The physician didn't dare be sure, only saying, "Places suitable for Ghost Head Pears to grow are usually deathtraps. In those kinds of lands, nothing, plant or animal, is benign. Besides, we don't know much about these dead zones, so it's hard to say if there could be a source of plague there. We'll only know for sure after we go and see."
Shen Hao nodded, then continued searching this household.
There was a hunting bow hanging on the wall, long and short spears in the corner, and some old beast traps in the inner room. This family must be hunters, right?
Going to the hall, there was a memorial tablet and an incense table. The tablet read: Xu Tianwu, Hai Xia Guard Decurion of the Jingxi Army.
The family must be honoring their elders here, surname Xu, someone who had been in the army—if we trace down, we should be able to find out. Shen Hao noted down the name.
