Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 490 Xue Mai Tests Lime Powder on Himself

Lost a dead chicken?

Li Shiyuan immediately realized something was wrong.

If it were him, he would have been starving and had already gone hungry at home, so what would he do with a dead chicken?

Is there any need to think about it? Of course, eat it!

When you are extremely hungry, it is considered a good thing not to eat the food raw. How can you possibly throw away a dead chicken?

And it just so happens that most dysentery is caused by eating unclean, diseased meat, especially dead poultry.

"It must be that person!" Li Shiyuan was 80% sure in his heart and became excited. "Then why don't you go out and look for that villager directly? If he still remembers the appearance of the person who lost the chicken..."

Find the person who spread the disease! If we can find that person and prove his relationship with Governor Lu...

But Yu Jiusi's expression was not as excited as his. Li Shiyuan had a bad guess in his mind and asked in a choked voice: "General Yu Lang...did something else happen?"

Yu Jiusi's face was heavy, and he said in a deep voice: "That villager is dead."

Li Shiyuan only felt a buzzing in his ears and asked blankly, "How did he die? He saw that man throwing away the chicken. Did he die from eating the sick chicken, or..."

Or was he silenced by the other party?

The other party is so cruel and ruthless that it is not impossible for him to silence someone.

Yu Jiusi was silent for a moment, without making any inferences, and just calmly told Li Shiyuan what had happened.

"He picked up some of the sick chickens and said that the other part was in deep water. He couldn't swim, so he thought he would take the chickens home first and then go back to pick up the rest. But he never got home and was found dead when he was found again."

Li Shiyuan's clenched teeth could not help but tremble, "That means he was silenced... How could a healthy person die just like that?"

Yu Jiusi looked over and recalled: "His family always thought that he was so hungry that he lost his mind and went into the water to fish for chickens, and unfortunately drowned."

"How can it be such a coincidence..." Li Shiyuan didn't believe it at all. He pulled Yu Jiusi's sleeve and asked, "What about the chicken he picked up? Was it eaten?"

Under his heavy gaze, Yu Jiusi shook his head, "The chicken is gone."

The chicken is gone.

It's not obvious where the chicken went.

Li Shiyuan once again felt disgusted by the other party's methods. The people who were struggling to survive were just a means for them to achieve their goals, and human lives were as worthless as grass.

His mood was not as relaxed as before, and the two of them arrived at the entrance of the shed in silence.

The autumn wind was howling, and the soldiers on both sides of the gate stood straight. A horse was parked outside the shed area, flicking its tail to swat the ignorant flying insects. A man stood beside the horse and saluted when he saw them coming: "Lang Jiang, Doctor Li."

The two sides faced each other across the fence. Xue Mai didn't say much. He just took out two oil-paper bags from his arms and handed them over the fence.

"General, the big piece is the uncalcined stone that was chiseled off, and the small bag is the powder that was ground after calcination. Take a look and see if it is what we are looking for."

Yu Jiusi and Li Shiyuan looked at each other, each took a package, and opened the oil paper in a few seconds. After looking at what was in their own hands, they turned to look at what was in the other's hands.

"That's it." Li Shiyuan said confidently, "Be careful, I'll go get some water."

Xue Mai showed a hint of discomfort when he heard that, and quietly put his hands behind his back.

Yu Jiusi frowned slightly and looked at him: "What are you hiding? Take it out."

"Nothing..." Xue Mai said with his head down.

"Put your hands forward." Yu Jiusi's tone left no room for doubt.

Li Shiyuan stopped and looked at Xue Mai's slowly extended hand.

His palms were an unnatural red, with several blisters of varying sizes, which looked particularly shiny in the sunlight. Li Shiyuan immediately felt itchy and slowly reached for the medical box with one hand, wanting to take out the silver needle.

He shouted in his heart: Stab him!

Yu Jiusi became furious upon seeing this, bent down, picked up a stone and threw it at Xue Mai.

"What did I tell you? Didn't I tell you that this stone must not be exposed to water after being calcined, let alone touched directly with your hands? Are you ignoring my words?!"

Xue Mai didn't dodge either, and was hit by the stone on his chest, making a crisp sound.

He folded his fingers slightly to cover the blush, and whispered like a child who had made a mistake: "I'm afraid I found the wrong one, and you will be disappointed..."

Yu Jiusi thought he had misheard, and after a moment of pause he asked, "What did you say?"

"I'm afraid I've found the wrong person..." Xue Mai raised his head, but still didn't dare to look Yu Jiusi in the eye.

If this happened in the military, his behavior would be a violation of military orders.

No matter what the purpose is, no matter whether it is for the good of the general, disobeying military orders is a mistake.

"Traveling back and forth wastes time and also delays what you want to do, so I thought..."

I got excited and thought of trying it on myself first.

He was not trying to defend himself, he just wanted to tell Yu Jiusi his true thoughts.

This time Yu Jiusi heard it clearly. He blinked and choked in his throat.

"So you're willing to put yourself to the test regardless of the consequences?"

Xue Mai opened his mouth, said nothing, and nodded blankly.

Yu Jiusi looked at him for a long time, then turned his head to the side and said in a hoarse voice: "Doctor Li also told you that this substance can not only burn your skin, but also turn your flesh into a mass of rotten meat if taken in large quantities. Have you forgotten..."

Xue Mai still didn't speak, so Yu Jiusi asked him again: "Do you know how much is considered a large amount and how much is considered a small amount? How can I feel at ease if you do this? How can I face you? It's true that you are a soldier, but if I follow your orders, you will lose a layer of flesh and blood inexplicably under such circumstances..."

After all, he was not Xue Mai's direct superior, and he didn't quite understand why Xue Mai would do this.

Doing so is different from going into battle to kill the enemy. When soldiers are on the battlefield, their inner blood will be aroused, and they will be fearless of wind and rain, and pain, just to defend their country and achieve success.

This is not the case with lime powder, which can be tested on one's own flesh and blood.

You will be very calm, and without anticipating the consequences, you will just rely on that anger to gamble, win or lose. If you win, you will suffer, and if you lose, you will get nothing.

Seeing that the two men were standing opposite each other like wooden stakes, Li Shiyuan tried to smooth things over.

He opened the medicine box, squatted on the ground and searched for a while, and finally chose the right silver needle. "It's you. Lang Jiang, do you have a fire lighter?"

Yu Jiusi felt his throat was dry. After swallowing hard, he took out a lighter from his bosom and lit it.

Li Shiyuan stood up with a silver needle in his hand and said with a smile, "Please hold up the fire stick so I can heat the needle."

After saying that, he took two steps forward, leaned against the fence, and said to Xue Mai, "Young man, take your hand out. Your blister is too big, you have to prick it."

He nodded at the horse behind Xue Mai and said, "Aren't you going to ride a horse later? You must have suffered a lot on the way here. Hurry up and let me pick one for you."

Li Shiyuan would never admit that his initiative was mostly due to his itchy hands.