Huang Lian was stunned for a moment, and nodded his head to lead the way, but at this moment-

"Ahh!!h Help me! Help me!!! ”

A man with a big waist rushed out shirtless, kneeling in front of Li Ran who was about to enter the door with a "poof", hugging his thighs and howling miserably, his thick voice was still abrupt at the door of the lifeless epidemic center.

Xiao Yuexi frowned.

She had just seen this man, it was the middle-aged man who was accidentally splashed on his face with pus and blood, I don't know if it was a coincidence or what, the place where he was splashed was red and swollen at the moment, and it could be vaguely seen that the redness and swelling were composed of countless fine red rashes.

"It hurts, it hurts! Save me! Doctor!! Help me!! ”

Li Ran frowned, didn't have direct contact with him, just said, "You get up first, and say something slowly." ”

The man grabbed the hem of Li Ran's clothes and refused to let go, and the officers and soldiers guarding the door saw this and walked over with expressionless faces.

It's just that although he pulled it away, the man still sat on the ground and cried: "Doctor...... Doctor, save me, doctor! My old mother has just passed her 80th birthday, and her son is only a full moon, and the whole family is pointing to my little salary to live, I can't die! ”

Li Ran said with a straight face: "Don't worry! It doesn't have to be infected with the epidemic, you go inside and see for yourself, which of those infected patients is as full of anger as you! Get up and speak! ”

The man seemed to have heard the great news, so he stopped crying, got up from the ground with a rolling belt, looked at Li Ran directly, and asked in disbelief: "Really, really?" ”

Li Ran couldn't say too much, so he simply didn't answer, and asked directly: "Tell me what's going on?" Did I ask you to get the medicine? ”

For the time being, the cause is not clear, so the people who enter and leave the epidemic center only drink a bowl of medicine to prevent common epidemics every day, asking for a peace of mind that is better than nothing, people like them who deal with corpses all day long, not only drink a lot of medicine, but also dare not be vague when they take a bath and wash their hands, and they have medicine in their own temporary shelters, even if they don't use it and go to get it, it is not a trouble.

I saw the man crying with a sad face and said: "I came home and washed my face and hands with the water that had boiled herbs, and I still had the medicine I took, but I had to boil it now, I found someone to help decoction the medicine, and I didn't feel at ease and went to take the herbal water and washed it all over the bath, and then came out, and my face was like this, I, I ...... it."

As he spoke, the man was about to howl again, Li Ran saw that his head hurt and his eyes hurt, and he hurriedly said to the officers and soldiers: "For the time being, I am not sure if it is an epidemic, so please send this person to my room first." ”

The officers and soldiers did as they were told, and Li Ran looked at Xiao Yuexi, and when he saw that she hadn't left yet, he walked over.

Xiao Yuexi didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "It is impossible for the epidemic to spread so quickly, the problem lies in the pus and blood." ”

Li Ran nodded: "I thought so too, so I didn't rush to mix him with other patients." And the corpse, I always felt a bit like ......."

"Rotten bones."

"Rotten bones."

After the two of them came to the same conclusion in unison, their faces became extremely solemn.

Although Huang Lian on the side had never heard of this term, he knew that it was not a good thing just by listening to it, and that mysterious Xi Gongzi could actually show such a look, which made him instinctively feel even more uneasy, and he didn't dare to intervene for a while, so he could only watch dryly.

Wei Chang frowned, breaking the silence: "Let's be clear, what is Rotten Bone San?" ”

Xiao Yuexi said indifferently: "Literally, it is a drug that can make bones rot into bone residue, but it is generally used externally, and I have never heard of what happens when taken internally." ”

Huang Lian couldn't help but tremble and said, "Who has nothing to do and is idle to do this kind of thing?" What's the use of this? ”

Li Ran's face was not very good, as if he felt unbearable when he thought of the usefulness of this thing, he said with a calm face: "It is said that there are some secret kilns in the people, with many tricks, and they are very popular, and the girls in them are not regarded as people at all, and there are often people who die of torture." There were too many corpses, and they were afraid of getting into trouble if they threw them rashly, so some people came up with the idea of using more than a dozen kinds of extremely corrosive poisons to develop this kind of rotten bone powder, and buried it in a sparsely populated place, just sprinkled with a little bit, and began to stink for two days, and before anyone could find it, the bones rotted into mud, and they couldn't find it if they wanted to. ”

Huang Lian was unheard of by this, and exclaimed: "What?! Also, there is such a thing?! ”

He looked left and right, and saw that the young man Xi had an indifferent expression, looking like he knew it in his heart, and then looked at Lord Wei, and couldn't help asking, "Lord Wei, have you heard of it too?" ”

Wei Chang said thoughtfully: "I've heard a little, but I really haven't heard of the rotten bones." ”

Xiao Yuexi's face was pale, and she said in a deep voice: "When the former dynasty was in power, this wind prevailed, and those dark kilns were blatantly opened, and they could no longer be regarded as dark kilns. In this dynasty, this trend was severely punished, and these livelihoods that should not have seen the light disappeared. I am strict with the law, if there is really a family that does not know that the daughter died in vain, it will really not end well, and the girls who no one cares about are still a minority after all. Without this deal, the rotten bones would be of little use. I've only heard about it below, and if it weren't for such an incident today, I guess I wouldn't be able to remember it. ”

Li Ran frowned and said, "It's not necessarily rotten bones, you go back and take your medicine first, and I'll tell you when I have the results here." ”

Xiao Yuexi then remembered that she had more important things to do, and it was really not her forte to treat diseases and save people, so instead of spending here, it was better to do something she was good at.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuexi nodded, unwilling to delay any longer: "Then there is Imperial Doctor Lao Li here." ”

Anyway, Li Ran's side has made progress, and Xiao Yuexi feels that she should also speed up her pace, and she must find some clues on this trip.

Back in the Huangfu, Wei Chang specially asked Yao Shensong to take the prescription to grab the medicine decoction, Xiao Yuexi had lunch, flattered to take the medicine bowl handed by Yao Shensong, and didn't care about the question of whether it was bitter or not, poured it into his mouth, and said: "Thank you." ”

Yao Shensong smiled disappreciatively: "You're welcome, if I can help you do something, I can feel better." ”

He accompanied him this time, it was like an ornament, he wouldn't do anything, Wei Chang went out, and he could only stay in Lord Huang's mansion. Xiao Yuexi knew this, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, the relationship between these two people seemed to be quite good, and Wei often had to take him with him when he went out to investigate the case.

Wei Chang glanced at him, his eyes softened a lot, and he said slowly: "Don't be presumptuous, since I have you with me this time, I can still use your place." ”

Yao Shensong shrugged, turned his head and asked, "How long will I take this medicine for Young Master Xi?" ”

Xiao Yuexi's mouth was bitter again, and her face was even more bitter: "It seems that I have to eat for a long time." ”

Yao Shensong said with a smile: "Imperial Doctor Li doesn't seem to have time to run here, and the villain has nothing to do while staying in Lord Huang's mansion, so leave the work of decocting the medicine to me." ”

Xiao Yuexi thanked her again and again, and then turned to Wei Chang and said, "Time is pressing, let's not delay our efforts, let's go to the south first." ”

In the afternoon, Huang Lian led Xiao Yuexi and Wei Chang to the south.

On the way, Huang Lian briefly talked about the situation in the south.

The barren mountains in the south were not barren originally, but last autumn they were dry and restless, and a huge mountain fire broke out, which caused a sensation, and Xiao Yuexi had also heard of it. Later, although the fire was extinguished, the dead wood was not so easy to spring, and after a winter hibernation, a few weeds sporadic on the barren mountains sprung up, but they were far from filling the devastated mountains that were burned by the fire.

Xiao Yuexi understands only that, but the subsequent development is ridiculous.

It turned out that the fire not only burned the mountain, but also burned out the terrible things hidden in the mountain, and no one had ever discovered that there was a huge gold mine hidden under this mountain range.

The first thing to find was not the imperial court, but a group of mountain bandits who wandered here, the leader of this group of people is also a brain, knowing that he can't swallow such a big thing, so he found a few old acquaintances, and after three pinching and two strokes, he really let him piece together a force of no small scale, and when the imperial court reacted later, the mountain was occupied by the family, and the imperial court wanted to recover the gold mine, it was a little difficult.

Of course, no matter how fierce the mountain bandits are, they are still like clowns jumping off the beam in front of the imperial court, but before the imperial court has time to clean up these rats, a plague broke out in Binzhou, and there is no time to distract him.

After sorting out the general experience, Xiao Yuexi asked: "So, isn't it a rumor that bandits are rampant on the mountain in the south to catch the wind and shadows?" ”

Huang Lian nodded: "Yes." After a pause, he added as if he remembered something: "But I don't know about the collusion between officials and bandits!" The second time the Department of Supervision and Detention sent someone, I was terrified when I mentioned it! ”

When it came to the Department of Prison, Xiao Yuexi seemed to be poked in pain, took a breath and didn't say anything, and the air pressure released around her body was even lower.

Huang Lian couldn't help but tremble, and looked at Xiao Yuexi cautiously.

Wei Chang also looked at Xiao Yuexi, ignoring her unstable mood, and asked with a little doubt: "Although I don't know much about the affairs of the Prison Division, but those rumors that are spread by the outside world are not groundless, why did you plant such a big heel this time?" What happened to the second sent? ”

Ye Wanxiao and the other five Xingshi moved the public to guard the division and left quietly, Wei Chang and Huang Lian may still not know how big a crisis the supervision department is facing, how can Xiao Yuexi answer? How to explain it?

Regardless of whether the envoy defected or not, the fact that the Supervisor of the State Department had broken four guards and a number of junior ministers was a foregone conclusion, and there was no way to remedy it in any case.