Chapter 53: The Beginning of the Plague
The word "plague" is a deadly weapon in any era, and every time a large-scale outbreak occurs, words such as "corpses are all over the field" and "white bones pillow" will come out of the dull articles and classics, making people all over the world talk about it!
Even in the world where Zhang Ran was located, most of the people were still extremely fragile ordinary people, and once the plague broke out, they would die like the people in the other historical worlds......
After Zhang Ran temporarily stabilized the surrounding people with the fame he had accumulated, after only a pillar of incense, some people were horrified to find that hundreds of elite soldiers under the leadership of the first official uniformed person urgently surrounded the street market around the medical hall!
"Officers and soldiers are coming!"
All the people who eat melons were still watching the show, but they didn't want to become clowns who were watched after a while!
This time, everyone panicked:
What's going on?
The officer who led the army shouted:
"I am Jiang Ping, the county lieutenant, I have to report that there may be a plague here, and I will be surrounded by special troops, and until the results of the inspection come out, everyone and others are not allowed to enter and leave without permission!"
Pestilence?!
As soon as these two words came out, everyone was frightened on the spot, and many timid people even collapsed on the ground......
No one knew what the plague represented, and there were already people who were planning to sneak away, but as soon as they approached the encirclement, the cold light of the soldiers' blades was aimed at them without hesitation.
Frightened by this, no one dared to run away anymore, but under the double pressure of the plague and the county soldiers, an atmosphere called "panic" gradually spread, and many people were scared and cried!
Seeing the soldiers surrounding, Zhang Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief, in the face of the infectious disease of the plague, what he was most afraid of was the flow of population, and what was most needed at this time was a strong regime to strictly control the flow of people.
And as long as the flow of population can be controlled, dealing with the source of the plague that is surrounded is to close the door and beat the dog, and the difficulty coefficient has dropped by more than an order of magnitude!
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After ordering the county soldiers to surround them strictly, the county lieutenant walked towards the frightened people, and the frightened people hurriedly dodged away, for fear of colliding with this mighty official.
"Where is Zhang Guo?"
The county lieutenant shouted solemnly, at this time he was completely gone.
"Your Excellency!"
Zhang Ran walked quickly, bowed to him, and replied in a solemn voice.
The county lieutenant nodded, his eyes swept over the deceased and his family members who swept the ground, and the few people who were still in the medical treatment just now fell to their knees trembling and trembling, not daring to raise their heads at all.
"Doctor Zhang, are you sure it's the plague?"
Hearing the inquiry, Zhang Ran said with an ugly face:
"Eighty percent sure this is the plague!"
"Eighty percent? Enough is enough. ”
The county lieutenant said in a deep voice:
"After receiving the report from your disciple, the county lord immediately ordered the county lord to lead the troops to close the city gate, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, the county lord trusted you too much, if this matter is falsified, he will at least lose his position! Don't let him down! ”
Zhang Ran was moved when he heard this, he thought that the county order just wanted him to be his personal doctor, but since the last time he let himself go to him to solve the problem if he was embarrassed by the Qi Refiner, to the gift of the Dharma, and then to deal with the evil in recent months, he will always teach himself relevant knowledge intimately.
Zhang Ran determined that the county magistrate really valued himself, if it weren't for his lack of official status, it is estimated that he would have been promoted several times.
And now, because of his words about the plague, he decided to transfer troops to seal the city, which shows his trust!
"Don't talk nonsense!"
After swearing, Zhang Ran asked the county lieutenant in a low voice:
"My lord, can our qi and blood resist the plague?"
This is a problem that Zhang Ran is very worried about, although the qi and blood system is strong, but he is still a mortal in the first realm, whether he can withstand the plague, to be honest, he has no bottom in his heart.
Fortunately, the county lieutenant also said in a low voice:
"There is no need to panic, the Qi and Blood Exercises are to improve the overall ability of the physical body, and when we reach this cultivation, unless we directly eat the strange poison, it will not invade all poisons and diseases, at least the plague will not harm us......
I see!
Zhang Ran was full of confidence again, since he was not afraid of infection, then the treatment of the plague would have a personal safety guarantee.
The body is the capital of life, only when you are healthy, can you have the ability to save more people!
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Now that the plague outbreak has been treated as a real matter, Zhang Ran no longer hides his secrets, and began to ask several family members of the deceased about some things related to the deceased based on his knowledge of plague prevention and control:
"When did the two of them get sick?"
Several people were shocked, knowing that the matter had become so big that it was out of their control, and in the face of Zhang Ran's inquiry, they naturally knew everything and said everything like pouring beans......
"What?! You're not actually family members of these two? ”
Zhang Ran was shocked.
After careful inquiry, the matter became clear:
The two deceased were really not relatives of several people, and they didn't even know each other, they picked up these two dead people outside the city, and when they picked them up, they were already sick and dying.
Seeing this, several people had a whim, and wanted to send these two people to the hospital, in case Lang Zhong treated these two people to death, they pretended to be their family members, came to a medical trouble, and cheated the hospital for a sum of money.
And it just so happens that Zhang Ran's name as a miracle doctor resounded all around, after all, he is a miracle doctor, the business is so good, there must be a lot of money, and what this kind of miracle doctor is most afraid of is that his reputation will be damaged......
“CTMD!”
After listening to the confessions of several people, Zhang Ran, who has always been good-tempered, rarely scolded a foul word, eager to strangle these garbage to death!
His grandmother's, the money pit came to Lao Tzu, do you really think Lao Tzu is a good person?
Well, in order to make money, these dog gate species brought the plague into the city......
Several people trembled, and immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic, begging for mercy:
"Ask the county lieutenant and the divine doctor to spare our dog's life!"
I thought that Zhang Ran was at most a boss Lu behind him, but he didn't expect to directly alarm the county master trio, and these dogs were so scared that their souls were about to fly!
"You don't realize the seriousness of the problem!"
Zhang Ran was so anxious that his head was about to get bigger, so he ignored these dogs, turned his head to the county lieutenant and said solemnly:
"Lord Jiang, please verify the identities of these two deceased people as soon as possible, if it is from our county seat, it is okay to say, if not...... Please also prepare for the worst scenario when the plague breaks out in several counties or even several states! ”
The county lieutenant also realized the seriousness of the matter at this time, and after glancing at a few dog things, he called the messenger to be in charge of identity verification.
After the order was issued, Zhang Ran was not idle during the time he was waiting for the results, and after carefully examining the symptoms of the two deceased, he diagnosed several dog things and his apprentices who had been in direct contact with the corpses.
The apprentices had not been in contact with the corpse for a long time, so they were not sure whether they were infected or not, so they could only wait in the infirmary for the time being.
At this time, the success of Zhang Ran's disciples was reflected, and in the face of the risk of possibly being infected with the plague, the disciples were only a little panicked at first, but they quickly calmed down and waited for the results with peace of mind.
They can even joke with Zhang Ran:
"Master, you are a god of medicine, this little plague, as soon as you make a move, the plague god will scare you away!"
Zhang Ran reluctantly smiled, and began to check a few of the first dog things that came into contact with the deceased.
There were five of them in total, and for each one Zhang Ran examined, he had to ask them about the specific time they had come into contact with the deceased, so that he could make relevant records and infer the onset time of the plague.
These five dog things only knew that they were scared at this moment, and every once in a while they would say in horror that they were uncomfortable, but after Zhang Ran's examination, it was confirmed that most of them were psychological.
But in the end, there is still a reward.
During the fifth examination of one of them, Zhang Ran keenly noticed that there were gradually more abnormal red spots on this person's body, and then he began to scratch and itch......
"Stay away from him!"
Zhang Ran shouted to the other four people, and the four of them hurriedly flashed to the side, not only did they look at the person who was pointed out in horror, but they were also like great enemies to each other, and the distance between the four of them unconsciously widened a lot, for fear of being infected.
The person who was pointed at was even more frightened, fell to his knees as soon as his knees were weak, and kept kowtowing to Zhang Ran and begging:
"Doctor Zhang save me! The little ones don't dare to do bad things anymore, and they will definitely be new people in the future! ”
"If you don't see the coffin, you don't cry, why did you go earlier!"
The county lieutenant scolded, this person didn't dare to answer at all, and only kowtowed for help.
"Alas......"
Zhang Ran sighed, out of emotion, he didn't actually want to save him, but out of reason, he had to save him, otherwise it would be difficult to get infected!
Just as Zhang Ran was about to take a closer look, an errand officer came to report quickly:
"Lord Qiyu, when I was looking for someone to verify the identity of the deceased, the county respected me to tell me that the two deceased were not from the county seat!"
As soon as these words came out, the hearts of Zhang Ran and the county lieutenant suddenly sank to the bottom......
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