Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"Valley Master Zhuang has been here several times. Are you really not going to go with him?"

Shen Chuning stood in Ning Shutong's yard, holding a purple-red berry he had just picked from the mountain, and asked curiously while eating.

Ning Shutong was sitting on a stone bench, wiping away nonexistent tears with his hands. He stiffened his neck and sobbed, "Wuwuwu... Even Aning doesn't want me anymore. This life is unbearable! I wish that the dog emperor... when His Majesty raided the palace, he could have just taken me away with him. Why bother saving me?"

Hearing this, Shen Chuning felt her temples throbbing.

She took a deep breath, trying to remain calm, and said, "Who said they don't want you anymore? It's just that the Master of the Zhuang Valley said he wanted to use a secret method to test whether you are his biological child."

Ning Shuyi snorted in disdain upon hearing this, "Tsk! He actually has to rely on secret methods to verify his own son's bloodline. I don't want a father like that!"

After saying that, he turned his head away and no longer looked at Shen Chuning.

Seeing this, Shen Chuning narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "So, you already knew he was your father?"

Ning Shutong curled his lips and replied nonchalantly, "Of course. I was almost three years old when I left the Divine Doctor Valley. It would be really strange if I couldn't remember even this."

After hearing what Ning Shutong said, Shen Chuning was speechless for a moment, and muttered to herself: This guy can actually clearly remember things that happened when he was over two years old, this makes people feel even more weird!

"Since you know that's your father, why don't you recognize him?" Ning Shutong sighed softly, his eyes revealing a hint of doubt and confusion.

"Hmph! You think he's useless! He's been deprived of power for such a long time, and he still hasn't been able to get it back. Now he can only stay in a small cult and work as an ordinary doctor. What's the point of me having such a weak and incompetent father?" Ning Shu said with disdain.

"But he has been looking for you in Lingshan all along. After all, he is your biological father, and he didn't intend to abandon you back then." Shen Chuning tried to persuade.

"I just won't go! How can the name Zhuang Shutong be as pleasant and nice as Ning Shutong?" Ning Shutong answered stubbornly.

Hearing this, Shen Chuning couldn't help but be stunned, muttering to herself: "This reason is really..."

For a moment I didn't know how to respond.

After a while, Ning Shutong seemed to suddenly remember something and asked, "You wouldn't normally come to my place easily. Tell me, what are you doing here today?"

At this time, Shen Chuning just remembered that she had some important things to do, and quickly signaled Cuiwei beside her to carefully place the box in her hand on the table.

I saw that the wooden box was wrapped in a layer of oil paper, and the oil paper was sealed tightly with wax.

When Ning Shutong saw this, he reached out for a small and exquisite hammer on the table without saying a word, and pretended to smash the wax shell on the outside of the box.

"Wait!" Shen Chuning hurriedly stopped him, "You opened the box without even asking what was inside. Is that appropriate?"

Ning Shu glanced at Shen Chuning suspiciously, a hint of vigilance in his eyes, "Could it be that you put something evil in this box and want to murder me?"

After hearing this, Shen Chuning couldn't help but curl her lips and replied unhappily, "What are you thinking? These are clothes worn by people with the plague. They might still have some ulcerated flesh stuck to them."

This box was sent by Feng Yucai.

The story begins in the Third Prince's Mansion in Changye. At that time, a servant suddenly ran away from the mansion for some unknown reason.

Coincidentally, the servant fainted in front of a clinic and developed a high fever.

The old doctor in the clinic was kind-hearted. Seeing his pitiful condition, he felt pity for him and took him back to the clinic to treat him carefully.

However, not long after, the servant's condition deteriorated rapidly.

Large areas of ulcers began to appear all over his body, and his skin and flesh fell off piece by piece as if they were torn by insects and ants.

What was even more terrifying was that even though the wounds on his body were so deep that the bones were visible, he didn't feel any pain at all.

Then, something even worse happened.

The little medicine boy who was originally responsible for applying medicine to the servant also inexplicably started to have a high fever that wouldn't go away.

At this moment, the old doctor in the clinic realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately closed the door of the clinic.

However, even so, it failed to stop the spread of the disaster.

The neighbors around the clinic smelled a strong, pungent stench coming from the clinic.

So, a few brave neighbors worked together to break down the door of the clinic.

The scene before them terrified everyone!

There were several skeletons lying all over the clinic, as well as corpses that had already rotted away to the point of being unrecognizable.

And since these neighbors broke open the door, a new epidemic has broken out...

Fortunately, after a period of development, the spread of the disease has slowed down significantly compared to the initial stage, and the degree of ulceration in the infected people's bodies is also much milder than at the beginning.

However, a large number of refugees from Changye still fled their hometown and poured into Linwei County under the jurisdiction of Feng Yucai.

Faced with such a large influx of refugees, Feng Yucai acted decisively and opened up a large area to the west of the county town to accommodate these people, and strictly prohibited local people in Linwei from approaching the refugee area.

At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the entire Linwei County, Feng Yucai ordered the city gates to be closed to prevent the further spread of the epidemic.

Fortunately, Feng Yucai always obeys Shen Chuning's orders.

As early as when he first arrived in Linwei, he followed Shen Chuning's advice and quickly dug ten deep wells in the city and stockpiled a considerable amount of food.

Because of these thorough preparations, Linwei County can currently hold on for a while.

Although their livelihood was not a problem, all the doctors in the city felt helpless against this mysterious and ferocious plague and could not find an effective treatment.

In desperation, Feng Yucai had to send people to carefully collect the clothes of those who unfortunately died of the epidemic, seal them and send them to Jinan Prefecture to seek Shen Chuning's help.

Not only that, he also elaborated in detail on the current severe situation in Linwei County and the response measures he had taken in the letter sent along with the clothes.

And it is particularly emphasized that if you are not absolutely sure, it is better to burn the box directly.

Shen Chuning couldn't help but recall the epidemic that occurred in her previous life.