Chapter 324: The Plague

After the Flower Dynasty Festival, the flowers of the Han family became famous through Yuan Bi, and received orders from many merchants and flower sellers from all over the world.

Jiang Cheng'er looked at this colorful flower waving in the wind under the blue sky and white clouds, which was very pleasing to the eye, and the refreshing fragrance poured into her nose. She looked at Han Baichuan: "Do you plan to expand the scale of production?" "With technology, it's a natural idea to sell more than one point.

Han Baichuan shook his head: "At present, there are enough crops, and the data tells me that these flowers can already meet the demand of the nearby market, and although they can make more money by selling them to the whole country, the transportation of the ancients is very backward, and after deducting the manpower, material resources, and time costs spent on selling them, there is actually not much left." “

"When it comes to other seasons, you can plant rhododendrons, begonias, camellias, chrysanthemums...... "Jiang Cheng'er's eyes showed a look of longing. She never thought she could have a garden, she grew up in the city, and although flowers and plants can be found everywhere, they are far less comfortable than a large field of flowers.

Suddenly, there was a moan in their ears, and the sound was very uncomfortable to hear. Looking towards the source of the sound, a ragged, scrawny man was seen in the distance, shuffling towards them, dragging a trail on the ground behind him. Jiang Cheng'er and Han Baichuan glanced at each other, stepped forward and intercepted him: "What's wrong with you?" Sick? ”

As soon as the man saw the person, he hurriedly reached out and grabbed the corner of Jiang Cheng'er's skirt, and his voice was weak: "Help, save me, the village ...... Plague ......"

Both of them were startled when they saw his raised face, the man's neck was swollen very large, and there was a layer of black gas floating on his sallow face, and he looked almost unhuman.

Han Baichuan quietly removed his hand from Jiang Cheng'er's clothes, and keenly captured the information point: "There is a plague in your village?" ”

The man nodded with difficulty, and his voice was weak: "I escaped, and many people died......"

Jiang Cheng'er frowned, the plague is contagious, and if this person escapes from there, it will spread to more people outside. After thinking about it, she said to Han Baichuan: "It's better to find a room to isolate him and find a doctor to see, so as not to infect others." ”

Han Baichuan said: "Well, let's do this first, but spring is the peak period of influenza, and if there is an outbreak in other places, we may not be able to escape." ”

Jiang Cheng'er couldn't help but think of the SARS that happened when she was a child, modern medical methods are so developed, and it is so tricky to have a large-scale infectious disease, once a plague occurs in ancient times, wouldn't there be countless deaths and injuries? In ancient times, there were risks everywhere!

Twenty miles away, Renxin Medical Center is the most famous medical center in this area. The owner of the medical hall, Dr. Shang, is highly respected and very famous. When Jiang Cheng'er and the two arrived, the guy said that he had already gone to the doctor. The guy muttered: "I don't know what happened recently, there are patients everywhere, and the old man is too busy to eat." ”

Jiang Cheng'er was a little disappointed, but she was not willing to come for nothing, so she asked, "Then do you still have anyone here who can go to the clinic?" "Seeing that this medical hall is so large, the doctor will always accept some disciples, right?

"Girl, you're right, you can do it on your behalf." A calm male voice picked up her words. Jiang Cheng'er saw that a young man walked over, dressed in a moon-white dark pattern robe, with a cyan jade pendant tied around his waist, and looked at her with a soft smile in his eyes.

"You are?" Han Baichuan spoke, his voice a little displeased.

"The eldest disciple of Doctor Xiashang, Yan Shu."

"That person is in critical condition, I wonder if Childe can hurry back with us to see a doctor?"

Yan Shu's expression suddenly became serious: "You wait for me to prepare." With that, he turned and went into the back room. When he came out, he already carried a small leaf red sandalwood portable medicine box on his shoulder.

Sun Guang was lying alone in a wooden house. The epidemic had robbed him of half of his vitality, and he had just had a fever, but now he felt gradually sober, as if he was gradually recovering. He vaguely remembered that someone seemed to be feeding him medicine.

"Come, drink porridge." A gentle voice rang clearly in my ears again.

He opened his eyes suddenly, and a young and handsome face appeared in front of him, the man helped him up, and made him sit half-leaning on the bed, Sun Guang slowly ate a bowl of white porridge, and gained some strength.

"Are you...... Doctor? I seem to have been saved by two people. ”

"That's right, I was the one who came to save you just now."

"That'...... What disease do I have? He asked.

Yan Shu's face was solemn: "You have a high fever, weakness in your limbs, a swollen neck, polydipsia, and bleeding symptoms, you should have hemorrhagic fever." ”

"Hemorrhagic fever? Ahem...... Is there a cure for that? ”

"Of course, I have given you the detoxification and blood activating decoction, and your illness is more serious, so forsythia, peony, rehmannia and licorice can be cured by adding one dollar each, and continuing to take the medicine can be cured."

Sun Guang said: "Thank you, doctor, it's just that there are still many patients in my village, I don't know if I can save ......" Sun Guang thought of his familiar villagers and neighbors, and couldn't help but feel sad. The only thing to be thankful for is that he is an orphan and does not have to watch his parents leave.

"Did anything special happen when there was an epidemic in your village?" The woman's soft voice came, and a man and a woman walked in, Yan Shu hurriedly raised his hand to block the two: "You haven't taken the medicine for pre-epidemic diseases, have you?" ”

Jiang Cheng'er was a little embarrassed: "It seems that I forgot." "It's been so long since I've been in ancient times, everything is different from modern times, and some common sense has almost been forgotten.

"You wait for me, I'll take the medicine." After speaking, Yan Shu turned around and walked towards the kitchen, and came back with two bowls of steaming soup.

"The medicine of calamus and honeysuckle decoction can prevent hemorrhagic fever."

The two drank the medicine, and then continued to talk to Sun Guang.

Sun Guang recalled: "At first, it was a child who fell ill, thinking it was just an ordinary rheumatic fever, but I didn't expect him to die, and the village began to panic, and then several adults also had symptoms, and I was one of them." "It was a beautiful village, but the epidemic broke the family.

"That'...... Are you familiar with that kid? Does he usually play with animals a lot? ”

"That kid is quite naughty, I usually see him playing with the family dog, occasionally digging out a bird's egg, girl, do you think the disease is contagious by animals?"

"Well, I had that idea, but it doesn't seem to be right now, so is there a well near that kid's house?"

"No, the well is at the head of the village, and behind his house is a cemetery."

Graveyard? Hearing this word, Jiang Cheng'er's eyes widened.

It was a small village with beautiful mountains and rivers, lush vegetation, lingering streams, and bright spring, but the whole village was shrouded in a dead silence. Only a few houses had smoke rising, no chickens and dogs barking, the doors were empty, and some of the houses were gone, and there were bursts of wailing and moaning.

At the head of the village stood two officials, tightly wrapped, with somewhat pale faces.

"You...... Do you hear anything? One of them asked.

The other listened nervously, the wind rustled the trees, and hurriedly scolded: "Where is it? That's the sound of the wind! ”

As soon as the words fell, three elegant figures appeared in front of him. Just now, the official was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he almost fell to his knees.

"A few ghosts, there are a lot of you adults, hurry up and reincarnate, the little ones haven't done anything to be sorry for you-"

Han Baichuan said funny: "Lord Hades ordered me to arrest a few people to go to the Netherworld on an errand, I think this little brother is just right......"

The man rolled his eyes in fright, and he was about to faint.

Another official next to him, who had not spoken all this time, observed them for a while, his face changed sharply, and he said coldly: "You are not ghosts, are you?" What are you doing here? Any idea what this place is? Dare to trespass?! ”

Yan Shu approached and arched his hand towards him: "Brother Guancha, I am the eldest disciple of Doctor Shang of the Renxin Medical Hall, and we are here to investigate the epidemic situation in this village." After speaking, he took out the jade pendant on his body and showed it to him. When the official took a look, the word "benevolence" was written on it. His expression softened, and he smiled: "Oh, it turned out to be a person who is still a divine doctor, it's rude, it's just that this epidemic is dangerous, I'm afraid you will be infected if you go in." ”

Yan Shu also smiled back: "It's okay, I have a way to deal with this disease, and we are fully prepared." He took out a few strips of cloth and wrapped his mouth and nose tightly.

The official saw that several of them were extraordinary, their posture was calm, and they looked at the village, and finally made a decision: "Okay, if you insist on going in, you will be at your own risk." ”

"Thank you." The three of them thanked each other and walked towards the village. There was a well at the head of the village, a bare locust tree stood, and the sound of women and children crying could be heard from the houses on both sides. The three of them couldn't bear to listen to it anymore, and hurried towards the end of the village.

They rushed to the end of the village without stopping, and sure enough, they saw hills and hills. Sun Guang said that the child's home was at the end of the village, and behind the house was a cemetery.

There are a few fairly neat graves in the sparse grassy flats of the hills, and next to them are cultivated fields and woods.

Lang Lang felt a chill in the sun, Jiang Cheng'er felt goosebumps on her skin, and unconsciously hid behind Han Baichuan. Han Baichuan patted her hand soothingly.

Han Baichuan and Yan Shu went on their separate patrols, looking for anything suspicious, sometimes picking up branches and paddling them into the soil, sometimes kicking the gravel in the soil with their toes. Yan Shu suddenly said, "The soil here is new. ”

Han Baichuan and Jiang Cheng'er hurried over to him, and sure enough, the soil there was a little lighter than the surrounding color.

"Looks like this is it." Han Baichuan said, walked to a tree, and picked up the shovel they had brought. Yan Shu also picked up a handful and began to dig into the ground.

It dug about half a meter deep, revealing a black furry mass. Jiang Cheng'er almost screamed, she raised her hand to cover her mouth and turned away.