Xue Rou suddenly realized that the first person who was infected was a madman with no family, no wonder he was infected. She asked the village chief again, "Since that madman is sick and dead, what are you going to do with it?" Where did you bury it? ”

"There is a mass grave at the back of the village, and many people who have died and have no money to bury them are wrapped in straw mats and thrown there," the village chief said. We didn't know at the time that the madman had this disease, and we threw him there as well. But later I found out that the disease was getting worse and worse, very similar to the disease of a madman, and I realized that this disease was serious and would kill people. ”

Xue Rou said, "Mass graves? All those who don't have money are thrown there? There must be some people who have tumors. ”

As far as she knew, several of the people who died of this disease were poor in their families, otherwise they would not have died so quickly.

The village chief nodded, "Yes, there are several people, all thrown in that place." ”

Xue Rou said again, "I want to go and see." ”

"I'll take you."

"No need." Xue Rou shook her head and took Yuan Junfeng's hand, "Since this disease is so easily contagious. You don't know martial arts, maybe your physique is not as good as ours. Don't go to a place where pathogens gather like that. ”

The village chief had no choice but to give up, and just repeatedly told Xue Rou that they would come back soon. It's not because of anything else, the people in the village are superstitious and think that the place is a little unlucky. Normal people take a trip from the mass grave and come back to bathe with grapefruit leaves to wash away dirt and bad luck.

It was precisely because of his attention and friendliness to Xue Rou that the village chief brought it up. I have grapefruit leaves at home, and if they need them, they can send some over when the time comes.

Xue Rou thanked him euphemistically for his kindness, they didn't believe this, and there were other potions that could be disinfected, so the village chief had to give up.

Xue Rou and Yuan Junfeng went back to the house first, she packed her things, and said with Yuan Junfeng with a smile, "I'm going to the dead pile again, you're still a sick person." Are you afraid? ”

Yuan Junfeng snorted lightly, "If I say I'm afraid, will you not go?" ”

Xue Rou smiled playfully, "In that case, you can stay at home and I'll go alone." You can also cook and wait for me. ”

"I knew it was so." Yuan Junfeng said, "How can I rest assured that you are going alone?" Where pathogens gather, don't do it. Do you think you are really impregnable, and all poisons are inviolable? ”

Xue Rou picked up a piece of cut gauze from the bed and slapped it on Yuan Junfeng's face, "How can I not take you with me." See if this thing flatters your face? ”

Just the right gauze. Xue Rou nodded with satisfaction, and found a piece of oiled paper, sewing the inner and outer layers together. She used to like to wear masks, and even though she didn't have those raw materials here, she could make her own. Xue Rou made masks for herself and Yuan Junfeng, cut a pair of gloves, and put them on their hands.

She was very well prepared, and she also put an apron on her belt and tied it to Yuan Junfeng to ensure that nothing was leaked outside. took sufficient protective measures before leaving with Yuan Junfeng.

"After all, you have to be prepared to go to that kind of place, you're still sick." Xue Rou, who was wearing a mask, had a somewhat urn-like voice.

Yuan Junfeng was very disgusted, "This apron is so ugly, I'm still a man, wearing this, it's nondescript." ”

Xue Rou glared at him, "If you dare to tear it down and try it, then you can go home and stay." ”

Yuan Junfeng stopped doing it, and wore it more tightly than her.

The two of them looked for the location pointed out to them by the village chief and headed towards the back hill behind the village. They also had fields on this hill, in the shape of a ladder, and they went up one by one, and when they climbed a little higher, they saw a dense forest, and they could smell the rancid smell from the outside.

"Looks like this is it." Xue Rou said.

Xue Rou and Yuan Junfeng walked into the mass grave, and sure enough, they saw a pile of corpses, dense and stenching.

However, they covered their faces, and the smell was not particularly strong. Began to crouch down to look at the dead people. The village chief said that the clothes worn by the first madman were red, and the villagers helped him change them when he died, and he had not been dead for a long time, and he should still be able to see the color when he went to look for it.

Xue Rou and Yuan Junfeng squatted down and looked for the people in red clothes, but found that several corpses had decomposed, but they could still see that the pus on their bodies were somewhat similar to the tumor epidemic, "Brother Yuan, come and take a look here." ”

Yuan Junfeng squatted down, "It's a tumor epidemic." ”

Xue Rou nodded, "Sure enough, it's not just the madman who died. Let's look at something else. ”

The two of them continued to search, and sure enough, they saw several corpses infected with the tumor, and finally found the madman with long hair and red clothes. He had a noticeable black birthmark on his face, which was easy to find.

Xue Rou wore gloves and carefully rummaged through them, and found that those corpses died earlier than the madman, and the madman likes to come to the mass grave, I am afraid that it was at this time that he was infected.

It's just that Xue Rou is still a little strange, "It stands to reason that only the madman was infected at the beginning, and the others hardly came." How can a madman spread so quickly if he doesn't socialize with other people? ”

Yuan Junfeng nodded and swept the mountain forest, "This place is still far away from the village, even if someone has been infected and died before, it shouldn't spread so quickly." ”

Xue Rou took a closer look at the illness on the madman's body, and roughly understood the appearance of a dead tumor patient, before leaving with Yuan Junfeng.

They went down from another part of the mountain, but they were surprised to find that there was a river flowing in the mountain, a small stream in the middle of the mountain, bubbling and flowing, and it seemed that the color of the water was quite clear.

"There is a river in this place, and I don't know where it flows, let's go and see." Xue Rou said.

Yuan Junfeng opened the road in front of him, and suddenly paused, "Rou'er, there are corpses here." “

Xue Rou came out from behind him, "Could it be that the corpse of the mass grave has fallen?" ”

The two of them stepped forward to check, only to find that these corpses were also plagued, and the death was very similar to the previous corpses, Xue Rou's expression became solemn, "How could this corpse be thrown into the water?" If someone in the lower class drinks this water, will they not drink polluted water? ”

Yuan Junfeng stretched out his hand and pointed, "Rou'er, you look over there." Someone deliberately blocked the water, and it was impossible to go down at all. It's definitely upstream that pollutes. ”

Xue Rou took a look, and sure enough, she saw someone throwing a few sacks filled with stones to block the flowing river, and looking at the flow of water, the water actually blocked the path downstream, so she had to continue to flow back. And the downstream has also begun to dry up a little because of the long time.

Xue Rou was taken aback, "Who did this?" Was it intentional? ”

The two of them continued to walk in the direction of the river, and Yuan Junfeng said, "It looks like it is man-made." The water upstream was blocked and could not go down, and there were corpses in the river with tumors, and the water was polluted at all. I just don't know where the river passes, and if someone quotes it, I'm afraid it's not good. ”

Xue Rou nodded, "Even if you are not infected, drinking this kind of water is not good for your health, I hope that the people there will not use the water here." ”

The two men followed the river worriedly and were suddenly taken aback. The two of them saw the river passing by Lijia Village from a long distance, and there were still two women washing clothes by the river.

"Could it be that the epidemic is because the villagers drank contaminated water? No wonder it is infected so quickly, if it is drinking water, it will only spread faster and faster. People like the village chief who have not been infected are completely in good health. ”

Xue Rou sighed, "No wonder you're also infected." I'm afraid that when you cooked noodles last night, you also touched the water and ate noodles, and I was a little resistant to them because I had tasted too many medicines. ”

Yuan Junfeng was a little nauseated, "Don't say it, I don't want to think about how to cook with water that has soaked in the dead." ”

Xue Rou smiled, "Don't worry, I can use some medicinal powder, it will be disinfected." Moreover, the river flows through such a long place, it would be good to let the village chief find someone to throw Xie Xie's body out later. ”

Yuan Junfeng nodded.

The two men went to the two women and asked, and it turned out that not only did the river pass through here, but the well water used in the village for drinking was also connected to the river.

"The well water is sweet, but I don't know what's going on lately, I always feel that the water tastes weird, maybe it's my delusion."

Xue Rou frowned, "It's not an illusion. Something was thrown in the river. ”

"Something? What is it? The woman asked.

Yuan Junfeng said, "Call your village chief, we have something to say to him." ”

After the village chief came, Xue Rou asked him to gather the villagers in the village, saying that he had something to tell them.

When nothing happened, the villagers saw the village chief's gloomy face and took a few young adults to the back mountain.

"Miss Xue, what are they doing here, village chief?"

Xue Rou said, "Folks, I gathered you today just to tell you something. The water from the river in the village is connected to the well, but it comes from a river in the mountains, not far from the mass grave. And in the river, the corpses of people with tumors were thrown away. The water was blocked and would only flow into the village. I suspect that the reason why people are so susceptible to infection is simply because they drink contaminated well water. ”

"What? Well water is water that has soaked corpses! ”

"It's disgusting, how can this be? Whoever killed a thousand knives threw the corpse into it, if you let me know, I must kill him! ”

The villagers talked a lot, but soon they saw the village chief returning with the group of young adults, and their faces were full of righteous indignation.

"Village chief, is there really a corpse in the river?!"

The village chief said with a gloomy face, "That's right, someone deliberately blocked the water and threw the corpse inside. But I've just brought someone over and fished out the body, so you don't have to worry. ”

"Ouch, what can I do! This water is all polluted, and we are afraid that if we drink any more water, we will be polluted. It's hard to run out of water to drink in the future! ”