Mask of Rebirth

Chifeng City is located on the border between Qin and Lu. Although it is a border land, it has always been prosperous because of the trade relationship between the two countries in those years.

At this time, due to the involvement of the war, this place has long lost its former prosperity, and because of this catastrophe, almost every house is now closed, and the streets and alleys are littered with corpses, as if it has become a dead city.

Wei Ziyang and others brought a large amount of medicinal materials into the city as medical aid, and were taken into a temporary medical hall by the defenders.There used to be a lot of doctors gathered there, but half of them have been infected with the disease at this time, and it is too late to save themselves and how can they have the energy to save other people's lives, so for so many days, there is almost no way to control the disease. No progress.

Wei Ziyang, who disguised himself as a drug boy, followed Li Taiyi to inspect the corpses in the morgue, and examined several doctors who were infected with the disease, and came to the conclusion that the disease was indeed prevalent in the Tianshan Mountains of Meng State a few years ago. black plague.

"Hey, before the old man came, he was still holding on to hope, but he didn't expect it to be black plague, so there's nothing I can do about it."

Wei Ziyang is not a doctor, so he naturally doesn't know about some plagues that have been extinct since 2000.Even after looking at the corpse for a while, it is impossible to determine what kind of plague it is.And because of cultural differences, I have never even heard of this name, and it is even more difficult to determine.I secretly blamed myself for thinking things too simply.

"Mr. Li, what are the symptoms of black plague?"

"According to medical records, this disease is resistant to cold and hot, and it will attack all year round. It is accompanied by headache, sore throat, sore limbs, chills, vomiting... and other symptoms in the early stage. Most of the infected people die, even if they survive If you fall down, you will be permanently disabled."

Wei Ziyang was still confused, looked at the sick doctor in the blink of an eye, and decided to try everything, "If you say so, I still don't know what the black plague is, but I do know a few ways to prevent plague. You can find a few people to try it, and you will be able to diagnose it in a few days."

"Oh, really?"

"Let's say it first, this is just a way to prevent the spread of the epidemic. As for how to cure it, I have to look it up in the book."

"I have to try everything now, even if a dead horse is a living horse doctor."

"Success, then send someone to find some people who are not infected." Wei Ziyang thought for a while, and then said, "I don't want it, it's too risky, let's try it from our own people first."

"How can this be done?"

"Now you are going to experiment with the officers and soldiers of the Lu country. How could they be willing? Of course, if we want to cure it, we must first cure ourselves to be convincing."

"That's true, I don't know how Master Wei plans to deal with it?"

"Actually, this is very simple. When you are not infected, take some germs from the patient and bury them under the skin, so that the body will produce antibodies, and you will not be infected when you come into contact with the patient."

"Germs?"

"That's, that's, that's..." Wei Ziyang scratched his hair and explained with great effort, "It's just some rashes that appeared on the patient's body during the onset of the disease, um~~ that's probably what it means."

"Ah?..." That's okay, the disease is so contagious, it's too late to hide, and you have to bury the germs in your body, it's just looking for death!If he hadn't been a senior official, Li Xingui would have scolded him on the spot. "Master Wei, it's not that I can't trust you, it's just that the black plague is so contagious that it's impossible to talk face-to-face with the patient..."

"This is indeed a cure for the plague. Of course, it may be more dangerous to use humans. It is best to use cattle. We call it vaccination. People who have been vaccinated will have a high fever for a few days at most and cannot die. I will never get that disease again in my life, this is called fighting poison with poison!"

"This pharaoh has never heard of it."

"However, this method is for the treatment of smallpox. Whether this black plague is what we call smallpox can only be known after trying it." Wei Ziyang made a gesture of invitation, "Mr. Li, I wonder if you would like to try it yourself?" medicine?"

"This..." Imperial Physician Li hesitated, he refused to move his feet, and said in his heart: If you want to try, why don't you try it first?

Wei Ziyang probably also saw his thoughts, and stretched out his hand to pull up his sleeves, exposing one shoulder, where there was a pattern-shaped scar. "I've planted it a long time ago, otherwise how would you think I would dare to come to this epidemic area?"

"This, is this really the scar from the cowpox?" Doctor Li held his arm and looked at it carefully for a long time. The wound was not big, and it was so small that it was almost invisible if you didn't look carefully.

"If I'm not sure, dare to take human life as a joke."

Li Xingui thought: Well, anyway, before I came here, I didn't intend to go back alive, why don't I give it a try, if I'm really going to die, it's a merit of me trying the medicine myself. "Okay, the old man will risk his life and give it a try!"

"You've all heard it, why don't you hurry up and find some more buffaloes."

"Yes!"

Wei Ziyang drove all his subordinates out to handle errands, and when he looked back, Li Xingui still had the expression of being generous to die, and patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, "Don't worry, Imperial Physician Li, even if this method doesn't work for black plague, it won't work for your body." Beneficial and harmless.”

"Master Wei just said that this method can only be prevented, so what should be done for those patients who have already contracted the epidemic?"

"To be honest, there is really no effective way to treat the plague. Generally, prevention is the main priority. As for those who have already contracted the disease... hey, I may not be able to do anything."

"In the past few days, I have searched all the medical books from various countries, but I have not found any cure. Half of the patients in the city are now infected. Is it really necessary to let those people wait to die?"

Wei Ziyang's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly thought of something, "You reminded me of the medical books. I wonder if there is a book called Compendium of Materia Medica among those books?"

"Compendium of Materia Medica? The old man has never heard of it."

Wei Ziyang almost knocked himself on the head, "...that's right, Li Shizhen is from 1500 years later, how can I find his book now." name.

"Li Shizhen?"

Wei Ziyang waved his hand, "You don't know me, I remember that there seems to be a paragraph in the Compendium of Materia Medica about the treatment of the plague, it seems that the lice on the cow are burned to ashes and then given to the patient in porridge, which is also the use of poison to fight poison way."

Doctor Li thought about it carefully, and if the previous method of inoculating vaccinia was feasible, then the latter method would definitely work as well.Immediately passed the order to go down, and recruited several patients to test the medicine.At the same time, under the guidance of Wei Ziyang, the imperial physicians sent by the state of Qin were also inoculated with vaccinia.

It was strange to say that this method actually worked, and the body recovered in a short period of time without any discomfort, and there was no sign of infection after being in contact with the patient for a period of time.Li Xingui couldn't help admiring Wei Ziyang, "Your Majesty Wei is indeed a god, I really admire him."

"It seems that it is smallpox virus, so the epidemic will not spread."

"It's just..." Why did Imperial Physician Li look distressed?

"what?"

"Your Majesty Wei may not know that due to lack of food in Chifeng, each household has slaughtered the buffaloes on the cultivated land long ago. The previous cow was found from the garrison mansion. Only this cow cost tens of thousands of people in the city. Where can I get vaccinated against it?"

I forgot about this matter, and it is too late to transfer from other places now, not to mention that other towns are not much better than this, and I can find a few cows.Be fast, and the method must be safe and effective!Wei Ziyang walked around the same place for a few times, flipped through the things in his mind several times, and suddenly remembered something he had read on the Internet, "By the way, the water seedling method, how could I forget this simple method! Treat the patient Grind the acne scabs on the body and mix them thoroughly with water, and stuff them with cotton into the nostrils to produce the same effect as vaccinia.”

Doctor Li's eyes lit up, "It turns out that there is still such a method. This old man will submit this method immediately to prevent the epidemic from spreading."

"Hey, Doctor Li, wait a minute."

Doctor Li hurriedly turned around and walked back, "I don't know what orders Mr. Wei has?"

"If Lu Yang asks, just say that this is the solution you came up with, and you must never mention my name."

Thinking of Qin Mu's order, Imperial Physician Li hurriedly nodded and said yes, "Yes, I will keep it in mind."

"Go, by the way...see how the emperor's body is doing? Is he also infected?"

"Yes, the old man is going here."

Li Xingui went to see Lu Yang and presented this method to prevent the spread of the epidemic. Lu Yang immediately issued an imperial decree to act in accordance with this method.The effect really worked, and the epidemic was brought under control in just a few days, and it did not develop to the point of irreversibility.

Everyone in the hospital was overjoyed, but Wei Ziyang was the only one with a sad face, because the effect of the method applied to the patients was not obvious. Only three or four of the ten patients showed signs of improvement, and the others accelerated their illnesses and eventually died.

However, Lu Yang is also among the patients. Ordinary people can still take the risk, but Lu Yang's life is related to the overall situation of the world, so how can we allow half a mistake.

On that day, I overheard Lu Guo's imperial physician whispering to his colleagues. What he heard meant that the emperor might be dying of illness, and I'm afraid his time would be numbered.I heard that even the will was written.

The Imperial Physician of the State of Lu had no choice but to pin their hopes on the people of Qin. After discussing, everyone knelt in front of Li Xingui, begging him to help save the emperor's life.Li Xingui secretly glanced back at the "medicine boy" behind him, seeing him shaking his head secretly, he could only sigh in the end.

In the dead of night, Wei Ziyang stood alone on the turret of the medical hall.The view here is very good, even the outline of the Garrison Mansion can be seen clearly, the lights are scattered around one place, and some women in palace clothes can be vaguely seen going in and out of a door.You don't need to guess, Lu Yang must be there.

The words Qin Mu said before leaving suddenly came to mind. I was so busy these past few days that I didn't have the mood to think about them. Today I finally calmed down, but I remembered those things again.

Qin Long's words to sow dissension are naturally not credible, but what he heard with his own ears is another matter.

Qin Mu, Qin Mu, do you really want to kill me?

"Master Wei, Master Wei!" Imperial Doctor Li hurried up the turret with the hem of his clothes in his hands, "Master Wei is not well."

"what happened?"

"There's news from the garrison mansion that the emperor..."