When we entered the village, we found that the whole village was quiet and no one was walking on the road.
In order to save time, they divided into two teams, led by Doctor Xu and Doctor Zhang respectively, and started from the beginning and end of the village, checking every household one by one.
After checking four or five households, we found that the situation was basically the same. The infected people had swollen and ulcerated lymph nodes in their necks, accompanied by coughing, etc. The symptoms were the same as those of the plague.
From the households they checked, it was found that almost all the families were infected. In one family, someone had even died from the infection and was left directly in the house without the energy to bury him.
It makes me feel uncomfortable and nauseous when watching it in the summer. Fortunately, the weather is not too hot, otherwise if the dead body is not buried in time, the flies and mosquitoes will spread the disease even faster.
The villagers looked at them with numb eyes when they came in, and some of the children looked timid, which made her feel distressed.
"You, are you here to burn us to death?" a little girl asked softly, nestling in her mother's arms.
The little girl was only seven or eight years old. Seeing that they all had their faces covered, her voice trembled when she asked questions.
Xia Tian forced out an ugly smile. Although it was hidden by the mask, she tried to speak gently and said, "No, we are here to save you."
"Really?" The little girl broke free from her mother's hand, took a step forward, then stepped back after thinking of something. "Sister, are you really here to save us?"
"Yes, sister never lies." Xia Tian said with a smile, "Who said she wanted to burn you to death?"
"It's my mother. She said we are all sick and there is no cure. The soldiers will burn us to death so that we won't infect others."
The little girl thought Xia Tian didn't look like a bad person and spoke gently. She blinked her eyes and answered obediently.
"Your mother is wrong. We will not burn you to death. We were sent by the Emperor to save you. If you don't believe me, ask your village chief."
The little girl then looked at Village Chief Liu.
Village Chief Liu nodded, "Yes, these gentlemen were sent by the Emperor to rescue us."
"That's great. Thank you, sister and the adults." The little girl was obviously happy.
After they finished examining every household, Doctor Xu and Doctor Zhang looked grave. "There are so many people infected, and the symptoms are quite severe. We must prepare the medicinal materials as soon as possible."
Shen Nian nodded, “Then go back and study now.”
Several people left the village immediately, changed their clothes first, and then discussed countermeasures.
Doctors Xu and Zhang first formulated a prescription based on the symptoms of plague and asked Mayor Qian to prepare the medicinal materials.
Xia Tian suggested, "Doctor Xu, Doctor Zhang, it's probably not possible to treat these hundreds of people one by one. Some of them have very severe symptoms and they probably can't wait.
How about waiting until the herbs are ready and then we boil a big pot at the village entrance. I'll add a few pills I brought and see how it works? "
This way she could conceal her tracks and add some spiritual spring water into the pot without anyone noticing.
Although she still has a lot of pills in her space, she can't give one to everyone. Wouldn't that expose them faster?
After all, what kind of good person would go out with a bunch of pills?
Besides, wouldn’t it be worthless if everyone was given one?
Doctor Xu said happily, "It would be great if Madam Shen is willing to help."
He now firmly believes in the effectiveness of Mrs. Shen's pill.
Since Madam Shen is willing to take out the expensive medicine, no matter what the prescription is, the effect is estimated to be not bad.
Doctor Xu was very optimistic, but Mayor Qian was worried because some of these herbs were not available in the town's pharmacies.
The magistrate of Jintai County has kept a low profile since his arrival. He knew that there was a plague in the village under his jurisdiction and the consequences would be if he did not report it in time.
When Mayor Qian heard that there were not enough medicinal materials, he quickly sent people to the county to buy some, thinking that every bit counts.
Once the plague is under control and lives are saved, that's enough.
Shen Nian didn't say anything, he just needed to write these down and report them to the emperor when the time came.
Because the medicinal materials had to be collected at the last minute, they were not ready until the morning of the third day. Xia Tian asked the village chief Liu to arrange people to set up five large pots at the entrance of the village.
Doctor Xu and Doctor Zhang hurriedly prepared the herbs and put them into the pot to boil the medicine. Xia Tian pretended to put three pills into each pot, but in fact he added spiritual spring water and waited for the medicine to be boiled before giving it to the villagers to drink.
After the medicinal materials were boiled, Village Chief Liu asked someone to notify the villagers to come and drink the medicine.
For those villagers whose condition was serious and unable to move, other uninfected people had to take the medicine and drink it one by one.
Doctor Zhang brought a group of officers and soldiers to the village entrance to help the villagers collect medicine and watched them drink it.
Doctor Xu led a team of people to spread lime from house to house to kill bacteria and disinfect.
Ask those who have mugwort to take it out, light it up, and then fumigate every room.
It cannot be cured. If the virus in the living environment is not disinfected, the person will be infected again.
After everyone in Xiawan Village, including those who were not infected, drank a bowl of medicine, it was dark, and Shen Nian and the others packed up and rested.
The next day, they got up early and went into the village to check the effect of the medicine from yesterday and whether it had controlled the disease.
After looking around at everyone, they found that the symptoms of infection in these people were indeed alleviated after drinking the medicine, and several people immediately became more energetic.
In order to verify Xia Tian's medicine, Doctor Xu specially boiled a small pot of medicine without adding spiritual spring water yesterday and let the three infected villagers drink it.
I checked on those three people today, and the symptoms were still the same and had not improved.
He knew that his guess was correct, that Mrs. Shen’s pill was indeed a miracle drug, and it was very effective against the plague.
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