Those years when I hunted demons in Dali Temple

Chapter 898 Night Visit to Puyang

"Cough cough!"

"Water I want water."

Daoyi took advantage of the night and climbed into Puyang. After searching for a while, he finally found a house with people living there.

Fang jumped into someone's yard and into the dark house, and heard someone coughing. The voice was very weak. Dao Yi pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and found that the other person was asking for water.

Daoyi took out Xiaobai and moved the farm tools that were scattered all over the yard.

Following the source of the sound, we arrived at the master's inner room, where an old woman was lying, who looked to be about sixty years old.

Daoyi searched around the room and fetched a clean, empty bowl. He then took off the leather bag from his waist, poured the water into it, and helped the man up.

The old woman had poor eyesight. With the light from the little white hair, she only saw a blurry green figure that entered her room, walked around the room, and poured her a bowl of water. At that moment, she seemed to have seen a god.

Daoyi's hand that was feeding her with water was like a life-saving straw to her. She grabbed it tightly and drank two gulps.

"Ahem!" The old woman choked. A warm little hand patted her back a few times and comforted her gently, "Old lady, drink slowly. I have plenty of water here. If it's not enough, I'll pour you more."

The old woman had already taken two sips, and upon hearing this, she slowed down.

After her breathing had completely calmed down, Daoyi helped her to stand up and leaned her against the head of the bed before he began to ask her questions.

"Old man, where are your family members?" When she went to look for the bowl just now, she found signs of more than one person living there, proving that the other person had a family and had lived at home in recent days.

Hearing this, the old woman's already cloudy eyes became even darker.

"They were all arrested by the government." The old woman's tone was somewhat desolate, "Because they were infected with the plague, the government wanted to prevent them from spreading the disease, so they arrested all those infected with the plague."

Perhaps he sensed Daoyi's doubts.

The old woman said, "I started feeling unwell in the afternoon and couldn't get out of bed in the middle of the night. I guess I'll be able to see my family tomorrow."

Death and illness are the only way for the whole family to meet.

Daoyi felt very uncomfortable when he heard the longing in the old woman's words.

The next moment, she perked up.

Instead of sitting here and sympathizing with the other party, it is better to find a way to solve the source of the problem.

She said to the old woman, "Old woman, I know a little bit about medicine. Can I help you take your pulse?"

The old woman moved her arms with difficulty, then reached into the quilt and took her hand out.

While feeling her pulse, Daoyi casually asked, "Old lady, who else are there in your family? When did they catch the disease?"

"I have a pair of daughters-in-law, three grandchildren, two granddaughters, and my eldest son and youngest son. They were infected a few days ago and have passed away." The old woman's voice was very sad.

Daoyi put her right hand into the bed and went to find her left hand. "Oh, do you know when this epidemic came out?"

The old woman hummed softly, "This disease came on very quickly. On the second day after the monster army left, many families who survived in the city realized something was wrong. However, there were almost no medicinal herbs left in the city, and most of the doctors had died. Before they could find the cause, another group of people fell ill."

"By the time Magistrate Lu found a doctor and found out that the source was an epidemic, it was already too late. A large number of people were infected," the old woman paused here. "It was only ten days before my two sons were infected."

Daoyi frowned slightly, "Old lady, can you tell me in detail the situation of those infected?" With the old woman's detailed observations during this period, as well as the pulse in his hand, Daoyi became more and more certain of her inference.

She helped the old woman lie down again and said, "Old lady, I forgot to ask you what your name is and what your family members are called. I will send them home when I find them. You just wait at home."

"Can you really bring them back?" The old woman's body suddenly burst out with strength, and she pulled out her hand to hold Daoyi's hand tightly.

Dao nodded: "Well, as long as they are still alive, I will definitely bring them back."

She had just seen clearly through physiognomy that the old woman still had relatives alive.

The old woman couldn't stop her tears, but there was a glimmer in her eyes. "Young lady, you can just call me Zhang Liu. My two daughters-in-law are Zhang Feng and Zhang Jin. They look alike, and my three grandsons will be with them. You will recognize them when you see them."

Daoyi took note of it carefully, told Zhang Liushi to have a good rest, and then left her inner room.

After leaving the inner room, Daoyi's face suddenly darkened. She took out Taoyao and said, "Yao Niang, you stay here and take care of her. The little fat man and I will go to the county government office first. There is something that needs to be confirmed."

Daoyi kept all the easily digestible food she had found and gave it to Yaoniang, then left with little Bifang.

The man and the bird took advantage of the cover of night and Daoyi's memory, but they couldn't find the direction of the county government office.

It was only with the little Bifang rolling his eyes and relying on his racial talent to sense where the most patients were and where the epidemic was most serious that the two of them found the direction of the county government office.

On the way, Little Bifang asked her: "You don't know anything, but you went straight to Puyang, and you ran to the home of a person who was infected with the epidemic, and you talked so much to him. Aren't you afraid of being infected?"

Daoyi shook his head, "Who wants to die when they can live well?"

"Then why are you so fierce?" Little Bifang was puzzled.

Daoyi: "Since I saw the man who went to Dongdu for help, I came to a rough conclusion."

Little Bifang was confused, "What?"

We are clearly listening to the same message, so why does it seem like it is listening in a simplified form?

Daoyi: "All diseases have a source, and it takes a certain amount of time for the disease to take root. Even if the time is short, it will not be transmitted to the other party immediately and break out on the spot."

"There is only one reason why such a large source of infection can spread so quickly, and the diagnosis I gave Granny Liu just now has confirmed this."

Little Bifang was a little dizzy, and then he heard Daoyi ask him, "Do you remember what happened in Qingshui County?"

"You mean, someone poisoned Puyang?" Little Bifang forgot to flap his wings for a moment and almost fell from mid-air.

Dao nodded, his expression solemn, "I think this poison is similar to 'Chun Sheng', so they should be from the same source, which means that the person who poisoned it is also the 'Five Characters'."

Little Bifang snorted coldly, "Why are they involved in everything?"

Daoyi: "Little Fatty, I have a feeling that if we solve the Puyang issue, we can figure out why Elder Xu and his team established the 'Five-Character Division'."

"I want to know too!" Little Bifang spit out a little fire.

"Little Fatty, save the fire and burn it when we get to the place."

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