After gnawing on dry food for two days in a row, sleeping in the open air, Li Shan seemed to have returned to the time when he first came to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shan, who has been accustomed to living a life of brocade clothes and jade food for half a year, is still a little uncomfortable.

"Our people came to report that the front has entered the boundary of Kuizhou, but there seems to be some problems in the village in front, and it seems that the people in the village have disappeared. The brothers suggested a detour. Zhang Hong came to report, Li Shan's face turned cold, and said, "Is it the plague?" We can't see death without help, Zhang Hong, you remember, we are businessmen now, but our Heaven and Earth Association is by no means a mercenary and greedy person who is afraid of death, understand? ”。

Zhang Hongyan had a look of shame on his face when he heard this, and directly slapped himself and said: "What the big brother taught is that Zhang Hong knows that he is wrong. I'm going to gather my brothers and go into the village to have a look. Li Shan stopped him and said, "Forget it, this matter is not trivial, and my own brothers should be careful." Let's join the front team directly. ”

"Didn't that let Shen Teng know about our manpower, I'm afraid this ......"

Li Shan was quite decisive and interrupted Zhang Hongdao: "Without further ado, human life is at stake." Let's talk about the rest later, and call the brothers to go full speed ahead. ”

After walking a stick of incense, a village house appeared in front, and more than a dozen subordinates were already waiting in front of the village. Shen Teng looked at Li Shan and smiled subtly and said, "It turns out that the little brother still has hidden strength, brother, I really lost my eyes." Li Shan smiled and arched his hand: "You always have to be on guard when you go out, don't you, please forgive Brother Shen if you have something to hide." I see that there seems to be some kind of plague in this village, I want to help, I don't know what Brother Shen thinks? ”

Shen Teng said: "The little brother's chivalrous courage is admired by the eldest brother, but I still have something to do, I can't delay, I ordered someone to leave some necessities and talk about my heart." I wish the little brother a safe journey, I will say goodbye first. Ordinary people don't mix this kind of thing, Shen Teng's decision was also expected by Li Shan, and Li Shan raised his hand to thank him.

Li Shan watched Shen Teng and his party go around the village and move forward directly, and instructed Zhang Hongdao: "You send someone to follow them, you can't let them run." Let the brothers be smart, he must be on guard now. Don't reveal your identity easily, and use the password we agreed upon. ”

When they entered the village, Li Shan and the others smelled a foul smell, and Li Shan almost didn't vomit. Dongyang Dao said: "It seems that the plague in the village has been around for a while. Maybe the people who are alive have run away. Li Shan nodded and said, "Everyone covers their mouths and noses with their clothes, the plague is mostly spread through the air, try not to touch anything here." Look around the village to see if there are any living people, a stick of incense time, and then gather here. Go for it. ”

Li Shan and Dongyang Daoist were also searching, came to a courtyard, pushed the door and entered. I saw that the courtyard was empty, but it was still clean, and it should have been occupied not long ago. Li Shan stepped forward and pushed open the door of the house, and saw a pair of dangling feet, looking up along these feet, Li Shan saw a person hanging from the beam of the house. His face was pale, his hair was unkempt, his eyes were not closed, and his eyes were staring straight ahead, he should have been unable to stand the torture of the disease and committed suicide. Li Shan was startled, watching a maggot crawl out of the dead man's mouth, and couldn't help but hold on to the corner of the wall and vomit.

"Big brother, we've all looked for it around here, but there's no one alive." After the assembly, Zhang Hong reported on their situation. Li Shan looked at Zhang Hong's face and didn't look good, presumably the situation he encountered was not much different from Li Shan. Li Shan looked at the people who were a little depressed: "It's okay, we can't do anything about this situation, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time." Let's leave quickly, don't touch anything here, and find a place to clean as soon as we leave the village. ”

Out of this village, Li Shan and his party continued to set off in the direction of Yong'an City, which is an important town in Kuizhou. A similar situation occurred in several villages along the route, where Li Shanyan ordered no one to drink water and cover their mouths and noses, hoping not to be infected.

"Big brother, there seems to be someone in front." Zhang Hong's eyes were sharp, and he saw a ten-year-old child in the woods next to the road. Li Shan's heart tightened, and he rushed over. Sure enough, a little girl was half-lying against the tree, and her body was still trembling slightly. Li Shan's hand was on the child's head, so hot. Dongyang Dao said: "It looks like a typhoid fever, no wonder the people in this area have run away." ”

"Typhoid fever?" Li Shan was taken aback, isn't it an acute cold? Can you make this piece of chicken and dog restless? Li Shan couldn't understand that in ancient times, people not only did not have the ability to prevent this acute infectious disease, but it was also very difficult to treat. "Fortunately, I was the right one. You must not drink the water in this vicinity, and most of this disease is caused by unclean water sources. Take this little girl with you, and let's go to Yong'an City. ”

"What are you doing? Put down that little girl. Li Shan picked up the little girl and was about to leave, but saw a woman in her twenties running over with a pottery bowl in her hand. Li Shan handed the little girl to Zhang Hong and said to the woman, "Are you this girl's relative?" I didn't mean anything, I just saw that she was very sick, so I wanted to take her to Yong'an City for treatment. ”

The woman walked over and looked Li Shan up and down carefully, nodded and said, "This is a little girl I rescued from the village in front of me, she has the plague. If you bring her to Yong'an City, the city will also attract plagues. Dongyang Dao said: "No, poor Dao has a little medical skills, this little girl is suffering from typhoid fever, as long as you are careful to protect, she will not be infected to others." There are no medicinal herbs here, and there is a way to cure her when she gets to the poor road in the city. ”

The woman also felt that there was no good way, she didn't know medical skills after all: "Okay, let's go." Ahem. Li Shan listened to the woman coughing a few times, and subconsciously reached out to touch her forehead, the woman was very alert, and directly knocked Li Shan's hand away and jumped away: "What are you doing?" ”

"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything, I heard that you also had a cough, you should have been infected, I just want to see if your forehead is hot, so I can be sure." Li Shan also knew that he was abrupt, so he hurriedly explained. The woman was very wary and didn't believe Li Shan very much, so she shook her hand and said, "I'm fine, you go away." ”

Li Shan wanted to say something more, but the woman directly bypassed Li Shan and hugged the little girl from Zhang Hong's hands, and was about to leave. Li Shan was a little depressed, and stepped forward and said, "You better come with me, if you continue like this, your life and this little girl will be in danger." The woman stopped, seemed to be very determined, turned around, and said, "It's okay to go with you, you give me a horse, and I will take her with me." Li Shan nodded.

Li Shan gave his horse to them, and Li Shan and his party were on this horse. The woman saw that Li Shan gave the horse to them, and her guard was lowered a lot, and she hugged the little girl and got on the horse.

The little girl was already unconscious, and Li Shan ordered the whole team to move forward at full speed. But it's actually him who lags behind the most, after all, Li Shan is less active, his endurance is not good, and he can't get tired after running for a while. Fortunately, there was Dongyang Dao Chief dragging him so that he would not be ashamed. When they arrived in Yong'an City, Li Shan and others hurriedly found an inn to live in, Li Shan asked everyone to boil boiling water and wash it well, and asked Zhang Hong to cook ginger soup for everyone to drink to prevent infection.

Daoist Dongyang had already gone to the pharmacy to get the medicinal herbs and fry them, so that the two of them could take them. "The little girl has already drunk the medicine, and I believe that her condition will be calmed down overnight, but it will take at least seven or eight days to recover."

Li Shan nodded and asked, "What about the woman?" "It's not that Li Shan didn't ask her name, it's just that she didn't say anything, and Li Shan can't call her indiscriminately." The woman was fine, and she would be fine with two more doses of medicine. ”

Zhang Hong came over and said, "Big brother, the salt merchant also lives in Yong'an City, and our people are already keeping an eye on it, what should we do next?" Li Shan smiled, this is good news: "Let's hold on, let our people keep an eye on it." ”

Li Shan came to the room of the two patients and knocked on the door: "I'm Li Shan, is it convenient to go in?" "Come in." The woman has also been groomed, but her face is still a little dark, presumably the women in the village work all day to dry it, naturally she can't be like Su Jinxi and Liu Ruyan. "What's the matter with you?"

"I am a tea merchant who went to Sichuan and Shu to do business, and since you and this little girl are safe, I am relieved. It will take a while for this little girl to heal, and I can't wait for her to heal. We're on the road tomorrow, so it's better for you to take care of her, and you can take some of the money first. It's a little bit of my heart," Li Shan took out two taels of silver and handed it to her.

"Are you a tea merchant who went to Sichuan and Shu?" The woman seemed to be a little sensitive to this word, and Li Shan obviously felt her tremble a little when she said it.

"Well, yes. It's not too early, you guys should rest first, I'm leaving. Li Shan didn't entangle with her too much, things helped here, Li Shan can be said to be benevolent and righteous.