Chen Qi, who was standing not far away, couldn't help but look over when he heard the noise, looking a little worried. Could it be that these doctors finally couldn't stand the increasingly hopeless prospects and collapsed?

The lights in the temple seemed to be disturbed, causing countless shadows to jump and sway.

"Aren't you kidding me?"

"Even if people who have had smallpox are not afraid of smallpox, how many people who have had smallpox can survive?"

"Ms. Jun, if you can't think of a solution, don't push yourself too hard."

Some doctors were angry and questioned, while others sighed and comforted. The pressure has been great recently, and under great pressure, people's actions and words will become crazy.

Miss Jun knocked on the table.

"I know what you mean. Pox is very strong, and who can guarantee that one can survive if infected?" she said. "But what if there is a pox virus that can cause pox but is mild enough not to kill people?"

The sound in the hall fell silent.

"This means that this person has had smallpox before, and the smallpox virus is in his body. When the smallpox virus attacks again, he will not be harmed by it." Miss Jun continued.

The hall was still very quiet. The doctors had different expressions, and their eyes were full of suspicion.

It sounds like it makes sense, but...

"Is there such a smallpox virus?" asked a doctor.

Yes, is there such a smallpox virus? It can make people sick but not fatal. Some people have mild smallpox and can survive, but it is too difficult to detect. Who knows who has mild smallpox? This is just like what Miss Jun has always said, it is determined by heaven, and human power cannot choose at all.

Miss Jun nodded.

"Yes," she said.

have?

Everyone was stunned again. Suddenly, a doctor looked at Miss Jun's hand. Miss Jun's hand was placed on the corner of the table. Following her hand, they saw a thin long copper tube next to her hand.

There was not just one copper pipe, but many of them densely packed on the table.

Could it be that...

The doctor suddenly got goosebumps all over his body and took a step back subconsciously.

The others were attracted by his action and thought of something and looked towards the table, then they all stepped back with shocked expressions.

"This, this..." Old Doctor Feng was still able to control himself. He pointed at the copper tube on the table, trembling and unable to form a sentence.

Miss Jun reached out and picked up a thin copper tube.

"Yes, the smallpox virus is stored here," she said.

Although they had guessed it, when they heard her confirm it, the doctors took a step back again with expressions of fear.

"Don't be afraid, this is the acne poison I mentioned that can cause acne but is not fatal." Miss Jun said with a smile, putting down the copper tube.

The collision of thin copper bars made a crisp sound, which continued for a while and sounded particularly empty in the quiet hall.

The sound of bronze fell silent, and the hall remained silent.

This is unbelievable. The doctors' minds are in a mess and they don't know what to think or what to ask.

"Miss Jun." It was Doctor Feng who spoke first, although he still looked terrified. "You, what are you going to do?"

"Vaccination," said Miss Jun, "Vaccinate children who do not have smallpox, so that they will never be attacked by smallpox again, and people will no longer be afraid of the harm of smallpox."

Doctor Feng just felt his throat was hoarse.

"Vaccination, what does that mean?" he asked.

"As the name suggests," said Miss Jun, reaching out to pick up a thin copper tube and putting it to her mouth.

This action made the doctors in the room jump with fear.

That's smallpox virus.

"Aim at the nose of a healthy person." Miss Jun didn't care, "Blow the acne poison inside."

As she finished her words, she blew air into the thin copper tube.

The girl's voice was soft, and her breath was sweet as orchid. But at this moment, this soft breath like orchid, in the silent Buddhist temple, reached the doctors' ears, and it was like a needle piercing their hearts.

A shiver, a chill, and goose bumps all over the body.

"Then will this person be infected with the smallpox virus and start to develop acne?" asked Doctor Feng in a trembling voice.

Miss Jun nodded.

"Yes." She said with a smile.

You can actually laugh?

Does she know what she is talking about?

Old Doctor Feng's gaze passed over Miss Jun and fell on the Buddha statue behind her.

The Buddha statue sits quietly with his eyes downcast and compassionate.

"Ms. Jun, have you ever thought about whether you are killing or saving people by doing this?" Old Doctor Feng took a deep breath, looked at Miss Jun solemnly and asked.

Killing or saving lives, this is the question the old doctor asked her, and she also asked others.

Not only did you ask, but you also got answers.

murder.

She also saw with her own eyes how the two children of that family died.

Although Master said that the two children had sick children at home and were very likely to be infected, at least when Master blew the smallpox poison into the noses of the two children, they had not yet become sick and were still healthy.

Miss Jun lowered her eyes.

Master killed two children and saved one.

Is this killing or saving people?

This is killing first and saving later.

But this does not change the fact that someone was killed.

Miss Jun looked at Doctor Feng, and then scanned the people in the Buddhist temple.

"I'm not the first one to suggest this," she said. "There have been people who have used the underwear of a child with smallpox to wrap a healthy child, making it look like the child is also sick, hoping to deceive the smallpox evil."

Is there such a thing?

The doctors looked at each other, wondering why they had never heard of this.

You have not been to enough places. You don't know that people in many places lack medical care and medicine. They can only rely on themselves to fight for the chance of survival and against diseases and disasters.

She had the good fortune to follow Master to many places, and was also fortunate to hear Master talk about many things even if she did not see them with her own eyes.

"The result is of course that many people died, but some people survived. Is this killing or saving? I don't know," said Miss Jun.

This is neither killing nor saving lives, but a desperate attempt to save one's own life. The doctors don't know how to answer this question.

There was a moment of silence in the Buddhist temple.

"Miss Jun, I understand what you mean." A doctor spoke up, "It's just too scary. Pox is scary, but not everyone will get it. To actively get infected for a disease that you may not get, to try to kill yourself when you may not die, is really absurd, and no one is willing to do that."

The doctors nodded.

"Yes, Miss Jun, this is too...too hard to accept."

“…Even if you have had acne, you won’t get it again, but why would you get acne just for this? That would be like asking for death.”

Miss Jun smiled.

"No, you still don't understand what I mean." She shook her head and said, "I'm talking about the previous explorations and helpless attempts. After so long, we have found a better way to treat acne, which is also safer."

Source of supplementary material: The Qing Dynasty's "Jinjing Fu Jijie" records that "it is said that vaccination originated in Taiping County of Ningguo Prefecture (now Taiping, Anhui) during the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty (1567-1572 AD)... and spread throughout the country from then on."

Some scholars have speculated that smallpox vaccination had already appeared in the Tang Dynasty based on Qianjin Yaofang.