Ninefold above

In the temporary thatched shed in the outskirts, three cauldrons were lit at the same time, and at the same time, there was already a long queue not far away.

Xie Jiuxiao was wearing a cloth scarf on his face, and was reviewing the number of refugees in the vicinity of Jiuyuan and Qingcheng sorted out in the past few days. The place is tightly fenced.

After a while, Qing Feng brought a bowl of decoction for pre-illness, Xie Jiuxiao couldn't help but frowned, hesitated for a moment, then took the frown and drank it, then asked: "When will the medicinal materials be delivered?"

Qingfeng said: "Before it gets dark, there are too many people. By that time, there must be insufficient manpower. Besides, it has been more than a day since the porridge was delivered. There will only be more and more people here. The thatched hut in the north can be erected tonight use."

Not enough staff, that's a problem.

Xie Jiuxiao glanced at the black crowd, didn't speak, and said for a while, "You look at it later..."

Before he finished speaking, Cai Nongning walked over with more than [-] people in the distance, and said as he walked, "Thank you, young master!"

Xie Jiuxiao stood up and went to meet him: "Cai Zhizhou?"

He looked suspiciously at the young and strong group of people behind him: "You are—"

Cai Nongning cupped his hands and said: "The lower officials received a letter from Mr. Lu, and specially sent a helper to Mr. Xie."

Xie Jiuxiao had a happy expression on his face: "The helper sent by my sister is naturally excellent."

A middle-aged man who was following Cai Nongning lowered his hands and said, "Not only that, the Ji family is also willing to donate two hundred carts of grain to help the refugees."

Xie Jiuxiao cupped his hands: "Xie Cen, thank you in advance."

He was not polite and asked Qingfeng to go with the others to transport the grain, Cai Nonning took a look and saw that there were heads all around that made his scalp tingle, he passed on Lu Chengfeng's words and left.

Soon the porridge was boiled, and after a while, the bottom was reached. The refugees who did not receive the porridge looked forward to it. Xie Jiuxiao looked at these eyes asking for help, and looked down at the half bowl of gruel in his hand. For a while, he felt uncomfortable. .

Soon after nightfall, the second batch of porridge appeased everyone, and the pot was not idle for a moment, and a strong smell of medicine wafted in after a while.

The helpers brought by Cai Nongning are being distributed according to Xie Jiuxiao's wishes. There are free doctors in the city to help see the doctor. Those who are sick get medicine first and live in a shed.

At the second watch, the grain sent by the Ji family was piled behind the thatched shed, and the surrounding fire was bright. After a day of tossing, everyone was almost exhausted. The temporary bed in the house had already been given to a pregnant woman. Xie Jiuxiao Leaning against the door, Qing Feng and Dong Jiu were guarding not far from him, it was rare for him to fall asleep without picking a place.

In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard someone exclaim: "Someone stole—"

Xie Jiuxiao was in a light sleep, and was awakened almost immediately. When he turned his face, he saw a black shadow rushing into the forest and disappearing. The guards had already chased after him.

Qingfeng and Dong Jiu also woke up, and immediately rushed to the food department, checked it, then turned to Xie Jiuxiao and shook his head: "My lord, it's all right."

Xie Jiuxiao frowned, thought for a long time but did not come to a conclusion, leaned against the door and closed his eyes again, but he lost sleepiness after this trouble, opened his eyes quietly after a while, sighed lightly, unconsciously. Touch the string of beads on the left wrist.

Seeing such a movement from him, Qingfeng kept her mouth shut for three days and endured it, with a slightly unbelievable expression on her unexplainable words.

Lu Chengfeng has always carried that string of Buddhist beads. Qingfeng once asked Lu Chengfeng why he brought such a string of more than ten pennies. At that time, Lu Chengfeng looked down at the string of beads in his hand and said: "I don't know Why, I always wear it and everything goes well, so I always wear it and never take it off."

Qing Feng said with a smile: "Master, why do you still believe in Buddha?"

Lu Chengfeng laughed and said nothing.

Qing Feng stared at him for too long, Xie Jiuxiao couldn't help but look at him, seeing his expression, the corners of his lips curled up, and he couldn't help but think of Lu Chengfeng sending him out when he was leaving.

In front of the gate of the Lu residence, in front of many guards, Lu Chengfeng didn't say anything, but silently put the bead string on his hand for him, gave him some worried instructions, thought for a while, and pulled the man who had already mounted his horse He lowered himself down, kissed him on the cheek in full view of everyone, then let go and stepped back, indicating that he could leave.

Qingfeng was on the horse at that time, with a look like seeing a ghost, but also like being struck by lightning, which made people laugh, Zhuo San got his wish and watched the excitement.

Beside the fire cluster, Xie Jiuxiao couldn't help but smile, looking at the boundless night, his smile couldn't help restraining himself.

The next day was bright, and there was a faint sound of water. The temperature in early spring was low. At night, Dong Jiu found a cloak for him to put on. Xie Jiuxiao carried the cloak and followed the sound. It was a helper fetching water. Ready to cook porridge.

Xie Jiuxiao turned around, tied the cloak on his body, and Qing Feng came over: "My lord, there is no movement."

Xie Jiuxiao hasn't slept well for the past few nights, his head hurts faintly, he rubbed his head involuntarily, and said: "This man should have been watching for several days, he ventured close yesterday and didn't know what he was plotting, so he had to guard against it, and he will take turns keeping vigil from tonight."

Qing Feng nodded, Xie Jiuxiao went through the straw shed to fetch water to wash up, looked at the covered food load piled up beside him, several people had already filled the water and were carrying it to the pot and stove in front. There is a stream outside, and it is not convenient to get water. The tanks are filled once a day, and everyone's water is in these tanks.

Xie Jiuxiao narrowed his eyes, and suddenly said: "Wait!"

Qing Feng had already taken a step to help, but she turned her head when she heard the words.

Xie Jiuxiao frowned, took two steps forward, stared at the water tank in silence for a while, stretched out his hand to pick up a handful of water, the water that had been settled all night was so cold that it stinged his hand after the spring night, and soon passed through his fingers Between the cracks.

Xie Jiuxiao remained silent, and the people carrying the water also stopped and looked at him.

"Don't use these tanks of water and fetch water again."

Several people were surprised for a while, Qing Feng thought for a moment, and immediately understood what Xie Jiuxiao meant, and raised his voice to the people: "You find a few more people to pour out the water in the tank, and go to the stream to get water again."

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. They didn't understand why they did this, but they still followed the instructions.

Because of the re-feeding of water, today's breakfast was an hour later than usual, and the crowd was agitated for a while, but became quiet when Xie Jiuxiao led people to patrol the past.

Xie Jiuxiao turned around and sat down on the steps, leaning tiredly by the handrail, but he was still calm, planning to go to the worst place in the refugee area once the refugees from Jiuyuan and Qingcheng were resettled. mediocre city.

His mouth was so bitter that he was about to close his eyes, when suddenly there was an anxious cry from inside the thatched shed: "Damn it? What's wrong with you, bastard?"

Xie Jiuxiao woke up immediately, stepped in two or three times, and the pregnant middle-aged woman fell on the side of the bed, trembling with foam at the mouth. , another doctor at the door had already come in with a medicine box, Cheng Mingsu sat down beside the couch, and looked at the pulse quickly, suddenly his face was startled, he suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Get out!"

Qing Feng immediately drove everyone away, and was about to step forward, but Cheng Mingsu stopped him with a solemn expression: "Don't come here either!"

Qingfeng's face darkened, and she looked at Xie Jiuxiao worriedly.

Cheng Mingsu took the needle and pricked the woman's body several times in a row. The signs of the woman's trembling gradually dissipated. She turned her face: "Did she eat anything in the past two days?"

The woman's husband was heartbroken and anxious, so he had no choice but to recall: "She has been eating the same food as everyone else for the past few days. The medicine was also given by you, Miss Cheng, and there is nothing else."

Xie Jiuxiao put him down and said, "What's going on?"

Cheng Mingsu glanced at Qing Feng and Dong Jiu outside the door, and said, "It's Shi Qing."

"Persimmon green?"

Cheng Mingsu said: "Simply put, it's the plague."

Xie Jiuxiao's expression darkened: "Plague?"

Cheng Mingsu nodded: "Except for you, me and him who have been in contact with the patient, the three of us may have been infected by now."

Xie Jiuxiao's eyes were sharp, only to hear Cheng Mingsu say again: "But it's a good thing, the disease has been cured in the early years, I immediately drew up a prescription, Mr. Xie sent someone to the city to grab the medicine, and it will be cured after taking it for three days. -"

She looked at Xie Jiuxiao: "Although this plague is more contagious than ordinary diseases, it needs conditions. Just like green persimmons need coal ash to ripen, the outbreak of this disease also needs specific conditions."

Xie Jiuxiao frowned: "What condition?"

"mouth."

Xie Jiuxiao understood: "You mean this kind of plague does not spread by infection? But didn't you just say that it is extremely contagious?"

"Yes, and no, the disease must be taken by taking it, and then there is a possibility of infection, but the symptoms of the infected person will be milder than the source, just like the three of us, if anyone is infected, it will not be like her. It’s like foaming at the mouth and shivering all over the body, just feeling weak and then recovering from high fever in two days, but she needs seven days.”

There was a pen and paper in the hut. Cheng Mingsu took a few steps forward and wrote the prescription with a brush: "It's a good thing that it hasn't spread. It's best to arrange someone to pay attention to the situation of the refugees and see if there is any—"

The husband of the woman at the side suddenly remembered something, and raised his voice: "I remember! Water—she said she was thirsty when it was about to dawn, and I scooped a bowl of water for her from the water tank outside."

When Xie Jiuxiao heard it, he immediately said in a deep voice, "Dong Jiu!"

"Son!"

"Just go and check to see who drank the water in the tank last night, and if there are any, immediately isolate them!"

"Yes!"

Qing Feng waited because he had to grab the medicine, Cheng Mingsu didn't dare to let people into the house after writing the prescription, rubbed it and threw it outside, Qing Feng immediately picked it up, and rushed to the city to grab the medicine.

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