Mr. Zhuang is now a minister of the sixth grade, and the crown prince didn't give him a job transfer, so he directly stuffed him into the Honglu Temple to work part-time.
The Minister of Honglu Temple knows more about the inside story, and he doesn't mind having such a person in the department. He said to his subordinates, "If there is no accident, His Majesty will go to the Western Regions to find the smallpox vaccination method this February. When the time comes, there will be someone from Honglu Temple, but if Zhuang Xun doesn't come, maybe one of you would like to go with Imperial Physician Zhou from the Imperial Hospital?"
Those who thought that Zhuang Xun had taken the position were immediately speechless.
Western Regions, is that so easy to go
Especially since they are still a group of literati, forget it, forget it, it would be good to do some translation in Honglu Temple.
So Mr. Zhuang's letter of appointment came down like this.
Man Bao was very happy, and happily said to Bai Shan: "In this way, we can go out to study with peace of mind, and we don't need to resign."
Bai Shan was also very happy. After all, they had already prepared to give up Zhuangzi's investment for the past two years. Who knew they could turn around
"How are the twelve patients doing?" he asked.
"Six of them have completely cleared up their acne," Man Bao said here, feeling a little depressed, and said, "No. 5 didn't survive last night, but No. 7 is much better today. I used three sets of acupuncture for him yesterday. Most of the fever has subsided, as long as it doesn't repeat itself, it should be fine."
"Others are getting better as well."
Bai Shan said: "Then we can write a letter to talk about the trip to the Western Regions."
Man Bao nodded, "Let's wait for all the connections to come out, so I will have more confidence to write the letter."
Within two days, the remaining five patients were also out of danger one after another, and the pimples on their bodies gradually disappeared. Some people had pimple marks on their bodies because they couldn't resist scratching, but compared with their lives, few people cared about this.
Besides, they are all felons.
Man Bao sorted out their pulse cases and presented them to the emperor together with Doctor Lu Zheng of Xiao Yuan.
The emperor didn't have much expression on his face, but he was still a little excited in his heart, "With the current probability, even if we can't find a method for cowpox, human pox can be used."
Man Bao and Xiao Yuan looked at each other, bowed their heads and said in reply: "Yes, if smallpox is raging, it is much better for us to take the initiative to vaccinate than to inadvertently infect it, but the shortcomings of smallpox are also visible. , the reaction is still a bit big, and many people can't help scratching, leaving pockmarks on their faces."
Pockmarks are equivalent to being disabled, and this is still a very serious illness.
The emperor nodded thoughtfully, and handed over the pulse case to Xiao Yuanzheng, and let him and Imperial Physician Lu retire, leaving behind Zhou Man.
He said: "The Queen has something to ask you, you can stay and have lunch with the Queen."
Man Bao was slightly stunned, then bowed his head in response.
In fact, it was the emperor who wanted to ask her something, and their movements were not small. Recently, Bai Erlang was saying goodbye to people in the Chongwen Museum, even accepting gifts.
The emperor asked her, "Bai Shan and Bai Cheng also went to the Western Regions with you?"
Man Bao lowered his head and replied with a guilty conscience, "They also want to see what the Western Regions are like."
The emperor snorted softly and said, "Do you want to see what the Western Regions are like, or is it because this is a study tour planned early in the morning?"
Man Bao didn't expect the emperor to know, so he lowered his head and didn't dare to defend himself.
The emperor walked slowly with his hands behind his back, and said after a while: "Young man, I know, you should walk more. It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Even if he is a son-in-law, it is a good thing that he has more knowledge."
Man Bao nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, Mr. always said that the third junior brother has no plans in his mind, and he should go out more to practice and practice."
The emperor glanced at her and asked, "So there really is a vaccinia law in the Western Regions?"
Man Bao immediately said seriously: "I heard this from a Western Region businessman, Your Majesty, how dare I lie about such a matter?"
The emperor also felt that she would not lie about such a matter, and asking this question was just to make sure.
He sighed and said, "Since that's the case, then go back and get ready."
Man Bao was overjoyed, and immediately bowed to salute, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely fulfill my mission."
After paying the salute, he asked: "Then shall I go to accompany the empress to have lunch?"
Emperor: "... Mingda and Changyu are still waiting for you, go quickly."
Man Bao immediately bowed and left, and ran to the queen's palace first.
The emperor shook his head, Gu Zhong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou still looks like a child."
The emperor said: "It was not very old, so I have been hesitating whether to really let them go to the Western Regions. Three young people are still too young."
"Isn't there still Zhuang Shi talking about it?"
"Too old again."
The emperor thought of something, suddenly smiled and said: "This is not urgent, just wait a little longer and see where to send them two more people to go there."
Gu Zhong was puzzled, and the emperor didn't explain, and walked away leisurely with his hands behind his back.
When Man Bao went to the Queen's Palace, Ming Da and Chang Yu were sitting cross-legged on the couch embroidering. Seeing her coming, Chang Yu immediately threw away the embroidery shed in his hand, jumped down, and didn't even have time to put on his shoes. Then he ran towards her, "Are you here to ask the queen mother for a pulse?"
The queen glanced at Chang Yu's half-embroidered flowers, shook her head, and stopped holding her.
Man Bao smiled at Chang Yu, and saluted the queen first.
The queen asked with a smile, "Your Majesty asked you to come?"
Man Bao responded, "Your Majesty asked me to come and see Your Majesty, and said that Your Majesty has something to say to me."
The queen knew that the emperor had agreed to let them go to the Western Regions, she smiled slightly, and turned to look at the grand lady beside her.
The maid of honor then turned around and went to the inner room, and came out with a box in a short while.
The queen opened the box, and inside was a short dagger with a black leather scabbard. She took it out and pulled the dagger halfway out, the light reflected some dazzling light on the blade.
She turned the knife around and said with a smile: "This is Princess Pingyang's knife. You are going to the Western Regions. The journey is long and dangerous. I have nothing else to give you, so I will give you the knife used by Princess Pingyang." , I hope to keep you safe."
Man Bao was surprised, and didn't dare to pick it up for a while, "Give it to me? Wouldn't it be too good?"
The queen inserted the knife into the scabbard, put it in her hand and said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with it, and His Majesty knows about it. Smallpox is not stingy with scourges. If you can find a way to prevent it, the credit will be due to the prince. You deserve the knife."
Man Bao grasped the dagger, nodded seriously after a while, "Don't worry, my lady, I will definitely work hard."
Try to discuss the vaccinia method with Teacher Mo, and then implement it.
The queen nodded in satisfaction, nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Let's have lunch here at noon today."
She glanced at Mingda who was sitting on the side, stood up and said with a smile: "I still have some palace affairs to deal with, you guys talk first."