Wang Tongju was very anxious, and wanted to go out to find a medical center, and asked Lang Zhong to take a look. However, the soldier who was on guard at the gate clearly told him that it was strictly forbidden to go out, otherwise the officers and soldiers patrolling the streets would not know what you were, and the people who went to the street last time would be shot to death with a random arrow. So Wang Tongju had no choice but to come back and anxiously wander around the house. The most important thing is that no Lang Zhong knows how to treat him, so Wang Tong decided to send Zeng Bu to Tai Hospital.

It's not that he didn't think of this before, but the royal post station is a bit far away from the Tai Hospital, and he has to go around in a big circle. Because the royal post station is not next to the palace, but on the other side of the palace, you have to go around a long circle to get there. Now there were no wagons and no people to hire. Wang Tongju discussed with the shopkeeper of the post station whether he could send someone to send them there.

The shopkeeper said with a wry smile that Zeng Bu was an official, and as long as he went to the street, he only needed to show his official seal or official document to the soldiers patrolling the street, and he could prove his identity. Others will be hacked to death, even if you send an official to a doctor, or an official's entourage. Except for the officials themselves, who can go to the streets to seek medical treatment, no one else can do it.

Listening to what the shopkeeper said, Wang Tongju had nothing to do. had to personally support Zeng Bu, and the two went to the street together.

Of course, he didn't dare to rush to the street, but Zeng Bu, who was supporting him, waited at the door of the post station. When the soldiers patrolling the streets passed by the door, they hurriedly greeted them and took out the official documents of their business trip to Beijing to prove the identities of the two.

After the officers and soldiers saw this, they took two red ribbons and tied them around their shoulders. Tell them that this is to remind the soldiers on the street not to let loose arrows, and when the time comes, they will show the official documents to the street patrol soldiers they meet before they can continue to advance. He also told the soldiers to check that they must not dodge and evade, otherwise they will still be killed by random arrows.

Wang Tongju hurriedly agreed, looking very nervous. Glancing at Zeng Bu, Zeng Bu was very weak and said, "I, I'm fine, I can still go." ”

Wang Tong said: "I'll support you, so you can walk faster, you have to walk by yourself, it will be more troublesome if you fall." ”

After that, he stretched out his hand and put one of Zeng Bu's hands on his shoulder, took a few deep breaths, and then walked towards the Tai Hospital.

The street was so quiet that not even a single person could be seen. I couldn't even hear the sound of a dog barking and a chicken, as if I had entered a dead city. As he was walking forward, Wang Tongju suddenly squatted down with a very painful expression, Zeng Bu quickly stabilized his body first, gasped, and asked him, "What's wrong?"

"Me, my thigh hurts. It hurt before, but I was in a hurry just now, and when I touched it, it hurt so much that it seemed to be torn apart. ”

Zeng Bu was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Is this the position?" and pointed to his heel.

Wang Tongju nodded painfully. Zeng Bu suddenly said with a look of fear on his face: "Isn't your disease the same as mine?"

After that, Zeng Bu slowly pulled up his clothes, and saw that there were indeed a few red bumps in the groin, and some had begun to bleed pus. He left his collar open again, and there were several shocking red bumps around his neck. Wang Tongju's face turned pale, and he slowly untied his clothes and looked down, and sure enough, there were several red bumps at the base of his thighs that were almost identical to Zeng Bu.

Both of them turned pale because of the plague epidemic in the capital these days. They had also asked about the main symptoms of the plague, and one of them was this very painful little bump in the groin, which hurt to the heart. In addition, there is also a high fever and headache and body aches, and now both of them have these symptoms.

Zeng Bu Neijiao said to Wang Tongju: "Brother, I have harmed you! I have infected you with this disease!"

Wang Tongju shook his head painfully and said, "No, my lord, in fact, I felt unwell before you fell ill. At that time, I felt small bumps on my neck and groin, and my body began to heat up. I just didn't tell you because I found out soon you were sick too. That's why we're sick. It's hard to say who infected whom, maybe we were both infected by outsiders. This plague is pervasive and cannot be prevented. ”

Zeng Bu nodded and said, "Now no matter who infects whom, if the two of us want to save our lives, we have to rely on the doctors of the Tai Hospital, I hope they can cure our disease." ”

Wang Tongju smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "This possibility is actually not very big, you and I both understand it in our hearts." If the Tai Hospital really has the ability to cure the disease, it will not prohibit everyone from going to the street, and the entrance of the Tai Hospital has long been crowded. ”

Of course, Zeng Bu knew what Wang Tong said, but he had to give hope to both sides. If there is no hope, then there is only despair, and life has come to an end. So he said: "There is no endless road, how can you know if this road will work or not! Go, I will help you." ”

Wang Tongju smiled bitterly and said, "We are both sick people, so we can only take care of each other." There is no one else here to help, everything is on your own. ”

So the two of them supported each other and walked slowly along the street, and the lump in the groin of Wang Tongju seemed to be worse than Zeng Bu's. At first, I didn't feel anything when I was at the inn, but after walking for a while, I was panting like a cow, and I couldn't seem to walk, especially the pain in the groin. So before they reached the halfway point, Wang Tongju couldn't walk anymore.

At this time, they met a pair of officers and soldiers coming over, and they were far away with bows and arrows, and shouted loudly. Wang Tongju hurriedly raised his arm so that they could see the red bag on his shoulder. Only then did the officers and men put down their bows and arrows and went forward to check their official documents, and Wang Tongju said: "My brother is very sick, and we may not be able to go to the Tai Hospital. ”

The captain of the team leader said in a cold voice: "I'm sorry. If you say that, even if you don't give money, we will send you there. But not now, because there is an order from above, we are only responsible for patrolling the streets, and we are not allowed to come into contact with any patients who may be sick. There's no way to send you there, you're on your own. ”

As he spoke, the captain continued to patrol with the group of Royal Guards, leaving the two men on the side of the road.

Wang Tong was sentenced to high pain and fever all over his body, and the whole person began to be a little confused, but he had already heard what he said just now, so he said with difficulty: "Let's continue to walk, whether we can go to the Tai Hospital or not depends on God's will." Don't beg them anymore, it's their duty, they can't help us. ”

The two stumbled all the way, fell and got up again. It's a pity that there is still a mile or two away from the Tai Hospital, Wang Tongju can't walk anymore, and lies on the ground and says in pain: "I'm bored, my lord, go by yourself, just let me lie here for a while." ”

Zeng Bu actually lost his strength, and one of the main symptoms of this disease was general weakness and extreme weakness. So Zeng Bu took a breath and said, "Otherwise, you lie here, I'll go to the Tai Hospital first to see if they can send someone to pick you up." ”

Wang Tongju didn't have much hope for this, but only in this way would Zeng Bu go to the Tai Hospital first. So he nodded with difficulty, and Zeng Bu pulled Wang Tongju's hand wrapped around the red ribbon and unfolded it, so that he could see it clearly from a distance, so as not to hurt him by mistake. Then he stood up and told Wang Tongju not to worry, he would soon bring in rescuers, and then staggered forward holding on to the tree on the side of the road and the closed door of the shop.

At last he saw the gate of the hospital from a distance, which was closed except for a small window. The moment he saw the door of the Tai Hospital, his whole body was almost about to collapse, and it seemed that the last strength had been used up. He almost crawled to the door of the hospital, screaming for help.

The medicine boy on duty inside heard someone's call for help, but Zeng Bu's call for help was actually very weak. However, in this lonely city, this sound is enough for the medicine boy to hear.

He hurriedly looked out of the small window, and at a glance saw Zeng Bu lying on the ground who had passed out. Seeing that he was wearing an official robe, he couldn't help but be taken aback. I quickly opened the door and looked around first, and there were no soldiers patrolling the streets nearby. Only then did he have the courage to lift out a door panel, put Zeng Bu on the door panel, and put it in the small bed.

Yang Xianmao was sitting on a stool reading the medical book, this house was specially used to treat the plague, if the patient who came after his consultation found that it was not the plague, but other diseases, it would be transferred to another room and treated by other Langzhong.

Doctor Fei and the others did not participate in the treatment, because the royal court sentence had previously said that Yang Xianmao would rectify it according to his ideas, so Doctor Fei and the others were not present. In fact, this also involves a very important issue, if anyone finds a cure for the plague, this prescription is priceless, so it is not suitable for other imperial doctors to be around.

Of course, if other doctors find a prescription that they think is effective, they can also treat the patient. But if one physician takes over a patient, another physician will not interfere again. So as not to affect the judgment of the efficacy of the prescription, I don't know which prescription works, so Zeng Bu came to the room where Yang Xianmao was.

Lying on the hospital bed, Zeng Bu said in a weak voice: "About a mile ahead, there is a brother of mine, who is the general judge of Gyeongju. He is also a plague and can no longer walk. The officers and soldiers patrolling the streets can't help, so please go and carry him over. ”

Yang Xianmao turned his head to look at a few medicine boys, and those medicine boys hurriedly said: "My lord, we can't go to the street, only those who are officials can go to the street." ”

Of course, Yang Xianmao knew this, he nodded and said to those medicine boys: "I know, bring my official robe, put it on for me, and I'll go." ”