"Uncle, uncle, I'm looking for my mother! Mother!"
The little dumpling in her arms started to scream again, and Zhuying hurriedly went to comfort her.
In the temple, Su Xiao's expression was sluggish, and behind her, Zhao Zhaowu followed her step by step.
"How's it going? Have you ever seen similar symptoms to these symptoms? Can you suppress them temporarily?"
Even if a timely antidote cannot be developed now, it is still possible to temporarily suppress the disease.
"It's hard to say, but if you give me five days, I might have something to do."
"It's too late." Zhao Zhaowu flashed his eyes, staring at the people on the ground with cold eyes, "The time the emperor gave me is five days, and everyone here will be eliminated within five days."
Su Xiao knew what the solution meant, and realized that everyone here was going to die. If he only had five days to study the medicine to suppress the epidemic, it would definitely be too late.
There seemed to be some kind of commotion among the crowd and outside.
"Officials, please save us. I still have two children at home, and my child's mother. They are still waiting for me. What will they do if I die!"
"Please, gentlemen, I still have an eighty-year-old mother at home. I can't fall!"
"Please save us, sir. My mother-in-law and the others are pointing at me. I still have a baby!"
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A group of men who are usually the most determined men, at this moment, let out bursts of mourning because of the concerns in their hearts, which made people's hearts tremble.
Su Xiao looked at them but couldn't say a word.
She had just carefully looked at the illnesses of several people. The symptoms were so severe that their internal organs had begun to rot. There was no way to save them. She could only wait for death and endure endless pain.
In such a situation, I'm afraid we have to abandon some people to save others.
Su Xiao glanced at Zhao Zhaowu almost painfully and pulled him aside.
"Tell these soldiers to pull most of the people who are starting to rot into the yard outside."
Zhao Zhaowu understood the bitter and difficult words.
"you mean?"
"That's right. We can't keep everything. We can only give up some and keep the most likely ones."
Zhao Zhaowu clenched his fists, his lowered eyes were filled with evil intentions, and he suddenly whispered, "Okay."
After giving the order, the soldiers had moved the seriously ill and hopeless people outside. Su Xiao locked herself in the room alone, holding the life-killing prescription in her hand, and her palms were already covered in cold sweat.
Did she really want to do this? It was clear that those people had shouted for help in front of her just now, asking her to save them, so how should she do it?
A figure suddenly appeared at the window. Su Xiao glanced around and saw the familiar and determined figure.
He was dressed in mysterious clothes, with jade hairpins standing up, and his face was sharp and sharp, but his face had not changed at all.
"Why did you come to Shanxi?"
Song Zeyi composed himself, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a slight arc, which was obviously a forced act.
"What? Can't you do it?"
In one sentence, it hit Su Xiao's soul, and she really couldn't do it.
Su Xiao came back to her senses and looked at the things in her hands again, her soul aching for a moment.
"I have been practicing medicine for so many years and have snatched countless people from the hands of death, but I have never once used my hands to end a life!"
She had some doubts about whether she was saving people or killing people.
Song Zeyi glanced at her lightly and knew the scruples in her heart, "You are doing the right thing by sacrificing the little one to protect the big one."
Yes, although it is wrong, it is still correct!
Su Xiao closed her eyes tightly, biting her lower lip so hard that there were blood stains. She suddenly opened her eyes, which were a little red. She opened the medicine bag neatly in her hand and scattered all the porridge in front of her.
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"You will die within half an hour after taking this medicine. It will not be so painful. It is also a decent way to let them go in the end."
Compared to the ruthless emperor, she was as kind as possible. At least, she didn't hear their cries in the fire.
The finely divided medicinal powder fell into the pot and was instantly absorbed into it, leaving no trace of it.
Song Zeyi stood aside, staring coldly at the steaming rice porridge in the pot.
"Okay, leave the rest to me, and just stay here."
Song Zeyi called someone over and brought bowls of porridge on the table in front of the refugees.
"Oh, thank you, thank you!"
Song Zeyi's heart tightened and he drank the porridge in his hand without changing his expression.
Su Xiao stood on the steps, looking at the people below. They drank the hot porridge at their mouths with gratitude. They were so trusting and calm.
Su Xiao suddenly felt that she was full of sins and could no longer be cleansed.
Within a moment, everyone in the crowd began to cry out. Most of their bodies had rotted away. They were already in great pain and could not move. Now, after taking this medicine, they were rolling on the ground in pain.
Su Xiao's body was stiff. She frowned and stared at everything below without moving a finger.
"Stop looking." Song Zeyi noticed her discomfort and stretched out his hand to pull her over.
"No, I want to see." Su Xiao spat out harshly, still standing stubbornly on the spot.
She wanted to see, she couldn't escape, she had to see with her own eyes the evil she had done, and watch the fresh life turn into cold corpses, and become things that could be dealt with by others.
Finally, the biting wind blew over, and no one was moving on the ground.
Countless corpses were scattered all over the temple, making it seem like a purgatory on earth.
Su Xiao finally moved her stiff body, and she walked down step by step, walking among the corpses.
His body was already terribly stretched, but his steps never stopped.
Some of these people looked peaceful, even smiling, while others looked ferocious, with crazy fingerprints on the ground.
Yes, not everyone wants to die. In this life, one only has oneself, no matter what righteousness, family or country. When they die, nothing is gone. Everything becomes empty talk. This time, it was she who took away
They continue to look at the last rights in this world and cruelly make the worst decisions for them.
"Miss Su, what should we do with these people?"
The corpses scattered all over the place were like a wilderness, making the city even more terrifying.
"Burn." Su Xiao said harshly, her whole body trembling slightly.
For the sake of the lives of the others, she must destroy all sources of infection, even leaving no corpses behind.
In an instant, the corpses were piled up into a hill, and the fire spread upwards. The raging fire was as high as the red bricks of the temple. The smell of burning flesh spread around, making people dizzy.