Yin Chengyu looked so tired and haggard, so Xue Shu massaged him for a while, and then asked someone to bring him hot water and a towel to apply hot compresses to his eyes and back of the neck to make him feel more comfortable.

Yin Chengyu had been tense for several days, and now he finally had a moment of leisure. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Xue Shu turned to massage his shoulders and asked, "But the situation in Xuanfu is not good?"

All the disaster victims who fled to Shaanxi have been intercepted and sent back, but Yin Chengyu is still so worried, it must be that something went wrong in Xuanfu.

"The number of people sent back from Xuanfu is much smaller than the number of people who fled at the beginning." Yin Chengyu said: "I don't know how many people are infected with the virus. I am worried that the epidemic will spread to Zhili."

Things kept coming one after another, and just when the epidemic was getting better, problems arose again, which inevitably made people exhausted.

"Shanxi's epidemic control has been effective. Even if we plan for the worst-case scenario and an epidemic breaks out in Wanzhili, it wouldn't be too bad to follow Shanxi's approach," said Xue Shu.

"I hope so." Yin Chengyu asked again, "Did you find out anything about those two people?"

"The riot among the disaster victims in Datong was indeed instigated by someone, but the instigators were mixed in with the victims and were difficult to identify. The two people arrested were just ordinary people who were instigated. They became the leaders this time because they had been to Shaanxi and were familiar with the route."

Although he had expected this, Yin Chengyu still felt angry when he heard that someone was deliberately inciting a riot among the disaster victims: "This is really ridiculous!"

At this critical juncture, he could easily identify the person who instigated the disaster victims to riot even with his eyes closed.

I just don’t know whether he is the second or third child.

Emperor Longfeng went to Nanjing, bringing Concubine Wen and Concubine De with him. Yin Chengzhang and Yin Chengjing naturally went with him as well. Only he, as the crown prince, stayed behind to supervise the country.

The second and third sons must be worried at this moment, fearing that he would stabilize the epidemic in Shanxi and add another achievement, which would make it even more difficult to overthrow him in the future.

"They are all short-sighted people." Yin Chengyu sat up straight and suppressed his anger: "Forget it, getting angry now will not help. The most urgent task is to control the epidemic in Shanxi first, and we also need to prevent it before it happens."

He handed the rules he had compiled to Xue Shu and said, "The general of Datong is unfit for duty. You should keep an eye on all matters in Datong Prefecture. We must not allow disaster victims to escape again."

Because of the riot by disaster victims, Yin Chengyu was stranded in Datong Prefecture for nearly ten days.

With the regulations he personally drafted and Xue Shu and his men keeping an eye on it, the disaster relief work in Datong Prefecture was finally on the right track.

In late May, Yin Chengyu returned to Taiyuan after inspecting the disaster relief situation in several other prefectures.

Today, Taiyuan City is much more lively than the "ghost town" of the past. People go out to work during the day to help build the charity hall in the plague center, and return to the city to rest before sunset. Because I saw with my own eyes that the patients in the plague center were properly treated, although the bodies of the dead were sent out of the plague center for cremation every day, the infected people no longer waited for death in despair.

If the people themselves or their relatives and friends showed signs of illness, they began to report it actively and took the initiative to go to the plague hospital for treatment.

Today, the leprosy center outside Taiyuan has been expanded repeatedly and divided into two parts, inside and outside. Those with severe symptoms are separated from those with mild symptoms, and doctors take pulses and record them every day. Although they cannot be cured immediately, they take soup and medicine every day, and the number of deaths has decreased compared to the beginning.

After returning to the city, Yin Chengyu first went to the government office to check the recent documents, while Xue Shu went to see the kennel that he had asked someone to build earlier. The subordinates reported that the dogs lived with rats every day and ate rats. Now most of the dogs have become listless and cannot eat or drink. A small number of dogs even have meat lumps on their necks, just like humans.

The kennel was built in a deserted depression. To prevent rats from digging holes and escaping, the entire kennel was covered with iron plates with small holes on all four sides, leaving only openings for ventilation and observation.

Xue Shu took a look at the situation from a distance and sent for the imperial physician.

In recent days, the imperial physicians brought from the palace and many doctors summoned from all over the country have been developing a treatment for the pimple plague, but they have not yet developed a very effective prescription.

Now that it's confirmed that these mice are related to the typhus plague, perhaps it can be of some help.

About half an hour later, not only the three imperial doctors came, but Yin Chengyu and Wen Ling also came.

"Why is your highness here? It's easy to get sick here." Xue Shu frowned, handed him a cloth fumigated with mugwort, and stopped him from going any further.

"I heard about the kennel, so I came to take a look. When did you build it?"

Yin Chengyu stopped and saw the three imperial doctors and Wen Ling put on thick clothes, put on face towels, and fumigated themselves with mugwort before approaching the kennel cautiously.

"After returning from Wangjia Village, I remembered the old saying I heard before, so I decided to give it a try." Xue Shu said, "I hope it can be useful."

While the two were talking, a guard had already taken the sick dog out of the kennel.

After the three imperial doctors and Wen Ling took turns examining him, they said, "The symptoms are similar to those of pimple plague."

"These rats are indeed carrying pestilence. Whether a person or a dog eats them, they are likely to be infected with leprosy."

Wen Ling looked more carefully. She observed the dogs carefully and asked someone to take out the only two dogs that had not been infected. After a careful comparison, she hesitated and said, "But if we talk about eating, the five dogs in the other cage were not fed with mice, but three of them showed symptoms of rashes. The skin of these infected dogs was rotten, as if they were bitten by fleas and other insects. However, these two dogs that have not been infected look much cleaner, and there are no bite marks on their bodies. Is it possible that they not only eat mice, but also stay with these mice for a long time, so they will be infected with rashes?"

During these days, she worked with three imperial doctors and heard about the situation in Wangjia Village: "The villagers in Wangjia Village had no food, so they caught mice and raised them at home as food. Farmers' houses were small, so they mostly raised mice in the yard or kitchen. They had to come into contact with mice when they slaughtered them, and they were likely to be infected with fleas from the mice."

"What Doctor Wen said makes sense." The imperial doctors pondered for a while and said, "If rats carry pestilence, then fleas and other insects living on rats for a long time may also be infected with pestilence."

Yin Chengyu understood: "So if we just get rid of the rats and keep fleas away, can we prevent the spread of scabies to humans?"

"You can give it a try. But now that the plague has spread, cleaning up the rats is just a temporary solution." The imperial physician sighed.

“It is never too late to mend.”

Yin Chengyu smiled and said, "I will give you the treatment for the lumps. I will order people to publicize the harm of rats and then clear the rats in the city to prevent anyone from getting infected by rats."

After ordering all the sick dogs and kennels to be burned, Yin Chengyu and Xue Shu returned to the city.

That night he ordered people to draft a written notice, and early the next morning he ordered officers and soldiers to post it in the city and read it out, publicizing the harm caused by rats.

In addition, a large amount of mugwort was prepared and distributed to the people, and almost the entire city was fumigated with mugwort to eliminate pestilence, ants, etc.

After entering June, the whole city of Taiyuan is filled with the scent of mugwort.

The streets are swept every day, keeping them clean and tidy, and there are almost no rats to be seen in the city.

But just when the epidemic in Taiyuan was beginning to stabilize, Zhili received continuous memorials with bad news - outbreaks of lumpsy plague had occurred in Damingfu, Shundefu, Xuanfu and other places, and were showing signs of spreading.

Yin Chengyu's worry, which had just been put at ease because the situation in Shanxi had improved, became tense again.

Although he had anticipated this happening when the disaster victims in Shanxi fled, he still felt heavy-hearted when he heard the bad news.

He found the governor of Shanxi, Jing Weishan, and entrusted him with the subsequent affairs of Shanxi: "Everything in Shanxi is on the right track. If you act according to the rules, there won't be too many mistakes. There have been a series of emergencies, and I have to return to Beijing to take charge of the overall situation. I entrust the people of Shanxi to you."

Jing Weishan had been with him for these days, and his fighting spirit had been rekindled. When he heard that he was leaving, he was panicked for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and said, "I will definitely live up to the trust of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

On June 12, Yin Chengyu returned to Beijing.

Before he left the capital, he only informed his grandfather Yu Huaian and a few close confidants such as Zheng Duobao. The rest of the ministers found out that the prince had quietly gone to Shanxi to provide disaster relief after they had looked for him several times and failed.

But the people had already left, so they had no place to make a fuss. In addition, Yu Shoufu, who had been claiming to be ill and not attending court, came out to sit in the court, so no one dared to cause trouble.

When Yin Chengyu returned, reports on the epidemic situation in various prefectures in Zhili had already reached the cabinet.

As soon as he returned to Beijing, he summoned the cabinet's academicians to discuss direct epidemic prevention matters and arranged many things. It was three or four days before he was finally able to take a break.

Yin Chengyu put down the memorial, glanced at the dark sky outside, and sighed tiredly.

Out of habit, he wanted to ask Xue Shu to massage his head, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that he was now in Ciqing Palace and Xue Shu was not there.

He leaned back in the armchair, pressed his eyebrows, and called Zheng Duobao to come in.

There was a slight sound from the door, and Zheng Duobao walked in quietly and placed a bowl of noodles on the table.

Yin Chengyu took a look at the steaming noodles and frowned: "Why are you sending noodles now?"

As he spoke, he felt something was wrong and looked up, only to see that it was Xue Shu standing by the side with his hands hanging down.

"Why are you here?" Yin Chengyu raised his eyebrows with a hint of smile in his eyes.

"Today is your highness' birthday." Xue Shu looked at him and said.

Yin Chengyu was stunned for a moment before he responded, "I think Zheng Duobao mentioned it a few days ago."

After returning to Beijing, he was very worried about the direct epidemic. When Zheng Duobao came to ask him, he casually said that he would not hold it this year.

I didn't expect Xue Shu still remembered it.

The smile in his eyes became more intense, and he glanced at Xue Shu: "You're sending me away with just a bowl of noodles?

Xue Shu pursed his lips and took out a brocade box from his arms: "The noodles were prepared by Zheng Duobao. This is my congratulatory gift."

He lowered his eyes and handed the brocade box to Yin Chengyu.

Yin Chengyu took it and opened it without hesitation, and saw a lucky jade buckle in the small brocade box.

The jade material of the auspicious buckle is clear and it is a rare fine product. It is obviously not an item hastily found to make up the number.

"You are thoughtful."

Yin Chengyu did not refuse and put away the brocade box. He then deliberately asked, "When was your birthday?"

Having experienced a lifetime, he certainly knew Xue Shu's birthday.

It's just that in his previous life, he only celebrated Xue Shu's birthday once.

He still remembered that he had given Xue Shu the gift he had carefully selected, but Xue Shu seemed dissatisfied with his gift, saying something like "Your Highness, why bother to choose a gift? Aren't you the best gift for us?" Then, of course, he found various excuses to force Xue Shu to stay in his bedroom and torture him in every way.

Since that time, Yin Chengyu never sent him a birthday gift again.

Although Xue Shu would still be angry because he didn't send a gift, and would harass him again, he was going to be harassed anyway, and he was not willing to bring a gift to him for nothing.

Perhaps to compete with him, Xue Shu would be the first to present gifts to him on his birthday every year.

The gift box looks luxurious and glamorous, but actually it contains some shameful things.

"July 16th." Xue Shu replied.

"It's exactly one month later than me."

Thinking of the things Xue Shu had given him in his previous life, Yin Chengyu's malice surged up again. He laughed in an ambiguous tone and said in a drawn-out voice, "On your birthday, I will also give you a gift."

The author has something to say:

Your Highness: I will give you something you didn’t have in your previous life:)

Gou Gou:?