Chapter 366: Madam Sheng comes to cooperate

The other lieutenants were delighted: "Finally, we have a chance to deal with the Wolf Clan.

They come here to plunder every year and kill countless of our people.

The elderly, children, and many women were abducted by them and tortured in every way."

"Chi Fei, you're so mean. You didn't even bother to invite us to join you in such a big undertaking."

"Chi Fei, you treat us as outsiders."

…

The usually serious deputy generals and commanders all started to criticize Meng Chifei.

“The mortality rate of smallpox is 30-40%. Even if the wolf tribe is not exterminated this time, there will be heavy losses.

This also buys our people on the border a few years of respite."

"If you ask me, we should take advantage of this opportunity to strike hard at the downfall and wipe out the Youlang clan.

At the very least, they must be driven back to the Western Regions, never to return and cause trouble again."

General Meng touched his chin and said, "That's not necessary.

If we drive away the wolf tribe, other grassland tribes will come to occupy these territories. Within two years, the new tribe will rise up and harass us in the same way.

It’s better to keep them and let them fight each other.”

"The most urgent thing is to protect the people and prevent them from being infected." Meng Chifei said to General Meng and Madam Bai, "Dad and Mom, pick out all the soldiers in the camp who have had smallpox and hand them over to me. I will take them to guard the outside."

"How can that be? Smallpox is highly contagious. What if you get it too..."

"Mom, I had smallpox when I was a kid, so I'll be fine."

"Smallpox? When did you get it? How come I didn't even know about it?" Mrs. Bai looked shocked.

Meng Chifei thought about it seriously before saying, "When I was about seven or eight years old, there was a war on the border. My parents and brother were all in the northern border to defend against the enemy. I stayed in the capital and accidentally contracted smallpox while playing around. I was in good health and recovered in about half a month.

I didn’t tell you because I was afraid that my parents and brother would worry.”

At that time, she was so sick that she kept whining.

It was Aunt Tao who held her in her arms all night long and sang nursery rhymes to coax her to sleep.

Mrs. Bai felt distressed when she heard this. She felt that she could not be with her daughter and her eyes turned red.

She blamed herself for not being a good mother.

Then they each took action.

General Meng went to the camp to select soldiers who had survived smallpox.

Mrs. Bai discussed disinfection and setting up an isolation area with the military doctor.

Some people even invited all the doctors in the city to come and study the prescription.

In addition, several teams of people should be sent to the surrounding towns and villages to warn the people and guard against outsiders to avoid smallpox infection.

Meng Chifei led the people and reminded Mrs. Bai: "Mom, go to my tent, there is a wooden box under the bed.

It contains a lot of medical skills that I found in the capital, specifically for smallpox. Give it to the military doctor, it might be helpful for this epidemic."

After discussing the important matters, they each went about arranging their own affairs.

**

There is a wolf settlement a few hundred miles away.

Three or four days had passed since they discovered the first case.

Despite careful care, not only did the first patient not get better, but the number of patients continued to increase.

Seeing their members falling one after another, the whole tribe panicked.

The herbs they collected in the past did not work when they boiled them and gave them to the patients.

Until the fifth day, the first patient died.

The people of the wolf tribe started to panic.

The small chief of the settlement ordered his people to build a crematorium with firewood and put the dying people on it.

Pour some mutton fat on it, and a little flame will turn into a raging fire.

The little leader leaned on a weak girl in his arms, wiping away tears and sobbing: "Brother, I can't bear to leave Grandma Cao."

The little leader patted the weak girl's back gently: "Aduoer, don't be sad. Let's go back.

Your health is not good to begin with. If you catch a cold and get sick, I won’t be able to take care of you?"

"Brother, don't worry, Aduo is fine. Cough cough..." Aduo suddenly started coughing violently.

The little leader's face turned pale: "Aduoer, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

Aduo suddenly began to shiver all over and her muscles began to ache.

She suddenly covered her mouth and said, "Wow..." and began to vomit.

She vomited out all the food she had eaten at noon.

The little leader was frightened and held Aduo in his arms, at a loss as to what to do.

A Duo'er weakly nestled into the little leader's arms: "Brother, my head hurts! I'm so cold...

Brother, have I also contracted that disease?

Brother, am I going to die too..."

As Aduo was talking, she suddenly fainted.

The little leader held Aduoer in his arms and ran towards his tent in panic.

**

In the blink of an eye, the day I had an appointment with Mrs. Sheng arrived.

Wen Yan was nestled in the perfumery room. After a while, the maid came to inform her that Madam Sheng had arrived.

Wen Yan took out a box of freshly prepared perfume powder and went to the garden to receive Madam Sheng.

"Mrs. Sheng! Sorry to have kept you waiting."

When Wen Yan entered the room, he saw Madam Sheng sitting in front of the window.

"Master Liu." Madam Sheng stood up to greet her.

Wen Yan handed the incense box to Madam Sheng: "Madam Sheng, do you mind if I burn incense?"

Madam Sheng opened the lid of the box and sniffed it. "It has a very delicate fragrance. Please follow the host's wishes. Thank you for your patience, Master Liu."

Wen Yan began to press the ashes, carve the seals, and burn incense.

Madam Sheng watched quietly, and saw that her technique was very smooth and pleasing to the eye. "I didn't expect that after so many years, I would have the opportunity to see you appreciate fragrance again. Your technique is even better."

Wen Yan looked at Madam Sheng in surprise: "Have we met before?"

Madam Sheng smiled and said, "A few years ago, at a banquet at the Minister of Rites's house, you and Miss Zhu had an incense competition."

Wen Yan tried hard to recall, but couldn't remember what Mrs. Sheng said, so she could only smile.

Push the incense burner in front of Mrs. Sheng.

Madam Sheng fanned the incense and sniffed it, her eyes instantly brightening: "The smell of burning incense is more subtle than that of incense powder. I really like this smell.

Are all the incense in 'Qingfeng Xiaolou' made by you?"

"I was bored and made some for fun. If Madam Sheng likes it, you can take the rest home and light it up for fun."

"Then I'd be remiss not to accept it." Mrs. Sheng accepted the things.

The two exchanged pleasantries before getting down to business.

"Mrs. Sheng wants to buy that painting. I might have to say sorry."

"Why? I really like that painting. Mr. Liu is reluctant to sell it. You can name the price."

Wen Yan shook her head and said, "That painting is quite ordinary. It would be fine for me to give it to someone else. But my husband framed it for me personally, and he likes it very much, so I don't want to sell it."

"Of course, besides that painting, if Madam Sheng has other needs, please feel free to ask."

"Since you said that, I won't be polite." Madam Sheng said with a smile, "I want to cooperate with Mr. Liu in the incense making business."

It turns out that this was Mrs. Sheng’s purpose.