Qin Xiao is He Gu's relative, and he is regarded as a great hero by the He Gu people, so he can go in and out almost anywhere.
For two days, he rode horseback to many isolation areas and met many patients.
He was naturally prepared for protection, not only wrapping himself tightly, but also not getting too close to anyone.
The He Gu tribe is just a general term. With the He Gu clan as the core, there are dozens of clans, large and small. In addition, there are also some tribes that are affiliated with the He Gu tribe but are not directly under the orders of He Gu. They are distributed hundreds of miles around Tieshan.
Inside, the Iron Palace is the Khan's court of various tribes.
Precisely because each tribe had its own pasture, unlike the numerous people in the Tang Dynasty who lived together, the disease did not spread among all the tribes.
In fact, in addition to Tiegong, there are seven or eight other tribes that are most severely affected by the epidemic. The situation is not very good, and a large number of infected people have appeared.
After the Hegu tribe discovered the epidemic, they responded immediately. In addition to conducting inspections and quarantines within the tribe, personnel exchanges between the tribes were no longer allowed.
Although He Gu's response is considered timely, the biggest problem now is that he cannot find a way to treat the epidemic.
After the patient is isolated, his symptoms will become more and more severe as time goes by, and he will eventually die.
After death, the body can only be cremated.
Once infected by the disease, death will inevitably occur within twenty days or within a month at most.
And the fact is just as Qin Xiao expected, the source of the epidemic for many tribes outside Iron Palace is not Iron Palace. Many people show symptoms much earlier than Ke Dun, and many people have even died.
People die almost every day.
However, because the epidemic was discovered only about ten days ago, no protection was taken before then, so the infection situation during that period was extremely serious.
After Qin Xiao investigated, he was also surprised, knowing that the real mass death had not yet come, and it was estimated that within ten days, hundreds of thousands of people would die due to the epidemic.
Although they are both prairie people, Qin Xiao has always had a reverence for life. When he thinks that countless people are about to die, he feels very heavy.
"This is God's punishment." Outside a tent, an old shepherd sighed: "No one can be saved, and more people will die."
Qin Xiao was at Kou Nanshi at this time, which was less than a hundred miles away from the Iron Palace. It was located to the east of the Iron Palace and the pasture was under the Iron Mountain.
The Kuchunan clan is just a small clan in Hegu. The total number of clan members is only about 2,000.
But Qin Xiao knew that the Kounan clan was not an ordinary tribe in the Hegu tribe, because the Kounan clan had a unique skill that was enough to gain a foothold in the Hegu tribe, and that was blacksmithing technology.
Everyone knows that the He Gu Knife is He Gu's unique treasure, and He Gu has superb forging skills. Even if outsiders get the ore from Tieshan, they will not be able to forge a real He Gu Knife.
Outsiders only know that He Gu is good at forging technology, but few people know that He Gu's real forging skills are only in the Kou Nan clan.
The technology for forging He Gu Dao is unique to this company and no one else has it.
The Kuchunan family's forging skills have been passed down from generation to generation, but they have never passed this skill on to outsiders.
People with difficulty in speaking have also become the most precious group of people in He Gu.
The men of the Kou Nan clan have been practicing ordinary forging since they were young. When they reach adulthood, they will be organized to teach the tribe's forging techniques that are not passed down to outsiders. Before these people learn, they will make an oath to the gods. Even if they are broken into pieces, they will not
A word about blacksmithing will be revealed to the public.
After completing their studies, these difficult craftsmen will be assigned to Iron Mountain for forging.
Iron Mountain is a huge mountain range, rolling up and down. There are several forging points in the mountain. People from other ethnic groups are responsible for mining the ore, while hundreds of hard-working craftsmen forge complex Hegu knives.
Precisely because of the preciousness of the Kou Nan craftsman, the pasture granted by the Kou Nan clan is not far from the Iron Palace, and can be considered to be under the protection of the Iron Palace.
But this time, the Kuchunan family was attacked by the epidemic.
More than two hundred people in the tribe were infected with the disease and were quarantined.
For the Kuchunashi clan, which had a small population, this was of course a huge disaster.
The young and strong members of the clan are all in the Iron Mountain, and most of those infected are the old and the weak.
The clan leader of the Kou Nan clan just passed away a few days ago, and his two sons are also in Tieshan, so the affairs of the clan are temporarily taken care of by his cousin Kou Nan Ye, and the person who is talking to Qin Xiao at this time is
It's Kou Nanye.
After Qin Xiao came to the Kounan clan, he was naturally received by Kounanye personally. From Kounanye's mouth, Qin Xiao learned about the death of the Kounan clan leader.
, and also knew that Kuchunano’s wife and two granddaughters were also infected with the plague and were in isolation.
Kou Nanye was in a very bad mood, and there was a lot of depression in the clan.
Qin Xiao said politely: "Abika, you are well-informed, have you really seen this kind of disease never appeared on the grassland before?"
Abhikar means wise man, and almost every grassland tribe has an Abhikar.
Abhikar is not an official position, but people will spontaneously call the most prestigious wise man in the clan as Abhikar. Kuchunano can temporarily assume the power of the clan leader after the death of the clan leader because he is the Kuchunan family's Abhikar.
"I'm over 60 years old. I've seen many things and encountered many diseases in my life." Kou Nanye said: "But I have never seen this kind of evil disease, or even heard of it."
Qin Xiao said: "Is it possible that after the death of the livestock, it was not handled properly and the plague was born?"
"Absolutely impossible." Kuchunano said with certainty: "If it is a plague spread from livestock carcasses, we can easily judge it."
Qin Xiao knew that this old man was definitely qualified to say such things.
He knew that the source of the plague must have spread from Buliuda, but where did Buliuda contract the plague?
Kuchunano looked desperate, obviously knowing that more people would die soon.
"Abika, Abhikar...!" Qin Xiao was about to ask a few more words when he heard a voice coming from behind him. He turned around and saw a strong man in his forties standing there.
He ran over and said out of breath: "Someone...someone wants to see you!"
Kou Nanye said anxiously: "But someone else is haunted by evil spirits?"
"No, it's a Taoist!" The man said, "It's a traveling Taoist. He said... He said that when he passed through this place, he saw many people in the clan were infected, so... he wanted to help us!"
Kou Nanye and Qin Xiao were both startled.
Kuchunano glanced at Qin Xiao and said, "Xiang Hito, you...?"
Qin Xiao was also surprised, thinking that the Kounan disease was serious. Many people around him knew that no one dared to approach the tribes where the disease was spreading in Hegu. Why did a wandering Taoist suddenly show up?
When Taoist Yunyou said he wanted to help, could it be that he knew how to treat diseases?
If that's really the case, that's really great.
"I will accompany you to see him." Qin Xiao said, "But there is no need to let him know who I am."
Kou Nanye nodded, and the two of them followed the strong man to the camp. After a while, they walked to a tent. Qin Xiao saw a Taoist standing outside the tent from a distance, holding a Fuchen in his hand and carrying it on his back.
A big cloth bag is waiting.
Qin Xiao was dressed in the attire of a prairie man. In order to protect himself from the epidemic, he was wrapped up tightly. His head was also wrapped in a gray scarf and a felt hat. Only his eyes were exposed. He followed Kou Nanye and looked like Kou Nanye.
Follow.
When the Taoist priest saw Kuchunano approaching, he smiled and bowed slightly. The strong man had already introduced him to the Taoist: "This is Abhikar!"
"I am Kuchunano, who are you?" Kuchunano bowed and said, "I heard that you can help us deal with the epidemic. Is it true or not?"
Qin Xiao saw that the Taoist was wearing a Taoist robe inside and an animal skin vest outside, with a Taoist bun. He was over fifty years old and had a thin figure. He didn't seem to be the same.
He was not afraid of the disease and did not take too much protection. His face was exposed, his face was rosy, and he had a certain air of immortality.
"Pindao's Taoist name is Yeling, which also has the word "wild"." The Taoist said with a smile: "Pindao travels all over the world and is quite knowledgeable in medical science. A few days ago, I had a dream in which a god asked me to come to the foot of Hegutie Mountain to save the people.
In the midst of suffering, Pindao came all the way to Tieshan and heard that the Kou Nan clan was seriously ill and that many people were suffering from disasters, so he came here on his own initiative, hoping to help."
Kou Nanye asked suspiciously: "The gods entrusted me with dreams?"
"To be honest with Abhikar, the gods told me that there was too much killing on the grassland, so the gods were angry and there will be disasters." Taoist Yeling sighed and said: "But the Queen Mother felt compassion and didn't want people to be devastated, so she asked her in a dream.
Pindao comes to help."
When Qin Xiao heard the word "Queen Mother", his heart trembled.
"Queen Mother?"
"That is the mother of Taoism." Taoist Yeling said with a smile: "The Queen Mother of Nine Heavens came down to earth just to save all sentient beings from suffering."
Qin Xiao's eyes became sharp.
He came to Kounanshi today just to investigate some situations, but he never expected that he would meet a Taoist priest from the Queen Mother Society here.
The Queen Mother of Nine Heavens descends to the mortal world, this is exactly the banner that the Queen Mother will play.
The Queen Mother Society suffered heavy losses in the south of the Yangtze River, and the remaining forces were hiding everywhere, making it difficult to form a new climate in a short period of time.
Qin Xiao met General Kuhai on Penglai Island not long ago. The Queen Mother Society wanted to take advantage of the death of Taoist Master to win over the hearts of the generals on Penglai Island and make a comeback.
He thought that the Queen Mother Hui was just making trouble in the Tang Dynasty, but he really didn't expect that the Queen Mother Hui would actually reach out to the grassland.
He remained calm and stood behind Kou Nanye, not showing off the mountain or leaking water, quietly watching the changes, but wanting to see what the Yeling Taoist wanted to do.
Kou Nanye said: "I don't know about the mother of Taoism. We grassland people believe in shamans and gods. But if you can really save the people infected with the epidemic, our entire clan..., no, the entire clan
He Gu will be grateful to you. Whatever you want, we will do our best to satisfy you!"
Taoist Yeling shook his head and said: "Abika misunderstood, I don't want anything, I just come to save people, I don't care about things outside my body!"