Adhere to the gentleman's principles

After three days, Lucheng became less lively. The streets were filled with the smoke of mugwort. The city guards wore white masks and went from house to house to fumigate. From time to time, cries could be heard from Hulou. Inside the Hulou, all the doctors in the city and Zhao Junning took the pulse of the sick one by one, and the results were all the same - epidemic.

At noon, "It's blooming. Doctor, come and take a look." Zhao Junning ran over first and checked it out. His tone was a little heavy, "It looks like smallpox."

Some doctors in the room retreated in fear, "Smallpox? It's difficult to treat. There is no record of successful treatment of smallpox patients in classical medical books."

Zhao Junning looked at everyone and said, "Don't panic. The symptoms are just like smallpox. Use wormwood smoke to remove dampness in the next few days." Then he said to the patient lying on the bed in a very gentle tone, "Don't be afraid. There are many doctors here."

Inside the government office, "In the past few days, many people in the city have been sick. Today, the doctor from Hulou said it might be smallpox." Lin Hai reported to Li Ziyan one by one. After listening, Li Ziyan said, "How could there be such a serious epidemic out of nowhere? How could there be such a disease in Liangzhou in winter?"

Then he asked, "Has there ever been a disease like this in Liangzhou?" Lin Hai shook his head and said, "No, sir. The border of Liangzhou is cold, and the people here have been tempered for many years and rarely get sick. The worst disease is the cold."

Xu Wenhe was surprised when he heard this and asked, "Are the people of Liangzhou so healthy?" Lin Hai smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be bad if you were not healthy in a cold place?"

Li Ziyan was thinking about something, "Then why are we fine?" Xu Wenhe picked up the teacup and was about to drink water, "Do you still hope to get sick? I'm so thirsty, I haven't had much water in the past few days." After drinking it, he quickly spit it out, "Why is there a strong iron taste?"

Lin Hai explained, "It's like this. There's an epidemic in the city these days. The spring water in the courtyard is gone, so we got water from the big well in the city. You may not be used to it." Xu Wenhe said with disgust, "How is that possible? I'm not picky. How can well water be undrinkable? When you and I were kids, we would draw water from the well, but this water tastes weird."

When Lin Hai was about to taste it, Li Ziyan stopped him, took the teacup and smelled it, "Where did you get this well water?" Xu Wenhe also realized that something was wrong, "Is there something wrong with this water?"

Lin Hai brought the two to the big well house. There were many people fetching water. The three approached the well. The water in the well looked very clear. He lifted a bucket of water and Xu Wenhe smelled it. "Sure enough, there is a smell of iron."

Li Ziyan looked into the well, and Lin Hai said, "When digging this well, they built a roof to prevent dirt from getting into it, so how come there's an iron smell?"

Xu Wenhe glanced into the well and saw something on the wall of the well. "What's on the wall of the well?" Li Ziyan looked and saw a big rune, and there were a lot of white things on the wall that looked like medicine powder.

"Someone poisoned him on purpose." Lin Hai was too emotional, and Li Ziyan had an idea.

In the evening, Zhao Junning, who had boiled pot after pot of medicine, sat on a stool and stroked his head. Just as he was about to pick up the teacup to drink, he smelled the iron taste. "Poria cocos and licorice."

The two men came to Zhao Junning and asked, "Where does this water come from?" Gancao replied, "This is taken from the big well." Zhao Junning looked at it carefully and looked up at the sky.

At night, the door of the big well house was opened, and two people in plain clothes with high ponytails who looked like women came in. Li Ziyan, Xu Wenhe and Lin Muchen, who were hiding in the corner, became alert and turned around, "Jun Ning?"

Xu Wenhe was also surprised and asked, "And Yuan Xinghui, why are they here? Li Ziyan, didn't you say that you watched your wife fall asleep before you went out?" Li Ziyan stared at the two and said, "I watched Jun Ning fall asleep before I went out... Forget it, just take good care of them."

Yuan Xinghui grabbed the corner of Zhao Junning's clothes, "Junning, aren't you afraid that Li Ziyan will be worried when he returns and can't find you?" Zhao Junning whispered, "Don't worry, he must be very busy when he goes out so late. It's winter, and he should stay at the county government office if it's too late." "Pfft, Li Ziyan."

Li Ziyan looked sideways at Xu Wenhe. Yuan Xinghui and Zhao Junning came to the well and put something in it. Yuan Xinghui whispered, "You said that, it seems that you don't like Li Ziyan very much!" Zhao Junning paused and said, "Okay, hide quickly."

The two found a hiding place, one hand covered Zhao Junning's mouth, Yuan Xinghui was also dragged away, Zhao Junning turned around and looked: "Zi Yan? Why are you here?" Li Ziyan was unhappy with the conversation between Yuan Xinghui and Zhao Junning just now and didn't want to pay attention to Zhao Junning, but when he saw Zhao Junning, he couldn't help it, "I'm here to catch a thief, why are you here?"

Zhao Junning coughed lightly: "We too." Li Ziyan pulled Zhao Junning into his arms and said, "Hush, someone is coming." Zhao Junning whispered to the four people, "Cover your nose."

The door was opened again. "Be careful, you go, I'll keep watch." A man was putting drugs near the well and suddenly fainted. The gatekeeper found out and ran over to take a look. He saw the incense on the ground and quickly stepped on it. He wanted to drag the man away but couldn't. "He usually eats so much."

When he was about to run, he was kicked down by Li Ziyan, and then Xu Wenhe came forward and tied him up. Li Ziyan approached the person lying by the well, looked at the incense on the ground and looked at Zhao Junning. Zhao Junning smiled and said, "This is how you catch a thief." He squatted down and picked up the remaining incense.

After taking the two to the county jail, they returned to the Li Mansion. On the corridor, Li Ziyan was walking side by side with Zhao Junning, but gradually walked slower. Zhao Junning turned and looked at Li Ziyan: "Ziyan, why are you walking so slowly?" Li Ziyan thought to himself: Does she really still not like me? He forced a smile and said, "Here I am." He returned to the house, turned off the lights and fell asleep.

The next day, Zhao Junning opened her eyes and looked at Li Ziyan from the forehead. Li Ziyan opened his eyes and Zhao Junning quickly closed them. Li Ziyan also looked at Zhao Junning from the side. "You've lost weight again in just a few months."

But in my heart I was saying: Zhao Jun Ning, do you really like me? You now scare me. You seem to have changed since you came back from Wudao Village. It's because of Lin Muchen. How can I think so much about the childhood things that Jun Ning said, it doesn't count.

As he thought about it, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he said in his heart: Zhao Junning, do you know how much I want to ask you if you really like me? Do you know that I had beastly thoughts about you last night? Do you know how much I wanted to rush up to you and force you to do my beastly thing when you turned around and smiled at me last night?

Because I think that even if I did it, we can still be husband and wife, but I can't do that because you will obey me. But that's not what you want, Zhao Junning, I really want to have a quarrel with you, I think you don't like me, but you were so good to me when we were in Yangzhou, and you accompanied me through life and death on the way to Liangzhou. I don't believe you don't like me, but I also feel that you just treat me as a partner.

Li Ziyan seemed to be in a trance. Zhao Junning opened his eyes and approached Li Ziyan: "What are you thinking about? Why are you so absent-minded?"

Li Ziyan, who was sulking just now, started laughing at the sound of Zhao Junning's voice and said gently, "I was thinking, my wife has lost weight in the past few months since she came to Liangzhou. It's almost the end of the year, so I have to fatten you up."

Zhao Junning shook her head and said, "No, I'm fine like this." Then she said, "It's snowing outside." Li Ziyan nodded and said, "It's snowing." Then Zhao Junning asked, "Are we going to try those two people today? This epidemic will be resolved soon." Li Ziyan continued to nod, "Yes, it will be resolved soon."

Zhao Junning teased, "I'm really amazing. My husband is 18 years old. He has been in Liangzhou for three months and has solved the moat repair, the previous official's corruption, and the elimination of crazy bandits. Now he has solved another case." Li Ziyan said happily, "Boss Zhao praised me. My wife is also amazing. Now she has become the richest man in Lucheng. If she continues to develop, she will become the richest man in Liangzhou."

At noon, Li Ziyan in the county government was interrogating the poisoner, while Zhao Junning was researching the antidote with several skilled doctors. They searched the poison from the poisoner's body from day to night and finally developed an antidote.

Zhao Junning took the antidote and said to Feizhou and Gancao, "This is the antidote. Take it and pour it into the big well." Then they went to Hu Lou. The patients' eyes were full of desire. Zhao Junning stepped forward and said firmly, "Don't panic, everyone. You didn't get smallpox, but a poison that can cause a rash. Now the antidote has been made, and everyone will be fine." Those who believed it cheered, and looked at them cheering with half belief and half doubt.

"These two are really perverted. They came up with the idea of ​​poisoning people just because they ran out of food at home." Xu Wenhe said in disbelief. Lin Muchen also sighed, "Yes, the human heart is hard to predict, but fortunately the poison has been removed now." Li Ziyan also breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes. If the two of them have a heart of repentance, they will be imprisoned for seven years. If not, they will be imprisoned forever."