There are 43 households of retainers and servants in the Confucian Mansion, and the size of this backyard is not inferior to the front yard, and all the retainers' wives and concubines, housekeepers, and guest servants of the Confucian family live in this backyard. The winding paths of the promenade are connected to each other, and the houses are next to each other......

I heard that the lord and the third prince returned to the house, and all the retainers in the courtyard came out to greet them.

Kong Xian has been away for many years, and when he returned home after three years, he met these brothers and sisters and had endless things to say. But despite this, when I thought that my nurse was eroded by the epidemic, how could I have leisure. In the past, my mother was weak in her own bones, and she and her second brother grew up breastfeeding by the nurse, although the nurse was a rough person with little culture, but she was a very well-behaved person. The two brothers were more or less raised by the nurse, and the nurse is getting older, her body is getting weaker and weaker, and now she is suffering from the epidemic......

Lu Yu, who followed closely, saw that he was walking fast and breathing rapidly, and secretly decided to cure the Kong family's epidemic.

The backyard was too big, and even under the leadership of the heartfelt father, everyone walked for half a pillar of incense until they stopped in a corner. Looking around, there was nothing around, and the house in front of him was not as elegant as the courtyard I had seen before, three or four interconnected thatched huts were stacked together, and the side of the door was full of miscellaneous items.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will also tell you the truth that more than a dozen people in the house have contracted the epidemic now. Everyone in the hospital was afraid that they would be infected by this epidemic, so I ordered these patients to be placed in this miscellaneous house!"

With a "click~", the wooden door was pushed open, and a rancid smell emanated from the room. waved his hand and patted the fishy smell in front of him, and everyone covered their mouths and noses and stepped in.

Glancing around, there were about twelve or thirteen patients, most of whom were mainly the following people, and all of them were old servants. Some of these people are still conscious, and when they heard someone come to take a closer look, it turned out to be the old man and the third son who had not been seen for a long time. They were all loyal, and wanted to get up and bow down, but their limbs were ulcerated, and they couldn't move, so they could only lie down on the bed and say in unison: "Master, third son!"

No matter how painful their bodies were, they didn't whine, even though their faces were distorted in pain.

Listening to their calls one by one, he also felt tormented in his heart, and the corners of his eyes were a little red. These subordinates served the Confucian family from childhood, from generation to generation, from youth to old age until death. Now these old servants are not able to die well, but they have to endure the pain of the epidemic, and every time they think about it, they are even more unhappy in their hearts.

Kong Zhen led everyone to the bed by the window in the corner, and saw an old woman in her fifties lying on the collapse. The old woman had long since lost consciousness and lay there motionless.

"Nurse, nurse, wake up and see who's back!"

The old woman's eyes swirled from side to side, her arms trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Kong Xian at a glance, he was so excited that his words were a little intermittent, and he choked up: "Three, three, the third son is back!"

Seeing that the nurse who loved her the most was now terminally ill, tears kept rolling in her eyes, and she rushed forward, holding her calloused hands tightly, and shouted: "Nurse, nurse, I'm back to see you!"

Seeing this situation, Zhen Gong also sighed: "Aunt Zeng, you took care of the two children for your lover in the early years, but now you are making such a fuss, I really don't know what to do...... Alas, don't worry, I'll ask the best doctor in the city to heal you! You are all members of my Confucian family, and although your surnames are different, you are all loyal retainers to me!"

"Don't blame yourself so much, I have been serving the Kong family since I was a child. Miss, she is frail and sickly, and it is also my duty to raise two sons for Miss. Now that we're old, it's time to reach Bliss!"

Many servants in the miscellaneous house also catered to each other: "Yes, the master really doesn't have to be like this...... We have served the Confucian family for generations, and my lord is also affectionate and righteous to us!"

The Confucian family has inherited Confucianism for generations, and it is impossible to imagine that even the servants in the family are so conscientious and loyal.

Lu Yu didn't care so much, and as soon as he stepped into the room, he checked the conditions of these subordinates one by one. Sure enough, as Aunt Sun said, the skin of the limbs of these subordinates has festered, the flesh of the neck and abdomen has shrunk one after another, the body is white and black, and the wound still exudes a fishy smell. Apparently these people had been suffering from this strange disease for a few days, but fortunately there was still time to heal.

"Senior brother, what did you see?"

Lu Yu nodded, pondered for a moment with his chin in his hand, and asked, "Dare to ask Aunt Zeng, but what water or food did you drink to catch this epidemic?"

He sat up slightly, slowly spit out a few words, and said, "As early as a few days ago, I washed and cooked by the stream in the courtyard. At first, everyone and I were fine, but at night, the skin on everyone's body was painful and itchy, and within a day it was black and rotten, and then I realized that I had a strange disease in the city!"

"Since the epidemic spread from the house, I have ordered my subordinates not to use the stream in the courtyard anymore. And completely blocked the source, and now the lotus flowers in this pond have also dried up one after another. ”

"Brother Lu, have you come up with a cure?"

He raised three fingers, hesitated for a moment, and said, "To tell you the truth, although I know the source of this epidemic, I haven't come up with a cure yet. Judging from the condition of these descendants, it has been seven days, and if the disease is not treated within ten days, it will turn into a pool of bones. Now there are less than three days left......"

Seeing the painful expressions of the patients in the room, Yun Yao felt very uncomfortable, and asked, "Senior brother, is there no way to alleviate it?"

"Although we can relieve their pain with the true qi in our bodies, we can't suppress the ......continuation of the disease," Lu Yu's voice became smaller and smaller, and his heart was very painful. It is not easy to come up with a cure for only three days? If he can't think of a way in one day, many ordinary people in this city will die innocently, but can he really do it in such a short time? It can be a long time for him, but for these wounded people, it is worse than death......

Ming Chang saw what he was thinking, patted Lu Yu on the back and comforted: "Senior Brother Lu, even if you think of a healing method, we will definitely do our best to wait for you to come up with a healing method, everyone will believe in you!"

He hugged his fists and thanked him, and said, "Senior Brother Mingchang, you were severely injured in the morning, and it is not appropriate to use the true qi in your body within ten hours, so you should rest more! I will go out alone and think of a way......" Saying that, he walked out of the miscellaneous house alone with a little sullenness, and Yun Yao was just about to step forward but was stopped together.

"Forget it, let him think about it alone, we don't know medical skills and can't help much, it's better to use the true qi in the body to help these patients alleviate their pain!"

Just as he wanted to refute, he heard painful wails from time to time beside him, so he had to nod and stay.

Butler Jin, who followed the leader, walked out of the gate of the Confucian Mansion, and suddenly asked when he was leaving: "Kimber, has Lord Zhengong invited any doctor to diagnose these subordinates?"

The housekeeper recalled for a moment, and then said: "A few days ago, the old man specially invited the best doctor Qian in the city to come to the mansion for treatment, and prescribed some prescriptions to relieve pain, but it was just ......."

Qian, Qian, I seem to have heard the name somewhere, and when I thought about it carefully, I suddenly remembered: "But the shopkeeper of the Qian Pharmacy?"

"Yes, it's the money shopkeeper. But it's a pity that he hasn't come up with a cure at the moment, and it is estimated that the busiest thing in this city at the moment is his medicine hall!

He didn't reply, smiled at Kimber, waved goodbye, and turned his head and walked away.

Walking out of the courtyard of the Confucian Mansion, my heart was also much more relaxed. Investigating the wounds on the people of those subordinates before, it was found that there were traces of plaster, which turned out to be the hand of the money shopkeeper. Although it is not as depressed as before at this moment, there is still a lot of displeasure in my heart, and I didn't dare to tell the truth when I was present with both Gong and Kong Xian. In fact, even if a person who has this epidemic is cured, he will only be able to survive for a long time, and although all the toxins in his heart and six organs can be removed, his rotten limbs will never be restored! In his heart, he also secretly thought that this poisonous demon path was really hateful, and he did not leave a trace of mercy! At this thought, he did not think much more, and thought about the way to the medicine hall with his vague memory, but his mind was quickly thinking about the method of healing.

Worried, wandering around the empty streets, recalling the antidote recipes learned in medical books over the years, thinking about it for more than an hour. It's already noon, and it's almost there, but every time you get close to the medicine hall, the strong smell of medicine fills the entire alley. Looking at the small medicine hall that had been flooded by the sea of people, a long phalanx had formed from the gate, and these people had naturally come to seek medical treatment and buy medicine.

Lu Yu never expected that there would be so many, so he squeezed into the crowd and ran to the front of the line, but was stopped by the officers and soldiers at the door when he wanted to enter.

"Boy, if you want to buy medicine, go to the back and queue up!"

Perhaps because there were too many patients in the city, this yamen actually sent sword guards to maintain the order of the medicine hall.

"This lord, I know the money shopkeeper, let me in!"

The guard with the knife sneered, pushed it away, and snorted, "Heh! I've seen too many people like you lately. Everyone wants to be cured, but they also have to be first-come, first-served. Boy, let's go to the back and line up honestly!"

Seeing that he was so resolute, he had no choice but to find something in his clothes. After a while, he took out a wooden plaque from his bosom, which turned out to be a token given by the money shopkeeper. handed the wooden card to the official, waited for him to be careful, and his attitude changed dramatically, so he also let him go, and led Lu Yu into the medicine hall......