Now that he knew which ones were infected, Chi Fei immediately glanced at Sun Zhukuai. Read the 5v book, .●.●o

Sun Zhu quickly understood, and immediately asked Ma Fu to help lead the way.

As soon as Ma Fu heard that he was going to follow, his legs suddenly became weak, and he almost knelt down to beg him for mercy.

Sun Zhukuai, who was the most experienced in dealing with these ruffian hooligans, immediately said with a straight face: "If you don't want to be put in prison, just be obedient to me." It's just asking you to lead the way, not telling you to die, panic or anything. ”

Ma Fu saw that Sun Zhu was coming quickly, so he had to agree with a sad face.

Under the guidance of Ma Fu, the group first came to the first house.

According to Ma Fu, the family's surname is Xu, and the couple make a living by collecting night incense from each family and then reselling it to surrounding farmers.

Because they are doing pickling work, they have a general smell of feces and urine at home and on their bodies for a long time, so the neighbors don't want to get too close to them.

The first to contract the sores was their eight-year-old only son.

Because they were afraid that their son would be sent away after being known, the couple did not dare to tell anyone, so they could only use folk remedies to help their son treat sores.

However, not only did it not have the slightest effect, but even they were infected with scattered sores, and finally found out by the neighbors who noticed something unusual.

When Chi Fei and the others approached the dilapidated house of the Xu family, they really smelled a burst of night incense.

When Sun Zhu stepped forward to call the door, no one inside answered.

In desperation, Chi Fei had no choice but to tell Sun Yu to kick the door open and walk in.

As soon as they entered, everyone immediately smelled a very unpleasant smell. There is not only the smell of night incense, but also the smell of vomit.

Chi Fei looked up and saw an unconscious mother and son hiding in the house, and the child was lying in his mother's arms.

In addition to the mother and son, there was a man in his early thirties sitting beside them weakly, looking at the men who had forced their way in with a look of fear and vigilance. ⊙√ Eight ⊙√ Eight ⊙√ Reading ⊙√ Books, .2 ● ≥

The man already had a large rash on his face, and sure enough, he had a loose sore.

Chi Fei didn't dare to get too close to them, so he stood a few meters away from them and said loudly, "You're Xu Erzhu, right?" Don't be afraid, we are from the government, and we are here to help you heal. ”

Sun Zhukuai also helped: "That's right, we are people from the yamen, and we are here to save you." ”

"You're really here to help us heal?" Xu Erzhu exclaimed in surprise and joy.

Chi Fei replied: "Yes, we are here to understand the situation. Today or tomorrow, a doctor will come to help you with your illness and give you free porridge. ”

"Great, great, someone finally came to save us, we don't have to wait to die." Xu Erzhu was so excited that his eyes were full of blood.

"I ask you, was your son the first to get sick?"

"Yes, my lord, you must save my son first, and we will have this one child."

"Don't worry, the doctor will do his best to save you. Let me ask you again, do you know how your son got sick? Did he eat anything from unknown sources? ”

Xu Erzhu said with a blank face: "My son has always played near his home and has never eaten anything unclean. Because we had taught him not to eat indiscriminately, he was always obedient.

It was the morning before yesterday that we suddenly noticed that he had a lot of red rashes on his face and was still having a fever, and then we knew that he was sick. ”

"Think about it clearly, was there anything different about your son before he got sick?"

Xu Erzhu thought about it for a long time, but still said that he didn't find anything unusual about his son.

"Alright, I got it. If you think of anything, tell the doctor who came to help you, whatever it takes. ”

"Yes, sir."

Chi Fei didn't want to waste time, so he immediately went to visit several other households.

However, to his great disappointment, all the patients said that they had no signs before they fell ill, and that they had never eaten anything unclean, and in short, they began to have a fever and a rash for no apparent reason.

The investigation suddenly fell into a dead end, leaving him at a loss.

After coming out of these infected patients' homes, Chi Fei was still thinking about it, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became.

The virus could not have floated in from the outside, there must have been a carrier, otherwise it would not have been possible to cross such a long distance to come here.

Assuming that the sores are really smallpox, then the possibility of transmission by rats, mosquitoes and other pests can be basically ruled out.

And all the areas where the plague broke out have long been cordoned off by officers and soldiers to prevent anyone from entering or leaving, so the possibility of transmission by sick people has basically been ruled out.

If it is not transmitted by living organisms, then where did the virus come from?

Ji Fei thought about this question as he walked, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he finally knew what details he had missed.

Clothes, clothes on them!

Chi Fei only remembered now that some of the members of them were wearing at least eighty percent of the new clothes, and some were even brand new.

For these six poor families with low incomes, this is simply unreasonable.

Chi Fei immediately took everyone back the same way and went to visit the homes of those who were sick again.

They didn't know why he went back suddenly, so they had to follow him with doubts.

Chi Fei was the first to visit the Xu family, and after he entered, he immediately asked Xu Erzhu: "Are the clothes your son wearing newly bought?" ”

Xu Erzhu quickly nodded and said, "Yes, my lord." This was bought by my mother-in-law from a vendor for her son, and she said that the new clothes were very cheap and the materials were good, and she was happy for most of the day. ”

"Is that vendor local?"

"I don't know, my mother-in-law bought this dress, I haven't seen what the vendor looks like. It's a pity that my mother-in-law hasn't woken up yet, otherwise I would have asked her for clarification. ”

"Alright, I got it." Chi Fei clenched his fists with some excitement, and then immediately led everyone to the next house.

As he expected, the other two had all recently bought new clothes, and according to their descriptions, it was the same vendor who sold them clothes.

As for whether the vendor was a local or not, they didn't know, it was the first time they had seen the vendor.

By this time, Chi Fei had been able to determine that most of the virus had been transmitted through the clothes sold by the vendor.

It's obviously a new clothes, but it's sold so cheaply, and there is definitely something wrong with the vendor.

At this time, not only Chi Fei, but others probably guessed that the problem might be with that vendor. Because all the sick families had bought the vendor's clothes, it was obvious that there was something strange about it.

"Mr. Su, what should we do now?" Sun Zhukuai asked.

"I suspect that the vendor may still be in the city, because so far only about two dozen people have been infected with scattered sores.

If the peddler really wanted more people to get sick, he wouldn't have left this place easily.

The most important thing now is to catch the peddler before anyone notices that he is being checked. Otherwise, if you want to arrest him again afterwards, you can only rely on the whole city to search for him, and you may not be able to catch people.

Let's go and ask the others if they know the whereabouts of the vendor. ”

As luck would have it, when asked about the sixth infected household, the man finally said weakly that he knew where the peddler lived.

It turned out that the man saw that the new clothes sold at the vendor were so much cheaper than those on the market, so he was moved to see where he had bought the goods, and he was going to buy a batch of goods to sell in the future.

So he quietly followed the hawker to see where he was going, taking advantage of the vendor's closure.

As a result, he did not see the place where the vendor took the goods, only that he entered a dilapidated house and never came out.

According to this clue, Chi Fei and his party immediately rushed to the place mentioned by the male head of household. 11. Baidu: The latest chapter of "Online Writers, Ancient Survival Records, Jiezhong Literature" is free for the first time.