Chapter 359: Serious Disease
For some unknown reason, half of the people in the city seemed to have caught a cold overnight, and developed symptoms such as fever, cough, and even unconsciousness and coma.
In addition, dark bruises may appear on the patient's skin.
Chen Fenghe, Qin Mengyue, Xiao Yunhao, Shen Yichuan, and Shen Qingxing were isolated from other people in the station because they had been diagnosed with infectious diseases early on.
Moreover, in order to make it more realistic, even in the room, Chen Fenghe made some activated carbon isolation masks and wrapped the people tightly, just like when she was preventing and treating typhoid epidemics in the past.
They pretended to have finished eating the food that was delivered, but in fact they were eating fresh food stored in the space.
In addition, the people at the post station tried to have as little contact with them as possible. Even when they delivered food, they would leave it outside the door and let them pick it up themselves.
Therefore, it was ten days later when Chen Fenghe discovered something unusual outside!
On this day, the person who was supposed to deliver food to their house was late. She and Qin Mengyue were fine, but the three little ones were so hungry that they looked listless.
Chen Fenghe couldn't just take out food from the space out of thin air, so she opened the door and went out to check.
It seemed that nothing serious had happened, but the post station official who usually brought them food fainted in the corner of the corridor, and the food was scattered all over the floor.
It must be because of its hidden location that it has not been discovered.
Chen Fenghe noticed that there were obvious black spots on his hands, face and neck, and her eyes suddenly became serious.
She tried her best to cover her mouth and nose, and walked closer to check, only to find that the officer was dead.
Chen Fenghe's expression became even more serious. She put on disposable gloves and a protective mask, extracted some of his blood as a sample, and entered the space.
The test results were consistent with her guess, showing symptoms of the Black Death, or plague.
This disease can be transmitted through breathing, so it spreads quickly. It once brought extremely tragic impacts to Europe in the Middle Ages, and 25 million people died from this great plague.
It was not until modern times that streptomycin was discovered after the discovery of penicillin, which had a significant effect on the treatment of the Black Death.
Before this, once you got this disease, the only option was to wait for death!
In this day and age, even the common penicillin is unknown, so it is naturally impossible to have streptomycin, which is even more difficult to extract and cultivate and less known!
Chen Fenghe did have some streptomycin stored in her space. If the number of people infected with the plague was small and the scope was not wide, she could cure them all and prevent the disease from spreading further.
But... seeing that this person never received medical treatment until his death, I'm afraid... the disease has spread very badly.
Then, the streptomycin in her space is definitely not enough!
However, if left unchecked, it is likely to cause the deaths of countless people!
After Chen Fenghe had thoroughly disinfected the space, she came out and took out some clean food from the space before returning to the room.
Seeing her serious expression, Qin Mengyue couldn't help but smile and asked, "Feng He, what took you so long? Did something happen?"
Chen Fenghe placed the food on the table and asked the three little ones to come and eat. Then she pulled Qin Mengyue aside and whispered, "Mom, it seems that there really is some contagious disease spreading rapidly outside. However, I don't quite understand the current situation."
Qin Mengyue's eyes widened and she asked, "What did you say? A contagious disease? Could it be on us... No, that's not right! What's on us isn't something you disguised with medicine..."
Chen Fenghe shook her head and said, "It's not us. It's something else. Fortunately, we were isolated in this room under the name of 'infectious disease', otherwise... I'm afraid we would have been infected by now..."
After hearing this, Qin Mengyue subconsciously looked at the three little guys who were eating seriously, and couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.
If it weren't for some accidental mistake, they...
"Feng He, Shuo'er and the others...are they in danger outside?"
Chen Fenghe didn't dare to guarantee that Xiao Yunshuo was really fine, but at this moment, she could only try her best to comfort Qin Mengyue.
"Mother, don't worry. You forgot that when we encountered the typhoid epidemic during exile, His Highness and Yuan Xu were with us. With His Highness's keen insight, he will surely notice anything unusual and take appropriate precautions. I will ask the imperial envoy about the situation in the city. There is just one thing, from now on, we must not leave this room, and we must not remove the masks on our mouths and noses. I will check everything before eating to make sure it is okay... I'm afraid I will sneak out for a few days to check the situation outside and contact His Highness by the way."
Qin Mengyue listened carefully and said, "Feng He, don't worry. Mother knows."
Chen Fenghe nodded. A short while later, there was a commotion outside. It looked like the body of the messenger who had delivered the meal had been discovered.
Soon someone came knocking on the door. It was the messenger in charge of the post station.
He also wrapped himself tightly and said in a terrified voice, "My two masters, the Imperial Envoy... the Imperial Envoy has been ill these past few days and was taken to the Yamen's medical clinic for treatment. We just received the tragic news that the Imperial Envoy has died!"
Chen Fenghe and Qin Mengyue both widened their eyes in shock.
“How could this be…?!”
The officer said in a panic, "I don't know why, but suddenly many people in the city have caught colds. The doctors prescribed cold medicine, but it didn't work. Those with serious symptoms fell into coma or coughed up blood. Now many people have died in the city, even the people who brought food to the two masters have died... Now the imperial envoy is dead, and Lord Wang has also died of illness in prison. We really don't know what to do... I heard that the prefect has learned about the situation in Youzhou City and sent troops to besiege Youzhou City. It seems... he wants to trap everyone in the city and die. The two masters are the people the emperor wants, but the situation in Youzhou City is so serious that no one can care about anyone else. The officers of this post station have all fled long ago. I am also going to escape home today. The two masters should find a way to escape as soon as possible!"
When Shen Fenghe heard this, his expression became even more serious.
Even the city was surrounded, which shows that the situation was very serious.
If it is not treated in time, I am afraid that Youzhou City will become a dead city within a month!
After the officer finished speaking, he turned around and ran away without waiting for Chen Fenghe and Qin Mengyue to say anything more.
Chen Fenghe said to Qin Mengyue, "Mother, take Hao'er, Yichuan and the others and wait in this room for a while. I'll go see if I can find His Highness..."
Qin Mengyue was worried: "Youzhou City is so big, how can we find it? I think... we should stay here and wait for Shuo'er to come. He must know that we are still in the post station..."
Chen Fenghe naturally knew that what Qin Mengyue said was the truth.
However, she was still somewhat worried about Xiao Yunshuo, especially now that the whole city was in chaos. Just waiting there was really too stressful.
And... she had a strong bad feeling in her heart this time.
If Xiao Yunshuo had not been infected, it would be unlikely that he would have allowed her and Qin Mengyue to stay in this inn for almost half a month without showing up once!
"Mother, have you forgotten that His Highness once told me that if anything happened, I should go to a store in Youzhou City to get information? I won't go anywhere else, I'll just go there to take a look."
Qin Mengyue was worried about Xiao Yunshuo, so she nodded and said, "Then... be careful. If you can't find it, don't run around. Come back as soon as possible."
Chen Fenghe said, "Mom, don't worry. I'll wake up."
As Chen Fenghe spoke, she adjusted her protective mask and other items again. Just as she was about to go out, Yuan Xu appeared first.
With his previous experience in fighting typhoid fever with Shen Fenghe and others, Yuan Xu also wore an activated carbon mask made of wood ash on his mouth and nose.
When he saw Chen Fenghe and Qin Mengyue, he didn't approach them. Instead, he knelt down in the corridor from a distance and cried, "My Queen, please save His Highness! His Highness...is dying!"
"What?!" Qin Mengyue felt dizzy when she heard this. If she hadn't been supported by Chen Fenghe, she would have fallen down.
Chen Fenghe was not in much better condition. His hands and feet suddenly became limp and he almost fell down.
However, she was still calmer than Qin Mengyue and asked, "Yuan Xu, please explain clearly. Where is His Highness now? Has he also been infected with this... infectious disease?"
Yuan Xu nodded and said, "Your Highness is currently in one of our secret bases in the city. After discovering the symptoms of infection, His Highness isolated himself and wouldn't allow us to get close to him. He also ordered us not to tell Your Majesty... This happened five days ago. I... I simply couldn't keep it a secret any longer, so I risked my life to come and tell Your Majesty. Your Majesty, your medical skills are superb. Please save His Highness!"
Chen Fenghe felt an inexplicable surge of anger in his chest.
She began to tremble uncontrollably and whispered, "Where... is he? Take me there now..."
Xiao Yunshuo was in a lonely little building in a house, and he heard a faint cough coming from inside from a distance.
Even his cough is so weak, it shows what kind of condition his body is in!
Chen Fenghe's heart ached, and he went upstairs in two steps.
The door was locked from the inside by Xiao Yunshuo.
She was so angry that she said to Yuan Xu: "Knock the door open."
The door was quickly pushed open, and Xiao Yunshuo was half lying on the couch, with black spots visible on his exposed hands.
The scene of the man who brought them food at the post station made her heart beat fast!
Her throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton, making it difficult for her to breathe!
She rushed forward in two steps.
Xiao Yunshuo was still conscious. He heard footsteps, turned around and saw Chen Fenghe. He couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.
"Feng He...? Why are you... ahem... here?"
After asking this question, he seemed to have thought of something and glanced at Yuan Xu who was kneeling outside the door.
Yuan Xu naturally sensed Xiao Yunshuo's reproachful gaze. He knelt straight and said, "Your Highness, when your illness is healed, you can beat me, punish me, or kill me. Yuan Xu has no complaints!"
Xiao Yunshuo coughed again and had no time to blame Yuan Xu.
He whispered to Shen Fenghe, "Get out! In case you get infected!"
Chen Fenghe was almost furious and said coldly, "Xiao Yunshuo, shut up! If you dare to say another word, I will immediately take off the protective mask covering my mouth and nose! Isn't it just about being infected? I will be infected with you!"
Xiao Yunshuo shut up obediently.
He was very sure that Shen Fenghe would really do this.
Xiao Yunshuo's symptoms were very obvious. Shen Fenghe did not waste time taking his pulse or anything else. He did not care about anything else and directly took out the syringe and streptomycin from the medicine box and injected Xiao Yunshuo with a large dose of the medicine.
Although there was not much streptomycin in her space, it was enough to save Xiao Yunshuo alone.
It was precisely because of this that she felt even more heartbroken and self-blaming when she saw him, who had always been strong and resilient, as if no one, no matter what kind of death, could take him away, now lying so weak in front of her.
He hadn't shown up at the post station for so long, she should have noticed something unusual long ago.
If she had discovered it earlier and used the space to find him earlier, he wouldn't be as haggard as he is now, on the verge of life and death!
After injecting the medicine, she instructed Yuan Xu: "Go and boil the medicine immediately with the prescription I wrote before I came in. Boil three bowls of water into one bowl and leave it at the door. I will take it. And every time you deliver the medicine, you must disinfect it with the strongest alcohol. Do you understand?"
These were all things Yuan Xu had experienced in the past when preventing and treating typhoid fever. He was familiar with them and immediately agreed to do it.
After Xiao Yunshuo was injected with the medicine, his cough improved slightly and his consciousness became a little blurred.
He saw that the only eyes exposed by Chen Fenghe were filled with worry, and somehow he felt relieved.
In the past, he always felt that Chen Fenghe seemed to be deliberately distancing herself from him and had always disliked him.
But now, he could indeed see her concern and...love in those eyes.
It turned out that she was somewhat fond of him.
Otherwise, why would he rush in and treat him without caring about his own safety?
Xiao Yunshuo raised his arm with some effort, subconsciously wanting to touch her cheek.
But halfway through, she suddenly remembered that he was ill and couldn't touch her casually, so she withdrew her hand and just smiled softly and said, "Don't worry. I'm not going to die yet."
The rage that had been pent up in Chen Fenghe's chest suddenly erupted, and she gnashed her teeth in anger, "You can't die? If I hadn't gotten here in time, I'm afraid I'd only be seeing your corpse in a few days! You can't die? Do you really think you're that lucky? That you can avoid every life-or-death crisis?"
Xiao Yunshuo had never seen her scold someone so angrily before. He was a little confused at first, but then a warm feeling rose in his heart.
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