In the last years of troubled times, there are three disasters: natural disasters, man-made disasters, and plagues.

Needless to say, there are natural disasters. Several provinces in the north are suffering from severe drought, and there has been no rain in Gyeonggi Province for half a year.

There is no need to count on this year's autumn harvest. There are more and more refugees. Tens of thousands of people were killed in a refugee camp just now, and they are slowly starting to fill up again.

In addition to drought, there are also disasters caused by war and banditry.

Not to mention man-made disasters. For the vassal kings and officials of the Li Dynasty, if they caught nine out of ten and killed them, nine of them would be wronged, and if every other one was killed, there would definitely be fish that slipped through the net.

Finally, there is the plague. Once it breaks out, you will hear only the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs for hundreds of miles, but no sound of human beings.

In terms of killing efficiency, plague ranks first.

Qin He didn't know if he could withstand the plague, since he had never tried it.

After thinking about it, I pulled a piece of cloth and covered my mouth and nose.

This world is different from the time and space from which all kinds of powerful things really existed.

Maybe there is even a plague god.

Being careful can catch cicadas of thousands of years; being careful can sail a ship of thousands of years.

There's no harm in being a little quiet.

A total of six carts came from the Feiyu Guards, which were full of corpses. They must be locals from the capital, and I don't know where they were killed.

After some handover, there were thirty-six corpses in total.

Eighteen corpse cremators each had exactly two corpses.

Don't forget that these thirty-six corpses are not many.

As we said before, the probability of corpse mutation is about one percent.

According to the calculations from the four corpse cremation sites, at least more than a thousand people died at this time. This is still the amount of one day, and I will not know how many more people will be later.

The two corpses were placed on the cleansing table. Once the sky darkened, the door was locked and the cremator's repetitive work began again.

Qin He took a look at the corpses. They were a man and a woman, both very young, with lime powder sprinkled all over their bodies.

The cause of death should be suffocation, because everyone was covering their necks. It was probably caused by lung disease caused by the plague, but the strange thing is that there was a wound on the forehead, which was caused by repeated bumps.

Cleanse the corpse.

First wipe the face of the corpse clean, then shake off the hands, feet, and clothes as much as possible.

After all, I can finally see someone, and I won't admit my mistake when the bad luck comes.

Burn it.

Burn coal to start the fire, open the furnace to burn the body, and then bring out the flint, everything goes according to plan.

In the fierce flames, the two corpses suddenly began to shake, and they screamed "ho ho ho" and sat up suddenly.

Qin He took a look.

Yo ho?

Aren't you still honest?

It was God's will to die after catching the plague, and it was not a wasted death. Why is there so much resentment?

The corpse-suppressing nail is specially designed to cure all kinds of dissatisfaction.

Each person was rewarded with one, and the two corpses lay down contentedly without any movement.

Two hours later, the bodies were burned one after another.

Through shadow puppet interpretation, Qin He saw the tragedy of the plague.

This is a newlywed couple who live in Fufang County, Shuntian, and make a living selling shortbread cookies.

No one knows where the plague came from. At first, a few beggars died, but no one paid attention.

Beggars are dirty and smelly. Most of them are refugees from other places. They have no energy to work and they are the ones who steal and rob. The government hates them and the people don't like them either. I wish they would all die soon.

But something was wrong with the constant death, and the locals in Fang County also began to die one after another.

All died of illness!

What is disturbing is that the circumstances of death vary.

Some people died from ulcers all over their bodies, some from suffocation, some from vomiting blood, and still others from diarrhea.

No one knows what happened.

Panic spread rapidly, and some people began to flee, but most people did not want to leave and could not leave.

I went to the county government office to find my parents' official. A notice was posted at the gate of the government office. The county magistrate went to Beijing to meet the emperor and asked for help from the capital. By the way, he took the whole family and his wealth with him.

The entire Yamen was deserted, and it was clear that they had run away.

The county town collapsed, the bodies were left undisposed, the stench filled the sky, and the people fled one after another.

However, the plague followed closely, and more and more people died.

At this moment, someone raised their arms and shouted, saying that the mountain god of Xianyun Temple in Puyun Mountain appeared and the talisman water in the temple could prevent and cure the plague.

When the people heard this, they immediately flocked away.

Including this couple.

When I arrived at the temple and asked, I was told that the talisman water was not given for free. A bowl of talisman water cost five taels of silver.

Their lives were at stake, so the couple didn't care about the money they had saved for years, and spent twenty taels of silver to buy talisman water for a family of four.

Drink this, eh, it’s really effective.

Anyone who drinks Talisman Water will be healthy if he is not sick, and will be cured of illness if he is sick.

For a time, Xianyun Temple became the savior of the people.

There are more people.

The talisman water in the temple soon ran out of money to sell, and the price increased.

Twenty taels of silver a bowl.

Twenty taels of silver is the price of a half-strong ox. Isn’t this robbery?

That's right, it's a robbery!

Just like this, how many people want to be robbed but haven’t had the chance yet.

Xianyun Temple has a purchase limit of 200 bowls a day, you can drink it whether you like it or not.

More serious things were yet to come. The patients who had drunk Talisman water before had their symptoms relapse and became sick again.

At this time, the attendant of Xianyun Temple came out to speak again. The talisman was only good for three days, and it would be ineffective after three days.

The people complained and became angry, cursing the temple attendants for being nothing.

At this moment, the mountain god issued an edict. In the broad daylight, the wind and clouds changed, lightning and thunder thundered, and a piece of silk cloth fell from the sky, with a line of large characters written on it: God has mercy on the world, and the decree of God is sent down. Those who worship sincerely will be cured of the plague.

When the people saw it, they realized that this was a sign of great mercy from the mountain god. They did not need to drink the talisman water. They only needed to worship sincerely to achieve the effect of drinking the talisman water.

It was a great deed, so they all bathed, changed clothes, and worshiped the mountain gods. Since the Xianyun Temple was not enough, they made eighteen mountain god statues out of clay and placed them everywhere for so many people to worship.

But at this time, people discovered that people were still dying.

At this time, the temple attendant came out and explained that the people who died were because of their dishonesty. Only those with sincerity can be sensed by the mountain god and receive blessings.

When the people heard it, it made sense.

The decree of the mountain god has said that only those who sincerely worship will be cured of the plague.

So, everyone was busy worshiping, and no one asked why.

What?

Are you sick?

That must mean you are not sincere.

What?

Your forehead is bruised from kowtow?

That doesn't work either. What does sincerity have to do with the forehead?

A dishonest heart means a dishonest heart.

He died in two days.

Alas...this man is so dishonest that he deserves to die.

Therefore, if you have no money and worship sincerely, you will die if your heart is not sincere.

If you have money and are not sincere, then buy Talisman Water. Talisman Water is still effective. A bowl of Talisman Water will last for three days and costs forty taels of silver per bowl.

Hey, why is it so expensive again?

Because there are more people.

The deceased couple had no money and could only worship sincerely.

But no matter how they worshiped, their hearts were not sincere, and they died after falling ill and suffering for a few days.

The shadows and lanterns capture the soul, the trial weighs the person, and the man in black robe chants a poem with a golden mouth: "Green waters and green mountains are in vain, Hua Tuo is helpless, what are the insects? Thousands of villages are left with people's arrows, thousands of households are deserted, and ghosts are singing. Sitting on the ground, one can travel eighty thousand miles a day."

, Surveying the sky and looking at a thousand rivers in the distance. The Cowherd wants to ask about the god of plague, and the joys and sorrows are all gone."

The water ripples dispersed.
Chapter completed!