Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Finally they drove away the annoying person and only the two of them were left.

Cui Qiyan said, "Tan Hao said that you were the first to notice something was wrong and asked him to make the arrangements. You knew something was going to happen, so why didn't you come out quickly? Do you know how dangerous it is in there?"

"I know. I was feeding medicine to the unconscious woman at that time. I couldn't just abandon her. I wanted to leave immediately after feeding her the medicine, but before I could do so, the victims started to panic, so I had to hide," Dong Jiafu explained.

After learning the reason why she didn't come out in time, Cui Qiyan was anxious and angry, "Is giving you medicine more important or your life? The medicine can be given later. If you have any accident because of this, what should I do——"

As soon as these words were spoken, both of them were stunned.

Dong Jiafu couldn't help but recall that in the tent, Cui Qiyan was the first to come in to look for her. Although he also had a silk cloth on his face, she still saw fear in his eyes. This was an emotion that rarely appeared in him, and it was because of her.

Thinking of this, she, who was originally very confident, lowered her voice unconsciously when she opened her mouth.

"The woman had just lost her child and was infected with the plague. She was severely injured both physically and mentally. I was worried that if I delayed taking the medicine, her illness would get worse. I knew how to protect myself, so it was okay."

"With your limited strength, if you encounter several disaster victims fighting together, you..." Cui Qiyan saw her lower her head, and his heart softened immediately, "I'm sorry, I don't mean to blame you, I'm just afraid."

Dong Jiafu looked up and smiled at him.

At this time, a member of the Imperial Guard came over and said, "Sir, the injuries of the captured victims have been treated."

Cui Qiyan nodded and said to Dong Jiafu, "I'll go take a look."

"Go get busy, my prince."

Cui Qiyan didn't have to interrogate them much before several victims confessed everything.

In the evening, Cui Qiyan gathered the victims outside and stood not far from the tents where the infected people were, making sure they could hear his next words.

He stood on the bench and looked from left to right at the hundreds of people below.

"I know what you are worried about. I, the director of the Censorate and the son of Duke Dingguo, assure you that the court has not given up on you!"

"Think about it carefully. If the imperial court really gave up on you, they would just lock you up and let you fend for yourself. Why did His Majesty allocate the most elite imperial guards and personally order me to be in charge of this matter? And why did he also transport food and medicinal herbs from the city every day?"

"Here we have the director of the Imperial Hospital leading the most skilled doctors in the hospital to treat you, and there are also these kind-hearted doctors who have come voluntarily. The plague is dangerous, aren't they afraid? They are human beings like you, and they can also be infected with the plague, but for you, they still come without hesitation."

"During this period, people were infected every day, and some did not survive. You only saw these, but did not see that in order to prevent you from being infected with the plague and to save those who were already infected, they checked medical books day and night and discussed countermeasures. They did not want you to be infected more than you did, and they did not want to see anyone die."

"I'm keeping you here not to imprison you, but because I'm afraid some of you may have been infected with the plague without knowing it. If you get out, you will not only infect more innocent people, but there will be no place for treatment. Although we haven't found the most direct and effective prescription yet, I believe that as long as we work together and cooperate with each other, we can definitely defeat this plague!"

The people below listened quietly, and the hatred and unwillingness in their eyes were slowly fading away.

Cui Qiyan continued, "What you need to do is to cheer up, think about your family, think about your hometown, they are all waiting for you. The court is already helping you rebuild your homeland, do you want to go back alive?"

The victims looked at each other in disbelief.

"I'm asking you if you want to go home alive!" Cui Qi Yan said loudly.

"think--"

"miss you!"

"We have to go back alive!"

More and more people responded, and their voices shook the sky and spread in all directions.

Many people knelt down crying, regretting what they had done and asking for forgiveness.

"Everyone, please stand up quickly. No one here will blame you. As long as you know that we are not here to harm you, it will be fine. In the future, let's work together to defeat the plague!"

Lu Siheng crossed his arms over his chest, looked at Cui Qiyan standing on the stool, and said teasingly: "I didn't expect that Prince Cui is so eloquent. What he said today is more than what I have heard since I met him."

Dong Jiafu smiled but said nothing.

After this incident, the victims were no longer depressed. They smiled more often and became more talkative.

The emperor asked Lu Siheng and others to stay in the camp. Although there were fewer people in the inner expert department, their deterrent power was several times that of Jingzhao Prefecture.

The plague did not show mercy to people's change of mentality, and the number of people infected with the plague continued to rise. Chen Yuanshi and Doctor Tan and others discussed many ways, but they could not save everyone, and some people still died.

On this day, another group of newly infected victims were carried into the tents.

Dong Jiafu just watched the woman who lost her daughter drink the medicine. The woman woke up that night and cried for a long time. Fortunately, the people in the tent also heard Cui Qiyan's words and stopped watching coldly. They all came to comfort the woman.

The woman was separated from her family, and as long as she was not dead in front of them, she had a chance to survive. People kindly said that her family must be looking for her, and encouraged her to cheer up. The woman also had an older son, who became her belief in living.

Dong Jiafu felt that the woman had similar experiences to her own, so she told the woman about how she had been separated from her family and how they had reunited. She told the woman that only by staying alive could she wait for the day when she could be reunited with her family.

The woman burst into tears after hearing this, and then she ate, took medicine and slept on time every day.

Dong Jiafu took the medicine bowl from the woman, who had finished drinking it all, and said, "Xiuniang, you look much better today."

Xiuniang was the woman's maiden name, and she told Dong Jiafu the name after they became familiar with each other.

"Thanks to Miss Dong's care." Xiuniang had a faint smile under the silk cloth.

"Just lie down and rest for a while. I'll come back to see you later."

Seeing Xiuniang cheer up, Dong Jiafu was happy from the bottom of her heart. When she was walking out with the medicine bowl, she happened to see a newly infected person being carried in. She stepped aside and let them pass first.

The victims came in one by one. After living here for many days, Dong Jiafu was able to control her emotions when she saw this kind of scene again.

But just when the last person was carried in, Dong Jiafu lost control.

She ran over, looked at the boy lying on the wooden board, and called out tremblingly, "Daniu, Daniu, open your eyes and look at me."

Daniu was very weak at this time, but he slowly opened his eyes when he heard her voice, "Sister?"

Dong Jiafu nodded repeatedly, "It's me, Daniel."

"Sister, am I going to die too..."

Dong Jiafu's eyes instantly became moist. "No, I'm here. Just like I healed your wounds, I will heal you as well."