Madam, please give me some advice

Chapter 315 Solving the Disaster

The drainage problem was solved. After the three princesses finished their meal, they went to patrol the village. Everything went smoothly as planned...

Unexpectedly, a few days later, I heard that the villagers were clamoring to not allow the corpse to be burned, and many people who had originally agreed to it changed their minds.

Moreover, the corpse had changed because it had been soaked for too long, and the smell was extremely bad, attracting countless flies and insects...

The villagers went against the officials and refused to burn the bodies, so they gathered in groups to discuss and even curse.

"What do you mean she has a kind heart? I think she has a heart of a poisonous scorpion..."

"Who is the kind person who ordered people to burn the body? This is not something a human being would do..."

"That's right, what a cruel heart!"

"I suffered a great crime before I died, and I can't rest in peace after I die. You rich people don't take us ordinary people seriously at all, and you don't care whether we live or die!"

"Anyway, I won't burn it, and no one is allowed to burn my wife..."

"I don't have a fever either, my poor child!"

"As for me, my mother and father didn't have a fever, and they didn't have a good life when they were alive.

They finally recovered in the past two years, but unexpectedly a flood took them away cruelly.

Not only did they take them away, but now these heartless people are even going to burn them at the stake to death, leaving them without a complete body. My poor mother!

I am an unfilial child! Don't worry, I didn't let you live a good life, but I will never let them burn you to death."

"Yes, as long as we are alive, we will never let them burn our relatives..."

"Yes, yes, yes, no, no, we won't burn it..."

......

There were grumblings in several places. Out of hundreds of households, only about ten agreed to burn the bodies. Many bodies were piled up in each village.

It was noisy and smelly. Ji Xingle wore a mask and looked at these people with a heavy gaze.

The Third Princess and the others knew the bad things Ji Xingle said, but thinking that those who died were their relatives after all, they did not allow the burning and understood their difficulties.

So they communicated with them in a friendly manner, and for the safety of the rest of the people, the Third Princess even promised to burn a corpse and give them a hundred coins.

Unfortunately, they refused to listen, and the third princess had no choice but to find Ji Xingle again and ask what to do.

Ji Xingle knew what she meant. She simply knew that she liked to do good deeds and was afraid that if she didn't handle it well, Ji Xingle would get angry.

But Ji Xingle only gave her one sentence;

"Deal with this on your own terms."

Hearing this, the Third Princess breathed a sigh of relief and happily asked Li Danqiu to handle it.

That night, the wailing, cursing, and other angry and sad sounds of the villagers and officials fighting over the corpse resounded through the sky, making the bystanders feel heartbroken...

Ji Xingle sat on the roof, watching them cry and complain about their helplessness calmly.

Originally, we let them find a place to burn the body themselves, and they could have found a whole body, but they didn't know what was good for them.

Ji Xingle couldn't sympathize with the situation, nor did he want to sympathize with it.

After a night of work by the officials, several pits were filled with corpses, and all were set on fire before dawn.

Poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. The families of those who caused trouble also thought of the options they were given before. Now they have nothing.

Seeing this, they could only vent their anger on the officials.

Many officials were beaten by villagers because of their carelessness, but the villagers were not in a good situation either, as both they and the officials were hurt.

Not only did they not receive any compensation, they also could not get their relatives' ashes back, and they were all beaten with sticks for delaying official duties.

Anyone who dares to make trouble or say one more word will be beaten, and in serious cases will be put into jail. They have no choice but to cry and blame others.

Originally, they accepted their fate, believing that the people could not defeat the officials, but some idiot came up with a bad idea and asked them to write a petition to the emperor.

As a result, they really united all the villages in private and wrote a letter to tens of thousands of people.

The Third Princess laughed angrily when she learned about this. Ji Xingle also thought that these people were daydreaming. With so many officials, could the letter be delivered even if it was written?

Who will send it? Don’t they think about these things?

Although the Ten Thousand People Book did not cause any harm to them, the Third Princess still sent people to investigate. After a few days of investigation, they finally found the instigator.

As a result, when the three princesses arrived, the man had already hanged himself, and the clues were cut off here.

But the Third Princess did not give up, and asked her subordinates to continue investigating who she was in close contact with...

By the way, the news was spread that someone was trying to stir up a conflict between the people and the court, hoping to use this opportunity to get the court to get rid of the people who were flooded.

Because they suspected that there would be infectious diseases in the flooded villages.

Once the news got out, regardless of whether it was true or not, the people finally became scared. They could make a fuss,

After all, the law does not punish the masses, but if the court really wants to send people to kill them,

Then they can't live even if they want to. It doesn't matter if they die, but their children are still young, they can't die...

A group of people knelt down at the gate of the yamen, hoping that the Third Princess and others would save their lives and apologize for their previous ridiculous actions.

Ji Xingle didn't pay attention to these things. Instead, while the corpse was burned, he took out the antibacterial and sterilizing disinfectant from the laboratory and distributed it to the officials, asking them to spray the whole yamen inside and out.

The Third Princess made peace with the villagers, and Ji Xingle distributed potions to the villagers, and even asked them to go to the mountains to find antiseptic herbs and water just in case.

You can't drink the water from the river or the well. You have to clean the well and drain the water several times before you can use it. You can't drink the water raw...

The chattering was so intense that not only the Third Princess and the villagers, but even the doctors who were called in to prepare the medicine were dumbfounded.

Seeing their incredulous expressions, Ji Xingle frowned and asked;

"Any questions?"

At once, they all put on expressions of admiration and replied;

"No, no, no, I just didn't expect that Mr. Sinong not only knows how to grow crops, but also knows so much about pharmacology."

"Yes, yes, that's amazing. You are indeed someone I admire."

"Yes! Yes! The presence of Lord Sinong and the Empress is truly a blessing to the people!"

......

Just as they were praising Ji Xingle, a doctor holding the potion given by Ji Xingle asked:

"Master Sinong, how exactly is this done? Is it really as magical as you say?"

"It's effective, but you wouldn't understand the formula even if I told you. Even if you did, you wouldn't be able to make it. It's better not to know."

After all, this was extracted from the high technology of the end times, and it really couldn't be done in this era, but they obviously didn't believe it.

But they were kind and could use their imagination to think that this was Ji Xingle's family's secret recipe that was not easy to spread, so they did not bother too much.

The whole nation began to work together again, decocting medicine, searching for medicine, spraying medicine...

The villagers also reached a consensus. They picked a good day, picked up the bones and ashes in the pit, and found a good feng shui site to rebury them. They agreed to worship together in the future.

Ji Xingle and the three princesses stayed here for nearly two months without any trouble. The villagers' homes were also being rebuilt.

During this period, no illness occurred, only common colds and fevers. Compared with the past, the villagers thanked Ji Xingle, the three princesses and others...

People outside were already prepared to hear bad news, and some vendors even took the opportunity to stock up on a lot of medicinal materials.

I wanted to take this opportunity to post some good news, but after waiting for more than a month, I didn't hear any good news from them, which made them very anxious.

Some people who had inside information even quietly sold the herbs at low prices, hoping to get back as much as they could.

Soon after, everyone who heard the news suffered heavy losses.

When the empress, who was far away in the capital, learned that the matter was handled so perfectly, she was overjoyed and muttered that she would reward Ji Xingle and others.