I became a big shot in the quick transmigration world.

Chapter 892 His White Moonlight 25
Yu Muhuai's arrival had already attracted the attention of all the disaster victims in the house, and now that they saw food, their eyes lit up immediately.

In order to get the information he wanted, Yu Muhuai was very generous and asked Qianran to find someone to send some food over.

As Qian Ran was about to leave, Yu Muhuai gave her some instructions.

"Wash your hands immediately after you go out, don't take off your handkerchief, avoid contact with people, just have the food delivered to the door, don't let them in."

Qianran was puzzled, but still agreed to everything.

Before long, the food was delivered, but the guards remained at the door and did not come in.

However, the presence of food attracted a large number of disaster victims, who crowded around the entrance, eager to see what was happening inside.

Yu Muhuai coldly issued an order, instructing his guards to disperse all the onlookers and forbid them from gathering outside the house.

The people were reluctant to leave the food, but they were also afraid of the soldiers with weapons, so they could only leave with many backward glances.

After having food and being full, Xiao Rong's mother felt much better, and everyone else in the house also felt much better.

Seeing that their condition had improved, Yu Muhuai seized the opportunity to continue asking the same questions.

"Ten days ago," Xiao Rong's mother leaned against the wall, frowning and thinking hard. "About half a month ago, I went to help out in the west of the city for a few days, and then I started to feel unwell."

Yu Muhuai had only been in Gushui City for a few days and didn't know much about the area, so she pressed for details, asking, "West of the city? What's that over there for?"

Xiao Rong's mother replied, "When people die in the city, they are sent to the west side of the city for disposal."

The government has set up a temporary site there, but they are short-handed. The officials said that if people go there to help move and bury the bodies, they can earn some food and money.

I needed to support Xiaorong and her younger brother, so I thought I should earn as much money as possible and went there. But... but I didn't expect that I would fall ill just a few days later.

I asked some other disaster victims and got similar answers. They lived together and went to work together back then.

Yu Muhuai nodded, stood up, and walked outside with Qianran.

Once outside, she ordered the soldiers to seal off the house and forbid anyone living inside from leaving.

Anyone wishing to enter must obtain her permission. Food can only be delivered to the door, and those inside must come out to collect it.

People were not allowed to approach the area, let alone have any contact with it.

Seeing Yu Muhuai's serious and focused expression, Qian Ran also felt somewhat uneasy.

He asked, "A-Ci, what exactly happened? Why do you look so worried?"

Yu Muhuai turned his head to look at Qian Ran and said calmly, "If my prediction is correct, they may have been infected with the plague."

"What? Plague?" Qian Ran was shocked, and his voice unconsciously rose a little.

Qian Ran was usually calm and composed, but upon hearing this word, her expression immediately changed.

It's no wonder that Qianran reacted so strongly; in this day and age, people are basically terrified of anything related to the "plague."

No one knows exactly how plagues originate, but it is known that if a natural disaster or man-made calamity occurs somewhere, resulting in the death of a large number of people, a plague may break out.

In some backward regions, when plagues occur, people attribute them to the inaction of the imperial court, which angered the heavens and led to divine punishment.

When the founding monarch of the Kingdom of Lanting overthrew the corrupt regime of the previous country, he also used this pretext after a plague broke out in a certain region to package his army as a "righteous force acting on behalf of Heaven".

In this day and age, most people still believe in ghosts and gods, and think that the emperor is the one who acts on behalf of Heaven to exercise his authority, so he is called the Son of Heaven.

If natural disasters occur frequently and the country fails to govern properly, the people will suffer and starve to death everywhere. Naturally, they will believe that the emperor has failed in his duty, and thus rise up in rebellion. Therefore, once a plague occurs, the consequences can be either severe or minor.

Yu Muhuai was already certain that Gushui City was in the early stages of the plague outbreak.

In her previous life, Zhong Ci encountered the same thing after arriving in Gushui City.

However, by the time Zhong Ci and the others discovered it, the plague in Gushui City had already spread and was completely out of control.

The plague spread rapidly, and the number of doctors in Valley Water City was already small. Several doctors unfortunately contracted the disease, making the situation even worse for the entire city.

Yuwen Xue's maid, Cuizhi, also died from the plague.

After confirming the outbreak of the plague, Lou Yunsheng promptly sent people to take Yuwen Xue and Zhong Ci away, and then sent them back to the capital at top speed.

What happened to Lou Yunsheng in Gushui City after that is unknown to Zhong Ci.

Because Lou Yunsheng never mentioned what happened afterward.

All Zhong Ci knew was that Gu Shui City had become a dead city after that plague, and it remained closed for a long time until Zhong Ci died.

Nearly 80% of the people inside died. Those who survived all regarded that experience as a nightmare and were unwilling to mention it.

Therefore, Yu Muhuai had very little information related to this plague.

However, we can basically rule out highly virulent infectious diseases such as plague and smallpox.

Based on the limited information available, she speculated that it was likely due to the cooler weather and the deterioration of sanitation caused by the floods, leading to some kind of typhoid infectious disease.

Therefore, before coming here, Yu Muhuai prepared a very large quantity of herbs, mainly for the purpose of dealing with this plague.

Of course, herbs alone are not enough.

As Yu Muhuai walked, he pondered how to proceed.

After hearing that it might be a plague, Qian Ran sent someone out of the city to find Lou Yunsheng and tell him about it.

Before long, Yu Muhuai and Qian Ran arrived at the west side of the city.

Near the west gate of the city, the government temporarily built a mortuary to house the corpses.

After a brief stay at the mortuary, the bodies would be transported out and buried on the spot in a nearby location.

In the past, these bodies would have been sent to a special cemetery, or at the very least, transported to the mountains to be buried in a more secluded place.

But these are special times. People are dying every day, and the number of corpses is several times that of before. The roads outside the city are also difficult to travel.

With limited manpower, we are simply too busy to handle everything.

Yu Muhuai saw that some people had even dug a pit less than a mile outside the city wall, preparing to pile the corpses into that pit.

She frowned and stopped them.

The person who was busy to the point of exhaustion stopped and looked at the woman in front of him, whose clothes were very different from those of the others, and sized her up.

“Young lady from the capital, if you have any problems, go talk to the officials. We are just working here and we are only following the rules and orders.”

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