Chapter 21 The thing that kills people
It's another early morning.
The east camp of Fengyang County, which is also the current garrison camp of the Demon King's Army, is still deathly silent.
Since the outbreak of the plague, the soldiers of the Demon King's Army have seldom gone out. They closely observe their robes to see who is infected with the plague, and then drive them away together.
Ji Xiong opened his eyes and looked around at the tents that were more than half empty. He felt a little regretful in his heart for not listening to Er Gouzi from the same village and leaving this damn place under the cover of night.
As long as they go to the deserted suburbs, the plague will naturally not be able to infect them.
These days, the plague continues to spread, and more and more people are infected with the plague.
In order to eliminate the source of the disaster, General Li Jie even ordered the killing of some people who looked extremely serious and burned their bodies completely to prevent more people from being infected.
It's a pity that we can't kill everyone who gets sick. After all, at least two-thirds of people have symptoms, and no one knows who will get sick next.
If this order is given, I am afraid that the camp will roar immediately and backfire on the Demon King General.
Even if he is a rare and extremely powerful person in the world, he will still be unable to defeat thousands of elite soldiers.
And even if Li Jie wins, so what? Does he dare to face them? No matter how high his martial arts skills are, the plague will not ignore him!
If it's just hanging like this, when does it become a head?
With many worries on his mind, Ji Xiong prepared to get up and have something to eat.
When he first entered the city a few days ago, he killed dozens of people and robbed a large amount of money. Although a lot of it had to be handed over, the rest was also capital for future enjoyment.
He can't abuse his body, he must take good care of it so that he can make more money and kill more people in the future!
At this time, there was a sound outside the camp. It was the cook bringing food.
"I happen to be hungry." Ji Xiong jumped up and walked to the door of the camp, looking for food from the cook.
But before he could speak, the cook in front of him pointed at him and rolled away from him.
"What are you doing? I can still eat you!"
Ji Xiong yelled at him angrily, after all, this was in a military camp, not outside, and not among the common people. How could he kill people casually?
"Plague...plague!"
A throat-breaking scream came from the man's mouth, and in an instant, a huge area became clear around Ji Xiong.
Several people who camped with him subconsciously looked at Ji Xiong's face, then quickly backed away with a look of horror on their faces.
Seeing this scene, Ji Xiong's heart seemed to be frozen.
He tremblingly stretched out his hand to touch his face, and soon touched many bumpy things. Subconsciously, his mind flashed to those people who were infected with the plague and had red spots all over their bodies.
In an instant, Ji Xiong felt hot and dizzy all over. Only one thought remained in his mind: "Am I infected with the plague? Am I going to die?"
With such thoughts and thoughts, his legs suddenly softened and he fell to the ground.
His fall confirmed the fact, so someone in tight clothes immediately came over and took him directly to a wooden house with a fork.
There are already more than a dozen people lying there, all of whom have been infected with the "plague".
"go in!"
Ji Xiong was pushed hard into the door. Looking at the other people in the room, he suddenly felt sad. He couldn't help but growl a few times, and then squatted at the door, silent.
The people inside glanced at him, didn't say much, and continued to sit and lie down in silence.
When Ji Xiong originally thought that this life would end soon, there was a sudden noise outside.
The door that had been locked was suddenly opened, and several people walked in from the outside.
Are new people infected?
Ji Xiong looked up listlessly, and then his expression suddenly tightened. He saw Bai Langzhong!
"Bai Langzhong...you...what are you doing here."
As he spoke, he trembled, as if he had a premonition of something.
Other people in the room also quickly stood up and rushed over while shouting: "Mr. Bai, have you found a way to eliminate the plague?"
"Go, go, don't come over!"
Several people rushed over from behind Bai Langzhong and pushed the people back with forks.
"Okay, okay, don't worry." Bai Langzhong reassured everyone, "I have indeed found a prescription, and now someone needs to try it to see how it works."
Bai Langzhong was originally supposed to be suppressed by Li Yu in the county government, but the people outside him didn't know how to cook and make the recipe he came up with. In desperation, Li Jie could only let Bai Langzhong do it himself.
Of course, if the medicine didn't work, he wouldn't be able to return to the county government office.
Hearing Bai Langzhong's words, the sick people present went crazy. Although they were just trying the medicine, there was hope after all, so everyone wanted to be the first to use it.
So, several bowls of soup were soon delivered to them. Everyone took a big bowl and swallowed it in one gulp regardless of the steaming heat.
It didn't take long for everyone to notice that the red envelopes on their bodies seemed to have faded away, and the itching was no longer as itchy as before.
"This actually works!" Everyone cheered, and soon the entire military camp was roaring loudly. Seeing Bai Langzhong one by one, they felt like they were meeting their own parents.
"Quick, quick, quick!" They carried a large amount of herbs, and their inner joy made them ignore the crisis of the plague.
Soon, the soup in the cauldron began to boil, and all the soldiers seemed to be reborn.
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Shi Kangyou frowned. This time, he was following his usual practice, poisoning the Demon King's soldiers in the military camp and killing some lone Demon King's soldiers, but he unexpectedly learned the news.
They actually started to have ways to cure the plague.
Plague ghost!
It was obviously poison, but how could it turn into a plague and then cure the plague?
Shi Kang felt a little strange, and he couldn't get the truth from the captured soldiers, so he went to verify it himself.
If you want to know what the thing that cures the plague is, you don't need to go to a dangerous place like a military camp to check it out.
Shi Kang stopped and walked, and soon came to a landfill, where the military camp dumped garbage.
There is no one guarding the place, and the garbage is basically buried casually after being brought here, and then evacuated directly.
"It stinks."
Shi Kang covered his mouth and nose, looking extremely bored, but he still searched carefully, finally dug out a ball of medicine residue from the ground, and hurriedly returned home.
He identified these medicinal residues bit by bit and recorded them with pen and paper. At the same time, he recalled the medicinal properties of these herbs, their interactions, and compared the effects with his own poisons.
But the more they compared it, the weirder Shi Kang's expression became.
"Is this really the cure?"
Chapter completed!