Wen Yanfu was very annoyed and said, "Haven't you seen so many people here? What are you doing in a panic? What should I do if I bump into someone? And there is also a person who died of the plague." ”

"Plague? I, my father just got the plague, it's no longer good, I have to go to Langzhong. ”

That person obviously found that Wen Yanfu had an extraordinary bearing, and he was still following his entourage, and the others were respectful, so although he was anxious, he was still busy telling the truth.

Wen Yanbo was taken aback and said, "Your father is also suffering from the plague?"

The man nodded, and when he saw the corpse lying on the ground clearly, he was suddenly frightened, and suddenly couldn't help crying: "It's over, my father is also like him, it's over, it's ......over." When I came out just now, my father was almost out of gas, and even if he invited Langzhong, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to save him. I, I'd better go back and hear what his last words are!"

After that, he staggered back again, and the others heard the man say that his father also had this kind of plague that was black all over his body and vomited blood and died of extremely terrifying appearance, and they all looked at each other, and their faces could not help showing horror.

Wen Yanbo's heart was also abrupt, and the servant next to him hurriedly said: "Master, hurry up and get on the sedan chair and go back, it's not safe outside." ”

Wen Yanfu is already an eighty-year-old man, but there are a few old people who feel that they have lived enough and will not retreat when they encounter danger, let alone this kind of danger. So Wen Yanbo nodded, turned around and got into the sedan chair, and walked home in the sedan chair.

As soon as he arrived at home, he suddenly heard the housekeeper hurriedly say, "Master Qiqi, the kitchen buyer is sick." It seemed to be a plague, and the old lady asked to send people out. I want to wait for you to come back and show it. ”

Wen Yanfu chuckled in his heart and said busily: "What's going on?"

The housekeeper said: "This morning he went to catch the morning market, originally to buy vegetables, but he came back empty-handed, only said that he suddenly felt very uncomfortable, headache and body pain, high fever, very thirsty, no strength, even to the morning market is difficult, I know that it is estimated that I will not be able to go back to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, so I turned back halfway." As soon as he got home, he collapsed, and we carried him to bed, saying that he had several bags on his neck, armpits, and thigh grooves. It hurts to touch it with your hand. We took a look, and it turned out that he had a big dark patch on his stomach, which was really scary. Some of the servants recognized that the disease seemed to be a new plague. He said that he had seen some people who had fallen on the side of the street and died like this. Then I hurried back to the old lady. The old lady told you to get people out, and not to die in the courtyard, I heard that anyone who touches this plague will be infected. Sir, do you want to carry him out?"

Wen Yanfu shook his head and said, "Since he is a slave of my family, the master should naturally protect him. He has been infected with the plague in our house again, and we are to treat him with all our hearts. How can I throw him out of the house alone when he needs people's attention the most, and let him fend for itself? If so, what face will I have to go out to meet people!"

"But, sir, his illness is too serious!"

"I know, then, you go find a separate room and put him in it. If not, find a servant to serve him, and they both live in this house, and don't come out, and bring all the food to the door. In addition, go and ask for a Lang Zhong to see if you can come to your home and show him. If you can, wait for Lang Zhong to prescribe a prescription, and take the prescription to the Imperial City Tai Hospital to grab the medicine. ”

The housekeeper thought for a moment and said, "Master, I have an idea, but you don't think it can be done." I heard that Xiao Langzhong of Xianmao Medical Center has some means to treat the plague, especially the summer temperature. Except for the first three people who were very seriously ill, he saved all the patients he treated. Why don't you invite him to your home and see a doctor?"

Wen Yanbo snorted: "He is very busy now, how can he invite him to his home to see a doctor? Even if Sima Guang, the dignified prime minister, fell ill, he did not invite him to his home to see a doctor, for fear of delaying him to see someone else, Sima Guang personally went to seek medical treatment." There were countless plague patients in his hospital, waiting for him to see a doctor. You send him to the queue to ask Yang Langzhong to take a look, you don't have to prescribe medicine, you just need to prescribe a prescription, and when the time comes, you just take it to the pharmacy of Tai Hospital to grab the medicine. ”

Wen Yanbo was the prime minister of the former dynasty, and it was not a problem to grab some medicine from the pharmacy of the Tai Hospital. The official family hurriedly agreed to go out.

The good mood that Wen Yanfu brought back from Sima Guang quickly disappeared. He returned to the inner house with a heavy heart, and when the old lady saw him like this, she hurriedly asked with concern, "What's the matter?

Wen Yanbo sat down on the chair, glanced at his wife, and said in a deep voice: "The plague in the capital is getting more and more serious. Today when I came back from Sima Guang, I met two sick people who had died of the plague on the way. One died directly on the side of the road, his whole body was black, and he vomited blood, and the other died at home, and the son ran out to seek medical treatment, and saw the plague patient who fell to the ground, and said that his father was like this man, and he was afraid that he would not be saved, so he hurried back to listen to what other last words. The capital has been besieged by floods for more than a month, and the floods have not receded until now, and the plague has begun to break out in the capital again. That's how it can be good. ”

"Now that you have retired to your home, why bother with the affairs of the court. It is good to live at home and enjoy your old age. ”

Wen Yanbo sighed and said, "It's not a matter of the imperial court now, but it concerns everyone. If the plague continues, let alone enjoy old age in peace, I'm afraid I won't even be able to survive this winter!"

The old lady couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Is it so serious?"

Wen Yanbo was no longer in the mood to talk about this topic again, waved his hand and said, "You tell everyone not to go out as much as possible, just hide at home, there is enough food at home, right?"

"It should be enough to eat for a while, but our home and food are mainly in Luoyang!

Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "I have food in my hands, and I don't panic in my heart." ”

Unexpectedly, the news brought back by the purchase of grain made Wen Yanbo, who was already worried, even more hanging. Wen Yanbo said: "There are long queues at the entrance of all the grain and rice stores in the city, and some rice stores have closed their doors, but there are still many people gathered at the door. The Imperial Forest Army, which is responsible for flood control and flood control, has been urgently deployed to disperse the gathered people and arrested many people. I heard that some people didn't expect to prepare grain as soon as possible, but now they can't buy food, and they can't open the pot, which makes people panic. ”

Wen Yanfu waved his hand and said, "We won't starve to death yet, as long as the emperor is there." In addition, the official family will not let the people starve to death in the capital, and will definitely open a warehouse to release grain. ”

"But sir, I heard that the granary of the yamen was also blistered, and I don't know how much grain there is left to sell. ”

Wen Yanbo didn't know the bottom of this point, and when he heard this, he pondered for a moment and said, "The flood can't always besiege the capital like this." When the rain stops, the flood water will naturally subside. At that time, we will be able to get out of the city by re-erecting the levee. The food that came to the rescue from all over the country was continuously sent into the city, so it didn't matter. ”

Wen Yanbo's heart was not as relaxed as he said, he knew that the area affected by the flood this time was too large. Not only the capital, but also the prefectures and counties within a radius of thousands of miles were flooded. There are so many people to be relieved that it is still unknown whether the food supply in the capital can be fully guaranteed. Therefore, it is better to use the food urgently, so Wen Yanbo told his wife that the family should pay attention to conservation, especially food, and must be aware of it.

When the old lady saw her husband, who never cared about firewood, rice, oil and salt, she actually asked about the food at home. knew that this time he would encounter a big trouble, so he nodded solemnly and agreed.

Cai Jing, who is in charge of flood control and drainage, now has a new task, which is to concentrate on the cremation of dead plague patients.

This request was made to him by Yang Xianmao before, because last time he cut corners, so that the disinfectant potion did not work, resulting in the death of many people in the summer temperature. He felt very frightened in his heart, so the defense work behind him was still in place.

And this time, a new terrible plague spread rapidly throughout the city, and from time to time you could see plague patients in the streets who fell headlong while walking, and could never get up again. These patients either have black bodies all over their bodies, or have pimples in the neck, armpits, and groin, or vomit blood, and eventually die of exhaustion.

Moreover, the death of a person does not take more than three days from the time of illness to death, and even more than a day or two. The mortality rate is 100 percent, and so far no one has survived the disease.

No one instructed Cai Jing to take care of the cremation of the corpses of plague patients, he volunteered to take care of it. Because in his heart, things cannot be divided into internal and external parts, especially some things that others are unwilling to do, and they must take the initiative to do it in order to be appreciated by their bosses and even officials.

The previous flood control and drainage were not within the scope of his duties as a Kaifeng magistrate at all, but he managed it, and he managed it very well. So he was appreciated by the emperor, promoted him to judge, and appointed him as the commander of flood control and drainage. And now that there is a terrible plague in the capital, no official is willing or brave enough to take care of this matter, so Cai Jing has to take the initiative to take care of this matter.

If this is done well, the credit will definitely be greater than that of flood control and drainage. Although there is considerable danger in this matter to be managed. But wealth is in danger, which Cai Jing has always firmly believed.

His basic strategy for managing this matter was to rely on the methods of prevention and control against the plague that Yang Xianmao had told him. The main thing he had to do was to gather and cremate all the sick who had died of the plague, and at the same time go from house to house to search for new patients who were plagued by the plague, and gather them together and lock them up in the huge courtyard of the yamen.

Now the yamen has basically stopped working, and the courtyard is empty, which can be used to lock up these people.

In ancient times, the most common method of dealing with plague was physical isolation. When a plague was discovered in a certain village, soldiers would be sent to surround the entire village, and no one was allowed to enter but not to leave, and anyone who wanted to come out would be killed with random arrows. Use this method to stop the further expansion of the plague.

And now they are also facing a terrible plague. Cai Jing heard that even Yang Xianmao was helpless about it and could not find an effective prescription. He had no choice but to isolate all of these patients, wait for a prescription, or wait for them to die.