Xue Yi frowned, raised her hand and rubbed the tip of her nose, her face showing a little worry and disgust.

Qian Qianqian didn't say a word, her eyes kept looking around without a trace, and found that many pharmacies were closed, it seemed that she was frightened by so many patients, afraid that she didn't make money, but took her life, so she could hide and hide, and she couldn't avoid it.

Walking to the moat, Qian Qianqian and the others gradually smelled a little rancid, as if some living thing had died, and the corpse had not been cleaned up in time, which made people inexplicably sick to their stomachs.

"Have the corpses of those sick and dead people thrown into this river?" Qian Qianqian covered her nose and couldn't help but look up at Xiao Mohan, a little puzzled.

"How is that possible? The whole city lives on the water in this moat, and if the corpses are thrown into it and the water is dirty, will the people not be able to live? ”

Xiao Mohan flatly denied it, thinking about it, there was an epidemic in this city, and those corpses should be cremated or buried, how could they be thrown into the river?

"Hey, what's that? How to float on water? ”

Xue Yi stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance, only to see that there seemed to be a white thing floating on the water, and as the current passed, the thing gradually moved towards the shore, which was very unusual to look at.

"Steward Li, find a boat and see what that piece is?"

Xiao Mohan's sword eyebrows raised slightly, his expression was solemn, and he commanded in a deep voice, Steward Li nodded his hand, and immediately did so, and went to a nearby farmer's house to find a wooden boat.

This wooden boat is very simple, it is used by nearby farmers to sometimes go down to the river to fish, so it can only accommodate one person, Steward Li personally got on the boat, went over to check, and Xiao Mohan and a few people waited on the shore.

After a few moments, Steward Li returned to the shore and disembarked, holding in his hands two swollen fish, which were motionless and seemed to be dead.

"Lord Wang, those are dead fish, floating on the water, many of them are rotting, and there are a lot of them, this rancid smell should be the dead fish."

Steward Li wiped the sweat from his forehead, Xiao Mohan and Qian Qianqian glanced at the dead fish in his hand, and suddenly thought of something in their hearts.

"It seems that this water has indeed been tampered with, there have never been so many dead fish in this river before, and now that so many have died at once, the water must be dirty."

Xiao Mohan lifted his thin lips lightly, his voice was low, faintly worried, but his face was still calm, and he couldn't see the slightest panic.

Qian Qianqian leaned down, took out a silver hairpin from her sleeve, and inserted it into the water, and after a while, the hairpin slowly turned black.

"There's poison in this water." Qian Qianqian suddenly raised her eyes, and said very firmly, and this silver hairpin changes so slowly, which shows that the poison in this water is not serious, and the reason why those people are sick should be to eat the water in this river all day long, and they can't stand it over time.

"It seems that the central country is deliberately retaliating, general, do you want to gather the famous doctors in this Jin city to study this water source together to see if you can find a way to detoxify."

Steward Li proposed beside Xiao Mohan, but Xiao Mohan didn't think so, it had been several days, and he hadn't heard the news that the water source of the moat was poisonous, indicating that the so-called famous doctors in the city were not aware at all, if they were summoned, not only would they not find a way to detoxify, but they would probably cause panic among the people.

"If you want to detoxify, you can't rely on these doctors in the city, you have to invite the doctors in the army and let them do this."

Xiao Mohan thought about it in his heart, his face gradually sank, his sword eyebrows frowned, and he said very firmly.

"Fortunately, our soldiers are still outside the city, and they didn't use the water in this moat, otherwise something would really be a big deal."

Qian Qianqian muttered quietly in her mouth, lowered her eyelids slightly, her long eyelashes drooped slightly, blocking the emotions in her eyes, and she bit her lower lip from time to time, as if she was thinking about something in her heart.

"It's not the time to talk about these things now, if the people in this city are gone, no matter how many soldiers and horses we have, we will have no support after all, and there will be big trouble on the side of the court."

Xiao Mohan's expression was indifferent, and his eyes were deep, which made people unable to see through it at a glance, and he couldn't figure it out at all.

Steward Li scooped up some river water with the bamboo tube he carried, sealed his mouth, and brought it back first, and then went to the military camp outside the city to invite the military doctor to come.

Xiao Mohan and Qian Qianqian walked around the city to see how far this Jincheng had fallen.

"Steward Li has already sorted out the list of sick people in this city, registered them according to their household registration, and found that there are several families in this city whose entire families are safe, so that Steward Li inquired and learned that almost all the people used their own well water, not the water in the moat, and the well water was also used in the general's mansion."

Xiao Mohan said lightly beside Qian Qianqian, although he didn't know the news for long, but Steward Li has always been quick to do things, and this Jincheng is not big, so it is also very convenient to investigate, and it didn't take long for a roster to be sorted out.

"In other words, this disease, no, it should be this poison, it will not be transmitted in person-to-person contact, and only by drinking the water in the moat will you fall ill."

Qian Qianqian pondered in her heart, her eyes suddenly lit up, her eyebrows twisted into a dead knot, such a serious and stubborn appearance, it was really cute.

"Yes, in this way, things will be much easier, as long as the poison is cured, the people of the whole city will be saved."

Xiao Mohan was calm and calm, and his words seemed to be calm and light, but there was always a little worry in his tone.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Mother......"

On the corner of the street not far away, a boy who looked less than ten years old was kneeling on the ground, and in front of him lay a woman, her face blackened, and her arms peeking out of her sleeves were covered with blood-red spots, and she looked like she was already dying.

Qian Qianqian felt a little uncomfortable, and the ghost sent her over and leaned over to check the woman's pulse, and as she expected, the woman was dead.

"Child, your mother has passed away, and someone from the government will come to collect her body in a while, so you better go home quickly."

Qian Qianqian saw that the child was crying pitifully, so she comforted her, but as soon as the child looked up, she found something unusual, if it was not as she expected, the child was also poisoned, but the toxicity was not so serious, so she could still breathe.

"I don't have a home anymore, my mother is my only relative, and now she's dead."

The child cried heartbreakingly, but it seemed that he had not eaten for a long time, and even the cry was low, but it seemed to have exhausted his strength.

Qian Qianqian was stunned for a moment, if he left this child, then he would definitely die, either sick or starved, but if he was taken, he didn't know where to place him.

"Take him back to the General's Mansion." Xiao Mohan stood beside Qian Qianqian, his thin lips lifted lightly, although there were no waves in his eyes, Qian Qianqian knew that he was not a hard-hearted person, and there were often times when he couldn't bear it.

Qian Qianqian nodded, took the child to stand up, patted the dust on the child's shoulder, and then squeezed out a smile.

"Since you have no relatives anymore, then let me go, if your mother knows that you can have a good place to go, she will be at ease in the Netherworld."

Qian Qianqian stood up and took the child's hand, originally the child was born in a poor family, and now she just wants to find a way to live, so she didn't refuse, but she was reluctant to be a mother.

"What's your name?" Walking on the road, Qian Qianqian wondered, although this child was poisoned and may not survive, it can't make him too unclear.

"Lin Sheng." The child wiped tears from his face, and his voice was still crying.

Back at the General's Mansion, Qian Qianqian asked the subordinates in the mansion to take Lin Sheng down to freshen up, and prepared meals for him, but just after freshening up, Lin Sheng fell ill, and he didn't have time to eat a bite of those meals.

Qian Qianqian hurriedly went to check Lin Sheng's pulse, although she was not proficient in medical skills, but she carefully examined Lin Sheng, and also knew that the poison in Lin Sheng's body was menacing.

"Lin Sheng, like those people outside, is covered with red spots, has a high fever that does not go away, and it is estimated that he will not live long."

Qian Qianqian opened her mouth to explain, and sighed, such a young child, it was really difficult for him.

"Steward Li has already gone out of the city to ask for a military doctor, and it is estimated that he will come back tomorrow." Xiao Mohan also knew what Qian Qianqian meant, so he deliberately reminded him like this, wanting to make Qian Qianqian feel at ease.

"General, now that the epidemic is serious outside, since this child is sick, I am afraid that it is a little inappropriate to place him in the General's Mansion, if it is infected by others, what should I do?"

A little guy stood behind and said cautiously, this little guy follows Steward Li on weekdays, and he is different from other servants in the General's Mansion, so Steward Li is not there, so he came to replace him and waited on the side.

"Don't get in the way, this disease is not so easily contagious, you order to go down, let the general not step out of the gate for half a step, and don't use the water outside, otherwise if there is a mess, the general will not be able to save you."

Xiao Mohan didn't turn his head, but just commanded lightly, although his tone was not heavy, but it was very majestic, making it impossible to refute it at all.

"Yes, little one." The little guy leaned slightly, saluted, and then withdrew.

Since there is a problem with the water in the moat, it must no longer be used, so this matter must be announced on the list, so that all the people outside know about it, and this matter must not be allowed to get worse.

Steward Li was not there, so the matter was handed over to Xue Yi, but there was a trouble, that is, most of the people in this Jin City did not have wells at home, especially the poor families, only a few large households had special wells, once the water in the moat could not be used, those people's daily life was afraid that there would be problems.

Qian Qianqian and Xiao Mohan walked out and returned to the study, their faces were not very good, everyone knows this kind of trouble, but the water source is no less than rice and grain, it is indispensable all the time, and it cannot be replaced by something else, the rain in this Xinjiang is already less, where else can the water be transferred from?

"Why don't we gather the families of the wells in this city and discuss them, and see if they can give some water to the people around them every day, so that they can survive."

Qian Qianqian hesitated for a moment, slowly raised her eyes, and cautiously tentatively said.

"This is indeed a good statement, but if this matter is to be done, I am afraid that it will be very difficult, and now the epidemic outside is in an uproar, and the people are like frightened birds, and they should not let those people go to give water to the poor people."

Xiao Mohan shook his head, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, his tone was full of affirmation.