Xuanxia

Chapter 598 Key Issues
The next morning, three more people died in the refugee camp.

The power brought by the epidemic began to gradually emerge.

More than a day passed, and the rice porridge with nectar did not really cure the patients... Perhaps it was true as Fatuo said, many people were no longer hungry, and the dirty stones no longer spread on the patients, but for the seriously ill, even if they did not spread, they could not stop the passing of life.

In addition, the temperature was even colder late at night, and seriously ill people were more likely to die in their sleep...So in the early morning, the sound of chanting sutras for the salvation of the souls was heard again in the refugee camp.

"If this continues, more people will die."

In the early morning snow, Ning Wushu put down the bowl of porridge in his hand and said in a deep voice: "We can't wait too long... If there is no progress in the investigation tomorrow, I will take action."

Fu Qingzhou glanced at her and said, "Use violence directly?"

"Just use violence."

Ning Wushu nodded and said, "I can deal with Fatuo and the monks around him in ten rounds... My identity is even more special. If something happens, there will be more people willing to protect me. Leave this matter to me."

This time, Fu Qingzhou did not refute and nodded slightly.

He was also not sure whether there was something else in the rice porridge that Fado fed the refugees.

The longer the night, the more trouble you may have. If you still can't find anything, you have to resort to violence.

More than an hour later, the defenders of Anyue City arrived.

Previously, they sent some garrisons to guard near Tianshou Village, but seeing that the refugee camp was very peaceful yesterday and that there were also needs in other places, General Nachi led a large force to leave Tianshou Village.

But this time, they came back... and brought ten coffins.

Less than ten people have died so far, but it’s hard to say what will happen in the future. They may have to transport more coffins in a few days.

"General Chi."

Fatuo came out with a group of monks and clasped his hands together in a salute: "Thank you for your hard work, General Chi."

"It's nothing. The prefect has issued an order, and you have spent money. It's nothing for us to make a trip."

Chi Tiancong, the general of the Anyue City garrison, jumped off his horse with a look of exhaustion on his face. He said, "If it weren't for the current situation, I wouldn't bother running... Tell me, where are the coffins being transported to?"

Under the command of Fado, the defenders carried the coffins and, in the gaze of the refugees, transported ten coffins to the back of the monks' tents. Then, together with several monks, they carried the four people who had died from last night to today into the coffins.

Fu Qingzhou and Ning Wushu had been squatting not far away and watching silently, watching the coffins being sealed, watching the families of the deceased crying and shouting, and watching the defenders of Anyue City carry the coffins away again.

"If nothing else..."

Ning Wushu said softly: "Being buried in the ground is indeed the final destination of life, the last wish of life, and the end of life."

Fu Qingzhou didn't say anything.

For a "modern man" like him, burial is actually not particularly important.

In the era when he lived, cremation had been promoted for many years, and only some villages still retained the custom of burial - but Dayan was still an ancient feudal society after all, with such things as immortals and ghosts, and people had a deeper worship of nature, and of course they preferred to be buried after death.

Just as Ning Wushu said, even those refugees who were in fear and confusion showed a sense of relief in their eyes after seeing these coffins, and when they looked at monks such as Fatuo, there was more gratitude in their eyes.

"and many more……"

Fu Qingzhou suddenly had a flash of light in his mind, and his eyes widened suddenly: "Coffin?!"

He turned his head suddenly and looked towards where the remaining coffins were placed. He saw several tall monks who had just checked the coffins, closed them, then tightened their clothes and left.

Their faces were calm and indifferent as water. They strode away and... dived into Fado's tent.

After a while, they left the tent again and went about their own business as if nothing had happened. Ning Wushu patted Fu Qingzhou's shoulder from behind.

"What do you mean?"

She asked in a low voice, "Do you suspect that they brought the herbs here hidden in coffins?"

Fu Qingzhou looked to the other side again—Fado was still talking to General Chi.

"If we check it out right now, will it alert the enemy?" he asked.

Ning Wushu nodded: "It is definitely not appropriate. It is broad daylight now. If we break into the tent now, we will be discovered too easily. The refugees' reverence for the Evil Monks is at its peak. If we say that there are medicinal herbs hidden in the coffin, it will not only expose the Evil Monks and accuse them of deception, but it will also be equivalent to saying that General Chi is in collusion with them..."

"……Yes."

Fu Qingzhou calmed down and said thoughtfully, "Moreover, exposing this matter at most reveals that the monks of Ernan replaced miracles with drugs. It cannot prove that they spread the disease, let alone prove that they are guilty..."

"Besides, we are still not sure whether General Chi is involved. Exposing this matter at this time is equivalent to pushing him to the enemy side."

Ning Wushu smiled slightly: "So, keep your suspicion and continue investigating. What we need to do now is to find out what medicine they used and what the prescription was, and then tell Doctor Liang about it."

Fu Qingzhou didn't smile, but nodded silently.

If the herbs were really brought in the coffin...

He looked deeply at General Chi.

At this time, General Chi had led his men, pulling four coffins filled with corpses, said goodbye to Fado, and set off on the way back - when the epidemic was rampant, these corpses could not be buried anywhere, they should be pulled back to Anyue City and buried in a specific place.

"and many more!"

Fu Qingzhou's eyes suddenly lit up: "There is something wrong with Anyue City!"

Ning Wushu was startled: "What did you say?"

"It's too late to explain... Sister Wushu, you stay here." Fu Qingzhou stood up: "I have to go and find out what's going on!"

After saying this, he slipped out and followed closely behind the defending army's convoy.

Although there were many people in the refugee camp, with his current strength, he deliberately concealed his breath and figure and avoided people, so no one would notice that he had disappeared.

In just a moment, he was like a gust of wind, sneaking under a carriage of the defenders' convoy, and clinging to the bottom of the carriage like a gecko.

During the whole process, no one noticed him, let alone looked at him. Neither Fatuo nor General Chi noticed that there was one person missing in the refugee camp.

"Prescription, prescription... Sister Wushu is right, the prescription is the key!"

Fu Qingzhou said secretly: "According to current speculation, if the monks of Ernan need to refine medicine, they need others to deliver it to them; but what they do is extremely secretive, and the prescription will definitely not be easily leaked... But if the prescription is not leaked, how can others prepare the herbs and send them to them?"

"So, they must have a way to send the prescription to a nearby place where medicine can be dispensed, and then have someone else deliver the medicine!"

"From the time they came into contact with people outside the refugee camp, it is very likely that the prescription was sent out by the rice transporter, and then the medicinal materials were delivered in the coffin!"

"The prescription was probably divided into two and three parts, and the medicine was dispensed separately. It is even possible that the prescription must be destroyed once it comes into the hands of someone!"

"The transportation of the medicine in the coffin is so important that there must be someone in collusion among the garrison who is following the whole process..."

He exhaled lightly: "If we find that person, we may be able to find the prescription, or find the person who knows the prescription!"

(End of this chapter)