The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

Dongfang Shuo held Runxue's hand and stood on the city wall, looking at Lancheng, which they had conquered together, with great joy.

Yu Liang came in a hurry to report: "Your Highness, it's bad, many soldiers are feeling unwell."

Runxue seemed to have thought of something, and her brows knitted together: "What is the specific manifestation?"

"Some people have chills and high fever."

Runxue's first reaction was malaria. After all, the weather here is hot and there are many mosquitoes in summer, so the possibility of malaria is very high.

Plagues are most likely to occur after wars and floods.

If it is malaria, there is still hope by squeezing the juice of Artemisia annua and drinking it all.

But Yu Liang said: "Some people have chest pain, coughing, and coughing up blood. The symptoms are very fast, and some have even fainted."

Runxue was shocked. It wasn't malaria, or rather, it wasn't just malaria, but plague. The mortality rate was very high, there was no vaccine, and no specific medicine...

"I gonna go see."

Dongfang Shuo turned around and was about to go with Yu Liang, but Runxue stopped him and said, "Don't go. It's probably a plague. It's highly contagious. If you go, you'll be infected."

Dongfang Shuo frowned: "Are we going to hide behind?"

"We are not doctors. It will be useless if we go. We may even lose our lives. If Nanqi's reinforcements arrive, we will not only have to give up Lancheng, but also be forced to leave Lancheng. We may even lose Yanzhou City."

Dongfang Shuo pursed his lips. Hearing that it was a plague, he didn't dare to go. However, as the commander of an army, he had to go.

Now after listening to Runxue's analysis, he felt that he had reason not to go.

"Yu Liang, this disease is a plague, and it spreads very quickly. Arrange some people to gather all the people with symptoms together, and tell them that we will ask doctors to treat them together, and tell them not to worry."

A plan quickly came up in Runxue's mind.

"Gather all those who have had contact with those people but have not yet become ill in another place. Tell them that they are likely to be infected and will become ill. If they do not want to infect others, they should stay in the group and not move around at will.

"We also told them not to worry. If they become ill, we will arrange for doctors to treat them."

Yu Liang nodded heavily.

Runxue continued, "Also, let everyone keep a distance of ten feet, eat and sleep separately. When you go, cover your mouth and nose with something, and remember to wash your hands after you are done.

"Also, tell everyone that drinking water must be boiled."

There was some timidity in Yu Liang's eyes, but he could only nod and get to work.

Runxue quickly took Dongfang Shuo back to the room, drew a pattern on paper, and asked the maids to make masks quickly. She and Dongfang Shuo were the first to put them on.

In the next seven days, Dongfang Shuo and his wife kept their distance from everyone. They even reheated the food brought by their servants and sterilized it at high temperature before drinking it.

During this period, Runxue was very worried that she and Dongfang Shuo had been infected.

But seven days later, she was sure that she and Dongfang Shuo were not infected, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The number of people falling ill is increasing. Fortunately, they have been isolated in advance, but Runxue found that there are still a lot of mosquitoes.

On the eighth day, all people who had come into contact with the sick people had been gathered together, and no one was allowed to move around without permission.

On the tenth day, a fire broke out unexpectedly in five centralized isolation areas in Lancheng at night. All those who were infected or might be infected were buried in the flames, without any escape.

Fire shot into the sky.

By the time everyone noticed, the five isolation areas had been engulfed by fire and no one dared to approach.

At dawn, the five isolation areas were all burned to ashes, without even a beam or pillar left.

The soldiers looked at this scene, their faces turned pale and they were silent.

Many people were mentally prepared to die on the battlefield, but after the war was won, they died in the sea of ​​fire for no apparent reason.

How come...all five isolation areas caught fire at the same time?

Some people guessed the truth but didn't dare to say it.

In the next five days, some more people died inexplicably.

By the twentieth day, no one was reported to be ill.

Many people sighed inwardly: This is the fastest way to control a plague in hundreds and thousands of years.

I want to laugh, but I can't be happy.

Then let them cry for their comrades who once fought alongside them.

"Who says I have no clothes? I share the same robe with you. When the king raises his army, I will sharpen my spear. I share the same hatred with you!..."

Lancheng is finally at peace.

Nanqi's general Nie He died, and the Western Rong did not send troops to reinforce. The method of flooding Lancheng was too cruel. Too many Nanqi soldiers and civilians died in this battle. Nanqi finally panicked and dared only to guard the city bordering Lancheng. He was terrified, fearing that the Third Prince and his wife would take another step forward. How could he send troops to fight them?

On the 25th day, the Third Prince and his wife, leaving behind generals and soldiers guarding the southern border and Lancheng, returned to the capital with 30,000 soldiers.

The weapons, gold, silver and jewelry that were brought back were box after box.

The third prince and his wife no longer rode horses, but took a carriage.

They had been on the road for two or three days, but Dongfang Shuo still looked terrible, so Runxue held his hand and asked, "Are you still thinking about the fire?"

Dongfang Shuo said: "The flooding of Lancheng drowned the people of Nanqi, but the fire in the quarantine area burned our Daqi soldiers. There are many brave men among them. They performed well on the battlefield this time and deserve many rewards."

Runxue stroked his face: "I understand your feelings. I am as heartbroken as you are. I really hope to bring all of them home. Their families must be waiting for them to return safely..."

She sighed, extremely sad: "But Your Highness, if they are not burned to death, more and more people will be infected, and then it will not be just 20,000 soldiers who will die, but 50,000 or 100,000 soldiers, and even you and I will be infected to death.

“Once we lose 50,000 or 100,000 soldiers, Nanqi will definitely send more troops to attack us. By then, our entire army will be wiped out, and even the hundreds of thousands of people in Yanzhou City will suffer miserably.

"Burning 20,000 people to death was so that more than 200,000 people could survive, Your Highness."

Her tears fell, and Dongfang Shuo held her in his arms. After a long while, he spoke in a sullen voice: "I know, Xue'er, you gave this order, and you must be in more pain than I am."

Runxue wiped away her tears and said, "Your Highness, when we arrive in Shengjing City, we must not mention this matter again. It can only be an accidental fire. Although this matter was done out of necessity, the world will definitely not understand and will only think that we are cruel and ruthless. I am not afraid of others spitting on me, but I am afraid that your reputation will be affected."

Dongfang Shuo hugged her tighter: "Xue'er, you are still thinking about me at this time. I will never let you lose in this life."

Runxue nestled in his arms, sniffed, and said after a long while: "Your Highness, we seized a lot of top-quality jewels in this battle, and I have specially reserved two boxes to give to Marquis Shi'an when the time comes.

"He must have eliminated the power of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion by now. He is also your cousin. If you give him top-quality jewelry, he will become your power."

"Xue'er is always paving the way for me." Dongfang Shuo kissed the top of her head and loved her very much at this moment.