The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 403 Rat Meat

On the tenth day of May, the sun rises high.

In a certain field south of Jingdong City, someone should have been plowing here again, but at this moment, no one appeared.

There was a plague here, so the cultivation here was also stopped.

At this moment, the people in charge of farming here are all isolated.

The so-called isolation does not mean that these people are isolated from each other, which is simply impossible.

So isolation refers to separating these people from the people in the county to prevent the epidemic from spreading into the city.

At this moment, these isolated people are all placed in an abandoned village.

Those who were infected and those who were not were placed at the two ends of the village, and they were not allowed to come and go with each other.

It has been three days since he came here, and Wang Hexian still hasn't found out the crux of the problem, so he can only prescribe some palliative prescriptions according to the symptoms.

The effect of the prescription is really mediocre, so people have died one after another in the past three days, but fortunately, the number is not too many.

More than a hundred people took medicine at the same time, and the demand for medicinal materials was huge, so Wang Hexian had to urge the good medical institute to continue to distribute medicinal materials.

In the dimly lit 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 a cloth. The weather is very hot, and there are big drops of sweat on his forehead.

"You'll be fine, drink your medicine at ease!" Wang Hexian reassured.

"Master, let me do it, you go out and rest!"

There are currently more than 80 patients, and Wang Hexian alone will not be able to take care of them. It is more dependent on other imperial physicians and more apprentices.

Handing the medicine bowl to the apprentice, Wang Hexian stood up and took two steps back, then sighed.

Walking out of the door, there are apprentices boiling medicine in the yard outside, and the surrounding supplies are all seriously ill.

The other imperial physicians who followed Wang Hexian were scattered all over the village at the moment, some were treating illnesses, and some were looking for the source of the plague.

Only by finding the root cause can the problem be finally solved.

"How long are the medicinal materials enough?" Wang Hexian asked an apprentice beside him.

"My lord, 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 trace of anxiety in his expression, no matter how good his medical skills are, it is useless without medicinal materials.

"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 this small courtyard, and he wanted to check other places.

When he was walking in the alley, a person hurriedly walked towards him.

"Doctor Wang, look what I found!" The visitor held a small cloth bag in his hand.

This person's name is Zhang Renli, and he was not from the imperial hospital, but a native of Yuanyang who entered the shogunate's mansion.

Unlike other doctors, this person is proficient in surgery and is a unique talent.

After receiving the cloth bag from Zhang Renli, Wang Hexian opened it and found a bag of small bones inside.

"What do you mean?" Wang Hexian didn't understand what it meant.

"I picked these up at the stove at the entrance of the village. These bones have obviously been gnawed, so they are so clean!"

"So what? If you can have meat to eat, you should cherish some of it!"

Zhang Renli smiled, and then said seriously: "Lord 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 by Zhang Renli's posture, these bones may be weird.

Just as Wang Hexian was thinking about it, Zhang Renli said, "If I'm not mistaken, this is a mouse bone. After all, it's the easiest thing to get in the wild!"

"As for the rat meat, it may contain viruses, adults must be aware of it!"

Zhao Yanxun brought the word "virus" to them when they were studying zombies at the Liangyi Institute, so Zhang Renli used it now.

Wang Hexian frowned and said, "You mean, this plague is caused by this rat meat!"

"Exactly!"

"Let's go and 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 never be eaten, but this kind of thing happened in Jingdong, and there is no doubt that the team manager will be held accountable.

Hu An, a small official in charge of the team, is currently supervising his young and strong men chopping firewood and boiling water. Hundreds of people consume a lot of water every day.

At this time, someone reminded: "Master Hu, the imperial physician is here!"

Ju An jumped up from the mat immediately, he didn't dare to neglect these imperial physicians from Yuanyang, he knew very well that he couldn't afford to offend these people.

But when Hu An greeted him, he saw Wang Hexian followed by a group of sergeants, led by Xiaoqi officer Sun Youcheng.

This made Juan feel a little uncomfortable, but he still had the courage to go out.

"Physician Wang, what advice do you have?" Juan asked with a lowered posture.

Ignoring him, Wang Hexian directly ordered Sun Youcheng: "Enclose this place first!"

"Yes!" Sun Youcheng immediately greeted his subordinates.

Seeing this situation, Hu An came to Wang Hexian in a panic, and hurriedly asked, "May I ask what happened, my lord!"

Zhang Renli came forward and handed a cloth bag to Sun Youcheng.

After receiving the small cloth bag and seeing the small broken bones wrapped in it, Juan still didn't know what to do.

"Huguan team, do you know that rat meat is not edible!"

Hearing Wang Hexian's question, Ju An quickly replied: "Respond to your lord's words, of course I know, these are what I have to tell the people below every now and then!"

"In this 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.

"My lord, are these rat bones?"

"Are we going to admit we were wrong?"

"My lord, I would never dare to give them this food, I am so wronged!" Juan hurriedly put aside his 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 this epidemic, and he may not even be able to save his life.

"As far as I know, you all cook together here. A few days before the plague...who was cooking?" Wang Hexian asked sullenly.

Juan was so anxious at the moment that his mind was in a mess, and he couldn't even answer Wang Hexian's question.

Immediately, Juan turned his head, looked at the people who boiled the water and said, "Old Liu, you have been cooking for the past few days, what's going on?"

Lao Liu, who was called, was so frightened that he couldn't keep his wits about him. He quickly stepped forward and knelt down and replied, "My lord, a villain would not dare to do such a thing!"

"You guys, get out!" Juan reprimanded sharply.

All the seven people present rushed over, and then knelt down in front of Wang Hexian. They were the ones who were responsible for the diet of the young and strong.

"Say, who cooked the rat meat?" Wang Hexian asked with a straight face.

Everyone looks at me and I look at you, that is, everyone comes out to answer.

Seeing that they were silent, Wang Hexian directly ordered: "Arrest them all...take them to torture!"

"Arrest!" Sun Youcheng ordered.

The soldiers quickly stepped forward and arrested all the people present.

(End of this chapter)