Chapter 594 Strange Disease
After calming Qilang's heart, Gu Chan asked, "By the way, brother Qilang, why don't you have a last name?"
"I was abandoned by my parents when I was born. I grew up eating hundreds of meals in our village. Everyone calls me Qilang, so naturally I don't have a surname." Qilang said with a smile.
"Ah! That's it!" Gu Chan sighed, with a trace of pity in his eyes.
Qilang didn't pay much attention, he just ate the food on the table with big mouthfuls, as if he was reincarnated by a starving ghost.
Gu Chan said distressedly, "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."
"As expected of someone who owns such a large merchant ship, this food is so delicious. I haven't had such delicious food in a long time." Qilang said while eating, he was very happy.
Gu Chan couldn't stand it any longer, so she ordered Aunt Hong to cook some dishes for him and serve them to the table.
After one stick of incense, Qilang swept away a table full of dishes.
Sitting on the chair, he said with a satisfied look on his face, "Shopkeeper Gu, thank you for your hospitality. I'm full now. If you have anything to ask, please tell me!"
"When we were crossing the border, we heard that there has been some strange disease on the border of Night Star Country recently, and many people have died from it. Is this happening?" Gu Chan asked.
"Of course, otherwise the city lord would still pay us to fish out the corpse!" Qilang said angrily.
"Is it the plague caused by these corpses?" Gu Chan said with a frown.
Qi Lang shook his head, "That's not true. This strange disease appeared three months ago. At that time, there were no floods in the upper reaches of your Tiancang Kingdom! For three consecutive months, the city lord invited many famous doctors to find the cause of the disease. None of them have been found. The reason why the corpses are being retrieved now is because there are too many corpses in the river. The city lord is afraid that these corpses will cause another plague. Then the plague will be combined with strange diseases, making the people on the border even more miserable. "
"So that's it! Then I'm relieved." Gu Chan sighed.
Anyway, as long as it wasn't for the floods upstream that brought hundreds of corpses and caused strange diseases at the border of Yexing Kingdom downstream, she could temporarily feel at ease.
Shichiro added, "We picked up these corpses, burned them and buried them, so they were buried in peace."
"Then I have to thank you on behalf of Lord Tiancang Jiangnan!" Gu Chan said gratefully.
"Hmph! That bullshit lord, so many people have died in his territory, and he can't even pick up the corpses and let his people bury his people in peace. What's the use of thanking us on his behalf? And to put it bluntly, he shouldn't even thank us. "It's time to apologize to these drowned people." Qilang's face suddenly darkened and he cursed angrily.
Gu Chan turned her head to the side in embarrassment. She really had no temper at all after being scolded.
Cheng Hao couldn't listen anymore and said coldly, "Boy, if you don't understand the specific situation, how can you be so self-righteous and scold our Jiangnan lords! He doesn't want so many people to drown! What's more, this flood is not at fault. He, he also saved many people!”
"What our city lord said, no matter what the reason is, as a leader of a place, if he cannot protect his own people, it means that the leader is incompetent." Qilang said straightforwardly.
Cheng Hao still wanted to argue with him, but was stopped by Gu Chan with a wave of his hand, "Okay, stop talking. I think what Qilang said makes sense. Maybe this is how the common people view the lord."
"Shopkeeper Gu, I think you're a nice person. Since you invited me to dinner, I won't eat your food for free. Starting tonight, you can sail down the merchant ship for three days and three nights to reach Yaoye, the largest city on the border. Then you can do business in the city. Remember not to stop on the way, otherwise you will be in trouble if you contract a strange disease." Shichiro reminded.
"Then what are the symptoms of this strange disease?" Gu Chan asked.
Shichiro said with a scared look on his face, "People who are infected with the strange disease will feel like they are infected with cold at first. They will cough and become weak. But after a while, they will suddenly become extremely bloodthirsty and will bite people crazily and eat their blood." , and after more than a month, he disappeared without a trace. "I'll go! Is there still such a strange disease?" Gu Chan's eyes widened when he heard this. exclaimed.
Before time travel, the zombies in the zombie movies she watched seemed to be similar to this!
Of course, she thought so in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud. She just said in surprise, "That's strange enough."
"Master, this kind of strange disease is completely unheard of and unseen! It's scary." Cheng Hao said tremblingly.
"No, the second son of our village was infected with this strange disease and bit his parents. As a result, his parents were also infected with the disease. No, three members of their family disappeared together last month. I don’t know where they are. The village chief has sent people to look for them for more than half a month, but there is no sign of them!" Qilang said, spreading his hands.
Gu Chan and Cheng Hao looked at each other with confusion on their faces.
First of all, the strange disease on the border of Night Star Kingdom is real. Secondly, this strange disease is very strange and the cause is not known at all. Thirdly, after the patients become sick, they will disappear without a trace and it is impossible to find them.
Based on these three reasons, it is extremely difficult to completely figure out what this strange disease is.
After understanding the situation, Gu Chan made a prompt decision and asked someone to bring over two hundred taels of silver. He placed it in front of Qi Lang and said, "Brother Qi Lang, let's do a business! I'll hire you for this two hundred taels of silver for a month, and you can do it tonight." Come with us to Yaoye City, we need a local to lead the way.”
"Wow! Shopkeeper Gu, are you so generous? Two hundred taels! This is enough for me to build a house in the village, buy a pig and marry a wife." Qilang said with eyes shining.
Gu Chan was stunned when he heard this, "What did you say? Two hundred taels can you do so many things? Are the prices at the border of Yexing Kingdom so low?"
"Our Yexing Kingdom is not like your Tiancang Kingdom, and the people don't have to pay the poll tax." Qilang said with a smile.
When he said this, he silently reached out his hand, grabbed the two hundred taels of silver, and stuffed it into his arms.
Gu Chan no longer bothered about the price, stared at him and said, "If you accept the money, I will treat it as your promise to me. Go and take care of your fishing boat, then come back, and we will set off together."
"What about Shopkeeper Gu, what will happen in one month?" Qilang asked.
"If you satisfy me with your work, I can hire you as long as I stay at the border of Night Star Country." Gu Chan said readily.
"Okay, it's settled. I'll go to the village chief first and hand over the corpse on the fishing boat. You can just sail to the small dock in front and wait for me." Qilang said happily.
After saying that, he quickly got up and got out of the cabin, quickly got off the boat and returned to his fishing boat, then held the boat and left.
In the cabin.
Cheng Hao sat at the table and said, "Master, aren't you afraid that this guy will run away with the money?"
"Don't worry, this will make more money than him fishing for corpses. He will definitely not run away, and even if he does run away, he will just treat me as a good deed and help him." Gu Chan said nonchalantly.
Cheng Hao nodded quietly.
Gu Chan said no more, ordered the boat to stop at the small dock in front, and waited quietly on the boat.