Peerless little medical concubine

Chapter 57 Plague ravages
In the mid-April of the 23rd year of Zhaowu in the Great Qin Dynasty, the most widespread plague in the past century and the most affected people broke out in the southwestern direction of the Great Qin Kingdom, mainly in Mingcheng and Shancheng.Many people died of illness, and there were rumors that a carrion corpse could be seen lying on the side of the road in less than ten steps in this generation.Its situation is extremely dire.Local officials are helpless.

This situation made the imperial court attach great importance to it, and sent important officials in the court to provide relief.But the big member caught wind and cold during the disaster relief, and his high fever persisted. Emperor Zhaowu had no choice but to recall the officials.After thinking about it again and again, he finally sent King Ling, the God of War of the Great Qin who defeated the barbarian country in the north of the Great Qin half a year ago, to rescue the disaster.Fearing that the enemy would take the opportunity to disrupt, King Ling personally led five thousand Ling cavalry to go.

There was a large influx of refugees in Shancheng a month ago. Mo Heng, who was a magistrate at the time, didn't care, but he didn't think it was this negligence that caused people who were already suffering from the plague to enter the city.The plague gradually spread in the city.

At the beginning, when people didn't know it, they thought it was a common wind-cold, fever and rash, but these patients still didn't get better after taking the medicine, and there was a trend of getting worse.It wasn't until five people died of this disease in the city that the government began to pay attention to it and closed the city gates, only allowed to go out but not to enter.It also blocked the commercial exchanges between the people of Shancheng and the outside world.

But even so, it was too late.

Blocking commercial exchanges is undoubtedly a big loss for Ningfu.Ning Guoan even hated those who obstructed his development in the medical field, otherwise he would definitely make a lot of money this time.Even so, the lives of everyone in the Ning Mansion have not changed much.

Ningfu, in Jingyu courtyard.

Ning Erlan frowned and looked at the medical classics in her hand, hoping to find some records about the plague.Even though she has practiced medicine for so many years, she has never seen this kind of disease.

"Miss, I heard that many people died in the city again today. Why do you think this plague is so terrible? Come as soon as you say it?" Xinyue looked at Ning Erlan who was looking down at the medical book seriously, and said with a worried expression on her face.

"Sister Xinyue is something we can't control. I heard that the villagers over there committed the wrath of the sky, and God will punish..." Xinchen looked at the two with a mysterious face. The man whispered.

Ning Erlan put down the medical book, and after hearing what the two said, something seemed to flash through her mind, but she didn't catch it in time.

"Get ready, I'm going out of the house in a while."

Hearing what Ning Erlan said, the two maids became anxious. "Miss, you still have to leave the mansion now? But it's so dangerous outside the mansion now, if, if..."

Ning Erlan shook her head indifferently.If the plague is allowed to continue, they will not be spared, and she can't just watch so many people die.Now is the time when doctors like them are needed, how can she back down? "Don't talk about it anymore, I will pay attention to it myself, you just keep an eye on it in the mansion."

Ning Erlan changed into simple men's clothing, and in order to prevent infection, she even made a mask soaked in liquid medicine. Although it could not completely prevent infection, it was better than no prevention at all.

When she left the mansion at this time, Ning Guoan and the old lady knew that they would definitely stop her. She had no choice but to bribe the gatekeeper there through the back door and walk out.

The disasters and fears brought by the plague were far more insane than Ning Erlan imagined. The once bustling streets became sparsely populated. It is not an exaggeration to describe the whole street as desolate.Only a few pharmacies and clinics were crowded with people. Two days ago, some people heard that there was a medicine that could prevent plague infection. It seemed that these people were really rushing to buy the preventable medicine.

Ignoring it, Ning Erlan walked towards Jingmingxuan.

As soon as he entered the gate of Jingmingxuan, a young man in a Confucian shirt greeted him.He said respectfully to Ning Erlan: "My lord, why are you here?"

"Li Qing, let's close the teahouse today. I'll come out to see the current disaster situation." Li Qing is Li Si's nephew. His parents died of illness a few years ago, and he was adopted by Li Si later.I have been studying in the academy for several years.Last year, after being a scholar, I couldn't bear Li Si's responsibility, so I returned to Zhuangzi.Seeing that he insisted on staying, Li Si didn't say any more. It just so happened that Ning Erlan's teahouse needed someone, so he asked him to be the shopkeeper.

Although he is a scholar, Li Qing is not pedantic and has a flexible mind. His performance during this period is satisfactory.

"Yes, since the outbreak of the plague, not many people have thought about drinking tea in teahouses."

"Well, during this period of time, some rice vinegar is simmering in each room of the teahouse every day, so as to prevent the disease from being brought in." Ning Erlan walked up to the wing room on the second floor, and before she came out, she told Guan Fu Then send a letter and ask him to wait for him in the teahouse.

Guan Furan planned to leave, but because of the plague, he had to postpone his affairs.

Just as he was about to reach out to push the door, the door was opened by him from the inside.

"Come in." Guan Furan nodded, signaling Ning Erlan to enter the room.

Neither of them spoke after they sat down, and the atmosphere in the room was a little heavy for a while.

"Where are the sick victims now?"

"Mo Heng arranged them in the most remote ruined temple in the city, and he has already let the officials handle it. No one can escape from it."

"Is there a doctor there to see them?"

"I heard that there are no more now. Two doctors were let in before, but those two doctors got sick and couldn't come out again..." Guan Furan's eyes darkened.

"Let them fend for themselves like this?" Ning Erlan's eyes flashed with anger. Although Mo Heng had his concerns in doing so, those sick people are also innocent.

"It can be said that... He is probably waiting for people from the imperial court to come down." What Guan Furan did not expect was that the emperor would actually send King Ling to rescue the disaster.Letting him kill people is not bad, but asking him to save people!
"I'm going to take a look." Ning Erlan stood up after speaking.

"Are you crazy? Have you developed an antiviral drug? Didn't you die in vain?" Guan Furan rolled his eyes weakly, and quickly grabbed her and said dissatisfied.

Ning Erlan pondered for a moment, knowing that she was acting impulsively. "It's been so many days, and I don't even know what the disease is. My mind is really messed up." Helplessly, he sighed and sat down again.She has always had confidence in her medical skills, but she didn't play its due role at the most critical moment.

"Don't worry, after all, we don't even know where the source of the disease is, and what it is. If these problems are clarified, there may be progress." After Guan Furan finished speaking, he felt a little unbelievable. It's so easy to solve the two of them and don't have to worry about it anymore.

"Now that the city gate is sealed, there are still many people outside the city who cannot enter. Is there any way to get out of the city?"

Guan Furan shook his head. "It's easy to go out, but it's hard to come back."

"Don't catch me, don't catch me... I'm not sick, I'm not sick!" When the two were silent, there was a noise from the restaurant.

The two went to the window and looked down, and saw several people in official uniforms grabbing a man, heading in the direction...it was the ruined temple where patients were imprisoned...

Maybe that man is fine, but as long as he enters that ruined temple, all he has to wait for is death.

"Save him."

"What?" Guan Furan asked in surprise.

Ning Erlan raised her eyes, there was no playfulness in her bright eyes. "I said we saved him. I need a patient for further observation. If he is not infected with the plague, we have saved a life."

Guan Furan frowned, took a deep look at her, and finally nodded.

When I came to the street, I saw that the arresting officials were all covered up, only a pair of eyes were exposed from the whole body.

When several people came to a corner, they only felt white powder rushing towards their faces, and they lost consciousness in the next second.

Ning Erlan and Guan Furan put on masks and gloves, carried the unconscious man onto a cart, and walked towards a small courtyard deep in the alley.

That small courtyard is one of the properties under Guan Furan's banner. The courtyard is not big, and it looks a bit empty. Except for an old man who takes care of it, there is no other people.

In fact, Ning Erlan put on a mask filled with medicinal powder for the man brought back, and after disinfecting his arms, he went to the bed to feel his pulse.

"How?" Guan Furan asked.

"According to the pulse, it is indeed infected, but it is not serious. The medicine I have developed recently should be able to cure it." Ning Erlan asked Guan Furan to take a porcelain cup, and added some A specially made potion, and then took out a silver needle and pricked it on the man's finger, a drop of bright red blood spilled out, and dripped it into the cup.

Thinking that Ning Erlan was collecting blood samples, Guan Furan casually glanced at the blood in the cup.But when he was about to look away, surprise flashed across his eyes.

"Well, what's going on here?"

Ning Erlan looked down at the cup in her hand, but her complexion suddenly sank, the situation in her eyes was changing, and her heart was even raised.

I saw that the drop of blood that could have condensed together in the cup began to slowly decompose and spread slowly, making the originally white and clear cup gradually stained with blood. His blood turned dark black without warning!
If he hadn't seen Ning Erlan put the drop of blood in with his own eyes just now, Guan Furan would have suspected that what she was holding was a glass of ink!
The function of the potion in the cup is to decompose and spread the germs in the blood, so that she can study bit by bit what kind of germs they are.

But now everything is black, so what's going on?

"Isn't it true that your potion will turn black when exposed to blood?" Guan Furan's brows and eyes were all dark, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he pulled his eyes away from the quilt.

Ning Erlan shook her head affirmatively.In order to develop this potion, she didn't know how many drops of her blood she gave. "The function of this potion is to decompose germs. Unexpectedly, we made an unexpected discovery. It seems that the medicine I developed before can not make the patient heal. After taking the medicine, the patient seems to be cured, but the bacteria But it is still dormant in the human body, and it may erupt at any time!"

"The symptoms of this plague, people who have just been infected will feel weak and dizzy. At first, everyone will mistakenly think that they have contracted a cold. It can be as high as forty degrees or more. In the end, the skin is itchy and festered!" Ning Erlan said the results of her research for a while.

"My people found out that the people who got the disease first entered a mountain before they got sick. According to the local legend, there lived a hot-tempered mountain god in that mountain, and he was angry that someone disturbed him, so..." Guan Fu But at the end, he gave her a, you know, look in her eyes.

It's not that Ning Erlan has never heard of it, but she has never taken it to heart, but isn't it just that, the important detail that she has ignored that has been indestructible?
(End of this chapter)