Chapter 43: Exploring the Plague
Here, the plague in Yixian County was in an uproar, and because the prince's previous inaction had caused public resentment, His Majesty had no choice but to send a few imperial doctors to treat it.
After Heng Xinyuan learned about it, he also wanted to go to the epidemic area to investigate, but Wan Bingyu begged to go together.
"No, you're your daughter's house, how can you go to that kind of place?" He firmly refused, reasoning, "What if you get the plague?" ”
Wan Bingyu put on a pitiful look, tugged at his sleeve, and shook it around, "Please, husband, I am in such good health, how can I be infected with the plague, besides, you have told the outside world, your lady will hang the pot to help the world, I went, maybe I can help anything." ”
Heng Xinyuan laughed and patted her on the head, "I said nonsense when I prevaricated Uncle Zhao, do you really think you are a famous doctor?" No, you just let me stay at home honestly, and I'll go with Uncle Luo to see how it's going to be and come back." ”
Wan Bingyu saw that it was useless for him to be coquettish in every way, so he could only hang his head and look at the back of him leaving, very sad.
Who knew that Heng Xinyuan had just walked to the door, and suddenly turned to her and said helplessly, "You better go with me, if I leave you at home, you will definitely sneak out by yourself again, it is better to follow me......"
"Hahahaha, husband, you still know me best!" Wan Bingyu stuck out her tongue and jumped up to catch up with him.
In fact, what Wan Bingyu thought in his heart was that he had complied with national regulations since he was a child and had been vaccinated with various vaccines, how could he be infected with the plague again! Even if the whole city was infected, she couldn't have been infected.
Modern medical technology is a cow!
The two went to the Hanlin Academy first, met Luo Zhishu, and then went to Yixian together.
Along the way, I saw groups of villagers, or carrying parcels, or driving horse-drawn carriages, all of them looked panicked, hurriedly walking, and the teahouses on both sides of the road were closed, a bleak and depressed scene.
"These should be villagers who fled from Yixian County, it's really heart-wrenching...... Luo Zhishu sighed, "If the officials can't let the people have a place to shelter at this time, they run away from home, it's really chilling!" ”
Heng Xin looked at the scene outside from afar and was also heartbroken, "I already knew that the prince was mediocre and incompetent, but I didn't expect him to be so ruthless, just to ask for merit in front of His Majesty, regardless of the safety of the people......"
"Yes, Your Majesty can be said to be very gracious to this prince, in the past few years, Your Majesty's dragon health has not been good, and all the big and small things have been handed over to the prince to take care of, but this prince, he only knows pleasure all day long, and he handed everything over to Fengtianhou, no wonder...... will create the current situation. Luo Zhishu's voice was low, which made Wan Bingyu's heart rise with a sense of grief.
I walked along a small road for a long time before I arrived in Yixian.
As soon as I got out of the car, the city was a terrible sight, the streets were full of people who had died of the plague, and they were surrounded by their relatives and wept in grief.
There are also some dying people, lying on the broken straw mats on the side of the street, dying in breath and empty eyes, as if they have given up hope of life, just waiting for the moment when death will call them.
The cry, the wind, intertwined, depressed, desolate, and more importantly, terrifying......
It's hard to move forward.
"Uncle Luo, it's really hard for me to believe that this is the land of my Jiang country...... This is the people of my Jiang country...... If my father were alive, he would definitely be extremely upset......" Heng Xinyuan's eyes showed unconcealable compassion, and at the same time, what he hated even more was the mediocre and incompetent lord, the person in the temple, who did not know how to support the people, only glory and wealth.
Wan Bingyu was beside him and gently held his hand, which could be regarded as giving him a little comfort.
"Let's go, let's go see how it goes." Luo Zhishu led two people into the village, briefly checked on several seriously ill people, and found that they were all suffering from chills, high fever, cold hands and feet, vomiting and diarrhea.
Wan Bingyu suddenly remembered, isn't this symptom SARS back then......
"You're an official, aren'......?" A dying old man asked angrily.
"Yes, we were sent by the emperor to treat you......" Luo Zhishu smiled, soothing the old man's emotions.
"Your Majesty...... The emperor is not useful, we have been plagued here for more than half a month, so many people have died, and I don't see the court send people, some time ago there was a prince, and some herbs were allocated, but it didn't help...... cough cough cough ......" The old man waved his skinny hand and closed his eyes slightly, "The village is young and strong, and those who can run run away, only we are lonely and widowed, waiting ......for death here."
Hearing him say this, Wan Bingyu didn't feel choked, and said softly in his ear, "Grandpa, don't say that, you will definitely be fine, we are here to treat you......"
As he was talking, a group of people came from the other side of the village, about seven or eight people, led by a person wearing a black color costume and a crown of purple hair, Wan Bingyu thought to himself, looking like this, he should be a big official.
Sure enough, Luo Zhishu hurriedly got up, trotted over with Heng Xinyuan, and saluted respectfully in front of the man, "Your Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, why are you here?" ”
The man reined in his horse and got off the ground, tightened his fur coat, and said with a smile, "Lord Luo, I didn't expect you to come here to check on the situation. ”
"Yes, the court has been boiling over the plague in the past few days, I thought, instead of listening to the reports of the imperial doctors, it is better to come and see for yourself, why, is His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince also thinking like this?" Luo Zhishu has been bending down slightly.
Heng Xinyuan and Wan Bingyu, who were standing on the side, had no choice but to follow the luggage.
"I, I was just too stuffy in the palace, and when I came here when I came out to hang out, I found that the epidemic was so serious, so I asked people to send some herbs, but after all, I couldn't completely cure the plague......"
With that, he beckoned, and ordered one of the guards behind him to scatter the medicinal herbs and some food on the carriage among the people in the city, and everyone kowtowed to Dade in gratitude, these things may not save their lives, but they can make their desperate hearts shine a little light.
Wan Bingyu looked at him coldly, although he was also a prince, he was approachable and polite, but his face was not very good, his lips were slightly white and dry, and his breath was also uneven.
Suddenly remembered that Heng Xinyuan had told him about the situation of the princes in the palace a few days ago, and vaguely remembered that there was a seventh prince who was suffering from a stubborn illness, and he did not leave his body all the year round, and he did not participate in court politics.
The Seventh Prince also seemed to be interested in the two people in front of him, his eyes fell on them, and he asked, "Who are these two?" ”