Before Ye Zhou could answer, he heard someone knocking on the door urgently: "Duke, the emperor has issued an order."
Ye Zhou opened the door and saw Tie Ren and a eunuch. The eunuch said, "The emperor has issued a decree that an epidemic is raging in the southwestern border. Duke Xiangguo Ye Zhou is ordered to receive the decree and immediately depart for southern Yunnan. The epidemic must not be allowed to spread beyond Yunzhao."
Tie Ren said, "The horses are at the foot of the mountain. There's another 6,000-man team led by the Duke, currently heading towards southern Yunnan. 300 of them are doctors, nurses, and military surgeons, led by the Chief Medical Officer of the Imperial Hospital. We can catch up in less than half a day by riding horses."
Ye Zhou asked, "Is there any book about the epidemic?"
Tie Ren said, "Yes." He took it out from his pocket and handed it to Ye Zhou. Ye Zhou looked at it and asked, "Why so suddenly?"
Tie Ren said, "The governor of Southern Yunnan had never encountered such a situation before and mistook it for a common illness. Later, when he realized it wasn't right, he sent people to Kyoto for help.
Unexpectedly, the messenger also contracted the plague and collapsed on the road, and the horse was nowhere to be found. Fortunately, they met an old herbalist who noticed something was wrong, isolated the patient, and then treated him. He also handed over the letter and folder on the patient's body to the local officials.
This memorial was then sent via the official route, but the local magistrate had no authority to dismantle a memorial from a governor, and he didn't know the significance of the matter. It should have traveled 800 miles expedited, but it ended up being sent via the common route. Your Majesty received it yesterday, calculated the time, and within a day, summoned the physicians from Kyoto and ordered them to depart immediately."
Ye Zhou had simply packed up and was about to leave. Hearing this, Tang Miao, looking worried, came over and whispered, "I want to go with you."
Ye Zhou smiled slightly: "Are you not afraid of following me without any status now?"
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