HCB Chapter 363: Epidemic outside the city
Chapter 363: Epidemic outside the city
“During this drought, the villagers of Taohua Village were generous and allowed people from the surrounding areas to come to the village to fetch water.
What the villagers are promoting is your family’s fortune and merits.
Those who fetch water from Taohua Village are grateful for your family's good deeds, and there is more golden light.
This golden light is the strongest luck that the luck system has always wanted to take away from this world."
"The strongest luck?" Qin Wan was puzzled: "Luck is divided into different types and levels?"
“Of course, the strongest luck contains merit, so it emits golden light.
This kind of strongest luck is not possessed by everyone. The host family has done so many good things, you deserve it."
After saying this, Qiuqiu puffed out her chest proudly, as if she was praising herself.
Qin Jingnian was very happy to hear this and laughed out loud.
"Qiuqiu, you have good taste."
Qin Wan: "But Qiuqiu, you still haven't explained clearly what this has to do with the fact that the well water in Taohua Village is not dry?"
Qin Jingnian glared, "Yes, Qiuqiu, what does it matter?"
"The relationship is very simple, Taohua Village is the foundation of your family's fortune.
With your strongest luck protecting us, the people behind the scenes will not be able to completely control the luck of Taohua Village when they make moves.
But after all, the other party is absorbing the national fortune of Dayue. Although he cannot completely control the fortune of Taohua Village, he can still influence part of it.
So the wells are still wet, but other things like crops and rivers are suffering from drought.”
That's it!
The brother and sister looked as if they had suddenly understood something.
Qin Wan suddenly excitedly grabbed the little wings of the ball:
“Qiuqiu, you know so much, but do you know how the Changsheng Cult sucked the luck of Dayue?
Where is the solution?"
In excitement, Qin Wan couldn't help but hold on to the wings and swung them. Qiuqiu felt a little dizzy and said quickly:
"Ahem, host, I don't know this ball either.
What Qiuqiu could sense was that the Changsheng Cult had made some moves in Jiangning Prefecture, but he couldn't sense where exactly they had made the moves."
Although he didn't get the answer he wanted, what Qiuqiu said confirmed his previous guess.
The clues found in the south were indeed in Jiangning Prefecture, where the drought first occurred, and in the north, they must be in Weishui Prefecture.
What she and Qin Jingnian had to do now was to follow the previous plan and search along the Nanling Mountains one by one along the counties and towns where the drought had first hit.
However, there are twenty or thirty counties and towns involved, and it will take some effort to check them one by one.
Time waits for no one, they must find out the cause and end the drought before it gets worse!
Qin Wan and Qin Jingnian told each other about their plan, and without further ado, they decided to start the search tomorrow.
The mountain behind Taohua Village where the two live also belongs to the Nanling Mountains.
"Brother, in order to improve efficiency, let's split up and start from the back mountain of Taohua Village. You search to the west and I'll search to the east."
The search length range to the west is smaller, and the search length range to the east is larger.
Qin Wan was considering that she had psychic powers, so the search would be more convenient and faster than Qin Jingnian.
"Okay, it's hot outside, let's go to the backyard and put the watermelons that Brother Yuan planted into the space.
Let Su Mei prepare some more cold dishes and steamed buns and put them in the space."
"Well, brother, you go pick the watermelons, and Su Mei and I will prepare the meal together."
The brother and sister left the space and acted separately.
When Su Mei saw that Qin Wan was going to prepare so many meals, she smartly didn't ask any more questions and just focused on preparing the meals.
The weather was hot, and even though most of the dishes they made were cold, it only took an incense stick of time for the two of them to be sweating profusely in the kitchen.
Seeing this, Su Mei advised:
"Wanwan, it's too hot. Go take a rest. I can do it alone."
"Can the amount of food I need be prepared before bed tonight?"
Su Mei nodded affirmatively:
"Don't worry, I can do it."
Seeing this, Qin Wan said no more, left the kitchen and prepared to go back to the space to take a shower, and then practice in the space.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked out of the kitchen, I heard a lot of noise outside, accompanied by the sound of horses neighing.
Qin Wan released her mental power and discovered that it was County Magistrate Xu who came to the village on horseback.
He looked very anxious.
Qin Wan raised her foot, turned around and walked out of the yard.
County Magistrate Xu rode his horse towards the bamboo house halfway up the mountain, apparently going to look for Qingxuan.
Qin Wan was just about to follow to see what was going on when she heard a sigh behind her. She turned around and saw Captain Wang jumping off his horse.
He also looked anxious.
"Uncle Wang, what happened? Why do you and Uncle Xu seem so anxious?"
Captain Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead. Seeing that his lips were dry and chapped, Qin Wan hurried into the house and scooped a bucket of water for him to drink.
Captain Wang knew that Taohua Village had no shortage of water, so he took the gourd ladle without hesitation and gulped down the entire ladle of water.
This explains:
"Niece Wanwan, you don't know that a group of refugees arrived from other counties yesterday.
The magistrate took pity on them and took in these refugees.
Who would have thought that these refugees were infected with the disease from somewhere and brought it to Chizhou County.
All the officials who had contact with these refugees yesterday developed high fever to varying degrees.
Fortunately, the magistrate was thoughtful when he took in these people. He did not let them live together with the original refugees, but built separate tents for them somewhere else outside the city.
Otherwise, it would not just be the few officers guarding the refugees who would be infected, but all the refugees in Chizhou County would be in trouble.
The county doctor is treating the refugees, but it is not known whether he can cure them.
The master thought that Taoist Qingxuan was also an expert in treating illnesses, so he hurriedly came to ask for help.
The county magistrate thought that you and Jingnian just returned to the county yesterday, so he asked me to ask if you met those refugees on the way and whether you were infected by them?"
Qin Wan was shocked when she heard about the epidemic.
If the high temperature, drought and water shortage last too long and the bodies of the dead are not specially handled, people who come into contact with them will suffer from epidemics.
The outbreak of the epidemic meant that the drought in Jiangning Prefecture had further worsened.
Qin Wan waved her hands hurriedly:
"Don't worry, Uncle Wang. My brother and I are fine, and we didn't meet any infected refugees on the way."
Captain Wang heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this:
"That's good, the whole Chizhou County is not peaceful right now.
You two little kids must take good care of yourselves. If you have any problems, go find me and the adults outside the city gate."
"Yeah, thank you for your concern, Uncle Wang."
The water bag tied around Captain Wang's waist was deflated, so there must be no water left.
Thinking that Captain Wang would inevitably have to come into contact with the refugees outside the city gate who were infected with the plague, Qin Wan stretched out her hand:
"Uncle Wang, give me your water bag and I'll fill it up for you."
"Okay, niece Wanwan, thank you for your hard work. I'll go see how the adults are doing and come back to get the water bag from you later."
Captain Wang took off the water bag and handed it to Qin Wan, then jumped on the horse and headed towards the bamboo house halfway up the mountain.
Qin Wan took the water bag into the space and filled it with the spiritual spring water from the pond.