Chapter 94: Prescription

Seeing this, He Zhiran quickly explained, "Brother Meng, don't worry. My master who taught me medicine once gave me a prescription for treating the plague. Now those people are no longer in danger of death after taking the medicine.

I want to remind you that those villagers were infected with the plague before going up the mountain. The source of the plague is not clear now, and it is not ruled out that people in the surrounding villages may also be infected.

Therefore, I hope you will take this matter to heart and intensify your efforts to send people to investigate the situation. If you find anything amiss, take immediate action."

Meng Huaining did not completely believe what He Zhiran said that she had a prescription for treating the plague.

After all, plague is different from other diseases. He heard from his elders that during the Dashun Dynasty, many doctors lost their lives due to the plague and failed to come up with a cure.

He believed in Mo Jiuye's character from the bottom of his heart, and was willing to believe that his wife was a good person.

But when it comes to such a big matter as curing the plague, Meng Huaining dared not be careless at all.

Thousands of people will die if things go wrong...

"Sister-in-law, is your medicine really as effective as you say?"

Peng Wang can testify to this.

"Brother Meng, I personally saw a dying person being revived. There is no doubt about that."

With Peng Wang's testimony, Meng Huaining believed it a little more.

At the same time, he also felt that it made perfect sense to cremate the body immediately.

In order to prevent things from getting worse, Meng Huaining immediately gathered people to cremate the bodies.

Last night, after hearing about the flood here, Meng Huaining wrote a memorial to the court overnight, hoping that the court would send an imperial envoy to resolve the crisis as soon as possible.

Less than a day later, he wrote another memorial to report the plague.

As for how Emperor Shunwu would make his arrangements, no one could interfere with his own decision at the moment.

If it were those timid people, even if they deeply understood the importance of cremation, they would probably not dare to carry it out without receiving orders from the court.

This shows Meng Huaining's wisdom and courage.

Seeing that Meng Huaining did things in an orderly manner, Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran both felt admiration for him.

All the bodies of the civilians that were salvaged were cremated, and it was almost dark.

This was the first time that Meng Huaining showed hesitation in front of He Zhiran and others.

After thinking for a while, Meng Huaining spoke with difficulty.

"Sister-in-law, I know this may be a bit unreasonable, but as a local official, I have to consider the people under my rule."

He Zhiran saw through his thoughts at a glance. He was just thinking about the prescription for treating the plague.

Even if Emperor Shunwu came to her in person to ask for it, she would never give the prescription away.

However, the person in front of me is different. Not to mention Meng Huaining's future achievements, just looking at the present, he is responsible and has a sense of responsibility.

What's more, this was the person she intended Mo Jiuye to make friends with.

With so many reasons, He Zhiran naturally wouldn't be stingy.

Although He Zhiran spent a lot of effort to research this prescription in his previous life.

But her goal in studying hard is to save more people.

Now that he has the opportunity to save more people and can also ask Meng Huaining for a huge favor, He Zhiran will not feel any pressure to provide the prescription.

Seeing that He Zhiran had not responded for a long time, Meng Huaining thought that the other party was unwilling.

"Sister-in-law, I promise that the prescription will not be known to anyone other than me, nor will anyone know that it was created by you. Also, I will assign these medicinal herbs to multiple people to purchase. Once the crisis is resolved, I will personally destroy the prescription. Do you think this is feasible?"

He Zhiran had never intended to refuse Meng Huaining's request, but now that it had come to this, she naturally wouldn't be pretentious.

"Okay, I believe Brother Meng will keep his word."

Soon, Meng Huaining sent someone to get paper and pen.

He Zhiran had already memorized the prescription she had developed, but the only thing that made her a little embarrassed was that she didn't know whether she could write the traditional Chinese characters well.

Especially using a brush, she had never taken any calligraphy classes in her previous life.

For this reason, she could only place her hopes on the memories of the original owner.

He Zhiran hesitated and picked up the pen, then made two strokes on the paper and put the pen down.

I don’t know if it’s due to the habit of this body or what, but in any case, He Zhiran was able to use a brush to write the traditional Chinese characters of this era with ease.

Not only that, all the words she wrote were neat silk flower small regular script, which showed that the original owner had put a lot of effort in this aspect.

After writing the prescription, He Zhiran let the ink dry and then handed it to Meng Huaining.

"Here's the prescription. If anyone asks, please keep it a secret for me, Brother Meng."

It is still unknown what Mo Jiuye’s future will be like. As his wife, she must not show her prominence to the outside world to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Meng Huaining took the prescription, put it away, and solemnly clasped his fists towards He Zhiran.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I will never reveal this to anyone. Likewise, I will definitely keep my promise."

"In that case, I feel relieved." He Zhiran replied with a smile.

Seeing that it was getting late, Peng Wang prepared to return to the mountain and decided to rest for a night before setting off early the next morning.

As for the villagers on the mountain, Meng Huaining will send people to settle them early tomorrow morning.

The few of them said goodbye and when they returned to the cave, it was already completely dark.

The sisters-in-law had already roasted the remaining game and were waiting for He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye to come back so that everyone could eat together.

No words were spoken that night.

The next morning, Peng Wang called everyone to continue their journey.

The villagers sincerely kowtowed to thank their savior He Zhiran, and He Zhiran also gave them some instructions.

If you want to express your gratitude to her for saving your life, don't reveal the fact that it was she who saved you.

Although the villagers didn't know why the female doctor didn't want to leave her name after saving people, they all promised not to tell anyone at her request.

A sudden flood not only submerged the village where Liu Lizheng lived, but also caused chaos everywhere towards the west.

It can be seen how many innocent people were harmed by this flood.

However, natural disasters and man-made disasters are not limited to ancient and modern times. Humans are the most vulnerable group when faced with such things. No one can compete with God...

Including the officials, no one had any daily necessities on them. Although this made the journey much easier, it also brought more inconveniences.

For example, they not only have no food for their three meals a day, but it is also difficult to find clean water.

Fortunately, they picked up some pots and other items that were washed away by the flood on the road, which somewhat solved some of their urgent needs.

Although we had pots and pans, the surrounding area was severely damaged and there was nowhere to buy food.

In desperation, He Zhiran could only take everyone to the mountains they passed by to dig some wild vegetables to survive.

This kind of day lasted for four days, and finally at noon on the fifth day, everyone arrived at Anning County.