The reborn elder sister has gone crazy with killing, and there is a crying monster behind her

Fengyi Palace

"What on earth is going on?!" Xu Xingyi supported the staggering Shen Qingxu and anxiously asked Mei Qing who was rushing in and out of the bedroom and the side hall.

"I don't know the specific situation. I only know that there has been a sudden plague outside Liang'an City recently. Many doctors have visited but they are helpless." Mei Qing said to the three people who were following her as she counted the silver needles on the tray.

"The Empress and the Emperor went to check on the epidemic in person. Unexpectedly, the Empress fell down just two days after returning. After consulting with the imperial physicians, they speculated that the Empress might have been infected with the plague." Mei Qing said and left in a hurry. The Empress now had a high fever, so she had to go to the Imperial Hospital to get antipyretic medicine.

The Emperor is currently outside the palace investigating the source of the plague, and the Queen has fallen ill again. The palace is now without a backbone, and everyone is in panic.

"I, I want to go in and see my sister!" Shen Qingxu burst into tears when she heard that, and said to the two palace maids wearing face scarves standing at the door of the bedroom.

"Your Highness, the Queen has ordered that no one is allowed to enter the bedroom to avoid the spread of the plague."

"I, then I will not come out when I go in. I will go to accompany my sister!" In the tray that Mei Qing was holding just now, the countless long silver needles were all covered in blood, and the white gauze was also stained with blood!

How can the plague bleed? My sister must have been seriously injured, wuwuwuwu!

Mei Qing must have lied to her!

Shen Qingxu looked inside at the door of the bedroom.

"Your Highness, the Queen has always been very caring towards you and would definitely not want you to take this risk."

"Princess, you should go back. The queen is under the care of a skilled imperial physician. Her life is not in danger!"

Xu Xingyi and Mu Yunzhou used all their strength to barely hold Shen Qingxu.

Shen Qingxu thought about what the palace maid said, it must be her sister who told her to do so.

She sat on the flower bed at the door of the bedroom, tears streaming down her face helplessly.

Her sister had suffered such a disaster after just a few days of not seeing her, and she could do nothing about it.

"Qingxu, it will be useless for you to go in now. At most, more people will be infected."

"The top priority now is to find out the truth about the spread of this plague."

"Daliang hasn't seen a plague in more than ten years. It's really strange that such a serious epidemic broke out suddenly."

"Qingxu, let's leave the palace first." Mu Yunzhou gave Xu Xingyi a wink.

"According to Aunt Mei Qing, the epidemic was spreading outside the palace, so the clue must also be outside the palace."

"I just asked the palace servants, and now the news outside the palace has been blocked. The plague should not be known to the people yet."

"But if we rashly investigate the plague, will we end up doing more harm than good?" Shen Qingxu was a little hesitant. Her sister and brother-in-law should have made some arrangements for this epidemic, otherwise why would the palace people say such things.

"One more person means more strength. Xu Xingyi and I are both very skilled in martial arts, and you are very strong. Maybe you can find some clues!"

"But..." Shen Qingxu has calmed down a lot now. She reminds herself not to be impulsive.

"Don't worry about it. Instead of crying here, why not go to the source and see what's going on?"

"Xu Xingyi, what do you think?" Shen Qingxu asked Xu Xingyi out of habit.

"Then let's go and take a look!" Xu Xingyi glanced at the two palace servants standing motionless at the door of the bedroom, pondered for a while, and decided to listen to Mu Yunzhou and go and take a look.

Shen Qingxu:?!

On the way out of the palace, Shen Qingxu looked at the palace maids and the imperial guards who were hurrying along. She couldn't help but feel a little worried. She couldn't help feeling sad and sobbing from time to time.

She felt like the sky was falling. How could such a strong heroine fall down? The plague was the most deadly plague!

In her world, contracting the plague is basically a death sentence!

Plague could cause the disappearance of all the people in a city. There were also rumors that some small countries were destroyed by the plague.

Her sister fell ill, but she didn't know how to do anything and couldn't help her sister. She was a complete waste!

Unable to think of a solution, she could only follow in others' footsteps and move forward step by step.

"This is the herbal mask I got from Mei Qing. It will be safer if you wear it."

Mei Qing said that this was a prescription that Shen Qiuchi had rewritten when he was still conscious, and it was very helpful in preventing infection with the disease.

At least after wearing masks, the number of people infected with the epidemic in the palace is decreasing.

"Qingxu, do you remember the guy we met at the last cockfight?"

Mu Yunzhou remembered that the owner of the cockfighting arena, Meng Yi, said that all of the man's chickens died of fowl plague, and only the pure and innocent one survived.

"What do you mean?" Shen Qingxu looked at Mu Yunzhou with red and swollen eyes.

Mu Yunzhou nodded. Apart from this, he couldn't think of any other situation that could cause the epidemic.

Xu Xingyi sat aside and listened to the two people playing charades, something about cockfighting arena and chicken plague!

His face was as dark as the bottom of a pot: "I think you need to explain this to me."

Seeing Xu Xingyi like this, Mu Yunzhou quickly explained: "The last time we went out for a cockfight, we encountered a hen that had survived a flock of chickens that had contracted fowl plague. Unfortunately, the hen died in the cockfight, and the owner of the hen took the hen back. Mu Yunzhou and I speculated whether this epidemic was related to the person who ate the chicken infected with fowl plague."

Hearing this, Xu Xingyi shook his head and said, "This simple chicken plague cannot be transmitted to humans, so your idea is not valid."

When they were young, there was a particularly serious chicken plague in Lishan County, Liangcheng, and all the chickens in every household were affected.

Ordinary people only eat meat a few times a year, so how could they be willing to throw away the chickens they have carefully raised for more than a year? !

Naturally, they treated the sick chicken as a dish to add to their family's diet.

During that time, they and the old beggar ate so much chicken that they almost vomited!

There was no sign of plague.

"Xu Xingyi, you're not telling the whole story. Eating a chicken that has been infected with fowl plague won't necessarily make you sick, but the Master said that if a chicken that has been infected with a disease that can be transmitted to humans is eaten by humans, they will also get sick!"

"If fowl plague only affects chickens, it will not be transmitted to humans. But if humans are also infected, it means it is an epidemic, a plague, and it can kill people!" Shen Qingxu recalled what Mr. Huang said about fowl plague in class. She didn't expect that Shen Qingxu, who had poor academic performance, could actually remember it.

"Why haven't I heard of this class?" Mu Yunzhou was confused.

"Master Huang only teaches medical theory classes for Huang and Ding levels. You Tian and Di levels are taught by the Imperial Hospital first. He only teaches each Tian and Di level student for the first half of the year. I guess you will learn it next year!" Xu Xingyi explained.

Mu Yunzhou glanced at Xu Xingyi suspiciously. How did he know that the Imperial Hospital was the first to teach their heavenly and earth-level students?

When Xu Xingyi saw Mu Yunzhou like this, he thought, what a fool, he has to teach them in the Military Education Department for the remaining half of the year!

Chief of Imperial Hospital: He is so busy.

"No matter what, let's go to his house first and see if we can find some clues. If there is no progress, we will go find our cousin the emperor!" Mu Yunzhou's face was solemn.

Shen Qingxu and Xu Xingyi nodded. This was all they could do for now.

Several people took a horse-drawn carriage and soon arrived at the street market where the man lived.

Looking at the countless corpses lying on the roadside, at this moment, Shen Qingxu and the other two truly felt the horror of the plague.

The skin color of those lying on the ground ranged from blue-gray to black, their legs were ulcerated and exposed, and yellow pus oozed from the rotten areas.

Some people who were still at home could be heard wailing in pain. The extreme agony made them want to end their lives immediately. Some children were still breathing, but fainted early due to the pain of their legs being eaten away.

The once bustling streets were now deserted, looking like hell on earth. Apart from the tightly wrapped officials, there were no outsiders here.

When the officers saw several people coming, they prepared to drive them away. Xu Xingyi took out a token and said that he was ordered to investigate the plague. The officers nodded and left, and no one tried to stop him afterwards.

The further the three went in, the more tragic the scene became.

There were cries of grief all around!

The groaning sound of excruciating pain!

The child sobbed in fear!

Here it happens one after another!

These sounds stimulated the hearts of the three people.

Whether it is natural disasters or man-made calamities, the ones who suffer are always the powerless people.

The three of them walked along the street and finally arrived at the man's house, then entered the house with the gate open.

The yard was not big. In the middle of the yard was a tall and spacious chicken coop. At this time, it was covered with dust, and there was nothing inside except the broken bowl for feeding.

There was a thick layer of dust on the tables and chairs in the yard, and it was obvious that no one had cleaned them for a long time.

As soon as they approached the main house, the three of them smelled a foul odor that rushed to their heads.

When Xu Xingyi smelled the smell, he instantly realized what it meant. He frowned and raised his hand to stop Mu Yunzhou from opening the door.

"Qingxu, you'd better not go in. Mu Yunzhou and I will go in. There should be a dead person in the house."

Shen Qingxu was shocked when she heard that, then she shook her head. If she went in, it would be her sister who would suffer. She wanted to find out what was going on, and she would just follow behind and watch, not cause any trouble.

Just now on the way, Xu Xingyi and Mu Yunzhou discussed that this might not be a plague, but a man-made conspiracy.

What Xu Xingyi said made sense, and she believed what he said!

Since it is not a plague, why should she be afraid!

What's more, she is very strong and can help with moving things or carrying things. More people means more strength!

With more manpower, we might be able to find more clues!

"Put this on." Mu Yunzhou took out two pairs of thick gloves from his bag and handed them to Xu Xingyi and Shen Qingxu.

Mei Qing said that Shen Qiuchi had instructed that they should not have any physical contact with people infected with the plague, including anything used by those people.

After everything was ready, Mu Yunzhou and Xu Xingyi stood in front of Shen Qingxu and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, Mu Yunzhou and Shen Qingxu took a few steps back, and they couldn't help vomiting at the door!

The tightly closed door was opened and countless flies flew out.

If he hadn’t been wearing a mask and hadn’t dodged in time, the fly would have already flown into his mouth!

Even though Xu Xingyi was mentally prepared, when he saw the scene inside the house, he couldn't control his stomach churning and immediately joined the vomiting team.

When their stomachs were completely empty, the three of them held hands and walked into the house.

Through the light from outside the door, the scene inside the house became clear.

The remaining food had already rotted. The man who had vowed some time ago that he would go cockfighting again was now lying motionless on the table, looking as if he had fallen asleep.

But at this time, the skin on his face and neck had already grown corpse spots, and the skin was gone in some places, revealing rotten flesh and bones. The exposed skin on his calves was bluish-purple, and there was a pool of yellow-green liquid under his feet.

"This man doesn't look like he died of plague." Although the body had already rotted, Mu Yunzhou still saw the clue at a glance.

"Why do you say that?" Shen Qingxu asked, enduring the discomfort in her stomach.

"Look at his clothes, there are traces of dried egg liquid on them. It is obvious that he wore them at the cockfighting arena that day. And there is blood at the corners of his mouth. The so-called people who died of the plague outside were just thin and pale, but there was no blood. No one even coughed up blood. So it can be seen that this man did not die of the plague." Mu Yunzhou frowned and observed the man.

"But the same pus is oozing out from his feet as the people outside!"

The chicken bones on the table indicated that Bing Qing Yu Jie had indeed been eaten by a man.

"Are you sure this must be pus?"

"I don't know, but it looks like pus from a cut!"

"It looks like this man was poisoned! And he's been dead for many days!"

"Was he killed intentionally?" Shen Qingxu asked doubtfully.

"Those who were rumored to have died of the plague all had varying degrees of ulceration on their legs. Their patella and leg bones were also gone. It looked as if they had been deliberately gouged out by someone." Xu Xingyi's unhurried voice came.

"At the moment, I always feel that these things have nothing to do with the plague. Maybe it's not a plague, but more like a man-made tragedy!" Xu Xingyi walked around the man and carefully observed the liquid on the ground.

Shen Qingxu and Mu Yunzhou turned to look at him after hearing what he said, only to see that Xu Xingyi's face was slightly gloomy, his eyes fixed on the yellow water on his gloves.

He seemed to have an idea.

"This person was killed. What does this have to do with those people who are sick outside?"

"This is very relevant! Do you remember the flies that just flew out? I remember there is a force in Jianghu that is famous for breeding flies. They put a secret poison on people and then release the flies they raised. The flies can find the poisoned people and after sucking their blood, the toxicity in the flies becomes even higher. Anyone bitten by the flies will be poisoned, and the symptoms are very similar to those of an epidemic."

"Rumor has it that the flies bred and poisons produced by this force are too toxic, and the cruelty when the poison takes effect is terrifying. The Military Education Department has already sent people to eradicate them in the early years. Why are they appearing in the capital now?" Mu Yunzhou thought of the rumors he had heard.

Xu Xingyi understood something immediately after hearing this.

"I remember now. The combat manual of the Military Education Department records that this poison can only spread in extreme pain. Those who have had their patella and leg bones dug out will suffer great pain. The poison will spread more easily after being poisoned. This poison will also corrode people's blood and turn it yellow!"

"So the yellow liquid flowing out of those people's festering leg bones is not pus, but blood!" After listening to the two people's analysis, Shen Qingxu also understood the reason for the tragic scene he had just seen outside!

The reason why those people chose this person as their target was that they wanted to use the plague chicken as a cover to make everyone think that it was just a plague!

Because everyone who went to the cockfight that day knew that this pure and innocent man had come into contact with many chickens infected with fowl plague!

"In that case, let's go find our cousin the Emperor right now!" Mu Yunzhou said as he was about to collect the remaining rotten and moldy food on the table.

"We can see it, and I'm sure the emperor and the queen can see it too." Xu Xingyi had to admit that Shen Qiuchi was capable to a certain extent, but he always felt that this trip was a bit inexplicable.

Unexpectedly, they came in here very smoothly and discovered that the process of conspiracy was too simple.