Rebirth of the Poisonous Girl

Qingyun and his party worked hard all the way. The journey that originally took half a month took them only six days to reach the gate of Nanyang County. However, they saw that the city gate was tightly closed, and there was a notice on the right wall that prohibited the entry and exit of people.

Long Ying summoned his inner strength and shouted to the top of the city: "The Ninth Princess is here in person, please open the city gate as soon as possible!"

Captain Cheng Yong, who was on duty, heard this and hurriedly walked to the tower and looked down. The five people under the tower were dressed in ordinary clothes. Although the woman among them was dusty, she still couldn't hide her beautiful and refined appearance and noble and elegant temperament. , if not the Ninth Princess, who else could it be?

Three years ago, the Ninth Princess visited Nanyang County with the emperor. He had the honor to meet the Ninth Princess, but why did the Ninth Princess suddenly appear in Nanyang County?

Without having time to think about it, Captain Cheng ordered someone to inform the county guard. He went down from the city tower and opened the city gate himself. He led the soldiers guarding the city to kneel down and greeted him respectfully: "General, I will wait for you to see the Ninth Princess. The Ninth Princess is a thousand years old and a thousand years old." age!"

"No gift."

"Thank you Princess Ninth!"

Glancing at Captain Cheng and others who had their heads lowered, Qingyun said clearly, "Captain Cheng, please lead the way. I want to see Lord Xia, the governor of the county."

"I don't dare to be the final general." Cheng Duwei said respectfully: "Ninth Princess, please follow me as the final general!"

Along the way, I saw that every door in the city was closed. The once bustling market now had no one except the soldiers who occasionally patrolled by, making it look particularly deserted. Although Nanyang County is not big, it is home to hundreds of thousands of households. Because it is close to the border between Chu and Liang and produces the finest wood, jade and silk, it has always been a gathering place for trade.

Xia Jie, the governor of Nanyang County, knelt at the door of the yamen and said in fear: "I didn't know that the Ninth Princess was coming, and I was too far away to welcome you. Please forgive me!"

"Get up." Qingyun said straight to the point: "Master Xia, don't be nervous. I have come to Nanyang County to take charge of epidemic prevention and control affairs on the orders of the emperor."

Mr. Xia and Captain Cheng were very frightened when they heard this. They stood stunned for a long time before they came back to their senses and said in panic: "Is the Ninth Princess here to... take charge of epidemic prevention and control affairs?"

Qingyun nodded.

"This must not be done!" The two of them hurriedly knelt on the ground. Mr. Xia said urgently: "The ninth princess is worth a thousand dollars. If anything goes wrong, the ministers and all the officials in Nanyang County will be blamed for their death. Please ask the ninth princess." Think twice!”

"I have my own sense of proportion, Lord Xia. There is no need to say anything." He waved his hand to stop Lord Xia from talking, and Qingyun asked: "Master Xia, how long has it been since the epidemic occurred? What is the situation now? Are there still villages where the accident occurred? Where? Where is the person who caused the outbreak?"

Mr. Xia secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said truthfully and respectfully: "It has been more than half a month since I returned to Ninth Princess. The village where the accident occurred is thirty miles south of the city. There are 3,165 people in three villages. All died from the plague, no one survived;

Now the epidemic has also appeared in two neighboring villages. Wei Chen ordered people to cut off the water source and isolate the two villages. At present, no epidemic has been found in several villages in Nanyang County and surrounding villages. However, there is a lack of medicinal materials and the spread of the epidemic. The potential cannot be effectively controlled;

As for the person who contracted the epidemic, he died because of his serious illness, so Wei Chen ordered that he be cremated together with all the people who died from the plague."

Qingyun was horrified when he heard this: "Three thousand one hundred and sixty-five people?" However, so many people died in just over half a month, how shocking is the speed of infection?

"Yes, everyone's situation is registered."

"Can you find out the identity of that person?"

"Back to the Ninth Princess, the man's name is Wei Xiaoshan. He is twelve years old. He was originally the son of a farmer in Shanyang County. His parents died of illness five years ago, so he made a living by begging. It is said that he came to this county only three days before the incident. Because he was so hungry, he sneaked into a house and ate the spoiled steamed buns that the head of the household was about to throw away. After he became ill, he did not seek medical treatment in time and wandered around. In addition, he took a bath in a river commonly used by the villagers, which led to the epidemic. It broke out and spread quickly."

Qingyun's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"Shanyang County is adjacent to Nanyang County, but it is not as prosperous as Nanyang County. He has been begging for a living for five years. Does the 12-year-old Wei Xiaoshan not know that Nanyang County can beg for food better than Shanyang County?

And he just came to Nanyang County three days before the incident, happened to sneak into that house, and happened to eat the problematic steamed buns. Don't you think it's too coincidental, Mr. Xia?

Also, even though he knew he was sick, he not only wandered around, but also bathed in the river commonly used by the villagers. Didn't Mr. Xia think his behavior was unreasonable? Moreover, no one in the villagers noticed his illness. Did you see and stop him from going into the river to bathe?"

"What the Ninth Princess means..." Master Xia and Captain Cheng both changed their expressions after hearing this: Yes, all this is really incredible!

"I will go to the epidemic area first to check the situation." Qingyun looked solemn and gloomy. If things are really as she guessed, I'm afraid...

Under the guidance of Mr. Xia, Qingyun and others first arrived at the deserted village. The place had long lost its popularity, with only houses standing alone. The cold autumn wind blew by, and the ground was covered with dead branches and weeds. There was a rustling sound, and the smell of sex filled the air, making it look particularly desolate and strange.

Qingyun felt extremely sad for a moment when she thought that all the people who were lively and simple three years ago were being destroyed into dust silently.

Feeling Qingyun's sad mood, Mo Xuan quietly held her hand and looked at her with a look that clearly said: Don't worry, I will devote all my life's knowledge to curing this epidemic!

Quietly, she withdrew her hand that was tightly held by him. Qingyun blinked away the hidden tears in her eyes: Thank you!

Then several people came to the two villages infected with the epidemic. Soldiers were guarding all sides and strictly prohibited people from going out. According to Mr. Xia, the people who had been infected with the plague were isolated in an open space six miles away, while those who were not infected with the plague were also concentrated. Here, it is convenient to observe whether anyone is infected with the epidemic at any time.

Someone suddenly discovered Qingyun and his party, and then all the people ran out of their houses and knelt on both sides of the street, kowtow and salute: "Common people, please see the Ninth Princess, the Ninth Princess is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

"Please get up quickly." He stretched out his hand to help the centenarian man with white hair and beard in front of him, and then looked at the excited and expectant faces around him. Qingyun's dark eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and his tone was heavy and serious. Guilt: "I failed to rush to prevent and control the epidemic in time, which caused everyone suffering. I am sorry for you!"

"Ninth Princess, don't say that!" The centenarian old man Zhou shook his head and said: "The incident happened suddenly, and the journey from the capital to here is long. The fact that the Ninth Princess can appear at this time shows that the Ninth Princess traveled day and night after hearing the news. Come here, the common people are already grateful, how can they bear the apology of the Ninth Princess?"

Starry eyes glanced at everyone one by one, Qingyun said loudly: "Thank you for your understanding, please rest assured that I have come to take charge of prevention and control affairs on the order of the emperor. I will never leave until the epidemic is eliminated; also, the imperial physician They will arrive shortly, and the medicinal materials and various supplies prepared by the Emperor's decree will be delivered soon. I believe that as long as we work together, we will be able to overcome this difficulty!"

"The emperor's grace is so great that the common people can be saved!" Everyone burst into tears of gratitude and knelt down to kowtow.

Hearing that Qingyun was going to the epidemic area, Mr. Zhou said anxiously: "Ninth Princess must not do it! The epidemic is extremely contagious. If anything happens to the Ninth Princess, how will the common people explain to the emperor and the people of the world?"

Everyone strongly discouraged it.

"Don't worry, everyone, I know it well." Qingyun pointed at Mo Xuan beside him and said: "This is Mo Xuan, the miracle doctor. We always have to check the epidemic situation before we can prescribe the right medicine and cure the epidemic as soon as possible."

When everyone heard this, their faces were first filled with shock and disbelief, and then they were filled with excitement. They followed Qingyun and others involuntarily until they were ten feet away from the epidemic area. It was not until Qingyun sternly ordered everyone not to come near that they had to stay where they were. .

After receiving the white cloth from Mo Xuan and tying it behind his head to cover his eyes, Qingyun and Mo Xuan then put on white cloth gloves and walked into the simple tent.

The three Green Po men and Mr. Xia picked up the white cloth prepared by the soldiers and tied it up, and followed closely.

The people in the tent all looked haggard and pale, their eyes full of fear and helplessness. Many of them were moaning and feeling pain all over their bodies. Some even coughed up bright red bloody phlegm and had a foul smell. Suddenly, the shadow of despair and death hangs over everyone's heart.

Qingyun's eyes were gloomy, Mo Xuan gently shook her hand and comforted her silently, then walked to an old man and squatted down, stretched out his hand to feel the old man's pulse, and then untied the old man's clothes. When he saw what was on the old man clearly, Jian's eyebrows were furrowed, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.

The lymph nodes in the old man's neck and armpits were all red, swollen and ulcerated, and his skin was covered with ecchymoses and bleeding symptoms. The scene was very scary, accompanied by high fever, chills, fatigue and general pain.

"Old man, can you hear me? Do you still remember what discomfort you felt when you first got sick?"

The old man was already unconscious, but a middle-aged man next to him said on his behalf: "At the beginning, we all just felt uncomfortable. After two or three days, we felt hot and cold. The doctor said it was caused by the wind and cold, but after eating Even if you take medicine, you will never feel better;

Then I felt pain all over my body, vomited and coughed up blood, and my body was covered with red spots. There were pustules on my neck, armpits and thighs, which were ulcerated and smelly. We had never encountered this kind of situation before and we didn’t know what it was.

It wasn't until I heard that the little beggar died of plague, and that all the people in the three villages where he usually stayed, that we knew we had contracted the epidemic. Even though the county governor sent doctors to diagnose and treat us, we couldn't control it. Many people still died every day. ."

Having said this, the middle-aged man couldn't stop trembling all over, his face turned earth-colored, and everyone around him looked at him in despair.

Then Qingyun and others inspected several other tents, and the results were similar. When Qingyun, who was in a heavy mood, was about to ask Mo Xuan if there was any way, he accidentally saw a man striding towards him, his dark eyes deep and soft: " Why are you here?"