When he got home, Shen Youqiu immediately boiled water and took a hot bath, put his clothes in boiling water and boiled them for a while, and then put them in cold water to wash and dry.

Seeing her like this, Mo's face sank, and he hurriedly asked at the door, "Yooqiu, what's wrong?"

"Plague."

Shen Youqiu said heavily: "I heard a doctor say with my own ears that the people outside were infected with the plague, and now that the medical hall is basically closed, the imperial court will immediately send people to deal with these people, I am afraid that those who are infected with the plague will be burned alive."

Hearing this, Mo's face changed.

Her family has been a doctor for generations, so she naturally knows the severity of the plague, and also knows the fate of those who get the plague, either die of disease or be burned to death.

Plagues large and small cannot be cured, and sometimes the plague cannot be cured, so all the people who have the plague can be burned to death, and all the places where the plague broke out are fenced off, so that the people inside can fend for themselves, so that the plague can disappear.

Only a handful of people can wait until a cure for the plague is developed.

This plague seems to be very scary, because there is no news a few days ago, and now the hospital is closed, if she predicts it correctly, I am afraid that many people will die in this natural disaster.

"That's right, mother."

Shen Youqiu said again: "When I went out yesterday, I saw a lot of animal carcasses floating in the small river ditch, recently we can stop drinking the water from the river, and the water in the well has to be boiled before it can be used, preferably to be able to catch the rain from the sky."

"I see."

Mohs nodded, preoccupied.

On the other side, Shen Youqiu was lying in the bathtub, his eyes full of pain and struggle.

She has a bold, but maybe not very mature idea, she wants to go to the north, wants to go to the north to find Qi Jingxing, and now she also has a body of kung fu, her body is many times better than ordinary people, neither easy to get hurt, nor easy to get sick, if you go to the north, you can also ensure your safety.

But now that the plague has suddenly broken out, if you leave home during this period, my father and mother will be worried to death.

But if she doesn't go, she will always remember Qi Jingxing in her heart, and she can't let go of it.

At this moment, Ruyue's small voice sounded outside the door.

"Sister Shen, you haven't come out for a long time, you're fine."

"It's fine."

Shen Youqiu hurriedly spoke, and as soon as he spoke, he found that his voice was a little hoarse.

After a while, she asked slowly, "Ruyue, do you miss your brother now?"

"I think about it, I think about it every day." Xiao Ruyue hurriedly said.

When she talked about her brother, she even jumped a lot in her voice.

"So, do you want to see him now?"

"Yes!" Xiao Ruyue's voice suddenly rose a degree higher, "Sister Shen, is my brother back?"

"Nope." Shen Youqiu hurriedly said, "I'm just asking casually."

"Of course I want to see my brother." Xiao Ruyue said obediently: "But, my brother asked me to stay here obediently, I will listen to my brother's words, I know, my brother's favorite is me, he is afraid that I will not eat well, sleep badly, before, he fought with several uncles for a steamed bun, that time, he was almost killed."

"So, my brother now asks me to follow Sister Shen obediently, I will obediently follow Sister Shen, and I believe in my brother, he said that he will come back, he will definitely come back, he has never lied to me."

Hearing this, Shen Youqiu's heart trembled.

She thought of what Qi Jingxing said to her before leaving.

"Wait until I get back."

At this moment, Qi Jingxing seemed to be standing in front of her, showing a fox-like smile as usual.

"Look, I'm back."

Shen Youqiu quickly wiped the corners of his eyes, took a deep breath, stood up from the bucket, wiped his body clean, and changed into clean clothes neatly.

Yes, she should believe Qi Jingxing, this person, will not lie to her.

And she can't leave her father and mother, now that the situation in the capital is so severe, their family must stay together.

Thinking of this, the feeling of suffocation in her heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

She'll just wait.

If the plague passes, and the fox does not return, she will go to the north to find him, even if it is outside the north, in the territory of those savages, she must find him!

I figured it out in my heart, and my spirit was much better.

She continued to bury herself at home and began to read medical books, and just a few days ago her uncle sent her a medical book dedicated to recording herbal medicines, as well as some private case records, and even a few prescriptions for treating different plagues.

She studied it carefully, trying to see if these recipes could cure the current plague.

By the way, you can also teach Xiao Ruyue to recognize and write at home.

Only Shen Yuxin couldn't help but feel sad, and now that he was in trouble, he couldn't go to the blacksmith shop every day to make iron.

A few days passed, and there were fewer and fewer people outside, but the plague seemed to be getting more and more serious, although Shen Youqiu didn't go out, he could occasionally hear some movement outside.

From time to time, officers and soldiers were driving people away, and those who were driven were basically people who had the plague or had come into contact with people who had the plague.

Slowly, even some large mansions seemed to start spreading the plague, and it was an extremely serious, terrifying plague.

At this moment, several villages outside the city were surrounded by officers and soldiers covered in sackcloth, and only their eyes were exposed.

The village has been completely surrounded, and the people in the village are basically people who have been in contact with the sick, and outside the village, a fire will be lit from time to time, and in the center of the fire, the shape of some people can occasionally be seen.

When the people of the village saw this, they cried and shouted, and tried to break out of the village, but once they crossed that line, they would not hesitate to be stabbed to death by the officers and soldiers, and then thrown into the fire, where they were soon burned into a pair of ashes.

After several people were burned to death, the people inside finally quieted down, but greater desperation began to spread through the crowd.

"Don't panic, everyone, we are developing a cure for this plague, and if you persist, you must wait until the antidote is developed."

An old man with a medicine box on his back and a thick white cloth covering his mouth and nose shouted at the entrance of the village, "In addition, we will make medicinal soup at the entrance of the village every day, these medicinal soups cannot completely cure the plague, but there is a certain probability that you will not be infected by the plague, remember to come and get a bowl to drink every day, you know?"

After the old man finished speaking, the already desperate crowd in the village finally looked at it, and the desire to survive and the excitement of being able to live reappeared in their eyes.

If they can live, who wants to die?