The imperial city of the Great Tang was also divided into three, six, and nine grades.
Living in the outer Urban area, a pile of broken shacks made of branches and withered grass was where the most refugees lived!
Their current situation was that they didn't have enough food and clothes.
Most of them had fled from their hometowns!
The two carriages passed through the narrow street, with soldiers leading the way!
With Zhou De riding at the front,
Li Yu, Zhangsun Wuji, and Wei Zheng were in the first carriage!
Princess Changle had a noble status and was served by palace maids.
Outside, there were endless cries filled with despair!
When all the refugees saw the luxurious carriage, they pounced on it like crazy!
"Please save us!"
"I beg you, sir, please save us!”
"Sir, we have never done anything illegal. We don't want to die!”
They were refugees and had no residence. They did not have a household register in the capital and were not to be taken seriously!
However, as conscious people, living was their last and greatest desire!
Princess Chang Le sat in the carriage and listened to the desperate cries outside. She could not bear to feel sad.
It was said that the Great Tang was prosperous, but there were still commoners living in hardship at the foot of the Imperial City.
The palace maid carefully served her at the side." Princess, don't be sad.”
"In an era of war, there are countless casualties and corpses everywhere.”
"Now that something has happened, the lords have come to deal with it immediately. They are concerned about the lives of the people.”
"It will definitely be dealt with quickly. Under His Majesty's rule, the Great Tang will prosper even more, and no one will have to worry about hunger!”
As soon as the palace maid finished speaking,
The carriage stopped. They had arrived at their destination!
Li Yu and the others alighted from the carriage first. Zhou De hurriedly moved to the side of the carriage.
Behind Zhou De stood a woman with messy hair and patched clothes. Her face was covered by dirty dust.
Li Yu glanced around and surveyed his surroundings!
In front of them was a dilapidated straw shed with a rotten smell, broken bowls and buckets, and drinking water.
The corpses were placed in two dilapidated straw huts!
Zhou De covered his nose with his hand and did not dare to get close.
He looked at Li Yu hesitantly.
"Li Yu, these corpses are parked here.”
"I'm afraid of the plague, so I don't dare to drag it to the Supreme Court!”
If the plague spread, it would be over!
Zhou De paused and looked at the woman behind him.
"This woman ran to the Supreme Court to report to the officials.”
The woman didn't say a word as she stared at Li Yu with a strange gaze!
Li Yu nodded slightly. The scene before him was bleak and dilapidated.
His expression became a little solemn.
Living conditions were so harsh, and it was easy to get infected and fall sick!
"You guys wait outside first. I'll go inside and examine the corpse!”
At this moment, the woman suddenly spoke.
"My brother's body is inside. I want to go in too!”
Li Yu nodded slightly.
Her brother was dead, so it was only natural that she wanted to enter and guard him!
Zhangsun Wuji followed behind and waited beside Princess Chang Le's carriage.
Princess Chang Le walked out.
Zhangsun Wuji exclaimed,
"Princess, please sit in the carriage. There are so many corpses inside. Li Yu hasn't done an autopsy yet. I don't know if it's a plague or poison.”
Princess Chang Le pursed her lips and looked at the scene around her, completely shocked!
Compared to her palace, the place in front of her was like the difference between heaven and earth!
She looked up and saw Li Yu taking out a mask, gloves, and other items from the wooden box. He distributed them to the people around him and prepared to go in for the autopsy.
And there was a dirty woman beside him, which made people's hearts ache!
Princess Changle lifted her skirt and hurriedly walked past Zhangsun Wuji.
"Li Yu, I want to go in with you to do the autopsy!”
Princess Changle's eyes were like the reflection of the stars, shining brightly.
Li Yu smiled upon hearing this. Regardless of the merits and demerits of the Tang Emperor, Li Shi Min, he had indeed nurtured a courageous, insightful, and courageous Princess Chang Le!
Li Yu raised his hand and handed the mask and gloves to Princess Chang Le.
"Princess, take these two items with you for protection.”
"You don't have to go in for this autopsy!"
"If princess is really shocked by this blind and desolate scene.”
"You can pacify the hearts of the refugees here. As the princess of the Great Tang, you have personally come to inspect and sympathize with the people.”
Princess Chang Le took the item from Li Yu's hands, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly.
No matter what, Li Yu was able to remain calm and collected!
And he had arranged it in the most perfect way!
However…
So many people had died, and Li Yu had come into contact with corpses. Wasn't he afraid of being infected? Wasn't he afraid of death…
Worry gathered in Princess Chang Le's eyes, while Li Yu had already carried the small wooden box, lifted the half-covered curtain, and entered the shed!
The woman held the mask and gloves that Li Yu had given her earlier. She put them on according to Li Yu's instructions and hurriedly walked in!
A dim oil lamp was lit in the middle of the room!
There were ten dead bodies placed in two rows on the left and right of the room!
They were all placed on simple wooden planks, and their corpses were stiff!
Through the mask, the body of the deceased began to rot in the room. The terrifying smell began to spread!
It entered his nose!
Li Yu smacked his lips and put down the wooden box." It seems that today's task load is huge!”
He tied up the sleeves with two thin ropes and opened the first corpse. The small wooden box was opened and the autopsy officially began!
The first corpse was a middle-aged man with a broken right leg.
The woman stood at the side and lowered her head as she spoke softly.
"This is my brother."
As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the shed became much more depressing!
Li Yu hummed softly and began to check his body.
Were there any wounds on his limbs?
He checked his eyeballs and the condition of his pupils.
His body was stiff!
Li Yu's hand paused and he frowned slightly.
"The victim's pupils are scattered, and there are no wounds on his body.”
"He had a strong physique, but he was dehydrated and vomited before he died. He should have had a fever.”
When the woman heard this, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Yu.
" How did you know?!"
He had only taken a few careful glances!
Li Yu did not raise his head as he spoke indifferently.
"I'm a coroner, this is my professional knowledge!”
Then,
The scalpel cut through the skin, and the skin tissue was destroyed.
There were large areas of bleeding under the skin on his abdomen, back, and elbows.
His stomach was shriveled and sunken!
His heart, fat, liver, and other internal organs had shrunk. The functions of all his organs before he was alive had gradually died!
When the woman saw Li Yu cut open the skin so decisively, she covered her mouth with her hand, and her eyes were filled with shock!
Li Yu frowned slightly and muttered softly.
"This shouldn't be…"
The symptoms after death were the epidemic bubonic plague, which had a common name, the Black Death!
This epidemic bubonic plague was one of the most serious diseases in human history!
It originated from the southwest of Asia and later spread to Europe!
Its destructive power was terrifying. If it was really the Black Death, perhaps one-fifth of the people in the Great Tang Imperial City would have died!
It wasn't because these twenty people had died in half a month!
The woman stood at the side, not daring to speak.
I saw Li Yu temporarily put aside his doubts.
He lifted his feet and walked towards the second corpse!
The second body was a young man who was about 20 years old.
His face was green and he looked like he was in pain when he died. He gritted his teeth and saliva flowed out.
His face was skinny, but his body was strangely swollen!
His stomach bulged like a rubber ball!
Li Yu said.
"Before the deceased died, his clothes were soaked in sweat again and again.”
"This symptom should be a fever before death, and sweat is flowing out non-stop.”
"There was another period of coldness.”
"It's as if my entire body has fallen into an ice cellar, and my legs and limbs are curled up!”
The woman was stunned for a long time before she nodded.
This person was simply godly. He was right on the mark!
"You're right!"
"Last night, when I was taking care of my brother, I saw that his entire body was sometimes cold and sometimes hot.”
When Li Yu heard this, his expression became even more serious.
Disinfect the scalpel and dissect the body!
The knife slashed down!
Dissect the stomach!
The woman was so frightened that she took a step back. She was shocked by Li Yu's sudden action!
"You…You actually dissected him!”
Li Yu said calmly.
"It's just for the autopsy."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yu observed his internal organs!
His spleen and liver were three times bigger!
His heart and lungs were being suppressed!
The scalpel paused. Although there was no professional instrument to examine the body, the symptoms of this young man's corpse were malaria!
Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes!
Once it entered the human bloodstream, it could remain dormant for up to 8 to 14 months.
The man had died from malaria in less than a month!
Logically speaking, the man should not have died!
Li Yu held the scalpel and leaned against the pillar.
Out of the twenty corpses, he had only examined two!
Two completely different diseases were detected!
Moreover, the plague did not spread to a large area. Causing a large number of deaths?
Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case!
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