The group of people entered the courtyard, but before reaching the inner house, they heard some panic remarks from the servants.
Only then did Xu Da know that the Second Madam had previously imprisoned a group of slaves in the Wubao cellar.
And now, she ordered that all these slaves be burned to death.
Some people saw that the slaves were gray-faced and covered in blood. From time to time they would vomit a large mouthful of black blood. They looked like they were suffering from some strange disease.
The mentality of luck made people subconsciously not dare to connect these slaves with the Qingzhou epidemic, and now they only treat it as a strange rumor.
After hearing a few words, Gu Weihe's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
The two of them entered the inner courtyard, and a group of women and servants surrounded them. They had no cover and no awareness of precautions. They could only see Gu Weihe frowning frequently, and he was glad that he had received a full set of protection from the Xu family.
That's why I wasn't killed by these ignorant servants.
After finally entering the house, I smelled a strong smell of mugwort.
This actually made Gu Weihe nod secretly. He also knew that fumigation of moxa can remove toxins. It seemed that it should be the work of the colleague who performed the acupuncture on the young wife of the Xu family.
The space in the house is very large, with the hall in the middle, the master's couch on the left, and the desk on the right, which is where the master works.
At this time, the patient was staying in the room on the left, and the second wife was sitting in front of the desk on the right, with a screen in front of her. The servants around her were holding burning mugwort to smoke around her. The whole room was filled with smoke, and even a little blurry.
The mother and son seem to be separated by the Chu River and Han boundary.
The arrival of Dr. Gu made the second wife ecstatic and hurriedly urged him to diagnose and treat her son.
The old doctor from before walked out with a sad face. Not long ago, after learning from the second wife about the status of the concealed slaves, he felt that his death was near.
Plague, what a terrible thing it is, it is still such a violent plague that no one can escape!
The old doctor had given up resistance, so he did not take any precautions, and did not dare to speak randomly. He just heard Gu Weihe's name, saluted him with great respect, and took him in.
Xu Da followed behind and wanted to go in to see how the eldest son was doing, but the second lady asked people to stop him and not allow him to get close.
Xu Da turned around and glanced coldly at the old woman behind the screen. The woman seemed to be aware of his gaze and asked:
"Accountant Xu, how is your little girl doing? Is she feeling better?"
Xu Da simply didn't want to pay attention to this hypocritical concern, but he still endured it and replied to her:
"No, I don't know who brought that disease into Wubao and harmed my daughter. If I knew, killing her a thousand times wouldn't be enough to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
The second lady behind the screen suddenly took a breath.
Gu Weihe came out after the diagnosis, his face was already ugly, and now he looked even more depressed.
As soon as he came up, he directly asked the second lady: "Where are those slaves? Please let me go and take a look so that I can draw a conclusion."
The second lady also wanted to argue that there were any slaves, but Gongsun Yan, who had already received the news, suddenly appeared at the door of the room and stopped her.
"Gongsun Yan! Do you think you can grasp it?!"
A stern question made the second lady take a breath.
"Doctor Gu, please come with me." Gongsun Yan glanced at Xu Da vaguely, and then made a polite gesture of invitation to Gu Weihe.
It can be seen from the thin sweat on his head that he has realized what the situation is now.
Everyone immediately went to the open space in the backyard, where the servants had already piled firewood high.
Next to the pyre are the slaves who are begging for more air and less air.
There were about fifty or sixty slaves, all of whom looked like they were infected with the plague. At first glance, the scene was terrifying.
The servants only dared to use long wooden sticks with knives attached to them, and forced them to the firewood pile, not daring to get close at all.
When Xu Da and others arrived at the scene, several slaves vomited a mouthful of black blood and fell to the ground.
They were already skinny and skinny, and were imprisoned in the cellar to fend for themselves. They struggled hard for two days. Now their faces were gray and gray, and the floor was covered with blood. They died in miserable conditions. Those with low psychological quality could still connect with each other after looking at them.
Had nightmares for several nights.
Gongsun Yan directly turned away his eyes and retreated.
Gu Weihe risked his life and ran over to check on the slave's death. When he came back, he scolded Gongsun Yan.
"Such a serious epidemic has broken out, but you didn't report it. You want to kill the whole of Wubao! You want to kill the whole of Yuyang!"
Gongsun Yan could not argue, so he asked Gu Weihe to quickly check his pulse to see if he was infected.
Gu Weihe was so angry that he wanted to go back to the county town to report the situation and asked Gongsun Yan to hire Gao Ming.
When Xu Da saw this, he remembered Wang's explanation and told Gongsun Yan that burning people alive would be too detrimental to moral integrity. He had done something impulsive in the morning and was willing to make up for it and help him deal with these slaves.
This will offset the crime of robbing the old doctor in the morning.
When Gongsun Yan heard this, he looked at Xu Da in surprise, as if he didn't expect him to have such loyalty.
Xu Da just lowered his head, looking sincere as if he really wanted to atone for his sins, and waited for his answer.
Gongsun Yan recalled the tragic situation of the slaves who had just died, and hurriedly waved his hand, signaling Xu Da to hurry up and take care of it.
Then, she picked up her skirt and went after Gu Weihe.
Now he just wants to know if he has contracted the plague!
When the servants in the open space saw Xu Da walking in to take care of this mess, they didn't hesitate at all and gave their jobs to him.
Xu Dake refused to let them go, and used Gongsun Yan's name to threaten these people to help him get the slaves to his donkey cart, and then let the servants leave.
As for those who were already dead, they were burned with the help of ready-made pyres.
The more than 30 people who were still alive, those who were too sick were put in the car, and those who could still walk followed.
Xu Da asked them to cover them with tarpaulin and reluctantly created a barrier. Then he patted the donkey's butt and asked the yellow donkey to take these people to avoid the tenant farmers and go home first.
He brought Gu Weihe here, and he had to take the person back. He couldn't go home for the time being.
Although the slaves knew that they would inevitably die, they still chose to follow the yellow donkey back to the Xu family.
Just because Xu Da said: "You are all going to die anyway. Instead of being burned alive, why not come to my house? Even if you don't survive, I will bury you well."
With this little hope, they followed the yellow donkey to Xu's house.
Wang didn't expect that Xu Da and Gu Weihe didn't come back, but they sent so many sick slaves first.
When Leng Buding saw so many sick people appearing in front of her, her heart, which had always been calm, couldn't help but beat wildly.
But he quickly calmed down and called Xu Dalang in an orderly manner to take the slaves to the cowshed for isolation.
At the same time, the medicine given by Gu Weihe was cooked, and Xu Erniang poured it into Xu Yue.
The most painful moment came when the whole family stared at the little man on the kang in anticipation.
