Chapter 459 Oops!
"You'll know once you go in and take a look." Cheng Qingyan said as he was about to step forward.
"Wait! It's too dangerous for you to go in like this!" Qi Xu's expression tightened. He stopped the man and quickly took out a simple mask made of cotton cloth from his arms and stuffed it into his hand. "Put this on for protection."
In the letter sent by Yunfu, they were reminded to wear masks and take protective measures before contacting patients.
Qi Xu kept it in mind.
Cheng Qingyan thanked him, took the mask and put it on his face.
Qi Xu also took out a mask and put it on. His small face, which was the size of a palm, was mostly covered, revealing only a pair of black and bright eyes. His eyelashes were long and curled like crow feathers, like two small brushes.
Cheng Qingyan's gaze lingered on her face, and before Qi Xu noticed, he looked away.
The two men stepped into the large courtyard of the trading point one after the other.
Just as Qi Xu expected, the Cui family's trading point was also affected.
The yard was filled with a strong smell of medicine, and above the fire burning in the corner of the yard were several steaming medicine jars hanging.
The people looking at the medicine jars all had sick looks on their faces. When they saw them appear, they stood up and walked forward. Before they could say anything, they started coughing one after another.
"Ahem, who are you? What brings you to the trading point?"
Cheng Qingyan unnoticeably distanced himself from Qi Xu and the man, and replied, "We are from the seventh-class district, and we came to the trading point to exchange for some medicinal herbs."
But in the current situation, I'm afraid the medicinal materials at the trading point may not be enough.
As expected, after hearing what he said, the person on the other end shook his head and said, "We've almost used up all the medicinal materials at this trading point, and there are still so many people who are sick. I'm afraid your trip will be in vain."
"How many of you have been infected? What are the specific symptoms?" Qi Xu walked out from behind Cheng Qingyan at some point.
Seeing that she was a young girl, the man didn't want to pay attention to her: "Who are you? Ahem, why are you asking these questions?"
"I am a doctor." Qi Xu said in a firm voice.
"Doctor?" When those people heard her identity as a doctor, they no longer cared whether she was a young girl or not.
They rushed to talk about the uncomfortable symptoms they were experiencing.
"Doctor, please take a look at me first! I feel like I'm going to die."
"Doctor, my head is killing me."
"Doctor, please save us!"
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Cui's guys at the trading point were about to come forward and pull Qi Xu away.
Cheng Qingyan's eyes darkened slightly, and he raised his arm to stop everyone: "Just talk, don't get so close. If you infect her with the disease, you won't survive."
Those people were afraid of him and did not dare to move forward.
"Bring over a table and chairs. Line up and I'll examine you one by one."
Qi Xu trotted back, took the medicine box from the carriage, and diagnosed their condition in the yard.
After diagnosis, it was found that the people here were suffering from the flu.
"Have people from the sixth district come here recently?" Qi Xu was looking for the source of their illness. If it was the flu, how did they get infected at the trading point?
"No one's from the sixth district, but there are a few who claim to be from the fifth district. They said they're not feeling well and have caught a cold, and they want to ask for food from us."
Seeing that those people felt sorry for themselves, they let them in to rest and gave them something to eat.
After those people left, they began to feel unwell. First, two of them started coughing and had runny noses. Then they started to have headaches and felt uncomfortable all over.
There was no doctor here, so they could only go to the warehouse to look for medicinal herbs themselves and grab some common herbs usually used to treat colds and coughs.
But after taking several doses of medicine, the effect was not very obvious.
It doesn't seem to have much effect.
"What you have contracted is not just a common cold. Those medicines can't cure it."
Qi Xu met them today. As a doctor, he certainly couldn't sit idly by. Moreover, this influenza virus was highly contagious. If it was not treated in time, it would likely spread through these people.
Once the news gets out of the Ghost Prison, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Qi Xu began to prepare the medicine according to the Lianhua Qingwen prescription given to her by Yun Fu.
There were some medicinal herbs on the carriage, and the trading point itself also had several of the required medicinal herbs. Together with the Rhodiola rosea that Yunfu had someone send, the medicine for Lianhua Qingwen was complete.
There were thirty or forty people affected in the entire trading point, but there were not enough medicinal materials to complete the entire prescription. Qi Xu could only prioritize the severity of the illness and give medicine to the seriously ill and weaker patients first.
"The remaining herbs are not complete. Don't worry, we will go to the sixth-class district and gather the prescriptions. We will send them to you by express horse."
"Don't worry. Remember, drink plenty of hot water to stay hydrated. If you have a severe fever, you can use warm water to wipe your body, such as your palms, neck, soles of feet, and armpits. You can also apply ice water to your forehead."
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Cheng Qingyan accompanied her at the trading point and stayed there for two days.
After the patients who had high fevers and were almost dying gradually got better, the two of them exchanged the raw jade for some medicinal herbs and planned to set off for the sixth-class area.
Less than an hour after leaving the trading point, Qi Xu felt a little unwell.
Oops!
Could it be that she was also infected?
Although she had been wearing a mask and gloves when seeing patients as Yun Fu had instructed, she had come into contact with too many patients in the past few days and was in the same space with them, so the chance of her getting infected was very high.
Qi Xu realized this possibility and immediately took out a mask and put it on his face. He also pulled the reins and moved away from the convoy.
When Cheng Qingyan turned around, she found that she had fallen behind.
He immediately rode his horse towards her.
"Miss Qi Xu, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Qi Xu didn't think he should hide this kind of thing from everyone, so he nodded at him and said, "I might have caught the flu too. I'm not feeling well."
After saying that, he couldn't help but cough lightly.
"What's wrong with you?" Cheng Qingyan's eyes were filled with worry, and he rode his horse forward a few steps.
"Wait, didn't you hear me? I might be infected too. Don't get so close, or I might infect you." Qi Xu hurriedly retreated, controlling the reins in his hands. "You lead the team ahead, and we'll act separately."
Cheng Qingyan looked at her deeply, then turned his horse around and chased after the convoy in front.
Qi Xu slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
She is strong enough inside and won't be sentimental or sad just because she is alone.
I planned to find a water source nearby, rest for a while, and then set off again after the convoy went further away.
By the stream, he wet a handkerchief with water and wiped away the sweat from his forehead caused by the fever.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves behind him, he turned around and saw Cheng Qingyan getting off his horse.
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