When they arrived at the main courtyard, as soon as they entered the door, the hearts of the three of them sank.

At this time, there were no female dependents in the hall, only Mrs. Shao, Shao Hengding and Shao Hengguo. The three of them had solemn expressions and were silent, and the atmosphere in the hall was dull.

The three of them stepped forward and saluted.

Old lady Shao waved his hand: "Don't be polite, hurry up and find a place to sit down." ”

After the three of them sat down, the servants came in to make tea, and tiptoed out, and then the old lady Shao spoke: "There is news from the front, the army has reached the halfway point, and there is a disease of touching evil, violent vomiting and diarrhea, angina, and several people have died. And the disease is still spreading. The emperor has sent several imperial doctors to set off. ”

Xia Zhengqian didn't feel anything, but Xia Jin's face changed.

As a doctor, she knows all too much about the major epidemics in history. "Touching evil" is the common name for cholera in ancient times. It was mentioned in the first volume of the "Key to Treatment": "The disease of cholera, profligacy and chaos, begins in a hurry, is similar to the evil, and is commonly called the evil." The disease is a virulent intestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which has a rapid onset and rapid spread, and has been called "one of the most terrible plagues that have destroyed the planet."

When Old Lady Shao said this, he was observing the reaction of the father and daughter. At this time, seeing Xia Jin's face change suddenly, she knew that she knew something about this disease, and hurriedly asked, "Sister Jin, do you know anything about this evil disease?" Do you have any medicine on hand that can cure it quickly? ”

Xia Jin shook his head: "I don't understand, I've just heard of it." Moreover, the symptoms of this disease are complex, and the symptoms in the early and late stages of the disease are different, and everyone's situation is different. This is not a prescription that can be cured, it has to be treated in a targeted manner. ”

Everyone was silent for a moment.

"Alright, that's it, you know. Don't spread the word. Old lady Shao waved his hand, "Let's go back." ”

Everyone looked at each other, stood up and said goodbye and left.

Back in their courtyard, Shu Shi and Xia Qi were waiting for them in the hall. Xia Zhengqian saw that his wife was worried, so he had to tell her about it.

"Xianggong, the emperor won't send Sister Jin to the border, right?" As soon as Shu Shi said this, he was taken aback. His face suddenly turned pale.

Xia Zhengqian was also taken aback. looked at Xia Jin, and then said in a very affirmative tone: "No." There are so many imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital, and they have the court's money. Naturally, we must be loyal to the court. Our sister Jin is just a little girl in the boudoir, and she didn't take a penny from the court, if something happens, it is impossible for her to rush to the front. If only it were so. The group of old men in the court must not be ashamed to death? ”

Shu Shi felt that this was very reasonable and put his mind at ease. patted his chest and said, "That's good, that's good." ”

Xia Jin pursed his lips and did not speak.

Xia Zhengqian said this because he still didn't realize the horror of cholera. If the general disease. Just send the imperial doctor to heal you. But if it is really cholera, which is raging and spreading among the army, I am afraid that the whole world will be in chaos. When the time comes, she can't hide even if she wants to. She has to do what she has to do.

She was now just waiting for the Imperial Doctor to hear from the border to determine if it was cholera. Then she had to make a choice. Whether to risk his life and take the initiative to step forward, or wait for the condition to be out of control before being ordered by the court.

Back in the courtyard, she called Lu Liang and took out the porcelain needle cylinder she made last time: "You go and order three hundred sets of this." ”

The ingenuity of the ancient craftsmen was endless. As long as you are willing to spend money, the porcelain syringe that is "white as jade, bright as a mirror, thin as paper, and sound like a chime" can also show the characteristics of glass syringes.

As for the needles, they are made of the tiniest bamboo tubes. Although the thinner bamboo tube is larger than the modern steel needle, it can't take care of so much when human life is at stake.

As the days passed, bad news kept coming from the border gates, and the imperial doctor had confirmed that it was cholera, but he couldn't control the situation. The court kept sending imperial doctors to go, the army put the sick people halfway, and the sick people continued to move forward, such isolation did not stop the ravages of the plague, more and more people died, but the attack of the Northern Liang Kingdom became more and more fierce, and the shadow hung over the capital, Cen Ziman had not sent anyone to ask her out to go shopping for a few days.

Xia Jin thinks she is a cold person, but when she hears the news, she still feels uneasy. She knew more about plagues than she knew about them. She always felt uneasy when she watched the young soldiers die, and even the Luo Qian, Cen Yunzhou, or other people in the Cen family she knew died under the plague, but she sat at home and did nothing.

But can she really stop this human catastrophe? This disease is so contagious, she may never come back.

It's hard to live again, but I haven't been able to fall in love properly, and I have become a returning family and a mother...... She is not the Virgin, she cannot save the common people.

These two thoughts kept tangled in her mind, and she finally couldn't help it, and ran to Xia Zhengqian and said, "Dad, do you think I want to go to the border to have a look?" ”

Even if she wants to go to the border, she can't go directly to the Queen Mother to propose it, she has to go through her family first, and then the old lady Shao will propose it to the emperor, and then the court will issue an order. Therefore, Xia Zhengqian and Shu's pass, she can't bypass it.

Besides, if the palace makes an order, but Shu Shi doesn't let her go here, this crime of bullying or resisting the decree will be great.

Xia Zhengqian, who has always been loyal to the monarch and the country, sank his face this time: "Nonsense! Don't you think that after curing a few cases, you think that medical skills are the best in the world? Those imperial doctors, which of them is not better than yours in this area? Besides, you little girl is strong, where do you put the faces of those big old men? As soon as your request is handed in, we will become the enemy of the enemy. If you are not in your position, you don't want to be in politics, you still stay in the backyard and read and embroider! ”

As he spoke, he waved at Xia Jin like a fly.

Shu Shi also cried and wiped tears to dissuade her.

Neither parents agreed, but Xia Jin told herself that it was not that she was unwilling, but that she couldn't. The mood calmed down a little, and obediently returned to his yard.

Old lady Shao went to court every day, and when she came back, she had a solemn face, and did not ask Xia Jin to go to the main courtyard again; Cen Ziman later asked Xia Jin to go out shopping, never mentioning the plague at the border pass, but he no longer had the cheerful and sweet smile on his face.

The balance in Xia Jin's heart swayed again.

One night, as she slept soundly, she sat up on the bed with a jerk - she felt someone jump on her roof.

Sitting on the bed and feeling the familiar breathing rate, she dressed up, opened the door and went out, and jumped on the roof with her right foot.

Su Muxian was sitting there, his posture straight, his eyes staring into the distance, not knowing what to think.

Xia Jin didn't make a sound, walked up to him, and sat down gently.

Su Muxian turned his head and looked at her.

The two looked at each other.

I haven't seen him for a while, and Su Muxian seems to have matured a lot again. The clear eyes that used to be able to see the bottom at a glance have now become a vast sea, deep and incomprehensible, shimmering with complex brilliance in the moonlight. He had a scruffy beard and a thin face, but he was even more manly.

At this time, his gaze at Xia Jin was very complicated, so complicated that Xia Jin couldn't tell what emotions he wanted to express.

She was silent, waiting for him to speak.

"Today ......" he spoke, his voice hoarse, "The Queen Mother and the Emperor have been arguing for a long time, for you." ”

"Is it for the plague?" Xia Jin asked softly.

Su Muxian nodded: "The Queen Mother wants to send you to take a look, but the emperor disagrees." He said that a group of old men were idle, spitting on the court all day long, but they sent a little girl to the epidemic area to die, and he, the emperor, had no face to see the people of the world. ”

Xia Jin had a good impression of the emperor who only had a one-sided relationship.

"What about the outcome of the argument?" She asked.

"This world is the emperor's." Su Muxian's voice became deeper and lower.

He turned his head: "But you have to be ready. Maybe the Queen Mother will still call you into the palace and ask you about the epidemic. ”

"You say...... Should I go? ”

Su Muxian didn't speak, stared at Xia Jin, and said for a while: "Ask your heart." You want to go, I won't stop you. ”

Xia Jin quietly glanced at him, turned his head, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and did not speak.

A breeze blew and a leaf fell on her head.

Su Muxian naturally raised his hand, took the leaf from her head, and threw it aside.

"It's hard at night, go back to sleep." His voice was soft.

"Okay." Xia Jin smiled at him, got up and jumped off the roof, and went back to his room.

Su Muxian didn't leave immediately, but sat on the roof for a while before getting up and leaving.

Su Muxian is a guard in front of the palace, and leaking the conversation between the queen mother and the emperor is a big crime of killing the head. Although he didn't say it, Xia Jin was not an ignorant girl. She didn't mention anything about it. Just stepped up the pharmacy work at hand.

Two days later, the Queen Mother really sent a palace maid to announce her entry into the palace.

The Ningshou Palace where the Queen Mother lived was very different from the palace where the emperor she went to see a doctor lived. Probably because the widowed were afraid of loneliness, the large palace was divided into use areas by various furnishings and curtains, and although it was cumbersome, it did not appear cluttered.

The Queen Mother was much more energetic than the one she had seen, and her face seemed to be younger.

She was extremely kind to Xia Jin, gave her a seat, and asked her about her relationship with the Shao family with concern. ”

"The folk girl once heard my grandfather mention it." Xia Jin said.

"Then I wonder if your master knows anything about this disease? Do you know how to prevent it? ”

Xia Jin nodded: "I mentioned some." However, the disease is very complicated, and there is no specific cure. There is no other way to treat any symptom that can occur. ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother was very disappointed: "The mourning family is worried that this army will die of illness before it reaches the border." Without them guarding the border passes, the army of the Northern Liang Kingdom will come in, and we will not have a good life. ”

Saying that, she sighed, and smiled at Xia Jin: "But this is a matter for the adults in the court, and the mourning family announced that you are here, just to ask if you have any good solutions for this disease." Nothing else, don't worry. "Let the palace maid take out a few palace brocades and send Xia Jin out. (To be continued)