Hu Qing had followed Xiao Yanchu for many years, and Xiao Yanchu could tell at a glance that something big had happened, which was why Hu Qing looked like that, and a bad premonition welled up in his heart.
"Hu Qing, what happened?"
"Your Highness, we have received messages from Mohan, Bincheng, Zhenyi Pass, and other border cities between Da Chu and Bei Li, saying that an unknown epidemic has broken out, is spreading extremely rapidly, and people have already begun to die. Also, this is an urgent message from the new Emperor Xiaoyue and the new Emperor Yunqi to the Princess Consort."
After speaking, Hu Qing took out two small paper rolls and handed them to Su Ruojin.
This was a letter addressed to Su Ruojin, which he could not open.
Epidemic?
Generally speaking, epidemics occur after floods, but we haven't heard of any disasters in these areas this year, so where did the epidemic come from?
Su Ruojin took the paper rolls from Hu Qing and frowned when she saw that both rolls had red markings.
A scroll marked in red is a sign that something significant has happened.
Upon opening it, Su Ruojin frowned even more deeply.
What a coincidence!
Both Yuan Hong and Yun Hao sent her SOS messages with the same content.
Both Xiaoyue and Yunqi, along with the border with Beili, were hit by an epidemic. The epidemic spread extremely quickly, and they sent imperial physicians to treat the patients. However, the physicians had never seen such an epidemic before and were completely helpless. Some of the physicians even contracted the disease themselves.
At this moment, Yanluo also entered. "Your Highness, a letter has arrived from the Heavenly Physician Pavilion."
The Su family already knew about Xiao Jin's close relationship with the Heavenly Medicine Pavilion when she got married, otherwise they wouldn't have sent her a wedding gift. So it's not surprising that they heard about the letter from the Heavenly Medicine Pavilion to Xiao Jin.
Su Ruojin hurriedly opened the letter, and her face darkened after reading it.
how so!
"Xiao Jin, what's wrong?" Madam Su noticed something was wrong and hurriedly asked.
"This is a description of the symptoms of the epidemic from the Heavenly Medicine Pavilion." Su Ruojin handed the letter to Xiao Yanchu.
Previously, Xiaoyue and Yunqi's letters for help were delivered by carrier pigeon. Due to the limited number of words, they only said that the epidemic was very serious and asked Su Ruojin for help, but did not provide details about the epidemic.
The letter from the Heavenly Medicine Pavilion, however, provided a detailed description of the epidemic.
Fever, blisters, pustules, scratching and oozing pus; even without contact with the patient, close proximity can transmit the disease, leading to death. Various methods of treating the epidemic have been tried but to no avail.
The more Su Ruojin read these descriptions, the more familiar they seemed. It was safe to say that anyone who studied medicine in her previous life would know about this historically famous epidemic: smallpox.
But there was no smallpox virus in this dynasty, so where did it come from?
Why are they all concentrated on the border area that intersects with Beili?
Seeing Su Ruojin's expression, Xiao Yanchu, who understood her well, asked, "Ah Jin, do you know about this plague?"
Su Ruojin pondered, "These symptoms look a lot like a disease I know. Logically, this disease shouldn't be present in the Nine Provinces."
The exact cause of the smallpox virus has never been definitively determined in the history of the previous life; it is all speculation.
Transportation in the Nine Provinces during this era was underdeveloped, and there was no maritime industry.
All the countries in the entire Nine Provinces combined are like a closed superpower, so why would they have smallpox?
Xiao Yanchu, however, sensed something amiss in Su Ruojin's words.
Ah Jin said this epidemic shouldn't have appeared in Kyushu, so where should it have appeared?
Has Ah Jin been to any places he doesn't know, or seen this epidemic?
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