The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

The carriage entered the inner city, crossed the streets, and finally arrived at its destination.

Lu Xiuyuan and Shi Yunchen supported each other and jumped out of the carriage. During this period of bumps, they were both physically weak due to poor food and drink.

Dr. Xu lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the heavily guarded General's Mansion, turned around and saw Lu Xiuyuan's movement to enter the mansion, and quickly stopped him: "Lu Xiucai, what are you doing there?"

Um?Lu Xiuyuan turned his head and said innocently: "Aren't we going to tell the general?"

Dr. Xu had a headache when he thought of dealing with these people, "Since we've arrived here safely, it's fine for Master Shi to go in by himself, we don't want to go."

Seeing that Dr. Xu was about to abduct Lu Xiuyuan, Shi Yunchen couldn't help but said, "You're here? My second brother doesn't eat people, why didn't he go in?"

"The old man is not good at going around in circles in the officialdom. If you have this skill, it's better to go to an old friend to see more patients."

Thinking of the patients in the street outside, Dr. Xu couldn't stay still, "Human life is a matter of heaven and earth, you two should stop being in love with each other, Lu Xiucai, let's meet with old friends of the old man to understand the situation."

What are you talking about?When Shi Yunchen heard this, his heart felt guilty, and his cheeks felt a little hot for no reason.

Lu Xiuyuan was a little surprised, did Dr. Xu discover the relationship between them?

But this time he had a different point of view from Dr. Xu.

"Doctor Xu, if you want to know the details of this incident, Lu thinks it's better to ask the general first."

"What? His general knows better than his old friend?" Dr. Xu was not convinced.

Lu Xiuyuan sighed, thinking that the practice of medicine in ancient times seemed to be a separate operation organized by himself, without linkage with the government. In fact, like the plague, it is better to have official information from the government, including follow-up management, than doctors who are busy alone.

"What is the total population in the city, how many people are infected, when did the outbreak occur, and whether there are any signs... Wait, the information from these government personnel is more reliable."

Dr. Xu thought of the old man of the Shi family who guarded the frontier all his life. His grandson should be able to distinguish priorities?Tell them the news?

Lu Xiuyuan continued to persuade: "This time the matter is serious. If we can get the detailed information and have government personnel to assist in the management, then the development of the plague can be quickly curbed and the situation will return to normal soon."

Dr. Xu was persuaded, and what Lu Xiucai said seemed to make sense. He had also cured large and small plagues before, and he was alone. It was indeed quite exhausting, but if there were government officials to help manage it, it would definitely be much easier. But will the other party be willing?

Lu Xiuyuan knew very well that Shi Yunchen's eldest brother and second brother wished for the help of doctors.

Finally, under the offensive of his three-inch tongue, Dr. Xu decided to get out of the car and try it.

Shi Yunchen showed a token, and the soldiers at the door respectfully led the three of them to the living room to wait, and then another servant brought tea.

Lu Xiuyuan sat on the carved wooden seat and looked around the room. The furniture was all in a simple and elegant style. The room was spacious and there was only a bow and arrow hanging on the wall, giving people a sense of solemnity and majesty.

They didn't wait for too long when a white-robed general opened the door and walked in.

The man was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with good features, bronze skin, and a straight body. When he entered the door on the first day of junior high school, the most striking thing was his oppressive aura.

The other party looked serious, and after looking around at them, he noticed the medical bag that Dr. Xu was carrying, and said politely to Dr. Xu: "It's not far away to welcome the distinguished guest. I don't know if Shi can be useful?"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help turning his gaze to Shi Yunchen beside him.

Young master Shi found out that his second brother hadn't recognized him yet, so he couldn't help but tapped his fingers on the table and called out, "Shi Yunqi! It's only been five years since we last met, don't you remember me?"

Hearing someone call out his name, General Shi was stunned for a moment, turned around and began to look carefully.

Those familiar eyebrows and irritable temper, aren't they his own little brother?

"Chen'er!" General Shi took two steps forward in surprise, and immediately hugged Shi Yunchen, "Second Brother misses you so much!"

"Some people say they miss me, but they don't recognize me without reminding them when they meet." Shi Yunchen poured cold water on them.

General Shi smiled embarrassingly, "Chen'er has become more and more handsome these years, if you didn't make a sound just now, the second brother wouldn't even dare to recognize it!"

"You're still so glib, it's really hard to imagine what it would be like to lead troops into war." Shi Yunchen complained.

"Chen'er doesn't trust the second brother too much," General Shi patted Shi Yunchen's shoulder with a smile, and when he saw other people in the living room from the corner of his eyes, he cleared his throat and resumed his previous seriousness .

"Chen'er, why did you come here? Is it the news that the eldest brother sent you?" General Shi frowned, "Didn't it be discussed before to keep it secret, why did the eldest brother leak the secret secretly?"

Shi Yunchen shook his head, "It's not what the eldest brother said, so don't worry about the current situation of the second brother." He pointed to Dr. Xu next to him, and introduced: "This is Dr. Xu from Ping'an Town. After the plague became severe, I brought two carts of medicinal materials to help."

Hearing this, General Shi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly came to Dr. Xu and saluted, "Dr. Xu's righteous deed, all the people in the city of a certain generation thank you in advance."

"I can't help it," Dr. Xu hurriedly got up to avoid it, "This trip, this old man, is all based on my own heart, and I don't need others to thank me."

"Doctor Xu has noble medical ethics, so I should be more grateful." General Shi insisted on saluting.

Dr. Xu stroked his beard and felt that it would be a waste of time to go on chatting, so he just asked straight to the point.

"I don't know how many people are sick in the city now? Is there any detailed information about the plague?"

General Shi thought for a while, and reported a rough value, "There are about [-] people in the villages in and around Longmenguan City, and about half of them are infected."

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After hiding the information about the soldiers, General Shi told Dr. Xu all the information he could possibly tell.

After Dr. Xu heard this, he decided to go for a walk in the city to see the situation, and then meet up with his old friends.

General Shi was very happy when a doctor took the initiative to solve his problems. He respectfully sent Dr. Xu away and gave him a token so that he could come here to find him whenever he needed something.

Standing behind General Shi, Shi Yunchen silently watched Lu Xiuyuan's figure go further and further away, and couldn't help grinding his teeth.

General Shi turned around and saw his young brother grinning. There were no outsiders around at this moment, so he directly reached out and grabbed the other's face and pulled him to the sides, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Chen'er is really getting fatter and fatter. Where do you dare to run around?"

Shi Yunchen struggled in pain, and his voice was indistinct, "Smelly forehead pot, clay pigeon nest!"

The carriage continued to move forward, getting farther and farther away from the General's Mansion behind him.

Lu Xiuyuan found the mask prepared by Dr. Xu from the drawer of the carriage to cover his mouth and nose, opened the curtain, and looked at the situation outside.

Just as the carriage passed by an infected patient, a doctor was checking his body at close range, and the doctor was surrounded by the patient's family members.

Seeing this scene, Lu Xiuyuan felt a little suffocated. The patient was tightly surrounded, and the air around him was not circulating at all. If the disease was transmitted from the respiratory tract, everyone in the circle would definitely pass it on.

He wanted to remind him, but when he looked around, the doctors around him were all doing this, which made him really want to go back and find General Shi, and stop this kind of behavior quickly.

After walking through a long street, I finally arrived at Dr. Xu's old friend's house.

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the plaque at the door, and found that the other party opened a coffin shop, but now the yard is crowded with people, and a pair of coffins can no longer be seen.

Dr. Xu's old friend is called Lao Wu. The two have been separated for decades, and they didn't exchange a few words when they met, so they went straight to the topic.

The two sides began to discuss heatedly about the plague.

Lu Xiuyuan passed them sideways and entered the gate first. What he saw was a courtyard full of patients who directly used the ground as their beds, lying on the cold ground tossing and turning, in agony.

He looked around and roughly counted. There were more than 30 people lying in the yard, but only two young boys were responsible for feeding the medicine.

Among them, the patients ranged from mild to severe, and many suffered from incontinence.

Lu Xiuyuan saw that those two people went to help the incontinent patient deal with the dirt without any protective measures at all, so he unconsciously frowned and walked forward, and handed the extra mask in his arms to the two people.

"Two little brothers, let's deal with it after wearing this."

The older one gave Lu Xiuyuan a friendly smile, "We brothers are not afraid of being dirty or tired, we don't need this."

Lu Xiuyuan pointed to his nose and mouth, "The epidemic spreads through the nose and mouth, and it can be prevented by wearing a mask."

Seeing that Lu Xiuyuan was wearing tight protection, the young man looked down upon him, "Your Excellency, you should keep it for yourself."

"Amu, what are you talking about, he is also kind." The elder scolded.

While they were chatting, the patient on the ground started holding his stomach and complaining of pain again. Amu quickly squatted down and said with concern: "Persist, the medicine will be cured soon."

The man was still rolling on the ground grimly holding his stomach ache, Brother Amu got up and ran into the room to get the medicine.

It's a pity that before he came back, a puddle of water gushed out from the lower body of the man, his face turned pale and he couldn't breathe.

Seeing that another one had died, Amu hurriedly called out to Dr. Xu's old friend in panic, "Uncle Wu, come quickly."

The two of them were still exchanging the main symptoms of the plague at the door. After hearing the cry outside, Old Wu hurriedly led Dr. Xu into the yard to check.

Dr. Xu watched his old friend examine the corpse closely, and couldn't help touching the mask on his face, wanting to remind his old friend to pay attention to safety, but the other party insisted on not using it.

"If you can't see your face, those patients will feel flustered, so you can't cover your face." Old Wu said with a serious face.

This is really a strange reason, Lu Xiuyuan thought to himself.

Dr. Xu combined the symptoms and signs mentioned by Old Wu before, and the performance of those people in the yard, thought for a while, and probably came to a conclusion. Before speaking, he asked Lu Xiuyuan first, "Lu Xiucai heard the symptoms and felt like What is the original cause?"

Lu Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment. He intended to help see if there was anything to add to the ancient epidemic prevention. He didn't expect Dr. Xu to ask him directly.

Thinking of the symptoms and signs just now, he guessed in his heart that it was the previous snowstorm that froze a large number of livestock, and people's immunity also declined. Later, when the weather became warmer, those frozen corpses rotted and nourished bacteria to pollute the environment, which led to the The plague happened.

Seeing that everyone's attention was on him, he didn't really want to show off, so he said casually, "The snowstorm before caused the environment to deteriorate, and people would also become weak, which in turn caused the epidemic to prevail."

Dr. Xu was not satisfied after hearing this, "It's too general, please explain in more detail."

Lu Xiuyuan hesitated for a moment, thought about how to express some proper nouns in ancient times, and organized his words, "If the carcasses of livestock that were frozen to death before are not treated in time, they will attract sickness. If the people come into close contact with them, they will be killed. contagious disease."

Dr. Xu frowned and was still not satisfied, "Is there anything else to add?"

"If the water source or food is contaminated by this corpse, it will also be attacked by the disease."

Hearing this, Dr. Xu nodded in satisfaction, "Then how to deal with it, do you know?"

Lu Xiuyuan sighed inwardly, "Find out the source of the epidemic first, cut off the contact between the source and the outside world, and protect ordinary people."

Dr. Xu wanted to ask casually, to see if the other party had any ideas, but he didn't expect that there would be some meaning after hearing it, so he asked more cheerfully, "Yes, then you estimate the severity of the plague. If so, how long will it be?"

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan stared at the sky speechlessly. He compared the large-scale infectious diseases in modern times in his heart, roughly estimated the severity and still had time. Take the month."

Dr. Xu's old friend had been listening, and he didn't feel anything at first, but when Lu Xiuyuan said that the plague was not too serious and could be controlled within a month, he slapped his thigh in shock.

"You kid, you are so arrogant! You actually said that the plague is not serious? How dare you say that it will be under control in a month!"

Uh, I didn't expect Dr. Xu's old friend to react so strongly. Lu Xiuyuan began to patch himself up, "If people from the government cooperate, and the government and the people work together, it should be possible within a month."

"Do you want people from the government to cooperate? How is that possible? The imperial envoy looks down on the people of Longmen Pass the most, what kind of dream do you want them to help!" The man was so excited that he spit out his saliva.

Lu Xiuyuan leaned back, very grateful that he was wearing a thicker mask.

Dr. Xu saw his old friend's attitude, and immediately said fiercely to the other party: "This is the old man's future apprentice, old Wu, please be more polite to me!"

Old Wu was murdered, shrunk his neck, and said in disbelief: "I'm just a fool, my thinking is too naive, I'm sorry I can't agree with it."

"I understand what you mean," Dr. Xu patted Old Wu's shoulder meaningfully, "but my future apprentice is not ordinary, just wait and see."

The author has something to say: Although I know how to operate each step, it is still not easy to implement~

ps: I was too tired and out of shape yesterday, so I slightly modified it today