The alternative of crossing

After grabbing the medicine, the two left Huichuntang and came to Xiaowei's home.Xiao Wei was feeding her mother water in the thatched hut. She held a porcelain bowl and fed water straight down her mother's lips.Li Ze took the medicine in Hua Ruoxi's hand and went to the kitchen to make it.Hua Ruoxi sat on the table with Xiaowei and chatted.

"Xiaowei. Sister asked you. Has your mother been to a place near the river recently?" Hua Ruoxi asked Xiaowei with curious eyes.

"Mother will go to the river when she is doing laundry, but she won't leave the house at other times." Xiaowei said in a weak voice.

At this time, Li Ze came into the room with the boiled medicine in his hand.Hua Ruoxi saw that he was carrying the medicine and was still screaming hot, she hurried up to help pass the medicine through the cotton cloth, she sat next to Xiaowei's mother's bed, helped the woman hold the medicine bowl, picked up the spoon and fed it Take medicine.The woman saw that the girl blew it very carefully and then fed it to her by a spoonful. The woman coughed twice and said, "Thank you girl...I'm afraid...time is running out."

Xiaowei cried and threw herself into her mother's arms and said, "Mother, you will definitely get better."

The woman pampered Xiaowei's head and said with a weak breath, "Silly boy...mother... I want to be with you too."

After Xiaowei bid farewell to the two of them.Li Ze and Hua Ruoxi asked the young man in Huichun Hall, and they searched for the river.If you want to know the source of the plague, you have to find the first clue, which is the river.When the two found the river, the river had already been surrounded by government officials.Pasted a yellow strip and the river was blocked.

Li Ze walked to the river and saw that there seemed to be insects in the river, so he chanted a spell to open his eyes, and recounted everything that happened horribly.

A few days ago.Several people who looked like farmers in simple clothes came here, holding a sack in their hands.There was a dog in the sack. The dog seemed to be in a state of embarrassment, its eyes were bloodshot, and its body was thin as if it had shrunk. Several farmers swiftly threw the dog into the river.The dog was very strange, as if it saw the food when it saw the water, it kept jumping into the water, the dog was panting after drinking the water, and one of them was submerged in the water.

The dog thumped and struggled a few times before disappearing. As soon as the dog sank in the water for some reason, blood spurted upwards.When it was bleeding, I saw some brown insects with tentacles popping out of the water, as if they had just escaped from the dog's body and were lurking in the water.

After a few days.Facing the happy look, several women came to the river to wash clothes with a lot of clothes.When several women put their clothes in the bucket and started washing, the worms in the water crawled into their clothes in the bucket without anyone noticing. will pounce.

"The brown bug... Ruoxi. There is something wrong with the bugs in the water." Li Ze saw this scene through his eyes, and felt that there must be something wrong with the brown bug.Hua Ruoxi picked up a twig, and followed the twig to see the opportunity to pick up a worm lurking in the water. The brown worm rolled on the ground as soon as it was brought to the shore, as if it smelled something alive. Hua Ruoxi was about to crawl over.

"Ruoxi! Be careful!" Li Ze pulled Hua Ruoxi, protected her in his arms, quickly drew out his sword, and swung the sword towards the worm. The worm was cut in half and remained motionless on the ground. was hacked to death.

Hua Ruoxi took a closer look at the brown worm, then lightly opened her lips and said, "I have read about this worm in ancient books. The name of this worm is: iron nematode. It is also called capillary nematode. It is widely distributed in water sources and can pass through The water source infects the human body, stays in the human body until the person dies, and then it passes through the person's mouth and bursts out, causing iron worm disease. People suffering from this disease will feel abnormally dehydrated and want to drink water all day long. Until the last bit of thought is wiped out by the iron nematodes, you will unknowingly run to the river and commit suicide. At this time, the iron nematodes will come out of the host’s body.”

So inferred.That dog was the source of the plague. Several farmers first put iron nematodes into the dog's body, and after the dog was drowned in water, the iron nematodes burst out from the dog's body and remained dormant in the water. When several women came here to wash their clothes, the iron nematodes would sneak into the clothes when they were not paying attention. In the body, resides in the human body.

Just started a few days.People will start to overeat, because the iron nematode absorbs nutrients in the human body, making people feel hungry for a few hours. After this vicious cycle, people's will begins to fail, and they start wanting to drink water all day long. Been drinking non-stop.Until the will is completely lost, they will look for water everywhere, and even rush to the river to drink water to die.

"It's a terrible insect. Why do these farmers do this? It's harmful to people?" Li Ze couldn't figure out why he wanted to release this insect to harm people.

"Now that we know the source of the disease, maybe they have a cure for the iron nematode disease. Let's look for these farmers, do you still remember their appearance?"

He nodded, and he still remembered that one of them had an ugly red mark on the underside of his face, as if he had been branded with iron tongs.After returning to Lunguo City, the government issued another notice, listing the people who had died in prison, calling their family members to come tomorrow to identify the dead body for funeral affairs.A young girl burst into tears when she saw her child's name listed on the notification list.Her child was so young that he died and left her.

Li Ze followed the appearance of the person in his mind to a painter in the city, and the painter reluctantly drew the farmer according to the appearance he remembered.Seeing the person he had drawn, the painter stroked his beard and said, "You are looking for the son of Ma Laoer's family, Ma Sun. His son is always pissed off. He spends all day in gambling halls and has no money. It's a villain to beg your father with a knife after gambling!"

"Do you know how to get to his house? We have something to ask about the Mason you mentioned." When Li Ze heard the Mason mentioned by the painter, he must be the farmer the painter said.

"Of course I know. Go out from this street and turn left. Ma Sun's house is a blacksmith's business. When you go there, you will see a lot of weapons at the door of his house. His house relies on selling points all day long. To make a living with weapons, who would have guessed that the horseman is not a bad guy, and spends all the money he sells for gambling." The painter first sighed, thinking that the horseman was a well-known prodigal son in their city, so he threw himself away. The family business is almost ruined.

Li Ze took out the silver from his waist and handed it to the painter, then led Hua Ruoxi beside him and walked towards the end of the street.Following the path the painter said, when they walked out of the street, the two of them made a small left turn.Sure enough, I saw a "Ma's Arms Shop" hanging on the front door. There were all kinds of weapons in front of the door, such as swords, knives, soft whips, axes, and fans, all of which were commonly used by people in the Jianghu.

Pushing open the door of the shop, he saw an old man in his fifties who was calculating the monthly account. He looked up and saw two young people who must have come to buy weapons, so he stepped forward and said: "Guest officer, but Come to buy some familiar weapons in the Jianghu. The small shop has everything you need. You can choose whatever you want, guest officer."

"Old Man. We are not here to buy weapons. We are asking you something about your son Ma Sun." Seeing the old man's kind face, Li Ze said straight to the point.

"Could it be that that scoundrel of my family owes gambling debts outside again! You are here to ask for debts?" The old man heard that he was asking him about his son, and that prodigal son Ma Sun must have owed gambling debts again outside.

"Old man, don't get excited. It's not a gambling debt. It's like this. We are investigating the plague, and now we suspect that your son Ma Sun is a suspect who has a lot to do with the outbreak of the plague. Have you seen Ma recently?" Is Ma Sun different from usual?" Li Ze said soothingly when he saw the old man talking about Ma Sun very excitedly.

"Masun, that evil son. I don't know what happened recently. I don't come home at night. I haven't seen him for a few days." The old man talked about Masun, but he hasn't seen him for a few days. So where did this Masun go? ?

"My lord, my lord! It's not good... Something happened to Ma Sun! I heard that he died suddenly in a gambling hall..." Just now, I was still wondering where this Ma Sun had gone, when I saw a young man who looked like a servant He got up and said to the old man.

The old man was jumping with anxiety, how could this scoundrel of his family die violently in a gambling hall suddenly.After calling the young man beside him, the old man asked the young man to take him to the gambling house, and Li Ze and Hua Ruoxi also went to the gambling house.

Casino.People in the gambling house surrounded Ma Sun's body, and people from the government also rushed to surround the scene.Ma Sun was still holding the dice in his hand, but his eyes were wide open, his legs showed signs of struggling, and there was no trace of blood on his body. The yamen guards checked his breath, but he had no pulse at all.Hearing some gamblers say that Masun was playing dice at that time, he felt that he must have played big, and he was very excited. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a small one. Now that Masun is over, he invested all his money , staggered and rolled down from the gaming table, and the yamen servant repeatedly concluded that Ma Sun died of sudden excitement.

When a few people rushed over, Li Ze saw Ma Sun's face, and the image of Ma Sun following the other people throwing a dog in the water appeared in his mind, and he was sure that this person was Ma Sun.He was about to look at Ma Sun's body when the yamen guard stopped him and said: "This is our duty, please leave this young master alone."

"I'm sure that Ma Sun didn't commit suicide, but homicide. [Notice: Please tell each other the only new address.]" Li Ze looked at Ma Sun's body, although there was no scar at all, but he caught a glimpse of what seemed to be on his ear. Something like a needle had pierced him, and his legs showed signs of struggle. Something must have tortured him before he was alive.The author has something to say: These two days will be updated consecutively for the Spring Festival and the article, but it seems that few people read it~

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