"Mr. Su County Magistrate, I have eaten the morning food now, so it's time to talk about the next arrangement."

Ming Chongyan sat on a big rock in front of the county government office, touching his stomach with satisfaction, and the sun shining on his face.

Since he came to Huang'an County, he has been full of food and hungry, and has never been able to let go of his stomach and eat so much.

So much so that he now feels that he has no pursuit in Chang'an.

It seems that being able to have a full meal is the greatest satisfaction.

It’s great to have a full meal and bask in the sun again, your whole body is warm.

Fortunately, he still remembers his mission to Huang'an County.

"I'm afraid there are no living people in this county. What should we do if a dead county?"

Ming Chongyan spread his hands to Su Dawei and solicited his opinions.

"People are not afraid. If those refugees who fled famine come back and organize them to resume production, they will be able to restore their old views in less than a year, but..."

Su Dawei thought, "We must first figure out what happened last night. Could the epidemic mentioned by the court really make people turn into a 'living dead' virus?"

"You said this word again, what exactly is a virus?"

"It's a very tiny insect."

Su Dawei explained to him tirelessly: "Buddhist says that there are three thousand insects in a can of water. Have you ever heard of it?"

"I haven't heard of it." Ming Chongyan frowned, and suspected that Su Dawei was lying to him.

He had read a lot of various scriptures under the seat of Master Xuanzang, both from Middle-earth and India, but why hadn't he heard this statement?

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. You just need to know that there are small insects that we can't see everywhere in the water, air, and the world. If this kind of thing enters the body, it will make people sick. Just like a kind of witchcraft in Lingnan, it also drives some kind of small insect."

"I know this." Ming Chongyan nodded.

The secret techniques he learned were quite mixed, including Taoist veins and witchcraft techniques.

So it's not difficult to understand.

"Ordinary plagues can cause death, but they must not turn into zombies, so I suspect there is a special insect, or something like witchcraft that makes Huang'an County look like this."

Su Dawei said intimately that he would not understand what Tang people say about zombie virus protection umbrellas, Resident Evils, etc., and it would be easier for him to understand what worms said.

"You mean to find the source of this bug first?"

"Yes, this matter must be solved first before attracting refugees. Otherwise, if it is not solved for a day, the old appearance of Huang'an County will not be restored in one day."

Ming Chongyan quivered lightly and said, "No wonder the court issued a special order to be the magistrate of Huang'an County. County Magistrate Su was like peeling off a cocoon and slitting his threads. After hearing what you said, you will be much more clear."

Su Dawei ignored it and looked at him: "What about you? Since Empress Wu specially asked you to come, you must have something extraordinary."

"I? I do have some skills, but it's not time to show it."

Ming Chongyan's mouth curled slightly, as if he wanted to say something but he held it back.

Su Dawei had no intention of inquiring.

"Let's go and do business now."

“Where to start?”

Ming Chongyan lowered his head and thought for a while: "Huang'an County is so big, you said you found the source of the disease. I thought about it and had no clue for a while."

"Do you still remember what happened last night? Following you, three Huang'an County Office servants, one of them, named Sanlang, suddenly became that kind of monster. He was still a normal person before, and had dinner with you and me."

"Hmm? What you mean..." Ming Chongyan thought for a while and understood: "Everyone has been together. Since we have nothing to do, it means that the environment we have been in contact with before does not have the disease-causing 'worms' and there is no problem with dinner. So if there is any problem, it can only be something that happened during the period when we went out to visit the Lord Bo's house until he became a monster."

"The son can teach."

Su Dawei laughed: "Just follow the route from last night and walk it again to see if you find out."

Ming Chongyan glanced at him, and a smile appeared on his face: "Okay, let me see how County Magistrate Su is capable of deciding cases."

As he said that, he stood up from the big rock and patted the dust on the hem of his clothes.

He noticed that Li Bo and two Su Dawei's personal guards were packing up their things, and it seemed that there was something else.

I couldn't help asking: "Where are them?"

"I have another task to them. Don't ask so much. Just go with me."

Su Dawei reached out and signaled that he should go first.

Ming Chongyan looked at Li Bo and others, turned around and chased Su Dawei.

...

The two of them came to yesterday's house, one after another, and a moment later.

Unfortunately, after the fire, it had burned into white ground, with only a piece of black gray and broken tiles.

Su Dawei stood in front of the ruins, motionless, as if he was in deep thought.

Ming Chongyan glanced at the ruins, then looked at Su Dawei, and thought to himself: It's all burned like this, if you can find something else, that's a damn thing.

After waiting for a while, he could not see Su Dawei talking. He was about to ask, but suddenly he felt that Su Dawei's expression was different.

Su Dawei stared at the ruins in front of him, but there was no focal length in his eyes, as if he was wandering outside the world.

Moreover, the aura on his body became very strange, vague and vague.

"Su...Su County Magistrate?"

Ming Chongyan asked tentatively, and Su Dawei was slightly shocked and woke up from that mysterious state.

"What's the matter?"

"Are you in a daze just now?"

"No, I'm recalling what happened last night."

After Su Dawei became a stranger, he had a skill, which was similar to the memory palace.

He had just used this method to pass on what happened last night, and everything was as clear as a movie.

"If it's burned here like this, there should be no more finding out. What else does County Magistrate Su have to think?"

"I have seen it when I came here just now. These streets are burning incredible, but I think of a detail from last night."

“What details?”

"Do you remember when Saburo was calling the door last night? When he kicked the door, his calf was stuck in it because a gap was broken. Then he fell down and rolled to the side."

Ming Chongyan naturally remembered when Su Dawei mentioned this matter.

"It's something, but what does that matter?"

"I remember when I entered the house of Bo, the Lord of Huang'an County, I saw some dark red blood stains in front of the gate. Later, I asked you, and you also mentioned that it was sprayed on when Master Bo was sick."

Su Dawei continued.

Ming Chongyan nodded, but still didn't understand: "Is this related to Saburo becoming a monster?"

“It’s related.”

Su Dawei said slowly: "I know that a disease-causing insect can survive for a long time even if it leaves the human body. What if Sanlang broke the door last night and his foot was cut by the broken wood on the door? What if there was that disease-causing insect on the bedroom door?"

"All this is too ridiculous, right?" Ming Chongyan's young face showed a sarcastic look: "I'm not hiding it from County Magistrate Su, I have a little understanding of witchcraft. I have never heard of a person who has gudian like this."

"It doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

Su Dawei said silently in his heart that when he came, during the new crown pandemic, even cold chains, door handles, air, and sewers could carry viruses.

What if the virus and the witchcraft at this time are similar to each other? They are both extremely tiny creatures, then can't this mutant insect remain active outside until it is inhabited by people?

"Mr. Su County Magistrate, if you say this, it is very difficult to explain to Your Majesty and Empress Wu." Ming Chongyan stared at Su Dawei, unable to tell whether he was exaggerating or really thinking so.

But it is obvious that these statements have exceeded his perception of being an alien.

He asked himself that since he was a child, he had a broader horizon than most people when he heard the stories of those monks traveling west.

But Su Dawei's words still made him feel like a fantasy.

"Of course, evidence is needed, bold assumptions, and careful verification."

"evidence?"

Ming Chongyan's eyes turned to the ruins behind the fire in front of him: "Can you find it from here?"

"No, come with me to check Saburo's body."

After the death of those servants last night, Su Dawei and others finally found a place to bury them on the spot.

Now that he heard Su Dawei say he wanted to have an autopsy, Ming Chongyan's face changed.

He is a slight obsession with cleanliness.

Sitting on the big rock like you did just now is a great breakthrough.

Let him go for an autopsy now?

When I thought of the hideous appearance of the corpse, my heart immediately felt disgusted.

"Okay, I'm less pretending. I didn't see you caring so much when I killed someone. Now I'm still pretending to be a bird."
To be continued...