Chapter 75 Successfully Arrested

Chapter 75 Successfully Arrested

Jiang Yutang touched Yun's forehead and found that her body temperature was actually normal, but Yun's curled-up body and painful groans clearly showed that she was uncomfortable all over.

Her voice trembled with anxiety as she whispered, "Mother, where do you feel unwell? Is it a stomachache or dizziness?"

Yun gripped her hand tightly, with an unusually strong grip, and said with difficulty, "Help...help me to the toilet, quickly..."

Jiang Yutang felt relieved, thinking that she had just eaten something bad that upset her stomach. She quickly got up and said, "Don't worry, I'll help you to the woods."

The sound of the two getting up startled Jiang Songzhi. He squinted and propped himself up, asking in a deep voice, "Little sister, what happened?"

"Big brother, Mother isn't feeling well. I'll take her over there to see her." Jiang Yutang lowered his voice, afraid of waking the others.

She helped Yun Shi to the edge of the woods, while she stood guard at the entrance, already having made her plans.

Among the medicines I brought before leaving the county town was medicine for stomach aches. Since we're close to the river here, I can boil the medicine twice for my mother before we set off at dawn, which should relieve her pain.

She had just breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Yun stagger out of the woods, her face even more pale than before, her lips pale and bluish, and she could barely stand.

Jiang Yutang quickly stepped forward to support her and gently helped her back to the tent to lie down: "Mother, you lie down and rest for a while. I'll go to the river to fetch some water to boil medicine for you."

She had just stood up and taken two steps outside when a "whoosh" suddenly came from behind her.

Yun suddenly vomited, and the vomit emitted a foul odor that was particularly pungent in the quiet night.

Jiang Yutang paused, about to turn around and rush over, when she saw Yun Shi weakly raise her hand and stop her in a hoarse voice.

"No...don't come any closer!" Yun's eyes were blank and filled with helplessness. She gasped for breath and said haltingly, "I...I might have contracted cholera..."

Jiang Yutang was struck dumb, frozen in place, her mind blank.

She quickly calmed down, remembering the diagnostic methods she had learned from Lao Lang, and hurriedly took out a sun protection mask from her bosom and put it on. She then found a piece of cloth to cover her mouth and nose before carefully approaching to examine Yun's vomit.

The cloudy liquid containing undigested food is a common symptom of cholera.

She leaned down and asked again, "Mother, are you feeling cold? Or is there anything that's bothering you?"

Yun nodded, tears streaming down her face: "I feel weak and cold all over, just like those people before."

The symptoms match perfectly; it's definitely cholera.

Jiang Yutang felt a sudden darkness before her eyes and almost lost her balance. She barely managed to keep herself upright by bracing herself with her right hand on the ground.

How could this be? They have been away from the county town for four days, and no one has shown any symptoms of illness. Yun Shi was also fine a few days ago. How could she suddenly have contracted cholera?

She suddenly remembered the wooden bowl that had floated on the river, and the answer instantly came to her.

It must be that bowl!

At this moment, the family members around them were also awakened by the noise and gathered around to ask, "What's wrong with Mom? Something sounded off just now."

"Don't come any closer!" Jiang Yutang hurriedly stopped them, her voice trembling slightly but unusually firm, "Everyone back off! Her Majesty has contracted cholera!"

The group froze instantly, their sleepiness vanishing, replaced by shock and panic.

"What?!"

Just as Jiang Huaiyu was about to step forward, Jiang Songzhi grabbed her arm and said, "Don't go over there!"

“But…” Jiang Huaiyu’s face turned deathly pale with fright, and her clenched fists caused her entire arm to tremble uncontrollably.

Jiang Yutang stepped back to their side, deliberately keeping two steps away, afraid that she might have already contracted the germs and then pass them on to her family.

She let out a heavy breath, her hands trembling slightly as she placed them in front of her, and slowly voiced her guess.

“Logically speaking, the cholera outbreak in the team should have been under control long ago, and Mother had been perfectly fine before, so it's impossible for her to suddenly fall ill. I suspect... that someone deliberately transmitted the germs to Mother.”

She paused, her eyes darkening. "When Mother choked on a fishbone today, I came back to get a bamboo tube. When I returned to the river, I saw her drinking water from a wooden bowl. She said the bowl had floated down from the river. I always felt something was off about that bowl. Now that I think about it, maybe someone deliberately left a bowl used by a previous patient by the river, waiting for Mother to retrieve it."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the group instantly turned serious. They exchanged glances and saw the same thought in each other's eyes.

The Black Hawk Gang, hidden within the team, hasn't given up yet!

"That scoundrel!" Jiang Huaiyu exploded instantly, cursing in a low voice, her fists clenched so tightly they cracked. "Even now, he still won't let us go, and he even targets Mother. He deserves to die a horrible death! If I find him, I'll skin him alive!"

"Second brother, don't be impulsive." Jiang Jiuzhe quickly pressed him down and calmly advised, "Now is not the time to find the murderer. The most important thing is to cure Mother's illness. If something happens to Mother, finding the secret agent will be useless."

Jiang Shengan's hand, which was leaning on his cane, trembled uncontrollably. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Jiang Yutang, and asked with a hint of expectation in his voice, "Tang'er, are you confident in curing cholera?"

Jiang Yutang frowned deeply, her voice filled with barely concealed difficulty: "To be honest, I'm not very confident. None of the medicines we brought are effective against cholera. The only thing we can do now is to make sure Mother drinks plenty of clean water to prevent dehydration and hold on until we reach the next town with a doctor, where she will have a chance to be saved."

"But Mother's body can't take it!"

Jiang Sumin stamped his feet anxiously, his face turning red with anger: "We don't know how long it will take to reach the next city. What if we run out of water along the way, or what if Mother doesn't make it?"

The group tried to keep their voices down, but they still alerted the Cheng family members who were not far away.

Cheng Lanzhou noticed the unusual situation at the Jiang family's place early in the morning. He hadn't been sleeping well, but he vaguely heard a few important words and, combined with the commotion earlier, quickly figured it out.

Cheng Dai'er also woke up, frowning as she asked, "What's wrong with them? They're making a racket in the middle of the night."

Cheng Lanzhou explained in a deep voice: "Judging from their conversation, it seems that someone was maliciously infected with cholera."

"What?!" Cheng Daier was instantly wide awake, sitting up abruptly, her eyes filled with shock. "Who is so vicious? Playing tricks at a time like this!"

Cheng Lanzhou put on his coat, stood up, and said with certainty, "It's most likely the Black Hawk Gang. They wanted to make a move on the road to exile before, and they probably haven't given up yet. I'll go and take a look."

Before Cheng Dai'er could say anything more, Cheng Lanzhou had already strode towards the Jiang family's house.

When the Jiang family saw Cheng Lanzhou suddenly arrive, their urgent discussion instantly stopped, and they all fell silent, their eyes filled with wariness and embarrassment.

After all, the two families have not completely resolved their previous conflicts, and now the Yun family has encountered such a major incident, so it is really hard to know how to deal with it.

Cheng Lanzhou ignored the silence and walked straight to the front of the group, saying bluntly, "Now is not the time to hesitate; we need to find a way to stabilize the situation first."

He quickly glanced at the sick and weak Yun Shi lying on the bamboo mat and told her his solution.