The list for going to Wujin County for disaster relief was quickly finalized. The imperial hospital sent Chen Yuanpan and a dozen highly qualified imperial doctors to accompany Su Yan, and the household department sent two Lingshi and a dozen small officials. Other ministries also sent people to Wujin County, and Chu Yan accompanied him as an imperial envoy.
As for things such as grain, grass and medicinal materials, the Ministry of Households allocates funds to purchase them all over the country and transfer them to Hardware County.
An Jingbo, as the general manager of the disaster relief appropriation, took full command of the capital from the capital. It is worth mentioning that, when he learned that Su Yan was going to Wujin County, Uncle An Jing not only had no intention of stopping him, but instead publicized Su Yan's superb medical skills outside the public.
Lady Zhong packed up and set off on the third day after receiving Su Yan's news, while Su Yan, Chu Yan and his party set off from the capital on the next day.
On the day when Chu Yan and his party left, the emperor personally sent them off, and Princess Jinyang asked her mother to bring Su Yan a full two burdens of dry food.
But as soon as the large army walked out of the city gate, within twenty miles, a man rushed up on horseback.
"Wait for me! Wait for me!" Xia Mochu came on horseback with a huge burden on his back, his eyes lit up when he saw Chu Yan.
"Wow!" Chu Yan reined in his horse, raised his head and turned to look at Xia Mochu.
Xia Mochu's royal horse came up to Chu Yan, and said excitedly, "I'll go with you to help the disaster."
However, Chu Yan glanced behind Xia Mochu, saw the servant who was not following him, and asked, "Does General Xia know?"
Xia Mochu looked at Chu Yan like an idiot: "I definitely don't know! If he knows that I'm going to Wujin County, won't my legs be discounted?"
Chu Yan had an expression that he knew it would be like this, ignored Xia Mochu at all, turned around and rode away.
Xia Mochu hurriedly chased after him: "If you don't let me follow me, you can ride on your own. If a bandit or something robs me on the road, you will be responsible."
"Throw him back." Chu Yan gave an order, and immediately a guard stepped forward and pulled Xia Mochu off the horse, and carried him away aggressively. Chu Yan could only hear Xia Mochu's constant yelling.
Inside the carriage, Zhong Ning scratched her ears and said to Su Yan, "Senior Sister, I seem to have heard Xia Mochu's voice."
"Why didn't I hear it?" Su Yan put down the medical book, opened the car window and looked out, just in time to see Xia Mochu being pulled out, Su Yan closed the car window as if nothing happened, and said to Zhong Ning: "You misheard."
Chu Yan told her that from a man's point of view, Xia Mochu should have some thoughts on Zhong Ning, so Su Yan sincerely didn't want Zhong Ning to have anything to do with Xia Mochu, an ignorant young man. I'm afraid that Zhong Ning will be fooled by him.
Don't mention that Xia Mochu is unreliable in the first place, but Zhong Ning is used to being free and unrestrained, and she refuses to accept any rules. The Xia family is also a prominent family, so they will definitely not accept a Jianghu woman like Zhong Ning to marry into the family, let alone marry her into the family. Don't mention marrying her as a regular wife, Su Yan doesn't want Zhong Ning to suffer any grievances in this kind of matter.
But Su Yan didn't know that something like fate couldn't be hindered by human power.
Huaizhou is in the west, Su Yan and his party entered Huaizhou after walking for more than 20 years because the imperial physician was very old. Nothing can be seen outside Huaizhou, but when he arrived at Huaizhou City, Su Yan saw someone guarding the city gate from a distance, and no one was allowed to enter or leave except those with warrants.
Knowing that the people sent by the emperor were coming, Pei Shoucheng, the prefect of Huaizhou, immediately went out of the city to welcome Chu Yan and his party in.
Seeing that the imperial envoy sent by the emperor was a young man in his early twenties, Pei Shoucheng heaved a sigh of relief, and smiled at Chu Yan: "The imperial envoy is very polite. I think you have not had lunch yet after all the hard work? The officer is ready." After the meal, please follow me to eat some rough tea and light rice first."
"No need." Chu Yan coldly rejected Pei Shoucheng: "Where is the most serious epidemic in Huaizhou now?"
"Wujin County, that's where the plague came from." Pei Shoucheng still didn't give up on the road of getting in touch with the imperial envoy first: "Everyone, let me go and eat some food first, or..."
Before Pei Shoucheng could finish speaking, Chu Yan rode his horse and walked past Pei Shoucheng, still with the expression of not approaching strangers on his face, and ignored him directly.
Before that, Chu Yan had checked all the big and small officials in Huaizhou, and he knew who was loyal and who was treacherous. The Taishou of Huaizhou was a corrupt official with his back on a big tree, and he suppressed the outbreak of the plague in Wujin County this time. If Su Yan's people hadn't discovered it earlier, Pei Shoucheng might have kept this matter under wraps for some time.
The smile froze on Pei Shoucheng's face, and a gloomy glint flashed in his eyes, but then he rushed up to Chu Yan, flattering him in every possible way.
The weather in Huaizhou was much warmer than that in the capital city, and it was already getting warmer at this time, Su Yan opened the car window a small crack, and Zhong Ning kept watching the situation outside.
Even though it was broad daylight, there were very few pedestrians in the main city of Huaizhou. Occasionally, a few people would hurry and walk against the wall, seeing Chu Yan and his group as if they hadn't seen them. This situation became more serious as it went towards Wujin County. Wujin County had been completely isolated, so the place where everyone stayed was Lin County and Cheng'an County of Wujin County.
It took more than three hours to walk from Huaizhou to Cheng'an County, and it was already dark when we arrived in Da'an County.
As soon as she got out of the car, Su Yan could smell the smell of boiled vinegar everywhere, and at a glance, she saw the flags of Baekweitang hanging outside the seven or eight houses on the roadside.
The entire team is full of men, only Su Yan, Zhong Ning, Cai Xia and Liu Xiang are women, so when Su Yan and the others get off the car, all eyes are on them.
Chu Yan introduced: "This is the head of Le'an County, who came to control the epidemic by the order of the Holy One."
As soon as Chu Yan finished speaking, there was a few sneers immediately. Su Yan followed the voice and looked over, and saw several old imperial doctors looking at her with disdain.
Among them, an old imperial doctor with a beard said directly: "It's ridiculous for a woman to practice medicine!"
Chu Yan showed displeasure, but Su Yan told him before that no matter what the imperial doctors said, he would ignore it.
"You can't say that. I have seen the county magistrate treat people with my own eyes. The magistrate's medical skills really make me feel ashamed." The imperial doctor who spoke looked young, only in his twenties, Su Yan She felt that he was a little face-to-face, and when she thought about it carefully, she saw it when she was treating the eldest grandson of Prince Yan's mansion.
The bearded imperial doctor retorted: "How long have you been practicing medicine? How much knowledge do you have?"
The young imperial doctor wanted to say something more, but he was dragged by the people around him, and his face flushed.