The woman lying not far from her began to talk nonsense.
She kept calling out for her father and mother, and then said something about how daughters can no longer fulfill their filial duties in the family hall…
She kept shouting like that, keeping the people around her awake.
One of the men, who had a bad temper, couldn't take it anymore and got up from the grass to walk towards her.
Upon seeing this, Liu Yingying's expression immediately changed, and she tried to speak up to stop them, but it was too late.
The man swung his arm and slapped the woman hard across the face twice, cursing as if venting his anger.
"If you're going to die, just go die already! Don't disturb my sleep!"
The woman was beaten, tears streaming from her eyes, but she continued to ramble incoherently.
Those around who were awake, however, seemed indifferent and apathetic.
"Damn it... Go to hell!" the man cursed, about to strike again, knowing no one would stop him anyway.
Just as his slap was about to land on the woman's face again.
His wrist was firmly held in place by a force.
"Let me go!"
Seeing that it was a woman who was stopping him, the man's expression became even more furious!
A cold glint flashed in Liu Yingying's eyes, and with a sudden exertion of force, a "crack" sound rang out in the air.
The man's wrist was broken.
"Aaaaah! You damn bitch, what are you doing?" The man tried to struggle but to no avail. His eyes were red as he glared at her angrily, looking as if he wanted to devour her!
"This is just a little lesson for you. If I see you bullying others here again, it won't be as simple as just breaking your wrist!" Liu Yingying threw his hand away with a look of disgust.
The man knelt on the ground, clutching his broken wrist and howling in pain.
The people around them remained indifferent.
What Liu Yingying said next sounded like a warning to the man, or perhaps a wake-up call to those who were watching coldly.
“Every one of you who has been sent here is unfortunate, and I think you must also feel that you are pitiful.”
"But aren't those people who were sent here just like you pitiful?"
"Instead of thinking about helping each other and giving everyone a chance to get out alive, you take advantage of your physical strength as men to bully the weak. Even animals wouldn't do that!"
"This is the woman who got beaten today, and no one stood up for her. But can you guarantee that tomorrow, none of you will end up like her?"
Upon hearing her question, several people immediately lowered their heads in shame.
Only the man whose wrist had been broken remained, still cursing and swearing.
But he shut his mouth after receiving a cold glare from Liu Yingying.
Ignoring the others, Liu Yingying stepped forward to check on the woman's condition.
She had a very high fever...
Liu Yingying changed her position, turning her back to the others, and used the angle to conceal herself as she fed the woman a few pills, then secretly took out a smallpox vaccine and injected it into her.
A night has passed.
The woman stopped talking nonsense, her fever subsided considerably, and she slept soundly.
But not everyone was as lucky as her. Far away from Liu Yingying, three or four people were carried to the backyard early in the morning...
Liu Yingying, on the other hand, had been wandering around the courtyard since dawn, seemingly searching for something along the corners of the walls and the grass...
The area was very large, and soldiers guarded every section, so no one paid attention to her activities within the area.
Soon, she found some black nightshade seeds and violet flowers, herbs that could alleviate smallpox to some extent.
The imperial physicians were unwilling to lend Liu Yingying their medicine-pounding tools, so she found stones and tiles herself, crushed the herbs, and then applied them to the seriously ill patients when the opportunity arose.
"Stop! What are you doing?" An elderly imperial physician stood there, his beard bristling and eyes wide, and shouted sternly.
"I'm applying medicine to him!" Liu Yingying said calmly.
"Nonsense!" The imperial physician strode over and pushed away the medicine she had prepared. "This is smallpox! It's a plague! It's not an ordinary disease. If you could cure it with these two herbs, what would be the point of having imperial physicians like us?"
Liu Yingying knew it would be difficult to dispel their prejudice against her, so she added, "These medicines really work. If you don't believe me, look at my body; I don't have any pimples."
"And that lady, she was almost dying, but after using my medicine, her fever has subsided!"
As she spoke, Liu Yingying pointed to the older woman who had been talking nonsense the night before.
The imperial physician looked in the direction she was pointing, and his expression changed slightly.
He remembered this woman!
When she was first admitted, her condition was already very serious. Although they would give her medication on time, he knew in his heart that she was just waiting to die!
There is absolutely no cure for pox!
Even if there were survivors, they only survived entirely by sheer luck.
I've never heard of any medicine that can cure this terrible disease!
But looking at it now, the acne scars on that woman's face and hands seem to have faded quite a bit.
Upon thinking of this, the imperial physician had an idea. He strode over and examined the woman's condition. Then, he looked at Liu Yingying with a shocked expression.
"You...is this medicine really effective?"
Liu Yingying: "Of course, why would I lie to you about something like this!"
"However, the seeds of black nightshade can only be used to fight poison with poison, while the seeds of violet can alleviate the spread of heat toxins and can inhibit smallpox to a certain extent."
"But if we want to cure so many people in a short period of time, we need to use other methods!"
"Do you have any other methods?" the imperial physician quickly pressed.
Liu Yingying nodded confidently; "Of course, but I came in a hurry and left all the medicine I used to treat smallpox at the inn..."
She wanted to suggest that someone go to the inn to find Xue Ye and bring her luggage over. With Xue Ye's cover, it would be easier for her to rescue people.
However, before he could finish speaking, he heard footsteps outside the door again.
"Go in! Go in quickly!" The soldiers brought in four or five more people.
Liu Yingying, with her sharp eyes, spotted Xue Ye among them and exclaimed in surprise, "Xiao Ye! What brings you here?"
The words had barely left her mouth when she saw the mottled red spots on Xue Ye's face and neck, and she was startled.
"You...you got sick too?"
After the soldiers left, Xue Ye came up to her and wiped away a few pimple marks on the back of his hand in front of her.
It turns out he drew it on...
Liu Yingying breathed a sigh of relief. "It's dangerous in here. What were you doing running in here?"
Xue Ye said very seriously, "I'm worried about you being here!"
"And I brought your bundle too!" he said, handing her the package.
Liu Yingying was overjoyed, "That's wonderful!"
Actually, there wasn't anything useful in the package; she just needed it as a cover.
"Xiaoye, I need your help right now!"
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