Shangguan Wanning seemed to be thinking about something. After a long pause, she said, "Let's check the wells in places where there are many people infected. Then we can go to the big rice shops in the capital to see if we can find any clues. Let's act in a precarious manner. You check the wells and I'll check the grain."
"good."
Zhou Shan and Li Qiao went to different places respectively.
Shangguan Wanning spent an entire afternoon running around most of the rice and noodle shops in the capital, but found nothing.
"Miss, please take a rest. I see that you don't look well." Grape took out a handkerchief with some heartache and wiped the sweat off Shangguan Wanning.
"The Zuixianlou is just ahead, why don't you go in and have some snacks?"
As soon as Grape finished speaking, she heard a terrified scream not far ahead.
Shangguan Wanning turned around and saw a man with disheveled hair, holding a stick, chasing and beating people on the street.
Just as he was about to hit the woman next to him on the head, he convulsed all over, foamed at the mouth, and staggered to the ground.
Shangguan Wanning was about to rush over when Grape grabbed her wrist.
"Miss, please don't go...what if..."
"It's okay. Go to Zuixianlou first, order the food and wait for me."
Shangguan Wanning broke free from Grape's hand and walked towards the fallen person.
Those who were originally frightened now came to their senses and approached the man cautiously, and soon formed a circle around him.
"He died?"
"It seems he is dead..."
"How could someone who was fine this morning suddenly go crazy?"
Shangguan Wanning squatted down to feel the man's pulse and found that he was dead.
His symptoms are almost the same as those of the people who have been sick these days, but...
Shangguan Wanning discovered that there was some yellowish substance in the white foam she spit out, similar to phlegm, but not phlegm.
She rolled up his sleeves and saw that the meridians in his arms were very obvious, and she could even see the blood in the veins.
Shangguan Wanning had never seen such symptoms before, and even in Lu Xiangzi's notes on difficult and complicated diseases, there was no similar record.
"Didn't they say... this disease won't relapse and won't kill you? How come..."
"Princess, how did he die?"
Someone in the crowd had seen Shangguan Wan Ning for a medical consultation and recognized her. He said in a trembling voice, "I am like him. I also had a sudden convulsion a few days ago. Will I be like him?"
When Shangguan Wanning heard this, she felt even more uneasy.
She immediately stood up, grabbed the wrist of the person who was speaking and felt his pulse. She was startled and then fixed her eyes on his face.
He seemed well and calm, but his pulse was beating very fast, even...
"Princess, I... am I okay? Please don't scare me..."
Shangguan Wanning didn't know how to answer. His physical symptoms were obviously abnormal.
"Don't worry, it's okay. Come to Deshan Hall to see me later, and I'll give you some medicine to consolidate your condition."
Shangguan Wanning did not want to cause panic, so she calmed everyone down and told them to report to the authorities. The bailiffs from Jingzhao Prefecture carried the body away.
Shangguan Wanning hurried back to Deshan Hall. Zhou Shan had already returned, sweating and pale.
"Doctor Zhou, how is it?"
Zhou Shan took a sip of tea and shook his head.
"Miss, I went to the east of the city to check the nearby wells, and I didn't find anything unusual in the water quality. But..."
A trace of fear flashed across Zhou Shan's eyes.
"I met a few patients there who had come to Deshan Hall a few days ago to treat convulsions. I don't know why, but they attacked people like crazy, and with great strength. We expected that the disease would not recur, but it seems we were wrong."
At this time, Li Qiao also came back.
Shangguan Wanning saw that his clothes were disheveled and there were scratches on his face.
"Doctor Li, what's wrong with you?"
"It's a long story... It's a long story..."
Li Qiao went back to his room and changed his clothes. While Zhou Shan was applying medicine to him, he recounted his experience.
"I went to the north of the city to check the well. Not long after I got there, I saw a madman slashing at the crowd with a kitchen knife. Several people failed to restrain him, so I stepped forward to help him with an injection... My original intention was to calm him down, but who knew..."
"He fell to the ground, convulsed for a while, and then died. Miss, it seems that his condition is serious. We must find another way."
"Miss, the chief eunuch is here." Grape came in to report.
Shangguan Wanning was startled.
When she arrived in the hall, the chief eunuch hurried forward to pay his respects.
"Meet the princess."
"No need to be polite. What does Eunuch Liu want to talk to me about?"
"I am here on the orders of the Emperor to invite the princess to the palace. I have something for her to review."
Shangguan Wanning had a bad feeling in her heart. She didn't even bother to go home to change clothes. She took Grape and got directly into the sedan chair prepared in the palace.
The chief eunuch brought Shangguan Wanning to the imperial study.
She was a little surprised. She was not a court official, so what qualifications did she have to enter the imperial study?
"Your Highness."
"No need to be polite."
Xiao Yujue stood up from the dragon throne, walked in front of Shangguan Wanning, waved his hand and dismissed all the eunuchs and guards around him.
"Your Majesty, are you...going to tell me something in private?"
Xiao Yujue was originally in a heavy mood, but when he saw Shangguan Wanning's playful look, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, and he immediately felt much more relaxed.
"I would like to, but I'm afraid Jing Rui won't agree."
Xiao Yujue took a memorial from the desk and handed it to Shangguan Wanning.
"Your Majesty, this is..."
"Take a look first, and then we'll talk."
Shangguan Wanning took the memorial and opened it, and her uneasiness became even stronger.
It turned out that this disease was not unique to the capital, but the same disease had appeared in surrounding areas, and the death toll began to increase.
"I didn't take it seriously at first, but after receiving the memorial, I still sent the imperial physician to check. Who would have thought...even the imperial physician died."
"This incident has caused panic among the people. I heard that four people have died in the capital today. If it continues like this... I'm afraid it will get worse and worse."
Shangguan Wanning could fully understand Xiao Yujue's worries.
"Then the Emperor means..."
"Now the imperial doctors are helpless, do you have any solution?"
Shangguan Wanning lowered her head in shame. "Not yet..."
"Then do you have any way to find your master? He is a miracle doctor, maybe he has a way."
"Your Majesty, to be honest, I have also been looking for my master. But... it's as if he has evaporated from this world. I... really can't find him."
The last bit of fantasy in Xiao Yujue's heart was shattered. He helplessly put the memorial back on the table and sighed deeply.
"Your Majesty, don't worry too much. I will try my best to find a solution."
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