The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Chapter 485 Important Mission

It is said that the county magistrate of Hongye County fled with his family at the beginning of the epidemic. Hongye County was leaderless, and the epidemic developed and spread rapidly, so many people began to think about leaving Hongye County.

Hongye County was not far from the capital, so the people all came to the capital, begging for a place to settle down under the emperor's feet. This led to the spread of the epidemic to the capital.

Now the people sent by Emperor Suining have taken the imperial edict to temporarily mobilize the nearby troops and seal off Hongye County, but the place is already littered with corpses, and there are more living people than dead ones.

On the road from Hongye County to the capital, and even on the roads from Hongye County to all directions, there were people dying of illness everywhere.

The officials who went to Hongye County sent back several urgent reports, requesting His Majesty to send more people for support and asking for instructions on what to do next.

Emperor Suining then sent more officials to Hongye County and ordered the troops near Hongye County to go to support and burn the dead. He also sent people in all directions to chase the refugees who had fled. If they were dead, they would be burned on the spot. If they were alive, they would be taken back to Hongye County for isolation and treatment. However, Chu Yunxi was also in isolation and her condition had just stabilized. Emperor Suining did not want to disturb her, so he ordered the imperial physician to take back a dose of streptomycin and begin to study the ingredients, and to prepare the corresponding herbal medicine as soon as possible to treat the people of Hongye County.

Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi, who were isolated in Ruyun Building, knew nothing about these things.

After taking the medicine for seven consecutive days, Chu Yunxi's symptoms finally disappeared. She gave herself a full body check and found that there was basically no problem. Xiao Mubei stayed with Chu Yunxi in the room that was disinfected three times a day for seven days, and miraculously he was not infected.

Doctor Lu brought back the latest progress of the quarantine area. At present, all the illnesses have been basically under control, and the mortality rate is gradually decreasing. However, none of them received timely treatment like Chu Yunxi, so they did not recover as quickly as her, especially those seriously ill patients. It can only be said that their condition has not worsened further, but it will probably take some time for them to recover.

But as long as there is an effect, everyone will have confidence. When Chu Yunxi felt a little better, she began to worry about whether the people had enough medicine. She took out a few boxes of streptomycin, disinfected them, and asked Wen Rulan to find someone to send them to the isolation area to the doctors. She also gave a box of amikacin, saying that it was for pregnant women only, because there was no guarantee that there would be no pregnant women like her among the sick people.

However, these seven days were extremely difficult for the officials and imperial doctors sent to Hongye County.

The imperial physician formulated herbal medicine based on the analyzed ingredients, but the effect was not satisfactory after the patients drank it. The patients' conditions were still getting worse, and people were still dying every day. The people of Hongye County were already desperate, and the little hope that was rekindled when they saw someone coming to rescue them was gradually shattered as the medicine became less effective. So some people began to secretly try to escape again, but when they were stopped by the army, their resentment erupted. The surviving people gradually began to gather at the city gate every day to confront the soldiers guarding the city, cursing the court for wanting to trap them to death in Hongye County.

Officials and imperial doctors were extremely worried. Urgent reports were sent to the capital one after another. Emperor Suining had a lot of hair pulled out. Finally, on the twelfth day after Chu Yunxi was infected, someone was sent to knock on the door of Room No. 1 in Ruyun Building.

Chu Yunxi has already recovered, but for safety reasons, she wanted to stay in isolation for two more days to consolidate her condition. When they heard His Majesty summoning her, their hearts sank, guessing that something very tricky must be happening.

So the two of them put on masks, and twelve days later they finally stepped out of the room again and rode towards the palace.

He went straight to the imperial study. Emperor Suining had been waiting anxiously for a long time. When he heard the eunuch's announcement, he hurriedly shouted, "Let them in quickly."

As soon as Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi entered, they both knelt on the ground and saluted to Emperor Suining. Emperor Suining hurried down to help them up and said, "Didn't we agree that we don't need to be polite when there are no outsiders around? How is Eighth Brother's wife doing?"

Chu Yunxi smiled and said, "Thanks to your Majesty's concern, my sister-in-law is fine and has recovered."

"That's great." The guilt in Emperor Suining's heart dissipated a little. He had originally felt very bad for summoning Chu Yunxi when she was still ill. Now that he saw Chu Yunxi was in high spirits, he finally let go of his worries.

"I wonder what Your Majesty has summoned me for?" Xiao Mubei asked anxiously when he saw that Emperor Suining's eyes were red and his face was haggard.

Emperor Suining sighed before speaking, and said, "You have been isolated in Ruyun Tower these days. I have sent people to investigate the source of the disease, which is in Hongye County."

Emperor Suining told the two about the current situation in Hongye County and said, "Now the people are shouting at the city gates every day, saying that the court is unkind. There have even been several riots, which were temporarily suppressed by General Luo who was guarding Hongye County. But if the epidemic there cannot be resolved, I am afraid there will be a big chaos."

Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi both looked serious. Xiao Mubei said, "Your Majesty, please let me go. I will definitely solve the problem in Hongye County and help your Majesty."

Chu Yunxi immediately said, "Sister-in-law will go too."

Xiao Mubei disagreed and said, "You just recovered and can't stand the bumps. Give me the medicine and I'll take it with me."

Emperor Suining also agreed, "That's right, sister-in-law, you are in good health and pregnant, so it's not suitable for you to travel long distances. Let my eighth brother go. I will send another team of imperial guards to follow him and protect his safety."

Chu Yunxi shook her head. "Your Majesty, Prince, I am not trying to show off. First, I have already been infected with the disease and will not be infected again. Second, I am a doctor. No one can play a greater role than me. After I go, I can lead the imperial doctors to control the epidemic as quickly as possible and stop it from spreading. As long as the epidemic is under control, the people will not riot again. All they want is to survive."

Emperor Suining and Xiao Mubei looked at each other. They had to admit that what Chu Yunxi said made sense, but they were both worried about Chu Yunxi's health.

Seeing that the two were silent, Chu Yunxi understood that they were worried about her, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, the epidemic can't defeat me and the child, so what else can defeat us? I also want to do more meaningful things with the child, so that we can brag about it in the future."

Emperor Suining couldn't help but be amused by Chu Yunxi, but Xiao Mubei looked helpless. Emperor Suining said, "Eighth brother, my sister-in-law has said this, I can't stop her, you decide."

Chu Yunxi looked at Xiao Mubei and was about to use the big move of acting like a spoiled child when she heard Xiao Mubei say, "Then it's a deal, you are not allowed to get too tired. When we get here, the imperial doctors will do all the work and you just need to talk."