Chapter 49: The Plague
This is something I never dreamed of!
His son actually became an official, and he is a six-grade hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred
Although he was picked up last afternoon and slept in the seven-entry mansion for another night, Wang Laohan still had a feeling of unreality.
The fault is that every time he coughs, the lung tube he draws hurts, and he is afraid that he has already pinched the root of his thigh.
Knock knock knock~
was looking at Fang Liang in a daze, and suddenly there was a knock on the door outside, and then a crisp voice came in: "Uncle Wang, I brought you medicine." β
Wang Laohan hurriedly wrapped the quilt tightly, and then leaned his neck and responded: "Girl, you come in...... cough, cough...... Come on in. β
Zhao Hongyu gently knocked on the door sideways, holding the tray and walking inside, while explaining: "Originally, Brother Wang was going to come over together, but he was stopped by Jinyiwei's people on the way, saying that he had some news to tell him. β
She went into the house, put the medicine on the seat, and then moved two round stools, and placed them near the head of the bed.
Finally, he sat in front of him with a medicine bowl in his hand, stirred it with a spoon and said, "This medicine has to be drunk while it is hot, Uncle Wang, I will help you sit up first, right?" β
"No, no, no!"
Uncle Wang hurriedly waved his hand: "I'll ...... myself Ahem, I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself! β
As he spoke, he was about to get up, but then he was a little embarrassed, so he sneered: "Girl, you are busy with your go, don't worry about me." β
"But Brother Wang......"
"Yo~ Senior brother, where are you taking medicine?"
Zhao Hongyu was a little embarrassed and hesitant, and suddenly a middle-aged man broke into the door, but it was Li Wei, Wang Laohan's junior brother.
This Li Weisheng has a good skin, but unfortunately he is too decadent and sloppy, and no matter how good he is, he can't withstand bad abuse.
As soon as Wang Laohan saw that it was him, the kindness on his face turned into anger, and he opened his mouth and scolded: "There is also a face to say, you died early this morning...... Ahem, where did you die? You know how to be idle all day long! β
"Isn't this a look at the craftsmanship of the Ministry of Works?"
Li Wei smiled, leaned over and pointed to the medicinal soup in Zhao Hongyu's hand: "Girl, let me come." β
Zhao Hongyu took the opportunity to say goodbye and leave.
Li Wei watched her back disappear outside the door, scooped up a spoonful of medicinal soup, and said with a smile while blowing: "Senior brother, this girl is good." β
"What?!"
Wang Laohan sat up all of a sudden, his nose was not his nose, and his face was not his face and scolded: "These are all thirty-five or sixteen people, you are embarrassed...... Cough, cough, sorry to worry about other people's little girls?! β
"No, no!"
Seeing the old man's cough and trembling, Li Wei hurriedly held his shoulder, stuffed the pillow behind his back, and said in his mouth: "Senior brother, don't get me wrong, I mean that the boss is not too small, and I want to match him." β
Wang Laohan was discouraged, leaned back hard, and said unforgivingly: "Don't blame me for thinking too much, when you were in Nanxinzhuang, you didn't provoke other people's widows - and that year, I took you on a blind date for the first time, but your kid secretly touched someone's belly pocket and was almost ......"
"It's all been a year!"
Li Wei saw that he began to reveal his old background again, and he was busy with the topic and pulled it back: "Let's get down to business first, what do you think of this marriage, senior brother?" β
"Good is good."
Wang Laohan smashed his mouth, frowned, and said: "But she and Li Xiucai next door, Li Mubai, once had a family affair. β
"I've heard you say this, aren't they all yellow?" Li Wei said disapprovingly: "What are you afraid of, but you haven't been married." β
"What are you talking about!"
Wang Laohan was stunned when he heard this: "There is a talented talent in front of the people, I am afraid that he may not be able to look at our family." β
"Hey, senior brother, you're just thinking about it."
Li Wei put down the medicinal soup, pointed outside and said: "Our Shouye is a dignified Dongchang hundred-hundred β
As he spoke, he was about to go out.
"Come back!"
Wang Laohan was frightened and grabbed him, and scolded: "Shouye is busy right now, don't make trouble for him!" β
After a pause, he hesitated again: "Wait a few days, and in a few days, I will ask me clearly about the meaning of keeping the business, and it will not be too late to ask someone to protect the media." β
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Wang Shouye is indeed busy.
Yesterday, outside the gate of the mansion, he witnessed the 'internal strife' between the officials, so he half-coaxed and half-deceived Shen Baihu to send people to Shuntian Mansion to find out the inside information.
No, Shen Baihu came to the door early in the morning and informed him of the origin of this incident.
It is said that the original cause of the incident originated from a certain scribe surnamed Shen in Hejian Province.
I heard that this scribe was so greedy that he got the nickname 'Hun Shen is hand', and it turned out that a bunch of fingers really grew on his body.
In a panic, Shen Shuyi tried to cut off those fingers with a knife, but instead lost too much blood and died.
Later, somehow, the news spread to the capital; I don't know who gave the order to let the Hejian Mansion send the body over.
After the body was delivered to the capital a few days ago, it was temporarily stored in the morgue of Shuntianfu.
Because it was already late in the evening, the officials and people who escorted the corpse into Beijing stayed in Shuntianfu for the time beingβalthough there were no serious rooms, it was much more cost-effective than spending money to live outside.
Who would have thought that this night would have slept out of a monstrous disaster!
The next morning, when the people of Hejian Province were about to set off, they found a man huddled in a bunk, and he had already lost his breath for a long time.
Since this lawsuit was filed according to the human life, Shuntianfu naturally did not dare to slack off, and someone immediately called for an inquest on the body.
As a result, as soon as the deceased's clothes were uncovered, he found that his belly and back were also densely covered with fingers, and they were even longer than those on Shen Shu's body, with two and a half fingers.
A closer examination revealed that the man had died of organ failure.
Later, when I asked the people who traveled with him, they all said that he was still very healthy when he first started on the road, but he became inexplicably weak on the road.
On top of that, it seems that the deceased is not the only one in this situation.
At that time, a scribe from the Shuntian Mansion became suspicious and ordered all the officials and people from the Hejian Mansion to take off their clothes and be examined.
It turned out that among the dozen or so people, there were indeed three others with similar symptoms.
However, the fingers on their bodies were obviously shorter than those of the deceased, the long ones had two fingers, and the short ones had just protruded from the fingertips.
The news soon reached the ears of Shuntian Fuzhizhong, and he immediately made a decision and ordered all those who escorted the corpse into Beijing to be isolated and closed.
Then he burned the corpses of Shen Shuzhi and others, so as to prevent the plague of this evil sect from continuing to spread.
It's a pity it's still late.
In the days that followed, two more Hejian people had fingers on their bodies, and the three people who had been identified earlier also lost their lives one after another.
The cause of death of these people is that the finger grows to the third knuckle, and then induces organ failure and death.
That's not all, this morning, the person in charge of the autopsy also died in the morgue with a desperate face.
At this time, several officials of Shuntian Mansion couldn't sit still, and hurriedly ordered everyone to undergo a physical examination, to see if there were still people who could conceal it and not report it.
This check, sure enough, several more were found!
There are even people who are afraid of following in the footsteps of those people in the river and being isolated and locked up to death by Shuntianfu, so they flee in a hurry.
Hou San, who died on the street yesterday afternoon, was one of them.
However, after Wang Shouye heard the news, instead of feeling frightened, he became a little excited.
Not gloating.
As mentioned earlier, his test of the relics of the Buddha's light relics has remained at the basic level until now, especially in the imagination, the most important function of warding off evil spirits, and there is almost no progress at all.
This is because there are no 'volunteers' to conduct clinical trials, and the second is because there are no evil substances at hand that can stimulate the effect of warding off evil spirits.
And right now, this strange disease with long fingers on the belly has put together both!
Wang Shouye hated to immediately order Shen Baihu to get a few patients back, and while conducting the test, he also tried his best to save people.
But when I think about it, I haven't figured out the way of transmission of this disease yet, so if I really want to get people back rashly, then I will be sick......
Let's wait a few more days!