008 Causes of the Plague
"You're no match for me. Xue Ce's thin lips opened lightly, and he ruthlessly said this fact.
He threw the sword casually and bowed slightly to a few people, "There is still something to do below, so I won't accompany you first." ”
After saying that, Xue Ce turned around and left, and at that moment, there was a flash of light in his eyes.
Han Jinyu has an impulsive personality and never cares about the consequences, for some reason, he really hates this woman, and he always has to choke a few times when they meet, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected joy today.
If I remember correctly, Han Jinyu's ancestor Meishan Zhenjun is already quite old, and if he fails to advance this time, I'm afraid it will be ......
Xue Ce hooked his lips and walked away.
Han Jinyu stared at his back, his fists clenched, his head lowered, his shoulders trembled slightly, and his whole person seemed to be immersed in boundless self-blame and chagrin.
After a long time, Han Jinyu said in a trembling voice: "Senior Brother Ning, I, I'm causing trouble......
Ning Shen was also silent and shook his head, "When this matter is done, we will go back together to receive the punishment." ”
He looked at Du Feng and glanced at Luo Qingli on the side, Luo Qingli reacted suddenly, secretly called unlucky, and hurriedly raised his hand and said, "I would like to swear that I will not mention this matter to others." ”
Originally, it was a dispute between the two sects, and it had nothing to do with her, and they were just their own people in the Canghai Sect, so Xue Ce obviously also had a strong backing, Ning Shen couldn't help him at all, but when she heard it from an outsider, what would they think?
This thing can only rot in the stomach.
Ning Shen pondered for a moment, closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go to the city first." ”
......
Xingshui City was suffering from the plague, the epidemic was menacing and spreading extremely fast, which caught people off guard, and seeing that they couldn't hold it anymore, these mortals could only ask the Xianmen for help.
Ning Shen asked the sick people, knowing that Xue Ce and they had only arrived in recent days, and at that time the epidemic had spread to a small area, so Xue Ce sent people to catch all the sick or suspected sick mortals within a radius of 100 miles to Xingshui City, and set up a large array outside the city, prohibiting travel, before the epidemic eased, the people in the city, whether they were sick or not, could only stay in the city.
The big stove in the northwest corner was also supported by Xue Ce, and those who died of the epidemic were thrown in and burned to prevent the corpses from continuing to be used as a source of infection.
Although there were many complaints in the city, the spread of the epidemic was indeed brought under control in just a few days.
Ning Shen had to admit that Xue Ce's handling was very appropriate.
But if there is no solution to the epidemic, Xingshui City will soon become a dead city.
Luo Qingli followed Ning Shen and a few of them around Xingshui City, watching them ask the patients in the city for news from time to time, and always felt that the purpose of their coming here was not only to care about the epidemic, but also to complete a certain task.
Since the spread of the epidemic, many mortals have died every day, time is life, if they had come to save people in the first place, they would not have stayed in that village for seven days to remove water, not to mention that these people do not know medical skills at all.
But Luo Qingli only didn't notice anything, didn't know anything.
Until someone erected a cauldron in the middle of the city, and the people spontaneously lined up with bowls.
In the pot is a bowl of boiled medicinal soup, one bowl per person, and someone comes to apply the medicine every day.
The strong smell of medicine in the air diffused, and Luo Qingli frowned slightly as he smelled it.
Du Feng noticed her expression, and suddenly asked, "Sister, what's wrong with this medicine?"
Ning Shen and Han Jinyu's eyes also turned over, Luo Qingli was stunned, and finally vaguely understood why these people had invited her to accompany before.
The Immortal Family Spirit Plant is very different from ordinary herbs, and generally even a medical cultivator would not go out of his way to study mortal herbs, but for Luo Qingli, who has been a medicine jar for twenty years, just by smelling the smell of this decoction, he can basically smell which kinds of medicinal materials are boiled out.
Luo Qingli said in a low voice: "Forsythia, shooting, half-branch lotus, dandelion, and a thousand leaves and a branch flower, these seem to be herbs used to detoxify...... I just don't understand why such a prescription is used to treat the plague. ”
Several people looked at each other, Du Feng touched his chin and pondered, and only said after a while: "This medicine was ordered by Xue Ce to be cooked, Xue Ce is a fellow practitioner of medicine and poison, and he has always studied medical science, could it be that he deliberately prescribed the wrong prescription?"
Du Feng really couldn't figure it out.
"Maybe he's just got the right medicine!"
Han Jinyu, who had been unusually silent all the way, suddenly spoke, raised his head and looked at them, "Don't forget, what is the Jade Toad Sect best at?"
Several people were dumbfounded.
Even Luo Qingli knew that the Jade Toad Sect had more poison cultivators, and in the same situation, perhaps the single combat ability of the poison cultivator was not as strong as the sword cultivator and martial cultivator, but when it came to the battlefield, hundreds or thousands of poison cultivators, what a terrifying existence it would be!
It is precisely for this reason that the Jade Toad Sect can sit firmly on the throne of one of the three sects of Nanzhao and endure for a long time.
Ning Shen didn't know what he was thinking, and his face became solemn, "What does Senior Sister Han mean is that this plague may be a poisoning in itself?"
Du Feng was shocked, "Won't it?"
Han Jinyu snorted coldly, "The reputation of the poison cultivator has always been not very good, if this plague is led by the Jade Toad Sect to solve it, then they will naturally be able to gain a large amount of fame and prestige!"
Such suspicions are not unreasonable, but everything is still just speculation.
Luo Qingli was forced to listen to the conspiracy theories full of ears, and silently took a few steps back, she instinctively didn't want to get involved in these things, until Du Feng called her.
"Sister Qingli, do you have any way to see if this plague is caused by poison?"
Luo Qingli: "...... "Big brother, I really just want to be a beautiful woman quietly."
As if he had just reacted, Luo Qingli lowered his head and thought about it, "I can only try." ”
According to her request, Ning Shen found her a few silver needles, Luo Qingli found a sick patient, pricked a few needles on several acupuncture points on his body, and then took them off one by one, put them in the sun and looked at them, his eyes suddenly condensed.
The part of the silver needle that has submerged into the skin is faintly blue, and the few acupuncture points she chose are all meridian hubs, where qi and blood run at the intersection, and there are problems in these places......
It turned out to be really poisoned.
Just by looking at Luo Qingli's expression, Ning Shen and the others understood.
Han Jinyu jumped like thunder, and said angrily: "I'm going to expose them!"
"There is no evidence that they did it. Ning Shen glanced at her and sighed helplessly, "Senior Sister Han, the matter has not yet been decided, don't be so reckless." ”
Du Feng also persuaded: "Anyway, let's stay and take a look at the situation first." ”
The group can only live in the city first, they don't have to worry about contracting the plague, the monk's body is not as fragile as mortals, they can stand the immortal elixir, even if they are infected with the plague, a detoxification pill can solve all problems.
The operation of the city has its own set, and there are only a lot of corpses burned in the big furnace in the northwest corner, and the whole city looks lifeless and full of mourning.
Luo Qingli has witnessed death, and even experienced death himself, but when he really sees so many lives passed in front of his eyes, he still feels a little unbearable.
Sometimes Luo Qingli would also wonder, is this really a play directed and performed by the Jade Toad Sect at the cost of the lives of hundreds of mortals?
If that's the case, then it's really too ruthless.