They went up the mountain, because the mountain road was difficult to walk, Gu Junruo tied the horse under a tree, and then followed the people to climb up.

The group touched the side facing Zhaojia Village, stood on the hillside, pushed away the obscured trees and looked down.

It's just that the trees are hidden, and the mountain is not very high, so the village looms and you can't see it very clearly.

Gu Junruo stood on tiptoe and looked at it for a long time, only to feel that the village was a little too quiet, which was completely different from the villages she had inspected with Han Mu during this time.

Ding Si also felt that it was wrong, he looked back and forth and said, "Although there are markers, they may not be easy to find, so I will ask people to go to the foot of the mountain to meet them." ”

As soon as the words fell, they heard a slight brushing sound, and everyone turned their heads to look, and saw that Shi Chang had come back with a pale face.

Gu Junruo was startled and hurriedly asked, "What about the other two?" ”

Shi Chang said: "One person is at the bottom of the mountain, one person is in the village, madam, something happened in Zhaojia Village, and there was a plague in Zhaojia Village." ”

Gu Junruo was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened, and his heart beat loudly, "What did you say?" ”

"There is a plague in Zhaojia Village," Shi Chang said: "Li Zheng said that he had sent someone to the county seat to report, and the shortcut should have been missed by us." ”

Shi Chang lowered his eyes and said, "Li Zheng said that he wanted to come to see you, but I stopped me, madam, do you want us to escort you back to the county seat now?" ”

Gu Junruo slowly calmed down and asked, "How many villagers are sick, and how many have left Zhaojia Village so far?" ”

Shi Chang said: "Li Zheng said that this plague is very urgent, and now most of the people in the village are infected, and the time is too tight, so I didn't ask too much." ”

Gu Junruo turned around and left, "Let Li Zheng come to see me." ”

Shi Chang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed, "He is at the entrance of the village." ”

Zhaojia Village is a very large village, with 128 households, so there is a Lizheng in this village, and the village chief is also him.

He was an old man of forty or fifty years old, haggard and pale, and when he saw a group of people on the road into the village, one of whom was the county magistrate whom he had seen twice, tears could not help but come out, and he hurriedly broke through the soldier's barrier to meet her, and knelt down when he was still seven or eight paces away from her.

The young men behind him also hurriedly knelt down.

Gu Junruo said with a calm face: "Get up and talk, what's going on in Zhaojiacun?" ”

Li Zheng got up and replied: "It may be that after the disaster, dirty water was used, so there was a plague, and most of the people in the village were infected. ”

Gu Junruo pursed his lips and asked, "When did you find out?" ”

Li Zheng said weakly: "Eight, eight days ago." ”

Gu Junruo frowned, "Eight days ago? More than two months have passed since the flood, and even the plague should have occurred a long time ago, since the arrival of the county magistrate, who has given you relief food and let you drink boiled water, how can there be a plague now? ”

She thought he had been hiding it for more than two months, but who knew that it had only been eight days.

Li Zheng said anxiously: "I don't know, but it's true that the plague has only been born in the past few days." ”

He said: "At the beginning, a few elderly people were unwell, some fever, and vomiting and diarrhea, all thinking that they were tired from sowing some time ago, and they were hungry this year, so no one thought about it." ”

"The first two old people who fell ill died in just two days, and then people in the village began to get sick one after another," Li Zheng said: "The number of sick people has surged, and there is only one doctor in the village, and he feels like an epidemic, so he looks for me, I, I ......."

Li Zheng stretched out his hand and slapped his face twice, crying: "I was afraid that the county government would seal our village, or burn the plague, so I didn't dare to report it." ”

Gu Junruo asked, "When was that?" ”

Rizheng cried: "Three days ago. ”

Gu Junruo: "Did a stranger enter the village three days ago?" A middle-aged man, who seems to be a scholar. ”

Li Zheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Yes, he said that his name is Chen Jian, he is from Yixian County, he came out to play through Zhaojia Village, he knows a little about medical skills, and he also gave us a prescription, which can alleviate the condition after eating." ”

Gu Junruo clenched his fists, stared at Li Zheng and asked, "Are you sure he's here to play?" ”

Li Zheng was silent.

Ding Si was angry, the knife was slightly unsheathed, and he shouted angrily: "Don't say it quickly!" ”

The young man behind Li Zheng stepped forward and said, "Father, let's talk about it." ”

Li Zheng lowered his head and didn't speak, and the young man said, "That Mr. Chen wants to borrow a way from our Zhaojia Village to go to Qi State." ”

Gu Junruo raised his eyebrows: "Qi country? ”

The young man nodded and said, "Yes, our village is very close to Qi State, and across a river, some small guest merchants will secretly smuggle over from our village, or smuggle over." There are also people who smuggle people to travel. ”

After a pause, he said, "If you want to cross the river, you need to take our villagers' boats. ”

Gu Junruo understood, so the villagers of Zhaojia Village have been involved in the smuggling, but this matter should not be a secret, Li Zheng knows, and even the people in the county government know that this young man dares to say it so clearly.

Gu Junruo's guess was right, the people in the county government did know about it, because the location of Zhaojia Village was really unique, it was not only close to Qi State, but also close to Chen State, and it was only separated by a river from the two countries.

In the past, in order to prevent people from smuggling, the county government and the garrison also set up outposts in the villages.

Later, the relationship between the three countries gradually improved, and they no longer fought wars, and the merchants in and out were also willing to pay bribes, so everyone turned a blind eye, and in the end, the outpost withdrew from Zhaojia Village, and only collected some filial piety from Zhaojia Village every year, and the people of Zhaojia Village helped the merchants of the Three Kingdoms to enter and exit.

But the road in and out of Zhaojia Village is not easy to walk, so the big merchants will not go from here, they are not very rich small merchants, or travelers who travel privately will go from here.

As long as the people of Zhaojia Village are given some boat fares, they can enter or leave the Zhou Kingdom.

They don't care when they go out, but they all know it in their hearts, and they will go to the county seat and the county government every other month to report.

Gu Junruo asked, "Who are you reporting to?" ”

Li Zhengdao: "And Zhao is the master book." ”

Gu Junruo was speechless for a long time.

Li Zheng said cautiously: "Madame doesn't know yet, Master Zhao's book is from our Zhaojia Village." ”

Gu Junruo said faintly: "I know now." ”

Li Zheng raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly said: "But this Mr. Chen is a good person, he saw that we were seriously plagued, and after leaving the prescription, he said that he knew a famous doctor and could help us ask for a prescription, so he didn't go to Qi country, but asked for a prescription for us." ”

"Where to ask?"

"I heard that the famous doctor lives in seclusion near Bali Township."

"Is it far away from Qi Guo?"

Li Zheng was stunned for a moment and said: "It's not far, just like us, it's also separated by a river, or the same river." ”

Gu Junruo sneered when he heard this, "Good man? Hum! ”

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