Chapter 100
"I am an old friend of the Fu family..."
Hearing this, Yu Ying reacted instantly.
——This person is indeed an old subordinate of the Fu family in Muyun Mountain!
After realizing what was happening, Yu Ying's first thought was that she couldn't let him drag down the Fu family.
So the first priority is to cover this person first.
Yu Ying didn't have time to think deeply, and decisively groped the man's body.
After a moment, he felt a hard object on his chest and quickly took it out.
After taking a look, he quickly put it away.
The man had nothing on him except a wooden sign. I guess he hid it because he was afraid of encountering an accident.
Just as Yu Ying finished the search, the yamen runner brought her a bowl of medicine.
The man was in a coma and had difficulty swallowing the medicine. Yu Ying and the yamen runner worked together for a long time before they could barely force him to swallow half a bowl of medicine.
The man was breathing with difficulty and kept twisting his head in pain. The veins on his neck and forehead were prominent, and his face became darker and redder.
Although there are patients with serious illnesses in this resettlement center, almost all of them are elderly or young, and their physical condition is poor.
But this man is different. He looks like a healthy person. For such a healthy person to become so sick, the severity of his illness is self-evident.
"Madam Yu, can this man survive tonight?" asked the yamen runner.
Yu Ying looked at the man solemnly and replied, "Only if you can sweat or dissipate the heat within an hour."
After thinking for a moment, he told the bailiff to "watch him" and left the house.
Yu Ying found Director Ji, who was having dinner, and explained her purpose. "A seriously ill man was just brought in. If he doesn't make it through the night, he might die. However, for him to survive the night, he needs to be able to sweat or reduce his fever. I feel that relying solely on herbal remedies is unlikely, so I've come to ask Director Ji if he has any acupuncture needles he could lend me."
When Director Luo heard that Madam Yu wanted acupuncture, he looked surprised.
She thought to herself that she was indeed the daughter of an imperial physician, and she knew acupuncture at such a young age. You should know that she only learned the skill of acupuncture from her father-in-law when she was nearly thirty years old.
Director Luo did have silver needles and was very willing to lend them to me.
He also wanted to see how many skills Madam Yu had left to use.
He asked his son to get the silver needle for Madam Yu, and then he went to watch with his son and apprentice.
Somehow this matter reached the ears of several other doctors, and they all gathered outside the thatched hut, stood at the door, and stretched their necks to look into the house.
Their skills weren't great, but they were enough to be doctors in this small town. And while they knew the acupuncture points on the human body, they didn't know how to perform acupuncture. So, having heard that Madam Yu knew acupuncture, they all came to join in the fun.
The bailiff had just brought a brazier to the corner of the room, making it warmer.
Yu Ying originally wanted to ask the yamen runner to lower the straw curtain, but when she saw the burning gazes outside, she swallowed her words.
After all, there were so many people gathered at the door, and there was a fireplace, so the house wasn't too cold.
Yu Ying asked the yamen runners to turn the man over, take off his outer clothes, leaving only a single layer of clothing, and then began acupuncture.
He found the acupuncture point accurately and inserted the needle quickly, without any hesitation, which amazed the doctor outside.
After a few injections, Yu Ying stepped aside and said to the yamen runner, "Find him a thick blanket to cover him and keep an eye on him to see if he's sweating."
The bailiff was stunned: "It's done already?"
Yu Ying nodded: "Pull out the needle in two quarters of an hour."
After saying that, she looked meaningfully at the man on the bed.
You have to remind Fu Wei to succeed.
Yu Ying asked Director Ji to keep an eye on the matter for a while. She went to find the messenger and asked him to pass on a message to Fu Wei, saying that she hoped to see him as soon as possible.
I wrote the reminder in the letter for fear that someone would see it and cause trouble.
After all, this person might be a violent gangster. If you get involved with him, you will definitely get into big trouble, so you need to be cautious.
After explaining things to the bailiff, Yu Ying went back to see the man.
Whether the man can escape from danger depends on tonight, so she has to stay with him.
When Yu Ying returned to the next yard, she saw several doctors taking turns to see the patients, or it would be more appropriate to say they were seeing acupuncturists.
Yu Ying went over only after they finished watching.
After half an hour, Yu Ying pulled out the needle and vaguely saw a thin layer of sweat on the man's forehead.
Although the sweat is not much, it is a good sign. The presence of sweating means that the fever is subsiding.
Next, Yu Ying fed him hot water every half hour.
Fortunately, the man gradually began to sweat, and the task of wiping the sweat was left to the yamen runners.
In the second half of the night, the man's fever gradually subsided, and his consciousness was sometimes confused and sometimes clear. When he opened his eyes briefly, he saw the daughter-in-law of the Fu family, and then he fell asleep again.
In the early morning, the sky, which had been gloomy for many days, finally dispersed, and the first ray of morning light fell in the yard.
It was sunny on the first day of the new year.
As the weather gets warmer, the epidemic will also improve.
Yu Ying went to check on the man's condition. Although he was still running a fever, it had turned into a low-grade fever and he had survived the most dangerous period.
After Yu Ying inspected the room, she came out and asked the yamen runner who had helped her yesterday, "What will happen to this man next?"
The yamen runner replied, "This man is truly strange. I don't know if he's from Yu County. I'll tell you before I deal with him."
This man was terminally ill but did not come to see a doctor. He was still found in a dilapidated house. His whereabouts were suspicious. It would be strange if the yamen runners did not suspect him.
Yu Ying hopes Fu Wei can come earlier so that they can discuss countermeasures.
After the man was out of danger, Yu Ying went back to rest.
When I returned to the house to change my clothes, I saw the wooden sign I had hidden last night, and then I remembered this thing.
She took it in her hand and examined it carefully.
A card the size of two mahjong tiles put together, with the word "cloud" on it and a carved picture of herding clouds on the back.
Aren’t the fierce bandits of Muyun Mountain the Muyun Village?
This man was really careless. He hid all the other things, but he still left behind such a suspicious thing.
Yu Ying wrapped it in a cloth and returned it to the man when he woke up.
After staying up all night, Yu Ying's eyelids were drooping. After washing up, she went to bed to rest.
After an unknown amount of time, there was a knock on the door and the voice of a yamen runner came: "Madam Yu is here, Mr. Fu is here."
Yu Ying hadn't slept well these days, so she woke up as soon as the door rang. She sat up and said, "I'll be there in a minute."
She yawned, then got out of bed, dressed, simply tied her long hair into a bun and secured it with a hairpin, then put on a mask and left the room.
Coming out of the house, the yamen runner said, "Mr. Fu heard that Madam Yu wanted to see him, so he immediately went to ask for permission from the master, and he also came here with me."
Yu Ying: "Where is he now?"
"Because we can't enter the resettlement area at will, we're waiting at the alley entrance."
Yu Ying thanked the yamen runner and left the yard.
Looking towards the alley entrance, I really saw Fu Wei sitting in a wheelchair.
Yu Ying walked quickly, and after a few steps, she simply jogged over.
After a while, she ran to Fu Wei.
After taking a few breaths and about to go talk to him somewhere else, Fu Wei suddenly handed her a red envelope.
Yu Ying was stunned and looked at him.
Fu Wei was wearing a face scarf, with a faint smile in his eyes, and said softly: "This is your New Year's red envelope."
Yu Ying glanced at Hong Feng and was in a trance for a moment.
In previous years, the close elders in the family would give her a red envelope. She thought no one would give her one this year, but Fu Wei always gave her a heartwarming little surprise inadvertently.
After a moment, Yu Ying smiled faintly and took the red seal with both hands: "I didn't prepare anything for you."
Fu Wei said: "Compared to the red envelope, the letter I received this morning surprised me more."
Yu Ying smiled, put away the red envelope, and looked at the yamen runner who brought Fu Wei over: "I want to talk to my husband about some family matters."
The yamen runner nodded and said, "I'll wait here."
Yu Ying went forward and pushed Fu Wei's wheelchair to a small river not far away. She took out a handkerchief to wipe the fallen leaves off the stone pier and then sat down.
After Fu Wei saw her sit down, he asked first, "You want to see me, is it because of the man we took in yesterday?"
She was not a playful person, and even if she missed him, she would not ask to see him. The only possibility was that she had something important to tell him.
He was also in the yamen last night, and someone hurriedly reported that an unidentified man was found infected with the plague and unconscious in a deserted house.
Fu Wei was still pondering the identity of this man. The next morning, he heard that Ah Ying wanted to see him. When he connected the two, he realized that it was related to that man.
Yu Ying was surprised for a moment, then thought of Fu Wei's sharpness. It was not surprising that he could guess what was going on.
She lowered her voice and said, "It is indeed related to that person."
As she spoke, she took out a wooden sign wrapped in a handkerchief and handed it to him: "You will understand after you read it."
Fu Wei took the object suspiciously and slowly opened the handkerchief. He saw the word "cloud" on the wooden plaque and frowned slightly. After studying it for a few breaths, he turned to the back and saw a simple picture of herding clouds. His face suddenly darkened.
He wrapped the wooden sign again and looked at Yu Ying in front of him: "I remember when we were in the county seat, the middle-aged man said that he sent people to Yu County to investigate the Fu family. I thought that person had left long ago."
Then he thought, "Or maybe he sent someone to Yu County to observe the Fu family."
At this point, he seemed to remember something and asked her, "What happened to that person? Is he dead?"
Yu Ying: ...
Shouldn't we first ask if he's still alive?
These words seemed to indicate that he wanted the man to die cleanly so that he would not be a burden to the Fu family.
Fu Wei still doubts whether Mu Yun Village is an enemy or a friend.
Yu Ying thought about it carefully and said based on the partial information she knew, "Muyun Village should be trustworthy."
You should be able to believe it, but you can't believe it completely.
She remembered that Muyun Village would help Fu Wei during the war, but she vaguely remembered that there were conditions.
Fu Wei's eyebrows raised slightly, obviously understanding the hidden meaning in her words. He then thought about how, after the war, Mu Yunzhan was no longer just a bandit, but a powerful faction. Making friends with him would definitely bring more benefits than disadvantages in the future.
Thinking of this, Fu Wei made a quick decision and said, "I will protect this man. Tell him to bite the bullet and tell him that he is from outside the area. He is afraid that people will know that he died in a foreign land after contracting the epidemic, so he has been hiding. As for his identity..."
He pondered for a moment, then said, "Since he is from Muyun Village, I believe he knows Lingnan better than I do. Let him make up a fake identity."
Yu Ying thought seriously for a moment and replied, "Okay, I'll tell him."
"Tell him again that if he is taken to the government office, he must not be implicated in the Fu family. Only then will I help him escape danger."
As he spoke, he returned the wooden sign to her. "The news of the epidemic in Yu County has spread, and the fierce bandits from Muyun Mountain haven't seen their spies return for a long time. They will definitely come to inquire about the news. When they find the Fu family, I will contact them then."
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