Congratulations on opening the coffin

Shen Ruo and the others rented a carriage, and it took almost two hours from the county to Shuiding County.

During the period, Shen Ruo looked out through the car window. The management of Pingjiang County is pretty good. Although it is not as prosperous as the capital, the people live and work in peace and contentment. The smile on his face is always not deceiving.

It's just that the closer it is to Shuiding County, the surrounding fertile fields are gradually barren and chapped, overgrown with weeds, and people collapse to the ground on both sides of the road from time to time.

At first, Shen Ruo and the others would get out of the car to check the situation, but after seeing a lot of dead bodies, they simply asked the driver to speed up and rush to the county.

Along the way, several people in the car felt heavy.

"What did Liu Chengfeng do? He managed the county like this." Li Shichang blamed him.

Shen Ruo said with a sullen face: "It's not necessarily because of him, it should be the mess left by the previous one."

Just as he was talking, the carriage stopped, and the coachman shouted: "Young ladies and gentlemen, I will only send them here. The plague is spreading in Shuiding County. I still have a family to support, so I dare not go in."

Hearing this, Shen Ruo jumped out of the carriage, and saw a large granite rock standing in front of him, engraved with the words "Shui Ding County" and painted with red paint.

Just looking in from the entrance of the village, there is no one inhabited, and it is so desolate and dilapidated that those who don't know it think they are in a dead village.

"plague?"

Li Shichang's face was a little ugly, "Miss Qiao, the plague is not something to provoke, let's go back quickly."

But Shen Ruo refused: "No, I want to go in and have a look, you and Qi'er don't go in, I'll tell you what happens later."

She gave another ingot of gold to the coachman, please wait here for a while, Li Shichang wanted to persuade him again, but he had already strode in, he was so anxious, but Qier next to him was extremely calm, and even offered to comfort him He: "Don't worry, this little plague is just a trivial matter to Sister Qiao."

Back then, the serious epidemic in the capital was easily handled by his mother.

After Shen Ruo walked in, he felt the desolation of the county more and more. There were dead bodies wrapped in white cloths that were too late to be disposed of at the door of every house.

She couldn't even help wondering, is there really anyone here?

After walking for a long time, I finally saw a living person under the eaves of a corner, but if there is no further treatment, I am afraid that he is not far from death.

It was an old beggar with torn clothes, wrapped in a torn quilt, and dirty all over. Fortunately, it was almost summer now, otherwise he would have died of the cold, not to mention dying of illness.

Not afraid of being infected with the plague at all, she stepped forward and shook the old beggar gently: "Old man! Wake up! Wake up!"

She took the opportunity to let the system check, and let the robot worms enter the body to start the treatment. Seeing no one around, she simply took out the drip and gave the old man a bag of glucose solution to replenish energy.

After a quarter of an hour, the vague breathing gradually calmed down. She realized that she was about to wake up, so she immediately took the drip and asked, "Old man, what happened here?"

The old beggar woke up, and when he heard her question, he was filled with grief: "Dead! They are all dead! Those who can run have also run away. Shuiding County is completely over!"

The old beggar repeated these few words over and over again, and Shen Ruo couldn't ask any questions, so she gave up and asked, "Old man, do you know how to get to the county office? I'm going to see the county magistrate."

"County magistrate?" The old beggar seemed to have heard some hate words, and cursed, "The damn county magistrate, it's all because of him that our Shuiding County became like this! Why doesn't he die!"

Seeing that the old beggar was so angry that he could hardly breathe, she hurriedly comforted him: "Don't worry, he is dead, and I am going to see the new county magistrate."

"New county magistrate? What good will the new county magistrate be? They are officials, and they protect each other. They don't care about our life or death! Cough cough!"

Seeing this, Shen Ruo felt a little heavy when thinking of what he had seen and heard along the way, and didn't know what to say.

The old beggar slowly calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "Little baby, you saved the old man. There is a plague here, so you should go quickly, and don't infect you too."

"Old man, don't worry, I know how to cure this plague, but I need to meet the new magistrate first." She said softly.

The old beggar thought for a while, and pointed in a direction: "The county government office is on this road, and then turn east and go in."

"Okay, thank you old man."

She thought for a while, then took out a white silk cloth from her bosom, picked up a piece of unburnt black charcoal from the side, wrote on the medicinal materials for the disease, and handed it to the old man: "My companion is just outside the village, you Go to him and ask him to buy these medicines, don’t worry, I have already cured the disease on your body, and it won’t infect people.”

When the old man heard this, he realized that his body, which had been drowsy and heavy, was indeed much lighter. The old man immediately held Shen Ruo's hand, and tears filled his eyes: "Bodhisattva! You are a living Bodhisattva who saves suffering!"

Shen Ruo smiled: "I'm not a Bodhisattva, I'm a doctor, a Bodhisattva can't save people!"

After sending the old man away, she walked towards the direction he pointed just now.

After a while, she saw a luxurious and tall house, which didn't match the dilapidated style of the surrounding ones. If it wasn't for the words "County Office" hanging on the door, she would have thought she had come to the wrong place.

She knocked on the door, but no one answered.

She didn't bother to wait, so she went to the backyard and jumped over the wall to enter. The huge mansion was also empty. She frowned and walked inside, only to see a few children playing hide-and-seek.

When a child saw her, he was not afraid of her, and boldly asked her, "Who are you?"

Shen Ruo raised her eyebrows and asked, "Where is the county magistrate here?"

The child spoke bluntly and said loudly: "Dead."

Shen Ruo's eyebrows twitched, and just as she was about to say something, someone came out in a hurry: "Si baby, who are you talking to?"

It was a delicate female voice, but her voice was not small.

The child shouted at the voice: "It's a thief!"

The female voice was even louder, almost breaking the voice: "Those who killed Qiandao, that bastard is dead, and there are still people who are thinking about this dilapidated house, come to steal things!"

As she said that, a woman wearing only a peach-colored vest ran up to Shen Ruo, her white and tender arms were exposed to the air, she was not shy, she put one hand on her hips, and pointed at Shen Ruo's nose to scold. : "Who are you? There's no money here, get out!"

Shen Ruo watched several children appearing in all directions, hiding behind the woman, looking at her, her expression became strange, and she only asked, "Who are you? Where is the new county magistrate?"

The woman looked away with obvious guilt, then suddenly raised her voice, shouting like a shrew: "What are you talking about? How can there be any county magistrate? The county magistrate is already dead!"

"Let's go! If you don't leave, I will call someone!"