Wen Yantong was woken up by the sound of rain the next day.
After several consecutive days of high temperature, Yibei City finally ushered in a downpour, which brought a burst of coolness to the scorching summer.
The cloudy day made the house humid, Wen Yantong got off the couch and opened the window to look out, and saw the heavy rain falling down like a series of beads, making crackling noises when it landed on the roof.
The sky was cloudy, like fog, gray.
Not sunny. Wen Yantong stood by the window, the wind and rain occasionally fell on her face, it was icy cold.
The gloomy eyes made Wen Yantong feel depressed, and he didn't even have the desire to go out. Chi Jingxi also sent a maid to check her body for erythema. Fortunately, Wen Yantong was lucky, even though he was in frequent contact with Mu Yang, he did not contract erythema.
The meal of the day was brought directly into the room by the servants, and left in a hurry after putting it down.
Many people in the house have already contracted erythema, and after knowing that it is an infectious disease, the servants are even more trembling and dare not have much contact with others. In order to prevent the spread of the disease, Chi Jingxi could only isolate all the sick people in the backyard, and at the same time asked the guards to check how many people were sick in the city.
Yibei City was immediately blocked, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. The soldiers dispersed and went door to door in the city to check the number of sick people.
The heavy rain covered Yibei City with a gray skin, and the former prosperity became desolate in just one day. There were no ordinary people on the streets, only soldiers patrolling back and forth with umbrellas.
The news of the epidemic spread far and wide, and Chi Jingxi reported the news to the emperor.
Soon, Fu Sheng Muyuan and others knew about this matter, Fu Sheng could still hold his breath, but Mu Yuan couldn't sit still.
He first asked the emperor to go to Yibei, but the request was rejected.
Mu Yuan scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, and was even more restless when he returned to the mansion. He was about to set off with a small package on his back. Who knew that the emperor knew his urination deeply, so he knew that he would leave secretly, and sent someone to guard the general's mansion beforehand. around.
After climbing the wall and pretending to escape all kinds of failures, Mu Yuan rushed into the palace again sullenly.
When he rushed there, Fu Sheng was discussing matters with the emperor, and as soon as Mu Yuan entered the palace, he started arguing to go to Yibei, arguing with the emperor with a blushing face and thick neck.
Fu Sheng was as calm as ever, and advised, "General Mu, calm down first."
Mu Yuan anxiously said, "How can I be calm! My son is seriously ill, and his life is dying right now! I am so anxious that I can't wait to fly to Yibei!"
His voice was extremely loud, as if he had installed a trumpet, but the emperor and Fu Sheng had already gotten used to it, and their expressions were as usual.
Fu Shengdao, "General Mu knows medical skills?"
Mu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then poked his neck and said, "No way! How?"
"Then why are you in a hurry to go to Yibei? Lay down beside your son's bed to support him?" Fu Sheng said again.
Mu Yuan had always been unable to argue against Fu Sheng, and was so angry that he was panting heavily.
The emperor also said, "You are worried about your son, don't I worry about Jingxi? Now that there is a plague in Yibei, and the city has been closed for strict investigation, if you are useless except adding a patient to Yibei City, I have already Dozens of doctors have been sent to Yibei, so you should stay in Chaoge and wait for news."
Mu Yuan knew that what the emperor and Fu Sheng said was reasonable, but when he thought of his son's illness, his heart and lungs were on fire, and he turned around like a headless chicken.
The famous doctors sent by the emperor had already set off to Yibei overnight. In the face of the plague, only these doctors who usually smelled like medicine were the only ones who could fight. Even on the battlefield, the invincible general is helpless.
Before the medicine that can cure the disease comes out, it depends on people themselves whether they can overcome the serious illness.
It rained continuously for several days in Yibei City, sometimes it poured and sometimes it rained lightly. Wen Yantong didn't like rainy days at all, and with Chi Jingxi's order to strictly prohibit random walking, she didn't go out since it started raining.
Because of the rain, the weather has cooled down a lot, and the ice bucket in the house has also been removed. The lamps were lit from morning to night, and the servants only came in to deliver meals to Wen Yantong at meal times. At other times, those who were on duty stayed outside the door, and those who were not on duty went back to their own rooms.
Although Chi Jingxi gave the order not to move around, he would come to visit Wen Yantong every day.
He didn't enter the house, but just tapped on the window lightly to let Wen Yantong open the window, while he stood under the eaves and talked to Wen Yantong through the window.
Wen Yantong was sleepy, looking unhappy, "Little Lord, when will the rain stop?"
Seeing her like this, Chi Jingxi really wanted to touch her head, and rub the sadness between her brows away. It's just that in the face of the epidemic, he didn't dare to touch Wen Yantong rashly, he just said, "Don't worry, the rain will stop one day."
Wen Yantong looked up at the sky, and said, "This gray sky is so heavy that I can hardly breathe."
Chi Jingxi said, "It's actually a good thing. This heavy rain is also a timely rain for the farming people."
Wen Yantong said, "Now people are so afraid of this disease that they will die, who dares to go to the fields to cultivate."
Knowing that she was worried about the disease, Chi Jingxi paused for a moment, and then said, "You didn't contract the disease, why don't I order someone to send you out of Yibei City..."
"No." Wen Yantong immediately interrupted him, "I'm going to be here, not going anywhere."
Chi Jingxi frowned, and did not blame her for being stubborn, but said with a warm smile, "You are usually timid, why are you so brave at this time?"
Wen Yantong said, "It's not certain whether I have contracted the disease or not. Maybe the disease has an incubation period. If I rashly go out and pass the disease on to others, wouldn't I be a sinner?"
Chi Jingxi pondered for a while, not knowing what to think, and said, "You will definitely not get sick."
Wen Yantong sighed lightly, and turned to ask, "Did the number of people infected in the city increase a lot?"
"The number is increasing every day." Chi Jingxi said, "We are still investigating where the source of the epidemic came from. There has never been such a plague in the Yibei area."
Wen Yantong rolled his eyes and said suddenly, "Qingyi..."
When Chi Jingxi heard the name, his eyes froze, "What?"
"A few days ago, when Mu Yang went to see a doctor in the clinic, she met Qing Yi. At that time, she asserted that Mu Yang would be covered with red spots all over his body, and finally died without any medicine." Wen Yantong said, "Does she know something? ?”
Chi Jingxi's expression suddenly became serious, "When?"
"On the two days when Mu Yang just got sick." Wen Yantong said.
Chi Jingxi thought for a moment, then said to Wen Yantong, "I'll check it right away, you should have a good rest and don't wander around."
Wen Yantong nodded, "Check it out, check it out."
Chi Jingxi took an umbrella and left. Within half an hour, the guards braved the heavy rain and rushed into Qingyi's mansion. With Chi Jingxi's warrant, they detained all the people in the mansion and put them in prison one by one.
Fu Zixian also got busy. Imprisoning the city lord is not a trivial matter, and the local soldiers in Yibei City are naturally unwilling, so they want to make trouble openly and secretly. While suppressing, Fu Zixian personally investigated in prison.
However, he sneaked in and went to see Mu Yang who was ill, and Wen Yantong who was lying in the house.
Mu Yang's medicine was completely replaced by Wen Yantong's prescription, which was strongly requested by Wen Yantong. Several doctors disagreed at first, but Wen Yantong directly discussed with Chi Jingxi and forced Mu Yang to change his medicine.
That bitter medicine Mu Yang has a ferocious face, and he has to drink it three times a day, each time before meals. For several days in a row, Mu Yang lost his appetite for food, lost weight again, beat his chest and cried bitterly, saying that Wen Yantong did it on purpose.
Fu Zixian went to meet Wen Yantong with sweet cakes, and told her about Mu Yang. Wen Yantong was angry and thought it was funny, so he asked Fu Zixian to tell Mu Yang that every bowl of medicine should be drunk completely. Don't leave any medicine dregs behind.
The continuous rain for several days made the house very humid, Wen Yantong couldn't sleep well at night, dreaming all kinds of dreams.
I dreamed that Mu Yang recovered from his illness. I dreamed that Yibei had pacified the war and restored the peace of the past. I also dreamed that they returned to Chaoge together.
It's just that when she woke up, she was inevitably disappointed, and all the joy dissipated. The continuous drizzle and the gray sky in front of her made her feel very depressed.
But as Chi Jingxi said, all rainy days will have sunny days.
On a sleepless night when everyone was tossing and turning, the heavy rain in Yibei City quietly stopped and people walked quietly.
Wen Yantong didn't know, and slept until dawn. It's just that this day, instead of waking up to the sound of rain like in the past, I heard Mu Yang's cry.
"Wen Yantong! Wen Yantong!"
Shouting sounded into her dream, slowly waking her up. The moment Wen Yantong opened his eyes, he recognized Mu Yang's voice, and sat up from the bed in shock, without even wearing shoes, hurriedly ran to the window and pushed hard.
The moment the window is opened, sunlight pours in, and the wind is fresh and warm after the rain.
Mu Yang was dressed in a smoky red brocade gown, with long hair tied high, and his whole body was wrapped in golden sunshine. His handsome brows were filled with bright smiles. The moment he saw Wen Yantong, his eyes seemed to light up, and he pointed to the sky. Yan Yang said, "Come out, the sky is sunny!"
Wen Yantong was very afraid that this was a dream.
She stared at Mu Yang.
Seeing his long hair blown by the wind, seeing his smiling eyes, seeing his raised hands fall down his sleeves, the red spots that were originally as dark as blood faded to pink, and his pale face also became rosy. Red lips and white teeth, bright smile, just like him in the past.
Wen Yantong's nose was sore, tears gushed out suddenly, and finally couldn't help crying bitterly, she wiped her tears with both hands, crying loudly.
Mu Yang looked at her, his smile gradually became gentle, he went to the window and handed out a brocade handkerchief, which Wen Yantong handed to him to wipe his sweat when the two went to the top of the pagoda together a few days ago.
The brocade cloth has been washed clean, was folded neatly by Mu Yang, and stuffed into Wen Yantong's hands, "Wen Yantong, thank you."
Wen Yantong had never heard Mu Yang thank her in such a serious manner, and burst out laughing, tears seemed unstoppable.
The dark clouds that had been entrenched in Yibei for many days were expelled, and the warm sunlight overturned from the sky, illuminating the earth.
The worries and worries of many days were scattered in the wind when the sun came down.
Wen Yantong had this dream many times, but when this moment really came, the joy in his heart was far less than in the dream.
The sky cleared and brought a vigorous Muyang.
Wen Yantong changed into beautiful clothes, stepped out of the house, and gave Mu Yang a deep hug.
"Look at what I said," Wen Yantong sniffed, and said, "You're sure to be fine."
The author has something to say: [Little easter egg]
Mu Yang lay on the bed, holding the letter and crying, "Brother Xi, will I never see my father again?"
Chi Jingxi looked at him with deep eyes, "No way, aren't you drinking Wen Yantong's medicine?"
Mu Yang: "She's not a doctor, her medicine has a purpose!"
"It's useful." Chi Jingxi said in a deep voice, "Because she's a fairy."
Mu Yang: "Huh?"
(Mu Yang: I suspect Brother Xi is also sick, but I don't know how to tell him about it.)