Chapter 659

Everywhere they go, these people will also cause the response of other villages. The Jie people have gradually lost control of the people in these small villages.

This reckless resistance gradually swept the whole north of the Yellow River.

Finally, there was no way. Jie people gave up small villages and towns and turned to defend those big towns and no longer let people in and out.

Lu Qing didn't expect that her kindness along the way had caused such a big fluctuation.

As they got closer and closer to Xiangguo, the weather became hotter and hotter. Their progress was much slower than before, because they needed to avoid more and more Capricorn soldiers.

She was more worried about the poison of the cloud.

Because Yunluo said before that when it was hotter than him that day, Gu poison would attack, that is to say, once it was Midsummer in June, Yunluo would be over.

Lu Qing had a headache for this for a long time. He kept collecting saltpeter all the way. When the weather was too hot, he let Yunluo hide in the shade and sit with a large basin of ice.

Yunluo is very grateful for this, but she is also guilty and sad.

When they travel like this, they will be much slower. Basically, they can only travel for a period in the morning and evening. Sometimes they will act at night, but it is still much worse than before.

On May 20, they finally arrived near Xiangguo, and even could see the Jieren camp outside Xiangguo city.

Strangely, this camp should be tens of miles away from Xiangguo City, and it is divided into two parts, more than ten miles apart.

The camp they came to looked dilapidated. From the telescope, most of the people were wilting in the shade, and there were many lying on the ground.

If it's just laziness, the most terrible thing is that when the wind blows occasionally, a disgusting stench will come out of the camp, which makes people can't help covering their nose.

It's not only the smell of people coming from the camp, but also the smell of corpses that can't be covered, as well as an unspeakable stench.

Following the source of the stench, they found several large pits full of corpses.

There are the corpses of Han people who have been stripped of meat, and there are also many corpses of Jie people, which are mixed in a mess and fermented in the poisonous sun.

After a few eyes, the accompanying medical soldiers came back.

"Lord, there is a plague here."

Lu Qing nodded. Those Jie soldiers should have died of the plague.

This year is so dry and hot. These Capricorn people have eaten people like in previous years, and it is almost inevitable to breed plague if they are not cleaned up. Especially now, even if they throw people into the pit, they will not be buried. Lu Qing even has a feeling that these guys will be accepted by God in a few years.

However, they will still do a lot of sins before harvest, which can't be ignored.

The last person who came from the corpse pit was Xu Hong. This time, ye Qiu couldn't follow them, so he let Xu Hong come. He was more skilled and experienced than other medical soldiers.

"Lord, I'm afraid the plague is not so simple. Some people did suffer from the plague because their bodies were not handled properly, but some people died of strange causes. My subordinates saw two people who had just died. They didn't have the ulceration seen by the general plague, but their skin was blue and purple, and small things swam under their skin. Is it..."

Xu Hong glanced at the cloud falling in the shade of the tree. He suspected that he had been poisoned by insects.

Without complete certainty, he didn't dare to cut open the body. If he caught it, it would be miserable.

Lu Qing thought of Li Zhi's family. They had fled to shile with the "gift" given to them by Zhang Dan. It was rainy last year and the weather was not hot. Maybe there were not many outbreaks, but this year, almost any possible epidemic disease can be taken over.

Let the medical soldiers give you a lot of anti epidemic drugs, and remind them again not to eat indiscriminately. Even if they are greedy, they can only eat their own Qianjin cakes and drink boiled water. Lu Qing asked Xu Hong to confirm again to see if the insects swimming in the bodies are poisonous insects.

This time, Xu Hong took several people, all wearing protective clothing, and happened to meet several men, covering their mouths and noses, pulling a cart of corpses and throwing them into the corpse pit.

Xu Hong looked for a while. These were Han people.

Think about it. It's such a dirty job, and it's easy to catch diseases. Naturally, Capricorn people won't do it in person.

Those bodies are relatively fresh. They should not have maggots, but they are better judged.

Xu Hong gradually approached those people. Seeing that there were no Capricorn people nearby, he grabbed a man in the cart behind him, covered his mouth and nose, and dragged him aside.

The others were throwing the body with a numb look, unaware that there was a man missing behind them.

After dragging the man aside, Xu Hong arranged for several others to pick up a body later. He wanted to ask the man about the situation here first.

Although the man caught by Xu Hong could not see his mouth and nose, his eyes were full of panic.

After all, Xu Hong is wearing protective clothing at this time. He is airtight and has a glass mask on his face. Where have ordinary people here seen this kind of dress.

"How many people have died of the plague here recently?" Xu Hong began to ask.

"Dead... Dead... Tens of thousands of people died..." the man still didn't recover from the shock and stammered.

"How many plagues are there? Which one has more dead?"

"I've seen... I've seen two kinds. Those who are rotten all over are not very many. They are most killed by insects."

Seeing that the man covered with strange robes didn't mean to kill himself, and he was still a Han after the glass cover, the man gradually relaxed.

"Killed by worms? Since when?"

"It began this summer. In fact, there were some last year, but few people died. Everyone said they ate some insect eggs and grew in their stomach. Unexpectedly, more and more people gave birth to insects this year."

Xu Hong nodded. It seemed that it was really the disaster brought by Li Zhi's family. Zhang Dan was cruel enough, and their general was good enough. He specially rushed Li Zhi here. If there was no accident, it might break out in the palace.

However, when they get here, they should also be careful, otherwise they will be infected and have to commit suicide.

He took a pill for epidemic prevention, handed it to the young man, and gave him money to keep the boy from revealing their conversation just now. Xu Hong let him go.

The young man took the pills and copper money and was still a little confused. He just saw that the man in the robe had no intention to explain to him, so he had to leave with gratitude.

Soon, Xu Hong went to several other medical soldiers and told them to be careful not to touch the flesh and blood of these people. Just cut it with a long knife and see what insects are under their skin and flesh.