Although leprosy is found everywhere, it is most famous in Guangdong, because the climate here is hot and hot, and the characteristics are more obvious.

In Li Shi's time, leprosy was almost extinct, but that didn't mean it didn't exist. Once discovered, it becomes news. That is, the profession of a journalist allowed Li Xi to come into contact with leprosy in later generations and have some understanding of it.

But what made Li Xian wake up to the intention of these Yao girls was not the knowledge of his previous life, but Qu Dajun's content in "Cantonese New Language", following the content of the Crazy Gangs and madness, and roughly talked about "leprosy", which is actually leprosy. This hooked up his knowledge of leprosy in his previous life, along with historical rumors and anecdotes.

The ravages of leprosy in Guangdong have been immersed in folk culture, and have also influenced many folk novels, which have all kinds of bizarre descriptions of leprosy in Guangdong, and in retrospect, these novels have further distorted people's understanding of leprosy.

The most obvious impact is this "crazy and leprosy".

Song Ren Zhou Mi wrote about "Passing Leprosy" in his notebook "Miscellaneous Knowledge", which said that in Fujian, if a woman feels like a peach blossom, she is infected with leprosy. The man from other places did not know the inside story, but he got along with the sick woman, and was rumored to have leprosy, but the woman got better. It looks like the poison was passed on to the man.

As early as the Qin and Han dynasties, this leprosy was called "leprosy", so the woman passed leprosy to the man by copulation in order to heal herself, and this thing was called "leprosy". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were also crazy women who hooked up with men outside, which was called "selling crazy".

The ancients naturally did not know that this leprosy was actually caused by infection with leprosy bacilli, and most people were resistant to leprosy bacilli. It's just that after the onset of leprosy, the claws are as strong as chicken feet, the blisters are endless, the eyebrows are lost and the nose is collapsed, the face is rotten and stupid, it is terrifying, and what is even more terrible is that there is also an infectious surname, so it has become a strange disease that people smell and change.

In addition to the contact with lepers in interviews, Li Xi also left a deep impression of leprosy in the movie "Heavenly Dynasty", in which Baldwin IV, the king of Jerusalem who always pressed Saladin's head, was a leper. After he died, the mask was taken off, and that broken and hideous face could not be combined with his wisdom and martial arts.

The ancients did not know that this leprosy bacillus is transmitted by breaking the skin surface, but it is similar to AIDS, as long as it is not too close contact, it will not be infected. The legend about leprosy has been accumulated for thousands of years, and then there are folk novels to render, forming the saying that women can pass on to men, and men cannot pass on to women, and also formed the erroneous conclusion that leprosy will be inherited. Of course, it is not entirely wrong, and the conclusion that the locals do not pass it on, but only the outsiders, is also in line with the characteristics of leprosy. The locals can't spread it, it's already infected, but the resistance is high, and it won't get sick.

There are three types of leprosy, the most common being the tuberculous type, and the symptoms of this type of patient are that they are rotten in their hands and feet, but they can still live. The second is the tumor type, where the leprosy bacillus penetrates deep into the internal organs, and such people basically cannot survive. The third category is amorphous, which is the early symptoms. The earliest legends of "leprosy" are mostly some accidental coincidences. In particular, the third type of undefined type can be cured on its own, and women with early symptoms get along with men, and when the woman heals on their own, the man is infected, and it may be passed away as the poison. There is no way, the ancients did not have a microscope, let alone the understanding of modern medicine, so they can only guess like this.

At present, the climate in Guangdong and northern Guangdong is cooler, and leprosy is rare. Unlike Gaozhou in the west and Qiongzhou in the southwest, there is also Chaozhou in the east, which is a high-risk area for leprosy.

Now these Yao girls who are suffering from leprosy, well, most of them are not Yao girls who are not Zheng Erbajing, and they came to Fengtian Village to "pass the leprosy", no matter how they think, it is not accidental, thinking of Xiao Sheng's hidden reminder before, Li Xi immediately understood that there were still people behind them. I don't know where it should be, I hate them so deeply, and I use such horrific biological weapons as lepers.

I wanted to ask more, but the movement behind me became bigger and bigger, and when I turned my head to look, I saw that the villagers were colorless one by one, running around, as if the end was coming.

Before leprosy was infected, hysteria came first......

If it goes on like this, the matter of casting cannons will have to be smashed, Li Shi collected his heart, and suddenly drank: "Uncle Guan, Uncle Tian, Zhang Ying!" Gather everyone together! No one is allowed to run around! It's a matter of life and death for everyone! ”

Guan Tian and the others were only following behind to watch the excitement, but suddenly saw this chaotic scene, and they didn't know what to do for a while, Zhang Ying was still holding his head and bumping into it like a headless fly, not knowing what to do.

Gathering the villagers and slowly relieving themselves, everyone looked at Li Shi, not knowing what he was going to do.

"Leprosy, it's dangerous, it's easy to spread to others."

Li Xi said this, and the group of villagers behind him covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves and nodded their heads, isn't this nonsense.

"But don't be afraid, as long as there is no skin and flesh contact, you will not be infected." 【1】

Li Xi still stepped on Pan Yinling's waist and pressed her to the ground. But she seemed to have collapsed, and she had no strength to resist at all. Behind her, Pan Jinling could only barely hold on to herself from falling down. The Yao girls on the ship all knelt on the deck, and without the two sisters, they had no opinion, so they were crying in a low voice.

There is a silver bell here, and Li Xi is not worried about the Yao girls escaping, the important thing now is to deal with the villagers, calm the situation, and ...... by the way Stomp on a little bastard.

"So I wondered, who touched them?"

Li Shi's words immediately relieved everyone, and they all shook their heads and waved their hands, and those villagers who came to buy things in the morning were even more glad in their hearts, fortunately they didn't touch it, otherwise this life would be over......

"No—!"

Just when the atmosphere had just relaxed for half a minute, a high-pitched and mournful shout rushed into the sky, and a figure rushed out of the crowd and rushed towards Li Shi's side.

"Why are you hurting me! You wicked woman! It should be crushed and ashes scattered! ”

It was Tian Qing, who was horrified when he saw his hideous face, as if he wanted to find Pan Yinling to settle accounts.

"Tian Qing!?"

The villagers were stunned again, looking at this movement, Tian Qing actually really ...... with that Yao girl

At this time, Jia Gouzi and Wu Shishi finally eased up, and the two of them stopped Tian Qing, both of them looked weird and couldn't laugh if they wanted to laugh, they could see the ugly thing last night clearly.

"Why are you lying to me!? I would have liked...... I wanted to apologize to you and be responsible for you! I can have a great future, I can marry you as a concubine, I didn't expect ......"

Tian Qing was like crazy, and shouted out all the words in his heart. He met Pan Yinling earlier, although he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but the strange style of this girl from the Yao family really shook his heart. chatted with Pan Yinling casually, and felt that she was empathetic, outspoken, and more heartfelt than her cousin who loves to twist people. Unconsciously, he told his own heart one by one, and the comfort and response of Pan Yinling made Tian Qing feel like a spring breeze. Last night, I mustered up the courage to put my arms around her shoulders, and she didn't refuse, at that moment, Tian Qing wanted to sing loudly.

At that time, he made up his mind, it was impossible for him to marry a Yao girl as his wife, and his affection for his cousin would not be reduced because of this Yao girl. As long as he made a promise, when he went to Foshan and earned a future, this Yao girl would be his concubine. Seeing that she is so affectionate towards herself, she naturally will not disobey.

Then it was even more like a dream, he helped the silver bell to get on the boat, the light was dim, and he could vaguely see the outline of the pretty face under the veil, and his soul suddenly dispersed, and he kissed it at first ......

Although he couldn't kiss the girl's fragrant lips, the smoothness of his jaw and neck was enough to make his blood run high as a boy, and he subconsciously wanted to ask for more, but he didn't expect that Pan Yinling suddenly pushed him off the boat.

When he got home, he thought that he was probably too impatient and rude, which frightened others. I wanted to apologize to her during the day, but there were many people, so I kept going around in circles.

But he never thought that as soon as Li Xian appeared, with such a wave of his hand, the world was turned upside down, and the dream in his heart was so shattered, what appeared in front of him was a hideous and strange face, Tian Qing only felt that his heart exploded, and rushed over without hesitation, thinking of tearing this Yao girl to pieces.

"Tian Qing!"

Tian Dayou closed his eyes and wanted to stick his head into the ground.

"Cousin...... Hehe...... I really have a great future, and I'm thinking about concubines at this time......"

Farther away, Guan Yunniang was leaning on the edge of the wooden house, her eyes sparkling, and she muttered to herself in a low voice.

"Before asking others, ask yourself why you were hooked up by someone alone."

Li Shi said lightly, and at this time, Zhang Ying also followed with Xun Bing and grabbed Tian Qing.

"Tie him up, leave him alone in a room, sprinkle lime on the outside of the house, and never let him hang outside again."

This is really not an opportunity to retaliate, Li Xi is not sure whether Tian Qing is really infected.

"Uncle Guan, find someone to call Cai Langzhong, our mine must be comprehensively renovated, otherwise a catastrophe will come."

This is a fake public benefit.

Before, he had always been blind to the health of the mine, and the boys were diligent and quick to solve the problem on the remote riverbank, and if they were lazy, they would directly squat on the back of the mountain to solve it. In addition, the shantytowns are in a mess, and the habits of the villagers are not very good, so they rely on the river water to drink, eat, wash clothes, dig mines, and dispose of garbage.

It's just early spring, and it's not hot yet. In the summer, if it goes on like this, not to mention leprosy, cholera, and plague, sooner or later it will be the turn of disaster. Originally, there was no excuse, but now I take advantage of the prevention of leprosy, cuddle the grass and beat the rabbits, and properly adjust the hygiene habits of the villagers, why not.

Calling Cai Langzhong is naturally to use his surgical doctor's signboard to act.

"No one else is allowed to move, let alone go back to the village."

There is no need for Li Xian to emphasize, Guan Fengsheng and the villagers can understand, and Zhang Ying and the Xun soldiers on the side are also bitter, and they have to be trapped here.

"It won't be long before you make sure it's okay, before that, you're running around, and you have an iron lump in your heart, so you can't blame others."

Li Xi said another soft word to calm down everyone's tense emotions.

After settling the rear, Li Xi was finally able to deal with the "enemy situation" wholeheartedly.

"You went through Zhou Yue County, and you targeted our Fengtian Village, wanting to leper us and turn the village into a leprosy village, let's say, who is so vicious?"

Li Xian's feet were forced, Pan Yinling screamed in mourning, and his scattered consciousness was also concentrated.

[1: Neoplastic leprosy is transmitted through droplets and body fluids. 】