Beijing West to Guigang, K157 train, it takes 32 hours! So I was on the train all day and couldn't give you an update! Today I will make up for 5 chapters! Thank you all for your continued support!

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Zartai sent the nomadic cavalry led by the Hygg to inform the parties that they would meet at their chief's tent in half an hour, and then began to talk with the Hyg in a slightly chilly tent.

Since Higg was reluctant to say the reason for the expedition deep into the desert, Zartai himself was of course reluctant to ask more, but only told him about the situation of his tribe, which was convenient for them to help him.

The Harando tribe, with a population of five or six thousand, like other nomadic tribes, has been nomadic in the plateau meadow area that has been seen only in the desert and plains, living in pursuit of water and grass, and among the hundreds of ethnic groups in the vast plateau meadow area, it is considered a medium nomadic tribe. One of the sacred relics worshipped by the tribe is called the Blazing Eye, which they have worshipped for hundreds of thousands of years. Tribal worship was always a strange thing, and Higg didn't ask much of this taboo question.

With the outbreak of the plague ten years ago, the Harandor tribe was gradually driven away from the highland meadow area by other tribes and forced to reach the Saladin Pass to survive. Because of the outbreak of the plague and the expulsion of other tribes, countless people died of the plague, died in war, and died in bad conditions, causing the population to drop to more than 3,000 today, and because no other tribe was willing to intermarry with their tribe, it led to intermarriage within the tribe, which led to a great crisis of survival, although this crisis was not too obvious, but as the leader, the leaders of the Zartai and Gege tribes knew it, and they were also very aware of it. Therefore, solving the plague problem is only the first and most critical step in solving the survival problem of the Harandor tribe, and it is no wonder that Zartai saw Higg's gaffe performance.

Higg, Daniel, and Nicole don't know if they can deal with the plague, but they know that Zartai won't let them go until the plague is cured.

Half an hour later, the leaders of the five sub-clans arrived at Zartai's tent one after another, and the last to arrive was their clansman's shaman, Shamando, a kind old man who looked to be in his sixties.

When the shaman saw Higg, Daniel, and Nicole, he smiled and said, "Thank you that God has not forgotten the poor man, and may God's blessing be blessed to my people through you!" ”

The position of the shaman is very important in a tribe, and he is the intermediary between a tribe and its own gods, through whom the gods communicate their will to their believers, and through the shamans they also exert their favors on their own people.

So Zartai hurriedly got up and introduced: "The shaman is more than thirty years of shamans in our clan, thanks to him, the plague can be controlled, he is the most respected elder of our tribe. ”

Higg and the others saluted with a smile and took their seats.

In the tent, they enjoyed the highest level of Zartai's banquet, enjoyed the most primitive folk songs and dances, and experienced the hospitality of the nomads, and the fatigue of the Hig people was basically swept away.

After the feast dispersed, Zartai said to Hig and the others: "Tomorrow, please show your skills and save my tribesmen!" Then he turned to the shamando and said, "Lord Shaman, you can begin." ”

The shaman got up, looked at Higg and the others, and said to Zartai with a wink: "Is this appropriate?" ”

Higg and the others seemed to understand, and were about to get up to say goodbye, Zartai laughed and said: "Our people are suffering from the plague, they are our last hope, Lord Shaman, don't be too conventional, I don't think the gods will care about these small sections, let's begin." ”

The shaman hesitated to ask for a large antique bronze chest to be carried and placed in the middle of the tent, and then he straightened his clothes and reverently recited something, while Zartai and the leaders also bowed down and folded their hands over the top, and the Higgs stood solemnly, expecting something.

The shaman meditated in silence, and slowly stretched out his hands to the large box, which was still about a meter away from the box, but it was slowly opened, revealing a faint fiery red light in the alley.

As the box slowly opened completely, Higg saw a huge eye, about half a meter in diameter, with bronze eyelids and blood-red eyeballs, but no pupils. Although the light from the blood-colored eyeballs was not strong, it made people's eyes so hot that they did not dare to look directly, Zartai and the five leaders did not look at that eye, Shamando did not look directly, Daniel and Nicole did not fall to the ground, but they could only turn their heads to the side, and did not dare to look at that eye, and Higg felt uncomfortable after observing for a while, so he had to look away as well.

"Blazing Eyes!" Higg was secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that this holy object could have such power, as if it could ignite all the eyes that looked directly at him.

The shamando sang the hymn aloud, and then Zartai and the chieftains sang too, and the cold seemed to be swept away by the light of that eye throughout the tent. The carols grew louder and louder, and then hundreds of people rang out outside the tent, singing the praises of their gods.

The light of Higg's eyes was scattered on that eye, and it didn't move or blink, but as the song grew louder and louder, the blood-colored light became more intense, making the whole tent warm.

After nearly half an hour, the repeated chanting gradually stopped, the light faded, and the shamando slowly closed the large box, sweating profusely.

Zartai also stood up, walked up to the shamando and asked, "What does the god say?" ”

Shamando's face was full of joy, and he turned to the three Higgs and said, "The great Lord God has asked us to do our best to help these three young people!" God asked us to help these three young people with all our might! God asked us to do all we could to help these three young men......" The voice grew louder and louder, reaching outside the tent, and there was a burst of cheers outside the tent.

Zartai seemed to have his heart down, and shouted loudly into the outside of the tent, "Sinkma! Then a man strode in, the leader of the nomadic cavalry who had brought them here, "You arrange for your guests to rest at once, and I will accompany them to heal tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, Chief!" Sinkma responded.

The Higgs got up to bid farewell to Zartai and followed Sinkma to another large tent, which was still a little cold, but it was already the most beautiful greenhouse compared to their twenty-odd days' journey.

Higg refused Nicole's request to live in another tent, only this one big tent was needed, and Daniel asked puzzled, "Hey, Higg, what are you doing?" It happens that each person is sleeping in a tent, and you want a few of us to squeeze into a tent? ”

Higg didn't speak, but Nicole asked Daniel meaningfully, "Are you sure those magicians in the past were really infected with the plague and died?"

Daniel: "What did you say?" ………… So that Sinkma is also here to spy on us? After saying that, he immediately closed his mouth.

Early the next morning, Zartai and Sinkma arrived at the quarantine with Higg, Daniel, and Nicole to treat the patient. Healing injuries and diseases is a skill of a magician, which can treat most injuries and diseases, and the epidemic is not completely uncertain, but finding the source of the sick soldier is the key to curing the disease, otherwise, even if the plague is cured, it is not a cure.

The quarantine area is 10 kilometers away, downwind, and the situation here is terrible. A few dilapidated tents, messy garbage no one cleaned up, a few piles of sporadic braziers for the cold wind in winter is insignificant, the most important thing is people, the tents in the light epidemic area are better, in the tents in the seriously ill area, there are more than a dozen people lying horizontally and vertically, no one manages them, and the eating utensils are also carried in and out by the animals themselves. If it weren't for the leader, Zartai himself probably wouldn't have come to such a dangerous place as the runway. The people here, even if they don't die of disease, will freeze to death and starve to death.

But there is no way to do this, there is no collective execution of the sick, which is already the greatest mercy of the chief.

The mercenaries brought in the medicinal herbs, and the people did not enter the epidemic quarantine area, there was no need for Higg to let too many people take risks, he and Daniel and Nicole were magicians, and there was no need to pull ordinary people on their backs.

Higg didn't let Zartai and Sinkma stay here for long, and there was no need for that, so when they came in, only Higg, Daniel, and Nicole were left to see the doctor.

According to experience, if you want to find the source of the epidemic, you must conduct targeted sampling studies according to the characteristics of the patient's symptoms, Daniel and Nicole are busy doing this, but Higg does not do this, he just keeps treating the patient, relieving the pain, asking about the onset time, the medicine taken, the state of the disease, etc., thanks to Zartai who brought them here and became the princess of the patient, otherwise, even if he is regarded as a savior, the patient does not have the patience to tell others about his pain.

Higg was busy until the afternoon, knowing that Daniel and Nicole's experiments were out, and then stopped seeing a doctor. But disappointingly, when Daniel and Nicole embarrassedly told Higg about their opinion that they had not detected the source of the disease, Higg was also confused, and asked them in detail about the process and results of their experiments, and compared them, but they could not find the pathogen themselves.

It was getting late, and the three of them left the quarantine area after strict disinfection, and Zartai and Sinkma never left the isolation post, waiting for them to come out, so you can imagine how anxious they were.

On the way back, Higg didn't speak, allowing Daniel and Nicole to tell Zartai about the experience, and Zartai looked disappointed.

Passing by the tent where he was staying, Higg did not go in, but said to Daniel and Nicole, "I have something to say to the chief, so go back and rest first." Seeing the two nodding, Higg whispered to the two, "Be on full alert. Daniel was stunned, but Nicole understood.

Sig and Zartai returned to the chief's tent, and when they entered, neither of them spoke.

After a long time, Zartai finally spoke first: "Is there any other way?" ”

Higg didn't speak, his eyes looked to the right and left, and then to the top of the tent.

Zartai shouted: "Sinkma, you send your twenty men to guard outside the tent, and those who are within twenty meters of the tent will be killed!" ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away!" Sinkma immediately responded.

Later, Zartai said to Higg: "You can say that Sinkma is my confidant and can be trusted!" ”

Higg approached Zartai's side and said, "Your Excellency, let me ask a few questions first, is that okay?" ”

"Please!"

Higg asked unhurriedly, "It's been ten years since this epidemic happened, right?" ”

"Yes!"

"The outbreak of this disease is in the winter, right?"

"There are other seasons, but the big outbreaks are in the winter!"

Higg continued, "You have done a mass burial of this disease, right?" ”

Zartai's face changed greatly, and he said angrily: "What do you mean? ”

"Nothing else!" Higg laughed: "As a clan leader, if you don't even have this bit of decisiveness, you don't deserve to be a qualified leader!" ”

Zartai's face was terrified, he stood up, and said leisurely: "In the third year of the outbreak, my father collectively killed the sick people, this is for the sake of the whole clan, at that time, the people who supported and opposed were half of them, and my father finally resisted the pressure and did it!" ”

"I don't mean to slander you, on the contrary, I think it's right to do so for a plague that can't be combated!" "Whether this is a redemption or a sin, I am not in a position to judge. What I'm asking is, in the end, the disease still breaks out on time every year, without stopping, right? ”

Zartai did not directly answer Higg's words, and then said leisurely: "In fact, it is helpless to kill in the pit, no one wants to bear this kind of infamy, my father was depressed because of this incident, and finally died of illness and young. But his death did not change the state of the epidemic. ”

After saying that, both of them stopped talking, thinking differently.

Regarding sin or redemption, this matter will be evaluated in everyone's heart, but the difficult thing is that the decision-maker must make the right choice, and Zartai's father chose to kill in a pit, and anyone can say that he is wise, or he is unreasonable, and his reputation is mixed. But people look at the results, and if the pit killing is ineffective, then Zartai, the decision-maker, will have to bear all the notoriety, even the cost of his life.

"Actually, I've found the pathogen!" Higg stared at Zartai and said slowly.

"Really?" Zartai grabbed Higg's arm in a faux puff and exclaimed, "Is this true? ”

"They weren't sick at all!" Higg said lightly.

"Not sick?" Zartai was crazy, "You won't be sick and confused, will you?" ”

"Isn't it strange that there is no epidemic that will break out in the winter and slow down in other seasons, that there will not be a little relief after the epidemic pit kills all the patients, and that the number of cases and deaths is about the same every year?" Higg asked.

"How can I be in the mood to think about this?" The Zartai madman generally shouted: "You tell me the result directly!" ”

"As a result, they are not sick!" "They've been poisoned!" Higg said. ”