Chapter 134: Set off together
Chen Xinli pricked up her ears and listened carefully.
A deep sigh came from the next room and he replied, "It's not that I don't want to save you, it's that the medicine I developed is not strong enough."
The old man's white beard and hair were all messy, and on his wrinkled face, a pair of cloudy and doubtful eyes casually swept towards Chen Xinli.
"What's going on?" Chen Xinli felt someone was staring at her, and thought to herself that something was wrong.
Jiang Yu looked at the ghost doctor in surprise: "Even you can't do anything?"
"Oh, it's not that I'm powerless," the old man explained anxiously, "Any disease must be treated with the right medicine. The decoction I developed can relieve the symptoms, but it can't cure the root cause."
After the old man finished speaking, he let out another long sigh to express his helplessness.
Jiang Yu had already learned from Shen Jinlin that some villagers had fallen ill recently, so he asked directly, "Why did the villagers..."
The old man glared at him before he could finish, then looked in the direction of Chen Xinli, his face flushed, and he spread his hands and said, "It was the medicine given by the little girl. I have studied the decoction many times... and I need to study it again."
Jiang Yu: “…”
The two people in the room stared at him.
Chen Xinli was still under a lot of pressure. She suddenly woke up with a dizzy head and finally understood the intentions of the two.
The old man held the medicine jar and studied it for several days. It finally showed up today. It seemed that the medicine had been used up, so he came to ask for more.
But what was the origin of this Jiang Yujian? Chen Xinli fell into memories, thinking about the situation when she rescued the boy that day.
"Sister Ali, if you can save thousands of people, it will be a great deed. If you need anything in the future, I will be at your disposal." Jiang Yu looked at the little girl in front of him and pleaded solemnly.
"What's the use of me needing your orders?" Chen Xinli's thoughts were interrupted. She looked directly into Jiang Yu's dark and moist eyes, thinking to herself, this guy is so strange. Why does he like to brag after being away for only a few months?
The old man looked strange for a long time before he smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Useful, very useful! Don't you know him? He is..."
"I am the Crown Prince of Li."
Chen Xinli was so shocked by these words that she wanted to do the splits on the spot.
"Yes, yes, I can testify to this." The old man echoed.
Chen Xinli: ...
Regarding the current state of the world, Chen Xinli just wants to survive.
This is also the reason why after her family was exiled to the natural barrier of Bear Village, she rarely went out and rarely sold the fruits in the space in the outside world.
But no matter how much she tried to avoid it, the problem was still there, just like this plague, if she hadn't used the chalcedony essence on the villagers in the name of the old man.
It is difficult to explain why their family was not infected with the epidemic.
People's hearts are complicated, and Chen Xinli doesn't dare to take risks.
Right now, the people in Gouxiong Village have recovered from the epidemic, but the people outside are still suffering.
Then when the people outside know everything, the people of Bear Village will also be in trouble.
She understood the principle that no eggs will be left unbroken when the nest is overturned, but chalcedony essence was obviously a rare treasure.
Chen Xinli thought about it again and again before asking, "How many people need medical treatment?"
Thinking of the people who had set up temporary tents outside the palace and the many people who had contracted the disease along the way, Jiang Yu estimated and gave a horrifying number, "tens of thousands of people."
"So many?" Chen Xinli was completely shocked. In ancient times, if someone contracted the plague, they would almost die.
It seems that the chalcedony essence is really a magical medicine.
Now, although Chen Xinli is reluctant, she also hopes to help.
Thinking about how the old man had been secretly feeding medicine to several mice and a wild cat in the house recently, causing the mice and cat to scream non-stop, Chen Xinli became furious.
There wasn't much chalcedony essence in her space, but there were still many bottles of chalcedony spirit liquid. She was afraid that the old man would take it for research, so she said, "I'll go with you to take a look, so that we can help treat the people."
"This..." Jiang Yu looked a little embarrassed. "The epidemic is very dangerous. I have a heavy responsibility and I have no choice but to help. You are still too young. You should stay at home with Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen and wait for news. I will send someone to you as soon as possible..."
"If I don't go, do you know how to use the medicine? What if the epidemic mutates?" Chen Xinli looked up and asked back.
Jiang Yu's face was embarrassed, but when he saw the girl in front of him, who was still young but had a stubborn face and was considerate of others, his heart suddenly warmed.
"Little girl, what you said makes sense. You should go with me. If something unexpected happens, you can help me develop an antidote."
The old ghost doctor understood why Chen Xinli attributed the credit for the recovery of the people in Bear Village to him, and immediately turned into a flattering master, wanting to learn more about the little girl's precious spiritual liquid.
As a doctor, it is natural for me to be obsessed with magical elixirs in the world.
Chen Xinli glared at the old man, and the old man immediately fell silent.
It’s not that Jiang Yu doesn’t want Chen Xinli to go, but he is worried that the epidemic is too dangerous. What if the little girl can’t bear it?
"Where are Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen?"
"I'll agree to it." Chen Xinli said indifferently.
"Okay." Jiang Yu nodded. Looking at the little girl in front of him who just reached his shoulders, he couldn't help but think that he must protect her.
After traveling for more than ten days, and having to treat the common people along the way, Chen Xinli, the ghost doctor's apprentice, and Jiang Yu and his party finally arrived outside the Zhiyou Palace of King Shu.
The crying sounds shook the area dozens of miles outside the palace.
"Mother, I'm so unfilial for not arranging a proper funeral for you and father. I, I... woohoo, I don't know how much longer I have left to live. Don't be afraid, cough... cough, I'll be with you in a few days! Then, I'll be able to reunite with you, my younger siblings, and my grandparents."
"My precious child, my poor precious child! It's pitiful that you passed away at the age of three without even a decent piece of clothing. I'm so sorry for you! Woo woo!"
"Boss, what will happen to our family if you leave? Boss, how can you bear to leave us? Open your eyes and look at us again!"
Chen Xinli had become numb from listening to the cries, shouts, coughs and vomiting of blood from the people along the way.
When she was treating the people on the road, she thought about how difficult life was for the people, but she didn't expect that there were deaths in almost every household.
There were still bursts of black smoke on the slope a few dozen feet away. I guess those were the corpses of the sick people.
After days of traveling, Chen Xinli was already exhausted like a numb machine, but when she saw this, she felt as if she had gained unlimited strength again.
As Jiang Yu returned to the palace, the King of Shu still did not care about worldly affairs, and lived a carefree life every day, as if he was living a life of drinking and enjoying life today.
Yes, anyone who encounters such a natural disaster is powerless.
Chen Xinli took out the spiritual liquid from the space, keeping only the last bottle for herself, and instructed Jiang Yu to have people make decoctions for the rest and distribute them to the people.
He also ordered the King of Shu's soldiers to post notices and distribute the medicine in various places after drinking it.
After more than three months, the epidemic in Shu finally slowly dissipated.
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