Chapter 54: The Plague
Sun Quan pulled him in, "You light the lamp, let's talk slowly." β
It's cold and snowy outside, but it's warm like spring inside. Sun Quan took off his cloak and patted the snow on it, and sighed: "It's so warm in this room, my feet are almost frozen today!" β
"My lord, what the hell is going on?" Zhou Yu poured him a cup of warm tea and brought it over.
Sun Quan sat down, took a few sips, and as he swallowed, he hurriedly recounted to him what had happened during the day.
"I just sent the trainer back, and I have already expressed my heart to your uncle and aunt, and they are very satisfied with this family business." Sun Quan then said excitedly.
After Zhou Yu listened, many questions arose, why did the step trainer suddenly appear in their inner circle of search, or in the wilderness? If she came back from outside, there was no reason why he couldn't find her, and if not, where was she hiding? She promised Sun Quan so readily that he had to wonder about her motives for reappearing.
He couldn't figure it out, and he was afraid that he could only get the answer by asking the trainer in person.
Sun Quan was tired after a day of running, and he didn't feel sleepy in this warm environment, so he yawned and got up and walked to Zhou Yu's bed, "Gongjin, I'm really sleepy, your bed is quite big, let's sleep together." β
"Hey-" Zhou Yu's face suddenly darkened, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, but Sun Quan lay down on his own, wrapped himself in a quilt, turned over and fell asleep inside, and the sound of even breathing gradually came.
Zhou Yu was stupidly there, deeply shocked by his brazenness.
He had never slept in the same bed with a man, he felt awkward when he thought about it, but he didn't expect the nightmare to just start, he worked hard to overcome the psychological barrier, pulled the quilt and lay down on the side, just as he fell asleep again, Sun Quan's snoring sounded earth-shattering, completely driving him crazy, he couldn't bear it anymore, put on a big coat and came to Zhou Ji's room, and made do with him for one night.
Early the next morning, the maid brought out the hot water from the room after the step trainer had washed, and found Zhou Yu walking over here.
"Childe is early." The maid was really surprised
"Miss, is it up?"
"Just up."
"Excuse me, I want to see her."
The maid retreated, and after a while, she walked out again, bowed and saluted, "Childe, please." β
Zhou Yu walked in in a few big steps and asked directly, "Where have you been these days?" β
The foot trainer smiled and looked straight at him with rolling eyes, "Are you concerned about me?" β
I don't know why, Zhou Yu feels that her whole person has changed, dark, resentful, and a charming style that does not match her age, and she is not the same person as her before.
He couldn't help but take a step back, and when the step trainer saw this, he suddenly sneered.
Zhou Yu sorted out his emotions and said calmly: "Trainer, the lord is indeed a good destination, you made such a wise choice, I am very happy for you." β
"There's nothing else you can do." The foot trainer sat back in his position and combed his hair, and said in a cold voice.
Zhou Yu was choked speechless, and the many questions in his heart were no longer easy to ask.
"In the future, you don't have to worry about my affairs, just take care of your wife." The foot trainer threw down the comb, got up and walked inside, and there was a great tendency to have no contact with him.
Zhou Yu thought that if he said one more word, it would be in vain, so he hugged his fists and retreated.
On the same day, Sun Quan came to the door to mention his relatives and returned to Wu County with the foot trainer.
Qiao Guan's illness is gradually getting better day by day, but fate has always liked to joke with her, and in the middle of the night, Zizhu woke her up and cried that the eldest prince was afraid that he would not be able to do it.
She sat up in shock, "What did you say?!" β
Zizhu cried: "The eldest prince is obviously already in good shape, but this evening, he suddenly started a high fever, and the slave maid boiled the antipyretic medicine prescribed by the doctor before for the son, who knows that not only the fever has not subsided, but the situation has become worse after the son takes it......"
"What the hell is going on with Childe now? What did the Imperial Doctor say?! Qiao Guan's cold sweat was already soaking through his underwear, his hands and feet trembled, and he got up to get dressed as he spoke.
"Childe, I can't wake up now-" Zizhu suddenly fell to his knees, "There is a curfew in the city now, and the slaves and maids have not yet gone to ask for a doctor." β
Qiao Wan remembered a token that was placed under her pillow on the day Zhou Yu left, and hurriedly found it and handed it to Zizhu, "Take this token and let Zhou Ping ride to the city to ask for a doctorββ"
Zizhu looked at this token dumbfounded, incredulous that Zhou Yu had left her only token.
"Go quickly......" Qiao Wan urged anxiously.
Zizhu came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Zhou Ping has already gone to General Lu Meng to get the tokenβthe slave maid has also gone to the doctor." She took the token and prepared to leave.
"No need, just go to Zhou Ping." Qiao Wan put away the token and hurriedly ran to Zhou Xun's room, and when she arrived, she saw that there was no blood on his face, and his limbs twitched, she reached out and reached out, and there was still a faint snort, but her hands and feet were already cold.
Her mind went blank like an electric shock.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" She asked quietly.
The maids and women who knelt quietly on the ground were silent.
She trembled and pointed to Zhou Xun's personal maid, "Xiang Aya, you talk back." β
Xiang Ayatou buried himself deep in the ground, and whispered back: "Childe is greedy to play in the evening, I have to go to the courtyard to kick the bow, the slaves and maids have no choice but to accompany him, maybe a little wind, after coming back, he started a high fever, we all thought that the last illness was not over, so we then boiled the antipyretic medicine prescribed by Dr. Zhang to the son, thinking that he could take the medicine as before, and the fever could go away, because the lady was sick, the slaves and maids did not dare to disturb the lady, but I didn't expect the son to suddenly deteriorate sharply in the past few hours, and it became like this......"
Qiao Guan was extremely angry, "Can medicine be used indiscriminately at will?" Why didn't you pass on the imperial doctor at that time? β
Xiang Aya knelt down and didn't dare to speak again.
Zhou Xun suddenly convulsed violently twice and vomited a mouthful of foam.
Qiao Wan untied his coat, took him into his arms, wrapped him tightly in his clothes, and warmed his cold body, while taking out a handkerchief and wiping the stains from the corners of his mouth.
"Xun'er, you're joking with your mother, right?" She leaned her head lightly on his, her heart aching, tears welling up in her eyes, and a deep sense of powerlessness and despair welled up.
Everyone in the hall did not dare to make a sound, and the air was so condensed that they could hear the needle falling on the ground.
After a long time, there was finally a knock on the door, and Zhou Ping said, "Open the door quickly, the divine doctor is coming back!" β
Someone immediately went to open the door, Qiao Wan looked back, and saw that Zhou Ping was still followed by Lu Meng, and he came in with an old doctor with a face.
Zhou Ping didn't care about explaining, so she asked her to put Zhou Xun flat and give it to the doctor for treatment.
Everyone's hearts were raised, and after a while, the doctor said, "This is the plague, and everyone in this room must be quarantined." β
The crowd was in an uproar.
"Is that boy still saved?!" Zhou Ping asked.
"Don't panic, since you found me, it's naturally no problem." The doctor confidently held his beard, took out a small red medicine bottle, took a pill and fed it to Zhou Xun's mouth, "Eat this first and hang your life, and then treat it slowly." β
"The plague?" Qiao Wan bit his miserable white lip, "How could Childe be infected with the plague?" β
When the doctor heard this, he looked at it, and then he found that this woman's appearance was unusually beautiful, and he shook his head for a while.
"Madame doesn't know, there have been more than a dozen cases of the same disease in Wu County, the onset is urgent, it will be contagious, if it is not isolated and controlled, I am afraid that this epidemic will spread rapidly, and the consequences will be unimaginable."