The prescriptions contributed by Wu Zhi were distributed to various plague centers and treatment centres.
The government organized the people to launch a rat extermination campaign to cut off the source of the epidemic. Every block, street, and lane was fumigated with mugwort and burned cypress to drive away the miasma. Antidotes were also added to water sources to eliminate the epidemic poison.
At the same time, the imperial court offered tax exemptions as rewards and solicited donations and medicinal materials from the public. Donation amounts were set for one, three, or five years, and those who reached the full amount could be exempted from taxes according to their level.
For a time, fundraising campaigns swept across the country, and medicinal material merchants ventured into Beijing one after another. The national treasury and pharmacies, which were strained due to epidemic prevention and treatment, gradually became full.
With money and medicine, the victims were properly resettled and assisted. In addition, the treatment was effective, and within half a month, the epidemic was under control and no longer spread.
But even so, the number of people who died of the disease in the capital soon exceeded ten thousand. The dead were all burned and their bones turned into ashes. The green hills were full of newly built cenotaphs.
Another month passed, and the epidemic was completely under control. The ban on epidemic centers, clinics, pharmacies, temples, etc. was gradually lifted. By the end of May, the epidemic was completely eradicated.
The imperial court held a grand sacrifice to heaven on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. Buddhist temples and Taoist temples also held sacrifices on the birthdays of Buddhas and gods in June to pray for the deceased.
During this month, all counties and prefectures in the capital area remove all colors and wear plain clothes, prohibit banquets and gatherings, abstain from killing animals, drinking alcohol and eating meat, and observe mourning for the dead.
Wu Zhi returned to the medicine house and slept for three days, refusing to wake up no matter who called him. During these three days, Liu Mei personally took care of him.
Three days later, a reply letter, which was a year late, was delivered to the house, and Xu Jiang happily woke Wu Zhi up.
Wu Zhi half-opened her eyes and said weakly, "If you don't have a good reason, I'll remember the child in your belly with thirty slaps."
"Then you probably won't be able to hit him." Xu Jiang pried open her eyelids and pressed the letter against her face. "It's a reply from the Director of the Medical Department."
Wu Zhi slapped her hand away and fell back. "Even if it's a letter from the Jade Emperor, I'd have to step back a bit in front of the Duke of Zhou."
Xu Jiang slapped her hard on the buttocks and asked, "Do you still want to work in the hospital?"
Wu Zhi closed her eyes tightly.
Asleep again? Xu Jiang leaned in to take a closer look, but it made her sit up straight, making her dizzy.
Wu Zhi snatched the letter from Xu Jiang's hand, tore open the envelope in a few seconds, took out the book and began to read it quickly.
Well, there aren't ten lines in total.
Xu Jiang covered her head and asked, "What did the official say in his reply?"
Wu Zhi frowned, "He said he only saw Lord Du's letter of recommendation recently, so he came back late. He asked me to meet him at his house tomorrow."
"Recently?" Xu Jiang asked, "Do you believe it?"
Wu Zhi snorted and laughed, "I don't believe it."
"Are you going then?"
"Why not? I came to the capital just for this."
Wu Zhi slid off the bed and called the medicine attendant, asking her to help prepare hot water. She wanted to take a bath and burn incense. Tomorrow she would go and meet the commander to see what the man who had left her alone for a year looked like.
Xu Jiang read the letter over and over again, and a question popped up in his mind.
Why did the official order the meeting with Wu Zhi not at the medical office but at a private residence?
——————Dividing line ordered by the digging department————
The next day, Wu Zhi washed and dressed, borrowed a carriage from the mansion, and went to Xingdaofang early.
As soon as she left, the imperial physician's order to summon her arrived at the mansion.
The acting magistrate's surname was Chunyu and his given name was Hunchuan, which means "Hunchuan is like a river", and he was a descendant of the miracle doctor Chunyu Yi.
Wu Zhi came to Chunyu Mansion and handed in a visiting card. After a while, someone came out to greet her.
Seeing Han Su here, Wu Zhi felt both surprised and reasonable, but still couldn't help asking politely, "Why are you here?"
Han Su said, "I came to visit the teacher, and happened to hear someone say you were here, so I came out to see you."
No one would believe what he said.
Wu Zhi had a strange feeling, but since he had already come here, there was no reason for him to go back home.
"Lead the way."
"Come with me."
Han Su led Wu Zhi in.
The Chunyu Mansion was filled with the fragrance of medicine, and the garden was full of lush and green herbs. Wu Zhi was so drooling at the sight that he almost couldn't walk.
Han Su patiently accompanied her on the tour for half an hour before arriving at the meeting place, the Peony Garden.
At this time, the peonies were in full bloom, with an ethereal and ethereal appearance and a refreshing fragrance. Wu Zhi saw an extremely beautiful peonies blooming beside a rock, and was immediately attracted by it. He loved it so much that he couldn't let it go and lingered there.
Seeing that she liked it, Han Su praised her, "You have a good eye. This Qingshanwoxue tree was planted by the teacher himself. He loves it very much and named it 'Flower Phase'."
Wu Zhi peeled off the flower stump and couldn't help swallowing. "This must have been planted for more than five years."
Han Su nodded, "This is the seventh year."
Wu Zhi broke off a flower and sniffed it. The flower had a faint bitter fragrance that was refreshing.
Han Su saw someone looking around in the pavilion not far away, so he reminded them, "Let's go see the teacher first and come back later."
Wu Zhi reluctantly stood up and followed Han Su into the depths of the flower pile.
"Tell me, if I ask your teacher for this Qingshan Woxue, will he give it to me?"
"Not necessarily, you can try."
"Then put in a few good words for me."
"Is there a reward?"
"It's up to you to help or not."
"Help...I will help even if there is no reward."
The two men came to a pavilion, where a man in green clothes and a beautiful beard was directing two boys to trim a pot of cinnabar. Seeing them coming, he ordered the two boys to leave with the flowers and let someone else make tea.
Wu Zhi stepped forward to greet him, "Qianjin Hall Wu Zhi greets the Director."
Chunyu Hunchuan looked at Wu Zhi for a moment and said, "Doctor Wu, there's no need to be so polite." Then he pointed to the stone bench in the pavilion and said, "Please sit down."
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