Chapter 245: A New Crisis
Peng Zeliang came to Su Mansion to visit his daughter, who was still stumbling in the house one moment, and the radiant Qinqing, as soon as he heard his father's voice ringing in the courtyard, the next moment he threw himself directly on the bed, pretending to be sick.
Such a scene made the personal maid and mother-in-law cry and laugh, but there was no way.
Although they have to listen to the words of the prefect, they do not dare to betray their lord for glory and offend the eldest lady they serve. Therefore, I can only pretend not to see it, and even help hide it.
"Qinqing, my father has come to see you." After Peng Zeliang entered the door, he greeted his baby daughter
Peng Jingqing said weakly: "Dad, why did you come, if you come a few days late, Qinqing will ......."
"Ahem!" Su Chen coughed twice behind him, as if reminding Peng Jingqing: If you have poor acting skills, don't add drama to yourself, otherwise it will be easier to expose your stuffing.
"That's it?" Peng Zeliang was concerned and confused, walked by the bed, and asked worriedly.
"I can't sleep well, and I can't eat well." Peng Jingqing turned the serious words back, and what he said was not painful.
Peng Zeliang breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and watched his beloved daughter coquettish him here, but the father's heart softened, reached out and stroked her hair, and said with a pleasant face: "How are you recuperating, it has been half a month since you recuperated from your injuries, and it is time to move back home." ”
"Oops...... My daughter felt that her body was still a little uncomfortable, and she could ask Su Chen to diagnose her pulse at any time, and it would be inconvenient to go back to live...... "Peng Jingyu stroked her temples with her hand, looking weak.
"It's okay, let him go over once every two days, just give you a follow-up examination, your injury is caused by saving him, he won't even pay for this trouble and hard work, right?" Peng Zeliang raised his head and glared at Su Chen, the meaning was obvious, and let him make a statement.
At this time, Peng Jingqing blocked his side face with one hand, and kept giving him a look with the other eye, asking him to reject his father and keep himself.
Su Chen was stunned, in hesitation, this immortal fights, which side should he stand on?
Governor Peng has just accepted himself, and if he offends him immediately, it seems to leave a bad impression on the elders.
But if you don't help Qinqing, she will complain afterwards, which is also troublesome.
Just after he was in a dilemma, suddenly, there was a rapid running sound in the courtyard, and a catcher rushed into the courtyard in a panic, shouting: "Lord Prefect, Lord Prefect...... Oh no, something big is wrong......"
Peng Zeliang got up when he heard this, his face was unhappy, why could he be so panicked, what big thing could happen in Runzhou City?
Could it be that the Song army attacked the ferry and forcibly sent troops south?
He came to the door of the main room, saw the catcher named Zheng Xiu, his face was cold, and he asked, "What happened, what kind of system did it become?" ”
Zheng Xiu hugged his fists and said: "Back to the prefect, Lengyan Town, twenty miles south of the city, suddenly there were many deaths of the people, the symptoms were similar, and there were people who came over to tell them that there were chickenpox on those deceased, and the local Langzhong speculated that it was like a smallpox plague." ”
"Smallpox!" Peng Zeliang's face changed, if such a plague disease raged, it would be ten rooms and nine empty, and there was no cure.
In addition to the strong degree of contagion, mainly because of the high mortality rate, it is necessary to isolate the contacts as soon as possible, dispose of the corpses, and prevent the smallpox virus from entering Runzhou City, otherwise, the people in the city are so dense and infected, I am afraid it is unimaginable.
"Hurry up, go back to the yamen, mobilize all the fast officials, and follow the official to Lengyan Town; In addition, the news is blocked and cannot be announced to the public, so as not to cause panic. ”
Peng Zeliang realized the urgency of the matter, and the alcohol was awakened, so he immediately decided to drink the order, rushed out of the door, got into the carriage, and went back to the yamen to prepare for mobilization.
Su Chen heard the word smallpox, and his heart sank, this is one of the oldest and highest mortality infectious diseases, highly contagious, seriously ill, people who have not suffered from smallpox or have not been vaccinated against smallpox, can be infected, mainly manifested as severe viremia, and the mortality rate after infection is high.
The clinical manifestations of smallpox are severe and mild, the case fatality rate of severe smallpox is about a quarter, nearly half of the cases have a confluent rash, and the vast majority will have hemorrhage; The case fatality rate of mild smallpox is very low, at only one percent.
This smallpox virus is a kind of pox virus, and there is no specific medicine to treat people after being infected, and the patient will have pockmarks on his face after healing, hence the name "smallpox".
In history, the period when smallpox was most raging, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, because history was in the fifth Xiaoice period, the climate was abnormal, so the virus would break out because of the abnormal weather, smallpox in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, causing a large number of deaths, and even had a serious impact on the governance of the early Qing Dynasty. According to the record of "Qing Palace Archives Revealed", among the ten emperors after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Shunzhi and Tongzhi died directly of smallpox, and although Kangxi and Xianfeng were lucky to pick up their lives from the clutches of smallpox, they left pockmarks on their faces.
In the early Qing Dynasty, the rulers were plagued by smallpox, and Nurhachi's second son, Prince Li, had three sons who died of smallpox. For the Manchus at the beginning of the entry, smallpox was almost a terminal illness. At that time, people were afraid of acne like tigers, and when it was epidemic, they could only passively avoid it, but smallpox could not be prevented, and most of the passive evasives were still not spared. The smallpox epidemic caused an alarmingly high mortality rate among the people of the Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty.
However, Su Chen was born in a medical family, his grandfather is an old Chinese medicine doctor, his parents are clinical Western doctors, he also studied medicine for five years in undergraduate, but when he was in graduate school, he secretly changed his major and changed the Chinese department, but for the understanding of smallpox, he also learned in medical books that the most basic and effective and easiest way to prevent smallpox is vaccinia.
"Su Chen, my father just said that smallpox disease appeared outside the city?" Peng Jingqing also heard the conversation just now, and at this time he didn't pretend to be sick, and got out of bed directly and came to Su Chen's side, asking a little nervously.
Su Chen nodded slightly: "If you report like this, the matter is big, and you shouldn't be wrong." ”
"What then? I heard that smallpox and the Black Death, the two most evil plagues, were introduced into the city from outside the city, and it would not be long before there were people from outside the city who did not know that they were sick and entered the city and spread it. Peng Jingqing's face turned pale, and he knew that he was afraid.
After all, this kind of disease has nothing to do with the strength of martial arts, killing people is invisible, and she is also a little afraid.
Su Chen's face was serious, thinking about how to vaccinate cowpox, and his eyes looked at Peng Jingqing firmly and said, "It's okay, isn't there me here?" ”
"You?" Peng Jingqing was stunned, listen to him, is there a way?
However, for thousands of years, no one has been able to cure smallpox, Hua Tuo is alive, Bian Que is resurrected, and there is no solution, can Su Chen do it?
"You're not kidding, are you?" Peng Jingqing looked skeptical.
Su Chen said helplessly: "Look at my expression, do you seem to be joking?" I'm serious, okay! ”