After the earthquake, landslides could occur at any time, so after finding the people, everyone did not dare to stay. The two gangs each carried their own people and hurried to Dingjiatan.

Along the way, although Zhao Hao was wrapped tightly in a fur coat and a cotton jacket, he was still shivering from the cold.

At this moment, Zhao Hao was certain that he did have a fever.

For a teenager who usually lacks exercise, was over-frightened and overworked yesterday, and even gave his cloak to others, it is very reasonable for him to have a fever at this time.

Zhao Hao couldn't help but pray silently that his fever would subside soon. He was very worried. What if his brain was damaged by the fever and he could no longer remember the books he had read in his previous life?

What the hell is this young master doing?

I immediately started to think and searched in my memory for some medicine I could take...

The first two fever-reducing drugs that came to his mind were ibuprofen and aspirin.

He didn't know the former, but he did have some ideas about the latter.

He thought that the main ingredient of aspirin is salicylic acid, which comes from willow bark. Then he remembered that Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica also mentioned that boiling water with willow bark can reduce fever and relieve pain in patients with joint diseases. He thought that the willow bark soup must contain salicylic acid.

After a little reasoning, Zhao Hao whispered to Gao Wu to see if there were any willow trees on the roadside and get some bark to boil water for himself.

Gao Wu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately thought of the Artemisia annua. He thought that the young master was being too modest when he said he had no medical skills.

He looked around carefully, and it was not until he reached Dingjiatan that he saw many willow trees growing by the Yongding River.

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While waiting for the ice bed to arrive, Gao Wu quickly drew his knife and scraped off a large piece of dry willow bark, and held it in front of Zhao Hao to show him.

"It's this thing." Zhao Hao nodded slightly and said, "Cut it into cubes and boil it in water. Bring it here when the water turns black."

Gao Wu nodded and immediately went to find someone to help.

Dingjiatan is a village near the river. There are some houses along the river. Zhao Hao's method is not too difficult, so he can just give them some money and the problem will be solved.

But the young lord was rather surprised when he saw it, thinking that this was the first time he heard that willow bark could cure fever.

Xu Yuanchun also said with concern: "Yes, Zhao, you should not use folk remedies indiscriminately, right? Be patient and wait until we return to the capital, I will ask the imperial physician to treat you."

Zhao Hao grinned and laughed dryly: "The medicine the doctor prescribed is too bitter. I can't get used to it."

"Isn't he crazy?" Xu Yuanchun said to Zhao Shizhen, "You can't let him do whatever he wants. What if something bad happens to him?"

"My uncle said it works, so it must work." Zhao Shizhen looked at Xu Yuanchun with dissatisfaction. He could feel the slight hostility of this Master Xu towards his uncle.

Zhao Shizhen had lived under someone else's roof for many years, so he was naturally good at observing other people's hidden emotions.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry for meddling in other people's business." Xu Yuanchun felt annoyed and turned away.

He thought to himself that this countryman came from nowhere and actually took the kindness of himself, the grandson of the Prime Minister, for granted. He deserved to be burned to death.

The reason why Mr. Xu behaved so uncharacteristically and lost his composure was related to his extraordinary imagination - when he heard that Zhao Hao and Li Mingyue spent the night together in the mountains last night, he had even imagined what their future children would look like.

Then the sound of the horse-head fiddle rang in Mr. Xu's ears, and he felt his hair turned into green grassland... even though he had nothing to do with Li Mingyue.

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Over there, Li Mingyue was in a temporary shelter. When she heard that Zhao Hao was sick, she was extremely anxious.

But she was tied to a stretcher and there was no way she could go over and take a look.

Seeing Xu Yuanchun come in, she couldn't wait to ask, "How is he? Is he seriously ill?"

"Who is it?" Xu Yuanchun found it irritating.

"Mr. Zhao."

"Oh, I think he has a severe fever. He even asked someone to scrape willow bark to boil water for him to drink." Xu Yuanchun intentionally or unintentionally criticized Zhao Hao and said, "Do you think this man is sick?"

Ningyuan Marquis Liu Side and others burst into laughter upon hearing this and echoed Master Xu.

"What did you say? Say it again!" Li Mingyue was immediately furious, staring at Xu Yuanchun with wide eyes. If she hadn't been trapped on the stretcher, she could have kicked him up...

The room suddenly became quiet. It was obvious that these young masters were afraid of the hot-tempered Lady of Lanling County.

"I didn't say that. I meant that he didn't see a doctor when he was sick and ate tree bark on his own." Xu Yuanchun was not afraid of Li Mingyue, but he didn't want to ruin the impression he had on her, so he quickly changed his words and said, "I meant well."

"Hmph, what do you know? My brother Zhao is amazing. He can use ice to make fire. Can you?" Li Mingyue said with disdain.

"Using ice to make fire? You're just bragging, right?" Liu Side and others shook their heads in disbelief.

Li Mingyue sneered, "How else could the fire have started? You are just a bunch of frogs in a well, so arrogant."

Liu Si De and the others had no way to refute it, so they said in a low voice: "Let's see if boiling willow bark in water can cure him."

Xu Yuanchun's focus was not here, but on Li Mingyue's casual words "my brother Zhao". These four words pierced his heart like a needle, making Master Xu look very ugly.

Fortunately, after a day and a night of hard work, everyone looked like a monster, so there was no need to worry about being discovered.

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By the time Zhao Hao finished drinking the black willow bark soup, the ice truck that came to pick them up arrived.

Looking at the ice trucks that came to pick them up, Zhao Hao and others finally understood why Li Chengen and others insisted on waiting for someone to pick them up even though there were plenty of ice floes in Dingjiatan.

The ice cart in the Princess's Mansion is completely different from the ice sled made of only one layer of wood!

They were luxurious carriages, but with two steel rails instead of wheels. Moreover, the ice carriages were not driven by bamboo poles, but were pulled by eight drivers wearing red uniforms and wearing ice skates.

When Zhao Hao was carried into the beautifully decorated carriage equipped with a warm felt tent, he could no longer feel the cold wind outside.

Gao Wu and Zhao Shizhen also got on the car and stood guard at his left and right.

Zhao Shizhen put a wet cotton towel on Zhao Hao's head, and Gao Wu massaged Zhao Hao's Dazhui, Quchi, Hegu, Waiguan and other acupoints according to the method he learned in the army.

After a while, Zhao Hao fell asleep in a daze and didn't even know when the ice sled started.

~~

Zhao Hao slept for two hours. When he woke up, the ice sled had stopped.

Only then did he realize that he was sweating profusely. Although his hands and feet were still weak, the pain that drilled into his bones had disappeared, and he felt relaxed all over.

Zhao Shizhen also noticed that Zhao Hao was different. He raised his hand and touched his forehead, and said in surprise: "The fever has subsided!"

Zhao Hao knew that this was the effect of salicylic acid. Although he would probably have a fever again once the effect wore off, at least he felt much better now.

He then asked in a hoarse voice: "Have you entered the capital?"

"No, we've arrived at Yuyuantan." Zhao Shizhen replied.

When I came here, I passed by Yuyuantan, which is just four or five miles outside Fuchengmen.

"Why don't you leave?" Zhao Hao asked.

"It seems that the eldest princess has arrived, and everyone outside is waiting for her." Zhao Shizhen replied.

"Oh." Zhao Hao thought to himself. The princess was a widow, and her children were probably her spiritual support. It was normal for her to come out to greet her daughter after hearing that she was in trouble.

Zhao Shizhen paused, and then said, "My uncle and uncle have also come."

"Oh." Zhao Hao nodded in satisfaction. This was even more normal. This young master is my father's **...

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