Chapter 18 War Without Gunpowder
"Brother Ai, it seems that the method you have thought of is effective, you see, many people are sending medicine here" Long Lan took a mask and watched the convoys enter Fancheng with medicinal herbs.
"The amount is too small, not enough, I heard that the fourth princess came this time, I don't know how many medicinal materials she brought" Ai Yiming looked at the mess in front of him, or people were constantly dying, and his eyes were full of worry.
"You two, hurry up, this person is dying" Poria shouted as she saw a skinny man in tattered clothes, constantly twitching somewhere, almost unable to get up and down in one breath, and his eyes rolled up.
Poria wanted to use her true qi to kill him, but reason told him that even if he could save one, she wouldn't be able to save tens of thousands of people. Some of the herbs that were sent one after another couldn't be used at all, and it was not right, which made Poria a little headache.
"If they don't have the prescription I wrote, and if there is no suitable medicine, I'm afraid that more and more people will die later," Poria asked.
"Give it to them, I will send it to the surrounding counties and counties, and ask them to bring the medicine on the prescription," Long Lan replied eagerly.
Because Poria cured Taishou Li Yi's illness, the doctors in Fancheng are now listening to her command, which is also Li Yi's order.
"Uh, uh" This critically ill person couldn't get up in one breath, Poria was really anxious when he looked at it, so he could only secretly lose a little bit of true qi into it, and this person exhaled a long breath.
"It can't go on like this, my true qi can only solve the temporary emergency, it can't cure their fundamental problems, if only I could use the elixir," Poria thought anxiously in her heart.
"Sister Poria Cocos, this person is dying" Long Lan interrupted her thoughts, and could only look at the next patient.
In this way, Poria saw that those who were dying would secretly lose a little bit of true qi, so that they could ease up, and some of them were too late, but they still died in front of Poria Cocos.
It was slowly getting dark, and at this time, Poria, Yang Yan, Ai Yiming, and Long Lan were standing in the courtyard of the Taishou Mansion, surrounded by more than twenty doctors, their faces showing exhaustion, and crying from time to time on the street.
Hearing these miserable cries, the doctors in the courtyard showed unbearable expressions on their faces, and some tired faces still had tears on them.
"I know that all the doctors are working hard, and now the tens of thousands of lives in Fancheng are written in your hands, I, Li Yi, beg you, please save tens of thousands of people in Fancheng, please" Li Yi knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
"Master Li, hurry up"
"Get up, Master Lee"
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A group of doctors surrounded Li Yi and helped him up, and one of the doctors said: "As doctors, we must give up our lives regardless of good luck and evil, even if we are cold and hot day and night, hungry, thirsty and tired, we must go to the rescue with all our hearts and save tens of thousands of people from suffering."
"Yes, Master Li, we know that you are a good official, Fancheng has suffered this catastrophe, and we have put life and death out of the way."
"We have seen Dr. Poria's prescription, the prescription is properly matched, the medicine is very effective, as long as the above medicine is matched, boiled in a pot, and distributed, it will definitely save the people of Fancheng."
"Li, here, thank you, thank you" Master Li bent down and thanked him again and again.
"Everyone, let's go on patrol on the streets, show our housekeeping skills, and not waste what we have learned in our lives, nor do we practice medicine in vain."
As he spoke, the doctors took the medicine boxes and walked to the street, scattered, and began to investigate the conditions in various places in Fancheng.
Ai Yiming, Long Lan, Poria and Yang Yan saw all this in front of them, and their hearts were mixed.
"Master, this is the reason why you often come to the world, they are really too fragile, life is like a candle, when the wind blows, it is gone" Poria was not a taste in her heart, but she couldn't do anything about it.
"Xiaolan, Xiaolan, what's wrong with you?" Ai Yiming called out to Long Lan, who had fallen to the ground, interrupting Poria to think.
I saw that Long Lan's face was red, Poria leaned down to check it, and the symptoms were the same as those patients, the high fever did not go away at first, and then vomited and diarrhea, the body began to convulse, the breathing was slowly rough, and the last breath could not come up, and he died.
"Miss Poria, what's wrong with Long Lan?" Ai Yiming asked anxiously.
"Like the symptoms of those people outside, you take her into the house first and put a towel of cold water on her head," Poria said slowly.
Ai Yiming was anxious in his heart, and immediately did what Poria said, Yang Yan said worriedly: "Xiaolan is also infected, and the medicine has not yet come, what should I do?"
Poria looked at Yang Yan and said: "You can't save these tens of thousands of people even if you drain the blood, besides, this disease is more serious than before, and the speed of the attack is a little faster, after three days, if there is no suitable medicine, I am afraid that there will be abnormal changes, and then it will be troublesome."
"I don't understand what you're saying, I believe you," Yang Yan said, looking into Poria's eyes.
"What do you believe me?"
"Aren't you the little medicine king?"
"Poof" Poria was amused by Yang Yan's words, and Yang Yan glanced at him and said: "Don't make fun of me, what a little medicine king, I can't even save a few mortals"
"They have their own fate, and some things can't be forced, just like me, I'm already dead, who knows that I'm alive again, this is fate," Yang Yan looked at the sky and said leisurely.
"It makes sense, everyone has their own life, maybe this is the life of these people, we just do our duty and do our best to save them. Hearing you say this, my heart feels so much better, you don't know, I see those people who are dying, how uncomfortable my heart is."
"Why don't I feel bad? I just wonder if when they can't get up in one breath, do they think that they will be liberated and don't have to suffer anymore?"
"Perhaps, at this time, death is also a relief"
"What about Long Lan?" Yang Yan asked.
Poria thought for a while and said: "You secretly fed him a Bigu Dan, he just contracted a disease, and he is practicing martial arts, Bigu Dan can strengthen her physical resistance."
Yang Yan nodded, glanced at the gourd on his waist, and walked towards Long Lan's room. Poria took a brief rest, then ran to the street with Ai Yiming, and then helped control the condition.
Yang Yan secretly fed Long Lan a Bigu Dan after Ai Yiming left, and as Poria said, Long Lan's fever subsided, but she remained unconscious. Fortunately, I breathe evenly and there is nothing serious, I am afraid that I have been overworked these days and need to rest.
Time passed minute by minute, Fancheng was carried out every day to burn, and some people's illness became more and more serious, and the surrounding counties also reported the epidemic, and for a while, the people of the entire Yunguo were panicked, and the number of deaths continued to increase, from the original one or two thousand to more than five thousand.
Three days later, a bad news came, the condition changed, those people not only had a high fever that did not go away, vomiting and diarrhea, qi deficiency and chest tightness, weakness in limbs, convulsions all over the body, but also one more symptom, and their eyes slowly began to lose sight.
"Why hasn't the medicine come yet, the condition has changed" Taishoufu, a group of doctors walked back and forth anxiously, talking loudly.
"It's more than 5,000 dead, and the court really doesn't care?"
"I heard that the epidemic has also been detected in the surrounding counties"
"Drug prices are soaring, and some pharmaceutical companies take this opportunity to make money"
"It's really a black-hearted trader, and I'm still thinking about making money at this time"
"Alas, we can't stand it anymore, and several doctors have contracted the plague and died."
"Isn't it true that God doesn't have long eyes?"
“......”
There was chaos in the courtyard, Li Yi sat on a chair, his eyes were full of despair, and suddenly a soldier hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "Report ...... Her Royal Highness has arrived in Ulin and is expected to arrive in two days."
Li Yi had hope in his eyes, stood up and pulled the soldier and asked, "What did you say?"
"Her Royal Highness the princess has arrived in Wulin, and has brought more than a dozen imperial doctors, and the long convoy is full of medicinal herbs, and it is expected to arrive in Fancheng in two days."
"Okay, okay, my people in Fancheng have been saved, saved, saved" Li Yi seemed to be crazy, happily pulling the soldier for a long time and not letting go.
Ai Yiming, Poria and Yang Yan were also happy, but they were tired for more than ten days, and this time they finally saw hope.
Long Lan slept for two days and finally woke up, but Ai Yiming was afraid that he would be infected with the plague again, so he didn't let her come out.
In the next two days, a group of doctors have been controlling the continued deterioration of the condition, because the condition has changed, Poria Cocos has also changed the prescription, and all the doctors present have seen Poria Cocos's prescription, and have always thought that there is a problem, just waiting for the arrival of medicinal materials.
On this morning, as usual, the doctors were checking on the patient's condition on the street, and it was not optimistic, and there were people outside the city who were responsible for burning the corpses every day.
Suddenly, the gate of Fancheng was opened, and the mighty convoy entered Fancheng, more than a dozen luxury carriages opened the way in front, and hundreds of carriages pulled herbs behind, and a medicinal fragrance came to the face.
Fancheng Taishou Li Yi stood in the middle of the street and shouted: "Fancheng Taishou Li Yi, here to greet Her Royal Highness the Princess"
A girl's voice came from the carriage at the front, "Li Taishou, put these medicinal materials in the back properly, and I will let the imperial doctors start to treat the people of Fancheng"
"The emperor's grace is vast, Your Majesty Xie, Your Royal Highness Princess Xie" Li Yi said and knelt on the ground, tears welling up in his eyes. For him, the truckload behind him is not only medicinal materials, but also human lives and hopes.
"Get up. The order was given, and all the imperial doctors got out of the car to find out the symptoms, and then began to boil the pot and decoct the medicine, and distributed it to these people."
"Yes," agreed a young man in armor and a spear in front of the carriage.
Then the young man rode his horse to the rear, only to see an old man with gray hair, carrying a delicate medicine box and getting out of the carriage, looking at the scene on the street in front of him, covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, with some disgust on his face.
"Doctors, please," the young man said with a smile on his face as he saw that all the doctors had already gotten out of the carriage.
"General Long, can you ask Her Royal Highness the princess for instructions, we are tired from the journey, so we will settle down first and then check on our condition," said a seventy-year-old imperial doctor led by him.
"Imperial Doctor Huang, you are the director of the Tai Hospital, you have spoken, I will ask" The young man said and returned to the front carriage and whispered a few words, then nodded.
"Li Taishou, take us to rest for a while, and then check on the condition" The girl's voice came from inside the car. Li Yi nodded yes, and led the group in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion.
Poria, Yang Yan, and Ai Yiming are all looking around the city to check on the patients, more and more people are in critical condition, if they are not treated in time, I am afraid that the number of deaths will reach 10,000.
"Sister Poria, Brother Ai, Brother Yang" Long Lan's voice sounded behind the three of them.
"Xiaolan, what are you doing here, hurry back" Ai Yiming was startled, but he didn't expect the Poria headkerchief to come out.
"Li Taishou asked me to come to Sister Poria, Sister Ling is already in the Taishou Mansion, let you go," Long Lan said happily.
"Great, Her Royal Highness the princess has arrived, let's go back" Ai Yiming said, calling Poria and Yang Yan to rush to the Taishou Mansion together.
When the four of them arrived at the Taishou Mansion, it was already crowded with people, and the doctors also gathered back, standing in the middle of the courtyard, and a row of old men in luxurious clothes sat on it, looking down on the doctors in the courtyard.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Huang Guangyuan, the director of Xiatai Hospital, this time I have come to extinguish the plague with all the imperial doctors in accordance with the holy decree of His Majesty the Great Cloud, which is the grace of His Majesty the Emperor and the creation of the people of our Yun Kingdom. ”
"This plague has affected many surrounding counties, and Fancheng is the source of this plague, our imperial doctors must go all out to live up to Your Majesty's grace and the adventure of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and save the people of my Yun Kingdom from the dire situation......"
"Shut up," a stern female voice came from behind a row of imperial doctors.
Imperial Doctor Huang was sincerely frightened, and quickly knelt on the ground, not daring to say half a word, and the female voice inside followed: "Hurry up and get down to business, if you dare to say a word of nonsense again, I will remove you."
"Yes, yes, yes," Imperial Physician Huang nodded like a chicken pecking rice. Then he got up and wiped the sweat from his head, and looked at the disheveled and depressed doctors in the courtyard with sarcasm on their faces.
"You have worked hard, the rest of the things will be left to our hospital, seeing that you have also worked hard for so long, sleep well first, and when you wake up, this plague will be eliminated by us" Imperial Doctor Huang said confidently.
All the doctors present, including Poria Cocos, Yang Yan, and Ai Yiming, were also relieved to hear Imperial Doctor Huang's words, in the past ten days, everyone present has not slept a day steadily, including Poria Cocos.
"Imperial Physician Huang, this is the prescription researched by Dr. Poria, we have all seen it, there is no problem, you can decoct the medicine according to the above prescription, please leave it to you here" A doctor handed a prescription to Imperial Physician Huang and said.
Imperial Physician Huang glanced at it, then put it on the table on the side, and said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, rest assured, with our Tai Hospital, we will definitely be able to stop the spread of the plague and completely eradicate this plague, everyone hurry up and rest."
"Imperial Doctor Huang, you must use that prescription, you must use it," the doctor instructed again and again.
Imperial Physician Huang said yes, yes, but in fact, he didn't take that prescription seriously at all, "What effect can this folk prescription have", Imperial Physician Huang thought in his heart.
The doctors in the hospital left one after another, and Poria also wanted to rest, she was tired enough for more than ten days, mainly because she didn't sleep enough.
"Let's go to bed, I'm almost exhausted," Poria said, stretching her back.
"No, no, I can't sleep yet, Sister Poria, Brother Yang, Her Royal Highness the Princess wants to see you" Long Lan pulled as she spoke.
"How does the princess know, did you say that?" Ai Yiming asked.
Long Lan straightened her chest and replied angrily: "I didn't, it was that Li Taishou who said that Sister Poria had superb medical skills and saved his life."
"Let's go, let's go, let's go to bed when we're done," Poria said, rubbing her eyes.