Chapter 327: The Hongmen Banquet
The eyes of these people are full of desire for life. Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, they are unwilling to give it up and struggle hard to survive.
Gu Changsheng saw with his own eyes the soldiers carrying out the dead civilians from the shed one by one.
When the other sick people saw this, fear appeared in their eyes and they collapsed to the ground.
Zhong Heng put his hands behind his back and sighed, "In this world, those who want to survive are teased by fate and have their lives taken away. Those who could live well, yet easily give up their lives."
Gu Changsheng felt as if his heart was stabbed by these words. He had never felt much pain in his heart when he treated people before.
I just feel that birth, aging, sickness and death are common to all human beings.
Now, seeing that life has become very fragile under the ravages of the plague and lives disappearing right before our eyes, it is hard not to be touched.
He watched the people who had lost their loved ones without blinking, and fell into uncontrollable grief, as if a part of them had been removed from their bodies, making them no longer complete.
Gu Changsheng couldn't help but think of his father's gray hair. Every time he opened the window, he could see his father standing in the corner, staring blankly at his house.
His father was very worried about him, but he never showed it in front of him. He always had a strict face and pretended nothing was wrong.
My aunt was worried that he was worried too much and took all the blame on himself, unable to untie the knot in his heart, so she came to Gu's house to see him every few days.
Manman was worried about him, and when she left the Great Zhou, she sent him a letter, telling him that she was going to Northern Qi to retrieve the remains of the Princess Huguo. The journey was long and the mountains were high and the waters were far away, so she would probably not return to the Great Zhou until next year.
Manman said in the letter that she might return to Da Zhou before the Dragon Boat Festival next year, but she was afraid that unexpected complications would delay her trip, so she made an appointment with him to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together next year.
The master is a person with a hard mouth but a soft heart. He has never said a word of concern. Faced with his coldness and lack of desire, my temper becomes anxious and I feel a little powerless. Finally, I mutter in his ears, talking about my pitiful side, hoping to arouse his sympathy and feel a little worried.
If one day they lost him, they would probably feel the same as these people who had lost their loved ones.
"Help, save my child... please save my child..."
At this time, a woman rushed out of the shed holding a child. The moment she saw Chen Yuanshi, her eyes suddenly lit up and she rushed towards Chen Yuanshi.
The soldiers stopped the woman and said, "Your child is infected with the plague and cannot go outside."
The light in the woman's eyes shattered, and tears welled up in her eyes. She knelt on the ground and begged Chen Yuanshi for help: "Sir, please save my child, please save her..."
Dean Chen was about to go over with the medicine box on his back, but Gu Changsheng went over first. He looked at the unconscious child with blurred vision, reached out and touched the child's forehead, which was burning hot.
He took the child's pulse, gave the child a detailed examination, asked the woman about the child's symptoms, and then took out a sharp needle from his sleeve and gave the child acupuncture.
After a few injections, the child woke up, coughing violently and shouting in a daze that he was cold.
When the woman saw the child wake up, she felt as if the child was a treasure that she was about to lose. The child returned to her arms and she hugged him tightly, crying loudly.
Even if the child's condition does not improve, as long as he is still alive, for a mother, it means there is hope of cure and it brings great comfort to her heart.
Gu Changsheng looked at the woman who had lost and found her child and how she carefully cherished him, and suddenly he understood the meaning of life.
Over the years, his only belief was to find Manman. Repeated disappointments wore away his edges, and the shackles in his heart became heavier and heavier.
In his life, he had no other thoughts except finding Manman.
So after finding Manman, the faith that supported him collapsed, his heart became empty, and he seemed to have lost his direction.
Apart from making up for Manman, he could not find any other meaning.
"Thank you, thank you for saving my child."
The woman stopped crying and kowtowed to Gu Changsheng to express her gratitude.
Gu Changsheng had never seen such a scene before, and took a step back feeling uncomfortable.
Chen Yuanshi quickly gestured to the woman to get up and take the child to get the medicine.
The woman left in a hurry.
Gu Changsheng tilted his head to look at Chen Yuanshi standing beside him. "Distribute the detoxification and blood circulation soup recipe to the doctors. For patients with severe or critical conditions, add more medicine according to the prescription. The elderly and weak should use a single dose, and the strong should use a double dose. Take it three times a day until they are cured."
Director Chen pressed on, "Can all of them be cured?"
Gu Changsheng shook his head.
Dean Chen waited for a moment, and seeing that Gu Changsheng had no intention of continuing, he took the recipe handed to him and left in a hurry.
Gu Changsheng said to Zhao Yi, "You are weak and easily invaded by evil spirits. Stay away from patients." He ordered, "Take your men to clean the streets and spread medicinal powder to eliminate the disease."
Zhao Yi nodded slightly, and when he was about to leave, Zhong Heng stuffed a bottle of medicine into his hand.
Zhong Heng instructed, "Take two pills every day for three or four days."
Zhao Yi responded: "Thank you very much."
Zhong Heng was most impatient with these polite words. He waved his hand and hurriedly chased after Gu Changsheng, fearing that Gu Changsheng would do something reckless if he was not careful.
Zhao Yi returned the same way, entered the house, summoned the guards who had accompanied him, armed himself, and went to clean up the streets.
Until night fell, Zhao Yi returned to the mansion with his guards and temporarily borrowed the house of the King of Zhenbei to wash up.
Jiang Chao and Jiang Mu each returned with their guards and went to Zhao Yi to report the situation.
The two men came into the house and reported on the progress of the epidemic prevention.
Jiang Mu came to Zhao Yi and asked, "Second Master, do you need me to pass on the recipe for the plague to the prefects of Yuncheng and Panshi City?"
Zhao Yi pondered and said, "Let's see how it works tomorrow. If the recipe is effective, you and Jiang Chao will go to these two cities separately and hand the recipe to the doctor."
Jiang Mu was stunned, and immediately realized that his master did not trust the governors of these two cities.
After all, the prefects of Yuncheng and Panshicheng were officials of Northern Qi, and their masters had special status. If the soup recipe was handed over to the prefects, they could easily frame their masters by simply replacing a few ingredients.
He and Jiang Chao went to check it out personally, and the situation became much better.
"Yes." Jiang Mu reminded: "Do you want to write a letter to Second Madam to let her know you're safe?"
Zhao Yi paused as he took off his handkerchief to wipe his hands. He carefully wiped the water off his hands and said softly, "Settle down and write her a letter."
Jiang Mu frowned. They had just arrived in Yingcheng and had gone out to work before the houses were allocated.
Now that I'm back from work, the person in charge is not at home and I haven't settled down yet.
The master just changed clothes temporarily in the King of Zhenbei's house.
"I'll go ask." Jiang Mu opened the door and saw a stranger standing there. He was wearing the uniform of a seventh-rank county magistrate. "The prince is not in the room. Go look for him somewhere else."
Magistrate Xu said with a smile on his face, "I am not looking for the prince, I am here to see His Highness."
At this point, he explained, "Yingcheng has been ceded to the Great Zhou. Due to the plague, the Great Zhou has not yet sent anyone to take over my position."
Zhao Yi had heard about this before coming to Yingcheng. Although Xu Zhixian was still nominally serving as the magistrate of Yingcheng, he had become a hands-off manager.
Lord Xu didn't hear Zhao Yi's response, so he said flatteringly, "This mansion is full of people, there's no vacant room. I heard you were in Yingcheng, so I specially ordered someone to clear out a private house for you to stay."
He was worried that Zhao Yi might be reluctant to go, so he said sincerely, "I have prepared some wine and drinks at my private residence to welcome Your Highness. I also have a favor to ask. After your meal, I would like to ask Your Highness to go and look at the government grain and silver and give me some advice on how to dispose of them."
When Jiang Mu and Jiang Chao heard about silver and food, they all looked at Zhao Yi, waiting for him to make a decision.
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