Everyone in the courtyard was frightened by the word malaria, and they looked at each other head-on, and heard the voice of the queen mother from the palace: "The envoy can't go!" Sirui is unconscious, life and death are uncertain, and he can't go anywhere! ”

The emperor frowned: "Queen Mother, it is not trivial for the two counties to have the same malaria, if it is not prevented and treated as soon as possible, it will spread out of control." What's more, next to Lantian is Baqiao, and a little farther away to the capital! "Lantian is not far from Chang'an, if malaria spreads to Chang'an, it will be a catastrophe.

The Queen Mother's voice was sharp and harsh, and she was already a little hoarse because she didn't have a good rest: "I don't care what malaria is, now it is the most important thing to treat Cheng Enbo, if the envoy leaves, Cheng Enbo has three long and two short, I will kill his whole family!" ”

The envoy of the Imperial Hospital stood in the hall and couldn't say a word. Cheng Enbo's current situation is really not good, even if he is here, he can't guarantee that he will be fine. Now the court is the world of the Yu family, and the queen mother said that she would kill his whole family, that is, it can really be done, and even the emperor may not be able to protect him.

The emperor held his breath and turned to the rest of the imperial physicians, "Do any of you have the ability to prevent malaria?" ”

No one dared to say anything. Just kidding, it's malaria, and if it can't be cured, it will kill people. Not to mention that they have no experience in prevention and control, even if they do, they don't want to go.

The emperor walked out angrily: "What about the rest of the hospital? Could it be that there is no one who can cure malaria except the envoys? ”

The official bowed his head. In fact, the reason why those people in Huimin Pharmacy wanted to push out the hospital envoy was because they didn't want to go.

"Good, good!" The emperor's chest rose and fell, and he was already angry, "I really raised a bunch of waste!" Prepare the car, I will go myself! Look at who else dares not to go to Lantian when I get to Lantian! ”

"Stop the emperor!" The queen ran out of the hall and screamed, and suddenly a group of people knelt down and surrounded the emperor in the middle: "The emperor can't go!" The emperor can't get into danger! ”

The emperor was so angry that he kicked over an inner prison: "If I don't go, who will!" When malaria spreads to the capital, will you be fine? ”

The queen turned her eyes and suddenly saw Taohua, and suddenly had an idea, raised her hand and pointed at her and said, "Someone!" Hasn't the Jiang family practiced medicine for generations? Let the Jiang family go! Let Chiang go! ”

Mint's face turned white, and just as she wanted to oppose it regardless of it, Taohua had already raised her head and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, the people can go." ”

"What?" The emperor didn't expect Taohua to agree in one bite, "You? ”

"Yes." Taohua had already thought quickly in her heart just now, "It's just that the people need a lot of things. ”

She had participated in malaria control. In her time, there was no large-scale outbreak of malaria, and various drugs were more advanced, but it was inevitable that there would be an onset of malaria, and the hospital where she worked had participated in a prevention and treatment, and she also went. In addition, when her grandfather was young, he also encountered an outbreak of malaria in an entire village, and the prevention and control plan and situation at that time were recorded in the medical manuscripts, which she read. It can be said that when it comes to the experience of malaria prevention and control, she may have more experience than the hospital ambassador. However, because the treatment methods here are backward, she must ask the emperor for enough supplies to do this well.

Even the queen didn't expect that Taohua would be willing to agree, and she stayed there speechless for a while. The emperor hesitated for a moment: "You really can-" Of course he knew that the queen had no ill intentions at all when she said this, how old Taohua was, maybe she would be able to cure malaria, but this did not mean that she could control the large-scale outbreak of malaria.

Taohua nodded very calmly: "The ancestors of the Minnu have a medical manuscript on the prevention and treatment of malaria, and the Minnu has studied it carefully. The biggest problem now is that if the folk girl goes, I am afraid that no one will listen to the folk girl, and if the order is not good, it will be wrong. In addition, the women need a lot of supplies, and if they can't be supplied, the women have nothing to do. ”

When the emperor came to his senses, he immediately said: "If you can really prevent malaria, I will now make you the judge of the Imperial Hospital, and give you another decree, so that all the local officials will obey your command, and if anyone does not obey, you can immediately behead him without another request." ”

The queen glared: "Your Majesty, how can you let a little girl be judged by the hospital...... "The court judgment is the sixth grade, I have never heard of a female doctor who can do this position."

As soon as the emperor was angry, he turned his head and said coldly: "Jiang is going to replace the court envoy, if she can't even make a court sentence, why did the queen recommend her to go to the malaria treatment, is it because she can't use the people as a child's play!" ”

The queen had nothing to say. Taohua said again: "I also have to ask the emperor to send a few guards to go with the people's daughters, otherwise even if the people's daughters have a will in their hands, it will be difficult to implement them at that time." ”

The emperor was slightly displeased at first, and then understood that if a woman in Taohua said that she was going to kill someone, and no one would do it, would she let her personally take the knife and cut people?

Someone suddenly said next to him: "Your Majesty, what Jiang said is very true, although there is the emperor's holy decree, there is still a need for someone who can hold back the weight to implement it." Chen Jianyì, it is better to send the king of Anjun to go, he is the king of the county, he has royal blood, and he is in charge, no one will dare to disagree. ”

The emperor didn't need to look to know who was talking - Dali Temple Zuo Sicheng, this person was the in-law of the Yu family. Where is this to respect Shen Shu, it is clear that they want to send him into the epidemic area to take risks, and it is better to die in it to meet their wishes.

The emperor was thinking about how to refuse, and the empress was already beside him: "Zhu Sicheng is right." It couldn't be more appropriate for King Anjun to go. "Yesterday, he was in such a big limelight, and he also suppressed his nephew, and now he has entered the epidemic area, and it is best if he can't get out! Of course, it would be better if this Jiang family died together in it!

"Your Majesty, my courtiers are willing to share their worries for the monarch." Shen Shu strode over, "Please give the emperor an order." ”

Zhu Sicheng smiled imperceptibly. This is really a godsend, if Shen Shu can be sent to the epidemic area to die, it will be that he has made a great contribution in front of the elder of the pavilion, will there be less benefits at that time?

The matter was urgent, and the emperor could only agree: "Draft." The prevention and control of malaria this time, led by Jiang Shitaohua and Anjun Wang, should not shirk the slightest bit from all departments in response to demand. If anyone disobeys the order and delays, there is no forgiveness and there is no need to ask for a decree. ”

With the emperor's words, the people below naturally rushed to prepare. Taohua went back to the room to pack up her things and wrote a small note to Mint: "You stay, find a way to give this to the envoy, and then go home to tell your father and uncle, don't worry." ”

"No!" Mint was anxious, "Of course the slave follows the girl, how can you let the girl cure the epidemic by herself!" ”

"Don't make a fuss. Someone has to go home and deliver a letter, you don't know how to cure malaria, and you can't help if you go. ”

Mint refused to die: "Slaves and maids can learn!" No matter how bad it is, the slave can still serve the girl! Anyway, the slave and maid don't leave, just find someone to send a letter to the family. ”

"I've already sent someone to deliver the letter." Shen Shu's voice came from the door, he was already dressed up, and strode in, "The list you just listed, the Huimin Medical Bureau has already prepared, if you still need anything, tell me to ask the fifteenth day of the first month to buy it." This girl still follows you, and someone will help you with everything. "Of course, this refers to what Momoka herself needs.

Peppermint nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice. She had also heard that malaria would kill people, but with the presence of the girl, she felt very stable. Wasn't the girl cured of so many strange diseases?

"Okay." Taohua could only nod, "Then go and change the two hats immediately, and cover your face firmly." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Shen Shu, "Change three tops, and the prince will also wear one." In addition, make a few hand cages out of light yarn. ”

"What is this?" Shen Shu was stunned for a moment. Women wear hats to cover their faces, and some are also afraid of the sun to tan their skin, but can they take care of this when they go to malaria treatment? And even if he can take care of it, he doesn't need it, right?

"To prevent mosquito bites." Taohua remembered Shen Shu

Only then did Shen Shu understand that some of the herbs in Taohualie's list were obviously used to repel insects and kill insects: "Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes? It's not that it's the evil qi that enters the body...... and some places say that it is caused by malaria ghosts. Of course, Shen Shu doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he has also heard that it is recorded in medical books that this is malaria evil entering the body, and it is also said that it is caused by the miasma of Shanlan, what is the matter with mosquitoes?

"It's not some evil spirit." Taohua smiled, had already picked up a hat, neatly cut off the lower half of the long curtain, and sewed a ribbon on the upper half, which could be tied around the neck to prevent mosquitoes from biting the cheeks and neck, as for the rest of the place, the ancient clothes were tightly wrapped, which was a big disadvantage in the summer, but now it has become a benefit, "Malaria is a very small worm that burrows into the human body and makes people get malaria." This insect is hard to see with the naked eye and lives in blood. If a mosquito bites a person who has malaria, it inhales the worm and bites the person who is not sick, and the worm takes the opportunity to burrow into the human body, and so it spreads. To prevent the spread of malaria, the first priority is to control mosquitoes. "I can't tell you what the malaria parasite is, so let's talk about a worm.

Shen Shu was stunned for a moment before he said: "In the ancient book, there are insects that are very small, and they live in mosquitoes and mosquitoes don't notice it, but it turns out to be true?" ”

Is there such a record in ancient books? Momoka thought for a while, but didn't remember. In addition to medical books, she really didn't read many other books, and she was ashamed that she was not a knowledgeable person.

"By the way, this note-" Mint suddenly remembered that she had a mission before.

"What?" Shen Shu stretched out his hand and took it, "Ginseng soup?" ”

"Find a way to pass it on to the envoy." Taohua almost forgot about this matter, "Yu Sirui is not a wind immediately, if he is treated by the wind immediately, I'm afraid he will be finished." His life is not in a hurry, but he is afraid that he will be affected by a group of imperial doctors. ”

"I see." Shen Shu glanced at Taohua deeply, "I have a way to send it in." ”

"Actually—" Momoka thought it was a bit pretentious to say this, but it was her truth, "you didn't have to go." The emperor - "Everyone said that the emperor was the same as the queen mother, very jealous and disgusted with Shen Shu, but Taohua felt that it was not like that according to what she had seen and heard.

The official just now recommended Shen Shu to go to the epidemic area, and his intentions were simply obvious, if the emperor also wanted to do so, he would immediately agree without hesitation.

Shen Shu handed the note to the person outside the door and walked back. Taohua said this without a beginning or an end, but he understood it, and smiled slightly: "You can see it too?" ”

"So—" Momoka looked at him in shock. So the anger he received in the capital turned out to be fake?

In an instant, Taohua thought of many things. For example, the corruption incident during the renovation of the county king's mansion not only allowed the Northwest Army to get hundreds of thousands of silver, but also pulled many officials to dismount. Another example is yesterday's hunting, the commander of Jin Wuwei surnamed Yu lost his official position and was replaced. So this qiē, is it all a play he acted with the emperor?

Shen Shu smiled slightly. Although he didn't speak, he was already silent.

Taohua felt dizzy, she had a lot of thoughts for a moment, but the first one that came out of her mouth was: "Then why-" Why do you want to marry the Cui family's daughter? The emperor can help him cancel this marriage.

"What?" Shen Shu was a little puzzled.

"It's nothing ......" Taohua actually wanted to have the opportunity to diagnose Cui Xiuwan's pulse. After suspecting that Cui Xiuwan was pregnant that day, she thought about it again, but found another suspicious point, that is, Cui Xiuwan looked like she was still a virgin!

Whether a woman is broken or not can still be seen from her face, gait and even pulse, but this function was useless in Taohua's time, so grandpa just mentioned it and didn't teach Taohua carefully. Of course, Taohua didn't study carefully, so she was a half-asser on this, so that when she looked at Cui Xiuwan, she only felt ambiguous and didn't dare to draw conclusions.

But before she could find a chance, she was about to be kicked into the epidemic area by the queen.

"I just feel that you have suffered a lot of grievances......

Shen Shu smiled bitterly: "Actually, the emperor is still committed." "Isn't there anything to worry about? Could it be that his queen is what he is willing to marry? Could it be that his favorite concubine is what he really wants to pamper? It's not even up to him to decide whether his children can save zài. Not to mention the people around him, how many of them can really be trusted? However, even if he knew that it was wrong, he couldn't touch them.

Let's talk about the queen mother, she is the emperor's mother-in-law and the emperor's adoptive mother, without her, the emperor would not be able to succeed to the throne, so at some point, she is even more difficult to deal with than Yu Ge Lao, who holds great power, because she represents a filial piety. So even if the empress brutalized the imperial heir with her acquiescence, the emperor could only endure it now.

Momoka didn't know what to say. She has also tasted the bitterness of filial piety. If it weren't for "unfilial piety and three nos", how could she cut off contact with her family in the end? What's more, in this era, the word filial piety is heavier than the mountain. The Queen Mother is the emperor's mother-in-law, and she is Shen Shu's mother-in-law, she presses the emperor, and she also presses Shen Shu, and it is heavier.

"Lord Wang, the note has been handed in." Hatsuichi appeared at the door of the house, "The things here are also packed, and it's time to go." ”

Lantian County is not far from Chang'an, the carriage is galloping, and at the border of Lantian and Baqiao counties, they met the first batch of people who came to Huimin Pharmacy.

"The Lantian County Order has already encircled all the sick people." The deputy envoy of Huimin Pharmacy who came to greet them looked panicked, looking hard in the group, "Where is the envoy of Zhengyuan?" He didn't come to the old man's house? ”

"Miss Jiang came to preside over the malaria treatment on behalf of the envoy of the Zheng Academy." Shen Shu's expression was solemn, and he unfolded the holy decree abruptly, "Jiang Yuan's judgment is the emperor's personal seal, and you must obey Jiang Yuan's command, if you slack off, you will not be spared!" Several guards beside him immediately pulled out half of their waist knives, and the shiny blades were chilling.

"Jiang Yuan's judgment?" The deputy envoy's face turned blue. Is the emperor joking? Sent a little girl, is this to make them all die here?

Taohua ignored the deputy envoy's gaze and got off the carriage: "Are the people from the county government here?" ”

"Come, come-" The stunned county man regained his tongue, "Miss Jiang-no, what does the Jiang court command?" "Oh my God, will they be able to save their lives?

"Now go and organize some people to fill up the puddles in every place with earth, and smooth out the holes in the trees in front of and behind the houses, and in the trees with yellow mud." Taohua looked back, why hadn't the things she asked for been delivered yet.

"Do, do what?" The county is inexplicable.

"Mosquito control." Taohua said clearly, "Immediately tell all families that mosquitoes must be eliminated." This malaria is caused by mosquito bites, so killing mosquitoes can prevent people who are not sick from getting sick. ”

"Mosquitoes?" The deputy envoy has also studied medical skills, and for a while he only felt ridiculous, whether this girl understood the film or not, "This is impossible!" Malaria is malaria! This year, there has been a lot of rain, and the grass and trees have rotted and miasma, and miasma has grown evil, so that's-"

Taohua interrupted him: "Stop talking nonsense. In popular places, there will be no miasma, and there will be more rain and more mosquitoes, so malaria spreads quickly. Instead of talking nonsense here, you should hurry up and get on errands! Is there Artemisia annua in the county? Let the person who knows the medicinal herbs go to find it and ask for fresh yellow artemisia. In addition, these measures must be informed to Luonan County, so that they can do it all! ”

The deputy envoy was so angry that his face was bruised when he received the nonsense comments, but when he saw the holy decree in Shen Shu's hand and the fierce appearance of the guards, he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, so he had to endure his anger and said: "Malaria is not trivial, if the epidemic is delayed, thousands of people will die!" ”

Behind him, a servant whispered, "My uncle's family seems to have malaria after being bitten by a mosquito......

He didn't know medical skills, but when this Jiang Yuan judge said this, he remembered it. His uncle's family lives on low ground, and this year's rain is heavy, and there are many mosquitoes in front of and behind the house, and six of the eight members of the family have malaria. Two of the adults were in good health, but four and a half children collapsed.

At that time, malaria had not yet broken out, and the family was only extended to the doctor, he once went to see it, and several children had mosquito bites on their red envelopes, saying that they had run into the grass to play. The neighbor said that he went to the water's edge and bumped into a malaria ghost, but now listening to the statement of this Jiang Yuan's sentence, it seems to make sense.

"Really?" The county is also anxious now, and it is better to have someone to command than to run around like a fly without a head. Although he also felt that this woman's court judgment was unreliable, he actually hoped that she would be reliable-everyone wanted to have a hope at this time--now that he heard this official say this, he wished that it was so, and hurriedly said, "In this case, the lower official will immediately bring someone to do it!" ”

Taohua nodded: "Everyone should be careful of mosquito bites, and it is best to cover their heads and faces, and smoke at home to prevent further illness." ”

The deputy envoy couldn't help but say, "What about the people who are already sick?" "The first batch of them came and had already prescribed medicinal soup, but the effect was not good.

"That's why people went searching for Artemisia annua." Taohua glanced at him, "What kind of medicine do you use?" In the Jin Dynasty's "Elbow Emergency Prescription", it was recorded that Artemisia annua is a medicine for malaria, but in fact, it is artemisinin that really works.

"Artemisia?" The deputy envoy was a little puzzled, "Shouldn't Artemisia annua be used?" "Behind the Elbow Rush" says-"

Taohua interrupted him: "You use Artemisia annua?" ”

"This-" Artemisia annua is too cheap, there is no oil and water to make out of it, and Huimin Pharmacy really hasn't prepared much.

"How?" Taohua saw that he was suddenly silent, a little inexplicable. With or without it, it's hard to answer?

The deputy envoy began to sweat on his head: "This medicine - I didn't expect malaria ......"

Tao Hua didn't understand, but Shen Shu understood: "Huimin Pharmacy didn't prepare Artemisia annua at all, right?" "He'll be able to guess what the hell is here.

The deputy envoy sweated even more, and began to think about how to shirk responsibility: "This matter, this matter is not the responsibility of the lower officials......

"Forget it." Taohua didn't have time to rub his tongue with him, "Someone will find it immediately!" "Artemisia annua is a common plant, and it should be found locally.

Shen Shu glanced at it coldly and kept this envoy in his heart. I don't have time to trouble him now, and I'll settle the account when the matter is done.

"I'll go see the patients first." Taohua buttoned the hat to her head and glanced back at Shen Shu, "You also put on the hat and go." ”

Lantian County has circled a village outside the county seat, sent all the patients into it, and sent people to patrol the county town day and night, but those who are sick will be sent out. However, the problem is that the people sent in can't be cured at all, and it is equivalent to being circled and waiting for death, so that the people are terrified, and even if there is an illness, they will do everything possible to hide it. So the county government desperately arrested, the people were afraid to hide, and some of the people who had been sent to the village wanted to escape, causing chaos.

Before Taohua entered the village, she heard faint cries and pleading, and the officials carried out several corpses and sent them to the back of the village. It was probably the place where the corpses were burned, and the wind blew with a scorching smell.

The Lantian County Order was already anxious, and when he heard that the Tai Hospital had sent a verdict, it was like a life-saving straw, but when he ran out, he saw that it was a woman, and he was dumbfounded. Taohua didn't have time to explain to him, so she went to the village first.

The sick were locked up in their houses, the village was shabby, some were lying on the ground, and some were screaming at the door to get out. As soon as the guard opened the door, Taohua was almost knocked down by a person who rushed out, but fortunately, Shen Shu was next to him and grabbed the person.

"I don't have a plague, I don't have a plague!" The man struggled desperately, and shouted at the Lantian County Commander behind him, "Master, I really don't have the epidemic!" ”

Taohua motioned to Shen Shu to hold him down: "Don't be excited, I'll show you." ”

"What?" The man was a middle-aged man, covered in dirt as if he had been rolling in the mud, and was pressed vigorously by Shen Shu, and found that the person talking in front of him was actually a young woman, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Taohua reached out and untied the ragged coat on his body, and began to press his abdomen amid the sound of the servants gasping for air.