Chapter 023 Chapter 23
When Chen Yuanwang left, he closed the door and it was not locked from the inside. When
Mr. Hu opened the door, he saw the man in white lying on the ground, his face was pale, and when he fell, he accidentally hit the cup on the table, the porcelain was broken everywhere, and his sleeves were wet.
"Master Jiu!" Mr. Hu was shocked.
"Don't touch him first, carry me over to have a look." Xue Chen said calmly.
Mr. Hu obeyed his instructions, strode in, kicked the broken porcelain under his feet, and put Xue Chen on the ground.
Xue Chen adjusted his legs, found a comfortable position, and gave the main body a simple examination.
System: [How are you?]
Xue Chen: [Not dead.]
System: [...I said it was impossible for him to die, why don't you believe it. 】
Xue Chen felt his pulse: [It's not a serious illness like cerebral hemorrhage.]
System: [...]
Xue Chen: [I have a low fever. I didn't sleep well on the road. My appetite has been good these days, but my body is not good. I ate too little. I fainted suddenly. It might be because of hypoglycemia. I feel that my body is about to come online. I am not very conscious now, but I will wake up in a while.
[When I came here, I was delivering food outside. It is possible that I came into contact with patients with infectious diseases. It is also possible that I came into contact with them in the government office. It is also possible that I was infected by Chen Yuanwang. After all, I am weak.]
Xue Chen still maintained the posture of taking the pulse, making it seem as if all these were diagnosed by him.
You are just recalling!
System: [Chen Yuanwang looks very healthy. 】
Xue Chen:【That's because he has a good immune system. His mother is seriously ill, and I'm so weak that I might be infected by the bacteria and viruses he brought!】
System:【That makes sense.】
Xue Chen opened the porcelain bottle, poured out two pills, lifted the subject's neck, stuffed them into his mouth, and used the weak consciousness linked to the subject to try to swallow them.
Hu Sheng lowered his voice: "How is the young master?"
Xue Chen: "Get some sweet water to feed him and let him have a good sleep. If the fever can be reduced, then it will be fine. Move him to the bed, don't catch a cold again."
Hu Sheng called a few people in and asked them to help the subject to the bed.
Those people were afraid of Gong Jiu, and they didn't dare to touch the subject at first. They hesitated for a long time before they mustered up the courage to hold the subject's arm and take him out.
Hu Sheng looked at Xue Chen with awe, and asked respectfully: "Did you rush here because you knew that the young master was in trouble?"
Xue Chen said calmly: "You think too much, it's just a coincidence."
This perfunctory reason was not convincing at all. He didn't want to say it, and Hu Sheng had no choice: "I'll take you back?"
Xue Chen hesitated for a while: "Okay."
He couldn't help if he stayed with the original body, and he might run into Gong Jiu coming back and be silenced by his annoying brother.
It would be more appropriate to wait for the original body to wake up and take the initiative to meet with the vest.
Back in the alchemy room, the fire had been extinguished, the temperature in the furnace was not high enough, and the boiled medicine juice contained impurities and could not meet the standard of being rolled into pills, so it could only be poured out with regret.
Xue Chen started another furnace, re-ignited the firewood, burned out two furnaces of elixirs, and then his main body was completely awake.
He opened his eyes and saw Gong Jiu sitting in front of him with an expressionless face, holding an exquisite white porcelain bowl in his hand, and using a spoon to feed him water.
When their eyes met, Gong Jiu was stunned for a moment: "Brother, you are awake."
It was already dark outside, and candles were lit in the room. If Xue Chen had not been operating two bodies at the same time and had not really lost consciousness, he would definitely not be able to tell whether it was just night or early morning.
Seeing that his brother didn't say anything, Gong Jiu touched his forehead and said, "Fortunately, the fever has gone down."
Xue Chen tilted his head: "What happened?"
"You just fainted, and none of the servants outside noticed it. If Xie Heng hadn't come over to take a look, I don't know how long it would take for someone to find out." Gong Jiu's eyes were cold: "Fortunately you are okay, otherwise I will definitely not let them go!"
Xue Chen: "Xie Heng?"
Gong Jiu: "He is an accountant under me. I can't calculate those accounts. He did them for me. You haven't eaten for a long time. Drink some water first. I'll go and ask the kitchen to prepare the dishes."
System: [What is water? ]
[Juice. 】Xue Chen flipped through the original owner's memory and found that in addition to thirst water, there were also soups, syrups, and cooked water, that is, instant drinks, lactic acid drinks, and herbal tea.
He took the white porcelain bowl from Gong Jiu's hand and looked down. The water in the bowl was yellow and clear, and there were a few pieces of fresh orange flesh soaked in it. It smelled lightly sweet and had a very refreshing jasmine flavor.
[There is also honey in it! ] Xue Chen drank wildly, [I am a failure as the Prince of Taiping. I don't get to enjoy the delicious food and drinks I usually have. ]
System: [How many days have you been here? You are pretending to be sick every day. Who dares to send you food casually? ]
Xue Chen: [That makes sense. ]
He decided to pick up Xie Heng's alcoholic personality again, replace all the wine with drinks, and drink different drinks every day.
Gong Jiu came back and saw that he seemed distracted: "If you don't want to drink, forget it. Don't force yourself."
Xue Chen picked up the bowl, drank it all in one gulp, picked up the fruit with a spoon and ate it, smiling at Gong Jiu: "How can a brother let down his brother's kindness?"
System: [I have discovered that you let yourself go in your pseudonym and act every day in your real body.]
Xue Chen: [I don't plan to immigrate to Mars, why should I let myself go with my real body.]
Gong Jiu was very impressed by his brother's tricks. When he heard Xue Chen's words, his eyes softened. He thought for a moment: "When are you going back?"
Xue Chen couldn't eat the fruit anymore, so he put the bowl aside and looked at him quietly.
Gong Jiu: "The plague has spread into the city. Two days ago, the gatekeeper outside was infected with the disease and went home to recuperate. Brother, I'm scared. I don't want to lose you."
Xue Chen: "Me too."
The two brothers looked at each other in silence, and neither of them spoke again.
These three simple words clearly conveyed Xue Chen's meaning. The twin brothers are in tune with each other and are equally worried about each other.
After a long time, Gong Jiu clenched his fists and slammed them hard on the table. He left angrily without saying a word.
Xue Chen kept the same position as when he just woke up, leaning against the soft pillow behind him with his eyes closed to rest.
System: [Is your brother angry?]
Xue Chen almost fell asleep and lost connection, but he sobered up a little after hearing the system's words: [No, he is sick and should be looking for a fight now.]
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"12 qian of gypsum, 3 qian of rhubarb, 2 qian of anemarrhena, 3 qian of buffalo horn, 2 qian of moutan bark..." Xue Chen weighed the 15 herbs, wrapped them in paper, put them on his legs, pushed the wheelchair to the stove, and threw them in to boil.
The herbs for treating the epidemic were all given away yesterday, and he asked Mr. Hu to buy some at a high price.
His brother's money came easily and in an illegal way, so he didn't feel bad at all when he spent it.
Xue Chen picked up the wine pot and took a sip of the sour and sweet lychee soup.
Lychee soup is a common soup on the street and is also a traditional Chinese medicine. Although it is called this name, it is actually brewed with black plum, licorice, herb, angelica dahurica and white sandalwood.
The herbs are all ready, and Xue Chen made them himself. He put them in the wine pot and asked Hu Sheng to get some wine. No one knew that he was drinking a drink, which was madly pulling the synchronization rate of the system.
The temperature in the alchemy room was very high, and the doors and windows were wide open to dissipate the heat.
The young man in white stood under the yew tree in the yard and said to Hu Sheng, "You go and guard outside."
Hu Sheng: "Yes."
The young man in white entered the alchemy room, took the wine pot from Xue Chen's hand, pondered for a moment, and handed it back.
System: [Do you dislike yourself? Xue Chen: [
This is called talking about hygiene. Even if they are all me, they use different bodies, and the bacteria on them are also different. They must be looked at separately.]
He found a place by the window and sat for a while. Maybe his body was not fully recovered yet. Although Xie Heng did not feel anything, Xue Chen felt suffocated and uncomfortable. He left after staying long enough.
Xie Heng drank the last mouthful of lychee soup, poured out the medicine in the alchemy furnace, and after it cooled slightly, he rolled it into balls with his hands.
He pushed his wheelchair out: "Mr. Hu, how is the epidemic outside?"
Mr. Hu said: "Your pills and prescriptions are very useful, but there are not enough medicinal materials in the city, so they can only be sent to government offices at all levels and the army..."
"I understand." Xue Chen said, "Gong Jiu just said that he will never take back the things he gave me. From now on, I will take care of all my things. Now immediately mobilize people, take the newly purchased medicinal materials, and find an empty place to distribute them to the people."
"This..."
"You just said that the soldiers in the army have taken medicine? It's just right to let them deal with the corpses in various places, especially those in Yizhuang, and bury them all as soon as possible." Xue Chen spoke quickly, with an unquestionable tone, "If anyone asks, just say that this is the order of the Prince of Taiping. Whoever dares to stop it will be taken directly to Gong Jiu."
Hu Sheng thought that the prince must have just said something to Xie Heng, so Xie Heng had the confidence to do this.
He never disobeyed Gong Jiu's orders: "Yes."
For the sake of safety, Hu Sheng still went to Cangyunxuan to meet Gong Jiu, and got the jade card from him, and actually successfully mobilized those soldiers.
He didn't know that Gong Jiu was the real Prince of Taiping. He realized that Gong Jiu's power had extended to the court, and he was more in awe of him and dared not disobey his orders.
Boxes of medicinal materials were moved out of the Chen family's yard. Soldiers holding long guns stood on both sides and loudly explained the rules twice. The people lined up in front to register their residences and names, and each person received three bags of herbs.
Xue Chen sat in a wheelchair and watched quietly.
All the existing medicines were distributed, and the soldiers were preparing to withdraw. A man saw that he was the person in charge, and before leaving, he came over and bowed, and said embarrassedly: "Sir, are these herbs really useful? Can I pay for a few packets?"
Xue Chen: "You don't have medicine?"
The man said: "How can I have this? In the face of the epidemic, this medicine is life."
Xue Chen smiled and looked at Hu Sheng.
Hu Sheng knelt on the ground: "Sir... This is all the young master's intention..."
Xue Chen: "I know, and I don't blame you. You take people to the government office, look inside and out, and bring back what belongs to me, not a single blade of grass can be missing."
System: [What does this mean? Are you going to quarrel with those officials? Isn't it a bit too hasty? ]
Xue Chen: [I can't help but be anxious, it's my fault that I suddenly fainted, and I can't hide it. My brother must still be worried about me. If I don't do it, he will pack me up and send me back. 】
System: [Aren't you afraid that Gong Jiu will know? 】
Xue Chen: [Do you dare to make a bet? 】
System: [What? 】
Xue Chen: [On my brother's reaction after he knows about this. 】