Chapter 69 Let’s spread the news quickly throughout the village
"Puh, puh, puh!" Gu Xixi spat, "What do you mean by death?"
"Why do you curse me every chance you get?"
Mu Nanzhao looked over Gu Xixi's head and said to the old doctor, "Mr. Jiang, please forgive me for offending you, but how confident are you about your prescription this time?"
The old doctor smiled calmly, "Less than 50%."
Gu Xixi was a little surprised. Having seen the old doctor guarantee his life, she thought there was at least a 60% chance of success.
Mu Nanzhao was not that surprised.
Epidemics are different from other diseases. They are changeable. Even the same plague has different symptoms in different years and regions, so the treatment methods naturally vary greatly.
This is also the reason why so many doctors were dispatched but still could not come up with a prescription.
Mu Nanzhao said calmly, "Mr. Jiang, just go ahead and do it. No matter what the result is, I will make sure you get out of this unscathed."
Gu Xixi glanced sideways, thinking that Mu Nanzhao was now relying entirely on the old doctor to keep him alive, probably because of this.
Mu Nanzhao saw through Gu Xixi's thoughts at a glance.
The corners of his lips curled up into a sneer, and he said sarcastically, "Don't worry, you are not completely useless. If I have the energy to spare when I leave, I will consider taking you with me."
Gu Xixi also grinned at him, "I feel much more relieved when you say that I'm useful."
After returning to the small house on the mountainside, Mu Nanzhao and the old doctor found a place in the outer room and took a nap.
Before dawn, Gu Xixi heard some noise outside. When she went out to check, the old doctor had already gotten up.
"Master," Gu Xixi called quietly, "Are you worried about the patient and haven't slept well all night?"
The old doctor turned around and said, "You've come just in time. Can you help me check the top shelf to see if there is a brocade box?"
Gu Xixi had no night vision, so she had to light the oil lamp and stand on tiptoe to illuminate the high places.
"There is a brocade box, it seems to be... red?"
The old doctor nodded and said, "That's it. Bring it down to me."
There was a thick layer of dust on the brocade box. Gu Xixi took it off carefully, but still sneezed because of the choking.
The old doctor took the brocade box, stroked it and said, "I have never moved it since I lived here. It is inevitable that it has accumulated dust."
Gu Xixi sneezed twice more, rubbing her nose and asking curiously, "What kind of good thing could be so treasured by you?"
"Medical secrets? Miraculous prescriptions from the sea?"
The old doctor said with a smile, "The thing is right here, what are you guessing? Just open it and you will know."
He opened the lid of the box, and inside was only a black, dull... stone?
The stone felt cool to the touch and was about the size of an adult man's fist.
Gu Xixi came closer and looked left and right, but she really couldn't tell what was special about this thing.
"Is this the black stone?" Mu Nanzhao's voice came from behind the table.
He woke up when Gu Xixi came out, and now he was lying there with his eyes open, staring at the things in the brocade box.
The old doctor smiled and said, "That's right."
Xuanshi, a naturally occurring stone, is also an extremely rare and precious medicinal material.
The old doctor thought about it at night, and now this prescription for treating plague has only one shortcoming.
The herbs that clear away heat and cool blood are slightly weaker in the overall medicinal properties.
It is fine to treat young and strong men, but if it is for women, children, the elderly and the weak who have insufficient Yang energy, the same prescription may be less effective.
The old doctor therefore thought of the black stone.
Black stone has the effect of clearing away heat and cooling blood, but due to its strong medicinal properties, it should not be used without permission.
It also needs to be ground into powder and made into an inducer together with other medicinal materials.
When Gu Xixi heard this, she understood the old doctor's intention.
"The young man from Zhao Si's family may not need this medicine. Master is thinking about those people in other villages who are sick."
"That's right." The old doctor said with relief, "This epidemic must be completely eradicated, otherwise it will resurface and the consequences will be even more disastrous."
The amount of black stone used is extremely small. Just scrape off a little bit with wood chips, which is enough to make medicine for a hundred people.
Mu Nanzhao looked at Xuanshi thoughtfully.
The Imperial Hospital in the palace only has one piece of this thing in stock, and it's not as big as this one.
The old doctor indeed had an extraordinary background.
Since they couldn't sleep anyway and it was almost dawn, Gu Xixi and the old doctor simply left home early and went to Zhao Si's house.
The two gatekeepers had returned and were snoring softly against the doorframe.
Gu Xixi had no choice but to wake them up, "Please open the door."
As soon as the door lock was opened, the gatekeeper covered his nose and quickly stepped back several steps.
However, before the old doctor entered the house, Zhao Si's old couple, eldest brother and sister-in-law, and three children rushed out of the house and ran straight to the door.
The gatekeeper was horrified. "Don't come over here! Go back! Go back!"
The children danced and shouted, "The fever has gone down, my second uncle's fever has gone down!"
Looking at the adults again, they all had smiles on their faces.
The eldest sister-in-law smiled with tears in her eyes, and repeatedly said, "Miss Gu, before midnight last night, my second brother's fever had subsided."
"He said he was hungry, but I listened to the old doctor and didn't dare to give him more food, so he ate half a bowl of porridge with salt!"
Gu Xixi smiled, "That's great."
The old doctor also smiled and nodded, "I'll go in and take a look now. If you've passed the most dangerous moment, you just need to continue taking medicine to consolidate your health. You'll definitely get better in a few days."
The whole family was so moved that they cried, and they welcomed the old doctor in with many thanks.
The two guards outside the door looked at each other.
Is the fever gone?
Good thing?
Will it get better in a few days?!
The two people's expressions gradually became excited and out of control.
In this way, wouldn't everyone be saved?
Gu Xixi stood inside the door and said, "I guess everyone was worried and couldn't sleep well last night. You guys go and report the news. I'll just watch from here."
The two thanked him and ran away immediately.
Soon their shouts could be heard everywhere in Stone Village. "Good news, good news! The fever has subsided!!"
"The second kid from Zhao Si's family had a fever in the middle of the night!"
"The old doctor's medicine works!!"
Under the first rays of morning light, Stone Village was already bustling with activity.
Village chief Zhao hurried to Zhao Si's house without even bothering to put on his clothes.
This time he was not disappointed.
The old doctor came out of the house and nodded to Village Chief Zhao with a smile.
Village Chief Zhao was ecstatic, "I knew it!! I knew everything would be fine! Thank you, doctor! Thank you, doctor!"
As he spoke, tears rolled down his cheeks, but they were tears of joy at surviving the disaster.
Half an hour later, Mu Nanzhao delivered a stack of prescriptions to the village entrance.
In addition to the plague prescription, there are also medicinal teas for prevention, decoctions for disinfection, and poisons for killing rats. The methods of preparation and usage were all dictated by Gu Xixi and written down by Mu Nanzhao.
Meng Chengping took it as if it were a treasure, looked down at it, and his mouth was grinning with joy.
"That's great. I didn't expect the plague medicine to be so effective."
"Coupled with the rat eradication campaign, the disease will be completely eradicated in no time!"
Meng Chengping sent his attendants aside and addressed Mu Nanzhao by his real surname, "Hey, Brother Mu, I've never heard of this miracle doctor before. He's so secretive, could he be your man?"
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