A few more days passed.

Wang Laohan's condition is getting better day by day, but the top and bottom of the capital have become noisy.

The manhunt on the seventh day of the eighth month failed to recover all the infected officials, so in the next two days, three bodies were found in various parts of the city.

What followed was the rapid spread of the epidemic.

In just six or seven days, there were more than 200 people in the city, who lost their lives due to this strange disease with long fingers, including more than 30 monks and Taoist priests.

It is said that most of these monks were accidentally sick when they were helping the deceased to survive.

And considering the problem of the incubation period, the number of people infected with this strange disease in the city should be several times, or even ten times more than the number of deaths!

For a while, people were panicked and all industries were depressed.

After the official announcement of the epidemic on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the number of pedestrians on the streets began to drop sharply, and even many shops closed their doors one after another.

Even if you have to go out as a last resort, people are at least far away from each other, and if anyone dares to suddenly approach someone on the road, the other party will either look at each other angrily, or simply run away.

Even if he bumped into an acquaintance, he only said hello from a distance, and he didn't dare to talk face-to-face as before.

But this is not a long-term solution.

Especially for those who buy and sell, how can they attract business if they deal with different people?

It was so unfortunate that some of the shopkeepers had to go out on the street to prove to their customers that they were not suffering from that strange disease.

Later, there were clever ones, who used light silk and other things, tightly wrapped around the waist and abdomen, outlining the smooth outline of the waist - because legend has it that those fingers would rather be bent than bent.

This kind of belly-wrapping clothing quickly swept the streets and alleys of the capital, and later even some restaurants put up signs, making it clear that those with loose clothes are not allowed to enter.

Later, some women in the market thought it was too monotonous and stereotyped, and invented fancy wrapping methods such as color phoenix wrapping, mandarin duck wrapping, and green silk wrapping, and then embellished with tassels, colored satin, wishful knots and other things.

It can be said that it is full of flowers and beautiful - of course, there is also a need to press F to enter.

On August 14, even Zhao Hongyu was inevitably affected, wrapping her waist and abdomen with a piece of red silk, outlining the gourd figure with a convex and upturned upturn.

That's a ......

Who would have thought that the openness of the Ming Dynasty would be the result of a strange plague?

Wang Shouye scanned his eyes and secretly wondered if it was time for him to officially launch the 'clinical trial' of the Buddha's light relics.

After the outbreak of the plague, Suncheonfu, who was regarded as the initiator of the time, suddenly became the finger of thousands of people, and the pressure from top to bottom forced them to put aside all bureaucratic ills and do their best to deal with the plague.

Although to this day, there is still no cure for this strange disease, but Shuntianfu has at least summarized the main symptoms and transmission routes of this strange disease.

According to the investigation, what grows from the patient's body is not only the fingers, but at least the whole human hand - this strange disease is therefore tentatively named 'hooking ghost hand'.

From the day the patient is infected, fingers will grow on the chest and back at a rate of one knuckle per day, and on the seventh day, the palms connecting the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and tail finger will also surface on the body surface.

However, because of the 'ghost hand', the speed of absorbing nutrients from the patient's body will also increase with time, and most people will die of organ failure before they can survive the seventh day.

[When he first got the news, Wang Shouye was very curious, if someone could hold on all the time, would a few living people split out of his body in the end. 】

And then there's the way of transmission.

According to the investigation of Suncheonfu, the disease was mainly transmitted through bodily fluids before death - it was initially determined to be blood, but later it was found that saliva, urine, feces and other substances also had the effect of contagion.

During this period, the intensity of the pathogen will gradually increase over time.

After the patient dies, the corpse will gradually emit a sick atmosphere, and even if there is no contact, it can spread the disease.

Therefore, as soon as it was discovered recently, the government immediately forced cremation, and then quarantined the family members for observation - it is said that some people have proposed that even the family members who may be infected with the disease should also be burned to death.

…………

However, after confirming that the patients who were still alive would only transmit pathogens through bodily fluids, Wang Shouye was ready to try to use the Buddha's light relics to suppress this plague of evil sects.

Of course, he was actually not sure that the ability of the Buddha's light relics to drive away evil spirits must have an effect on the 'soul hooking ghost hand'.

But what if it's possible?

That's a big job!

Besides, at present, many monks, Taoists, and witch doctors in the capital are all helpless about this matter, even if his plan fails, it is just a matter of ignoring everyone.

After making up his mind, Wang Shouye Huo Ran got up and ordered: "Uncle Zhao, you go to Dongchang for me, and invite Master Zhou Huaien, the head of the sub-character, to say that I have something important to discuss." ”

When Zhao Kui heard that he was looking for Dongchang, his spirits were lifted, and after giving up his orders, he hurriedly left.

But when he was in and out of the door, he almost collided with Shen Baihu.

Zhao Kui hurriedly dodged to the side.

Shen Baihu didn't look at him, walked into the courtyard quickly, and said in a loud voice: "Wang Baihu, there is new news over there in Shuntian Mansion, saying that there is a candidate from Handan County, Guangping Mansion, who died of illness in the examination room. ”

"Did you get the 'Soul Hooker' and die?"

Wang Shouye Huo Ran got up and said in surprise: "Could it be that before entering the examination room, the people from Shuntian Mansion have not carefully checked it?" ”

"The inspection is the inspection."

Shen Baihu spread his hands and said: "That Xiu is a sick seedling, he died after only one and a half fingers, calculate the time, he should be sick on the day he entered the field on the tenth day of the first month, and a fingernail tip just popped out at that time, maybe he didn't find anything wrong with the abdomen, so he put it in." ”

"When did you die?"

"It should have been last night, but it wasn't until the morning when I collected the papers that I found out that he was dead - the officers and soldiers who were scared at that time almost didn't burn down the examination booth together."

In this way, it is very likely that the test takers in his vicinity have been infected.

Although some are not kind.

But Wang Shouye still couldn't help but get excited.

Although it is not uncommon for Xiucai who rushed to take the exam to die of illness in the examination room, it is another matter if it really develops to the extent that the plague is rampant in the examination room.

Not to mention the face problem of the imperial court, just one 'bad omen', I am afraid that it will make the elders on the stage break their muscles and bones.

And if the elders are uncomfortable, can they please the following?

I'm afraid that Shuntianfu, this year's chief examiner, and fellow examiners are already anxious at this time.

At this time of crisis, if he can find a way to break the situation, it will naturally be more meritorious!

[No state, no more.] 】