Chapter 43: Angels and Demons

The group of leprosy girls of the Jin Yinling sisters came from Qingyuan and other places in Lianzhou, and in addition to them, dozens of family members were also infected with leprosy. They have no livelihood and have been controlled by mountain bandits for a long time. These mountain bandits set up a system based on "capital", "jin", "two", and "money", with ten people being one money and ten yuan being one tael, and pushing them up in turn.

The mountain bandits who controlled them were a gang of thieves, and the "two-headed" Lao Er was a British and German who committed an accident in Yingde a few years ago, fled to Qingyuan, organized a group of fragmented mountain bandits, and formed their own forces. They took a close look at Pan Jinling, a group of lepers, and pressed them and their families to act as the eyes, ears, and triggers for blackmail and kidnapping. Fortunately, Pan Jinling has a high reputation among the patients, and can take the patient to bargain with Lao Er, and has not completely fallen to the point of a mad slave, and the relationship with Lao Er can barely be regarded as "cooperation".

Originally, Lao Er's situation was not very good, and they were being pressed very tightly. A few days ago, Lao Er suddenly changed his attitude, and negotiated such a deal with them, and asked them to go to the mine in Fengtian Village, Yingde, to have a leprosy, and after the matter was completed, the two sides did not owe each other, and no longer interacted, and sent another three hundred taels of silver.

It wasn't that they hadn't thought about leprosy before, but they still had infected family members, and through the "cooperation" with the mountain bandits, their disease had become a means of making a living, and they had to struggle under the double grind. Lao Er's deal was the best of both worlds, and they didn't hesitate much, so they gritted their teeth and agreed.

Since it is to pass leprosy, it is necessary to resolve the suspicions of the people of Fengtian Village. Before, Panjinling sheltered several Panyinling Pai Yao who were driven out of the village because of the disease, so they asked the women to dress up as Yao girls and appear in Fengtian Village. And their families were detained in Qingyuan as a "deposit" for this business.

"So you don't have the surname Pan?"

Li Shi's interest turned to Pan Jinling, who had clearly healed himself, but he was still leading the leper to struggle, this heart surname was just like an angel, but what he was doing right now was not too much to describe as a devil.

"The slave's surname is Xiao, and the ancestors are all doctors, so it'......s okay not to mention this surname."

Or a doctor? Li Xian was even more surprised in his heart, faintly thought of something, and sighed secretly.

So Li Shi still called her Pan Jinling, speaking of himself, Pan Jinling's eyes were deep, and her pupils were full of grief and resentment, which seemed to be a question to the sky.

"When my grandfather was here, the family was quite wealthy, but my grandfather unfortunately contracted the disease and died when he was treating leprosy......

"My father devoted himself to the treatment of leprosy, and set up a leprosy asylum in Guangzhou to treat leprosy patients. Until the family property was broken, and the parents, brothers and sisters died of illness, leaving the slave family alone. ”

"Although the slave family has recovered from illness, he has been getting along with patients since he was a child, and in the eyes of outsiders, he is still a patient. A little girl from a slave family, the leprosy house in Guangzhou Mansion was difficult to maintain, so she had to close it and move to Qingyuan with the patient. ”

"In Qingyuan, I was told by the neighbors that he was a leprosy, suffered many crimes, and the property he bought was also robbed, so he had to rely on both ends of the labor and hardship."

With Pan Jinling's faint narration, Li Shi's expectations were also fulfilled little by little, and his heartstrings were also throbbing. This woman from a family of doctors, how strong must her heart be in order to persist until now...... But in the end, he had to bow to reality, broke through the defense line of the surname, and took over the job of harming others for the sake of silver.

"Vicious? The disease-free are more vicious! Not to mention the sins we suffered in Guangzhou Mansion since childhood, when we arrived in Qingyuan, our neighbors learned that we were infected with leprosy, and they threw firewood and poured oil on us, and burned more than 10 of us alive! ”

Pan Jinling seemed to see the lofty scrutiny in Li Xian's eyes, and his tone became excited.

"So do you! To open our mouth is to transform people, and in your eyes, we are the ones who are punished by heaven[1], and it doesn't matter what means we use. So what's wrong with us returning an eye for an eye!? ”

Although she has recovered, she still thinks that she is still a leper in her bones.

"If it weren't for that little hope, thinking that I could fulfill the wishes of my fathers and ancestors, why would I take them to hold on!? If they didn't want to walk cleanly, why did they have to live until now? We are all punished by heaven, but what have we done wrong? How long and to what extent will God punish us!? ”

Pan Jinling could no longer control his emotions, his knees were weak, and he sat on the ground, tears like rain. If it weren't for the fact that they were "biochemical warriors", Li Xian would have gone up and opened his mind and took away his tears.

Well, coughing and stabilizing his mind, Li Xian moved his foot, and the Pan Yin Ling that he was stepping on was finally able to move, and he got up in a panic and hid behind Pan Jin Ling.

"I'm not going to report to the police."

Li Shi turned on his brain at full speed and went through the whole thing, not thinking clearly about what benefits he could get, but there were always benefits to doing good, and he could also verify the things he knew in his previous life. In addition, along their vine, pulling out the people behind the scenes to rectify it requires their cooperation.

"Since you can make a deal with that Lao Er, then it should be okay to make a deal with me, right?"

Then Li Shi smiled faintly, Pan Jinling stopped sobbing and looked at Li Shi in surprise, but Pan Yinling, who was peeking at him behind her, was so frightened by his smile that she hurriedly lowered her head, only to feel that the corners of Li Shi's mouth were curved, as if a row of Bai Sensen's cold blades were exposed, which made her heart tremble.

Pan Jinling shook his head gloomily: "Our family is still in his hands." ”

Li Xianhe smiled again, "That's not a problem, it depends on how determined you are." ”

Pan Jinling frowned, she felt that Li Shi was not joking with her, and suddenly hesitated, but then laughed miserably.

"Do you think we're really doing this for the money, or just trying to get rid of Raoji? Whether it's helping to cure people who are not sick at both ends, or trying to live leprosy with you, in fact, they can't help themselves. What if you have money? What if you are no longer at the mercy of bandits? Isn't there still no place for us in this world? ”

"This time I mustered up the courage, I only thought that this life might be able to change, but you revealed the details, and if you want us to do anything more, we don't have the strength to do it anymore."

Pan Jinling looked at the sky, his eyes straight.

"You better report to the official, the slave family is waiting for God's final punishment."

The so-called disillusionment is the case, but Li Shi did not let them go.

"God didn't want to punish you, he sent me ......"

Li Shi also looked at the sky, and said in a low and clear voice.

"What if...... Shall I cure you of leprosy? ”

Jin Yinling was stunned, and they all looked at Li Shi in a daze.

"Oh, there's no cure! What are you looking for me to do? At most, I'll help fill the grave with lime! ”

On the mine, Cai Langzhong, who was called in a hurry, heard the root of the matter, and his face suddenly seemed to be smeared with a layer of lime.

"Shhhhh

Jia Gouzi and Wu Shishi hurriedly signaled him to shut up, and Guan Fengsheng, Tian Dayou, and even Zhang Ying all surrounded him, for fear that his words would spread. This is the truth, but at this moment, this kind of truth cannot be publicized.

But someone still heard it, they were talking in front of the row of wooden houses by the river, and in a locked wooden house behind them, a dull howl sounded, followed by a knock against the wall, which startled everyone, it was Tian Qing......

"Leave that little brute alone!"

Despite the worry on his face, and even his hands trembling, as if he was about to smash the door open, Tian Daiyu still held back and twisted everyone's attention back.

"The fourth brother already has a charter, Cai Langzhong, you can just follow it. You're in charge, and you're living here all this time! ”

Guan Fengsheng said in a deep voice, Li Shi is still dealing with those women, and he has to take care of it here.

"What? Live here!? ”

Cai Langzhong was a little stupid, he was pulled over in a daze, and then he was about to be imprisoned?

"One or two silver a day, do you want to do it?"

Guan Feng was born straight, Cai Langzhong grunted in his throat, and his eyes lit up.

"! Of course I do! ”

Wu Shishi began to read to Cai Langzhong the regulations drafted by Li Shi, in fact, this was the hygiene code that Li Shi had taught them several mine orphans, but he had not had the energy to promote it before. What size is the fixed point, washing hands before eating and after using the toilet, and drinking water must be boiled, all of which are necessary common sense for crossing the party......

Although Jia Gouzi and Wu Shishi knew this charter, they still didn't know the medicinal materials and some basic epidemic prevention principles, plus they were young and didn't have the status of a doctor, so others wouldn't listen very carefully. Pull Cai Langzhong over, that's where it is used.

"You better follow Cai Langzhong directly, Cai Langzhong is the flagpole, you do the specific work."

Tian Dayou has a lot of things to do, and he knows this set of things, Jia Gouzi and Wu Shishi have long known it, and with such an arrangement, Wu Shishi has become the second head of the action department of the "Epidemic Prevention Committee".

"The casting fort has also been built, and now we are just waiting for the cannon core to dry out, and Carpenter He will be fine, so Jia Gouzi will take Carpenter He to build the things that the fourth brother said."

So Jia Gouzi also got a position, according to Li Shi's explanation, the toilet, bath, boiling water room, and washing room all had to be set up separately. The shantytowns next to the mine are the focus of cleanup, and Li Shi not only has to demolish, but also burns all the bedding and worn clothes, and all kinds of garbage have to be dug and landfilled.

Now that the mine has money, it is trivial to build a new shed, buy a mattress, and even buy a new set of clothes for each person. Although Li Shi was heartbroken with the silver, this was money that had to be spent.

"Let's have a trivial matter here, I don't know what the fourth brother will do with those lepers."

Guan Fengsheng looked into the distance, and Li Xi and the sisters of the Pan family were still talking.

"Could it be that the fourth brother will cure this leprosy?"

Tian Dayou muttered to himself half questioning, half hopeful, and then glanced at the wooden house behind him, the chaotic cries and collisions in the room were still in his ears, and he could only sigh heavily.

"It's not strange that it can be cured......"

Guan Fengsheng said lightly.

"I'm not surprised if he can conjure gold."