As the two talked, the sounds of footsteps and crying became closer and closer.
The villagers saw the fire on the col's side and walked in their direction one after another.
Not long after, a group of figures appeared in the vision blurred by the dark night and heavy rain. Looking carefully, the leader was none other than Liu Lizheng.
Peng Wang shouted: "Liu Lizheng, how is the situation at the bottom of the mountain?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Liu Lizheng quickened his pace instantly. Before he could stand still, he said with a cry:
"It's all because I didn't listen to your advice. Now the village has been completely flooded, and less than 30% of the people have escaped."
At this point, Liu Lizheng started to cry, looking so miserable.
The same happened to the villagers behind, and their cries became louder and louder.
All the villagers gathered in front of the cave. It was estimated that there were about forty or fifty people.
And most of them are young people, with only a very small number of old, weak, women and children.
It goes without saying that those who could not go up the mountain together must have perished.
Thinking of so many people dying in the flood, Peng Wang and Mo Jiuye felt sad.
It really lives up to that sentence - fire and water are ruthless!
Now was not the time to feel emotional. Peng Wang glanced around and made a decision immediately.
All the female relatives went to the cave of the Mo family. He took the officials and the male prisoners to the largest cave, and the cave where they were currently sheltering from the rain was given to the villagers.
Although it is a bit crowded, we cannot leave the villagers without a place to live.
After arranging everything, Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran sent some charcoal to the villagers and asked them to dry their clothes first.
As for food, they haven't thought of a solution yet.
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran had just handed the charcoal to Liu Lizheng when they suddenly heard someone from the villagers screaming.
"Li Zheng, my Li Tiezhu has fainted. What should I do? The doctor in our village was washed away by the flood. Who can treat my Tiezhu..."
Hearing this, He Zhiran was the first to bear the brunt.
"I know some medical skills, why don't you let me help him take a look."
When Liu Lizheng saw that the person who came forward was a very young-looking woman, he felt a little guilty in his heart.
He simply did not believe that such a young woman could know medical skills.
Peng Wang could see his dilemma at a glance.
"Liu Lizheng, the Mo family's wife is not an ordinary doctor. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is a miracle doctor."
Seeing that Peng Wang had given himself the title of a miracle doctor, He Zhiran couldn't care less about being modest.
She urged Li Zheng: "The situation is urgent, don't delay any more." We still don't know the patient's specific condition. If the treatment time is delayed, a life will be lost.
Liu Lizheng still believed in Peng Wang's words. He quickly asked everyone to get out of the way so that He Zhiran could check Li Tiezhu's situation.
He Zhiran observed the patient through the firelight. After a while, she took a breath of cold air.
Li Tiezhu had unilateral swelling of his subfrontal lymph nodes.
The first thing that made her think of was the plague.
He Zhiran looked at the villagers and asked, "Is there any of his family here?"
"I am Li Tiezhu's wife." The woman who spoke was the woman who had just discovered that Li Tiezhu had fainted and asked for help.
Seeing that the woman was a little nervous, He Zhiran said seriously: "Don't panic, answer my questions seriously."
"good."
"Did he experience chills, high fever, severe headache, occasional vomiting and difficulty breathing before he became comatose?"
The Li family's wife kept nodding her head as she listened to the symptoms He Zhiran mentioned.
"What you said is correct. My Tiezhu has indeed had such symptoms in the past two days."
While speaking, the Li family's wife had already grabbed He Zhiran's sleeve and asked nervously: "Doctor, is my Tiezhu suffering from any serious illness?"
Judging from Li Tiezhu's symptoms, they are almost consistent with the symptoms of the plague.
In order to further confirm her diagnosis, He Zhiran turned to find Liu Lizheng, and she called Liu Lizheng aside.
"Liu Lizheng, are there many rats in your village recently?"
Liu Lizheng heard her mention the mouse and sighed deeply.
"Don't mention it. Although there were rats in the village in the past, the number was not very large. I don't know what happened recently. The number of rats has increased a lot, and they have also become a lot bigger.
Just yesterday, I found several dead rats in the barn at home."
After hearing Li Zheng's answer, He Zhiran's expression became more serious.
"Li Zheng, what Li Tiezhu got is probably the plague."
"Plague?" Liu Lizheng was stunned.
He was no stranger to this term.
He had heard of this disease more than 20 years ago, which occurred in a county hundreds of miles away.
At first, the imperial court sent many imperial doctors to treat the disease, but in the end even the imperial doctors were infected with the plague. Later, in order to prevent the plague from spreading further, the imperial court had no choice but to seal off the county town.
Poor people in that city, they either died of illness or starvation, but none of them survived.
Thinking of this, Liu Lizheng's legs became weak.
"Doctor, no, goddess doctor, please save us!"
While talking, Liu Lizheng was already kneeling in front of He Zhiran, kowtowing continuously.
Mo Jiuye stood at the entrance of the cave, realized something was wrong, and hurried over.
At this time, He Zhiran happened to help Liu Lizheng up.
Mo Jiuye asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"
In order not to cause panic among the villagers, He Zhiran mouthed two words to Mo Jiuye: "Plague."
Hearing these two words, even Mo Jiuye, who was used to seeing life and death, couldn't help but turn pale with shock.
"How could this happen?" While whispering in his mouth, he was already approaching He Zhiran.
He Zhiran quickly stopped him: "Don't come over."
Mo Jiuye naturally understood her intention, which was that the latter was worried that she would be infected with the plague by being too close to the villagers.
He was an indomitable man, how could He Zhiran, a woman, face it alone when faced with life and death?
Although he knew that he could not escape the fate of being infected, he still had no hesitation.
In fact, He Zhiran was not afraid of the plague.
In her previous life, she developed special Chinese medicine to fight the plague. As long as the infected person's condition did not reach the level of later organ damage, she could cure the disease with the medicine.
Unfortunately, she accidentally traveled through time before she could announce the good news.
What is unexpected is that not long after she traveled here, the special medicine to treat the plague came in handy.
Although there are no medicinal materials for treating the plague stored in her space, you can buy everything in Taobao Mall, so there is no need to worry about it. The only problem is how those medicinal materials will be exposed to light in the cave.
Then Mo Jiuye came to her side and silently held her little hand.
Mo Jiuye's eyes were very sincere.
"We advance and retreat together."
He Zhiran saw that his words could not prevent Mo Jiuye from participating, so he simply accepted his company happily.
At the same time, she unconsciously shook Mo Jiuye's hand back to reassure him.