The old woman's eyes were fierce, and she groped for half a shovel in the darkness, wanting to attack again.

"Old man, don't be tough, if you don't stop a little longer, no one will be able to save you."

Hearing a slightly teasing voice behind them, everyone turned their heads and saw Su Zhen leaning against the door frame with her hands on her chest, looking at them with a smile on her lips.

"Hazelnuts? How did you get here? Come and see, what's going on? ”

"People have already said that it is not a plague."

"What?!"

The old woman noticed Su Hao, and the disgust in her eyes was a little less, but it was still a little unkind, "It's you!" Why are you again?! Get out! ”

When Yang Huanzhi heard this, his eyes shrank slightly, Su Hao had already been here, and he had found a clue?

Su Zhen shrugged her shoulders and said, "I have already told you that the government will at most mistakenly think that you are suffering from the plague, so it will report to the imperial court and isolate you." What is your health still needs to be carefully diagnosed and treated by the doctor. If you don't believe, wait until you die. ”

"Brother Su! Don't irritate her anymore! ”

"Anyway, if we don't eat soft and hard, why should we delay our efforts." Su Zhen paused, then said with a smile, "Old man, you really don't want to know why your son became a scarecrow after he died?" ”

"Scarecrow?!" Tang Yinchen was surprised.

After the prince and others heard that there was a commotion here, they immediately brought people over, and seeing that Su Zhen was also there, he and Gu Yunshu and the others did not rush in.

Su Hao nodded, "Yes, I have already checked, the people of Jiangdu have suffered indelible physical and mental damage due to the flood. As the saying goes, a great plague must be followed by a great plague, and every time a flood breaks out, there must be a plague rampant. People don't have food or clothing to live, and in order to survive, as long as they can eat, they will stuff all of them into their stomachs. Tree bark, grass roots, rats, and even the same people dare not eat it.

As a result of eating too much dirty things, they will have symptoms such as fever, cough, weakness, and blood blisters. And then in various ways, it spreads rapidly.

As a result of the court's anticipation, the number of casualties has so far been the lowest in history.

The imperial court also took precautions early on, preparing the people in various towns for floods and plagues. Therefore, the likelihood of an outbreak of the plague this time is extremely small.

And the people of Jiangdu are not infected with the plague. ”

Tang Yinchen scratched his head, his brows twisted into Sichuan characters, "Wait!" Wait a minute! Hazelnuts, one do you mean, that their symptoms do not match those of the plague in the past? ”

"Hmm." Su Zhen walked past them, walked to the old woman, squatted down and helped her back to the kang, and then turned back to face them and said, "They had the same symptoms as the plague at first, but in a few nights, the number of infected people had approached 5,000, and then it became a plague. But when they died, their bodies were unusual, as if they had fallen asleep, but there was a corpse that had not been burned in time, and when it was found, it had become a scarecrow. ”

“......”

Su Zhen's words fell, and the audience was silent.

Outside the house, Shang Yuchen's eyes were cold and he looked at the trembling master behind him, "Master Sun, what Su Shaoqing said is true?" ”

Master Sun stiffened his neck and nodded, "Return... Return...... Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, exactly! ”

"Why didn't you say it before?"

"Your Highness, you said that this person is dead, even if he becomes a scarecrow, then he will not survive!"

Su Zhen heard the sound outside, looked at Master Sun coldly through the wooden door, "Who told you that they died?" The whole river is full of blood and resentful spirits, do you know why? Because they weren't dead at all! ”

Everyone's faces turned pale, and whenever there was an outbreak of the plague, in order to prevent the accumulation of corpses in large quantities and reduce the spread of the plague. All the corpses that died of the plague must be burned.

This flash flood is menacing, and the momentum is huge, and the city and village are closed. In addition to the corpse, the clothes and utensils used by the deceased must be forcibly burned.

Unless the disaster is extremely serious, the village will be set on fire, but the cruelty of this method is outrageous.

"Su Shaoqing, you said that they didn't die, what proof do you have?"

Doctor Pei, who came to report the disaster to the prince after treating the patient, asked outside the door. When he heard what Su Zhen said, although he solved some of the doubts in his heart, there were still some things he couldn't figure out.

Su Hao hooked his finger at the officer and soldier holding the lantern beside Yang Huanzhi, who pointed to his nose blankly, and waited for Su Hao to nod before he dared to approach that side.

Su Zhen leaned to the side, only to see that the old woman's complexion had changed back to the color that ordinary people should have.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Yes! That's weird, isn't it? ”

"Could it be that the people of the entire Jiangdu will be monsters to give Gu, right?"

Listening to the muttering voice in her ear, Su Zhen held the old woman's hand, "Mother-in-law, I, Su Zhen, will definitely find out the truth with my life guarantee." However, we ask for your cooperation. ”

Feeling that she was no longer resisting, but still glaring at Tang Yinchen with dissatisfied eyes, Su Zhen smiled and handed her a pill, "Mother-in-law, eat this, and your internal injuries will be healed." My friend was only frightened many times along the way, and he didn't mean to collide, so please don't mind. ”

Tang Yinchen glimpsed Su Hao's eyes through the dim light, and he nodded a few times in a hurry, "Yes, yes!" Mother-in-law! Don't be angry. ”

As he spoke, he untied the kettle at his waist, took an empty bowl from the table, poured some water into it, approached cautiously, and handed the water to the front, "You drink some water first, we will find out as soon as possible." ”

The old woman took a deep breath, took Su Zhen's medicine and Tang Yinchen's water, and with Su Zhen's support, she walked past the officers and soldiers and walked outside.

Out of the house, looking around, as Su Zhen and Tang Yinchen told me, the officers and soldiers outside were carrying boxes of food and medicinal materials from the carriage.

The tears that had just overflowed in the old woman's eyes, when her eyes touched Master Sun, her body trembled, and her whole body quickly turned red again.

She let go of Su Hao's hand and walked towards the center surrounded by officers and soldiers like stars holding the moon...... Shang Yuchen, who seemed to have the most noble status, knelt on the ground covered with mud and kowtowed, "Prince! Please be sure to call the shots for us! Save the old folks in Liting Town! Save all the people of the whole Jiangdu! ”

The people near the room had been staring outside, listening carefully to the movement, and seeing the old woman like this, they knew that she must have been moved by the people of the government, and their hearts suddenly rose to their throats.

Shang Yuchen always writes inexplicably to what Su Zhen said.

What's more, even the pigeon meat she gave me from nowhere dared to eat, let alone the people she had touched.

Half squatted down, helped the old woman with tears on her face, and said softly, "Old man, don't be afraid, you first tell me in detail what has happened in the past few days, and the palace will consider it." ”