The concubine enters the palace? The princess empties the palace and goes into exile with the baby

It was three days later when Song Zizhou and his companions returned to Pingyang County.

Because the people they brought back were infected with the plague, they did not bring them into Pingyang County, but simply placed them in a cave in the mountains.

They had been staying with infected people for the past few days, and were afraid that they would infect Song Yao and the others after returning. So Song Zizhou and the others went to the water source, took off their oilcloth clothes, untied their masks, took a bath in the water, changed their clothes, and then returned to the inn in Pingyang County.

It had been six or seven days since they left the inn. Song Yao and the others were all very worried about Song Zizhou and the others, so when they saw the two of them return safely, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Fuwan hurriedly asked, "Song Qing, you don't have any other symptoms, right?"

Song Qing shook his head, "Mom, don't worry, Brother Zizhou and I are not infected."

"That's good." Yang Fuwan's heart, which had been hanging in her throat, finally settled down in her stomach.

Song Yao asked, "Brother, where are those people? Where have you arranged them?"

Song Zizhou said, "It's three miles away. There's a cave there. No one goes there, so they won't infect the people here."

"That's fine." Song Yao looked at Old Man Xu, "Old sir, please go with them and take a good look."

"Okay!" Old man Xu nodded.

Song Yao asked Song Mingxuan and the others to get the newly made oilcloth clothes and packed them for them. After getting some more masks, Song Zizhou and Song Qing set off with Old Man Xu.

Old Man Xu was old, so he definitely couldn't ride a horse, so Song Zizhou drove a carriage to take him to the cave three miles away.

Three miles is not far, they must have arrived.

They parked the carriage, got off, and started to put on the oilcloth clothes that E Yu and the others had sewn for them.

After putting on the clothes, everyone put on a three-layer mask directly.

Although this thing feels stuffy when worn, it is a matter of life and death. Even if it is stuffy, you have to endure it.

Everyone put on their clothes, and under the leadership of Song Zizhou, they came to the cave where the three infected people were.

Seeing the condition of those infected people, even Old Man Xu, a doctor who had saved countless lives, was extremely shocked.

Old Man Xu frowned, his eyes showing obvious surprise, "Why is your body covered with boils?"

Song Zizhou said, "Everyone who is infected will develop something like this if the disease becomes serious, but the child's symptoms were milder, so he didn't develop abscesses."

Old Man Xu nodded, his eyes still filled with astonishment. "This is too poisonous. A lot of people must have died, right?"

One of the young men, Lin Yulong, said, "We have over 3,000 people in Liuhe County, but only about 500 are left. These remaining 500 have all been infected with the plague. The situation is very serious, and they probably won't survive for long! Are you a doctor? Doctor, please find a way to save me, especially those children. They are still young and shouldn't have to endure such a terrible consequence. Doctor, please save them!"

"You are a man of great sense of justice. Don't worry, I will find a way to save you!" Old Man Xu stepped forward. "Both of you hold out your hands. I will take your pulse."

Song Yao had said that they should not have direct contact with their skin, so after he said that, he immediately took out a piece of cloth as thin as a cicada's wing from his body.

Old man Xu walked up to Lin Yulong and squatted down. He placed the cicada cloth in his hand on his wrist and then began to take his pulse.

After checking the pulses of both hands, Old Man Xu asked, "What symptoms do you usually have?"

Lin Yulong said, "It's a cough that won't stop. I feel like I'm coughing up my lungs. In severe cases, I even cough up blood. Then there are these sores on my body that are incredibly itchy, my eyes are burning, and I can't breathe at night. Doctor, these are all the symptoms I have."

"Okay!" Old Man Xu nodded. He looked at Song Zizhou behind him and said, "Write this down."

Song Zizhou nodded, and immediately took a pen to write down all the symptoms that Lin Yulong mentioned. He also told Song Zizhou the results of Old Man Xu's pulse diagnosis, and Song Zizhou also wrote down all of them without missing a single one.

Old Man Xu took the pulse of the other two people and asked about their symptoms, only to find that everyone had the same symptoms.

In this way, it would be easier for him to develop an antidote.

Old Man Xu stood up and asked Song Zizhou, "Have you recorded everything?"

Song Zizhou nodded, "Old sir, I have written it all down."

"Okay, let's go back." After saying that, Old Man Xu walked out of the cave.

They came to the parked carriage. Before getting on, Old Man Xu looked at Song Zizhou and said, "Zizhou, why don't you set up a tent nearby later? That way it will be more convenient for me."

If he lived here, he could easily prepare medicine and ask about their conditions.

But it’s too troublesome to go back and forth to the inn.

"That's fine, but if you're here alone, someone needs to take care of you," Song Zizhou said.

Song Qing said: "Isn't this simple? Then find someone to deliver meals every day. If you need anything, just tell that person, and we will prepare it and deliver it to you."

Old Man Xu nodded, "That's fine too."

"Okay then." Song Zizhou said, "We'll come over later to prepare."

"Okay!" Old man Xu got on the carriage and waited for Song Qing to get on before Song Zizhou drove the carriage back to Pingyang County.

Because they were wearing oilcloth clothes, when they were about to reach Pingyang County, they stopped their carriages, took off their clothes and burned them.

In order not to spread the plague to others, we must be careful.

After they burned their clothes and masks, they got on the carriage and went back.

Back at the inn, Song Yao said that water was ready and asked them to take a bath first.

It is also said that the water is soaked in mugwort, which can effectively prevent the spread of plague.

After they took a shower and changed into clean clothes, they returned to Song Yao's room.

Seeing them all coming, Song Yao asked, "Old man, what's the situation over there? Can you treat it?"

After Old Man Xu sat down, Song Yao poured him a cup of tea.

After taking a sip of tea, Old Man Xu said, "The symptoms of the three of them are similar. This way, it will be easier to treat them."

"Then I'll trouble you, old sir." Song Yao said politely.

Old Man Xu smiled gently and kindly, "No need to thank me, this is what I should do."

Song Zizhou said, "Ayao, he told us to prepare a tent over there in the cave, so that he can develop the antidote more conveniently over there."

"Okay!" Song Yao agreed without thinking, but then she said, "In this case, old man, from now on, you should wash your hands and face with mugwort water every day, and try not to breathe their air."