the three major sources of drinking water in Changsheng Village, and it can be said that the village mainly depends on this river for its survival. Tianlan knows that drinking water is the most problematic link, so he is extra careful when checking the water source. He had seen the other two water sources, and there was no problem, this was the last one.

He walked to the river, looked down at the water, the river water is extremely clear, like a mirror, the 'wave' light 'waves' ripple can look directly at the pebbles at the bottom of the river, people can't help but want to drink lightly.

Nangong Kui walked up to him, also looked into the water, and said with a smile: "Such clear water, it's really rare! I don't think there will be a problem here, let's go to the next place, right?"

"No," Tianlan said, "this is the problem. ”

"Hey, how can this be?"

Tianlan smiled: "The water is clear and there are no fish." He crouched down and put his palms in the water. The river was cold, and on this day before autumn, the water was surprisingly cold.

"Sure enough. He stood up with a blank face and turned to walk upstream.

Seeing that he had made a discovery, Nangong Kui took the initiative to follow, and before he could ask, Tianlan explained: "I sensed a bad breath in the river water, I can't tell what it is, but it is the same as the breath in the body of the patient in Changsheng Village. This water has been polluted, of course, it may be that the villagers have polluted the water, but it is also possible that this water has directly caused the strange disease in Changsheng Village, and this strange disease can spread rapidly among humans before it can cause a plague. If it's the latter, I'm sure there's something foreign somewhere in the river, or something going upstream. In short, we have to find the answer from this river. ”

Nangong Kui sighed, as if he understood or not. Anyway, he doesn't need to use his brains, just follow Tianlan.

But I didn't expect to walk for three hours, until after noon, the heat was scorching, Nangong Kui wiped his sweat profusely, and said, "Brother Tianlan, it's too hot now, wait a while before leaving?"

Tianlan saw beads of sweat on his forehead, frowned, sighed softly, and said, "No need, we're here." ”

"What?!This is?!" Nangong Kui took a few steps forward and looked ahead. But the sight made his eyes straighten instantly, his stomach churned, and his face was extremely ugly, and he almost vomited.

There are several corpses scattered in the river and on the side, these corpses must have been dead for more than a month, and near the river, the corpses have completely decayed, and the stench of the sky is coming from afar, and there are countless ants and insects all over the rotting 'meat', which is extremely disgusting.

Nangong Kui had also been trained as a mercenary since he was a child, so he forcibly looked away and said, "This is too cruel, they have been dead for so long, and no one has helped them collect the corpses, allowing the corpses to rot." ”

Tianlan sighed: "It's not that I don't help, but there is no one around here." ”

"How could there be no one? They must be from a nearby village!"

Tianlan glanced at him and said, "You come with me." ”

Nangong Kui glanced at the tragically dead corpses again, and then he couldn't bear to turn his head and follow Tianlan. In less than half an hour, they came to another village, a village larger than Changsheng Village.

However, this is a dead village, and corpses, decomposing corpses, can be seen from far away. However, because it is some distance from the river, the rot is slightly better, but it is also unrecognizable.

"This ......" Nangong Kui was a little unbearable, and a little resentful, and said, "Who did it, and what kind of hatred should you do this?"

Tianlan always looked indifferent, and this level was not cruel to him at all. He said softly, "Don't come here, stand farther away." Nangong Kui was very obedient, and sure enough, he took a few steps back and stood aside.

Tianlan casually broke a branch from the tree and walked unhurriedly towards the corpse. Walked over to the nearest corpse, gently undressed him with a twig, and examined it until he got the information he wanted.

He retreated to Nangong Kui's side not far away, looked at the countless corpses, sighed heavily, gathered his aura, released a huge whirlwind that razed the entire village to the ground, and rolled up countless dirt to cover it, and completed the "burial" work in a short time. Of course, this job is not easy, and suddenly mobilizing so much aura makes him tired.

He took Nangong Kui back to the river and explained: "You should understand when you see such a scene, the source of the plague in Changsheng Village is precisely because of this massacre, especially those who died by the river, it was those corpses that polluted the water source and caused diseases. That's why I just didn't let you go near those corpses, and if you get too close, you'll get that disease. ”

"Then why is this happening...... What about the massacre? Is there an enemy?"

"No, I don't think so. Tianlan paused, it seemed difficult to put words, and he seemed to be thinking about speculation, and after a long time, he said: "I think the murderer is probably ...... The fierce sword ......"

"Fierce sword, do you mean the difficult ghost sword that you and Brother Ye Yi encountered last time?" Nangong Kui trembled, and when he thought of that terrifying undriven ghost sword, he felt a cool breath rush from the center of his feet to the top of his head.

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