Gui Yuan

Cao Xu got up, frowned and said, "How could this be? Why didn't you report last night?"

The soldier said: "Last night, there was only one person. The person in the same tent gave him medicine, and he didn't care when he saw that he was asleep. It was only this morning that he didn't wake up, and the rest were discovered."

Wei Yao walked to Cao Xu's side and calmed down his emotions: "People are the most important thing now."

"Yes." Cao Xu ordered the soldier, "You go to the town at the foot of the mountain to find Doctor Meng immediately, and I will go and see them first."

After this, everyone didn't intend to continue eating, so they followed Cao Xu, thinking that maybe they could help.

Cao Xu first went to the soldiers who had had a fever last night, and opened the camp tent. Except for two old tables and a few broken stools, most of the place was covered with floor coverings.This so-called 'bed' is nothing more than laying a thick layer of hay on the ground, putting some cotton, and laying several layers of summer mats, and it has become a place for more than a dozen people to sleep.

There was a man on the floor. We saw that he was sweating continuously on his forehead, and his limbs were shivering. He seemed to be suffering from the wind and cold.

Cao Xu stepped forward quickly, bent down and patted his face lightly: "Brother, can you hear me? How do you feel?"

His response was still illogical nonsense.

I went to see several other soldiers who had symptoms, but they only had a fever, and their minds were still clear.Cao Xu was in a hurry, but there was nothing he could do: "People like us don't usually sneeze all year round, how could several of us have a fever at once?"

Wei Yao said: "You are in a hurry and there is nothing you can do. You will know when the doctor comes and asks."

"Okay." Cao Xu walked to the entrance of the tent and called a soldier, "It's time, let them go to patrol the customs first, I'll just watch here."

The people who went to invite the doctor were in a hurry, and they rode fast all the way. In addition to the steep mountain, the doctor staggered a few steps when he dismounted, and was about to spit acid water while hugging a tree stump, but the soldier didn't give it a chance and pushed all the way into the camp.

Doctor Meng was an elderly man, out of breath, and said, "Cao Xu, old man, I almost have to take medicine to suppress my shock."

Seeing that he was out of breath, Cao Xu finally managed to catch his breath before urging him: "Doctor Meng, if you are well, come and see someone first."

Dr. Meng glanced at him, sat down on the edge of the bed, took the soldier's hand out of the bed, frowned when he got a pulse, leaned over and opened his eyelids to check again.He sighed, put the quilt back on, got up and said to Cao Xu, "This patient is red-faced, short of breath, bloodshot eyes, rapid pulse, high fever accompanied by delirium, and empty."

Cao Xu couldn't understand this, so he just asked, "What do you mean?"

"According to my many years of experience, it is a fever epidemic." Dr. Meng shook his head, "This disease is fierce, and it can pass through people. It is the most common in the Nanman area in summer. It has never happened here. I know very little, and I can't treat it. .”

"What!" Cao Xu was shocked.He had heard of the fever epidemic before, and he heard that the disease was fierce. If one person got sick, it would not take long for countless people to be infected, let alone the environment like the camp.

He suddenly remembered: "Doctor Meng! There are still a few people in our army who also have fever symptoms. Come along with me to have a look?"

Doctor Meng hesitated for a moment, but followed to see the soldiers, and when he came out, he told Cao Xu, "It's a fever. General Cao, it's not that I won't help you. It's really helpless. I think you'd better hire someone else."

Ning Qing stopped the person nearby: "Doctor Meng, I think you and General Cao are also old friends. Although the disease is dangerous now, if you can't cure it, why don't you prescribe some prescriptions and try your best to control the disease?"

Doctor Meng thought for a moment, and seeing Cao Xu staring at him eagerly, he sighed, "Well, it's the bounden duty of a doctor to save lives and heal the wounded. I'll try my best, but I can only delay it for a while."

"Mr. Lao."

Doctor Meng said: "The most important thing now is to gather these people together, don't mix with normal people, the tents are usually closed, and regular ventilation is enough. People who have been in contact with them on weekdays need to observe carefully, and be careful Don't move around."

Cao Xu nodded and said, "Okay, Doctor Lao Meng, I'll send someone to go back with you to grab the medicine."

Cao Xu followed Zhao Min and others to move a few patients to a large barracks, lowered the tent, washed his hands, and came to see Wei Yao and the others.Originally, they came to see them with good intentions, but who expected to encounter this, he blamed himself: "General..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Wei Yao stopped him: "Don't say too much if you don't need it, you have so many things to do right now, how can you spare the time to hurt the spring and the autumn."

Zhu Yu agreed: "That's right, General Cao doesn't have to worry about it, if you need help, just speak up."

Ning Qing whispered beside Zhu Yu: "My lord, you'd better not get involved with us."

Zhu Yu smiled and shook his head: "Needless to say, since I saw this with my own eyes, I won't sit still."

Fei Tian hurriedly raised his hand: "Don't forget me, I am too!"

Cao Xu carefully peeked at Ning Qing, Ning Qing said with a smile: "I'm not someone who cares about those little things, I was joking with you earlier."

Cao Xu breathed a sigh of relief: "Sister-in-law... Mr. Ning is really open-minded."

After Dr. Meng prescribed the prescription and herbal medicine to drive away the disease, everyone put on face scarves and divided into two groups.Wei Yao led more than a dozen people to smoke the barracks with wormwood, and the three of Ning Qing helped Cao Xu.I thought that this could at least control the epidemic, but after a few days, not only did the sickness of those patients worsen, but several people also developed symptoms. The number of people in the barracks increased from one to two.

Dr. Meng was overwhelmed by this, and almost lived in the camp. After searching through several medical books, he still found little, and everyone's mood fell into a slump.

That night, a few people gathered around the fire and didn't know what to eat, Cao Xu was on the verge of collapse after running around for several days, he asked: "If I really can't do it, I'll take a book and see if the imperial court sends an imperial doctor or what. "

Doctor Meng said: "General Cao's thinking is simple. Fever is a rare disease in the Wei Dynasty. Even the imperial doctor knows no more than me. Besides, there are still a small number of people who are infected with the disease. The imperial court may not be willing to waste money. It fends for itself."

Zhu Yu asked, "Why did Doctor Meng say that?"

"Hey, a similar thing happened 30 years ago before the founding of the Wei Dynasty. At that time, I happened to come across it when I traveled around. Those doctors couldn't suppress it at all. In the end, before the scope expanded, all the sick people He was caught, but he died within a few days, and then he dug a big hole, set it on fire, and buried it.” Doctor Meng still gritted his teeth when he talked about this, “At that time, the matter hadn’t become a big deal, and those who knew Not many."

Cao Xu said angrily: "What! How can a living human life be so careless?"

"It sounds hateful, but it's actually helpless. After all, more people's lives are involved, and it can't be cured. That's the only way to go."

Ning Qing asked: "Is this disease really so dangerous that it can't be cured? Didn't Doctor Meng say that this disease is not uncommon in Nanban?"

Dr. Meng was at a loss for words, lowered his eyes and fell silent for a moment, then replied: "This disease is indeed not to the point where medicine and stones are ineffective. Just like what this young man said, the southern barbarians bordering here suffer from many diseases in spring and summer, but I don't know how they use it. What is the method, the fever epidemic is just like ordinary wind and cold fever, and it is not life-threatening."

Just as Cao Xu was feeling hopeful, he heard him say again: "It's just that the Nanman and the Great Wei have always been at odds, so how can we know this prescription."

This is true.The Nanman and the Great Wei were at odds with each other from top to bottom. People from both sides could fight each other on the road, and now the two sides were even more at war with each other. Even if they asked for it, they would not tell the prescription.

Everyone fell into deep thought, and finally Wei Yao said: "There is no unparalleled road, let's take one step and see one step at a time."

Hearing this, Ning Qing looked up at him and saw that he was thinking deeply, as if he was also thinking about something.

Early the next morning, when Ning Qing got up to go out, he felt something was wrong. He searched everywhere, but still couldn't find Zhu Yu.Zhu Yu usually gets up earlier than him, so is it possible that he hasn't woken up today?

He went to Zhu Yu's tent in doubt, but he was still on the couch, he had a bad premonition in his heart, he hurried over and touched his forehead with his hand, it was really hot!At that moment, countless thoughts flashed through Ning Qing's mind, and finally they all turned into actions.He ran out of the tent and immediately brought Dr. Meng over, alarming Wei Yao, Fei Tian and others.

Doctor Meng checked the pulse and shook his head: "He is suffering from fever, I will decoct and take some medicine for him."

These few words caused an uproar among several people, everyone present except Cao Xu knew Zhu Yu's identity, if there were any bad things about him, Emperor Wei Ren would definitely not let it go.

Ning Qing calmed down at this moment, his face softened a little, he asked Wei Yao: "How should I tell His Majesty first?"

When Cao Xu heard it, what?His Majesty?

Wei Yao said decisively: "The crown prince has a noble status, no matter what, he must inform His Majesty, and His Majesty will definitely find ways to rescue His Majesty."

Ning Qing said: "That's right. It's just that if you go here to the imperial capital for at least half a month, you may not be able to find a solution, but Dr. Meng said that if there is no cure for the fever epidemic, it can only be delayed for [-] days at most. .”

Wei Yao looked at him, pursed his thin lips into a line: "Then what do you want?"

"What I think coincides with Zhao Zhuo."

He and Wei Yao looked at each other for a long time, before Wei Yao turned his head and said: "Zhao Min, you send someone to Beijing to send a message, and I will find a way for the crown prince."

Zhao Min said in a serious voice, "Yes."

After leaving the camp, Cao Xu dared to ask Wei Yao: "General, who is inside..."

"The present prince."

Cao Xu felt dizzy, and staggered two steps before he stabilized: "General, you guys are crouching tigers, hidden dragons, hey, is this also some kind of nobleman?"

Wei Yao saw Fei Tian following his hand, and said, "Oh, this is an ordinary commoner."

"That's good." Cao Xu went over and shook Fei Tian's hand, "It's good for ordinary people."

Cao Xu didn't dare to delay any longer, so he rushed to urge Dr. Meng to decoct the medicine, but Fei Tian didn't understand the situation: "What's wrong with him, it's strange."

Wei Yao said, "Nothing."

Fei Tian remembered, and asked, "Brother Lan Yu, what kind of charades were you playing with your father-in-law just now?"

Ning Qing slightly hooked the corners of her mouth: "The distant water cannot save the nearby fire. Compared with the imperial doctor who is far away in the imperial capital and still can't figure out the situation, it is better to find someone who really has the solution."