When Chu Yan came back at noon, he happened to see Xia Mochu carrying a sack of medicinal materials on his shoulder at the entrance of the village, running towards the village excitedly.
"Xia Mochu!" Chu Yan yelled, Xia Mochu looked back, and ran away when he saw that it was Chu Yan. For some reason, he was afraid of Chu Yan from the bottom of his heart.
Xia Mochu was full of enthusiasm, and he didn't have the airs of the arrogant son of a family in Beijing at all. He couldn't help much, so he followed others to do rough work like moving medicinal materials. After noon, Su Yan's opinion of him changed a lot.
Chu Yan withdrew his gaze, and raised his legs to go to the yard where everyone in Baiweitang was working. Everyone was busy with their work. Su Yan looked at the casserole for cooking medicine in person. When she saw Chu Yan coming, she mentioned the nickname beside her. He said to Chu Yan, "Help me watch the pot, and I'll grab a few more medicines to try."
She tried all the prescriptions written last night, but the patient did not see any reaction after drinking it, and even the high fever did not subside. So she had to try again.
Chu Yan sat on the low stool and watched the fire, and said to Su Yan, "I saw Xia Mochu just now."
Su Yan hummed, and said while grabbing the medicine: "He came early in the morning, and I let him in. He's not bad, but the life he lived was too comfortable, and he was a little too out of tune."
Hearing that Su Yan's evaluation of Xia Mochu was much better than before, Chu Yan nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "Old General Xia has only one seedling in his family, so we can't let him make mistakes."
"You have to take care of him." Su Yan gave Chu Yan a powerless look, grabbed a pair of medicines and set up another pot, sat side by side with Chu Yan and looked at the casserole, waiting After the medicine was boiled, Su Yan immediately took out the medicine and delivered it to the patient who hadn't taken the medicine. Chu Yan didn't have anything to do, so she followed Su Yan to take care of the patient.
Su Yan is in charge of sick children. Children need more care than adults, so Su Yan stays here except for decocting medicine, for fear that any child will not be taken care of, which will delay the illness. Chu Yan also followed Su Yan's example and changed the veils on the foreheads of each child, and fed them medicine with a spoon.
Maybe it was because Chu Yan didn't like to laugh, and his expressionless face was scary all the time. None of the children he fed was hypocritical, and they all drank the medicine obediently.
Seeing Chu Yan's careful look, a smile appeared on the corners of Su Yan's eyes and brows.
"Sister, you are so pretty." After saying this, a little girl sitting next to Su Yan shyly hid behind the other girl.
Su Yan turned around and touched the girl's soft hair, her gaze was gentle.
In the afternoon of that day, Pei Shoucheng ordered people to tidy up the surrounding villages, and then dispersed the patients. For a while, Su Yan felt that the air in the whole Ge Bazi Village seemed to be better. All the children Su Yan took care of stayed in Ge Bazi Village, and they all had houses to live in. Their faces were flushed with joy, and they were reluctant to let go of the newly issued quilts.
Seeing the innocent smiles on the children's faces, Su Yan felt more and more heavy in her heart.
After a busy day, she had no progress except seeing a few children getting seriously ill, and there was no news from Mrs. Zhong. Su Yan specially asked Gu Fengyan to go to the imperial hospital to inquire about the situation, and learned that the people in the imperial hospital were helpless. That night, Su Yan asked Chu Yan to find some ancient books for her, and she stayed up all night looking through them.
Half a month passed in a flash.
As time passed day after day, Su Yan tried a total of hundreds of prescriptions, but there were only two prescriptions that could be used, but they could only delay the exacerbation of the disease, and could not cure the root cause at all.
However, the number of patients who could be accommodated in three villages has gradually increased to fill the entire Wujin County, and it is even a bit crowded.
That night, all the people in Baiweitang were gathered in a room by Mrs. Zhong, and sat down around a big wooden table.
"Yutang, please tell everyone about today's situation." Mrs. Zhong's eyes were black and blue, which was caused by overwork.
Lu Yutang's situation was no better than that of Mrs. Zhong, exhaustion was written on his handsome face: "A total of 52 patients died today, and 123 patients were sent from surrounding villages and counties. .Master has taught how to stop the plague, but the number of sick people is still increasing sharply. Some patients don't believe us and hide at home alone for treatment. As a result, more and more people are infected. We... really It's powerless."
After hearing Lu Yutang's words, the atmosphere in the room was a bit heavy, and everyone lowered their heads in unison.
After Lu Yutang finished speaking, Gu Fengyan stood up again and said: "Now not only Wujin County, but also Cheng'an County, Lianqu County, and even Huaizhou have also found patients with the disease. , so our top priority now is to research a cure for the disease."
As soon as the voice fell, the atmosphere in the room became even more depressing.
Su Yan pursed her lips, feeling more anxious than anyone else. She clearly remembered that it took four months for the plague in the previous life to be cured by Mrs. Zhong, and now it has been almost two months since the outbreak of the plague. If the situation is allowed to develop, the best result will be There are two more months until this plague is over.
The people who died in Huaizhou City were cremated every day in a centralized manner. Every time the cremation was performed, the flames were so bright that the smoke would not dissipate overnight, which was enough to show how many people died! If it goes on like this for another two months... Su Yan simply can't imagine.
Mrs. Zhong took a deep breath, and clapped her hands vigorously: "Cheer up, everyone, you must believe in yourself." Just like fighting, morale is a very important thing.
At this moment, a drug boy pushed the door open, with a panicked look on his face: "The shopkeeper! It's not good! An imperial doctor in the courtyard next door had a fever. I'm not sure if it's the plague, but he's been quarantined now." .”
At the same time, in the capital thousands of miles away, in Prince Qin's Mansion.
"Your Highness, the people who went to Suzhou have returned."
Qin Wang's eyes lit up, he pushed away the concubine lying on him, got up and put on his outer clothes, and immediately called people in.
Less than two moments later, a person rode out from the gate of Prince Qin's mansion on horseback, and headed straight for the palace.
When King Qin arrived at the palace, the emperor hadn't gone to the harem yet, and was reading a letter in the imperial study. Seeing King Qin coming in, he handed the letter to King Qin: "This is the news that Chu Yan sent someone, and the letter said that at present, the situation in Wujin County is not optimistic, and the imperial doctors can't come up with an effective treatment for the time being." method, so that the imperial court is ready to support at any time."
The emperor frowned. The outbreak of the plague was more severe than he expected. It had developed to this point in just over a month, and the letter was sent half a month ago. The situation will only get worse.
Ever since the news of the plague came out, people were panicked. People from the uninfected cities near Huaizhou all moved to distant places with their families for fear of catching the plague. Even the people in the capital were panicked, and I don't know where the prescription came out, saying that isatidis can prevent the plague, so everyone is taking it, which caused the price of isatidis in the capital to soar.
After reading the letter, King Qin also frowned, Su Yan is still in Huaizhou, since this plague is so overbearing, then she...
Thinking of this in his heart, King Qin mumbled without noticing for a moment: "Su Yan is still in Huaizhou."
The emperor noticed the strangeness when King Qin mentioned Su Yan, and looked up at King Qin.
King Qin realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and he didn't hide it too much, but cleverly changed the subject: "I have already found out about the matter of County Lord Le'an and Aunt Jinyang."