Long Keduo is in charge of the safety of the military aircraft in the capital, and also serves as the commander of the nine gates, he entered the palace at the same time as the situation in the capital at this time, there are different degrees of collapse of houses everywhere in the capital, fortunately the earthquake was not late at night, the people were still awake, a feeling of the earthquake immediately ran outside the house, and the capital is still some distance away from Tongzhou, not as serious as Tongzhou, Sanhe, Pinggu, the death toll is initially estimated to be about 100 people.

In the middle of the discussion, another obvious tremor was felt, but this time it was very short and did not cause much damage. An hour later, the discussion was fruitful, and 5,000 sergeants were dispatched from the Yamen, Jianrui Battalion, and Fengtai Battalion, which was commanded by the Zibu Army, to go to Tongzhou to rescue the people, and it was necessary to rescue the people trapped in it in the shortest possible time, and the matter was entrusted to Prince Yi Yunxiang and Prince Lian Yunxi. In addition, 100,000 taels of silver were issued to give relief to the victims, and then called on the officials and gentry to donate money for relief.

In the next few days, news came one after another, and the disaster was not only in the Beijing area, but also affected nine provinces, and a total of 165 prefectures and counties in Zhili, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shengjing, Jiangnan, Gansu, and Guangdong were all damaged by the earthquake.

The 5,000 soldiers were blocked on the road when they were still ten miles away from Tongzhou, and the only official road was blocked by the boulders rolling down from the mountain, as Ma San said, and they could not be lifted by manpower, so Yun Xiang came up with a way to blow up the boulders with explosives, and then clean them up separately.

At the same time, Ling Ruo and Nian's together also counted the disaster situation in the palace completely, more than 2,000 houses collapsed and damaged, and more than 70 people died, except for an old concubine, the rest were palace people; More than 120 people were injured. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry have begun to repair the collapsed temple, but this is undoubtedly an extremely time-consuming project, and it is impossible to complete the restoration in a short period of time.

February of the first year of Yongzheng was shrouded in a thick shadow of death due to this earthquake, which overwhelmed everyone. As for Tongzhou, after the earthquake, the weather became extremely bad, the torrential rain continued, and it seemed to return to the cold winter, the cold was extremely cold, and the warmth of spring and March could not be seen at all.

Yin Zhen became extremely busy, forgetting to sleep and eat, and had no time to set foot in the harem, sometimes Ling Ruo went to see him, and often couldn't say a few words and was interrupted by the eight hundred miles of urgent delivery.

Earthquakes and disaster relief have become the most important and only topics in this period of time.

Ling Ruo saw that Yinzhen stayed up late every day, and often didn't care about eating, worried that his body would not be able to bear it, so he changed his tricks every day to make meals and send them, and he didn't speak, just watched him eat the prepared meals.

One night, Yinzhen finally got some time, and after using the dinner sent by Ling Ruo, he sat down with her and said a few words, but Ling Ruo didn't see Yinzhen make a sound after finishing a sentence, and looked up, only to find that Yinzhen fell asleep in the chair at some point.

She knew that it must be because she was too tired these days, so she took the cloak from Nanqiu's hand and covered it lightly for him, and then withdrew from the renovated Heart Cultivation Palace. Before leaving, he told Li Dequan not to disturb Yinzhen and let him sleep well.

In March, the weather in the capital gradually warmed up, but Tongzhou still rained heavily, adding many obstacles to the disaster relief, and it was at this time that what Yinzhen had been worried about finally happened.

The great plague will be followed by the great plague!

In Tongzhou, Sanhe, and Pinggu, there were too many deaths and they were all under the rubble, and with those thousands of soldiers, there was no time to clean up.

With the passage of time, coupled with the heavy rain, the corpses began to gradually decompose, and the corpse poison spread all over the air and water, and many people began to have symptoms such as fever, skin ulceration and yellow water, and there was a strong contagion, and all close contacts would be infected, which was a sign of the occurrence of the plague.

After Yinzhen learned of this, he immediately made a decision and ordered the soldiers who were not infected with the plague to withdraw from the Tongzhou area, and sent troops to guard the checkpoint here, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and those soldiers who withdrew from Tongzhou were also taken to a place to be guarded, and all those who had symptoms of the plague were isolated and guarded.

At the same time, all the imperial physicians were summoned to discuss the possibility of a cure for the symptoms, and if this plague broke out, the death toll would be greater than that of the earthquake.

The imperial physicians were helpless after seeing one of the infected soldiers, this plague was more terrible than any other, and the contagion was extremely strong, there was a little eunuch, just because he stood too close to the patient, and on the night he came back, he started a fever, and his skin was ulcerated, and no one dared to approach.

For a while, the imperial doctors avoided it like a tiger, and they didn't dare to agree to go to Tongzhou for treatment.

Just when Yinzhen was anxious about this matter day and night, Nala who heard about it rushed to the Heart Cultivation Palace, the injury on her foot had almost healed, and she only needed to change the medicine a few more times, so she was no big problem when she walked.

Yin Zhen really didn't want to talk to the Nala clan at the moment, and asked directly: "The queen is so anxious to see me, but is there something?" ”

The Nala clan didn't care about his attitude, and said slowly after giving a shallow salute: "The concubine heard that the emperor was worried about the plague in Tongzhou, and it was difficult to sleep and eat. ”

Yinzhen's spirit suddenly lifted when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is the queen who is talking about it?" ”

In a faint smile, Nala gently spit out three words, "Imperial Doctor Xu." ”

Dr. Xu...... Hearing this answer, Yin Zhen's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, although Imperial Physician Xu's medical skills are good, but the plague that happened in Tongzhou this time is extremely dangerous, can Imperial Physician Xu really do it?

Having said that, the last time the imperial doctors were summoned to discuss, Imperial Doctor Xu was not there, and Jing Xue was injured in the earthquake and needed to be taken care of.

Seeing that Yinzhen hesitated, Nala said lightly: "Has the emperor forgotten?" In the 50th year of Kangxi, the emperor had a plague, and it was Imperial Doctor Xu who saved the emperor's life at that time. He has superb medical skills, and he has an understanding of the epidemic, and the concubines think about it, if they can solve the crisis in Tongzhou, there is no one else except Imperial Doctor Xu. ”

Yinzhen paced back and forth in the hall, and the mille-feuille shoes stepped on the rearranged gold bricks and made a "bang" sound. He was thinking about Nala's words in his heart, as he said, Imperial Physician Xu should be the most suitable person, but if even Imperial Physician Xu couldn't cure this plague, then what?

Nala guessed what he was thinking at the moment, and said: "Even though Imperial Physician Xu can't think of a cure for a while, the concubine thinks that she can at least find out some clues, and then find a way. The concubine believed that with Imperial Physician Xu's medical skills, he would definitely be able to save the people of Tongzhou from dire straits. ”