The war ended, and the herders who had taken refuge in Kannai returned to the grasslands.

A grand celebration feast, just like the New Year.

A roaring bonfire lit up the sky on a summer night.

But without the army of the commander, no one was happy.

Everyone is silently drinking, and perhaps only strong alcohol can keep people away from pain for a while.

Shen Yan stood alone on the grassland, she looked at the bright starry sky and remembered a lot of things from before.

Meet, know each other, and fall in love.

Every picture of getting along with him is so clear.

If you love someone, you can love without hesitation, without regrets, and with heartache.

To this day, she still didn't believe it, and he just left.

He didn't even see his son, so he just left.

But she couldn't cry, that kind of sadness was so painful that she didn't dare to think about it, she didn't dare to touch it.

Looking at Shen Yan's lonely back from afar, Nana covered her mouth to prevent herself from crying.

Yun Huan put his arm around her shoulders and let her lean on top of her.

They really wanted to comfort Shen Yan, but they couldn't even comfort themselves, so how could they persuade the person who loved Jinchen the most in this world?

Silently, they could only watch from behind, they were so scared that Shen Yan couldn't think about it for a while.

Ling Gu is still so young, he no longer has a father, and there is no mother, so the world is really fair to him.

In the other direction, there is also Alain who also pays attention to Shen Yan.

On some levels, Mu Jinchen's death is directly related to Alain.

If he had killed Fu Yuqing directly at that time, if he hadn't made such a plan with Mu Jinchen, if he hadn't started this war, then nothing would have happened.

With a long sigh, Alan walked out of the shadows behind Shen Yan.

Shen Yan, who heard the footsteps, slowly turned his head.

In fact, she doesn't complain about anyone, even Fu Yuqing, who is dead, she doesn't have any hatred.

The only thing she can't forgive is the fate that she can't see or touch, but she accompanies her all the time.

"Alain, do you say, will he become a star in the sky? I heard herders say that when a person dies, there will be an extra star in the sky, is this true? ”

"It's true, the prince must be the brightest one."

"Okay, that's good."

Smiling, tears finally welled up in her eyes, if there was no Ling Gu, she would definitely accompany him, she had already said that she would be with him forever.

But when he thought of the child, Shen Yan could only ask him to wait first.

When the child grows up, when she teaches him how to behave, that is the day she goes to him.

"Alain, do you have any plans?"

Wiping away his tears, Shen Yan looked at the tall man beside him.

Her strong gaze made Alain's heart ache for a while.

If he had met her earlier than Mu Jinchen, perhaps, he would have liked such a woman.

Lowering his eyes, the guilt on Alain's face was unobstructed.

He thought about it for a long time before he opened his mouth gently.

"I will spend the rest of my life paying off the debt I owe. This grassland, this desert, as long as there is one day when I am here, there will never be another war. ”

"Thank you, thank you, I think, this is also Jinchen's wish......"

……

In August, the capital entered the rainy season.

The wet white flags float cold in the wind.

All the officials knelt outside the city gate in filial clothes.

The prince's well-dressed mound has finally returned home.

The queen mother and the little emperor in the city gate are also filial piety.

On Weiyang Street, it was even more kneeling with people.

The cry of grief turned the bustling capital into gray.

Just as the team passed by the Shen Medical Hall, which had closed down a long time ago, Shen Yan asked people to stop the carriage.

She touched the black wooden door, and suddenly knew what she was supposed to do.

Her husband has been living for the world and the people all his life.

Then all she can do is probably practice medicine to save the world.

She also wants to open a school so that her medical skills can help more people.

This must be Jinchen, willing to see it.

Soon, after the state mourning, everyone's lives were on track.

As a concubine, Suzaku became the commander of all the soldiers and horses of the Zhongzhou Empire.

Nana did not stay outside the border, but returned to Jiuzhi Mountain with Yunhuan, saying that she was going back to meet Yunhuan's master, and after the marriage was confirmed, she would go back to the grassland to find her brother.

When Mu Linggu was 100 days old, Shen Yan's medical hall and medical hall were reopened.

She was still dressed in white, with a faint smile on her face.

Her students are also teenagers, both male and female.

Just when Shen Yan thought that she would spend her whole life like this for the rest of her life.

Fate once again pushed her to the brink of life and death.

……

"Master, something happened."

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Shen Yan, who was writing the formula, raised his head, looked at Song Henian, the first disciple he had received after he came back, and said suspiciously:

"Master, yesterday overnight, eight people died in the slums, it doesn't look like it was poisoned, it wasn't he killed, Lord Zhang sent someone to invite you, saying that the other doctors didn't understand what was going on at all."

Shen Yan frowned, wasn't he poisoned, wasn't he killed? What would that be?

But no matter what happened, she had to check it herself before she could draw conclusions.

However, just after Shen Yan examined those corpses, her face changed.

Lord Zhang on the side, looking at the expression of the princess, was also shocked into a cold sweat.

Back then, when there was a girl in the capital who was gouged out, the princess didn't look like this, is it even worse than the situation at that time?

"Lord Zhang, quickly, this place must be completely isolated, go and inform the city defense camp, the capital can no longer enter the capital, and then let people tell Lin Jing to close all the palace gates. Also, all the dead, the clothes of the deceased, will be burned, and this is the plague. ”

"The plague?"

As soon as Shen Yan's words came out, everyone present widened their eyes in horror.

Since the founding of Zhongzhou, there has never been an epidemic in the capital for hundreds of years, how could it be that all of a sudden, there was a plague.

But before the things here were arranged, a catcher from the yamen hurried over.

"Oh no, my lord, there are several corpses on the street, exactly like the dead people here."

Before he finished his words, Shen Yan's heart sank to the bottom, the weather is so hot now, it won't be long before the plague will break out in the capital.

forced himself to calm down, and before figuring out the way of transmission, the first decision Shen Yan made was to protect his son first.

She took a deep breath and opened her mouth to Song Henian with a calm face.

"Year of the Crane, you go to the palace immediately and tell the guards at the door that no one in the palace can come out. Also, you, you can't go in either, you know? ”

Although Song Henian is only sixteen this year, he has been determined to be a doctor since he was a child, and he has a much more mature mind than other children of the same age.

As soon as he saw Master's expression so solemn, he knew the seriousness of the matter.

He nodded vigorously, turned his head and ran out.

Zhang Fusheng also instructed the people below to do what the princess explained.

Out of Yizhuang in the slums, Shen Yan wiped the sweat on his head, and said to Zhang Fusheng, who was also sweating profusely next to him.

"Master Zhang, you say, why is it that I don't have a good thing when I see you."

"Niangniang, don't make fun of the lower officials, when is this happening, Niangniang still has the heart to joke with me, hey, if the prince is still here, it would be fine......"

Zhang Fusheng paused when he said this, he must have had a brain convulsion, how could he say such a thing in front of the princess.

Looking at the white and chubby and embarrassed Lord Zhang, Shen Yan could only smile helplessly, and after a while, Shen Yan opened his mouth again.

"Lord Zhang, this time, I'm afraid it's not that simple, I don't know at all, how many people will die, I don't even know the type of plague, the specific way of transmission and what medicine to use, I don't know. I just think the epidemic came a little too fast. Throughout history, plagues have been followed by major disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, or wars. But now that it is peaceful today, these factors do not exist, so all I can think of is man-made disasters. ”

In fact, when he first saw those corpses just now, Shen Yan thought of one person, that was Bai Qiuzhu, who had disappeared.

He can use Gu, not only can he use Gu, he can also dispense medicine.

Those burly and strong gold-armored Deadpools used to be trained by him with drugs.

Therefore, it is not impossible that he can study the epidemic of plague.

If he can be found now, maybe he can be saved, and it is already a precarious capital.

However, after Zhang Fusheng listened to Shen Yan's words, he didn't immediately understand.

He blinked his eyes, which were not too big, and looked at Shen Yan with an inquiring gaze.

"Mother, you say man-made disaster? Can this plague still be a man-made disaster? If it's a man-made disaster, the only thing I can think of is Bai Qiuzhu. ”

"Go find him, he must be in the capital, watching all this."

"Yes, I know, mother."

It was natural for Zhang Fusheng to bend down and salute to receive the order, but he waited for Shen Yan to go away before he reflected.

Did he really get it right? Is it really Bai Qiuzhu?

Gosh, how is this endless? Sure enough, there is a saying that is absolutely true, that is, the grass must be cut to the roots, otherwise it will be blown and reborn in the spring breeze.

In the next three days, the capital has become extremely terrifying.

In order to prevent the epidemic from spreading to the outside, the three city gates leading to the outside world were tightly guarded by the city defense camp.

The whole city was confined, and the doors of both the shops and the palaces of the princes and ministers were closed.

On Weiyang Street, the only place where the door is still open is the Shen Medical Center.

All the guest rooms have been converted into wards by Shen Yan.

There are more than twenty stoves for decocting medicine in the courtyard alone.

Shen Yan has been repeatedly preparing prescriptions in the past few days.

But it only takes two days for an infected patient to die from the beginning of symptoms.

This kind of speed is really too fast.

Shen Yan had too little time to test the medicine.

There is another point that she has never been able to understand, that is, her blood has no effect in the face of a powerful plague.

Even if he will be infected, Shen Yan doesn't know.

Fortunately, she has now figured out a problem, and that is, the way.

All the infected people developed cough symptoms, which means that the route of transmission is droplets.

As long as you take good precautions, you can still reduce the chance of infection.

However, no matter how hard Shen Yan tried, there were people who died every day.

Public grievances are rife, and there are more and more people who want to escape from the capital.

On the tenth day when the plague appeared in the capital, a riot broke out, and the people of the capital, including many officials, who could no longer bear it, rushed out of the city.

The originally prosperous and stable capital of the country became chaotic for a while.

Suzaku, who has always been on the side of the city gate and is in charge of security, doesn't know what to do.

If you don't suppress it, the city gates will definitely be breached, but if you suppress it by force, you will inevitably target the spearhead and the sharp blade at your own people.

Just when the scene became more and more uncontrollable.

Shen Yan, dressed in white, appeared in the crowd.

Her appearance made the originally manic people quiet down in an instant.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I understand your feelings, and I also know how torturous it is to be trapped in the capital. But you really can't go anywhere until you find the antidote. The disease has an incubation period, you may be healthy and have no symptoms, but it does not mean that you are not infected. If you go out of this door today, then this epidemic will affect the entire Zhongzhou, and if it is at that time, it will really be irreparable. So, Shen Yan, I implore everyone, go home. I have asked the Queen Mother to open the granary, and in a short period of time, there will be no shortage of food in the capital, please believe me, I say that I will definitely ......"

"Hahaha, hahahaha......"

Before Shen Yan's words were finished, a sneering voice came from the city tower.

Looking for prestige, I saw a man dressed in gray who looked like a scholar on the city tower, looking at everyone in the city condescendingly.

"Don't listen to your princess's nonsense, if she could find a cure for the plague, would she wait until today? She's just trying to keep you steady. And then here together, waiting for death. ”

Looking at the face with a sinister smile, Shen Yan's heart chuckled.

She hadn't seen Bai Qiuzhu, but at this moment she didn't need anyone else to help her confirm, she could be sure that this person was the fish that slipped through the net.

But why, why is he blatantly here now, and what the hell is he trying to do?

However, before she had time to think in her heart, Bai Qiuzhu opened her mouth again.

"Actually, this plague is not incurable, your princess can help you get rid of the fate of dying, it depends on whether she is willing or not."

At this time, the soldiers on the city tower had already surrounded Bai Qiuzhu, but Shen Yan still signaled to Suzaku and asked him to finish his words.

"Mr. Bai, Shen Yan doesn't understand what you mean, please make it clear."

Tilting his head, Shen Yan said loudly, the people around him who were still in chaos just now were already silent at the moment.

Bai Qiuzhu leaned half of his body on the city wall, smiling and gloating.

"I won't hide it from you, the first source of this plague was from me, and I naturally know how to configure the antidote, but if you want me to tell you the prescription of the antidote, I have one condition, that is, I want your princess to commit suicide. Only when she dies can you all be saved. ”

During the days when he was hiding, Bai Qiuzhu deeply reflected on himself, and he found that his previous plans were all destroyed by Shen Yan, and now, if he wants to make a comeback again, it seems that there is no possibility. However, if he wanted him to give up his revenge on Shen Yan, he still couldn't do it.

After careful preparation, he came up with such a plan.

What he is best at is borrowing a knife to kill people, and this knife that killed Shen Yan is still what she wants to protect the most.

Just as he expected, when he finished the conditions.

Everyone, whether it was the poor people, the dignitaries, or the soldiers guarding the city tower, all had their eyes on Shen Yan.

The people who do business are thinking in their hearts, if only the princess can exchange the lives of the entire people in the capital, then this deal is cost-effective.

The officials thought in their hearts that if the princess did not die, then the imperial court and the country would also be in danger with this plague.

The poor only want to protect themselves.

Therefore, the eyes of these people began to become indifferent, looking at Shen Yan as if they were looking at a sacrifice.

Seeing this, Suzaku immediately waved his hand to the soldiers on the tower of this city.

Those soldiers directly pressed Bai Qiuzhu, who was in a wheelchair, to the ground.

Still, he uttered the last word.

"One day, Shen Yan, you only have one day, after one day, if you don't die, I will die, if I die, no one will be able to solve the poison of the plague, haha, hahaha, Shen Yan, Shen Yan, I bet you will lose, you will definitely lose......"

Bai Qiuzhu's words behind him couldn't be heard.

But then, a chilling scene happened.

The people under the city gate all knelt on the ground, shouting in their mouths, begging the princess to save their lives.

Help, yes, now Shen Yan has no way out.

Bai Qiuzhu was right, Shen Yan lost, she didn't lose to Bai Qiuzhu, she lost to human nature.

Whether what Bai Qiuzhu said was true or not, or whether he would keep his promise, she would have to die.

Without saying anything, Shen Yan turned around.

These days, she has not returned to the palace to see Xiao Gu, he must miss his mother.

But just as Shen Yan was about to leave, Suzaku's voice sounded behind him.

"What are you doing? Are you trying to force the princess to death? The prince is no longer here, the prince sacrificed himself for you and for this country, and now, you are here to force the princess to death? What about your conscience? Eaten by a dog? Someone came, Bai Qiuzhu intended to rebel, bewitched the public, and beheaded him. ”

Suzaku was really angry, even if everyone died, he couldn't let the princess make such a sacrifice.

The prince's family has done enough for this country.

They don't owe the country anything, but the country owes their family, a debt that will never be replaced.

"No, whoever dies, Bai Qiuzhu can't die."

As soon as Suzaku's words landed, Shen Yan turned his head, and his eyes were resolute and determined.

"Mother."

Suzaku knew what decision the princess would make.

But this decision is really distressing, and even thinking about it will make his heart feel like a knife.

"Yes, Bai Qiuzhu is right, I really didn't find a way to detoxify, watching one after another fresh lives disappear in front of my eyes, which is even more uncomfortable than my own death. So, I decided to trust him once, at least, to give the whole city a chance to live. It is said that life and death have a life, wealth is in the sky, all of this is Shen Yan's life, and Shen Yan is willing to accept it. ”

After finishing speaking, Shen Yan walked in the direction of the palace with his head held high.

This scene is like being in a sea of fire, everyone is running for their lives, and she is the only one who is retrograde.

That thin figure, at this moment, shook everyone's hearts.

The people kneeling on the ground were silent at all, but their faces were full of shame.

At night, before you know it, it will come to the capital.

Gently shaking the cradle and looking at the sleeping little bones, Shen Yan finally couldn't suppress the sadness in his heart, covered his mouth, and cried silently.

It's obviously a plot that everyone is happy about, but as a result, it turned out to be like this.

After the god Mutha left her, she lived only because of the child.

However, she couldn't help it, she was willing to die, also to give her children a chance to live well.

In the end, all emotions turned into a long sigh.

"Niangniang, Lord Jiang has arrived."

Ever since he learned the news that the prince had passed away, Uncle Qin seemed to be ten years old, and his original radiant and red face was full of sadness that could not be dissolved.

Who knows, it's not been a few days since this kind of thing happened in the capital again, and the only thing he was distressed about was the little prince.

He is only so small, and he is about to lose his parents one after another, how can his life be so bitter.

However, he was still smiling in front of Shen Yan, it was already difficult for Niangniang, he didn't want to make her sad because of himself again.

"Okay, I'll get out of here."

Wiping his tears, Shen Yan left Little Bone's room.

It took a long time to calm her mood before she changed her indifferent face to face her sworn brother.

This chat was a night's time, and in the early morning, Shen Yan sent Jiang Can out of the palace.

And she's about to face her fate.

However, Shen Yan is not a fool, before she thinks that she will commit suicide, she still has to verify whether Bai Qiuzhu can really cure the poison of the plague.

Therefore, before noon, Shen Yan ordered someone to bring Bai Qiuzhu to the medical hall.

"Mr. Bai, you said let me die, I can die, but you also have to let me see your sincerity."

"Hehe, okay, find someone who is dying, and let me be alone with him for a while."

"Okay."

Under everyone's gaze, the guards pushed Bai Qiuzhu's wheelchair into a room for a critically ill patient.

Before it was even time for a cup of tea, Bai Qiuzhu came out of it.

There were other voices in the room.

"Year of the Crane, go in and have a look."

"Hmm."

Under Shen Yan's instructions, Song Henian walked into the room, and the person who was dying just now had already sat up from the bed, and his gray face gradually became ruddy.

After another vein, Song Henian was stunned.

It was obvious that people who were about to lose their breath just now, but after a while, their bodies had already begun to recover.

It's like juggling.

After settling the patient, Song Henian walked out and nodded at Shen Yan.

"Hmph, what's the matter, I didn't lie to you, princess Niangniang, as long as you die in front of me now, I will tell this little apprentice about the method of treating them."

"Okay, I'll believe you this time, but, Bai Qiuzhu, if you don't keep your promise, I won't let you go."

"Yes, I will not break my promise, but the princess and mother don't fool me with any fake death medicine, what I want is to see blood."

At this time, in Shen Yan's medical hall, there were Suzaku and Zhang Fusheng, and the rest were all Shen Yan's disciples.

And outside the medical hall, people also began to gather.

I can't say what psychology it is, maybe, I just want to send the princess on her last journey.

Shen Yan nodded at Bai Qiuzhu, took Mu Jinchen's long sword in his hand, and then walked to Suzaku's side.

"Brother Suzaku, all my future affairs are in this letter, after I die, you open it again, Shen Yan, thank you for taking care of me in the past few years."

Today, Shen Yan is wearing a long skirt of autumn-colored brocade, and her hair is also combed into an atmospheric and dignified bun.

She is the princess regent, and even if she dies, she will die with dignity.

Suzaku took the letter, and there was no way to stay in this courtyard anymore.

And Zhang Fusheng and Master Zhang just knelt on the ground silently, wiping his tears.

Raising his head and looking at the clear sky, Shen Yan's face like a peach blossom showed a relieved smile.

"Jinchen, I'm looking for you."

After speaking, amid the bitter cries of many apprentices, Shen Yan used Mu Jinchen's sword to cut his neck.

The blood is redder than the roses in the yard this year.