Chapter 3449: Extra Chapter 28
Zhou Man sighed as his suspicions were confirmed, "Chief Li has also contracted malaria."
"Yes," Chief Li said, since he had already confirmed the identity of the visitor and was counting on her to save his life, he naturally did not hide it and said, "It has been three days."
He stood up by supporting himself on the table, walked in front of the two of them, and bowed deeply to Zhou Man, "Please save me, Lord Zhou."
He still used the respectful title and did not call them by their names as Bai Shan said.
Seeing that he could barely stand and his condition looked no less severe than Mrs. Li's, Zhou Man hurriedly asked someone to help him lie down on the bed before he took his pulse and examined him.
Chief Li was infected after Mrs. Li. When he felt cold, he had a premonition that he had malaria, so he began to block the news.
The medicines he had been using these past two days were all based on what Wu Zhang had prescribed for his wife. They were indeed better than the prescriptions used by the court physician, but his illness had not been cured for a long time, and he still felt that death was approaching little by little.
Zhou Man gave him an injection, glanced at Bai Shan, got up and went out to discuss the medicine with Wu Yin without disturbing their conversation.
Wu Yin was sitting in the outer room waiting. When he saw Zhou Man come out, he quickly stood up and saluted, saying, "Sir."
Since the two of them have already revealed their identities to Chief Li, there is no need for him to hide them.
Zhou Man nodded slightly at him and asked, "Does the mansion have any grasshoppers collected around the Dragon Boat Festival?"
Wu Yin was stunned for a moment before nodding, "Yes."
"Try it."
Wu Yin then went to write a prescription, "Besides this, sir, what other medicine do you need?"
Zhou Man was not polite and listed several medicine names in a row. Wu Yin wrote them down and handed them to the general manager.
While Bai Shan was communicating with Chief Li in the inner room, Zhou Man simply sat on the railing outside the courtyard. This courtyard was on the hillside and was built with ingenuity. The courtyard was a square flat land with many flowers, plants and trees planted in it, but as long as you looked up and looked into the distance, you could see the entire chief's mansion and even several streets outside the mansion.
"Living here, with mountains behind us and a wide view in front of us, it would be difficult for someone to rebel quietly, right?"
Wu Yin sat beside her. "That's why every time the Southern Frontier changes hands, there's always bloodshed, and the people in this mansion are constantly replaced."
Zhou Man sighed, "Chief Li doesn't seem to trust you very much."
Wu Yin naturally knew, "He trusts my brother more. When the Zhang family rebelled, my brother supported the Li family and even left the tribe for this. I stayed with the Great Witch, and the Great Witch helped the Zhang family."
Therefore, Wu Yin must be considered Chief Li's enemy in a certain sense. Even if he is not, their relationship is unlikely to be as harmonious as that of brothers.
"You don't seem to want to change."
"I tried hard," Wu Yin smiled bitterly. "When he wanted to bring my brother back, I told him I was only interested in medicine and wanted to save lives in the Liaozi tribe. I could give the position of Great Shaman to my brother. But the chief didn't believe me. Not even my brother did. No one in the entire Liaozi tribe believed I was sincere."
Everyone thought he was playing hard to get.
Only then did he realize more and more about Zhou Man's difficulties.
When she practiced medicine as a woman, was she also misunderstood and distrusted?
In the inner room, Bai Shan was asking Chief Li a similar question, "Chief Li doesn't trust Wu Yin, but why does he trust us?"
Chief Li said frankly, "Witch Zhang is Witch Zhang, and the two adults are the two adults. I can tell the difference very clearly."
Bai Shan smiled slightly and said, "He is my wife's student."
Chief Li: "I know, but I also know that Lord Bai and Lord Zhou would not want to see chaos in Southern Xinjiang. Zhang Wu's status as a disciple is not enough for the two lords to take such a risk."
Southern Xinjiang is the southern border of the Great Jin Dynasty. It will not be good for the Great Jin Dynasty if it gets in chaos. The chaos may even spread to Lingnan, Jiangnan and Huainan areas. Considering the positions of Bai Shan and Zhou Man, as long as they don't want to rebel and cause chaos in the world, they will not want Southern Xinjiang to fall into war.
Maintaining his rule and his status is the best way.
So he was not worried that they would stand against him because of Zhang Wu.
Bai Shan: "It's good that Chief Li understands it, but I also want to say that Wu Yin, no, he now has his own surname, Zhang Wu, he is your chief witch, he has no objection to your idea of ruling Southern Xinjiang, Chief Li is overthinking it."
Chief Li naturally would not believe Zhang Wu just because of Bai Shan's words, but at this time he needed help from Bai Shan and Zhou Man, so he was happy to give him face, "Don't worry, Lord Bai, Zhang Wu is the chief witch of my tribe, and I will always trust him." As long as he doesn't betray him.
Bai Shan glanced at his expression, nodded slightly and left.
Bai Shan sent a letter to Yin Huo, and then asked the people from the chief's mansion to go to the inn to pick up everyone. There were many things to do next, and he alone was not enough, so he captured them all one by one to serve as soldiers.
The chief's mansion, which had been silent for a long time, slowly began to move. Bai Shan lived in Chief Li's yard, and orders were issued one after another.
Several streets near the chief's mansion were placed under martial law, and no unauthorized persons were allowed to approach. Trustworthy tribal warriors were selected to guard the chief's mansion.
Then the leaders of each tribe were called upon to enter the city of Annan. Regardless of whether they came or not, the order had been issued.
At the same time, officials, yamen runners and soldiers in Annan City all started to move and began to count the people who had died from chills and fever in the past ten days, as well as the people who currently had symptoms of chills and fever.
Three people were responsible for counting the number of people on a street, and the number of people and the list were sent to the chief's mansion one after another. When Bai Shan saw the data above, his face gradually darkened.
He looked at it and handed it to Chief Lee.
Chief Li was shocked when he saw the number of people above, "Why are there so many?"
"This is just the data from the three streets near the chief's mansion. There will be even more data in the entire Annan City," Bai Shan glanced at Chief Li and felt a surge of anger in his heart. In his opinion, Chief Li was incompetent.
If it weren't for the southern border, if it weren't for the Liao people's self-governance, he would have written to the court to depose him.
When a highly contagious disease like malaria broke out in his own mansion, he was able to quietly close himself off and treat the disease, without considering that it might have spread outside?
He is not an ordinary person. He is a chief, the great leader of southern Xinjiang.
Bai Shan was dissatisfied in his heart, but his expression did not change. He said calmly: "After counting the number of people, it would be best to manage and treat these patients infected with the epidemic in a unified manner."
Chief Li was worried. "I'm afraid there aren't enough medicinal herbs in the city. Is it too late to get them from the Central Plains?"
He felt a little uneasy. After glancing at Bai Shan, he considered, "If this matter gets out, I'm afraid people will be uneasy. If someone tries to instigate it, I'm afraid the rebellion will start before the disease is under control."
Bai Shan's face darkened. "More and more people are getting sick, and more and more are dying. Even if the Chieftain's Mansion doesn't announce it, the people will notice it. By then, the people's trust in the Chieftain's Mansion will drop to the lowest point. It's better to take the initiative to fight the epidemic and provide disaster relief before they find out, so as to maintain people's confidence."
"But there is a shortage of supplies in the city."
Bai Shan took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his chest, and stood up and said, "I'll find a way to get the supplies. Chief Li, you're sick now, so rest is the priority."
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