Chapter 176 The Fourth Master asked me to bring the prescription.
The imperial physician immediately went to check the Tenth Master's pulse and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "The pulse is normal." He then asked: "Is the Tenth Master feeling unwell?"
The Tenth Master frowned and shook his head: "I'm not feeling unwell."
The imperial physician then turned around and replied to the Fourth Master, "Fourth Prince, the Tenth Master is currently in good health and there is nothing wrong with him."
Then he asked, "Fourth Prince, are you feeling unwell now?"
"Nothing," the Fourth Master shook his head and said, "Call two more imperial physicians to come and guard Old Nine. No matter the cost, we must cure him."
"Yes." Everyone obeyed.
"Report!" Suddenly, Buyan entered the room and frowned, saying, "Master, Liu Yu in prison has suddenly developed a high fever. The imperial physician has been sent to see him. He's gritting his teeth and refusing to take medicine. I'm afraid he's determined to die and won't last much longer."
The Fourth Master's expression suddenly turned cold. "Go tell him that on the day he dies, I will hang the heads of the Black Wind Clan over the city of Jinyang, so that he won't be lonely on his way to the underworld."
He paused and continued, "Bring Heifeng to him. If he refuses to take the medicine, break one of his legs. Even if he has to hold on, he must hold on until he returns to the capital before dying!"
The Fourth Master's voice grew colder, and the air around him suddenly dropped several degrees.
Bu Yan solemnly clasped his fists and replied, "Yes." He then added, "There's one more thing, Master. The temple outside the city is already full of patients and can't accommodate any more. Patients from the city are constantly being screened out, and I'm at a loss as to how to proceed. I hope you can make a decision soon."
The Fourth Master frowned and said, "I remember there are eight charity halls in the city. Let's vacate two of them for the refugees first."
As if remembering something, the Fourth Master immediately instructed: "Remember, you must send people to strengthen the guard of each charity hall, especially the temple outside the city.
Also, station more people outside the rice and grain stores to keep watch. Don't let the victims riot."
Without saying anything, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Yes."
Before he even left the house, he saw Buyu rushing in: "Master, something bad has happened! The largest rice store in the city has been robbed."
"What?" The Fourth Master looked over with a serious expression.
Buyu said, "People are panicking now, and everyone wants to stock up on rice. Store owners are afraid that there won't be enough food, and grain dealers don't dare to raise prices too much, so they simply close their stores. People can't buy food, and in a moment of panic, they smash the grain stores and rob them."
The Fourth Master didn't expect him to arrive so quickly, and immediately turned around and warned: "Tenth Brother, Ninth Brother is left to you to take care of him. Remember to take good care of yourself."
The Tenth Master nodded and said yes. Seeing the Fourth Master turn around and try to leave, he immediately called out to him, "Fourth Brother! You're still going out now, with the situation outside like this? Do you really think you're made of iron?"
The Fourth Master paused and said without turning his head, "Don't worry, I'll be fine." Then he strode out the door.
The Tenth Master looked at his Fourth Brother's back, his brow furrowed. From a distance, he could hear the city's guard commander reporting to his Fourth Brother that most of the guards had fallen, leaving them with insufficient manpower to suppress the disaster victims.
He turned around twice on the ground in annoyance, and looked at his ninth brother who was lying unconscious on the bed. He felt really powerless.
One only regrets not having learned enough when the time comes. He does not have the strategizing ability of his fourth brother, nor the intelligence of his ninth brother. He only has brute force, but is afraid of causing trouble if he goes out to help, so he can only wait here.
He was a little confused. Before they went out to provide disaster relief, everyone said that this was a lucrative position, and they and their brothers had even scrambled to go out to provide disaster relief.
Why has this city become so difficult now? I thought the collusion between officials and bandits was the most difficult hurdle to overcome.
Now that they are facing internal and external troubles, it is a big question whether they can return to Kyoto safely!
But please don't let anything happen again.
On the other side of the wine warming, the Fourth Master never showed up.
The guard she had sent out returned later, barely catching his breath when he immediately clasped his fists and replied, "Young lady, the master is not in the yamen right now. I heard that the Ninth Master is also ill, and the master is busy. I asked the brothers working nearby, and they only said that the master went to the charity hall."
He took a deep breath and continued, "Young lady, if you are not feeling well, how about I go find a doctor for you? There are many charity houses in the city, and I don't know how long it will take if I go to each one to find one. I'm afraid it will delay your recovery."
Wen Jiu glanced at the sky and said, "You go and do your work. I'm fine now."
The guard looked at Wenjiu with some concern: "Miss, are you really okay?"
Wenjiu nodded: "Well, it's okay, you can go down first."
After hearing this, the guard frowned slightly, then clasped his fists and turned to go out.
He thought to himself that this girl really didn't know the importance of things. At this time, the master was busy as hell, why was she going through all the trouble of mobilizing troops? Fortunately, he didn't go to each charity hall to find the master, otherwise he might have been implicated by her and suffered a lot.
Wen Jiu was in no mood to worry about what the guard was thinking. After sending him away, she immediately called Xiao Jin out and said, "Quickly check if there's anything wrong with the Fourth Master's health."
After checking, Xiao Jin shook his head and said, "The Fourth Master is fine."
Wen Jiu exhaled lightly, then frowned again when he remembered what the guard had said: "Check the bodies of Ninth Master and Tenth Master as well."
Xiao Jin blinked: "Then my health will be deducted for another two days..."
Wenjiu nodded: "Let's check it out."
Soon, Xiao Jin frowned and said, "Master Ten is fine, but Master Nine has been infected with the epidemic!"
"Master Jiu is in the government office now, right?"
Xiao Jin: "That's right."
"Let's go to the yamen." Wen Jiu reached out and put on the black cloak hanging on the rack, and covered Dashao on the bed with a quilt with great concern.
After leaving the house, she asked An Luhai to take good care of her, and then walked towards the yamen without stopping.
At the gate of the yamen, Wen Jiu was stopped outside.
"Miss, it's not that we are inflexible, but this is a very important place for the government, and it's not a place where women should be."
Another guard nearby also agreed: "Yes, young lady, you should go back soon. Things are not peaceful now. There are many rioters in the city, and it is not safe outside either."
The two guards at the gate did not recognize Wenjiu, but judging by her attire and manner of speaking, they knew she must be of high status, so they did not say anything bad to her, but only offered some kind words of advice.
Wenjiu frowned slightly and was racking his brains to find a way to get them to let him in.
Suddenly, he saw a carriage stopped at the gate of the yamen. Wen Jiu turned his head to look and saw Doctor Liu getting out of the carriage.
"Liu Mansion Doctor!"
When the doctor of Liu Mansion saw Wen Jiu, he immediately quickened his pace and came over to greet her: "Miss, why are you here?"
Wen Jiu only said, "The prince asked me to come here." Then she asked, "Where did the court doctor come back from?"
The doctor of the Liu Mansion sighed and said, "I just came from the dungeon. The former prefect was feeling unwell, so the master sent me to take a look."
Wen Jiu also knew Liu Yu and nodded. "We have something to say. Why don't we go inside and talk? The guard at the gate didn't recognize me and stopped me outside."
Doctor Liu immediately said to the two guards, "This is someone from the Fourth Master's residence. Please let him pass."
The two guards looked at each other, and finally realized that the Fourth Master had brought a concubine with him, so they put away the swords in front of them.
"Young lady, what brings you here? Does the master have any instructions?" After entering the courtyard, the Liu family physician warned, "It's too chaotic outside. I'm afraid you might get hurt. You'd better go with me first."
Wen Jiu glanced at the righteous Liu Mansion Physician and suddenly made up his mind. He handed him the two prescriptions and said, "Doctor, we are family and should keep our distance. These two prescriptions were asked by the Fourth Master to bring to me. It took a lot of effort to find them. The Fourth Master said that they might be able to treat the epidemic."
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