After the earthquake, the road leading to Muzhai was covered with mud and the bridge was broken. The road started to break after the rescue workers entered. In order to open the road as soon as possible, the rescue workers stayed in Muzhai to help clear the silt and repair the bridge and the official road.
In this earthquake, 300 people died and more than 900 were injured in Muzhai. Because they could not get out, more than 200 of these 900 injured people died later. Finally, the officers and soldiers who entered Muzhai for rescue had to take another longer route to find a doctor.
Later, a doctor was invited, but who could have imagined that the doctor would fall ill on the third day after entering Muzhai.
The doctor was sick with an epidemic disease, but before entering Mu Village, he didn't even know it because he had no symptoms.
After three days in Muzhai, he had seen and come into contact with almost all the wounded. These wounded had no resistance, and more than half of them were infected with the disease.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the emperor has issued an edict that all villages and regions where the epidemic has broken out must be blocked from the outside world and all communication must be cut off. Civilian doctors are not allowed to go in to treat the epidemic at will. Doctors must be assigned by local government offices.
The imperial court's Huimin Bureau employed a group of doctors. There were Huimin Bureaus in various places, which were equivalent to public hospitals.
The doctor who entered Muzhai with the epidemic disease was the doctor from Huimin Bureau.
However, ever since the incident, according to the emperor's instructions, we have cut off contact with the outside world and sent a message asking the government to send a doctor in. Until now, no doctor has come.
Just like that, the epidemic broke out in this wooden village, and most of the people who were injured at the time died. A small number of them died from their injuries, but most of them died from the epidemic.
The officers and soldiers who went in to rescue had separated the sick and healthy people into east, south, west and north areas.
Healthy people in the East Side live in the East Side.
The South District is for people who are suspected of being sick and will be isolated and observed first.
The West District is for people who are confirmed to be sick. They will go directly into the West District and cannot come out. If they come out, they will be shot by soldiers.
The North District was an open space where corpses were cremated. The officers and soldiers had no knowledge of the epidemic, but they knew that people with the epidemic would be burned after they died.
In this way, the number of people in Muzhai went from 8,000 at the beginning to only about 6,000 when Gao Fengtian brought Murong Jie and others in.
That’s right, after Murong Jie and Zi’an left, they went to find Gao Fengtian and told him that they needed a relatively secret doctor who had epidemic patients to conduct epidemic treatment and research.
Moreover, Princess An also went with them this time. That is to say, on the morning of the fifth day, Princess An and Gao Fengtian brought Murong Jie and others into the wooden village.
The Ministry of Justice announced that the holy sword was lost on the fifth night of the New Year.
Because Muzhai was cut off from the outside world and the news was blocked, no one in Muzhai knew that the Ministry of Justice said Murong Jie had stolen the holy sword.
Until this day, Cao Guojiu led the imperial guards into Muzhai.
Why did Cao Guojiu want to enter Muzhai
Because Muzhai and the third branch of the Qin family are married, he has to bring this matter to the Qin family. Qin Zhou is now leading the Qin family army to fight. Murong Jie's act of stealing the holy sword is shameful and hateful. The morale of the Qin family army will be greatly boosted in anger, and he will be equivalent to making a contribution to the emperor.
When Cao Guojiu entered Muzhai, he found that hundreds of people in Muzhai had been infected with the epidemic and hundreds of people had died.
The northern desert is in chaos now, and even the emperor himself probably doesn't know where the epidemic is.
When the village chief Mo of Muzhai saw Cao Guojiu leading his troops, he thought they were rescue troops sent by the court and hurried to greet them.
Cao Guojiu frowned and looked at the patients in the west area. "What's going on? Are all these people injured in the earthquake?"
Village Chief Mo wiped his sweat and said, "My Lord, these are not the people injured in the earthquake, they are people suffering from the epidemic."
"Contagious? An epidemic has also broken out in Mu Village?" Cao Guojiu was stunned, then frowned in disgust and rode his horse back a few steps.
"Don't you know, sir? An epidemic has also broken out in Muzhai. The emperor just sent people to Muzhai to treat everyone two days ago. Even Princess An came." Village Chief Mo said proudly.
"Princess An is here?" Cao Guojiu was surprised. Princess An was famous for being stingy in the past, and she was the kind of person who would not give up anything without treasure. If there was no benefit, she would not care. This time, she actually came to the epidemic area in person
Is this for fame or profit
However, since he heard that Princess An was here, he had to come down to pay her a visit.
"Lead the way, take me to see Princess An." Uncle Cao got off the horse, glanced at Xiqu with disgust, and said, "All the patients with the epidemic should be driven out. If they stay in the village, they will kill others."
"My Lord, was this arranged by Lord Su Mu?"
Lord Su Mu was the captain who led the rescue team into Muzhai. He brought more than thirty people into Muzhai, but now there are only twenty-five people left.
When digging the official road, three people died in aftershocks, one person fell off a cliff and his body was never found, and the others were infected with the plague and died.
This was a rather tragic rescue.
"I know that kid Su Mu. Let him come to see me." Uncle Cao said.
"Yes!" Village Chief Mo looked at Uncle Cao with some worry. Would this guy go and cause trouble for Lord Su
However, that shouldn’t be the case. When Princess An came, she also praised Lord Su.
When Cao Guojiu was walking through the west district, he saw two very beautiful women walking by with medicine in their hands. They looked very pretty.
It's strange, there is such a beautiful woman in this wooden village? Could she be Princess An's maid
No, all the maids in Princess An's house are extremely ugly, only the one next to her is pleasing to the eye.
These two people are definitely not Princess An's maids.
"Wait!" Cao Guojiu pointed at the two women and asked Village Chief Mo, "Who are those two women? What are they holding in their hands?"
Village Chief Mo looked in the direction of his finger, uttered an "oh", and said, "They are the people around the regent princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They are delivering medicine to those infected with the epidemic. Those patients are not allowed to come out. If they come out without permission, they will be shot."
"The Princess of the Great Zhou?" Uncle Cao grabbed Village Chief Mo, his eyes wide open, "Are you saying that the Regent and his wife of the Great Zhou are in Muzhai?"
"Yes."
Cao Guojiu was overjoyed, "You are so good, Murong Jie. I couldn't find you even after searching the entire capital. I didn't expect you to hide in Muzhai."
Because he was eager to make a contribution, he didn't even think about the fact that the village chief had just mentioned that Princess An was also there.
He raised his hand and ordered the imperial guards behind him, "Come on, take down those two first."
The two people were Liu Liu and Ling Li.
(End of this chapter)