In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Doctors: “…”

When they heard this, their faces turned red and they had no choice but to close their eyes and follow the old man.

They didn't suspect the old man had other motives, nor did they suspect that the old man had other motives, such as stuffing medicine into the anus...

Since Zhu Zhizhou knew that something was wrong but was not exposed, it shows that he was not really in the same mind as the Turkic Khan.

Moreover, Zhu Zhizhou deliberately threw everyone into the inner city, probably because he had guessed what was going on with them.

Otherwise, how could it be so easy to enter the inner city?

The old man snorted coldly and said, "The Turkic Khan doesn't have many troops in the entire Zhaozhou! The reason why we adults listened to him is simply because we want our daughter to live a better life."

"If his daughter hadn't been in the hands of the Turkic Khan, I'm afraid he wouldn't have become like this."

Hearing this, everyone felt very uncomfortable.

There has been a saying since ancient times that "capture the leader first". From the character of Zhu Zhizhou, we can see that "capture the leader first" is indeed true and it is so right!

They sighed and asked the old man, "How are the people in the city? Let's go and make some medicine."

The old man said, "Well, give me all the medicine you stuffed in your chrysanthemums."

"I brought these medicines for the plague, mixed them with herbs, and had the people drink them."

"If I don't feed the herbs to the people, I'm afraid people outside will notice something is wrong..."

Everyone nodded.

The old man continued, "The prefect ostensibly locked all the people in there to fend for themselves, feeding us random herbs, but in reality, he was keeping us inside trying to figure out how to cure the plague."

"Now that White Snake has brought the medicine here, it's just in time! Not too many people have died yet!"

After hearing this, they felt very complicated for a moment.

This is also a poor man.

What he did did make the people suffer, so it is hard to say how good he was. We can only say that he was a pitiful man.

Everyone followed him down a street, and soon they arrived at a secluded place.

As soon as I got there and before the old man could make any arrangements, I heard a man suddenly walk out from inside, cursing.

"Why is there someone here again?"

"These are the Qingzhou doctors brought by Bai Lu. They have offended the Khan and the prefect, so let them fend for themselves here."

The old man immediately said very respectfully.

He looks like a lackey, far from his previous calm appearance.

But everyone could see that he said that on purpose.

Almost instantly, the doctors reacted quickly. Their expressions changed and they became extremely frightened. There was no smile on their faces anymore. They looked like cowards who were afraid of death!

Hearing this, the man didn't doubt anything and nodded and said, "Okay."

After all, once you enter a place like this, you can’t get out, including yourself.

The man's face was calm. He was a person who was thrown in because he made a mistake.

He has to behave well here. If he doesn't, his family will be the ones to die.

The man didn't say much, and seemed to be in no mood to talk to them, so he spoke directly to them.

"Throw these doctors out and let them fend for themselves, whatever they want to do."

The old man said, "Oh! That's not necessary. Let them boil the medicine with me! Otherwise, I will be exhausted all day!"

"You can make medicine, whatever you like."

The man waved his hand and asked for his consent to let them go out and boil the medicine.

They didn't have any medicinal herbs on them, so they must have been searched before coming.

The plague here will still not be cured, so just endure it.

The old man was delighted and took them down without showing any emotion.

Next, they quickly hid two-thirds of the medicine Bai Lu brought in the stove, and boiled the remaining one-third.

This medicine cannot be boiled just once. It will have no effect if boiled just once...so it can only be boiled in batches.

The stove is a very hidden place and a good place to hide things.

Besides, even if they were discovered, what would happen? Could they still get out of the inner city?

Just like that, after a large pot of thick Chinese medicine was boiled out, the old man rolled up his sleeves to take out the medicine.

"This herb obviously has a good therapeutic effect and good ingredients, otherwise it wouldn't be so bitter!"

Those people outside don’t understand, but these doctors who come here voluntarily are experts. They can tell it must be very expensive just by smelling it.

Zhu Zhizhou also worried a lot about these people.

However...this old man didn't take any protective measures at all. He didn't use alcohol for disinfection, didn't wear a mask, and didn't even use mugwort to fumigate.

"Aren't you afraid of being infected?!" the doctors couldn't help but ask.

They all hurriedly tore off a piece of their clothes to cover their faces, and then rubbed their bodies inside and out with the liquor in the pot. Only then were they willing to go out with him to apply the medicine.

The old man sighed, "Oh, there are no such conditions here!"

"Before, I thought I would definitely die in here, so I didn't wear those."

"I see." Everyone nodded, feeling sympathy.

No wonder he was so confused, he actually thought he was going to die.

"Oh, don't worry, we are here, you won't die."

They patted the old man's shoulders, silently wiped his face with liquor, and found some mugwort to fumigate him.

After they took protective measures, they went out to spread the medicine.

This time, people outside lined up to get medicine.

They felt that the taste was no different, but... why did it smell like mugwort and alcohol?

There was none of this when they put the medicine in before.

And this time, there were many other doctors there.

The people kept coughing, hunching their bodies, and their faces looked haggard and exhausted.

The people looked at the doctors and asked them, "Where are you from?"

Unexpectedly, these people would talk to them, so the doctors answered truthfully: "We are from Qingzhou."

When the people heard these words, they were suddenly shocked!

They all stared at the doctors, their faces showing surprise and delight: "Are you really from Qingzhou? You didn't lie to us?"

"We really are from Qingzhou."

The people suddenly became excited and burst into tears.

They wiped the tears from their faces, crying and laughing: "You are actually from Qingzhou... Haha, you are actually from Qingzhou?!"

"Then...can't you save us?!"

"I heard that there was a White Lady in Qingzhou who cured the plague in Qingzhou!"

"Do you have a prescription to cure the plague?" the people asked as they surrounded them, making it impossible to get out.

The doctors looked at each other and said with a smile, "Don't worry, we will definitely cure you."

As for whether there is a cure for the plague, they responded flexibly and did not say it out loud.

However, the people just tacitly assumed that they had a cure for the plague.

The people were originally disheartened and wanted to die, but now they don’t want to die anymore.

They all took the medicine happily!

Even though the medicine tastes the same as before, there is no change.

With White Snake and these doctors from Qingzhou here... they will definitely survive!

They will definitely survive.

As long as you hear the name of White Snake, you hear hope!

"..." At night, after taking the medicine, they dragged their heavy bodies slowly back home.

There was very little food left at home. Those who were better off could still eat dry rice, while those who were not so well off could only eat porridge.

But the people of Zhaozhou are generally rich, and at least they can afford to eat.

They did not go hungry during the blockade of the inner city, unlike the people of Liangzhou and Qingzhou. If it were not for Bai Lu and the others, they would have starved to death long ago.

They had a meal of hot rice, stuffed it into their mouths, and ate some scallions and dipped them in sauce.

It tasted salty, and the people felt that their bodies seemed to have much more strength, they stopped coughing, their heads didn't feel so hot, and they no longer had diarrhea or vomiting... All kinds of symptoms seemed to have eased.

"Oh, it's still comfortable to have a meal like this!" They touched their stomachs.

At this time, I hadn't noticed that my condition had improved.

After a good night's sleep, they felt refreshed the next morning.

"Oh, why am I so relaxed? Am I about to die from a last burst of energy?!" A 40-year-old man touched his head, feeling a little strange.

At this moment, he suddenly smelled an indescribable foul odor.

When I lowered my head, I found that I seemed to be covered in sweat, and this sweat was smelly.

"Oh my God!" This really scared him.

He immediately went to fetch water to wash, and saw his wife already sitting by the well, drawing water.

She turned her head to look at the old man and said to him cheerfully, "Where are you getting some water?"

My spouse, who had been lying in bed and nearly dying the day before, was actually able to get out of bed and seemed to be doing everything with ease today?!

The old man was so excited that he almost cried, "Could it be medicine for the plague..."

"Don't talk!" She blinked at the old man and whispered, "It works! It's different from the previous medicine."

After hearing this, the old man found that, yes, his symptoms seemed to have alleviated a lot.

His face changed drastically, and he nodded hurriedly and whispered, "The medicine is indeed effective! I really have to thank Lady Bai and the doctors from Qingzhou."

"If it weren't for them, we wouldn't be able to do anything!"

His wife nodded and said, "Well, we can't tell anyone about this."

"Look carefully, the inner city is sealed off, and the prefect and his men won't let anyone in. There must be a reason!"

"And as I walked by... I saw many people speaking a language we couldn't understand. They were Turks! I'm afraid there's something wrong at court!"

"Let's not let anyone know yet. Let's observe for a few more days! We ordinary people understand that when something is amiss, there will be changes!"

The old man suddenly woke up and said, "That makes sense!"

The old woman laughed again and said, "And...what if we tell others about our illness and the doctor who dispenses medicine stops giving us medicine? What should we do then?"

"That makes sense!" He nodded.

So these people told their neighbors not to tell anyone.

You have to take the medicine for at least a few days before you can know what is going on with your body and whether the plague symptoms have been alleviated.

The next time they went to collect medicine, the crowd was obviously much more orderly, and they looked more energetic and less haggard.

Without saying a word, they received the medicine as quickly as possible and swallowed the whole bowl of medicine directly.

After that, I felt refreshed and left.

After drinking three times, they could feel that their bodies were indeed different from before and they had much more strength than before.

The people knew about it and said, "Oh my God, it really is White Snake who came to save us!"

The people felt very grateful and recovered from their serious illness.

Everyone took out the food they had hidden and ate two big bowls.

Suddenly, they heard a knock on the door.

When they looked up, they saw a doctor standing in front of them. He said to them with a serious expression: "How is your condition? Are you feeling better?"

"It's much better now. It's all thanks to you doctors who are so good."

"It's not that we're so powerful, this is the medicine White Lady asked us to bring you."

The doctor himself did not elaborate on the process of bringing the medicine.

If I tell them, these people will feel disgusted (?w?)~

The doctors said to the people, "Something's wrong outside! The inner city has been sealed for so long, I'm sure you all understand..."

"Before, you were forced to stay in here, you had no strength and were sick, but there was nothing you could do! But now that you are well and have some strength, it's time for us to get out."

"Otherwise we'll be locked up in here forever, and the food will run out sooner or later!"

Not to mention the future, even now, there is not much food.

The people were stunned and they also wanted to go out.

"But there are soldiers guarding the city gate outside. How can we get out?"

"Yeah, the inner city is always locked!"

One citizen said, "Our inner city is usually inhabited by wealthy families, with very few ordinary people... But ever since we got sick, the wealthy families in the inner city have all been cleared out, their houses burned down, and all their gold, silver, and treasures taken away! Ordinary people like us have been driven in!"

The people sighed.

Then the doctor said solemnly: "We can all unite and break through the inner city together!"

Hearing this, the people's eyes lit up.

"Huh? That makes sense!"

"It's just... after all, there are so many officers and soldiers here, and they all have weapons in their hands!"

The doctor said, "So we have to rush in quietly and steal all the weapons from those officers and soldiers. If we can get hold of those weapons, wouldn't that reduce a lot of casualties?"

The doctors' conversation made sense to the people, and they all nodded.

Xu Maochun arrived at this time and said sternly to everyone, "But before that, we have to deal with those Turks first!"