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Although Gu Changan is not a cold and heartless person, but if he really reaches that point...

He may have to make some brutal choices.

Thinking of this, Gu Changan remained silent with shame on his face.

Seeing that Gu Changan fell silent, the old doctor sighed clearly: "It doesn't matter. Although this kind of behavior seems a bit ruthless, I can understand it. After all...you can't drag the whole of Ningguo because of Jingbian."

Seeing the oppressive atmosphere, Ruan Youqing quickly pushed Yu Xie in front of him and said:

"Don't be discouraged, old man! We came here this time, but we brought a person who is proficient in medical skills. He... will stop this plague!"

Pushed to the front with such trust, Yu Xie grinned a little embarrassedly, and then waved his hand at the old doctor as a greeting.

The old doctor looked Yu Xie up and down, and then suddenly asked a few questions about medical skills.

Yu Xie naturally answered fluently.

After listening to the old doctor, he was obviously very pleased and said: "Then... I will leave it to you."

After finishing speaking, he bent down deeply to express his gratitude.

Seeing this, Ruan Youqing hurriedly reached out to help him.

"Girl, don't touch me!" When the old doctor saw a figure approaching from the corner of his eye, he immediately backed away with a look of horror on his face. Seeing the other party's puzzled face, he continued to explain: "I may also be infected. You should Better stay away from me."

"Excuse me, old man...how should I call you?" Ruan Youqing was a little sad, and then some thoughts popped up in his mind, which gradually made people feel powerless.

Because she remembered that this plague was almost a death sentence for the elderly.

So, for such a selfless person, she thought... Always remember his name.

The old doctor seemed to understand the deep meaning of Ruan Youqing, he waved his hands with a wry smile and said, "This old man's name is not worth mentioning. If Miss insists on asking, just call me Doctor Zhu."

After hearing this, Ruan Youqing silently clenched her hands.

After taking a slow breath, she adjusted her mood and continued softly:

"Then... Doctor Zhu, I want to ask... the family of three who had a high fever at the beginning... Where is it now?" Ruan Youqing knew that now is not the time to be sad. The most important thing is to ask clearly what the family of three has been in contact with. Only when they figured out the cause, could they prevent the plague from happening more quickly and accurately.

Otherwise... I don't know how many lives will be delayed.

After Dr. Zhu heard the other party's inquiry, his face suddenly became serious:

"The old man felt that... this plague seemed to be related to them, so he put their family in a separate room in this small courtyard on his own initiative. Are you... are you going to find them?"

"We came here this time to investigate something." This time it was Gu Changan who answered.

Doctor Zhu frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Then you should pay attention to keeping a good distance when you ask questions. This old man... I guess... I got infected from too much contact with them."

After the words fell, Doctor Zhu didn't waste any more time, he turned around and led them to the backyard.

After pushing open the locked door, Ruan Youqing saw the scene inside the house through the dim light.

The two elderly people who are getting old are already skinny now. As for that child, his eyes were sunken, his complexion was sallow, and his little mouth was even bloodless.

After seeing someone enter the door, they didn't even look at it, just continued to stare in a certain direction with empty eyes.

They... have lost the will to survive.

Ruan Youqing couldn't help but grabbed Gu Changan's hand, and pursed her covered lips forcefully.

Instead, Gu Changan looked at them blankly for a while, and then spoke in a low voice:

"I can't, take this child and leave together? I can try my best to save you, but you have to answer my question truthfully."

Finally, the old man who used to work in Yizhuang looked up slowly. His eyes were gradually no longer as empty as before.

"Can you save us?" The old man murmured to himself, and then chuckled softly: "Young man, there is no need to lie to us. If you want to ask, just ask. No need...no need to give us any more hope, we are now What is the situation now, I am the most clear. My good grandson...is also at the mercy of life..."

「Old man...you don't have to be so negative...」

"Ask your question..." The old man waved his hand vigorously, obviously not wanting to continue discussing life and death with the person in front of him.

Gu Changan couldn't bear to look at the other person, so he could only ask straight to the point: "In that case... then... old man, where did you go before you got sick?"

"Naturally, it is Yizhuang."

「Who and what did you contact in Yizhuang?」

"Nature is a dead thing."

"Then... do you think there is something wrong?" Gu Changan continued to ask patiently.

The old man's expression was a little loose, but soon, he frowned suddenly, and said somewhat imprecisely:

"If there is something inappropriate...it seems to be there. You should know that the most common thing we do in Yizhuang is the dead. Now there is a famine, and the city is fine, but outside the city...you can see people within a few steps. Falling on the side of the road. There are too many familiar faces, so I thought I couldn't let them just expose their corpses in the wilderness. So, I buried everything that could be buried. But..."

The old man raised his head to look at Gu Changan, and continued with a complicated expression: "About ten days ago, I saw a man with a strange death in a small forest outside Jingbian City... Several places on his body were festered and festered. ...And there seems to be some dried blood on the corner of his mouth... I saw that although he is dressed as a Ning country person, there is a mark belonging to the Nan Ting country on his wrist."

Jingbian is adjacent to Nanting country, and Jingbian people naturally know some characteristics of Nanting people.

For example, men in Nanting have a snake-shaped mark engraved on their wrists.

Snake is the totem of Nanting Kingdom.

So, men in Nanting Country will engrave their own marks on their wrists when they grow up.

After the old man finished speaking, Ruan Youqing tensed up, his voice trembling slightly: "Then...how did you deal with it?"

"I saw that he died in a miserable state, so I didn't care which country he was from, and just buried him in peace. So, I dragged him into the corner of the east wall of Yizhuang and buried him. Is there something wrong with this man? But he's all dead..."

At this time, Ruan Youqing's face was extremely gloomy.

Nanting people...

festering...

Dried bloodstains...

"Gu Chang'an! It's not too late! Send someone to Yizhuang to burn the corpse! Then you must investigate to see if anyone has approached there!" At this time, Ruan Youqing was no longer as indifferent as before, but was very eager to catch him. She touched Gu Changan's sleeve, and there was some toughness in her tone that she didn't realize.

Even.. she called him by his first name.

Gu Changan naturally understood some of these things. It's just that Ruan Youqing's mood seemed a little abnormal at this time, which made him stretch out his hand to hold her cold little hand, and said softly: "Okay, I'll do it now. You... don't worry."

Gu Changan's response made Ruan Youqing gradually calm down. After she calmed down, she realized that her behavior just now was a bit reckless. But now is not the time to be hypocritical. After calming down, Ruan Youqing looked up at him and continued:

"This plague must have been deliberately caused by someone. My brother is going to guard the Cangmang River now. I think there will be more hidden dangers there. So... Gu Changan... I also want to go to the Cangmang River."

(end of this chapter)