Chapter 35: Bodhisattva Style
"Medicine King Bodhisattva! Medicine King Bodhisattva! ”
I don't know who shouted, and then, on the rammed earth roofs around them, countless Hu people shouted.
Song Nian smiled slightly.
Behind him, there were two people who had collapsed to the ground.
Whether it is an oracle or a Haler, they all know too well how terrible the plague they have spread is, and they have also seen with their own eyes what kind of tragedy the tribes that have been released from the plague have experienced.
Song Nian walked off the high platform lightly and casually ordered, and the Hu people here immediately obediently helped her bring the spirits, wash her hands, and spill the remaining spirits on the broken glass jar to further kill the smallpox virus.
Chu He jumped off the roof and walked towards Song Nian with some strangeness: "I see that jar smashed next to you, why aren't you afraid?" ”
Song Nian said lightly: "The spread of the epidemic, in fact, there are only a few ways, either saliva droplets, fleas and mosquitoes, or bare hands, as long as these few things are forced away, and then cleaned with spirits, it is actually not a big problem." Of course, I was prepared beforehand. ”
Song Nian pointed to the veil that had been soaked in spirits on his face: "The smallpox virus is inhaled through the mouth and nose, but I am afraid of spirits, so with this layer of protection, it will be fine." ”
Another reason, of course...... The way these people spread smallpox was actually dust...... This propagation efficiency is actually very low.
As for fleas...... This thing is not used to spread the smallpox virus, and it can only be said that the people of the Black Sky Demon God Sect actually do not know the difference between plague and smallpox.
Chu He was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Only a person like you who is a master of art and bold will think so." ”
Song Nian said lightly: "It's like an ordinary person, when they see someone holding a knife, they will be afraid. But for your generals, if you are not skilled in martial arts, the sword bearer is no threat to you. ”
Chu He thought about it, it was true, and his heart settled down a little, and said in a low voice: "Be careful yourself." ”
Song Nian nodded, and then said to Chu He: "You send people to surround this bazaar and don't let anyone leave!" ”
Chu He was stunned: "Why is this?" ”
Song Nian sighed: "Although I used spirits for protection, but ...... There is a case for everything, and besides, the Black Sky Demon God Cult has chosen to spread it with dust, and I'm worried that if someone gets infected, then it will spread. ”
Chu He glanced at the dense crowd around him, and said in a low voice: "Siege here, no one is allowed to leave?" After a long time, I was worried that something big would happen. These Hu people are very arrogant. ”
Song Nian shook his head: "It won't take too long, it's almost a week." ”
This week, she is going to use it to solve this problem once and for all.
Next, Chu He passed the order of the "Medicine King Bodhisattva", so that these Hu people were not allowed to leave the market, burn incense and fast at home, and after seven days, the Medicine King Bodhisattva would cast a spell to let all the Hu people expel the white death.
This remark was passed on, which surprised Chu He very much.
The imaginary Hu people's rebellion did not come, but they revered the "Medicine King Bodhisattva" even more.
It was only at this time that Chu He felt that the Hu people were ...... It's not scary either.
They are all human beings, and they have to worry about the survival of themselves and their families.
The Hu people and the hat were chained to a high platform in the center of the market.
Every day, Song Nian asked Su Qi'er to take good precautions and give the two of them food.
And Song Nian himself is busy in the place where cattle and horses are raised.
What she wants to do is cowpox.
Time passed.
The Hu man was a divine envoy, looking at the face of the side hat in horror, and white pustules appeared.
This is smallpox.
That is, the two terrifying "white deaths" on the grassland.
The "White Grim Reaper", which came and went without a trace, made all the steppe tribes extremely afraid!
As for himself, after looking at the white spots on Haller's face, he also felt itchy all over his body.
He could imagine that under his clothes, there must also be dense white pus-filled pockets......
Day 7.
Song Nian was on this high platform and held an exorcism ceremony.
Cowpox was finally successfully developed by her.
Or rather, she found it.
Cowpox, in fact, was defeated by the cow's robust immune system, and his smallpox virus, which is the attenuated vaccine.
As long as the cow is infected with the smallpox virus first, and after the cow has pox, the pox liquid is used to infect the human, and the person can have antibodies.
The first batch of experimenters was Song Nian himself.
Then, there are all the Hu people who follow her.
And today, she wants to plant cowpox for all the Hu people here.
This requires a lot of manpower.
But Song Nian only needs to do one core thing.
That's the ceremony.
Chu He was very puzzled by this.
In his opinion, Song Nian is not so fond of publicity.
Therefore, he just looked puzzled as Song Nian was wearing a black robe and a red mask, and started the ceremony on the high platform.
The Hu people around blew the horn in unison, and then, according to Song Nian's instructions, several old shamans danced the traditional shamanic dance to invite the gods in the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and north of the high platform.
After a vast chanting, Song Nian dipped his horsewhip in the liquor and twitched four times around.
Then...... This is the most critical step.
Su Qi'er, who was also wearing a blood-red mask, brought the "sacred cow" draped in red and hung colors, and Song Nian was on the high platform, using a horsewhip to sprinkle spirits around the sacred cow.
Then she put away her whip and sat upright on the high platform, signaling to the four old shamans to begin to exorcise evil spirits.
The Hu people consciously and voluntarily lined up, and after kneeling down to Song Nian in front of the high platform, Su Qi'er took the pox seeds, used needles to break the skin of the arms, and planted pox for them......
This busyness came late at night.
Song Nian sat upright like this.
When the last Hu person was also vaccinated, Song Nian glanced at Chu He.
Chu He immediately said according to the original, there were eight sturdy Hu people, carrying a chariot, Song Nian sat on it, swaggering through the city, everywhere he went, the Hu people knelt down one after another.
After returning to the camp, Song Nian was carried into the big tent, and Chu He dismissed the Hu people and closed the curtain of the tent.
When he turned to look, Song Nian still didn't move, sitting on the chariot.
Chu He shook his head and smiled bitterly, it seems that this woman likes to be fooled...... Well, it's what it's like to be a bodhisattva.
"What are you doing in a daze, come and help me!" Song Nian waited for a moment, saw that Chu He did not move, and said anxiously.
"My legs are numb!"
Only then did Chu He hurriedly come over and help Song Nian up.
Song Nian stood up with difficulty, only to feel that his legs were numb, and there were bursts of soreness and itching, and only he knew the taste.
"I thought you liked the feeling of being a bodhisattva." Chu He helped Song Nian take a few steps and said with a smile.
"Like? This pretending to be a god is a human thing, is it done by a man? Do you sit on a high platform and let the wind blow all day, motionless? Song Nian said angrily.
Note: The time of cow pox, the production and preservation of pox species, the incubation period of smallpox, and the cycle of human body production of antibodies, etc., are all relatively complex things, and it takes a long time to take effect. It's not so rigorous here for the sake of narrative convenience, otherwise it will drag on here for a long time. It's good for everyone to watch the fun. Or it can also be considered that the author is lazy...... (The body text is more than 2,000 words, and this part is free.) )