Chapter 74: Severely Ill Patients

"The critically ill are over here." Doctor Xia led Wei Shengxue over there, then turned her head and instructed Yinan, "They are tired from the journey. Take them to the guesthouse to rest."

After that, he looked at the fake doctor again and asked, "Doctor Shan, would you like to come with us?"

It was clear who these words were directed at.

Wang Li rubbed his head. Seeing that the immortal didn't stop him, he and a few guards stopped and put his hand on the leader's shoulder. "Brother, let's go. We've been hungry for most of the day. Let's go eat something."

The eldest family member, under the eaves, really didn't want to antagonize anyone, so he took two steps back to show his attitude. The boss of his subordinates who followed him also turned around and ran back two steps.

"Please come this way." Yinan was relieved to see that they cooperated honestly. He extended a hand to lead the way and led them out of the treatment area.

Doctor Xia breathed a sigh of relief when she saw those irrelevant people who were only getting in the way leave.

However, she did not go directly to the intensive care area. Instead, she took the two of them to a row of houses. She walked into one of them and took out three sets of clothes, or equipment.

Wei Shengxue looked at the three-piece set handed to her: a face scarf to cover her mouth and nose, a wide robe to wrap over her clothes, and shoe covers to cover her shoes.

Isn't this just a simple version of protective clothing and masks?

Doctor Xia first tied the face cloth around her face, carefully adjusting it to ensure her mouth and nose were not exposed, then she lifted the loose outer robe and wrapped it around her. The robe was extremely loose, yet gathered at the cuffs, and the hem barely reached the knees. Every detail was perfectly suited for labor; it must have been a medical protective suit designed based on the video on the projector.

After tidying up her clothes, she put shoe covers on the outside of her shoes, and then took a pair of straw sandals from the shelf beside her and put them on the outside. The whole set was equivalent to her wearing four layers of clothes on her feet.

Even Wei Shengxue couldn't help but look sideways at this scene.

"I put on shoe covers to prevent contaminants left on the ground, and I put on a pair of straw sandals to reduce the wear and tear of the shoe covers." Doctor Xia curled her lips. "A few months ago, I didn't realize I was so frugal."

Doctor Shan adapted well to this. Although it was more troublesome, it took into account both prevention and loss, which was very consistent with his ideas.

He tries to share information proactively to send friendly signals.

"The people in our village are still suffering from splitting headaches, but with the help of medicine, they are still bearable. However, some of them are so seriously ill that they can hardly get out of bed."

Doctor Xia received his signal very well and took the opportunity to talk about the situation here. She had also mentioned it in general just now, but not in such detail.

"We relied on the power of the county magistrate and dispatched a number of yamen runners and clerks to take these people into the village, but most of them were unwilling to come. We have limited manpower and cannot take in everyone who should be taken in, so we had to treat these people first."

If we don’t isolate ourselves when encountering a plague, it’s almost like saving people in vain.

However, the Qin Dynasty had strict control over the army. Without the tiger talisman, even the Taiwei, who was nominally in charge of the world's troops, had no right to mobilize them.

"We have already sent a letter to Xianyang. In a few days, the order from the palace should be delivered."

By then we can isolate this whole area.

Because Doctor Xia and the others took the initiative to reveal their identities and brought the traveling medical order signed by His Majesty himself, they easily persuaded the county magistrate to help.

Although county magistrates and prefects had no power to mobilize the army, they could check passes. In the Qin Dynasty, where people had to have their identities checked wherever they went without identity cards or letters of introduction, this allowed them to control population mobility to the greatest extent possible.

"It was discovered fairly promptly. Currently, it should only be spreading within the county. There may be cases in neighboring counties, but it can't spread any further."

Weishengxue discovered for the first time that the poor transportation conditions in Daqin could actually play a positive role at a time like this.

"Where are the caravans coming and going?" This is not the kind of person who would stay in one place for a long time.

Doctor Xia: "You are allowed in, but not out. It's locked up."

Doctor Shan, hearing that their conversation seemed to have come to a close, interrupted, "This plague is different from all the previous ones. It spreads very quickly from person to person, but the death toll is very slow."

This statement may sound a bit cold-blooded, but it is the absolute truth.

Generally, plagues break out quickly, react strongly, and change in appearance significantly, so doctors can quickly determine its nature, blockade it when necessary, treat it when necessary, and it will not spread everywhere like it does now.

As they were talking, they came to a small house, which was half a mile away from where they were just now. For a small village, it was almost half a mile away.

There are also different roadblocks set up along the way, which shows the vigilance of this place.

"We're here." Doctor Xia knocked on the door first. After a while, there was no movement from inside, but she pushed the door open and walked in as if she was used to it, as if the knocking was just a formality out of politeness and upbringing.

The room was very dark. There was only a small window on the two walls near the roof, which was covered with coarse cloth. Only a very faint light could vaguely shine through, not even a person's fingers could be seen clearly.

Doctor Xia skillfully walked three and a half steps to the right front, took out a tinder and blew it. The faint flame illuminated the candlestick in front of her, allowing her to light the candle smoothly and dispel the darkness in the room.

The brightness of a candle is limited, and it can only illuminate a small area. After taking a few steps, the vision will be blurred. If you go to the corners of the wall, you will be immersed in darkness.

Wei Shengxue twisted her eyebrows, jumping back and forth in confusion and shock. She couldn't believe that this was the intensive care unit, a place where not even sunlight could penetrate.

It would be a miracle if a place like this could cure the disease.

Wei Shengxue raised her hand and condensed a ball of spiritual light, which shot towards the four corners of the room with a slight movement of her five fingers. The floating spiritual light illuminated the entire room. Although it was not as bright as the broad daylight outside, it was enough to dispel the darkness.

It was the first time that Doctor Shan saw the room clearly: the room was extremely empty, with only a few wooden beds on the floor covered with straw mats. The only thing worth mentioning was that it was clean.

This was beyond Doctor Dan's expectations. Patients like this who had no family members to take care of them in the car would usually be very messy, but this place was clean.

Only then did he remember that upon entering the ward, he hadn't smelled anything other than medicine. There wasn't even a trace of the decaying scent that was so characteristic of seriously ill patients.

"How do you feel today?" Doctor Xia greeted the four people lying on the bed in a familiar manner.

The patient in the bed looked very weak, but when she asked, he still forced a smile and replied, "My chest feels a little tighter than this morning."

"Since noon today, my head has been throbbing with pain. It's so painful that I can't sleep. But I don't feel anything else."

"Doctor Xia, I'm so hungry. Am I dying? My father told me that before he died, he also felt incredibly hungry, as if his stomach was so empty that he'd eaten all his intestines."

"You fell asleep yesterday and only ate a bowl of porridge in the morning. You slept all morning this morning and woke up at noon. You only had one bowl of porridge for two whole days. How can you not be hungry?"

After comforting this person, Doctor Xia turned to look at the person next to her, "Da Huang, how are you? Are you feeling better?"

Da Huang looked very silent. Upon hearing this, he just raised his eyelids and looked at Doctor Xia, shaking his head slightly.

Doctor Xia smiled, her eyebrows curved, and although her face was covered by the veil, one could still feel her happiness.

"These two are very capable doctors. Together with another doctor, Dr. Yao, they have developed a prescription that can alleviate your condition. I will prepare the medicine and bring it to you after dinner. Just like before, you must tell me how you feel a few hours after taking the medicine. If you feel any discomfort, please tell me as soon as possible."

"A prescription that can save us? Doctor Xia, stop kidding. Where in the world is there a medicine that can cure the plague?"

"When you encounter a plague, you can only wait for death. This is how our ancestors have lived through it. To be able to meet a miracle doctor like you who is willing to save people is a blessing earned through several lifetimes. I don't ask for anything else."

Doctor Xia shook her head and walked forward to lift their eyelids and examine their skin, teeth, etc. Such close contact made Doctor Shan's heart tremble. He was glad that she was wearing gloves so there would be no direct contact, but he was also amazed at her enthusiasm for the patients.

The patient cooperated well with her examination, and these were already familiar procedures.

According to the usual practice, after finishing the examination and asking a few more questions, Doctor Xia would leave. However, after completing the procedure today, she was still here asking random questions and even began to understand their family situation.

Doctor Shan stood here and was forced to listen to all the gossip and rumors about family matters.

He knew that the person with the highest status among them was the young man sleeping on the outermost side, and he was also the one who actively responded and greeted first every time.

He knew his name was Niu Er, the son of a nearby village chief. He could read and write, and the village chief was planning to save up enough money to send him to school so he could become a Qin official and improve his family's status. But then, tragic news struck: the dreaded plague.

Although several patients noticed that Dr. Xia spent an unusually long time asking questions today, they didn't think much of it and just continued talking to her obediently.

Doctor Xia had been dawdling here for more than half an hour. Her mouth was almost dry from talking and her face was almost stiff from smiling, but she was still trying hard to hold on.

Because just before she entered the door, she heard the immortal's voice transmission to her.

She said: Hold them back.

The words were strange, but Doctor Xia understood them and tried hard to delay time in the room.

Seeing that the same thing had been said three times over and the system still hadn't produced any results, Wei Shengxue became anxious.

She kept urging him in her heart: "Are you ready?" "Tongmei, you are not doing well today."

Under normal circumstances, the system would have refuted this, but now it was busy calculating data so fast that sparks were flying, so it had no time to pay attention to her.

It was not until the sunlight outside the open door extended inch by inch, then gradually disappeared, until the sky was filled with rosy clouds and turned into a sky full of stars, that a familiar electronic sound came to Wei Shengxue's ears.

[Ding! The location of Patient Zero has been found. Host, please go and investigate as soon as possible.]

Finally found it!

Wei Shengxue stood up impatiently, and Doctor Xia ended the conversation with a few words, "Someone will bring dinner and medicine later, so remember to eat."

After leaving the room, Doctor Xia led the two back to the room, took off the wrapped outer robe, face towel, gloves, and foot covers and put them separately into the box.

"The illness there is serious. Every time you go there and come back, you have to change your outer clothes. Someone will take them away and boil them in water before leaving them in the sun to dry."

Weishengxue gave a thumbs up.

As soon as the three of them arrived at the guesthouse, she called out Wang Li's name.

"Wang Li, you and Peng Yue return to the stronghold immediately and replace Fusu."

——When the emergency comes, the identity of the heir to the Qin Dynasty will be of great use.