Along with the sound of footsteps, a strong smell of alcohol came along, which was already very familiar to the people in this yard.
But this time, when Miss Jun and several doctors came in, everyone's faces were filled with fear.
There is no enthusiasm, no expectation, and even no crying.
Miss Jun was fine, and several doctors sighed in their hearts.
Last night, the Royal Guards suddenly showed up without warning and arrested more than a dozen people and took them away. Both those who were arrested and those who were not were terrified. Those who were arrested were later sent back, so what happened there last night could definitely not be covered up.
The Royal Guards didn't warn them not to tell, right?
What's there to warn? To the Imperial Guard, everyone here is dead, and dead people have no reason to be afraid of leaking secrets.
The doctors didn't say anything and followed Miss Jun into the room as usual. When the woman sitting beside the bed saw them coming, she immediately stood up, looking terrified and subconsciously protecting the child on the bed.
"You, what are you going to do?" she asked in a trembling voice.
"Of course we will treat him and give him medicine." A doctor said softly.
The woman showed no intention of moving aside. She looked at them with fear, her eyes full of vigilance and despair.
"Is it a medicine to cure the disease, or a poison to kill people?" she said in a trembling voice.
Sure enough, what happened last night had spread, and the news was incredible. After all, those dozen people only heard a few words, and it was such a terrifying moment.
"He said he wanted to give us all acne."
Hearing the question, the people in the yard shouted bravely.
It's bound to be like this, we're all going to die, so what's there to be afraid of? Following this cry, the accumulated fear exploded, and many people began to cry.
"That's not the case." A doctor said loudly, searching the crowd for the people who were kidnapped last night and resting his gaze on them. "You saw and heard that we didn't ask you to try the medicine. It was Doctor Feng and his team who tried it themselves. If they really wanted to harm you, how could they do this?"
This did not ease anyone's mood.
"First it's you doctors, then it's our turn," someone cried.
This caused the crying to increase again.
"No, that's not the case." The doctors hurriedly reassured him, "The medicine we are trying is to save everyone."
But their voices were too small in front of these dozens of people.
"Don't lie to us."
"If it was to save us, why couldn't the disease be cured in such a long time, and why more and more people died?"
"What medicine did you give us?"
Shouting and crying were heard everywhere.
Some doctors were overwhelmed.
They stayed up all night last night, and Doctor Feng and the other five were unable to come out. The others divided the work, some went to rest, while others endured the morning's work of applying medicine.
Now they were few in number and mentally exhausted, so they were unable to stop or persuade these people for a while.
"Everyone listen to me." They could only repeat loudly, "Everyone listen to our explanation."
There was a noisy sound of footsteps coming.
"What are you doing?" accompanied by a cold rebuke.
This sound made the chaotic crowd suddenly quiet down, and they looked at the Royal Guards who walked in with fear.
The Royal Guards spread out in the yard and surrounded these people, but they didn't say anything, just stared at them coldly.
The yard fell into an eerie silence.
What are they going to do?
Doubts flashed through the doctors' minds.
Miss Jun sighed as she looked at the crowd that looked terrified but dared not cry or shout anymore.
"Let me explain this to you," she said.
In the quiet courtyard, a female voice rang out clearly. She spoke slowly and calmly. She explained in great detail the severity and difficulty of treating smallpox.
This was the first time she explained acne. Medicine is only an aid, and whether it can be cured depends on one's luck.
Although everyone had understood it in their hearts these days, they still couldn't hide their despair when they heard these words. No one asked or shouted, but the suppressed crying started again.
Because the Jinyiwei were so frightened, no one dared to cry out loud.
"Although acne is difficult to treat, it is preventable." Miss Jun continued, "We have found a way and are now verifying it."
Her eyes looked at the crowd, also falling on those who were captured last night.
"We won't use you to test it. The doctors will do it themselves, just like what you saw last night," she said, "if the test is successful."
She paused here, and the people who were attracted by her words stopped crying and looked at her with suspicion.
"If the test is successful, people in this world will no longer be harmed by smallpox," she said.
People will no longer suffer from acne? Is this true?
Everyone looked at the girl with a look of surprise and doubt.
"Is this true? We are all in the temple. Doctor Feng and others have already used the medicine. You can keep an eye on it at any time." Miss Jun said.
People began to murmur.
"We know that everyone is sad and in pain now, but we still have to persevere until the last moment." A doctor stood up and said, thinking of Dr. Feng and the other four, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, "It's not just you who have to persevere, it's us as well."
The men stopped talking and lowered their heads, while the women wiped their tears again. Although they were still quiet, the atmosphere was much calmer.
Miss Jun looked at the doctors around her.
"Let's get on with it," she said.
The doctors nodded and followed Miss Jun into the house. The people standing in front of the door hesitated and moved aside.
The doctors were relieved, but it would have been even more gratifying if the man hadn't glanced at the Royal Guard before stepping aside.
I don’t know whether it was Miss Jun’s words that comforted them, or the Jinyi Guards standing here that frightened them, or maybe both. They can’t care about all that now.
The response from Doctor Feng and others did not make everyone wait for seven days.
Starting from the third day, one of the doctors started to have a fever, and soon red spots appeared on his body the next day.
It's really an acne attack.
The atmosphere in Guanghua Temple became tense.
Looking at the doctor lying in bed with rapid breathing and listless spirit, some doctors couldn't help it.
"Give him medicine," he cried tremblingly.
The other doctors looked at Miss Jun with complicated expressions.
"No, it's okay." Miss Jun said.
Before this doctor's condition improved, the other doctors also started to have fever and fell down. In the end, only Doctor Feng was still safe and sound.
"Is mine not working?" he asked. "Why don't you give me another one?"
This made the nervous doctors laugh and cry.
"Okay, if it doesn't work, it means you haven't been successful. If you don't have a fever or acne after seven days, I'll give you another one." Miss Jun said seriously.