Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

On the fourth day after everyone returned to Liujia Village, Xuan Er sent a message saying that the people had been brought back.

Liu Xu immediately took Qiao Xin and Xuan Qi to the county town.

In the letter, Xuan Er mentioned that the toxin was more serious than they expected, because it was contagious, just like a plague. Fortunately, Xuan Jiu had already known about this when he received the message, and took corresponding protective measures. But for the sake of safety, the transport ship did not dock at the county dock, but stopped at a small bend a certain distance away from the Qinghe County dock, and people were sent to guard all around.

When the catkins arrived, Xuan Er was already waiting on the shore.

After forcing Qiao Xin and the other two to stay, Liu Xu prepared to board the boat alone.

"Miss, are you going up like this?" Xuan Er asked in surprise.

Liu Xu raised an eyebrow, "I have taken the Hundred Poison Pill."

Xuan Er knew the effect of the Hundred Poison Pill, so he stopped trying to stop them. He put on a coat sent by his subordinates and a mask.

Clothes and masks are fumigated with mugwort, which is a preventive measure developed by doctors in southern Xinjiang.

"What's the current situation in southern Xinjiang?" Liu Xu asked after getting on the boat.

"Half a month ago, Nanyue launched another attack..."

According to Xuan Er, Nanyue came with such force this time that even though Yang Rong and Hu Ming tried their best to resist, within a month, the two cities they had compensated Dongsheng for had already been lost. Now Yang Rong retreated outside Chengguan Town, and Hu Ming almost let the enemy land on Yongxin Prefecture. However, due to the poison gas bombs, most of the people in the two lost cities were poisoned, and the enemy seemed to have no intention of rescuing them. Yang Rong and Hu Ming were worried that the poison would endanger the people of Dongsheng, so one of their armies chose to camp outside the pass, and the other chose to stay at sea.

Although there were antidotes, the earliest poisoned soldiers had already begun to die, and their deaths were extremely horrific, with blisters all over their bodies. These people had extremely high body temperatures before they died.

Liu Xu frowned and nodded.

They did not immediately go to the cabin where the poisoned people were placed. Liu Xu directly ordered all the accompanying personnel to gather in batches.

A quarter of an hour later, nearly a hundred sailors on the ship gathered on the deck first.

"Everyone line up and come over to have your pulse taken!" Liu Xu said loudly.

She wanted to check the probability of the virus spreading after taking protective measures.

This ship is a medium-sized merchant ship of the Su family. It was able to return so quickly because it only carried two hundred people including the crew.

An hour later, Liu Xu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, all the crew members were normal.

Then came the patrolling guards on the ship, and still nothing happened.

The last ones left were twenty guards who were responsible for taking care of the poisoned soldiers.

However, five of these twenty people have been infected.

Even with protective measures in place, the infection rate is still so high. Liu Xu frowned even more.

The guard who was told that he was infected immediately had tears in his eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Xu comforted her and said, "Don't worry, I will do my best to protect you!"

The five of them immediately bowed deeply to Liu Xu.

All the guards on the ship were soldiers selected by Hu Ming. They were not afraid of death, but they were afraid of dying in such a miserable way.

It was already the afternoon, and Liu Xu only drank a few sips of water and ate a few snacks to fill his stomach.

"Miss, why don't you eat something before going to the cabin?" Xuan Er said with concern.

Liu Xu waved her hand, "It's okay, I'm not hungry yet, let's go!"

This cabin is not where the crew live, but it is the cabin for the stewards and masters on weekdays.

From this we can see that Xuan Jiu has great respect for these soldiers.

There are two cabins in total, one for seriously ill patients and one for mildly ill patients. There are five people in each cabin.

Liu Xu went to the mild cases room first and stayed there for about half an hour. Not only did he check the pulses of the patients, he also took blood samples from several people.

When she entered the intensive care unit, the scene in front of her made her heart tighten. All five patients had started to develop blisters, and one of them even had blisters on his face, but fortunately he had not yet developed a fever.

Take their pulses and collect their blood and pus from the blisters on their bodies.

After coming out of the cabin, Liu Xu did not leave, but immediately wrote down two prescriptions and asked Xuan Er to prepare the medicinal materials.

"Also, Xuan Qi will go back to the village to invite Elder Meng. As for Qiao Xin..." Liu Xu paused for a moment, then said helplessly: "Let her come up!"

Given Qiao Xin's personality, if she didn't get off the boat, this girl would find ways to get on even if she tried to stop her.

Xuan Er was a little surprised: "Miss, you are not getting off the boat?"

Liu Xu nodded, "I won't get off the boat for now. Send someone back to tell Brother Huai Jin. He knows how to keep it a secret from my mother!"

After saying this, the man walked towards another empty cabin, the meaning was self-evident.

Xuan Er nodded helplessly. He had expected that his master would be angry, but he didn't know whether the punishment would be lighter for the sake of the young lady.

Sure enough, when Xuan Er got off the boat, Qiao Xin saw that Liu Xu was gone, and without waiting for Xuan Er to speak, she jumped onto the boat.

If Xuan Er hadn't stopped him in time, even Xuan Qi would have followed.

"Seventh Brother, the young lady is here with me, you go back to the village..."

After Xuan Er finished speaking, Xuan Qi glanced at the boat, frowned, then jumped on his horse and headed towards Liujia Village.

The Dark Guard Camp acted quickly, and the herbs Liu Xu requested were prepared in less than an hour, along with Zuiyunxuan's meals.

At the same time, Xuan Qi had also returned to the County Lord's Mansion.

After this treatment, Mu Lingxuan's upper body can move, and he is now leaning on the couch reading a book.

Seeing Xuan Qi coming in, he couldn't help but move his eyes behind him. Not seeing the person he wanted to see, Mu Lingxuan frowned.

He naturally knew where Liu Xu had gone today, and Liu Xu had also informed him of the situation in Southern Xinjiang before she left. That was why he was even more worried when Liu Xu did not return.

Xuan Qi is similar to Xuan Yi. Even though he has been with Liu Xu for the past few years, his loyalty to Mu Lingxuan is unquestionable. He honestly told Mu Lingxuan what happened after they left, as well as what Xuan Er asked him to say.

The air pressure in the room was getting lower and lower. Xuan Qi pursed his lips, lowered his head and said nothing.

After a long time, Mu Lingxuan said in a hoarse voice: "Do as Baoer wants, I will take care of the family. Also, tell Xuan Er that after this matter is over, he will go to Purgatory for ten days!"

Xuan Qi froze slightly when he heard that, and was worried about his second son, but he bowed respectfully and took his leave.

Purgatory... That's where the Dark Guard Battalion punishes those who make mistakes.

Although he had never been there, Lao Jiu had been there once. After only three days, he was half dead when he came out.

Although the second brother is much stronger than the ninth brother, but these ten days...will he still be alive?

Should he ask the young lady to plead for the second brother?

But if his master finds out, will he be implicated?

Xuan Qi was thinking about all sorts of things while rushing towards the village.

Meanwhile, Mu Lingxuan in the yard punched the kang.

He was extremely angry at his own powerlessness at this moment, and hated the Nanyue royal family even more.

If Liu Xu was fine, it would be fine. But if she had any mishap... he would definitely slaughter everyone in Nanyue...