Aunt Mao had been suffering from smallpox for several days and one of her legs was on the verge of death. Now, suddenly she heard someone say that her life could be saved, and she became very excited.

"Godly doctor, save me, Godly doctor, save me."

"Then let me ask you, are all your family members from Tianqin?"

When Ye Jintang asked this, Aunt Mao, who was quite excited just now, instantly fell into an icy river. Although she was still feverish, her heart was cold.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Ye Jintang roughly guessed the result in his heart.

"I know even without you telling me that the families of yours who have smallpox must have come from the border of Xirong."

Aunt Mao never expected that the secret she had kept in her heart for many years would be revealed by the little girl in front of her.

She opened her mouth, but no words came out.

The identity of the Xirong people is extremely sensitive.

"Aunt Mao, don't think too much. There are many Xirong people living in our Tianqin Country. We can't kill them all just because they are Xirong people."

"You deliberately spread smallpox, which is another matter. Even if it is the people of Tianqin who do this, they will be sent to prison if they are caught."

"If you have any hidden secrets, speak them out boldly. You may be able to save your life."

Aunt Mao was silent for a long time before she finally spoke with difficulty.

"Please have mercy on us, young lady. We are the only ones who can save our lives. We are ordinary people living on the border. We were living a good life, but suddenly one day a group of soldiers came and arrested us all."

"My parents and two children were all held captive in Xirong. My husband and I disguised ourselves as refugees fleeing famine and entered Tianqin."

Hearing this, Ye Jintang frowned. Min Shao was really so cruel in order to take revenge on Xiao Mo that he let so many people be buried with him.

"How many of you came to Tianqin together?"

"There are more than 40 people in our team. After entering Tianqin Country, everyone dispersed. I heard that there are several teams like ours."

Aunt Mao felt very sad when talking about the past.

"In the first few years, no one from Xirong contacted us. Just when I thought they had forgotten about us, we received news from Xirong."

"As long as we can spread smallpox, they will release my parents and children. We have no choice but to risk our lives and spread smallpox everywhere."

Aunt Mao started to cry softly. Xirong had said that once they spread smallpox, they would give them medicine to save them. However, several days had passed and several people had died among the dozen or so families they lived with, but no one had sent them medicine.

It was obvious that the Xirong side had no intention of letting them survive.

"Godly doctor, please don't save me, save my two children. Their smallpox is much milder than mine, and they should be able to be saved by taking medicine now."

Aunt Mao struggled to sit up and kowtow to Ye Jintang, but she was too sick and couldn't get up at all.

Ye Jintang figured out the general situation and told the female medical apprentice beside him to give pills to everyone here first. As for whether they could survive, that depended on their luck.

After Ye Jintang entered Meng Village, Xiao Mo had been waiting for her anxiously at the entrance of the village.

Time passed by minute by minute, and there was only a little time left on the hourglass beside him. Xiao Mo was very anxious. How come Ye Jintang still hadn't come out after such a long time?

If she doesn't come out, he will go in and look for someone.

Just when Xiao Mo was about to collapse, he finally saw from afar Ye Jintang and four female medical apprentices, walking quickly out of the village.

Xiao Mo strode forward, but was stopped by Ye Jintang.

"Your Majesty, I have the virus. Please wait for me to change my clothes first, and then I will tell you the situation in the village in detail."

Ye Jintang not only burned all the clothes he had just worn, he even rubbed the potion all over his body and drank two sips of spring water before going to see Xiao Mo.

"Jintang, how do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Looking at Xiao Mo's anxious look, Ye Jintang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She had only been in there for a short while.

"I'm fine. I just found out everything in Meng Village. It's exactly as we expected. It's Min Shao's spy planted in Tianqin."

Then Ye Jintang told Xiao Mo the news he had heard from Aunt Mao.

"This Min Shao is really scheming. We just discovered that unless the spies he planted reveal themselves, it will be difficult for us to find them."

The Tian Qin State has experienced several major famines in recent years, and so many people have migrated back and forth from the south to the north. Trying to find the Xirong people's spies is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Your Majesty, I have an idea. We can prepare for both scenarios. On the one hand, we can think of a way to uproot Min Shao, and on the other hand, we can do a census to see how many people and how much farmland we have in Tian Qin."

"Ah, the census?"

Xiao Mo was quite unfamiliar with this word.

"Yes, that is, to make a census of all the people in every village and town in Tianqin Country, and replace the pass at the same time."

"This is a big guy."

"Well, we are not in a hurry, let's check it slowly."

"Okay, it's up to you."

The medicine that Ye Jintang sent to Mengcun was very effective. As long as the disease was not terminal, almost all people could be cured. As for those Xirong people, they concealed the fact that they had smallpox for too long, so they could not be saved even if they took the pills.

However, their children were not seriously injured and recovered quickly.

The children are innocent. Meng Dahai secretly sent several children to other villages. They are young now and have no memories. At most, they think that their biological parents died of smallpox. As for what happened in Xirong and Tianqin Kingdom, they would not know.

In the future they will be the people of Tianqin.

The smallpox in Mengcun was suppressed, and even a few places in the capital did not cause any waves.

People were isolated when necessary and took medicine when necessary. In just half a month, the smallpox epidemic that had alarmed everyone was over.

Pingping and Anan had already recovered, but Ye Jintang still didn't let them go out of the palace to play, saying that they had just recovered and it was not easy for them to move too much.

"Mom, we have been bored in Wutong Palace for quite a while. Please take us out for a walk."

"You two little rascals, the huge palace is not enough for you to play, and you still want to run outside."

"We have visited the entire palace, it's so boring. Mom, I heard that on August 15th, mooncakes are eaten and there will be a very big market in the capital. Why don't you take us to the market?"

Pingping looked at Ye Jintang with hope.

"You are quite well informed."

At the beginning of this spring, Xiao Mo issued an imperial decree stating that every August 12th, the east and west markets in the capital would open together, with no curfew, and people could set up stalls outside for hours.

As the news spread, many foreign merchants rushed to the capital with their goods in advance, hoping to make a fortune here.

When the East and West markets open together, the capital city will surely be bustling with activity.

"Well, I'll just take you to see your great-grandfather."

"Okay, mother is the best."

Pingping immediately became happy when he heard that he could leave the city.

However, when An An heard that she was going to Mr. Wei's house, she started to think about what to give to her great-grandfather.

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