There is a bug in the space? That's called buff!

"What's going on today? There are always people trying to go in? If you don't know, you would think this is a treasure pot!" an officer joked.

As Yu Zhendong's figure got closer and closer, the officers and soldiers were able to see who he was in the moonlight. "It's County Magistrate Yu! County Magistrate Yu is here!"

The officers and soldiers immediately knelt down and said, "County Magistrate Yu!"

"What's going on now?"

"There are heavy casualties in the epidemic area. Corpses are being carried out every day. There are even cases of burning, killing and looting. The situation is complicated and very dangerous, but the specific situation is not very clear."

"Except for a man and a woman, no one dares to enter. One of them claims to be the second daughter of the Tang family and a doctor. The other man is plain-looking and unknown, but he also claims to be a doctor."

Yu Zhendong heard this and thought to himself: "What Qinghong said turned out to be true. Yilan really came. This little girl is very righteous!"

For a moment, Yu Zhendong's emotions were complicated. On the one hand, he really admired Tang Yilan's fearlessness of hardship; but on the other hand, he hoped that she had never been to the epidemic area, because that was the person Yu Qinghong liked, and he didn't want anything to happen to her.

"Everyone, put on masks and disinfect. Our main task today is to check the situation. If there is any accident, exit in time! Do you understand?" Yu Qinghong said to the people around him.

"understand!"

After disinfection, Yu Zhendong took the gauze mask made by Dr. Li and walked into the epidemic area without hesitation. The twenty or so people behind him followed him into the epidemic area. With the moonlight, they saw a tragic scene with corpses and dying patients everywhere. They couldn't help but feel heartbroken and helpless.

As the hope of all the refugees, those who robbed Yu Qinghong had already fallen ill. The only strong laborer left slowly dragged them back into the house one by one.

As he was dragging the last one, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Countryman! What's going on?"

The man looked back and saw that the leader was wearing an official uniform. He seemed to have found a savior. He immediately kowtowed and said, "Sir! Sir! Please save us! There are more than 500 of us who fled here, but now there are less than 100 left. Several of us are sick, and I am the only one who is still okay! Please! Save us!"

Yu Zhendong was shocked when he heard this! He thought he reacted quickly enough, but he didn't expect the situation to deteriorate to this extent.

"Can you take us to see the patient?" Yu Zhendong asked with concern.

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" the man responded and stood up.

"Sir! This way please!"

Yu Zhendong and his group quickened their pace to the place where the patients were concentrated. Everywhere they looked was devastation. Apart from people, there was vomit and excrement everywhere. Flies were buzzing and running around unscrupulously. The stench was so strong that it was unbearable even through the gauze mask!

Some people's symptoms are relatively mild and they can barely move their feet; some people's symptoms are very serious, with sunken cheeks and a haggard appearance. Due to the hot weather, some people have already developed bedsores, with flies flying freely in the wounds. The scene is horrible beyond imagination!

"Ugh... Ugh..." Many soldiers couldn't stand the disgusting scene and started vomiting. Yu Zhendong barely managed to hold back his nausea but he was extremely sad in his heart that such a thing was happening to the people right under his nose.

"Doctors! Hurry up! See if it can be cured!"

Hearing this voice, the patients weakly raised their eyelids and took a look. Their eyes lit up. It was the official! The official came to save them!

Then a faint voice sounded, "Save me...save my child..."

The three doctors hurriedly disinfected with alcohol and went forward to check. After checking several patients, they all sighed! After checking, the three returned to Yu Zhendong and looked at each other. They shook their heads helplessly and sighed, "Please forgive me for my poor medical skills. I have never seen this disease. We are powerless!"

Yu Zhendong guessed something when he saw the three people sighing, and now that he heard it with his own ears, he was even more sad. He held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked: "Everyone...is there really no solution?"

Doctor Feng knelt down and said, "No! And if we allow these people to continue to be sick, then..."

Doctor Feng hesitated, not knowing whether he should say it out loud.

"What will happen?" Yu Zhendong asked anxiously.

"It will cause the plague to spread further to the entire county, and even the entire state. By then, there will be widespread grief and hell on earth!"

Yu Zhendong was heartbroken! He had done some research on the plague in advance, but when the shocking scenes appeared before his eyes, he found that he had underestimated the horror of the plague.

"Then how should we deal with it?" Yu Zhendong asked.

The three doctors looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Just tell me!" Yu Zhendong asked anxiously.

At this moment, flames shot up into the sky in the distance. It was caused by Liang Yu cremating the corpse!

Yu Zhendong noticed the fire in the distance and stared at the direction of Guangming Village.

After the three of them whispered to each other, Doctor Feng pointed at the fire in the distance and whispered in their ears, "Sir, burn all the people here to prevent future troubles!"

Yu Zhendong frowned and immediately objected after hearing this: "No!"

"Otherwise...if the plague spreads throughout the county, the state, and even the whole state, you will be the culprit! Please think twice!" Doctor Han said again.

Yu Zhendong was conflicted: on the one hand, he was a local official, and protecting the people was his duty; on the other hand, if the plague really spread, he would be unworthy of his identity as a local official!

After thinking it over, Yu Zhendong came up with an idea: sacrifice the little to save the much!

Thinking of this, Yu Zhendong turned his head and looked at these patients, his eyes became sharp.

"I'm sorry, my fellow villagers!" Yu Zhendong turned around, lifted up his official robe, knelt down, and kowtowed three times.

"What's this, sir? We can't afford it!" said the only healthy person in panic.

"No! You deserve it! I will carve you on a monument!" Yu Zhendong kowtowed three more times, then stood up and waved his arm to give a signal.

The soldiers behind him brought firewood, and the man realized something was wrong. "What are you doing, sir? You want us to die?!"

Yu Zhendong turned around and stopped looking at the man. He was afraid that his momentary kindness would cause more lives!

"Sir! I don't want to die! Sir! I don't want to die!" The man kowtowed on the ground, making loud noises.

"Please spare us, sir!" The man continued to kowtow on the ground, but saw that Yu Zhendong was indifferent to his cries.

"Sir! I have clues about drug trafficking! If you provide the clues, can you spare my life?" The man had already risked everything. He was going to die anyway, so maybe he could still save his life.

Yu Zhendong shrugged his shoulders. He knew how important the clues to drug trafficking were. They had been tracking down a drug trafficking gang recently, but there had been no progress.

"Your name?"

"Little Gold Mountain!"

"Jinshan, if you have provided the clues, I should reward you. But now the plague is raging. I didn't intend to sacrifice you. But now I have to resort to this desperate measure. It is really to save the lives of the whole county, the whole state, and even the whole country. I hope you can understand!"

Jinshan was in a panic. He searched hard in his mind and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and he thought of someone.

"Sir! Today a woman passed by and said she wanted to treat us, but later...she was driven away by Uncle Jin Cai. If she came, she would definitely find a way to treat us! I beg you to ask that woman to come! Maybe it will work!"

Yu Zhendong already had a guess in his mind: the person who knows medicine and has entered the epidemic area should be Tang Yilan!

Yu Zhendong immediately asked, "What's the woman's name? What's she wearing?"

Jinshan recalled, "I don't know her name, but the woman was wrapped tightly, so I couldn't see her face clearly."

Yu Zhendong laughed when he heard this. This description matched the soldiers guarding the gate: "It's her! It's really her! Good! In this case, I will find her tomorrow morning. I'm sure she won't refuse!"

"No need!"