Nongmen space small landlord

Chapter 166 Plague?

It was a child's voice.

In such a tight space, even if there are living people, they will be suffocated to death sooner or later, so why burn it? Ye Qiu recalled the conversation just now, listened to the crying, and vaguely guessed what it was.

She wasn't sure if she was going to show up, but the heavens seemed to indicate that she would do it.

Before she could make a sound, a venomous snake hovering on the tree rushed towards her with its core out. She grabbed it with her backhand, but unexpectedly, half of the snake was still hovering on the tree trunk. With a tug, the snake came down. There was also movement.

"Who is it! Who is here?" The servant's shout came, and everyone looked vigilantly.

Ye Qiu didn't hide it on purpose, but now that the torch was approaching, she didn't dodge it either, she just walked out following the approaching firelight.

"There's a snake!" Someone exclaimed when they saw the colorful snake in her hand, and then backed away, gasping continuously.

The coffin that was originally carried by several people was also put down because of panic. The coffin fell to the ground, and the cry of the child came from inside again, still weak, and everyone heard it this time.

The panic that had just been frightened by the snake became weird after the cry, and the atmosphere was tense and depressing.

However, Ye Qiu felt a gaze staring at her. She looked over at the man in the official robe. The other party looked at him with surprise but without fear or panic.

What made Ye Qiu notice even more was that she had met Liu Wenhong since she came to ancient times. He had shrewd eyes and had good and bad personalities.

But the person in front of him looked at people with open eyes, but his whole body carried the majesty of being in an official position.

Even if it's just a light look in his eyes, it already shows his aura.

Ye Qiu bowed slightly to him, "I disturbed your lord. I was gathering herbs here just now to go back. I heard some movement so I came to see it. I wanted to leave quietly, but this snake suddenly appeared, so..."

It goes without saying that everyone already knows what happened next.

But it sounds like few people believe it.

What Ye Qiu didn't know was that when she looked at each other, Guo Huairen also noticed this special little girl.

She doesn't look like a wealthy family in her clothes, but her eyes are extraordinarily clear and penetrating.Let's not talk about being able to face the poisonous snake without fear, let's just say that this reaction to being found to be neither humble nor overbearing, and to explain the reason clearly and calmly is already special.

He said, "Why do you come here late at night to collect herbs?"

"My lord doesn't know. I have been collecting herbs with my master all year round. The old man prefers to travel at night, and he said that herbs are special at night. After following the master for a long time, I am also used to going out at night, and because I often go up the mountain, I also have self-defense powder with me. It's always been safe."

"Then you know that what you saw today is a top secret matter. Although you pass by unintentionally, this officer cannot let you go."

Guo Huairen thought that the other party would be afraid when he heard this, but the little girl was not nervous, but said calmly, "Of course I know this, and I will cooperate with you. But can you tell me why there is a child crying in the coffin?" ?”

"If you're so curious, aren't you afraid that if you know something you shouldn't know, you'll be silenced by the official?"

Ye Qiu looked at him in surprise, "It's not that my lord did something bad, why did you kill me?"

"Oh?" This time it was Guo Huairen's turn to look at her unexpectedly, "At such a time, and you have come here to avoid people, how do you feel that this official is not doing bad things?"

Ye Qiu laughed, "That's because I heard it."

Almost all the people present this time looked at the little girl who appeared out of nowhere curiously, full of curiosity about her words.

"I have learned medical skills from my master for many years, and I have achieved quite a bit of success in this area. Just after I came here, I heard the cry of a child in the coffin, but the cry was weak, as if he was sick, and then I heard the sound of burning and dying. There are words such as causing panic, guessing the origin of this disease. The most important thing is... I have always been accurate in my opinion, and adults don’t seem to be people who do bad things.”

The previous words were reasonable, but after hearing Guo Huairen's expression, he didn't expect this little girl to be so good at speaking, she must be flattering him on purpose.

Guo Huairen was not someone who was fooled casually, he didn't show any joy or anger on his face, he just said, "You can tell that the child is sick just by crying?"

Ye Qiu nodded, "If you let me take a look, maybe I know what the disease is."

"My lord, don't open the coffin once it's covered. The doctor and the doctor who brought it said that there is no cure for this disease. If it is opened and spread, we Hekou County people may suffer catastrophe."

This voice is the person who urged to burn it quickly, and this will be an even more earnest reminder.From what Ye Qiu could see, the man was clearly dressed better than the yamen servants, and he must be from the yamen if they could work together.

Guo Huairen hesitated again, and he looked at Ye Qiu, "Little girl, just pretend you didn't see what happened tonight, and I believe you won't talk nonsense. Inside this coffin are a pair of mother and child, who were dyed not long ago. Seriously ill, now the child’s mother is dead, the child and the living things in the family all have the same strange disease, the official asked several doctors, and learned that it was the plague, the wife’s family burned down the house not long ago, and now Let me lead someone to burn the body, I just feel sorry for the child, but he is only five years old, he just thought he was dead, so he brought him here, he never thought he was still alive, I can't directly kill someone."

Guo Huairen knew that fire prevention and burning are low-level things, but he also knew that if the plague spread, more than one or two people would die, and he also nodded when he learned that both mother and child were dead. Now the more he thinks about it, the more he feels inappropriate.

"My lord, the doctor has seen it before. Even if the child is not dead, he is probably dying. If you procrastinate like this, you are afraid that the disease will spread."

The yamen servants were even more timid when they heard the words, they all looked at Guo Huairen.

Guo Huairen frowned, "Since the child is not dead, I can't set it on fire. Let's wait and see."

"grown ups…"

"My lord, can you open the coffin for the girl to have a look at? This coffin is made of airtight material. If you really wait like this, the child will be suffocated to death even if he is not seriously ill. Doing so is no different from burning to death directly. "

"Bold, but a mere rural villager spread rumors like this. My lord did this for the sake of the tens of thousands of people in Hekou County. How can you allow you to speak nonsense."

"You're the bold one. It's not your turn to intervene when I'm talking to adults. Since I just came here, I've noticed that you seem to be eager to burn the mother and son to death, sir. Could it be that you have ulterior motives?"

"You... my lord, don't listen to her talking. I am the master of the government office. I have never had any ambiguity with my lord for so many years. Now I am thinking of my lord and the people of Hekou County. I'm afraid it's not good for this little girl to tell stories like this. Let her go, or everyone will know about it."

"Shut up first." Unexpectedly, Guo Huairen frowned, and turned to look at Ye Qiu, "Aren't you afraid of being infected by this disease if you get close to the coffin?"

"Don't worry, my lord, the plague is not so easy to get. I'm afraid that the plague is fake and the conspiracy is true." Ye Qiu said with a half-smile.

(End of this chapter)