Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

The old woman was now blindfolded and her mouth was tied with cloth. A chair was placed and she was moved to the chair. Doctor Ge simply felt her pulse and found that she had a rash and scratches on her hands. He asked Tian Yuze and others with concern, "When you caught her just now, did you touch her exposed arms?"

"Don't worry, Doctor Ge. My sister stressed to us again and again before she left that when we caught her, she was wearing a face towel and her hands were wrapped in sackcloth. We burned all of that when we came back and replaced it. But now her hands are not tied with sackcloth, and we put her in a sack directly."

"That's good, that's good. She should have been infected with smallpox as well."

Hearing this, the old woman was a little bit unbelievable. How could she be infected with smallpox? It is fatal. She cried "wuwu" in her mouth.

But Tian Yuze and the others didn't want to hear what she had to say. After Doctor Ge left, they began to interrogate the old woman. "You just heard it. The doctor said you had smallpox. You know it's difficult to treat, but it's not hopeless. But if you don't get treatment, there's no hope. Do you want to live or die?"

The old woman was blindfolded and had no idea who had tied them up. She just untied the cloth that sealed her mouth. When she heard what Tian Yuze said, she immediately shouted, "Sir, please spare my life. I want to live. I want to live. If you have any questions, just ask. I will tell you everything I know."

"Who asked you to deliver fruit to Magistrate Tian yesterday?"

"Fruit? Oh, yes, there was such a thing. Yes, it was a man with a veil, and I didn't see his face. He gave me one or two taels of silver and a basket of fruit, and told me to give the basket of fruit to Lord Tian. He was afraid that I wouldn't do it, so he cut me with a knife. How could I dare not do it? Is there something wrong with the fruit? I really don't know. It's just some fruit. I thought the man just wanted to thank Lord Tian, ​​but didn't want to show up."

"Hmph, you still want to lie to me." After hearing the old woman's last words, Tian Yuze hit the old woman on the leg with a stick.

"Ouch." The old woman screamed when she was hit.

"I told you, that man told me there was something wrong with the fruit and the basket. He also asked me to use one side of the basket to injure Lord Tian and make him bleed, so that Lord Tian would get sick. I had no choice. That man used it to threaten me, and my family also needed money to pay off my son's gambling debts." As the old woman spoke, she felt wronged and started crying.

"Hmph, you are such a heartless old hag. Just stay by yourself."

"My Lord, you have to save me. You said you would save me."

"Shut up, or I'll kill you right now." Tian Yuze threatened the old woman angrily. The old woman was so scared that she dared not speak. Then Tian Yuze ordered his men, "Put a sack on her head and tie her mouth up. Be careful."

"It's the young master."

After finishing his work here, Tian Yuze sent someone to inform Tian Yuheng of the results of the interrogation. After receiving the news, Tian Yuheng immediately asked someone to take away all the people who had contact with the old woman and those nearby and quarantine them.

Finally, night fell, and the streets and alleys were empty. It was eerily quiet everywhere. Only the yamen runners were patrolling and the night watchmen were telling the time. Because no one was allowed to go out today, the people could only sit by themselves after dinner. There were many guests in the restaurant, but no one dared to eat anything today for fear of accidents. Although the yamen runners notified in the afternoon that the river water that was newly opened by the county government last year was drinkable, no one dared to eat it, so they only ate the dry food they had before. Some people had no stock, so they had to eat it without caring, and some people just planned to starve to see if anyone would get into trouble tomorrow. The scholars either studied with their friends or alone; the ordinary people in the county went to bed early.

There were two other doctors in the isolation station where the doctor was located. Doctor Xu and Doctor Zhou were on duty, while the others had gone to bed. This was done as requested by Doctor Qi. The night watchman struck the gong for the third watch, "Ha, I'm sleepy. It's the third watch. There shouldn't be anything tonight. How about you and I take turns to get some sleep first?" Doctor Zhou suggested.

"That's right. Doctor Zhou, you go to sleep first. I'm not sleepy right now. I'll wake you up in the middle of the night."

"Okay, I'll go to sleep first."

"it is good."

At this time, in Jiangning City

"Master, are we going to start?" A maid dressed in gorgeous clothes was holding the hand of a pale-faced beautiful woman, who asked the Master in front of her respectfully.

"It's almost midnight. At midnight, this Heavenly Master will begin to perform rituals."

"Okay." The beautiful woman had no choice but to agree. The maid beside her looked at the boy on the altar, wanting to say something but stopping herself. She didn't dare to ask more questions, as she was sent by her master to watch the ritual. The beautiful woman was her master's biological sister, so she didn't dare to overstep the line and had to wait slowly. If something happened to the young master, she would not have to live, so she could only trust the Heavenly Master now.

Not long after, the Taoist priest suddenly raised the long sword in one hand, and held a piece of talisman paper between two fingers in the other hand, muttering something. Then he began to circle the ritual site, and suddenly the sword in the Taoist priest's hand disappeared, and then the talisman paper in his hand was ignited at some point. The Taoist priest raised his hands again, and the talisman paper in his hand was still burning, but it could not burn the Taoist priest's hands, and only the upper half was burning. The maid beside him stared with her eyes wide open, and her breathing seemed to stop. It was too magical, but she dared not make a sound, and did not dare to disturb him at all.

Then the master began to worship heaven and earth. It seemed that the immortals heard the master's prayers. The flames on the long candles on both sides of the altar became more vigorous. In the firelight, even the little boy seemed to be more energetic.

At this time, thunderclouds began to gather in the sky. The moon was brighter tonight, and suddenly thunder was heard in the distance.

湖县

County Magistrate Tian, ​​who was lying on the bed, was still asleep. Doctor Ge, his medicine boy, and several servants were watching over him. Xu went to bed first, and she would take over in the second half of the night. Suddenly, County Magistrate Tian began to feel unwell. He half-got up, but before he could get down, he vomited directly on the side of the bed. "Ugh!" After a burst of vomiting, Doctor Ge and the others were awakened by the sudden vomiting sound. Doctor Ge quickly pulled up the face towel and gave County Magistrate Tian a few injections. The servants also hurried to clean up the filth. Cleaning up County Magistrate Tian's vomit was dangerous. These servants came voluntarily because if they died, the Tian family would give their families a large sum of money. In fact, the Tian family had always treated them well, but the family was too short of money, and they could get more by gambling with their lives. In addition, some people had had it before, so they were not afraid.

Just as Magistrate Tian was helped up, thunder rumbled in the sky. It was feared that it was going to rain heavily. Suddenly, thunder exploded. "Ah!" A maid was so frightened by the sudden thunder that she fell to the ground.