After rebirth, I kidnapped the sickly Dugong

Rong Heng explained the matter and left.

I have to say, his medical skills are indeed very good.

Not long after Wen Baizhi drank the medicine he prescribed, he felt hot all over and had pimples all over his body, just as he said.

It really looks like he has been infected with smallpox.

She had just put on the veil when she heard the eunuch outside come in to report that the imperial physician Huang from the palace had arrived.

Wen Baizhi hurriedly lay down on the bed and even lowered the bed sheet.

Cuizhi went to open the door.

Doctor Huang came in dressed in snow-white, carrying a medicine box.

Under Cuizhi's guidance, he sat down in front of Wen Baizhi's bed.

"Madam, I am Huang Zheng, the imperial physician sent by His Majesty to treat you."

Huang Zheng looks to be over 60 years old, so his medical skills must be very impressive.

Wen Baizhi deliberately lowered her voice and pretended to be weak, saying, "Thank you, Doctor Huang." As she spoke, she coughed a few times, pretending to be in pain.

Huang Zheng looked at the bed curtains in front of him and said, "Excuse me for the rudeness, but could you please lift up the curtains so that I can take a closer look?"

Wen Baizhi was already prepared. She asked Cuizhi to lift the bed curtains and hang them on both sides, and her veiled face appeared in front of Huang Zheng.

Huang Zheng first took her pulse carefully, and then looked at the red bumps on her wrists and arms.

After all this, he was 90% sure that Wen Baizhi was infected with smallpox.

"Madam, you have a veil on your face, but you also have pimples on your face?" he asked.

Wen Baizhi said sadly: "I hope Doctor Huang doesn't mind. I do have pimples on my face. I am ashamed to see people. Besides, I am a woman from a secluded house. It is not convenient for me to meet men outside directly. That's why I wear a veil on my face."

In this feudal era, distance between men and women did need to be maintained.

Huang Zheng naturally believed what she said.

As a result, the original nine points of certainty has now become ten points.

"Madam, don't worry. My Dacheng Imperial Hospital already has a treatment for smallpox. Madam will be safe."

Wen Baizhi said gratefully: "Thank you very much, Doctor Huang. I feel relieved with what you said."

What Wen Baizhi didn't expect was that Huang Zheng actually stayed in the Governor's Mansion.

They say it's unsafe to travel back and forth due to the snow, and they need to take Wen Baizhi's medicine three times a day. If they stay here, it will save a lot of treatment time.

He was sent by Qi Yan'an, so Wen Baizhi would of course agree to his request.

She asked Cuizhi to arrange a yard for him, far away from her.

In this way, for the next half month, Huang Zheng came to deliver medicine to Wen Baizhi three times a day.

Although Wen Baizhi evaded his pulse diagnosis several times with the excuse that it was not appropriate for men other than her to stay in her room for a long time, he did keep a close eye on her.

Wen Baizhi felt more and more that he was not here to treat her, but to monitor her.

During the past half month, the heavy snow fell intermittently for a few days at the beginning, but finally stopped.

In the end, the snow was so thick that it reached up to people's calves.

If someone is shorter, it might just reach his knees.

This shows how serious this snow disaster is.

After the snow falls, it freezes.

Although Wen Baizhi could not leave the house, she could still hear some news from outside.

The first is that heavy snow blocked many roads leading into the city, and after the snow melted, the roads were all frozen.

But the court has already sent people to clear the snow and thaw the ice, and I believe the road will be restored after a while.

Because of the road closure, many items such as rice, vegetables, meat and poultry could not be transported to Kyoto City.

As a result, the prices of many foods in Kyoto have risen sharply.

But even with the high prices, many people still can’t buy food.

Another thing is that many of the low old houses in Kyoto were all crushed by the heavy snow.

Especially in some old urban areas, many people were displaced and lost their homes.

Of course, the imperial court is also taking action on this.

Wen Baizhi asked around a bit.

The person in charge of these two things is Si Jiu.

She had no idea that Si Jiu was so capable and that she couldn't do without him anywhere.

What she didn't know was that Qi Yan'an actually caught Si Jiu and was exploiting him alone.

It's really abominable.

She wanted to go out of the house several times to find Si Jiu, at least to see how he was doing, whether he was sick, and whether he had a good rest.

But Huang Zheng watched him closely and came three times a day.

Although she slowly recovered her health under Rong Heng's guidance, Huang Zheng still said that it would take another three to five days for her condition to recover.

She had no choice but to follow his advice and wait another three to five days.

Finally, four days later, Huang Zheng took her pulse and finally said that she had recovered.

Wen Baizhi was extremely grateful to God at that time, finally she would not have to see this person anymore.

After finally seeing Huang Zheng off, Wen Baizhi hurriedly called Cuizhi to help her pack her luggage.

"Did that little eunuch find out where Si Jiu is?"

Cuizhi helped her put away the thick clothes: "Yes, he said that the governor is stationed not far outside the city, and he should be there to sweep the snow and thaw the ice."

Rong Heng also came here.

He asked Wen Baizhi to bring many medicines that Si Jiu might need.

He thought the same thing as Wen Baizhi. In such cold weather, and with neither of them by Si Jiu's side, Si Jiu's condition must not be very good.

Just as they thought, Si Jiu's condition was indeed very bad, very bad.

After coughing up blood and fainting for who knows how many times and being woken up by Ping An's pinch on his Ren Zhong, Si Jiu still managed to hold on and continue to direct the work.

It was Ping An who knelt in front of Si Jiu and cried, begging him to take a rest.

Si Jiu continued to walk outside, shaking his weak body.

As long as the snow is not cleared and the road is blocked, the people in the city will not be able to return to normal life.

The people sent by Qi Yan'an either complained about the hard work of clearing snow or always found excuses not to work.

Or they would seek personal gain from the free porridge and food distribution in the city.

Si Jiu is almost unable to give up any power.

He could only watch over it in person every day.

When clearing snow, I will be the first one to rush in with my tools.

Over time, his legs could no longer move and his knees became abnormally swollen.

He could only let Ping An and another person hold up his body on both sides, supporting his heavy body so that his movements would not be restricted.

His back and waist had already been frozen in such cold weather.

He could hardly sit still or lie flat.

He thought of an idea and asked Ping An to find an iron plate about the same size as his back and tie it tightly around his waist and back with a cloth strip.

With the help of the iron plate, he was able to sit up straight and handle official business at the table.

He had lost all feeling down there during this period of time.

In order to prevent the incident from affecting his work, he hardly drank a sip of water a day.

Over time, his lips became chapped and bled.

It also hurts a lot down there, whether I urinate or not.

It felt like a stone was pressing against that spot, and the pain made it even more difficult for him to sit still, so he had to increase the strength of the steel plate.

At the end of the day, his back was already red from the steel plate, and some of the injured parts were broken and bleeding.

But Si Jiu still couldn't stop.

He eats little every day, doesn't drink water, and deals with things day and night.

He also told Ping An in advance that if he fainted, he should pinch his Ren Zhong point to wake him up, and then continue working after he woke up.

During this period of time, Si Jiu has become very thin.

There was barely a layer of skin left on his face.

The wrist is also terribly thin, and the protruding wrist bones are particularly obvious.

He sent people to bring news about Wen Baizhi's stay in the Governor's Mansion every day.

Knowing that she is staying well in the Governor's Mansion.

He can also feel a little relieved here.

But he still thought about her every moment.

He fantasized that Wen Baizhi would appear by his side like before, hugging him and coaxing him.

That day, he fainted again due to a high fever.

Before that, Ping An would definitely find a way to wake him up.

But Ping An really couldn't bear to see him like this any longer.

He placed the unconscious Si Jiu on the couch in the tent, wondering whether he should send someone back to inform Wen Baizhi.

Ping An was frightened by Si Jiu's current self-destructive behavior.

Just as Ping'an was pacing back and forth in dilemma.

Wen Baizhi lifted the curtain and walked in.

At that moment, Ping An seemed to have seen a savior.

The governor is saved.

he thinks.