An Empire as a Betrothal Gift

No matter how many questions you ask, it's not as good as seeing it with your own eyes. After asking a few words, Wei Lian decided to go to Zhou Yushan's house to see it in person.

There are seven subordinate counties in Jiangzhou, Qingping, Qingning, Qing'an, Qingxuan, Qingluan, Qingyuan, and Qingqiu, and one main city, where the magistrate is located.

Of course, Liu Rengui would not allow the occurrence of cases in the place where he lived to endanger himself. He had already issued a strict order. During these days, all the people who wanted to go to the city to seek medical treatment were driven back. Allow access.And if you want to go to other states to ask for help, you have to go through the main city. This move can be said to block people's way of life.

However, this order was mistaken, and it did one thing right-there were no patients in the main city, and the disease did not spread to Qingzhou, or even further away, and was controlled within a few counties in Jiangzhou.

Of course, this cannot conceal the fact that Liu Rengui has committed a heinous crime.His original intention was that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he locked up people in several counties to wait for death, and he had no awareness of controlling the spread of the epidemic.

Qingping County was where the plague first broke out, so they naturally had to go there to find out.Before departure, Wei Lian gave an order to ask everyone to cover their faces with cloths, cover their mouths and noses tightly, not to touch their hands during the journey, and wash them off immediately after returning.

Zhou Mingli was puzzled: "Why is this?" What shame does a big man have to wear a veil like a woman?

The imperial physicians didn't quite understand either.From their point of view, Wei Lian was just a young man who had just reached the crown. He might be very skilled in martial arts and capable of doing things, but he specialized in medical skills. In terms of medical skills, their group of imperial physicians were the top leaders in Qin.

If you don't give a reason, how can you be convincing?

Wei Lian was silent.Now we only know that the plague can be transmitted from person to person, but we don't know the medium of transmission.He has read in medical books that the virus can be transmitted in various ways, perhaps through close contact, or through air droplets, and it is impossible to prevent it.

But no one can understand these words.Wei Lian had known for a long time that his master had a mysterious origin, and the books he gave him were different from those simple books in the world. Many concepts were very advanced, even this group of imperial doctors had never heard of it.

If you say it rashly, people will just treat it as a fantasy, and even less believe it.

Since he couldn't explain it, he didn't intend to explain it.

"Do as I say." Wei Lian ordered, "Wear a face mask from the time you leave the city, and you are not allowed to take it off all the way. Violators will be dealt with according to military orders."

Zhou Mingli wanted to ask for an explanation: "..."

Forget it, just wearing a face scarf, it's not a big deal.

Mother, please order it.

There is also a distance from the main city to Qingping County. Because the place is remote and the roads are narrow, everyone dismounted and walked.The guards had already traveled all the way, transporting food and other disaster relief supplies, and wearing face scarves tightly, it was really airtight, and many of them were extremely tired after walking.

When a person is tired and cannot get an explanation, it is inevitable that he will feel resentful.Wei Lian is not Ji Yue, he has made no achievements in the Qin state, does not have such a high reputation, and is not popular among the people.Although no one said anything due to their status, their expressions were obviously dissatisfied.

To be precise, as early as after Wei Lian replaced Zhou Mingli as the highest imperial envoy on this trip, many people disliked him and thought he was an airborne merit grabber.

They came here to save the people from danger, but Young Master Lian seemed to be messing around.It is the people below who are tired of saying a word, and they send out some weird orders all the time, not at all in tune.

This feeling of dissatisfaction has spread in the team for a long time, and any small matter can aggravate it.

But as soon as they entered Qingping County, their grievances were instantly taken over by another emotion.

...is fear.

with pathos.

Compared with the main city where nothing happened, and indeed nothing happened, the situation in Qingping County can be described as horrific.

As soon as you enter the county, you can smell a strong smell of flames.Every household is burning paper money.A mother who was holding the dead body of her child was staring blankly. When she saw a group of strangers coming from the county, she just stared numbly and then looked away.

On the other side, it was just the opposite. There were two young children lying on their mother's body and weeping bitterly, shouting hoarsely: "Mother!"

And this heart-piercing wail could no longer move anyone here.Because every day, such tragedies are staged in many homes.

This scene can be seen everywhere.

In the past, people in Qingping County were very xenophobic.But now no one cares about the entry of this group of people, their hearts are already ashamed.

Coffin, coffin, white banner.There is also mournful music intertwined with mournful cries.

Zhou Mingli was shocked, watching all this in disbelief and pain.

... What crime did that dog official do!Death by a thousand cuts is not a pity!

An imperial doctor looked sad and wanted to check the corpse on the ground, but Wei Lian stopped him: "Don't touch it."

The imperial doctor looked up puzzled.

Wei Lian said in a low voice, "Corpse can also infect people."

The imperial doctor immediately withdrew his hand in fright.

After thinking about it, I feel wrong, does Young Master Lian understand medical skills?Why should he listen to him?

But the team has already gone far.

Zhou Yushan obviously knew the situation in the county long ago, and said sadly: "Our Qingping County has become like this, and the dog official is still whitewashing the peace, and he doesn't take our lives at all!"

Zhou Mingli answered with a sullen face: "Don't worry, His Majesty will behead that dog official."

Zhou Yushan couldn't help breaking his tears into a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Imperial Envoy, Caomin just heard you called Mr. Zhou, we are still in the same family! Hey, Caomin is not dating you, Caomin just wants to ask... Which Zhou are you from?"

A guard smiled and said, "This is our Zhou Mingli, Mr. Zhou."

Mr. Ting Wei is a well-known good official, and he has always got along well with his subordinates and is deeply loved.Otherwise, they wouldn't have ostracized the airborne young master Lianxin, and they were all trying to complain to Zhou Mingli.

"It turned out to be Zhou Ming..." Zhou Yushan was startled suddenly, knelt down and kowtowed, "It turned out to be you! The grass-roots people are so stupid that they don't know it's Mr. Zhou. We have heard of you in this corner of the mountain. You are the one who is not afraid of power, just Settle the case, the real Master Qingtian!"

Zhou Ming's name has been heard in such a remote place in Qingping County, which shows how famous he is.

Zhou Mingli gave him a hand: "Get up."

Zhou Yushan was so excited that he was incoherent: "Zhou, Mr. Zhou! The grassroots have admired you for a long time! Earlier, I told my little sister, if our county magistrate was Mr. Zhou, how could the situation have developed to such a point? But a good official like Mr. Zhou must have It's a steady rise, how can you stay in our small place and be a sesame official?"

Qingping county can be so miserable, thanks to the magistrate's contribution.At the beginning, I didn't pay attention to it, and I didn't report it until I couldn't hide it. I didn't want to solve the epidemic, but I only cared about shifting responsibility, and I didn't do a single personnel thing from the beginning to the end.

In contrast, the county magistrate of Qingqiu County really worked hard and worked hard, but Liu Rengui was still imprisoned for "falsely reporting the epidemic".As the saying goes, don't solve the problem, but solve the person who raised the problem.The magistrate of Jiangzhou obviously did a good job in this regard.

After Wei Lian heard the news, he sent people to release him, and divided his troops into seven groups to send the relief supplies to seven counties. They only went to Qingping County.

Although there is no plague in Qingqiu County, there is no shortage of rice.I have been self-sufficient for a month, and I am almost reaching my limit.

The most important thing today is the epidemic, and there is no time to take care of those small fish and shrimps.When the dust settles and the accounts are settled after the autumn, naturally the rewards should be rewarded and the punishments should be punished.

It took Zhou Yushan a long time to calm down his excitement, and led the man into his house: "Xiaoshan, I'm back!"

The girl sitting on the chair called out in surprise, "Brother."

But when she saw the stranger behind Zhou Yushan, the girl shrank back in fear.

"Xiaoshan, don't be afraid, the imperial court sent someone to rescue us!" Zhou Yushan comforted her, "This is the Zhou Mingli Zhou Master I told you about before!"

Zhou Xiaoshan was stunned, and said timidly: "Master Zhou."

A young man suddenly walked out of the crowd, and said bluntly to Zhou Xiaoshan: "Stretch out your arm and take a look."

Zhou Xiaoshan was so frightened that he quickly retracted his hands into his sleeves.

How can a girl's arm be seen casually?What's more, she is sick now... so ugly.

Seeing people resisting, Xu Wenqing frowned.Fascinated by medical skills, he only sees patients regardless of gender, so he doesn't quite understand Zhou Xiaoshan's resistance.

Imperial Physician Xu immediately said: "Boy, don't leave it here to cause trouble. Let the old man come. Little girl, stretch out your hand and have a look." His tone was kind, and his old face was almost wrinkled into a chrysanthemum.

Zhou Xiaoshan shook his head frantically.

Xu Wenqing said: "Father, the elderly are prone to get this disease, so let me do it."

Wei Lian couldn't help but look sideways.

When he read those materials before, the people in the Tai Hospital were also learning about the epidemic.Teenagers are very careful and can pay attention to susceptible people.

...Temperature is also really straightforward.

"Who are you talking about being older!" Imperial Physician Xu frowned.

Wei Lian said, "Everyone back down."

Doctor Xu: "..."

Xu Wenqing looked at Wei Lian curiously, and was very interested in this young man who could restrain his father.

The legendary young master Lian is His Majesty's favorite noble, only three years older than him.

But those eyes were clear, not ignorant of the world, but rather transparent after going through the glitz.

Xu Wenqing, who was so focused on medical skills, couldn't fully understand Gongzi Lian's eyes, but those eyes were enough to comfort people's hearts.

At least Zhou Xiaoshan relaxed his body the moment he heard Wei Lian speak.

Wei Lian approached and said warmly, "Girl, give me your hand."

His voice is good enough.

Eyebrows are also gentle enough.

Even with a face scarf covering the lower half of his face, Zhou Xiaoshan knew that this was probably the best-looking man she had ever seen in her life.

Zhou Xiaoshan pursed her lips. Due to leg disease, she had never seen outsiders since she was a child. She was always very wary of strangers, but at this moment she stretched out her hand cautiously and willingly.

Wei Lian became more and more gentle: "Roll up your sleeves and let me have a look, okay?"

Zhou Xiaoshan trembled: "But... ugly."

Zhou Yushan hurriedly said: "The hill is not ugly, the hill is the most beautiful."

Wei Lianwen smiled and said: "This room is full of ugly people in my eyes, you are not bad."

Zhou Yushan: "..."

A room full of ugly people: "..."

Are you so comforting?

The way you comfort people is to belittle us!

Although it is true that none of them looks better than Wei Lian...

Zhou Xiaoshan was amused by this sentence, and gave a low "um", and while mustering up the courage to roll up his sleeves, he didn't dare to look directly away.

Many people took a deep breath.

The girl's face and other parts were no different from ordinary people, but the entire right arm was rotted from bottom to top, and maggots could even be seen wriggling.

This is the second day.

The infection rate of this plague is actually not high.Compared with several major plagues recorded in history, where millions of people were infected and died, the infection caused by this plague was only spread among tens of thousands of people in Jiangzhou, and almost all those who were infected later were relatives who had contact with them.

Because the symptoms were too obvious, when seeing patients from other homes, they would stay far away, and they died too quickly, and they died before the infection spread.

We can see the horror of this plague.

Wei Lian's expression remained unchanged: "Open your mouth and stick out your tongue."

Zhou Xiaoshan opened his mouth obediently: "Ah——"

The imperial physicians began to whisper and discuss what kind of disease it was.

"The skin is festered and can be contagious. It may be a snake sore. The main treatment should be to clear away heat and dampness, promote qi and relieve pain, and take gentian, raw land, scutellaria baicalensis, shanzhi and other medicinal materials to suffer..."

"Stop talking nonsense. Snake sores are not a serious disease, how can they kill people? Ulcerated pus, foul smell, red tongue with little moss, I think it's a syndrome of internal heat and poison..."

"You're talking nonsense too!"

The imperial physicians insisted on their own opinions and were about to fight, but they couldn't discuss a result.After all, this disease is beyond their existing cognition, and they are helpless right now.

Wei Lian turned a deaf ear to those speculations, looked at Zhou Xiaoshan's complexion and tongue coating, and asked about other symptoms.

An imperial physician couldn't help asking: "My lord, why don't you check your pulse?"

Wei Lian asked for a long time, but he didn't touch Zhou Xiaoshan's wrist.

Could it be that he has no real skills and can't diagnose?

No wonder they questioned, they had never heard that Young Master Lian was good at medicine.Even if you know it, you know a little bit about it, how can you compare it with the imperial doctor.

People always have confidence in their profession.Even if I can't figure out why, I don't think other "laymen" can see the trick.

Wei Lian lowered his eyes: "I won't touch her."

He can't guarantee whether he will get sick after having skin-to-skin contact with the patient, and whether he can research the prescription within six days of death.

Although Zhou Yushan can prove that not everyone who has been in contact with a patient will get sick, and Wei Lian's background is good enough...but as a person who is dying, he must be foolproof.

He came here with the determination to die, but it didn't mean that he really accepted his life and waited for death.

He has to fight for it.

When Wei Lian said this, everyone looked different.

There is anger and there is contempt.

More of a question.

Human life is at stake. At this time, what are you talking about whether a man and a woman can accept or not kiss each other?

Not to be outdone, Xu Wenqing said, "Then I'll do it."

Wei Lian said, "You are useless."

Only he can resolve this calamity.

It's not like he wasn't listening when the imperial doctors were discussing on the sidelines just now, after listening to it, he knew how unreliable it was.

The symptoms of this plague were very similar to those he had read in medical books.At that time, he still thought, is there really such a strange disease in the world?What is not in ordinary medical books, the master has given him.

The master said that he was destined to have a master-student relationship with him. I don't know if it was because he was destined to overcome this plague.

Xu Wenqing's eyes widened.

He has been called a medical prodigy since he was a child, and this is the first time he has been called useless!

An imperial doctor's tone was a little bit bad: "Then please let the young master get out of the way and let the minister diagnose."

Wei Lian didn't answer, but calmly said, "Prepare a silk thread for me."

Zhou Mingli couldn't help but ask, "What do you want silk thread for?"

Wei Lian lowered his eyelashes.

"Diagnose the pulse with a thread."