It’s not up to my little lady to say whether Li Ran is powerful or not.
He was able to take root at the bottom and discover the clues of this "disease" in such a short period of time, and he was indeed able to say a few words.
After all, in this era, almost without exception, the high-ranking officials are rarely able to take root at the bottom. It is basic common sense that a gentleman does not do a lot of things.
Now that Li Ran had made a preliminary judgment, he did not dare to speak to Zichan rashly before there was conclusive evidence for his guess.
After all, as the ruling minister, Zichan naturally cannot make fun of the safety of the people in the city.
Therefore, under the current situation, no matter how helpless Zichan is, he can only continue to implement the suggestions put forward by his political opponent Fengduan and control the spread of the disease as much as possible.
Zheng Yi, which had four gates closed, for a time made this capital city, which carried the fate of the entire Zheng Kingdom, seem to be an isolated city.
After an extremely anxious wait, five days later, Zichan finally saw Li Ran again.
"Ziming, how are you? Have you checked it out?"
As soon as he saw Li Ran, Zichan couldn't wait to ask him.
The four gates of Zheng Yi were closed and no one was allowed to enter or exit. This was a serious situation for the entire Zheng State.
Zheng Yi's relationship with Zheng Yi is so important that it goes without saying much. What's more important is that this is a critical moment for him to carry out the New Deal reforms. He knows the implementation situation in every suburb, the feedback from the people, and the reactions of the feudal towns everywhere.
You must know it as soon as possible.
However, now that the city is sealed, these news cannot come in at all. He is like a blind man, unaware of the situation outside. If this continues, his national government may be at risk of dying midway.
If it gets to that point, those who oppose the New Deal will have a chance to sing.
"Reporting to the doctor, the circumstances of this disaster have been clearly investigated. If it is true as expected, this is definitely not a malaria."
"What? It's not malaria?! Could it be..."
Zichan was startled when he heard the sound and looked very surprised.
Of course he knew what Li Ran meant by what he said, and he also knew that Li Ran only said half of it and left the other half unsaid.
"Definitely not a malaria" means that it is not caused by natural disasters, but by man-made disasters.
But if this was man-made, who could have done it? And what is the purpose of these people doing this?
He immediately turned his attention to Li Ran.
"It is still unknown, but it is still under investigation. It is expected that the results will be available soon."
"In addition, according to the consensus reached by Ran and many doctors in the past few days, this disease is actually an internal symptom rather than an external symptom, and the pathogenesis of most patients is roughly the same. Therefore, if there are no accidents, we only need to go through the treatment again
In a few days, the number of patients in the city will drop sharply, and it will then be proven that this illness is not caused by malaria."
When Zichan heard this, he could only nod helplessly.
At present, he has no better way. For now, he can only wait for Li Ran's next investigation.
……
Two more days passed.
Li Ran originally thought that the results would be available soon, but what he didn't expect was that after two days, the number of patients in the city was still increasing.
Even though there are no signs of human-to-human transmission, infected patients are still being sent to hospitals in an endless stream, and doctors in the city are already extremely busy, but they are still unable to stop the worsening of this disaster.
"How could this happen?"
Li Ran stood outside the hospital, looking at the patients who were still squeezing inside, and felt confused for a moment.
At this moment, Sun Wu and Owl Yi appeared in front of him again. The two hurriedly ran over and winked at Li Ran. Li Ran understood instantly and immediately rushed back to the other courtyard with the two of them.
"My lord, what I expected is true. Someone is indeed poisoning me secretly!"
On the way, Owl Yi directly told Li Ran the result he wanted most.
"Where are the people?"
"It's been captured, and it's in another courtyard."
This is not the first time that Sun Wu has done the job of spying on others, so this matter is not difficult for him.
In addition, rumors have been spreading in the city recently and "disease" is prevalent. People in the city can hardly leave their homes. It is too easy to monitor what is happening next to a well.
He and Owl Wing each sent people to monitor several wells in the west of the city for two days and two nights, and finally they caught a man who poisoned the wells.
According to his experience, even if such a person is not a dead soldier, he is still a person whose life and death has been controlled by the person above him. Therefore, once captured, he did not rush to interrogate him, but immediately came to tell Li Ran.
By the time the three of them returned to the other courtyard, Ji Le had already received the news. Many of Ji's guards were summoned and asked to guard the surroundings of the other courtyard, thus strengthening the security here.
However, when Li Ran went straight to the woodshed where the man was imprisoned, and when he pushed the door open and entered, he was surprised to find that the man had already died of exhaustion!
"Dead?!"
"How could..."
Owl Yi's expression suddenly changed, and he and Sun Wu looked at each other in confusion. When they brought this man back, he was obviously still fine. But why did he lose all his breath after just a cup of tea?
Sun Wu on the side was also shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to check, but who knew that Li Ran shook his head and said:
"No need."
"Sir..."
"You can see that there is a very deep purple bruise on his neck. You can tell that he was strangled to death. The grass clippings on the ground are scattered all over the ground. It is obviously caused by his desperate struggle before death."
"It seems that this person really doesn't look like a dead soldier. Instead, he really cherishes his life."
Li Ran looked around again and found no valuable clues, so he immediately turned around and went out.
"Tell them to withdraw. If someone wants to harm us, they should do it in the past few days."
Looking at the guards around him, Li Ran said to Ji Le.
Ji Le was startled when he heard the sound, and was about to ask the inside story, but Li Ran shook his head slightly at her, with a strange look in his eyes.
Having been with Li Ran for so long, Ji Le knew very well about Li Ran, and immediately ordered all the guards around the courtyard to withdraw.
"Sir, what should we do now?"
Sun Wu and Owl Yi chased them out of the woodshed, with worried looks on their faces.
The only clue was cut off so easily, how could they continue to investigate?
Li Ran let out a long sigh, his mood seemed very low, and he was silent for a long time before turning to look at the two of them.
"You..."
Just as he finished speaking, his body suddenly fell back.
It was like a wall collapsing without warning. The speed was so fast that it was impossible to react.
It was too late, but it was so fast that Sun Wu flashed past like a strong wind, and rushed to Li Ran's side in an instant, holding him up.
"Sir!"
Sun Wu shouted, but Li Ran seemed to have completely fainted, completely unconscious.
Ji Le, who had just dismissed the guards and came in from outside the courtyard, saw this scene and was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he rushed over and threw himself on Li Ran.
"What's going on? Husband! Husband, what's wrong with you?!"
However, no matter how she called, Li Ran had no response.
Ji Le's tears fell down for a moment, and he wanted to cry out, but he didn't dare to let out his voice at this time, for fear that he would lose control if he spoke out, so he had to grit his teeth and hold it in.
At this time, Sun Wu comforted him:
"Madam, please be patient. Sir, he is probably too tired and just needs a rest."