Chapter 87: Meat Porridge Made for You
Xie Chen made the decision immediately.
Iron cables were hung on the front and rear decks of several ships, allowing the ships to be anchored in slow-flowing sections of the river.
Xie Chen wants to take Xiangying to count the number of people infected with the plague on the next few ships.
Xiangying thought about it and went to find the seventh princess first.
"Seventh sister, I need you to help me count the number of infected people. You are fast and meticulous in this job. There is no one more suitable than you on the ship, but you are facing a group of people infected with the plague. If you don't want to, I can..."
Before Xiangying could finish her words, the Seventh Princess immediately expressed her opinion: "I do!"
She stood up, her eyes full of eagerness.
"Of course I am willing to help big sister, and thank you big sister for not thinking of me as a useless person and taking care of me all the way."
Xiangying nodded: "Okay, then follow me."
Because the Seventh Princess and Xiang Qianqian had close contact with the old Concubine Shangguan before, Xiang Ying isolated them for observation last night.
Fortunately, neither of them showed any symptoms.
Xiangying took the seventh princess to the bow to find Jie Chen. At this time, the deck between the two ships was almost completed.
Xie Chen glanced at the Seventh Princess with his calm, dark eyes. He seemed to have guessed Xiangying's decision and did not even say a word to ask about it.
Several people, along with soldiers and military doctors, went to the following ships to check the situation.
Unfortunately, General Ke was infected with the plague.
He locked himself in the room and refused to open the door no matter what.
He also shouted in a rough voice: "I'm going to die in this house, all of you get out of here and don't cause trouble!"
Xiangying spoke before Jiechen could: "You don't have to die! This is a minor illness, I can cure it."
Military Supervisor Ke cursed: "I am not Jie Chen, I will not listen to your nonsense!"
Xiangying waved his hand and signaled the scarred man behind him: "Kick the door, don't bother with him anymore, go in and hold him down later."
Xie Chen nodded: "Do as she says."
Scarface kicked the wooden door open with a bang, and the soldiers rushed in and pinned the astonished General Ke to the ground.
Xiangying walked over, but General Ke was still unconvinced: "Get out, don't you want to live anymore?"
"Of course we have to live, and we can't let you die." Xiangying pursed her red lips in a calm arc.
Her words made General Ke stunned.
Before he could react, Xiangying's slender fingertips pressed on his arm.
After a brief judgment, she asked the Seventh Princess to record it.
"He's not serious, send him to the treatment room."
The soldiers simply apologized and carried General Ke away in a sack.
"Hey! Xiangying! Are you taking revenge on me? Do you think I'm a wild boar? You actually put me in a sack."
Xiangying deadpanned, “This is good for everyone.”
Skinny Monkey and Scarface skillfully took out the diluted alcohol, poured it on the sacks, and then asked the soldiers to take it to the treatment room on the first ship.
A total of twenty-one people were infected with the plague on these ships.
Xiangying followed the old method and divided each ship's cabin into three people per room.
Just as she was about to give the order, the seventh princess handed her a list at the right moment.
"Big sister, I've arranged it. Three people per room. I've also marked those who have had contact with patients infected with the plague."
Xiangying looked at the two full pages of paper in his hands.
Her eyes revealed an expression of admiration: "I knew I was right to find you. You are quite talented in personnel statistics."
The Seventh Princess felt embarrassed by her praise.
Since she was a child, she liked to sort the people in the palace and divide their responsibilities.
She used to be laughed at by her mother, who said that other princesses were proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she just liked to play house.
Unexpectedly, this unappreciated little trick could come in handy.
The Seventh Princess smiled sincerely: "It's good to be able to help big sister."
Xiangying returned to the first ship to give injections to those who were sick.
Xie Chen was responsible for staying behind and acting as a anchor. While giving orders to the soldiers, he was also trying to prevent some prisoners from rioting due to nervousness.
Xiangying gave injections to the drugged exiled prisoners in the treatment room.
Every time someone left, the Seventh Princess stood at the door and made a mark behind that person's name.
While they were busy, there were already more than 30 sick prisoners locked up in the cabin.
Fortunately, the entire cabin is large, otherwise we would all be squeezed together.
Concubine Shangguan, who had just woken up, crawled to the door and knocked on it.
"Give me some water, I want some water..."
The guard's voice came coldly: "Xiangying said that the water will be delivered every two hours. It's not time yet, wait!"
Concubine Shangguan felt dry in the mouth and felt like there was a fire burning in her body.
When she heard there was no water to drink, she became furious and started scratching the door and crying.
"She wants to kill us!"
All they knew was that after drinking the water Xiangying gave them, they would not only fall into a coma, but also have two small holes on their arms when they came back.
The surrounding muscles are sore.
Not only that, the soldiers would also use pungent water to scrub the inner walls of the cabin.
There must be something wrong with this water!
"Don't make a fuss, it's useless," said Miss Zheng Er, who was huddled in the corner with a pale face. She was also one of the sick people. She said, "I heard the Fifth Princess shouting before. It turns out that those who are infected with the disease will be burned to death."
"The lady and daughter of the Censorate were carried away like this, and never came back."
Miss Zheng Er said this, covering her face and crying bitterly: "The young lady was clearly still alive, but she burned her like this. How cruel do you think she must be?"
The person next to him sighed: "This is the plague. If they can't cure us, they will definitely find a way to kill us. Maybe the medicine we drink every day is a chronic poison."
Concubine Shangguan was completely frightened.
She shook her head in horror: "No, no, I can't die here!"
Her son King Xuan said that he would definitely come to rescue her.
How could she die on the ship?
Concubine Shangguan gritted her teeth, left the door and lowered her voice.
"Are we just going to sit there and wait for death? Xiangying is so cruel. She gave us blind treatment. If it works, it's her guess. If it doesn't, then we deserve to die!"
The others looked at the pus-soaked sores on their bodies and nodded, "Yes, we must do something."
There was a hint of thought in Concubine Shangguan's sinister eyes.
"Just listen to me, let's do this..." She and the others plotted in a low voice.
Miss Zheng Er reminded her: "That Concubine Liu has a good relationship with Captain Scar, be careful that she might tell on you."
Concubine Shangguan looked back with a sinister look at Concubine Liu who was huddled in the corner and unconscious.
Seeing that she was not threatening, Concubine Shangguan said, "She is a fool, how can she understand? You just listen to my arrangements..."
Xiangying was busy until the evening before he had time to think about eating.
She had been preparing herbal remedies in the treatment room and had written a recipe and medication list.
She asked the seventh princess to deliver meals to the children.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Xiangying turned around and saw Jiechen standing at the door with a bowl of hot porridge.
"Eat something." He saw with his own eyes Xiangying running back and forth on several ships all day without any rest.
Xiangying took a look at the simple meat porridge and shook her head: "I'm not hungry."
She had already thought about it. She would make herself some scallion oil noodles and serve it with a fried egg.
Xie Chen pursed his lips: "Eat it, I cooked it for you in a clean pot, it's not dirty."
He thought she didn't want to use the pot that the prisoners had used.
Xiangying was startled and asked with interest: "Did you do it yourself?"
Xie Chen's face flashed with an unnatural look: "Just doing it casually."
Xiangying smiled with her red lips: "Then I have to try it."
She took it and was about to take a bite when Jie Chen looked at her expression seriously, waiting for her comment.
Just then, the sound of Scarface's footsteps was heard and he appeared at the door.
"Princess, it's bad. Two more people on the third ship are in a bad condition."
Xiangying immediately put down the bowl: "I'll go take a look."
She left in a hurry.
Xie Chen's face darkened as he looked at the bowl of steaming meat porridge.
Scarface was still standing at the door: "Military Supervisor, do you want to go and take a look together?"
When Xie Chen passed by him with a cold face, he suddenly said, "Do you have to say it now?"
Xie Chenbo's eyes were cold and he took big strides forward.
Scarface scratched the back of his head innocently.
Did he say something wrong again? If he found something wrong, he should report it to Xiangying. Wasn't this Xie Chen's own order?
I'm traveling today and tomorrow, so tomorrow's update may be a little late, please come back later!
(End of this chapter)
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