"In the fourth year of Jianning, in March, there was a great epidemic in the north." Liu Bei never imagined that the few numbers understated in the history books of his previous life would hide such a shocking reality behind him.

Even though he was in the city, Liu Bei could still feel the horror of this plague, and the strange atmosphere of this city now, the panic, fear, and hysteria.

This plague has reached this point, Liu Bei knows that whether he wants it or not, he will inevitably be involved in it, for himself, and for the innocent people of the two counties, he must stand up and do something, which is why Liu Bei is waiting for Liu Hong here tonight.

"Worry-free? Liu Hong looked at Liu Bei seriously, "What worries are you going to solve?" ”

Liu Bei's face did not change: "Solve the worries of the plague in Zhuo County." ”

After listening to this, Liu Hong waved his hand in disappointment, "Don't mess around, go down." ”

Liu Bei understood Liu Hong's thoughts, isn't it nonsense for a yellow-mouthed child to talk about the plague, is there anything more ridiculous than this?

But Liu Bei didn't retreat, and he couldn't retreat, because Liu Bei was not powerless against this plague, and he from later generations more or less knew some methods against the plague, no matter whether these methods actually had any effect, but if he didn't say it, Liu Bei would not feel good in his heart.

Seeing that Liu Bei refused to retreat, Liu Hong was also angry, this day was rushing, everything was not going well, he had already held back the anger in his belly, just because of his years of study and temperament, he refused to be angry with others. But since Liu Bei was so uninteresting and stubborn, Liu Hong could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Then you can say it, if you can't say anything today, then I will cure your liarity." ”

Liu Bei didn't talk nonsense, and immediately said: "Xuande thinks that the current focus is on three things. ”

"First, we should strictly control the ban in the city and control the entry and exit of the population."

"Second, if you are isolating the patient, you can set aside an alley for the patient to live in and isolate it from the outside so as not to infect others."

Liu Bei went straight to the point and put his thoughts one by one, without any nonsense, but when he only talked about the second point, Liu Hong interrupted him:

"Xuande, is that what you're talking about? If that's all there is to it, then step aside, I have already ordered it to be done. ”

Liu Bei was speechless, what, his father had already given such an order? Suddenly, a funny feeling of getting an axe in Liu Bei's heart spontaneously arose, but just because of it, Liu Bei's expression became complicated.

Are these initiatives simple? Simple! Does it work? Effective! But is it possible to do this in general? No!

In this era, because people do not have a systematic understanding of the generation and infection of the plague, and the social atmosphere is particularly ethical, these epidemic prevention measures will not only not be appreciated, but easy to end up with a "unkind" reputation, Liu Bei was ready to persuade Liu Hong, but he did not expect that his father had already done it.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei's voice became heavy: "There is a third point. ”

Although Liu Hong had just refuted his son, he also understood that his son was not messing around through the two points just now, so he continued to listen.

"Father, does he know the cause of the plague?" Liu Bei asked.

Liu Hong shook his head cooperatively and shook his head.

Liu Bei continued: "Bei heard people say in the past that the plague is a subtle Gu, born in the corpses of humans and beasts, germinating in spring and summer, and then entering the human body, grabbing people's essence and blood, and harming people's ears. ”

After listening, Liu Hong frowned: "Who are you listening to about this?" ”

Liu Bei knew that Liu Hong didn't believe it, but this was normal, it always took a certain amount of time to accept a new point of view, and after thinking about it, Liu Bei felt that he couldn't say that he had discovered it, so he said: "It was Dr. Hua Tuohua who told the child." ”

"Hua Tuo?" Listening to this name, Liu Hong thought seriously for a long time before he said uncertainly: "But that young man from Lou Sangting." ”

Liu Bei nodded and replied, "Exactly." ”

Liu Hong's expression changed suddenly, Liu Bei looked helpless, no matter what time it was, the young doctor was always full of distrust, but he really had no one to make up, and he couldn't go to the ancient books anymore.

"Father, don't underestimate Doctor Hua, although Doctor Hua is not very old, his medical skills are extraordinary."

Liu Hong said disappreciatively: "At such an age, what medical skills can he have, the plague is even helpless for Doctor Zhao, let alone a hairy boy." ”

"What about the matter of the children's building and the Sang Pavilion?" Liu Bei reminded his father.

"It was just a coincidence." Liu Hong replied.

Liu Bei was helpless, people were stubborn, and it was hopeless, so Liu Bei had to tell Liu Hong his methods one by one - drinking boiling water, paying attention to hygiene, and several recipes that he happened to see in teaching history before.

After speaking, Liu Bei said again: "Father, if you don't believe it, you can take some people to test it to verify the authenticity." ”

"Go back to sleep first." For a long time, Liu Hongfang said.

Liu Bei didn't say anything more, he didn't know if his father had listened or not, but there was only so much he could do for the time being.

……

Zhou He is a businessman who runs a small shop in Zhuo County, which is handed down from his ancestors, and is already the third generation in Zhou He's hands.

The merchant is a lowly and despised scholar, but Zhou He doesn't care, he is a person with no ambitions, and he does not have the ambition to become the second Sang Hongyang. This may be because Zhou He has not read enough books, and the more people always know, the more they want to ask for.

From childhood to youth, from youth to youth, although the empire's government is becoming more and more chaotic, this has not affected Zhou He's unwavering growth, just when Zhou He was about to marry a wife and have children so plainly, and pass this small shop to his son, and then obediently waited for the arrival of the troubled times and honestly became cannon fodder - Zhou He met a woman.

"Pick and choose, in the city, don't see it for a day, if it's March." Zhou He's state is becoming more and more sluggish, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother are in their eyes and anxious in their hearts, they tried to persuade Zhou He again and again but returned again and again in vain, and under the stimulation of this failure, they became older and haggard day by day, which is really pitiful for the hearts of parents in the world.

But Zhou He turned a blind eye to this, how could a person who was immersed in his own world and could not extricate himself perceive the changes in the outside world? In other words, people are always concerned about what they don't get and forget what they have.

The woman who haunted Zhou He's soul was surnamed Liu, we might as well call her Miss Liu, in fact, Zhou He's feelings for Miss Liu were actually wishful thinking, at least after the two of them accidentally rubbed shoulders in a hurry, Zhou He only occasionally walked around the door of Miss Liu's house, but never expressed his love in person, he was always afraid of the abrupt beauty, well, the man always seemed very gentlemanly in this situation.

However, this is actually not important, "the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker", this is the mainstream of this era, as for free love, elopement, etc., it is a trick that only rich ladies can afford, such as Zhuo Wenjun Zhuo girl.

Unfortunately, the biggest obstacle between Zhou He and Miss Liu's marriage is precisely Miss Liu's father, Mr. Liu.

Old Man Liu is barely a scholar, and he also went to the Great Confucian sect to listen to classes in his early years, but it may be a matter of talent, and the old man Liu is more like a person to make up the number of people, in order to show that the audience under the Great Confucian sect is like a cloud, and then show the profundity of the Great Confucian's knowledge.

After a few years of studying, Mr. Liu, who had no talent and no way out, had to go back to his hometown Zhuo County to make a living by enlightening children, but this experience was not without influence on Mr. Liu, at least Mr. Liu's vision was much broader, for example, in the face of the Zhou family's desire to become in-laws, Mr. Liu was not very eye-catching-how could my daughter marry a small businessman? Yes, the emphasis is on the small print.

However, at this time, Old Man Liu died of a cold occasion.

Zhou He knew that he shouldn't be so ecstatic, this was really a very rude and immoral thing, but Zhou He just couldn't hold back his mood, and what happened later was as Zhou He expected, under the comeback offensive of Zhou's father and Zhou's mother, Zhou He got the girl he liked.

This is really the luckiest thing in the world, and how many people in the world can become dependents? Zhou He lived happily with Miss Liu, without the red roses and white roses of the small bourgeoisie, well, this is the disadvantage of reading less.

Until this great plague.

Zhou He looked at the bed behind the curtain, his expression was sad, he stood up and walked a few steps forward, but a voice came from inside:

"Ahem, husband, don't go any further."

"Madame!" Zhou He shouted in pain.

After a long time, a voice came from behind the curtain: "Husband, don't take care of the concubine anymore, don't let ......"

"No!" Zhou He shouted again, and then said firmly: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely save you"

After speaking, Zhou He turned around and pushed the door out, but when he got outside, the firmness he had just disguised disappeared, and it was replaced by even more sorrow.

Zhou He actually knew in his heart that his wife was probably really going to leave him, but knowing that it was a matter of one thing, whether he could accept it or not was another matter, Zhou He sighed and went out of the house.

When he came to the street, there were few pedestrians, so Zhou He hurriedly walked to the grain store, preparing to buy food for emergencies.

But Zhou He just walked a few steps, but saw a few patrols posted a notice, and when the patrolmen left, a few people came out of nowhere to discuss in front of the notice, Zhou He couldn't help but walk over curiously, and asked, "What does this notice say?" ”

An old man turned his head and shook his head at Zhou He and said, "Above is an order from Lord Cheng of the county, asking everyone to report people suffering from the plague, and ......."

Zhou He's face turned pale with fright when he heard this, and he didn't dare to listen to it anymore, so he quickly turned around and left the crowd and hurried towards the grain store.

"Alas, Housheng, you say—hey, what about people?" After saying a few words, the old man felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and turned his head to look at Zhou He, but he couldn't see Zhou He's figure anymore.