Chapter 916 The Great Plague Erupts

In the 1950s and 1960s, in the twelfth month of the first year of the founding of the Great Chu Kingdom, cold airflow from the north quietly moved south from Wanshou Mountain Pass. The banks of the Qinluo River were desolate, and although the banks of the Tianhe River also felt the coldness of winter, the temperature only dropped a few degrees. At most, layers of quilts were added at night, and during the day, the sun was still warm.

After the golden autumn of October, the harvest of the year was over, most of the fields began to fallow to restore their abilities, while some vegetable fields planted cold-resistant winter vegetables.

Although the sun at noon in the twelfth lunar month is not as poisonous as the summer, it is also a bit too hot. Wang Laoshi went down to the field again as usual, serving the seedlings planted in the fields. Wang Laoshi is a typical farmer, strong and has a strong arms.

Since the deserter returned to his hometown, Wang Laoshi's family, who had rented other fields for the rest of his life, actually divided the fields. In addition, he borrowed dozens of gold coins and bought twenty acres of wasteland. Wang Laoshi suddenly went from a tenant to a farmer with thirty acres of land, and he had a chance.

The Wang family and his son wandered around the fields all day long, hoping to make more money, build a new house for their son and marry a wife, so they all rested in other families, and Wang Laoshi was still wandering around the fields, so he didn't feel tired at all.

Holding a hoe and straightening his waist, Wang Laoshi wiped the sweat with the towel between his neck, looked up at the sun on his head, and then raised his head, Wang Laoshi felt a dizzy moment, and he couldn't stand firmly and fell to the ground.

When Wang Laoshi woke up, he was already lying on his wooden bed: "What's wrong with me!"

"Dad, you are lying down. You are always overworked, so you fainted all of a sudden. The doctor in the village came to see you and took two doses of medicine. You have been resting well these days. There is not much work in the field, so I can do it alone!"

Wang nodded. He also felt that his body had something, but something was wrong. In recent days, he always felt a little tired, and he didn't take it seriously. Maybe he was really tired, so just take a rest. Anyway, all the vegetables in the fields have been planted, and there is not much work to do with weeding and other things.

No one took Wang Laoshi's sudden fainting seriously, but four or five days passed, but Wang Laoshi did not get any better. Instead, he felt like he was terminally ill, his eyebrows were deep, and his strong body also shriveled, and he seemed to have become more than teenagers.

"Doctor Liu, look at my father. Didn't you say you were just overworking? Why did you take a break for three days and it would be fine if you didn't get better, but your health became worse and worse!"

Dr. Liu put down the medicine box, looked at Wang Laoshi's situation, frowned, pulled Wang Shisuo out of the house, and said, "Shisuo, I won't hide it from you. Now, not only your father is the symptom of this in the village, but several families have the same situation. I guess this is not accidental, but I am just a wandering doctor with limited levels. I can't say what their disease is!"

"There are doctors in the county town who are smarter than me. Otherwise, everyone can gather two big cars and go to the county town to have a look!"

When Wang Shisuo heard this, he nodded. Soon, several sick merchants were carried onto a large cart and then headed for the county town.

Yun County is a county under Guangling Prefecture. Relying on Tianhe, the county is quite large. Although it has experienced wars, it is roughly well preserved. After two years of restoration, the county is as lively and prosperous as before.

Wang Shisuo and his group rushed to the county town overnight and stayed in the village outside the city for a night. The next day, just as the city gate was opened, they entered the county town. However, when they came to the clinic in the county town, they found that the clinic was already overcrowded.

Depending on the situation, the patients with Wang Shisuo and his party were all weak and seemed to be exhausted.

"Doctor, what kind of disease is my father?"

"What disease can't be detected? Where are you from!"

"From Xishuizhuang!"

"Send the patient inside first and find a place to settle it. You guys are all out, don't get stuck here! Xiao Wu, haven't you replied to the county government yet!"

"No, I went to two churches and didn't see the county magistrate at all, and I don't know if the people below were spreading it!"

"Forget it, look for the county magistrate but not Liu Xunzhang. Go to Liu Xunzhang to tell me about the matter. I think this situation is not simple. Even Xishuizhuang has the same symptoms!" Doctor Zhu did not say that he had never seen this disease before and could not detect the cause of the disease. It was not a disease at all, but it was somewhat similar to the plague recorded in the book.

It seems that in order to verify Dr. Zhu's words, six or seven more people were sent to the hospital for treatment on that day, and the condition was very similar.

"Doctor Zhu, what's the situation?" Liu Xunzhang, who was stationed in Yun County, was naturally the former county magistrate. Now, the officials of the Great Chu Kingdom rushed over without stopping after learning about the situation.

Doctor Zhu looked around and pulled Liu Xunzhang to the side. Then he whispered: "Mr. Liu, things are a bit difficult. Now, in addition to the county, there are also Yunzhuang, Xiaodongji, and Xingjia Village who come to see a doctor, but the symptoms of the disease are similar, but after diagnosis, they can't find the cause of the disease. Moreover, there are so many people who are sick, I wonder if it may be a plague!"

"Plague!" Liu Xunzhang immediately opened his eyes wide and almost screamed: "Are you sure it's a plague?"

"I dare not say it must be, but it is somewhat similar to what I saw in the book. After this chaos, there must be natural disasters, and it is nothing to happen to the plague!"

"In the past two years, there has been no war in our Chuzhou. Even if there is a plague, it will happen in the past two years!"

"I don't care about your plague. Moreover, our Chuzhou is peaceful, but corpses float down from time to time in the upper reaches of the river. It has never stopped across the river. If there is a plague in other places and is brought over by birds and beasts, it is normal!"

"And it's easy to see if it's a plague. You should also have contact with other counties and ask if this happens in other places. If there are, then 80% of them are plagues. As soon as the plague occurs, you should be careful of it. If you don't seize the time, when the plague spreads, more people will die!"

The empire has not had a plague for many years. A hundred years ago, there were some places where there were some plagues. However, there are few records in official history. But from the books, whenever plagues are rampant, the people who die will be in the whole village and town, and there will definitely be corpses everywhere.

"I understand. Look here. I'll let someone cooperate with you and transport people out of the city first. You can't stay in the city. Don't show off before you have confirmed the news!"

"Don't worry, I understand!"

Zhuque City, Chu Palace, and Leng Zhuo came out of seclusion, but found that the atmosphere in the palace was very wrong.

"Your Highness, you have come out of seclusion!"

"What, what happened? I'm so busy!"

"Your Highness, something really happened. The plague broke out! You might as well go to the Secretariat first!"

Leng Zhuo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then he teleported and rushed to the secretariat. Plague, I damn, did this thing break out in his territory? This is not a good sign.

"What's the situation!" Leng Zhuo suddenly appeared in the Secretariat. This is where the princesses gather. Leng Zhuo's harem does not have so many rules. Moreover, many princesses have a large number of industries in their hands, but none of them can be idle. Although they cannot interfere in military and political affairs, this place controls the economic lifeline of the kingdom. It is well-informed, and it is not even inferior to the intelligence department affiliated to the Military Affairs Office. The news sent from officials is the slowest.

"Ah!" Leng Zhuo's sudden appearance immediately scared Lu Chanyue, patted her chest, turned her head and saluted, "Your Highness!"

"Well, it's said there is a plague, but there is no plague!" Leng Zhuo waved his hand and asked anxiously.

"Now, the ones found are Guangling Mansion, Dongchang Mansion, and the north of Zhuque Mansion, and the east of Poyang Mansion. There are no less than a thousand people reported from the moment, but the plague has not been confirmed yet. We have sent several teams of spiritual healers and pharmacists to the place respectively, and no news has been heard back!"

"It has appeared in such a large range. What is it not a plague? Preventive measures!" Leng Zhuo was also a little unable to calm down. The plague, even on the earth, is a headache.

In World War II, the battle was overturned, and only how many people died. If a Black Death in Europe directly killed more people than this, it would be a disaster. If a large-scale plague broke out in Chuzhou, how many people would die. Chuzhou, which had just been stable, would soon become turbulent again.

"Your Highness, you should sit down first. We have already ordered everything we can. We found that the places where the symptoms were present have sent nearby troops to isolate them. At the local area, we have begun to organize people to check everywhere to see if there are still people who have symptoms. All the patients who have been discovered have been isolated, and their families have been temporarily separated!"

"How did the plague occur? Is there any sign of it?" Leng Zhuo nodded. He was able to retreat with confidence because there were people who could trust inside and outside. Even if he was not there for a short time, everything could run smoothly.

"This has not been done yet. People who have to wait to find out the results. However, it is very likely that it was from other states. Our Chuzhou has been quite peaceful in the past two years, but it is not the case in other places, so people have already visited the nearby big states!"

Leng Zhuoen said, "I hope we're not too late to discover it, otherwise there will be a big trouble. How to deal with it in the local area!"

"Those imperial officials? I heard that there was a plague. Eight out of ten ran away, and the rest were all obediently cooperating. Now most of the localities have been sent by our patrols to control the place to prevent major turmoil due to the plague!"

"Well, I've done a good job, so I don't have to hide it at this time. If there is really someone who is not open to the eyes, just kill it!"

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