In this way, Ouyang Miaoling was busy until late at night every day and could only rest for two hours a day.

Nangong Mingxuan saw it all and felt pain in his heart. All he could do for her was to ensure her logistics and prepare delicious food for her in different ways every day.

This gave the doctors who followed Ouyang Miaoling to see the people a great treat, as they could enjoy the delicious food sent by the Regent every day.

We were busy like this for about ten days, and the epidemic was almost under control.

It was not a busy day, so Ouyang Miaoling came to the largest local well and, with the help of Feng Xing, collected samples, which she planned to take back for testing and then solve the water quality problem.

Although the water quality had been tested before and found no problems, she still did not give up. She needed to change another well for testing, hoping to find the cause.

After getting the sample, she returned to the county government office accompanied by Feng Xing.

"Ling'er, where have you been?" Nangong Mingxuan was about to go out when he met two people who were coming back with samples.

"I went to fetch some well water and wanted to test the water quality again." Ouyang Miaoling replied calmly.

"Well...Okay, I have something to deal with outside. You can ask Feng Xing to give you the "guardian" and you go do the test."

"Did something happen?"

"Yes... There was a riot among the people in a village. I'm going to take a look."

"Can I go with you?" It was the first time that Ouyang Miaoling offered to accompany him and go out together. Of course, Nangong Mingxuan was more than happy to accept.

"Is your thing okay?" Nangong Mingxuan pointed at the water sample in Ouyang Miaoling's hand.

"Wait a moment, I'll put this in the lab for testing. When I have time, let's go take a look together."

"Okay...I'll order a carriage to be prepared, so we can go together."

"Ride a horse, carriages are too slow, the people's affairs cannot be delayed"

"okay"

After the two of them discussed it, Ouyang Miaoling returned to the room and used her mind to enter the space to send the water quality to the laboratory for testing. When she flashed out of the space, Nangong Mingxuan had already asked someone to prepare the horses and wait at the door.

"Let's go..."

"Are you okay?" Nangong Mingxuan said with concern.

"Well... okay, just wait for the results."

"Okay, let's go"

Nangong Mingxuan followed behind her, and the two of them went out of the door one after the other. Ouyang Miaoling climbed onto the horse's back, and Nangong Mingxuan followed closely behind her and climbed onto the horse. The two horses galloped on the flat street, and Wushang Fengxing and a group of guards followed closely behind them.

After galloping for a while, the two men on horseback arrived at the village first, and they dismounted one after the other.

A group of civilians, holding their work tools in their hands, angrily confronted the officers and soldiers who came to maintain law and order.

"Put down your weapons, or don't blame me for being rude," the leading soldier threatened the local people.

"We can't survive anyway. The plague has killed or sickened everyone in our village. Now you have taken control of the only well water we rely on for survival and won't let us draw water to drink. You are going to kill us. We will die anyway. Instead of waiting to die, we might as well fight you. Maybe we can get a chance to survive. Don't you agree?"

The leader stood in the crowd, constantly inciting the emotions of the people around him, trying to stir up chaos.

He deliberately exaggerated the situation to create a tense atmosphere and plunge people into panic and anger.

All of this was designed to trigger a confrontation with officers and soldiers, which eventually turned into an uncontrollable riot.

"No harm!" Nangong Mingxuan's cold voice sounded, full of majesty and decisiveness.

Wushang immediately understood his master's intention and jumped up without hesitation. His figure was as fast as lightning, and he was next to the man in the blink of an eye.

Wushang grabbed the man's collar tightly and pulled him out of the crowd. Then, he flew back to Nangong Mingxuan's feet with the man.

Wushang kicked the man mercilessly. "Kneel down!" His voice was cold and ruthless, as if it came from a messenger from hell.

The man was kicked to his knees, but he still refused to give up and continued to incite the unsuspecting people in the crowd.

"Look everyone! They are bullying people!" the man shouted at the top of his lungs, trying to arouse more people's sympathy and indignation.

The uninformed villagers responded one after another and were about to rush out and engage in physical conflict with the officers and soldiers.

Nangong Mingxuan's eyes turned cold, and he flashed to the man's side and grabbed his neck with his hand.

"If you shout one more word, I will make sure you can never speak again!" Nangong Mingxuan's tone was filled with murderous intent.

When the official saw the person coming, he knelt down and said, "I bow to the Regent."

"Get up," Nangong Mingxuan said coldly.

The villagers were frightened by his aura and fell silent.

"Don't listen to that person's nonsense! The prince and princess are here to help us eradicate the plague!" At this time, an older man stood up and said loudly.

Nangong Mingxuan loosened his hand upon seeing this and turned to look at the old man. "Old man, what is going on? Why would someone incite everyone to riot?"

The old man sighed, "This is all because the village well was sealed and everyone had no water to drink. Someone took the opportunity to spread rumors and said that the well water was poisonous, so..."

Nangong Mingxuan comforted everyone, promised to investigate the matter thoroughly, and ensure everyone's drinking water safety.

After hearing Nangong Mingxuan's resounding promise and comfort, everyone dispersed and went back.

"Ling'er..." Nangong Mingxuan looked at Ouyang Miaoling beside him.

“I know, I’ve been looking for a way.”

In order to prevent a riot like today's, Nangong Mingxuan and his colleagues did not announce the truth of the matter to the public. They only told the people that it was a plague. However, there were still people with bad intentions who spread rumors everywhere, causing the people to panic and confront the government.

"How long will it take?" Nangong Mingxuan asked anxiously.

"I don't know... Because we are not sure which wells have poisonous water and which do not. If we test them one by one, the workload will be too large and it will probably take a year or two to solve the problem. I want to wait for the test results to come out, and then prepare the herbs together, regardless of whether they are poisonous or not, and put them in. This will reduce our workload, and the whole process will take about half a month."

"But I don't have time. I have to settle things here within three days and then leave. So I only have three days." Ouyang Miaoling explained.

"Three days... If you have any urgent matters in three days, the situation here will definitely not be resolved in three days. You can't just leave it alone. It would be irresponsible to do so."

"I will prepare the prescription, you stay here to clean up the mess. Besides, what does the matter here have to do with me? I am just providing free medical treatment and have no obligation to be responsible for anyone. What do you think of the Regent?"

Nangong Mingxuan was actually left speechless by Ouyang Miaoling's sharp rebuttal.

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