My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 61 Enemy Country Spy Poisoning

"But it's hard to say whether any of the passersby in the past few days came from Qingshan County."

While explaining to her why Zhao might have been infected, Cheng Ruoan demonstrated the action and amount of disinfectant to be splashed.

"As I told you before, the county magistrate kept most of the earthquake in Qingshan County a secret."

The county town was not affected by the disaster, and the merchants and security escorts continued their normal business and travel as usual.

No one knows whether any of these people have already contracted the plague but have not yet shown symptoms.

After all, these kinds of people travel by horse-drawn carriage.

They were two or three times faster than we were on foot, so it's very likely that the first group of people carrying the plague arrived near Huilan City yesterday..."

Upon hearing this, Li understood immediately, and at the same time, she understood how Cheng Ruoan should perform "disinfection".

"Then I'll go to the back to disinfect. Cheng Ruoan, you have to keep your word. Erlang and I have been following your instructions all the way. When we get to the North, half of the five hundred taels will be disinfected."

Even without that IOU, Li wouldn't dare to offend Cheng Ruoan now.

After all, Cheng Ruoan was the kind of person who dared to go into the bandits' den in the mountains with a limp to rescue a child.

The children said that Cheng Ruoan also killed several bandits with hidden weapons!

This is someone who has seen people die!

Adding to the matter of Xia's affair... Li is now filled with regret and will join forces with Xia to bully Cheng Ruo'an from now on.

She even thought about finding an opportunity to express her loyalty, apology, and gratitude to Cheng Ruoan.

The third wife and her husband have saved the second wife twice already.

The look in Li's eyes as she looked at Cheng Ruoan became complicated, a mixture of gratitude, awkwardness, and guilt. It seemed that if she looked at him any longer, she might even develop feelings of filial piety.

But Cheng Ruoan was lost in thought and didn't notice her.

Cheng Ruoan simply waved his hand, "I keep my word. You'd better go to the back and get to work."

As soon as Li left, Cheng Ruoan sat back in the rocking chair, closed her eyes, and entered the space.

She was going in to gather things that could be used for epidemic prevention.

It's likely that her mother and sister won't be able to buy lime powder. The infected people outside look so scary, and Hulu Village probably doesn't even have enough for its own people, so they won't sell it to this group.

She had previously taken stock of what items in the space could be used in the event of a plague. There were many items, such as gas masks, protective suits, goggles, backpack disinfectant sprayers, and face masks.

These were all very useful items during the era of face masks in my previous life.

However, some of the small parts in these products are made of rubber, while the masks are made of non-woven fabric, which is made from polypropylene granules.

This type of item, belonging to the Xia Dynasty period, had no substitutes available, so it was simply impossible to produce.

However, the mugwort gave her an idea: if she couldn't get modern epidemic prevention supplies, she could look for those used in ancient times.

She only had five gauze masks in her storage space, but she could take them all out.

Two were given to Si Shaoheng and Shao Yang, two to Da Hua and Zhao Shi, and one was left over. Cheng Ruoan planned to find some gauze and have everyone make one themselves in a while, to ensure that each person could have one.

With the epidemic so severe, simply covering your mouth and nose with a cloth is definitely useless.

Cheng Ruoan was running around and searching everywhere in the villa, and she actually found a large pile of ancient medical books in the study.

From the "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica" to the "Corrections of Errors in Medical Classics," and even the introductory book on forensic medicine, "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified," it has all been included.

I collected every book on traditional Chinese medicine from the pre-Qin period to modern times, all from the same publisher, and they were still in their plastic wrapping.

Cheng Ruoan pouted: "Si Shaoheng must have bought it to show off. He said the study didn't need to be this big..."

Her initial thought was that the study was large and had many bookshelves, but neither of them were big readers, so they didn't have enough books to store.

It's empty and looks awful.

Si Shaoheng told her, "Don't worry about it, I'll fill it up."

That's how it got filled.

Cheng Ruoan thought for a moment, then moved a small ladder and searched out all the medical books with the character "epidemic" in them.

She adjusted the time flow in the study to be infinitely close to 0, and then sat on the study floor, flipping through the books one by one.

I don't know how long she watched, but whenever she got hungry she would find something to eat, and when she got sleepy she would sleep, and when she woke up she would continue watching.

If you're hungry, keep eating.

While watching, he also took notes in a small notebook.

Cheng Ruoan was thinking that since the time was already set to the lowest level, even if she stayed inside for a year or two, it would only be a blink of an eye outside.

Then let's watch!

She absolutely had to understand the plague thoroughly!

Cheng Ruoan herself didn't realize that reading in the space had made her memory exceptionally good.

While she wouldn't say she has a photographic memory, after reading so many medical books, she could still remember the gist of them after putting the books down.

Thus, after reading it, Cheng Ruoan discovered that the plague outside that Si Silang described was indeed three different diseases.

Coughing up blood resembles tuberculosis, rampant diarrhea resembles cholera, and fever and skin ulceration resemble plague.

"Even if the plague was caused by the bodies of earthquake victims, it should have been the plague, not tuberculosis and cholera outbreaks."

Holding the book, Cheng Ruoan ate some washed strawberries while pondering, "Could someone have poisoned it?"

At the same time, Si Shaoheng's voice came from the doorway of the study.

"It was poisoned by spies from an enemy country."

"You're back! What time is it outside?"

Cheng Ruoan turned to look at him. Without a doubt, this person must have come back from scouting the situation, saw her dozing in the rocking chair, and then came in next to her.

"Around 9:30, at 9:45." Si Shaoheng walked over and sat down next to her, taking her strawberries without any hesitation.

Cheng Ruoan was stunned. She had been reading inside for so long, and only a little over an hour had passed outside.

She has discovered a new application for adjusting the flow rate of space and time.

This space is simply a godsend for studying and preparing for exams.

Cheng Ruoan handed her notes to Si Shaoheng, "Look, I've compiled medical information related to the epidemic outside. Compare it with what you've seen and see if it matches."

Si Shaoheng was also stunned, "You're actually a studious person."

Cheng Ruoan: ...

"I just wanted to find some ways to prevent the epidemic, but there is no internet in the villa, and I can't go online to search on Baidu, so I can only look for solutions myself."

He glanced at the books scattered on the floor and clicked his tongue, saying, "You've really experienced the life of 'Consort Hua'."

Cheng Ruoan thought of that famous palace drama, where the illiterate Consort Hua stayed up all night every day researching remedies for the epidemic in order to help the emperor relieve his worries...

Annoyed by Si Shaoheng's teasing, she pinched the soft flesh on his waist.

"Stop joking, look at your notes!"

After reading it, Si Shaoheng expressed his affirmation: "That's right, the refugees outside are a mixture of these three plague patients."

My brother-in-law and I secretly went to Lancheng, but the magistrate closed the city gates and forbade anyone to enter or leave.

It was clearly out of fear that the plague would spread into the city, but the notices posted were for the arrest of spies from the enemy country.

"You deduced from this that it was an enemy spy who poisoned them?" Cheng Ruoan asked, puzzled. "Maybe it was that scoundrel magistrate who refused to help."

"It's a long story, but in short, we can't stay in Bachuan Prefecture any longer, we need to leave here as soon as possible."

Cheng Ruoan's eyes widened: "Given the situation outside, how do we get out?"