Chapter 535 No Money Yet
Shang Ruyi took a deep breath.
But the next moment, she felt her breathing was blocked, and then she remembered that she had put a veil on herself from the moment she stepped out of the Duke's Mansion. Normally, her breathing and movement were not serious, and she could feel it slightly when she took a deep breath. A little discomfort.
She stretched out her hand and pulled the rope by her ear, and slowly got out of the carriage.
As soon as the battle was over, he was choked by the strong smell of medicine and started to cough. People around him covered their mouths and coughed in low voices. After the breath was relieved, they raised their heads and looked forward.
In front of you is Changlefang.
The whole city is filled with smoke. Although we have not officially entered, we can see several people wrapped tightly and veiled holding tissue paper rolls wrapped with mugwort, incense and other medicinal materials and lighting them. Waving burning incense everywhere along the street, the strong smell of medicine spreads again Come on; Fangshi is surrounded by a wooden fence starting from the root of the city wall. It goes around Fangshi, leaving only an empty path at the entrance. The spikes of the wooden fence stick out from the smoke, giving people a sense of It is extremely dangerous, as if the next step is to enter the dragon's pond and the tiger's den.
On both sides of the entrance, there are soldiers guarding with swords.
Seeing Shang Ruyi coming, they bowed their hands and saluted without saying much. Shang Ruyi only nodded and walked in slowly with Tu Sheer and Wuxue.
The smoke in the square is thicker and more choking than outside.
The three of them seemed to have entered some fairyland full of mist in the legend - but where is the fairyland here? After walking a few steps further in and seeing the scene in front of them clearly, the three of them gasped.
The long street is already crowded with patients!
This Changle Square is the market closest to the South City Gate. Unlike other markets in the inner city, most of the function of this market is to provide a resting place for business travelers who have just entered the city and have little money. , the market was very poorly built, with only a few inns and a few private houses in the front, and the area behind the city wall near the city wall was a horse market for buying and selling horses and vehicles, so it was very convenient to clear the market, but accommodating patients was a big problem.
The only few inns are already crowded, and the rest can only stay on the streets.
So, they temporarily built long pergolas on both sides of the long street, with straw mats spread under the pergolas, and most of the patients received treatment here. Although the weather is not too cold and it is not too uncomfortable to sit on the straw mats, it has just rained two days ago. The mud on the street has not yet dried up, soaking these mats, and the patients sitting on them are all soaked. His clothes were in tatters, his hair was disheveled, and he was covered in mud, making him even more miserable.
Even so, no one complained, because the people here had no strength to complain. They were all coughing, and some of them had already started to vomit. Someone on one side hurriedly brought charcoal to cover the filth. They had just cleaned it up, and on the other side Someone vomited again.
For a time, the stench and helpless lamentations filled the entire Changlefang.
The doctors were also too busy to keep their feet off the ground.
As soon as Shang Ruyi walked over, three people hurriedly came forward to greet her and saluted her.
“Meet the Young Madam.”
These three people are all middle-aged men in their thirties or forties. The leader is the oldest and slightly fat. After some conversation, they found out that his surname was Wu Yanzhi, and he was a doctor sent to Changlefang by the Imperial Medical Office. Supervisor, the two people behind him are the doctors of the Imperial Medical Office.
But yesterday Yu Wenye said that there should be three medical officers in Changle Square.
But Shang Ruyi didn't ask any more questions, and only exchanged a few words with them. Then Wu Fanzhi also said very politely: "We just found out that the young lady is coming to Changlefang today, so we are not expecting her from afar. "
Shang Ruyi shook her head: "That's serious."
As she said that, she looked around again and asked, "Master Wu, how is the situation today?"
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Wu Fanzhi said: "I heard that patients have been found in several cities in Xicheng, and the general has sent people to get them. Twenty-one more patients were sent in early this morning from outside the city."
“What about the situation in the workshop?”
“Alas, seventeen more patients died last night.”
“…Oh.”
Shang Ruyi’s eyebrows frowned slightly.
In fact, as long as the plague spreads, it is normal for people to die, but when she heard that seventeen more people had died, she still couldn't help but feel bitter in her heart.
This is only the second day.
I walked a few more streets, and the situation was almost the same. On every street there were doctors brought from major medical clinics in the city. Some were helping with the diagnosis, while others were holding bags wrapped in mugwort. The tissue tubes waiting for the medicine ignited the smoke everywhere, and the patients collapsed on the ground one by one, wailing and moaning, filling the entire city with an aura of decadence.
Obviously he knew that he was here to help, but at this time, even Shang Ruyi himself was almost infected by this aura, feeling a little at a loss and even more helpless.
However, it was not the time to be helpless yet. Shang Ruyi subconsciously wanted to take a deep breath, but immediately stopped and turned to face Wu Panzhi: "Master Wu, this I’m just asking you to worry about this one time thing. Please don’t worry about other things. It’s better to save one more person.”
Wu Fanzhi and the two doctors behind him looked at each other with a look of surprise.
Don’t say they knew what Yu Wenyuan said outside the Tai Chi Hall that day. Now I’m afraid most people in the world know about it. Not only do they know it, but who can’t understand the profound meaning of these words?
This plague war is a future battle for the crown prince!
But now, Shang Ruyi asked them not to take "other things" to heart. Obviously, he wanted them to focus on saving people.
Could it be that Second Young Master Yuwen and this young lady don’t want to fight anymore?
That’s why people are allowed to mess around in the shop?
Although several people were surprised, since Shang Ruyi had already spoken, they didn't have much to say and all agreed. Wu Fanzhi hesitated for a moment and then said: "Since the young lady said so, there are some things I don't know I should say -"
At this time, Shang Ruyi looked around again and said : "Are these all the patients on these streets?"
Wu Ranzhi stopped. Feeling that his eyes were twinkling, Shang Ruyi immediately felt something: "No?"
Wu Fanzhi hesitated again and then said: "There are some more, in the stable over there."
"The stable?"
Shang Ruyi frowned when he heard this It’s already very uncomfortable for people to sleep outdoors, so how can they put patients in a stable?
So he said: "How can the patient be put in the stable?!"
Then Wu Fanzhi said bitterly: "Young madam, we don't have enough manpower. Besides - this plague is different. For other diseases, those who have been infected for more than half a month have almost reached the bone marrow and are hopeless; for elderly patients, the chance of being cured is also very slim.”
The other two doctors also echoed: "We are doing this just for the sake of the patients here."
"Yes, we just want to save more people."
Hearing them say this After saying that, Shang Ruyi was speechless. He was silent for a while and then said: "Then, please take me to see it."
Then Wu Fanzhi asked the two doctors to do their work, and he Take her to the workshop.
After passing through several long streets and a corridor, we were almost close to the city wall. The burning fog in front was heavier, and the strong smell of medicine was mixed with an indescribable stench, even if Everyone was covered in veils and frowned, and Tusheer couldn't help but retched.
This smell is not unfamiliar to Shang Ruyi.
It was the same smell in the Taiyuan military camp before, which made Tu Sheer almost fainted. She didn't expect that after so long, she still didn't make progress. Shang Ruyi gave a bitter smile and said: "Forget it She'er, just stay outside and don't go."
When Tu Sheer heard this, he hurriedly wiped his mouth: "I'm fine, I want to follow Little - Wow!”
But words Before she finished speaking, there was another burst of retching. Wuxue hurriedly supported her and patted her back. Shang Ruyi sighed and said, "If you go through it like this, if you really vomit it out, it will cause trouble for others."
"Ah..."
"The same goes for staying outside to help. The people in Changlefang are all patients."
Hearing her say this, he was really disappointed, so Tu Sheer could only stay and help. The doctor on the other side was taking care of the patient, while Shang Ruyi took Wuxue and followed Wu Kanzhi forward.
When the corridor under your feet reaches the end, your eyes suddenly become clear.
Ahead is a large open space, but it is muddy and even mixed with unswept horse manure and urine. The stench is extremely bad. Opposite the open space is the foot of the city wall, where several rows of tall buildings are neatly built. In the stable, the horses had been taken away long ago, and some patients were moved there. Others had to stay as far away from the muddy areas where horse manure accumulated and lean under the eaves that were barely able to protect them from wind and rain.
And they don’t even have straw mats.
The condition of these people is obviously more serious than that of the people outside. Some have fallen into coma, and some are awake, and they are like empty sacks, lying softly on the ground, watching someone walk in, blinking with gray eyes. Without even blinking, it had long since lost its vitality.
The air is not only full of stench, but also full of dead air.
Seeing this situation, Wu Fanzhi sighed and said: "Except for what happened before -, the patients here are the first to be infected with the plague. Until now, they are really seriously ill and difficult to cure. "
"..."
"Madam, we want to treat illnesses, but we also need to save lives."
"..."
"The people here are so sick that even if the soup is distributed outside, they can't drink it, let alone-"
At this point, his eyes Flickering, in the same tone as when his prediction was interrupted by Shang Ruyi, he hesitated and said with a little uneasiness: "There is no money yet."
"..."
Shang Ruyi's eyebrows raised slightly.
But she still didn't speak, and just stared at the desolate scene in front of her.
At this moment, a thin figure suddenly broke into sight.
I saw a man wearing a gray-green robe with tightly tied sleeves and a veil on his face. He took a bowl of medicine and walked to the eaves, helping a patient to feed it. , but the patient was obviously unable to take the medicine normally. He coughed violently as soon as he took a mouthful. With this cough, the decoction was sprayed all over the person.
Shang Ruyi felt his heart tightening.
But the man was not angry. He only stretched out his hand to wipe his robe and said softly: "Don't be anxious, drink slowly."
That voice—it was actually a woman!
Shang Ruyi opened her eyes wide and watched as she patiently fed the decoction to the patient bit by bit. The patient kept shaking and coughing, and the decoction mixed with saliva flowed onto her hand. She also She didn't care at all; and looking at the robe she was wearing, it was clearly the robe worn by the doctor at the Imperial Medical Office, but it was just slightly different from the robes worn by the other two men just now!
This is actually a female doctor!
(End of this chapter)