The largest medical clinic in Lanxi was originally located in the prosperous area of the city, but now it has also been relocated to the side of the mountain stream outside the city. When Yue Tang came to the vicinity of the mountain stream with Wei Chi Zhiming, he found that in addition to the medical hall, there were many simple houses here, scattered around the medical hall, and there were even street vendors supporting small stalls to sell daily utensils and ingredients, just like a small Lanxi City.

As Yue Tang and Wei Chi Zhiming went deeper into the mountains, she found that the passers-by were wearing face towels to protect their mouths and noses, and the air was filled with the smell of some kind of decoction, and there were no other epidemic prevention measures. Judging from the people's residences, they are also very arbitrary, except for the blue and green roof tarpaulin, which is a little strange, and there is no separation measure for minor and serious patients.

Yue Tang frowned and said, "Who is the chief medical officer here?" Let him come to me. ”

Wei Chi Zhiming grabbed a young man dressed as a medical officer and asked, "Where is Chang Yu?" Hurry up and let him come over to greet General Yue! ”

"Not necessarily." Yue Tang said politely to the medical officer, "Please lead the way." She followed the medical officer forward, deliberately ignoring the exchange of words between Wei Chi Zhiming and the other servant, thinking that he was going to inform Lei Xing as soon as possible.

The medical officer covered his head with a face towel and only showed a pair of dark eyes, but his figure was tall and brisk, and he looked young and light. Yue Tang followed him to the mountain, and asked casually, "May I ask this medical officer, how many patients are here?" ”

The medical officer replied, "One thousand three hundred and fifty-eight." ”

Yue Tang: "Are all the patients in the city here?" ”

Medical officer: "Those who have been infected for less than a month, and those who are not in critical condition, are all here." The rest of the critically ill patients or those who have not improved in the slightest after more than a month of infection are all in Wanglu, two miles away. ”

Yue Tang: "Wanglu? ”

The medical officer raised his hand and pointed in the distance, Yue Tang looked in the direction he indicated, and could faintly see dotted yellow roofs scattered among the trees, as if clusters of yellow flowers were dotted with clusters of green flowers.

"If someone over there is in critical condition, the yellow tarpaulin on the roof will be replaced with a red one, and someone will be sent over immediately when they see it." The medical officer said, "The word 'wanglu' has this meaning. ”

Yue Tang looked approvingly and said, "Help each other and hope for peace." Is that the name given by your chief physician? ”

The medical officer seemed to smile slightly, and replied, "Yes." ”

Yue Tang thought for a while, and then asked, "The surrounding roofs are blue and green, which are also used to distinguish the disease?" ”

Medic: "Blue is on the worse side, Green is getting better." ”

Yue Tang remembered that the blue roof and the green roof were standing opposite each other, which meant to separate the area, and he couldn't help but praise Chang Yu even more, so he said: "What does Chief Medical Officer Chang think about this epidemic? The funeral was reported one after another, did he think it could be cured? ”

The medical officer's footsteps paused, tilted his head slightly to look at Yue Tang, bent his eyes slightly, and smiled at her as if comforting: "It can always be cured." ”

His voice was clear and soothing. As if it were as it should be, and it must be, without any doubt or wavering.

Yue Tang heard the local medical officer say this, and his anxious mood suddenly calmed down for the most part, thinking that he would praise him when he saw Chang Yu's chief medical officer, but he didn't expect that as soon as he walked into the medical hall with his feet raised, a person rushed straight up and grabbed the medical officer beside her and didn't let go: "Where have you been?!" Check it out! The medical officer was grabbed by the man and pounced on a case with several herbs on it, and the man pointed to the herbs and said to the medical officer, "Look, is it feasible to replace those two flavors with these three herbs?" ”

The medical officer took a closer look at the medicinal materials, pointed to the herbs in front of him and shook his head: "Although this medicine is warm, it is in conflict with calamus, and I am afraid that I will have diarrhea and vomiting symptoms when mixed with it, which is not good for patients in the recovery period." ”

The man scratched his head and nodded again: "You're right, it's me who didn't think it through." After thinking about it for a while, he looked at Yue Tang and said suspiciously, "Where did the woman come from?" ”

Yue Tang immediately bowed his hand: "In Xia Yue Tang, bring 5,000 people from Beijing to help Lanxi fight the plague." You're the Chief Medical Officer of Changheal, right? ”

Chang Yu's face was shocked, and he immediately stepped forward and asked, "That's how you came?" Have you drunk the anti-epidemic decoction? Did you soak yourself in the anti-epidemic soup? As he spoke, he pulled her face towel, "Is this thing useful?" ”

Yue Tang felt a little funny, but still replied politely: "I have drunk the anti-epidemic decoction, but I don't have time to soak in the soup, this towel is also soaked in anti-epidemic medicine, please rest assured." ”

"I'm not worried about you." Chang Yu spoke very casually, "I'm worried that you, an outsider, don't know the rules and walk around casually, and bring all the messy things in your capital to my epidemic prevention place that has just achieved some results." ”

Yue Tang looked at him questioningly: "What is the mess in the capital? ”

Chang Yu's two beards trembled, and said contemptuously: "If you don't understand anything, you can be treated blindly, and I don't care if I die here." ”

Yue Tang looked at the medical officer inexplicably, and he explained softly: "The first Tai Hospital sent by the capital used the medicinal herbs he brought to make a decoction and distribute it to the patients, and half of the people died that night, and even he himself died in the end. ”

Yue Tang was surprised: "He killed people? And killed yourself too? ”

Chang Yu's sharp eyes stared at him: "What kind of bullshit head, I'm afraid that the emperor is unwilling to hand over the real head, so he sent a waste who can't tell the difference between lobelia and half-branch lotus to me to stir it up!" If it weren't for the fact that he had killed himself, I wouldn't have collected his body! ”

Yue Tang was quite surprised in his heart.

It stands to reason that the officials sent to the localities in Beijing all carry with them the cards to prove their identity, and they rest at the official posts along the way, and when they arrive at the official posts, they must check the cards again, and there is absolutely no possibility of changing people and dropping bags halfway. What's more, the first hospital sent by Beijing is indeed true, and even the first family mourns, and the emperor personally comes to mourn, everyone knows, how can it be fake?

Could it be that something is wrong here in Lanxi?

Yue Tang didn't want to talk about such a major matter that might steal the beams and change the pillars, so he covered his expression and asked instead: "I also brought three imperial doctors this time, they are indeed the Holy Hand of the Tai Hospital, and I will send them here to call you later." There are also 5,000 soldiers, and if you see what you need, I will arrange it immediately. ”

Chang Yu looked her up and down: "You are the county lord who just became a general?" It doesn't look bad, like a person who does things. He unceremoniously picked up a piece of paper from the case and handed it to Yue Tang, "Medicinal herbs!" I can deal with everything else here is the lack of medicinal materials, the more medicinal materials on this recipe, the better, you can do it. ”

The medical officer, who had not spoken, glanced at Chang Yu, and there was some obstruction in his eyes, which was dismissed by Chang Yu with his eyes.

Yue Tang took a cursory look at the prescription, put the prescription away properly, and then arched his hand: "Then I'll go now and say goodbye." ”

"Wait a minute." Chang Yu said again, "There is another tricky matter, Wei Chi's people can't hold it down, it just so happens that you are here, you can do it." He also didn't care about the defense of men and women, he directly grabbed Yue Tang's arm and went out of the medical hall, standing not far away and pointing to the mountain to the west, "I saw that the mountain, the back of the mountain is the corpses of people who died of the epidemic, and they have been piled up into a mountain, and it should have been burned to prevent the spread of the disease, but the people all abide by the rule of 'entering the soil for safety', and they are unwilling to let their families be burned to ashes. Not only was the plague unable to suppress the back and forth, but no official or military officer was willing to touch this mold. ”

Yue Tang frowned slightly: "Is it feasible to let the people guarding withdraw and tell them that they will not burn for the time being but just isolate?" ”

Chang Yu: "I tried, but there were still people who went to steal the corpses of their own families, and when they came back, they hid it, and soon the whole family contracted the disease, and it was not long before there was an outbreak of epidemic in the residence, and it was not easy to suppress it." But nothing stopped them from wanting to settle down. He shook his head repeatedly, "Foolish." ”

Yue Tang smiled: "It's so stupid, Chief Medical Officer Chang is still struggling to rescue, it's respectable." ”

Chang Yu was slightly stunned, he didn't expect to be praised like this. Yue Tang had already said goodbye again, raised his feet and strode out, and soon walked away.

Chang Yu looked at her speeding back, half talking to himself and half asking: "Can it be done?" ”

The medical officer stood behind him, his dark eyes slightly moistened with a wise smile: "Only with hope can we usher in hope." ”

Yue Tang walked out of the medical hall and saw Wei Chi Zhiming, who was already waiting restlessly, and it seemed that he had been waiting outside. Wei Chi Zhiming didn't say much when he saw her coming, so he took two horses and rode with her to the garrison. Yue Tang didn't say much, just tried his best to ride the horse.

Galloping a stick of incense when arriving at the outskirts of the east of the city, sure enough, it is a fairly open flat territory, 5,000 men and horses imitated the simple construction of military tents and other needs during the march, and are lining up in turn to get dinner, the banner of "Guiying" is set up high in the eye-catching place of the main tent, fluttering in a sassy manner. A patrol had already informed Hong Ding, who was temporarily in charge of the whole army, of the news of Yue Tang's return to the camp, and when Yue Tang dismounted, he had properly ordered someone to lead the horses, and after saluting, he reported to Yue Tang in a low voice and clearly about the stationing, and finally said: "The Lord of Lei City is in a bit of a hurry, and I have sent someone to keep an eye on it." ”

Yue Tang patted him on the shoulder and urged: "You are clever." How? ”

Hong Ding said in a low voice: "I just reported that the Lord of Lei City did not come out again since he entered the city. Because the gates of the city are closed, our people are still keeping an eye on the periphery if it is inconvenient for them to trespass. ”

Yue Tang nodded: "Continue to stare at him." ”

Hong Dingying responded, Yue Tang took out the prescription and handed it to him: "After you show this prescription to the three imperial doctors, send a thousand people to the other five cities and distribute it to the medical officer, count as much as you can find, and assist the medical officer in placing the patient; Send reliable people to send the three imperial doctors to the medical hall near the mountain stream, where the chief medical officer is always healed; In addition, he sent a hundred people in four teams to the four nearest towns outside Lanxi, brought silver coins and my newly made Guiying tokens, and ordered the city lords of the four cities to do their best to offer medicine, and those who did not obey were immediately beheaded; Find another twenty or so clever people like you, dressed up in ordinary clothes, and go to the people to find out some news. Yue Tang took off the burden he had been carrying on his body and stuffed it into him, "Let's see if these things are useful, they should have fallen in a hurry when the people in the city fled." ”

The two of them did not carry Wei Chi Zhiming behind their backs when they discussed, but they were also more than a dozen steps away from him, and some soldiers in the army were already standing a few steps in front of Yue Tang when Yue Tang and Hong Ding were discussing, showing a state of protection and vigilance, and people with a clear eye knew that they could not approach at a glance. So Wei Chi Zhiming didn't hear a word clearly, so he had to stand in place and wait for the two of them to finish discussing, and then he stepped forward and asked politely: "General Yue, I don't know if you are satisfied with this camping place?" What else can I do? ”

Yue Tang paced over and looked at him and smiled: "Commander Wei Chi, where are your soldiers?" Didn't you see a single soldier all the way, did they all pretend to be people? ”

Wei Chi Zhiming said "oops" repeatedly, with an uncomfortable expression: "More than half of my soldiers are killed and wounded, and the rest are in various dead fields!" General Yue, you don't know, there are too many people dying here, and the people don't let them burn, the corpses are piled up like that, all of them are epidemics, and at the beginning, they could fight with the people every day! I can't let them really hurt the people, so I ordered them to guard the corpses and prevent the people from stealing them home, this guarding the corpse is a chore, no one wants to go, nine times out of ten they will die, my people are almost dead......"

Yue Tang looked at him and smiled politely: "How many people are still guarding the corpse now?" ”

Wei Chi Zhiming thought for a moment: "The six cities combined, there are two or three thousand people...... But this is only the number of people a few days ago, and today's return has not yet come, so I don't know how many more will die......"

Yue Tang interrupted: "Dare to ask Commander Wei Chi, can someone in the family be infected and die?" ”

Wei Chi Zhiming was slightly stunned and replied, "No, no." After speaking, he immediately explained, "I'm not a local, and my family is all in the south, so no." ”

"Oh." Yue Tang suddenly realized, "That's really lucky." ”

Wei Chi Zhiming laughed a few times, and Yue Tang said: "Transfer most of your people back, leave only a small part away from the corpse guard, and then fence the place where the corpse is located by damming, all the materials surrounding the corpse are covered with anti-epidemic drugs, no one is allowed to approach without my warrant, and don't let the soldiers die because of guarding the corpse." The rest of the men were sent to guard the gates of the six cities to the south, and no one was allowed to leave the city without permission for anything. ”

Wei Chi Zhiming's eyes widened slightly: "Don't let you go south?" The people are in trouble again, and now there are many people who flee every day...... In fact, this also relieves the pressure of medical treatment in the city, so why ......"

"We can't let the epidemic go south." Yue Tang was categorical, his face was serious, "Don't you understand such a simple truth?" It is also possible that the epidemic will reach the town where your loved ones are located, and you want your loved ones to die from the epidemic as well? ”

Wei Chi Zhi was speechless, and Yue Tang ordered again: "Just carry out my order, remember, this is a military order." If you don't obey, you won't be forgiven! ”

Wei Chi Zhiming had to immediately give up: "Yes!" ”

Yue Tang took advantage of the fact that the people who went out to visit had not yet returned, and casually took a few bites of dinner. She remembered that when she was discussing in the study in the mansion, she heard her father say that King Hui likes to play and make trouble, and he is the one who has the most fun ideas, but he does not have any overstepping the rules, although he does not benefit one party, but he is also a comfortable prince who does not harm the people at will. When did it become so reckless? Dare to lead people to rob the crude medicine shop and sit on the ground to raise the price, and can you lead troops to smash and rob the city? I've been on the border for a long time, and my guts have become fat?

Besides, the traces of the blades on the door panel have never been seen, where did they come from?

Lei Xing and Wei Chi Zhiming are always a little reassuring, and they don't know what's wrong......

Yue Tang was thinking about it, Hong Ding opened the curtain and entered, and after a simple salute, he quickly said: "General Yu, after investigation, I learned that in the past two months since the outbreak of the plague, there was also soup soup and medicine in the city at first, and the people generally believed that this was ordered by King Hui, but half a month ago, people in the city began to loot and burn on a large scale, not only robbing the crude medicine shop, but looting everything that could be robbed, and even robbing women. ”

Yue Tang frowned: "The blade smash marks that Fang just drew for you, can anyone recognize them?" ”

Hong Ding: "No one can say the name or origin of the weapon, but many people have seen it in the hands of the people who looted them, and I have made a more accurate picture based on their description." He took out the painting and showed it to Yue Tang, and sure enough, the picture was quite vividly painted with a long weapon, three sharp blades inlaid on a round iron weapon, which could be smashed or chopped, and it looked very powerful.

Yue Tang pondered for a moment and said, "It seems to be the blade of the North Garden......"

Hong Ding immediately "shh Involving the royal relatives with the North Court, we all have to lose our heads! ”

"Tsk," Yue Tang glared at him, "There are no outsiders here, what are you panicking about." Her finger tapped to the tip of the blade on the map, "See this?" Although the painting is not so fine, it is estimated that the people can't see what it is, but this shape is very similar to the sky fire and the moon - what the sky fire and the moon are, I don't need to say more. ”

The Heavenly Fire and the Burning Moon is the emblem of the flag used by the infantry army with long weapons in the Beiting Army, with the full moon as the background, the meteor-like falling heavenly fire crosses the surface of the moon, and the blazing flame forms a strong contrast with the coldness of the bright moon, which is unforgettable.

Yue Tang had seen it twice when he was spying on the military in the past because he went deep into the North Court, once on the North Court military flag, and the other time he almost died under a clearly engraved knife, so he was very impressed. But what she saw at that time was a long knife, longer and wider than any knife she had usually seen, and the mark on the sword was particularly eye-catching.

At that time, she went deep into the North Court because she was secretly infiltrating, and she didn't have many helpers, including Hong Ding, because he also knew the deep meaning of this burning moon. However, although this emblem is often found on the flag of the North Court, not all soldiers of the North Court can have this mark on their blades, and this mark is usually worthy of possession when they reach a certain height, and they must at least be the third in command in the army.

Yue Tang picked up the drawings and looked at them carefully for a while, and said, "I don't know if I deliberately pretended to be from Beiting, or if there were really people from Beiting who were looting in the city...... Did you use the things I gave you? ”

Hong Ding: "Fortunately, you gave me those things, otherwise no one would have been willing to let go and say something to me." The things you picked up don't seem to be of much value, but they mean a lot to some people, and it was only because I returned a wooden hairpin to a woman that I learned something from her mouth, and she introduced me to others, so that I slowly opened up the situation. He looked at his coach with some puzzlement, "But why did you pick up this wooden hairpin?" This is worthless compared to other pendants, fans, books, jade bracelets and the like you pick up. ”

Yue Tang hooked his lips slightly: "This wood hairpin is not a good wood, it is the kind of wood that can be seen almost everywhere, which shows that the owner is not rich." However, the wooden hairpin is smooth and smooth, and there is no place to pierce the hand, which shows that it has been coiled by the owner I don't know how many times, and it may even be worn every day, which is a very important object. She sighed softly, "What a haste it must have been to leave such an important object behind." ”

Hong Ding approvingly: "You are really meticulous. ”

Yue Tang received his praise, and inadvertently raised his hand and stroked it lightly on his neck. Instead, he said, "There are three things right now. First, you personally go to Chang Heal, record in detail his method of treating patients in different areas, and send people to convey them to the other five cities to follow suit; Second, be sure to find the hiding place of King Hui and the medicinal herbs as soon as possible; Three," she paused, "these three, I'm going to make a fold." ”

Hong Ding immediately acted on the bill. Yue Tang looked at the sky fire and burning moon in the picture again, and raised his hand to find a pendant that fell on his neck. This is an oval wooden pendant, wrapped with silk thread round and round, layer after layer, and has been hanging in Yue Tang's neck for many years. The wooden pendant has been rubbed round and smooth, the tied silk threads are somewhat faded, and the lettering on the falling surface is not very clear, only the words "You" and "Tang" can be seen vaguely.

Yue Tang rubbed the wooden pendant in his hand for a while, put it back into the placket, and pressed it gently.

Five days later, Yue Tang's arrangement and arrangement began to bear fruit.

People who went to neighboring cities to look for medicine turned back one after another, and although the medicinal materials they brought were not rich, they could also solve their urgent needs; News came back from the other five cities that the patients had been isolated according to the separation method shown by Changhe, but there were also two cities where progress was slow due to a shortage of manpower.

However, there was no progress in finding the whereabouts of King Hui and the medicinal herbs, and the blockade of the city gate to the south caused dissatisfaction among the people, and a large number of people gathered at the city gate every day to keep shouting to open the city gate, and the scene was very spectacular and tragic.

So when Lei Xing came to find Yue Tang, he was a little dissatisfied, and said bluntly: "It is reasonable for the general not to let the sick go, but why can't the people who are not infected go out of the city?" Letting them go also reduces the risk of disease, doesn't it? ”

Yue Tang's face did not change: "Just now I have issued a military order, and I will be supervised by a medical officer at the city gate for seven days, and those who do not have any symptoms can be released." ”

Lei Xing choked and said, "I just came from the city gate, and it's overcrowded, really overcrowded!" It will take seven days to inspect them one by one, and the time is too long, and there are too many people at the city gate, which can easily infect potential patients to infect others, so ......"

"So I sent another order, maybe it hasn't been announced yet." Yue Tang said unhurriedly.

Lei Xing looked at her with some puzzlement, and listened to her say: "Whoever can tell the whereabouts of King Hui and the medicinal herbs among the people, whether they are infected or not, I will let them go." ”

The look of surprise on Lei Xing's face couldn't be hidden: "This, how can this work?" If people with epidemics are released, then, then they will be repaid?! ”

"Didn't the Lord of Thunder always think that I should release the people to relieve the pressure of diagnosis in the city? Why have you changed your tune now? Yue Tang smiled and patted Lei Xing's shoulder, "Don't worry, I will bear any consequences, and I will definitely not implicate you." ”

Lei Xing seemed to have something in his mouth and turned around twice and swallowed it, forcibly suppressing the eagerness in his eyes, as if he wanted to be cautious in his words, but suddenly smiled: "General Yue, don't be reckless, there are usually no good results for being reckless." What do you say to bear it with all your might, if you don't have the prestige of the Yue family above your head, do you think you can easily buy medicinal herbs from others? ”

Yue Tang stared at him and said word by word: "This time, our military orders are all used to use Guiying tokens, and not a single Yue family order is mobilized. If the Lord of Thunder City thinks that my token is not enough, he can test the knife to see if my knife is good enough. ”

Lei Xing was not afraid at all, and his smile was even stronger: "Lord Guiying doesn't know, in this northwest realm, the right of 'cutting first and then playing' given to you by the female emperor is not as effective as a small Yue family decree, if you don't believe it, you can try it." "Just throw your head and leave, without giving Yue Tang a chance to talk back.

Yue Tang narrowed his eyes.

It turned out that this thunder was actually her father-in-law's dog.

Although he knew that his father had arrangements in the northwest town, he didn't expect that the chief city lords of the six cities of Lanxi were all his father's people. However, confirming this point also made Yue Tang's heart feel a little reassured, after all, since she was a member of the Yue family, she would not be in a very disadvantageous situation.

It's just that since my father's hands have been stretched out to the northwest, and there have been countless deaths and injuries in the two months since the outbreak of the plague, I haven't seen him make any arrangements in Beijing, and his usual tours to the lake to listen to operas, wine and treasure fighting have not been left behind.

The extravagance of the emperor's relatives in Beijing and the embarrassment of the people of the six cities of Lanxi alternated back and forth in front of Yue Tang's eyes, making her slam her fist on the table with a "bang".

"You already know?" Hong Ding didn't even bother to report outside, and directly opened the curtain and entered, with an eager face, "What now?" ”

Yue Tang didn't know at all: "What's the matter?" ”

Hong Ding hurriedly said: "Chang Yu used the medicinal materials brought back by our people, and more than a dozen people have died!" And now people are dying! Chang Yu said that most of those medicinal materials were fake! ”