Wei Chang frowned, and was about to speak, when suddenly a servant of the Huang Mansion hurriedly ran over and said to everyone: "My lord, there is news from the epidemic center, Imperial Doctor Li seems to have some new clues, and I want to ask Gongzi Xi to come over as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Yuexi raised her eyebrows, happy, this Li Ran is still a little useful. After enough fun, he turned his head to look at Wei Chang, and said with a smile: "Lord Wei, you have also seen that there are still places that can be used in the epidemic center." ”

Wei Chang sighed and compromised: "Then don't delay, let's go, Lord Huang will go?" ”

Look at this, look at that, what else can you say? I can only follow along.

The so-called epidemic house is actually a Zhuangzi outside the city that has been abandoned for many years, the place is spacious, and the tinkering can barely accommodate people, but it is a little dilapidated, contaminated with sickness and death, and it looks even more dilapidated and gloomy.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw a dignified Li Ran coming out of it, and when he saw Xiao Yuexi, he didn't talk nonsense, and hurriedly said, "Master Xi, let's borrow one to talk." ”

Xiao Yuexi was infected by his solemnity and followed without saying a word. Leaving Huang Lian in place, looking at the backs of the two leaving, and then looking at Wei Chang, he finally couldn't help but blurt out: "Lord Wei, what is the origin of this Xi Gongzi?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Huang Lian unconsciously trembled, because he was facing Shang Wei Chang's meaningful glance, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Li Ran led Xiao Yuexi all the way to a corner with few people, and looked left and right to make sure that there were any idle people around.

Xiao Yuexi also looked around, the position of the two of them was in the shade, and there happened to be no one else at this time. After Xiao Yuexi finished observing, she suddenly raised her voice and said, "Ride the wind, send someone to guard and don't let people come!" ”

A slight sound swept overhead, gradually fading away, as if responding to Xiao Yuexi.

Li Ran: "......"

Xiao Yuexi said disappreliantly: "Okay, you can say it!" ”

Li Ran's attention was immediately dragged back, and he said with an ugly face: "Almost half of the people in the city are here, from the time they found out that they were infected to the time they died, it took only three days at most, it was too fast, it didn't look like an epidemic!" I thought about it all night and thought it was more like poisoning. ”

This healer, who couldn't see the depth clearly, always gave Xiao Yuexi a feeling of trustworthiness, and when he said this, Xiao Yuexi didn't doubt him, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of poison?" ”

"That's why I came to you, I heard the surname Mu say that the envoys of the State Supervision Department are all experts in drug recognition, I want to ask your opinion."

Xiao Yuexi raised her eyebrows, even more convinced that the relationship between Li Ran and Mu Yunqing was definitely not ordinary. However, now is not the time to think about this, Xiao Yuexi asked directly: "What are the symptoms?" ”

Li Ran replied quickly: "At first, it was a fever, and the infected person had a red rash all over his body, and the rash worsened within a few hours and drained pus, and then festered, and the patient spent his last time in pain...... I asked those responsible for the incineration of the contaminated bodies, and the dead were all rotten beyond recognition. ”

Just thinking about the creepy scene, Li Ran said it plainly, and Xiao Yuexi heard it without any abnormality. She carefully recalled the poisons she had identified in the past, and found that none of them matched the situation at hand.

Xiao Yuexi grasped the key point and asked, "According to what you say, then this disease is not contagious?" ”

"I can't say for sure yet, but I don't think it's very likely to be contagious." Li Ran analyzed it seriously. "We might as well try to start with the idea of poisoning and check the surrounding water and food to see if we can find anything."

Xiao Yuexi nodded and said, "This kind of thing is still up to you doctors, and you can get my orders." ”

"I don't dare!" Li Ranpi glanced at her with a smile.

Xiao Yuexi didn't care, just remembered something and suddenly said, "That's right!" Are there any corpses to be burned today? I'd like to see it, anyway, you said it's unlikely to be contagious. ”

Li Ran really wants to smack himself at this time, what are you doing with so much nonsense?

Xiao Yuexi added in a deep voice: "I always feel that there will be some clues on the corpse......"

Li Ran hesitated for a while, but still compromised: "Okay!" You come with me. ”

There is a large wasteland behind the broken Zhuangzi, which is fenced off, and as soon as the infected person dies, it will be sent here to be burned, and after it is cleaned up, a large number of herbs will be burned to kill the virus.

At this moment, people in groups of three and three were covering their faces with cloth towels, circling around a corpse that had just been delivered, and the simple wooden frame was built, and the corpse was carried up by several people through several layers of cloth towels.

"Hurry up and light the fire, this fucking stinks too!"

"It's not the first time I've had a fever, but you're sick!"

"! Since Lao Tzu received this errand, he lost seven pounds of scales in ten days! Burn it, burn it! ”

Xiao Yuexi hurriedly took a few steps forward and raised his voice: "Wait a minute!" ”

The summer wind was muggy and hot, and the stench that blew through the unrecognizable corpse brought with it an indescribable stench. Xiao Yuexi frowned, and Li Ran on the side said, "We are here to investigate the cause of the epidemic by order of the emperor, and the eldest brothers are bothered to wait." ”

The middle-aged man who lost seven pounds of scales and was still fat and big-eared scolded in a small voice without much patience, looked at Li Ran and said, "Then hurry up!" Brothers! Let's go over there and wait! As he spoke, he threw the cloth towel wrapped around his hand on the corpse, turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly he couldn't hide his anger and cursed: "What a fucking bad luck!" ”

It turned out that the corpse was so rotten that it didn't look good, and he threw it, coincidentally, the pus and blood on the corpse that had not had time to coagulate splashed a little, and it happened to splash on the strong man's face.

Where is this so simple? If Li Ran's judgment is wrong, this is just a simple contagious epidemic, then it is very likely that he will be infected this time!

Li Ran said solemnly: "Go to the medicine station to get the medicine and go back to take a bath, don't be careless!" ”

The strong man also knew the measure, and ran away in a hurry.

Xiao Yuexi moved her gaze to the source of the stench—the corpse.

In such a hot summer, such a corpse is undoubtedly a delicacy for flies and insects. At this time, Xiao Yuexi's eyes and ears were full of flies and insects flying around, and occasionally one or two fell on the "delicious", and he couldn't wait to get into it and never come out again.

Xiao Yuexi stretched out her hand expressionlessly, but Li Ran took the first step to understand her intentions, grabbed her arm, and said in a low voice: "Just look, don't do it!" I don't want to go back and see the face of the surname Mu! ”

“…… Look here. Xiao Yuexi pointed to the cheek on the right side of the corpse, which was almost rotten, and said, "If it is rotten like this, it should have exposed the bones, I just want to see if this bone is black when it is wrapped in rotten flesh or it is already black." ”

Li Ran frowned, Xiao Yuexi's discovery was very important - if the bones were all black, then the possibility of poisoning would be even greater! Li Ran took out a three-inch-long knife from his sleeve, the blade was not opened, it should be the kind commonly used when picking herbs, it can be seen everywhere, and it is not a pity to throw it away.

Li Ran stepped forward and carefully scraped the position pointed by Xiao Yuexi with the tip of the knife, it was really just a scrape, but the tip of the knife was "extremely sharp", leaving a long cut on the corpse's face. The original position of the cheekbone was hit by this sudden blow, and the whole collapsed, and the pus and blood became a puddle of black mud.

Both of them were startled by the scene in front of them, and Xiao Yuexi's hands trembled a little. If this is the case for the infected, can they still be saved? Do you really want these people to rot and die here, and then set things on fire? A city is fine, but how can more than a dozen cities in the three continents that were infected this time burn down?

The feeling of powerlessness in her heart rose all at once, and Xiao Yuexi felt like a clown who jumped off the beam, unable to control anything......

"I'll have to see the infected again." Li Ran said suddenly: "Sure enough, it's useful to find you, I'll confirm something, what about you?" ”

Xiao Yuexi paused for a moment before calming down and said, "I'll go to Wei Chang, King Xian's matter is also very important, let's go to the barren mountains in the south in the afternoon." ”

Li Ran nodded, and after a pause, he said: "It's inconvenient to decoct the medicine for you here, you go back to the Yellow Mansion, take the medicine and leave, I'll give you the prescription." ”

Xiao Yuexi was depressed for a while, and couldn't help but ask the question that had been buried in her heart for many days: "What's wrong with my body?" Do you see me running around all these days, like I'm sick? ”

Li Ran didn't answer, just took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to her, and then said indifferently: "You can not eat, go back and delay your own business, don't come to me for trouble." ”

“…… Was it the assassination that night outside the palace? I knew I might have been poisoned, but wasn't the needle taken out later? The wound on my arm is almost healed, is the poison that bad? ”

Li Ran ignored her, walked back quickly, and behind him, those people approached with their noses pinched, and couldn't wait to throw a torch on the corpse, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.

On the way back, Li Ran was impatient with Xiao Yuexi's thoughts, and hurriedly said: "It's poisoning, and the residual poison has not been cleared, it hurts the lungs, you may not feel anything now, and it's not a big problem if you don't take medicine, but it will be very uncomfortable in a few days-okay!" I'm going to see the infected, will you go? ”

Xiao Yuexi saw Wei Chang waiting from a distance with a worried face, so he said, "Okay, then you pay attention to your own safety." Throwing down these words, Xiao Yuexi turned around and walked quickly towards Wei Chang.

"Mr. Xi, how is it?" Wei Chang asked.

Xiao Yuexi sighed: "I haven't found anything for the time being, but Imperial Doctor Li seems to have some ideas, let's wait for him-by the way, Lord Huang, I have to bother to borrow a medicine from your mansion in the future...... Xi has been slightly ill recently, and he relies on this medicine to continue his life! ”