Nuan Nuan, after Nalan Jinnian, the county magistrate, and the old doctor discussed the matter, it was completely dark.
The two stayed at the inn.
Have dinner and wait until late at night.
Nalan Jinnian came to a well with warmth.
"Almost all the people in the west of the city draw water from this well. Today I also found someone stalking this well. The few plague patients you diagnosed also live in this area."
"Um."
Nuan Nuan thought about it. If we were to release the source of the plague, it would be better to start with the poor people.
Because when poor people get sick, they usually choose to endure it for a few days to see if they can get better. When they feel more and more uncomfortable, they choose to see a doctor.
Delaying this for a few days will allow the plague to spread faster.
Moreover, it is not as easy to detect when attacking poor people as when attacking wealthy people.
After all, when wealthy people get sick, they can afford to hire famous doctors, so that they can detect the plague earlier.
And if you want the source of the plague to spread faster, the place to put it is naturally the water source.
Because everyone cannot do without water every day.
Nuan Nuan squatted down and looked into the depths of the well.
Nalan Jinnian stretched out his hand to hold her, worried that she might fall accidentally.
At this time, the county magistrate hurried over with several government officials and old doctors.
Seeing that the two of them were already waiting here, he hurriedly apologized: "I am late, please forgive me, His Highness King Jin!"
He had arrived half a quarter of an hour early, but he didn't expect King Jin and Princess Hui'an to arrive first.
If I had known, I would have been a quarter of an hour earlier!
Nuan Nuan stood up, glanced at the long bamboo pole in the Yamen's hand, waved his hand and said: "We arrived early, sir, no need to be polite! Could you please ask someone to fish it out and see if there is anything at the bottom of the well."
"Yes!" The county magistrate responded.
Then he said to the two government officials: "Hurry up and borrow the bamboo poles to see if there is anything dirty at the bottom of the well!"
"yes!"
Several officials responded and quickly took action.
This well is a deep well dug by the government to provide water for the people in the west of the town.
This well is very deep. Even during the severe drought that was rare in fifty years in the past few years, this well has not dried up, but the water level is about to bottom out.
So the people in the government office also know how deep the well is.
They connected three bamboo poles together, and then two people took the bamboo poles and reached into the well to fish.
Can't see what's going on at the bottom of the well.
The pressure of well water also clouds people's judgment.
The two of them fiddled around at the bottom of the well based on their feelings. After a while, they vaguely felt that they had touched something.
"It seems like there really is something!" one of the officials said excitedly.
"Yes, I feel it too!"
The county magistrate said excitedly: "Get it out quickly!"
The two stirred the well water some more, and then slowly pulled up the bamboo pole.
Everyone saw a small thing in the net pocket.
"Rat?!" The magistrate exclaimed.
The Yamen emptied the contents of the net bag onto the ground.
In the night, a mouse, swollen and white from soaking, with its fur beginning to fall off, lay there quietly.
The old doctor paused, looked down at the mouse, and felt angry: "Is it true that someone put plague rats into the well?"
The county magistrate was so angry that he puffed his beard and stared: "This is simply unreasonable! How could such an outrageous thing be done! Who did it?"
Nalan Jinnian said coldly: "Keep fishing! See if there is anything left!"
Being able to salvage it proved that their guess was right.
The officer quickly put the bamboo pole into the well water and began to salvage it carefully again.
Plague!
This is no joke!
The more the county magistrate thought about it, the more frightened he became, and cold sweat broke out on his back: "Your Highness King Jin, something serious is going to happen!"
The water from this well is used by the people in half of the west of the city!
The population in the west of the city accounts for more than half of the entire town's population!
The county magistrate told the situation.
"Will the entire people in the west of the city be infected with the plague? It just hasn't struck yet?"
If the whole town is infected with the plague, then this little county magistrate will really be in trouble!
Regardless of whether someone deliberately released the plague rats, it was because of his improper management and allowed the enemy to take advantage of it.
Besides, King Jin said, maybe that person didn't just release the plague in this town.
One town is enough to scare him, but with a few more, his parents will be able to die and apologize!
Nuan Nuan had been looking at the mouse. When she heard this, she looked up at the county magistrate and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, sir, it won't happen. Everyone has some resistance. Besides, everyone has fetched well water and gone back to cook. Boil water to drink. As long as the water is boiled, you don’t have to worry about eating it. The only fear is to drink the well water directly. But now that the weather is getting colder, it’s not a hot summer, so most people don’t drink boiled water directly! "
This county magistrate can't guarantee it!
"I hope so! But some people come back from work and are thirsty and tired. They actually drink from a ladle of water directly in the water tank. It's normal."
Nuan Nuan nodded: "That's why some people are infected with the plague!"
The county magistrate is a little dizzy, right!
If someone is infected, it will spread from person to person!
At this time, the Yamen fished out another mouse.
The county is even more dizzy.
dying!
It’s almost the end of the year, and something like this still happens!
This year's political performance is good. The food supply of the entire county has increased several times. Because the people in the village do various small businesses, taxes have increased a lot.
He repaired the water conservancy and built a bridge!
I thought I could be promoted to an official position!
Here comes the plague!
I don't dare to mention it to anyone, as long as I don't get dismissed!
If he knew who put the plague rats into the well, he would definitely crush the person to ashes!
"Continue!" Nalan Jinnian said coldly.
The officer then fished in the well water for a long time, and then gave up after making sure it was gone.
The county magistrate pointed to several government officials: "You burned these two plague rats. Be careful not to touch them. You two sealed the well!"
The county magistrate looked at the well with some heartache. What a good well, but it was ruined by two dead rats!
This well has never been out of water.
"Yes!" The official agreed immediately.
Nuan Nuan said at this time: "There is no need to seal the well, I have a way to make the well water clean. Just take care of the two plague rats."
After Nuan Nuan finished speaking, she squatted down, took out a bottle from her arms, uncorked the bottle, and poured the concoction in the bottle into the well water.
She placed her hands against the edge of the well, mobilizing the purple energy and using it to purify the well water.
The County Magistrate: “…….”
Can such a bottle of concoction really make the well water clean
He looked at the old doctor.
The old doctor shrugged, he didn’t know either!
Next, Nalan Jinnian and the county magistrate went to other wells in the town to fish.
Two dead rats were also recovered from two other wells.
In this way, the night passed, and it was almost dawn.
And there is still much to do on this day.