Some folk doctors take saving lives and helping the injured as their own responsibility, and take the initiative to go to Huyang City to treat the people without asking for anything in return, they have rich experience in folk medical treatment, and doctors in epidemic areas cover their mouths and noses with cloth shirts to reduce the chance of human-to-human transmission. Shen Hai is one of the folk doctors, and he went to Huyang City to start treatment as soon as the flood passed.

Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, and his party traveled lightly, and when they arrived in the city of Huyang, the walls were ruined, there were countless dead and wounded, and the people lamented. When someone saw them wearing brocade clothes, they followed and wanted to rob, but they were stopped by Liu Fuqing beside him, and Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, ordered them not to hurt the people. A little girl with dirty face and unkempt hair caught up with her, thin and weak, staring at Liu Fusu with longing eyes, and asked cautiously, "Beautiful young lady, can you give me something to eat, I'm so hungry!" My mother is starving to death. ”

Liu Fusu squatted down and talked to the little girl, "Little sister, I have a piece of baked cake here, let's eat it for you!" After speaking, he took out a handkerchief from his body and was just about to open it, when several men rushed forward and grabbed it. Ning Wang Xiao Chong was by his side, and Liu Fusu and the little girl were not hurt.

Wang Jiaer took out the baked cake he brought from his body and handed it to the little girl, "Eat!" The little girl took the pancake in disbelief, devoured it, and coughed from hunger and lack of water. All of a sudden, the little girl's face turned into the color of pork liver, and Liu Fuqing hurriedly poured the water in the bag, and then the little girl's face eased.

The little girl knelt down in front of them and cried, "Help! Take me in. I am very capable, but I also eat less, just one steamed bun at a meal. Liu Fusu's heart softened, so he turned around and wiped his tears, and begged Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, to say, "Your Highness, let's keep her, okay?" ”

Wang Jiaer and Liu Fuqing were also moved, and Wang Jiaer said, "It's better to stay for Sister Fusu to be an intimate girl." Liu Fuqing stared at the little girl in a circle, and said to Xiao Chong, King of Ning, "I think this little girl is not thick, and if she is trained in martial arts, she can also protect her master." He turned to the little girl and asked, "How old are you?" Who else is in the family? What is your name? ”

The little girl was not afraid of life at all, but replied calmly, "If you go back to your father, my name is Lan Qing, I am twelve years old this year, and I have no relatives at home!" Liu Fusu walked over to help the little girl, and then looked at Ning Wang Xiao Chong.

Ning Wang Xiao Chong's eyes seemed to see through, and then he nodded and said, "Leave her!" Leave a maid ring for Fusu and take care of her daily life. Liu Fusu smiled like a spring breeze at this time, and Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, was silent and walked to the front.

In the vicinity of the yamen, there were soldiers with weapons to drive out the people, crying and grabbing the ground. It turned out that Zheng Zeqiang, the general defending the city, for the benefit of Haoqiang, ordered his subordinates to rush all the people infected by the plague, regardless of the severity of their symptoms, to a large ancestral hall in the city, and let them fend for themselves, making people panic.

Because he was afraid of being too conspicuous, Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, only brought Wang Jiaer and Liu Fuqing into the city, as well as the imperial doctor He Wanqin. Seeing such a situation, Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, looked like he was about to kill, and asked the imperial doctor He Wanqin beside him angrily, "He Wanqin, the plague is so serious, what will be the consequences of Zheng Zeqiang gathering the people infected with the plague together?" ”

He Wanqin stepped forward and bowed down and said, "His Royal Highness King Yuning, if you concentrate on the poor ventilation inside, it will aggravate the epidemic infection and have a greater chance of death." But it's also the best chance to stop the outbreak right now! Liu Fusu was extremely angry and said in surprise, "This is simply a matter of human life!" They want to sacrifice these infected people? ”

Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, looked at all this coldly, and ordered Liu Fuqing to inform the crown prince Xiao Luan and a team of men and horses to enter the city to join him. "Ah Chong, we want to save these people! There must be a way, I remember a similar case in the medical book I copied. Look for it when our team arrives! Liu Fusu's eyebrows tightened, and he looked at the ruins worriedly and said.

Wang Jiaer asked angrily, "The disaster is so serious, but the officials treat the people like this!" Your Highness, the people are the water of our Nanyue Dynasty, and the water can carry the boat and capsize the boat! ”

Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, was cold and arrogant, pursed his lips, and looked at the ruins in the distance, "Then Lord He, can you do it?" He Wanqin looked at the victims lying moaning and suffering not far away, and shook his head helplessly.

In the distance, a man with a bag on his back walked slowly, step by step, and gradually approached only to find that he had a scruffy beard and a haggard face. He saw a few people in brocade clothes in front of him, and reminded in surprise, "Now that the plague is rampant in the city, you should leave as soon as possible, nobles!" ”

Liu Fusu rarely saw a person who was not lying down, and asked, "Then why are you still in the city?" What is your name? ”

"My name is Shen Hai, I am a doctor, and the doctor's mission is to save lives and help the wounded!" There was light in Shen Hai's eyes, and he said worthy of heaven and earth. "I heard that the imperial court has sent imperial doctors and recruited folk country doctors, why don't you join the imperial court's medical team?" Liu Fusu looked at him and said.

Shen Hai changed his shoulders and carried his bags, and said disdainfully, "But everyone knows that it is a process and a credit." Which of them really wants to save these people who are in trouble? I can save one is one. ”

Wang Jiaer saw that Shen Hai wanted to move on and ignored them. grabbed him and said, "We were sent by the imperial court to provide disaster relief and epidemic prevention, and we really want to save the people." If you don't believe me, you can follow us to take a look! ”

Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, said coldly, "Shen Hai is now full of refugees in the city, and it is difficult for you to succeed alone, it is better to follow this king, you have rich experience and can solve bigger problems for this king, which may save more people." Perhaps it was Shen Hai who could save more people and moved Shen Hai, so he decided to stay.

When the brigade entered the city, Zheng Zeqiang, the general defending the city, led a group of people to open the city gate to welcome the arrival of the prince and King Ning. The crown prince Xiao Luan and the king of Ning, Xiao Chong, knew the actual situation in the city, and they both coldly faced Zheng Zeqiang, the general who defended the city.

"Zheng Zeqiang, the general defending the city, why did all the people with symptoms and the people of a village around them be forcibly gathered in one place? Do you know that if others who are not infected with the plague will also be infected! King Ning Xiao Luan said angrily.

Zheng Zeqiang, the general defending the city, replied calmly, "Because the last general doesn't know who will be infected, and if it is infected, it will spread to a wider area, so do this to prevent future troubles!" I have been waiting for more than two months for the rescue of the imperial court, and there is not much food in the city, and now it is all distributed centrally. Two Highnesses! The plague broke out in Nadu Village, the hometown of the last general, and the entire village and even the father and mother were sent to that ancestral hall! This tough guy couldn't help but burst into tears when he talked about his parents, which moved others when they saw it.

"Maybe there's a better way!" Shen Hai, a folk doctor, suddenly said without caring about the rules. Xiao Chong, King of Ning, nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Shen Hai swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, and then said: "Now send someone to check every household, and find that once there is a plague among the people, first persuade his family to leave, prohibit entry and exit, and resettle someone to bring him food." It is divided into three districts, each area cannot communicate with each other, and the soldiers are strictly guarded, one district is to house the people who are indeed infected with the plague, the second district is the people suspected of being infected, and the third district is to isolate the family members and contacts of the infected people. The doctor makes daily rounds, treats patients in a timely manner, and enforces the wearing of veils or face towels, but I have not found a prescription for treatment......"

Liu Fusu squatted in a corner of the yamen rummaging through her bags, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Ah Chong, I found it!" is basically consistent with what Shen Hai said, that is, it must be isolated. Xiao Chong, King of Ning, walked over and looked at the book sticker in Liu Fusu's hand.

The crown prince Xiao Luan and the king of Ning, Xiao Chong, entered Huyang City and found that both parties had related interests, so they could tide over the difficulties together, and their political views were highly consistent, so they ordered according to the method that Shen Hai and Liu Fusu said. Zheng Zeqiang, the general defending the city, had no opinion on this, so he quickly carried it out.

On the one hand, three checkpoints were set up at the border to isolate the epidemic area from other areas, except for necessities, restricting the passage of vehicles and people, and those who passed should be quarantined for 5 days. On the other hand, the houses where the epidemic occurred were sealed or destroyed, and the bodies of the dead people were registered and burned in a centralized manner.

Liu Fusu looked at it for a long time before he said: "In the eleventh year of Nanyue Qingzong, there was a plague in Guangxin, and the specific epidemic was not mentioned, only a prescription was recorded, which cured the infected people. This recipe consists of honeysuckle, forsythia, ephedra, gypsum, indigo root, rhubarb, houttuynia cordata. Liu Fusu looked at Xiao Chong, the king of Ning beside him, and he ordered the imperial physician He Wanqin to discuss the medicinal effects of this prescription with Shen Hai.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! This recipe can clear the plague and relieve the surface, clear the lungs and remove heat, and solve the symptoms of the plague now! He Wanqin praised again and again. Shen Hai suddenly realized after seeing it, "That's right! Why can't I think of forsythia and banlangen? Forsythia has the effect of evacuating wind and heat, and the root of Banlan just detoxifies and cools the blood. ”

After more than 10 days of combined prevention and control, the plague did not expand the scope of infection, but the burning of the dead bodies was opposed by a large part of the people. The common people simply thought that the dead were the greatest and the earth was safe, but they did not know that the corpses infected with the plague would be infected again through the water and soil.

"Send more officers and soldiers to patrol, and do not allow the people to bring back the bodies of their relatives infected with the plague to bury without permission! Violators will be killed! "Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, gave an order in the council hall of Huyang City, and at this time, the crown prince Xiao Luan and the prince Yao Jinlong were distributing grain and grass, and commanding the still healthy people to carry out post-disaster reconstruction.

Zheng Zeqiang, the general who defended the city, brought back a crying woman, knelt in front of the hall and pleaded, saying, "His Royal Highness King Ning, this peasant woman is the mother of Zhang Erlang, a close confidant of the last general. It is understandable that his mother wants to take Zhang Erlang home for burial, and it is understandable that Zhang Erlang will be loyal to Huyang, and ask His Royal Highness to fulfill it! ”

Wang Jiaer looked at Zhang Erlang's mother, thinking that she was just bringing her beloved son home, and her heart was sad, "Your Highness, this woman is also a poor person, it is better to let her go." Fortunately, the corpse was also brought back in time and burned, otherwise it would have chilled the hearts of all the officers and soldiers and doctors guarding the epidemic area! ”

Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, still said coldly, "The order cannot be changed, in order to set an example, tie her up to the city gate and cut her hair." Was Zhang Erlang's body burned alone? Liu Fuqing looked at the record book and replied, "Back to Your Highness, yes." Xiao Chong, King of Ning, nodded and said to Zheng Zeqiang, "Zheng Zeqiang, the general who defends the city, read that your subordinate Zhang Erlang has made meritorious contributions, and the ashes will be returned to his mother, and some silver taels will be added." ”

When they heard this, they prostrated and gave thanks. Zhang Erlang's mother was even more moved to tears, "His Royal Highness King Xie Ning!" ”