As they were checked one by one, common people who showed symptoms were sent here one after another. The treatment center was converted into a temporary ward. At Shen Tang's suggestion, the patients were divided into different areas according to the severity of their illness. The first batch of masks, gloves, and protective clothing were supplied to doctors, apprentices, and warriors who took care of the patients. The latter were mainly responsible for the physical work of contacting the patients.
Doctor Dong looked on with envy.
Which man has not dreamed of becoming a scholar with a good heart or a warrior with a brave heart, traveling the world with a sword, punishing evildoers and serving the people? Doctor Dong had such a dream, but he longed for a magical word that could cure all diseases.
But he knew that was impossible.
However, the literary/martial energy is really useful.
With these two things, the common people would not be threatened by the epidemic, and they would not have to worry about being infected when entering and leaving the ward. Doctor Dong wrote the prescription and asked his grandson to get and boil the medicine.
Soon, the air in the ward was filled with a faint scent of medicine.
The patient drank the medicine but there was no improvement.
Soon, the condition of several new patients worsened, and the vomited feces were mixed with conspicuous blood foam. Doctor Dong stayed in the ward and dared not close his eyes all night. Shen Tang, Qi Shan and Kang Shi were on standby at any time to input Wen Qi for the patients.
Most of the patients are ordinary people.
The meridians cannot withstand the infusion of literary energy.
If the amount is too small, the effect will not be obvious; if the amount is too large, the patient's meridians will be broken by the literary energy before he is killed by the disease.
This is an extremely delicate job that tests one's abilities.
But Wen Qi can only delay the disease from getting worse.
Doctor Dong looked tired.
"Why can't we clear the camp and detoxify?"
“…Forsythia suspensa, Coptis chinensis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Cortex moutan…”
He adjusted his prescriptions and dosages one by one.
Prescribe medicine according to the patient's symptoms.
Another person was seen with fat bulging and vomiting blood.
I wrote a prescription for detoxification and swelling reduction.
The ward was filled with the painful cries of unconscious patients, and beneath the aroma of medicine was the decay and stench of impending death.
At the same time, he had to devote most of his energy to investigating the source of the epidemic. Shen Tang had never felt a night so long and difficult.
When Gu Chi brought back several patients, he also brought some not-so-good news: he did not find the person who was causing the trouble.
"Either, there is no such person at all, and the epidemic is a natural disaster; or, this person evacuated Fugu after he succeeded..."
When Gu Chi is not busy at work, he likes to wander around, just like a sieve sifting Fu Gu again and again.
All the spies and informants who can be removed will be removed.
Today, Fugu City is very "clean".
Shen Tang rubbed his eyelids, which had barely closed all night, and tried to sort out his thoughts. He thought over and over again in his mind: "Wang Chao, have you checked the list of people who have entered and left the city in the past few days?"
Gu Chi whispered, "I checked it too."
They basically match.
There were no suspicious strangers or outsiders.
Shen Tang crossed his arms and said, suppressing his anger, "That's strange - the epidemic must have a source, and the timing is so coincidental. I can't convince myself that there is no one behind this! How could it be a natural disaster?"
Gu Chi provided a new line of inquiry.
This epidemic is almost identical to the one two or three years ago. Doctor Dong speculated that it was the disease from that year that was causing the problem. Perhaps we could start from this aspect. Why not check those two villages
Shen Tang himself had no idea.
So he agreed to Gu Chi's proposal.
"I'm sorry to bother Wang Chao with this matter." Shen Tang saw that Gu Chi didn't look very well, and said, "Are you still able to hold on? If not, I'll hand the job over to someone else. With your complexion, you can pass it off as real if you lie down on the bed in the ward."
Gu Chi naturally wouldn't say that he couldn't hold on.
Shen Tang asked Li Li to escort Gu Chi.
Bai Su stayed in the observation area to provide support.
If there weren't so few people and not enough time, Shen Tang would even want to send someone to Shangnan to ask Gu Ren if he had any good ideas to solve the epidemic. Everyone is in the same boat now.
Oh, there are also Zhang He and Zhang Yongqing.
"The battle that made Zhang Yongqing famous seems to be the Lingzhou Yiru epidemic? Although the symptoms of the two epidemics are different..."
Something flashed through his mind, but he was short of manpower. It was too late to find Nan Gu Ren, let alone Yi Ru Zhang He.
Lin Feng and Tu Rong were both children who had not yet gathered their literary and military courage, and it was not convenient for them to run around the ward, so they were asked to disinfect the buffer zone between the ward and the observation area, change into other clothes, and go to the observation area to help Captain Yang with his work.
For example, catching mice and killing insects and ants.
This is what Shen Tang meant.
She wasn't sure if this was the "Black Death", but as the saying goes, it's better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go! Anyway, as long as it's rats, cockroaches, insects, ants, etc., kill them first. All the bodies caught should be burned and not buried anywhere!
Well, Fugu City will have to get a few more cats in the future!
Tu Rong stepped on a big rat to death.
Other soldiers poured hot water on the ant nest.
Tu Rong wiped his sweat and said, "Will this really help?"
He had never heard that killing mice and watering ants could cure epidemics. This time, he was truly ignorant.
Captain Yang: "This is what Mr. Shen meant."
He also felt puzzled, but still did as he was told.
He had seen epidemics before.
He had personally experienced the tragic situation of the hell on earth after the outbreak, so he knew even more clearly how rare it was to have a backbone like Shen Tang who could make decisive decisions as soon as the disease showed signs and keep everything in order.
Tu Rong pursed his lips.
"Don't be lazy, check if the fire is set up."
"Hey, don't be angry, Mr. Yang. I'll go right away."
Tu Rong grabbed the mouse's tail with his gloves and swung it in circles, then trotted over to check the condition of the fire, which was not only used to burn snakes, insects, rats and ants, but also the dirty cloth stained with the patient's vomit.
If a patient dies, the body will be cremated.
Captain Yang laughed and scolded: "You bastard!"
Tu Rong's children were all spoiled by Shen Jun. They were childish. How old were they to still play with mice? But on second thought, this was also one of the unique cultures of Fugu City.
If not—
Let scholars of literary talent waste their literary energy on the patients
Only Mr. Shen would dare to bring up such a thing.
Likewise, only Qishan and a few others dared to respond.
For other scholars, the common people were just ants that they could not see, and the mainstream choice was to close the ward and let the patients fend for themselves. Anyway, as long as the epidemic was eradicated in a small area, it would be a great victory.
After all, compared to the outbreak and spread of the disease that killed tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of common people, the hundreds of lives lost in a few villages can't be called a loss at all. But Shen Jun's posture is like he wants to snatch people from the King of Hell, and he doesn't want to sacrifice a single life...
Captain Yang was arrogant all his life and never submitted to many people.
The former governor of Sibao County is one of them.
This person was very kind to him and was also his close friend, but Shen Jun and Shen Tang were different. Captain Yang and Shen Jun were even enemies.
The incident of intercepting the tax silver from Xiaocheng and deceiving Captain Yang was a dark history that makes my blood pressure soar just by thinking about it!
But with the subsequent life-saving grace, what he saw and heard during the journey, and what He Yin Fu Gu witnessed over the past few months, Captain Yang's emotions towards Shen Tang were mixed with too many complicated elements.
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