The wife of two taels of silver

The hair of several imperial physicians was now so messy that it could make a chicken hatch eggs. If this old man had not spoken first, Lin Haitang and Gu An would have thought he was a beggar.

Lin Haitang and Gu An looked at each other. There was silence for a few seconds. Lin Haitang asked, "Old man, are you hungry? We brought some food. Do you want some?"

It’s no wonder that Lin Haitang’s first words were about eating, because the people in front of him were just skin and bones.

He was hunched over, and his robe had been torn into five strips of completely different sizes and shapes. There were also several holes in the front. He looked like he had been hungry for many days, his complexion was sallow, and the skin on his face was sagging.

The old man waved his hands with a look of dejection, sighed and shook his head, saying, "No, I'm not eating anymore. I don't have the mood to eat anymore."

Then, four old men who looked similar to the old man in front of them walked out of the house. Seeing Lin Haitang and Gu An, they said, "Young men, come here quickly. I will tell you briefly about the situation in Zhanglin County."

Lin Haitang and Gu An followed silently.

There was a simple wooden board next to the door of Huichun Hall, with the words "Temporary Imperial Medical Bureau" written on it.

These words should have been written by them themselves to make it easier for patients to find them.

Imperial Physician Yang Zhiwen handed Gu An some papers and said, "We've visited, and as of the evening of the day before yesterday, there are 568 people living in Zhanglin County, 352 of whom are uninfected, 233 of whom are children under the age of ten."

Yang Zhiwen sighed and said, "Zhanglin County is about to become a deserted city."

The old man's eyes were filled with infinite pain. Even though he had seen countless lives and deaths, he still couldn't help but feel sad: "We are at our wit's end."

Lin Haitang and Gu An looked at the medical conditions of each person recorded in their hands and listened to the words of the imperial physicians, their minds were shocked.

After seeing the tragic scenes along the way, no one can remain indifferent in such a hell on earth.

Even though Lin Haitang now holds the mentality of "creating a god", it is undeniable that Lin Haitang now wants to cure this disease from the bottom of his heart.

The mortality rate of this disease was too high. In just one month, the population of the entire city dropped from more than 3,000 to 568.

Even in war, so many people would not die. This is completely a massacre.

Imperial Physician Shi Wei said solemnly, "You should have thought that if this disease were to get out, then our Great Kang Dynasty would be finished."

"I'm very happy that you're here, but this is a very painful thing. Please be sure to persevere. We really need you."

Maybe Lin Haitang was just being suspicious, but she felt like these old gentlemen were the ones who were now entrusted with the care of her children.

Lin Haitang was startled by her own thought. She took out the pancakes and buns, then the spiritual spring water from the door water bag, rushed to the table, poured five glasses of water, and handed them to them one by one: "Old man, saving lives is important, but your own health is even more important. If you collapse from exhaustion, you won't be able to treat illnesses and save lives. First, drink some water to moisten your throat. This water comes from our well at home, and it is very sweet."

It didn't matter whether they ate the pancakes and buns or not, they had to drink the spiritual spring water. Lin Haitang persuaded the five of them to drink the spiritual spring water, and they breathed a sigh of relief after all their hard work.

This spiritual spring water was the remaining spiritual spring water with melted pills from when Gu An’s leg was treated.

After all, Lin Haitang has only been exposed to the medical field for a few days. Even if her golden fingers are very powerful, she doesn't believe that she can surpass these imperial physicians who have decades of experience. She still needs their guidance and instruction. What's more, Lin Haitang admires people who care so much about the world from the bottom of her heart.

Along the way, Lin Haitang discovered that everyone subconsciously regarded Gu An as the priority, and subconsciously believed that male doctors had better medical skills than female doctors.

Lin Haitang picked up the medical records in his hand and shook them, saying, "Gentlemen, rest assured. I will devote all my life's knowledge to studying this disease."

"Let me introduce you. The person next to you is my child's father. He is here to help me." Lin Haitang said with a smile.

As for how to introduce Gu An, Lin Haitang thought about it carefully and felt that the child's father would be more suitable.

The old gentlemen were stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "The young lady is as capable as any man. I really admire her."

"Miss, thank you very much for the food. When you are in Zhanglin County, remember not to eat with others, otherwise it will greatly increase the probability of infection." Yang Zhiwen reminded Lin Haitang and Gu An.

When eating, they were separated, each in their own room.

Lin Haitang and Gu An could not have been infected because they had dinner together.

There was a strange smell in the air, like something was burning, a smell that was both stinky and slightly fragrant.

Lin Haitang covered her nose and stuck her head out the door to see what was on fire.

"Miss, there's no need to look. They're burning the corpse," said the imperial physician Xie Ru.

Lin Haitang's eyes widened instantly, and she covered her nose with her hands even tighter.

Xie Ru's eyes glistened with tears. He said, "Every two days, they'll burn the bodies together. There aren't many people left in Zhanglin County."

Lin Haitang was speechless for a long time. Then she asked, "Old man, does this disease have a name?"

"Yes, it's called febrile disease," Xie Ru replied. "The hotter the weather, the faster the person dies and the faster the festering spreads."

At noon, Lin Haitang and Gu An began to follow the old gentlemen to see patients one by one.

Those who have just been infected still have some energy, can walk and jump, and even if the sores hurt without touching them, they can still feel their own heartbeats; those who are seriously infected can only lie in bed, moaning with purple lips, their bodies covered with sores, which are tightly packed together like fish scales, and the pus in the sores has all flowed onto the sheets, smelling as if they have been dead for a month.

The pulses of these people are all similar, extremely weak, only beating once every three to five seconds.

Lin Haitang had carefully observed those ulcers. They would corrode the flesh and blood, leaving a hole deep enough to see the bone on the body.

After reading it, Lin Haitang ran out and vomited while holding onto the wall. She kept vomiting even after she had vomited out everything in her stomach.

It's really disgusting. Lin Haitang can't imagine what would happen if she got this disease.

After returning home that night, Lin Haitang did not sleep all night, thinking about what medicine could be used to cure this febrile disease, even if it could only delay the onset of the disease a little.

Gu An stayed with Lin Haitang all the time, and he couldn't sleep either.

Gu An fought on the battlefield for several years and finally repelled the Huns, but he did not expect that the people he protected could not escape the invasion of febrile disease.

Febrile diseases are coming with great force. If no cure is found, the Kang Dynasty will be in danger.

Gu An placed all his hopes on Lin Haitang. He believed that Lin Haitang would be able to save Zhanglin County and Kang Chao.