There was a field somewhere south of Jingdong City, where someone was supposed to be farming, but no one showed up at this moment.
A plague broke out here, so farming here was stopped.
At this moment, all the people responsible for farming here are quarantined.
The so-called isolation does not mean that these people are isolated from each other, which is simply impossible.
So quarantine means separating these people from the people in the county to prevent the epidemic from spreading to the city.
At this moment, these isolated people were all placed in an abandoned village.
Those who were infected and those who were not infected were placed at opposite ends of the village and were not allowed to interact with each other.
It has been three days since he arrived here, and Wang Hexian still hasn't found out the crux of the problem, so he can only prescribe some prescriptions to treat the symptoms based on the symptoms.
The effect of the prescription is really average, so people have been dying one after another in the past three days. Fortunately, the number of people is not too many.
With more than a hundred people taking medicine at the same time, the demand for medicinal materials was huge, so Wang Hexian had to urge the good doctor to continue to distribute medicinal materials.
In the dim room, an extremely weak man asked in a hoarse voice: "Doctor, am I going to die too?"
At this moment, Wang Hexian wrapped his mouth and nose with cloth. The weather was very hot today, and there were big drops of sweat on his forehead.
"You'll be fine, take the medicine with peace of mind!" Wang Hexian reassured.
"Master, let me do it. You go out and rest!"
There are currently more than 80 sick people, and Wang Hexian alone cannot take care of them. It will depend more on other imperial doctors and more apprentices.
After handing the medicine bowl to his apprentice, Wang Hexian stood up and took two steps back, then sighed.
When I walked out of the room, there were apprentices making medicine in the yard outside, and the surrounding supplies were filled with seriously ill patients.
The other imperial doctors who had followed Wang Hexian were now distributed throughout the village. Some were treating illnesses and checking the pulse, while others were looking for the root cause of the plague.
Only by finding the root cause can the problem be finally solved.
"How many days will the medicinal materials be enough?" Wang Hexian asked an apprentice beside him.
"Sir, I'm afraid it's only enough for three to five days, and the medicinal materials from Yuanyang haven't arrived yet!"
Wang Hexian nodded, with a hint of anxiety in his expression. Without medicinal materials, no matter how good his medical skills were, it would be useless.
"Tell that Tan Qianhu to continue asking Yuanyang for help. If someone dies due to lack of medicinal materials, he can't escape the responsibility!"
"yes!"
After reading this, Wang Hexian walked out of the small courtyard. He wanted to check other places.
When he was walking in the alley, a person hurriedly walked towards him.
"Mr. Wang, look what I found!" The visitor held a small cloth bag in his hand.
This man's name was Zhang Renli. He was not from the imperial hospital, but a native of Yuanyang who entered the shogunate's palace.
Unlike other doctors, this man is proficient in surgery and is a unique talent.
After taking the cloth bag from Zhang Renli, Wang Hexian opened it and found a bag of small bones inside.
"What do you mean?" Wang He obviously didn't understand what he meant.
"I picked these up from the stove at the entrance of the village. These bones have obviously been chewed by others, that's why they are so clean!"
"So what? If you can have meat to eat, you must cherish it!"
Zhang Renli smiled, and then said seriously: "Master Wang, take a closer look, what kind of animal bones are these!"
Wang Hexian took it closer, picked up a bone and looked at it carefully. Judging from Zhang Renli's posture, there might be something strange about these bones.
While Wang Hexian was thinking, he heard Zhang Renli say: "If I guess correctly, these are rat bones. After all, these are the easiest things to get in the wild!"
"And this rat meat may contain viruses, adults must also know it!"
When they were studying zombies at the Good Medical Institute, Zhao Yanxun brought them the word "virus", so Zhang Renli used it now.
Wang Hexian frowned and said: "You mean, this epidemic is caused by this rat meat!"
"Exactly!"
"Let's go find the little official in charge of the team!" Wang Hexian didn't waste any more time.
According to the requirements of the palace, rat meat must not be eaten, but this happened in Jingdong, and there is no doubt that the little official in charge will be held accountable.
Huan, the young official in charge of the team, is currently supervising his young men to chop wood and boil water. Hundreds of people consume a huge amount of water every day.
At this time, someone reminded: "Master Hu, the imperial doctor is here!"
Huan immediately jumped up from the mat. He did not dare to neglect these imperial doctors from Yuanyang. He knew very well that he could not afford to offend these people.
But when Huan went out to greet him, he saw Wang He showing up, followed by a group of sergeants. The leader was none other than Sun Youcheng, the flag officer.
This made Juan feel a little bad, but he still braved it and went out.
"Physician Wang, do you have any advice?" Juan asked in a lowered posture.
Ignoring him, Wang Hexian directly ordered Sun Youcheng: "Surround this place first!"
"Yes!" Sun Youcheng immediately went to greet his men.
Seeing this situation, Juan came to Wang Hexian in panic and asked quickly: "Dare I ask your lord what happened?"
Zhang Renli stepped forward and handed a cloth bag to Sun Youcheng.
After taking the small cloth bag and seeing the small broken bones wrapped inside, Juan was still confused.
"Guan Hu, do you know that rat meat is not edible!"
Hearing Wang Hexian's question, Juan quickly replied: "To tell you what my lord is saying, of course I know. I have to tell these people below every now and then!"
"In that case, why were these bones found at the entrance of the village?"
Holding the cloth bag, Juan was speechless for a moment, and he didn't know what was going on.
"Sir, are these rat bones?"
"Will we admit our mistake?"
"Sir, I would never dare to feed them this food. It's such an injustice!" Juan said anxiously to clear himself of responsibility.
He is a smart man, and he knows very well that once he gets involved in this matter, he will have to take responsibility for the epidemic, and he may not even be able to save his life by then.
"As far as I know, you all cook together here. A few days before the plague happened... who was doing the cooking?" Wang Hexian asked with a gloomy face.
Juan was so anxious at the moment that his mind was in a mess and he couldn't even answer Wang Hexian's questions.
Then Juan turned his head, looked at the people who were boiling water and said, "Old Liu, you have been cooking the past few days, what's going on?"
Old Liu, who was called, was so frightened that he quickly stepped forward and knelt down and replied: "Sir, I don't dare to do such a thing!"
"You guys, get here!" Juan scolded sternly.
All seven people present rushed over and knelt down in front of Wang Hexian. They were the ones responsible for the young men's meals.
"Tell me, who cooked the rat meat?" Wang Hexian asked with a straight face.
Everyone looks at me and I look at you, and everyone comes out to answer the question.
Seeing that they were silent, Wang Hexian directly ordered: "Arrest them all...take them away for torture!"
"Arrest them!" Sun Youcheng ordered.
The soldiers quickly stepped forward and arrested all those present.