City's Best Divine Doctor-Chapter 1542 - 1541: Many May Have Lived Here Before

Chapter 1542: Chapter 1541: Many May Have Lived Here Before

Wen Xin had already been transferred to his side, but since she was taking care of patients last night, she appeared very tired. After Ye Qiu asked her to go back and rest, Ye Qiu was ready to go out for another round with Zhou Wenting.

He thought that the words of the old lady might be true. Obviously, in the era of the old lady’s mother, it was very likely that an epidemic outbreak could have occurred.

Moreover, yesterday when Ye Qiu and Zhou Wenting went out, they discovered that this mountain village, although seemingly sparse with few people, had stone roads all paved with various sized stones. He felt that these stone roads must be at least a hundred years old.

It couldn’t have just appeared in recent decades.

"Wenting, did you see these stone paths?"

"I saw them, what’s strange about them?"

"The road you’re walking on here is at least a hundred years old. And judging by the extent to which the stones have sunken under normal walking pressure, I can deduce that this mountain village used to have at least two to three thousand people."

Two to three thousand people?

Now this village only has two to three hundred people?

How is that possible?

Zhou Wenting was truly surprised.

What kind of person was Ye Qiu? He had absorbed so much Soul Consciousness, from those mathematical and physical geniuses. Just by squatting down and casually digging up these stones to look, he already knew.

"Could it be that it wasn’t done during previous construction when people used tools to hammer them down?" Zhou Wenting asked curiously.

Although she was also a science student, she wasn’t skilled in these matters.

And now she couldn’t believe that Ye Qiu just squatted and observed, and he actually knew.

"I’ve already considered that scenario. Moreover, we can keep walking, it is likely that the road stretches further into the distance like this. Imagine if not many people lived here before, why would those villagers spend so much effort to build such a road?"

After all, it’s labor-intensive and costly, especially in the past, building a road was probably not easy, unlike now with various excavators, bulldozers, and cement available.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wenting began to believe Ye Qiu’s deduction, feeling it really could be the case.

Ye Qiu and Zhou Wenting walked further in, having gone five to six hundred meters deep, with high mountains on both sides. To their surprise, the ground here was also covered with those stone roads, looking they have hundred-year history.

From Ye Qiu’s Feng Shui perspective, he pointed to a small mountain field opposite and said, "I can tell you, here and there, and over here, people used to live there, and likely a lot of them."

Now that Zhou Wenting looked, all she saw was a vast expanse of trees and bamboo groves. How could anyone have lived there?

Even if people did live there, shouldn’t there be some ruins?

"Where did those people go?" Zhou Wenting asked in astonishment.

"Of course, they moved away or died."

Died?

If they moved, then where did they move to?

Could it be due to war?

Zhou Wenting was truly amazed, and Ye Qiu led her further inside. In the midst of the vast bamboo grove, as expected, they saw discarded porcelain bowls and some unmelted household trash, all from the bygone era.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Wenting felt an inexplicable fear and apprehension.

"Could it be that during that epidemic, most of the people really died?"

Now, inside the bamboo grove, it was very dark with hardly any sunlight, and Zhou Wenting felt scared. As she pulled Ye Qiu to leave, Ye Qiu picked up a bowl from the ground and walked out. The porcelain bowl had no markings.

But Ye Qiu knew it was definitely from over a hundred years ago, used during the era of the old lady’s mother.

As they were leaving, Zhou Wenting said, "I always feel this place instills a sense of dread."

"Logically, from a Feng Shui standpoint, these areas are actually not suitable for habitation. So when the population increased, problems likely arose. If the old lady is correct, during that epidemic almost everyone perished. It’s just that back then, media and communication weren’t advanced, so even with large-scale deaths, outsiders might not have known, and the incident was covered up. I asked Chief Wei, and he’s at an age where he hasn’t heard of it either, so I had him investigate the county records. They might have some documentation. However, it’s primarily about finding the real source of virus transmission, where exactly it originated."

Yet, the more Zhou Wenting listened, the more fearful she felt.

Could it be that the village’s water source or food supply had issues?

But how could that be, when those villagers lived there safely for decades, and it’s only now that problems are emerging.

"So how do we investigate?"

"First, we ask the old lady, or those who are older, they might know something."

However, Ye Qiu felt that the oldest person surviving in this village might be this old lady. By her age, she should be over seventy, and her mind is still sharp, so she should remember many things from before.

Ye Qiu and Zhou Wenting went back to the village, taking about twenty minutes to return.

Chief Wei was puzzled about where these two had been. Seeing Ye Qiu come back with a broken bowl, he curiously asked, "Dr. Ye, what are you doing with this broken bowl?"

"This is an artifact, valuable. I picked it up from the mountain."

What kind of valuable artifact?

Chief Wei was baffled.

"Chief Wei, didn’t I ask you yesterday? This mountain village likely used to have many inhabitants, but a similar epidemic occurred before, killing most people. I asked you to investigate the county records. This porcelain bowl is evidence left by those people from before."

What?

Is this true?

Chief Wei thought Ye Qiu was joking, but unexpectedly, everything seemed to be true.

"Dr. Ye, I thought you were just joking."

"Why would I joke around? The old lady said her mother experienced it, and luckily survived, hence she passed it down. Unexpectedly, now there’s another outbreak. Thus, to find this epidemic’s transmission source, we must swiftly investigate whether it’s related to the past."

However, a lot of time has passed, making the investigation quite challenging.

Moreover, even other experts and investigation teams are mainly looking into the first deceased villager and those dead livestock.

"Dr. Ye, I will immediately report this upwards. If it proves to be true, then this matter might be more troublesome, and a thorough investigation is indeed necessary."

"I am most afraid that after treating these patients, another outbreak occurs after some time. Therefore, before leaving, this matter must definitely be investigated thoroughly."