Noble First Daughter-in-law

This night, in the frenzied rage of the storm, passed.

Although he slept very late the night before, Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi both got up and got out of bed in the early hours of the morning, and just sat down to eat after washing up, the people below came to report——

Mr. Pei came to visit.

This point surprised them a bit.

After all, the plague is raging in the city now. Normally speaking, the sons of these big official families—unless they have important responsibilities like Yu Wenjian and Yu Wenye and need to go out to do errands, almost everyone else has their doors and windows closed. If it is sealed up, how can the family members be allowed to move around?

However, it is not too surprising.

After all, Pei Shi should have told him everything that happened in the Tai Chi Hall yesterday. With this person's busy personality who likes to join in the fun, he didn't visit until this morning, which is already a lot of restraint.

Maybe he didn't sleep well last night.

So Yu Wenye asked someone to bring him in, and when he saw the familiar figure, who said he was suave, but in fact he was more like a foolish figure, when he walked in, he almost entangled himself all night. The melancholy that was unwilling to let go in the dream was suddenly blown away by a gust of breeze brought by him.

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "Young Master Pei is here."

Pei Xingyuan was wearing an emerald green gown, and he was tall and tall, so he was quite elegant, but the laughing expression on his face completely dispelled the elegance.

He bowed his hands to Shang Ruyi in a serious manner, and said, "I'm bothering you."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Shang Ruyi to return the gift, he said to Yu Wenye: "Feng Chen, I am so happy."

Yu Wenye frowned impatiently, and said in a deep voice: "At this moment you said 'hi', do you think that Pei Shibo's stick was not thick enough for you?"

Pei Xingyuan immediately came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "I made a mistake, forgive me. I will punish myself with a bowl."

After finishing speaking, he swaggered over to sit in front of them, just in time Tusheer filled a bowl of porridge, before he could put it in front of Yu Wenye, he took it.

Seeing him like this, both Shang Ruyi and Tu Sheer couldn't help laughing.

Although Yu Wenye still had a straight face, there was a hint of a smile in the corner of his eyes, he finally sighed, sat down and said, "You are really not polite at all."

As expected, Pei Xingyuan was not polite at all, and took a sip along the side of the bowl. The hot porridge was soft and mushy, and the warm porridge gave off a strong rice fragrance in his mouth. After swallowing, even the internal organs warmed up. He let out a long sigh of relief.

Then he said, "Why am I being polite to you?"

"..."

"I'm not that kind of prudence, I'm a real celebrity!"

Shang Ruyi was just taking another bowl of porridge from Tu She'er. Hearing his words, she seemed to have something in her words, so she looked up at him, only to see Pei Xingyuan smiling at her, "Your cousin, is Prudence."

Shang Ruyi opened her eyes wide: "My brother?"

"Yes,"

Pei Xingyuan took another sip of porridge, and then said: "I went to Shen's house first in the morning. I heard that Uncle Shen was released. As a junior, I have to go and have a look."

Shang Ruyi hurriedly said, "My uncle—"

Pei Xingyuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, although Shen Shibo suffered some injuries, he is still in good spirits. The doctor has said that he will be alive and well after a month of rest."

Shang Ruyi let out a long sigh of relief.

In fact, after the incident in the Tai Chi Hall was over yesterday, she wanted to go to Shen's house to visit her uncle, but she didn't expect that there would be a plague later, so naturally it would be difficult to come to the door. My heart can finally be put down.

Yu Wenye also said: "That's good."

Pei Xingyuan said again: "Then, I found Fuming and asked him to come with me. Didn't he always care about his little sister?"

Yu Wenye's eyes sank slightly.

Shang Ruyi hurriedly said: "Then he—"

Pei Xingyuan snorted coldly, and said: "But what he said, you must have been exhausted after a day of busy work yesterday, and you may not be able to sleep even if you take a rest at night, so he won't bother you today. Also told me not to come, so as not to disturb you to rest. Hmph, prudish."

"..."

"Look, I'm coming here now, don't you guys get up early too?"

Shang Ruyi and Yu Wenye looked at each other again, and both of them couldn't help laughing.

Yu Wenye said impatiently: "Then why did you come here so early in the morning? Is it just to grab our food?"

"Hey, don't speak so harshly, please!"

Pei Xingyuan patted the table and said: "You promised well before outside the city that you would set up a banquet for me to clean up the dust, and now, I don't even have a glass of wine, but I still need to eat a bowl of porridge from you." Being gossiped about."

Shang Ruyi was already teased by him so that both eyes narrowed with a smile.

Yu Wenye also knew that this person was out of shape, and if he continued to make jokes like this, they might not be able to do business today, so he said with a straight face: "What are you here for, tell me clearly!"

Pei Xingyuan straightened his body in a hurry, and then said with a smile, "That's right, I heard what happened yesterday, so I came to ask. There are so many places in the west city, and there is also a Changle Square, what are you going to do?"

As soon as this was mentioned, the atmosphere that was originally teased by him suddenly became heavy.

Shang Ruyi frowned involuntarily.

Pei Xingyuan said again: "Last night, I sent my family's servants to search for medicines in various places in the city. They ran to several medical clinics and found that there was no medicine to cure the disease at all. I bought some goods, not many, and they were all bought by people who crowded into the medical hall to see a doctor in the past two days. There is no medicine in such a big Daxing City!"

Shang Ruyi frowned even tighter.

She murmured: "Sure enough."

Pei Xingyuan's ears are sharp, and when he heard these two words, he immediately felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "So what?"

Shang Ruyi sighed, and then roughly told him what happened before, that someone searched for medicinal materials in the city, Yu Wenye fell ill in the battle against Fufeng, and he asked Tu Sheer and the others to go out of Tongguan to buy medicine and finally saved his life.

Pei Xingyuan's eyes widened when he heard this.

He immediately turned his head to look at Yu Wenye: "Then you now—"

Yu Wenye said calmly: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

"..."

"According to Ruyi's guess, the plague introduced into the city this time should be the corpse plague that spread in the Xiaolin River before. Since that medicine can cure me, it can naturally cure other people in the city."

Pei Xingyuan was overjoyed when he heard that, his mouth was almost grinning up to his ears, and he said with a smile: "That's good!"

As he said that, he smiled and said to Shang Ruyi: "Sister-in-law is indeed worthy of being sister-in-law. She can pinch and count, and she can predict the future. It is like a god's help for Feng Chen to have such a virtuous wife!"

With his words, he praised Shang Ruyi and Yu Wenye, but he was exquisite in all aspects and impeccable.

If it was normal, it would definitely make Shang Ruyi laugh out loud.

But at this moment, although she felt a little more relaxed, Shang Ruyi's concern was reminded again in the words just now, and it weighed heavily on her heart again, and she said with a heavy heart: "I dare not take Mr. Pei's words seriously." .”

"..."

"At least for now, I'm not sure at all."

Pei Xingyuan was taken aback: "Why?"

Shang Ruyi looked up at him, then at Yu Wenye, and then said: "The main medicines used to treat this plague are talc, atractylodes atractylodes, Magnolia officinalis, supplemented by Atractylodes macrocephala, Cortex Phellodendri and other herbs. For the latter types, if I am not mistaken, all major medical centers and pharmacies in the city should still have stock in stock. Even if they don’t, these medicinal materials are only for auxiliary purposes. "

Pei Xingyuan said: "That is to say, the key is the first three medicinal materials?"

Shang Ruyi nodded solemnly, and continued: "I asked Tu Sheer and Jiang Kesheng to buy medicines before, and they didn't find the medicinal materials until they left Tongguan, but because of time constraints, and the place to buy medicinal materials is already close to Luoyang, I was worried that it would be dangerous, so I bought some and hurried back."

"..."

"Now I have three kinds of medicinal materials together, which is five hundred catties."

Pei Xingyuan's eyes lit up: "That's not a lot."

Yu Wenye said: "Although she has a lot of medicinal materials, there are as many as 2000 patients in the city—currently in Changle Square."

Pei Xingyuan's face also sank: "So many?!"

Shang Ruyi nodded, and said: "I did the math last night. Before Fengchen's medication, in one dose, the amount of the three medicines was about seven or eight dollars, three doses a day, and it took more than 20 days to fully recover. get well."

Upon hearing this, Yu Wenye frowned.

If this is the case, then an ordinary patient needs nearly five catties of medicine to be completely cured.

At present, there are more than 2000 confirmed patients who have gathered in Changle Square. Calculated, nearly [-] catties of medicine are needed!
In other words, the medicine in Shang Ruyi's hands was not even a single one needed!

Pei Xingyuan said: "So, of the more than 2000 patients, don't you think you can only treat [-]% of them at most?"

Shang Ruyi said: "But, it's not absolute."

"Oh? Is there any other way?"

Shang Ruyi said: "The medicine used in Fufeng before was because Fengchen was the only patient, and Sheer brought enough medicine, so he didn't hesitate when using it. But with such a large number of patients, the amount of medicine Naturally, it needs to be reduced. He takes [-] yuan for his medication alone, and for these patients, [-] yuan per person should be enough; three doses per day can also be changed to two doses per day."

"..."

"Moreover, I gave him medicine for more than 20 days before, and the medicine for the last few days was for fear of relapse, just in case. In fact, there are at least five days of medicine that you don't need to drink."

Hearing this, Yu Wenye glared at her.

Although he never showed an expression of fear of bitterness when drinking medicine, but-bitterness is bitterness, whose tongue can't taste it?Moreover, the three doses of medicine a day made him lose his appetite, and he could hardly even eat in the last few days.

Unexpectedly, it was this little girl——

After being stared at by him, Shang Ruyi immediately lowered her head in a guilty conscience, and immediately said: "So after this calculation——"

Pei Xingyuan immediately said: "It takes about three thousand catties of medicine."

When he said this, both Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi were a little surprised, especially Shang Ruyi, she was able to make it clear because she had been thinking about this matter last night, but she didn't expect that Pei Xingyuan would report it just after saying it. number.

And it was right.

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but look at him with admiration: "Young Master Pei, you are amazing!"

When Pei Xingyuan heard it, he was satisfied again, shaking his head and waving his hands: "Small meaning, if there are more, Xiaosheng can calculate it casually."

Seeing his smug look, Yu Wenye turned his head helplessly, pretending not to see it, but Pei Xingyuan himself knew that what was being discussed was a big matter, so he immediately restrained himself after a few twitches, and said sternly: "But so After all, it’s still not enough.”

Shang Ruyi also nodded.

There is still a shortfall of more than 2000 catties.

This time, even Pei Xingyuan frowned.

Although he doesn't usually have a straight face, it's just because of his personality, but he also knows the importance of these major events, especially, what they say may be just a few numbers, but when it really falls on others, it may be hundreds or even thousands of people. In life and death, if one person is missing, this person cannot live.

This is the bloody fact!
He murmured: "Could it be that there is really nothing to do?"

At this time, Shang Ruyi looked at him, then at Yu Wenye, and said, "Actually, there is another way."

"...!?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Wenye immediately looked at her in surprise, as if wondering why she spoke so hesitantly and so late, but Pei Xingyuan didn't react, and asked eagerly: "What can I do? "

Shang Ruyi took a look at Yu Wenye, and then said softly: "Now is an extraordinary period, and the medicine can't be compared with usual. The medicine that Fengchen took before is naturally the best, but there are too many patients now. , the dosage is not enough, the only way is to replace it with some other medicines with similar effects."

When Pei Xingyuan heard it, his eyes lit up: "Is it okay?"

Shang Ruyi said: "For example, amomum is similar to Magnolia officinalis in medicinal effect, white back leaf root, plantain is similar to talc in medicinal effect, if there is a shortage, we can only find these medicines to make up."

"..."

"In this way, we can at least triple the amount of medicine we can use!"

"...!"

Pei Xingyuan's eyes brightened a little, and he said happily: "In this way, we can treat at least [-]% of the patients, which is great!"

The result is still not satisfactory, but at least, it is much better than before.

Although Pei Xingyuan was so happy that he smiled, Shang Ruyi's expression did not feel much relaxed because he found this solution. On the contrary, when he raised his head and met Yu Wenye's deep eyes, which seemed to see through everything, Her breathing was also a little deeper.

At this time, Pei Xingyuan seemed to feel something, and said to them: "There is a solution, why are you two unhappy?"

Shang Ruyi said: "This method also has a problem."

"Oh? What's the problem?"

"Only the right medicine has the best effect; the method I thought of, although it can save more people, but after all, the medicine is much less effective."

"..."

"The reduction in the potency of the medicine means—"

Shang Ruyi raised her head to look at Yu Wenye, and said softly, "It will take longer to heal those people!"

As soon as she said this, the whole room fell silent.

Normally, when she and Yu Wenye get along, such quietness is actually not uncommon, but with Pei Xingyuan around - this person has a natural excitement about him, even if he doesn't speak and just sits here, it makes people feel A sense of intimacy and noise in the world.

But now, even he was quiet.

A strange solemn expression slowly appeared on that face that was usually joking, which made Shang Ruyi, who was used to his playful smile, feel a little strange.

Pei Xingyuan turned his head to look at Yu Wenye, and said slowly: "I heard that yesterday outside the Tai Chi Hall, the Prime Minister gave orders to both of you brothers."

"..."

"The east city belongs to him, and the west city belongs to you."

"..."

"Whoever controls Fangshi first eliminates the plague, he will give him a big reward."

Yu Wenye lowered his eyelids calmly, and after a long silence, he raised his head and glanced at him indifferently: "Why are you still so well informed about your news?"

Pei Xingyuan chuckled and said, "This is not because I'm well-informed."

"Oh?"

"If you don't believe me, go out and ask, who in Daxing City doesn't know that the prime minister's great career is about to come—" He smiled again and said, "Speaking of which, when I was exiled, I relied on Shi Bo Only then can our family live a good life. Now it seems that although there is a little deviation, it is not bad."

Hearing what he said, Shang Ruyi remembered that Pei Xingyuan had indeed said such words when they saw him off outside Luoyang City, but he didn't finish what he said because there were people around him.

From this point of view, at that time, even they already knew that Yu Wenyuan had long coveted the throne, so when he was exiled, he also pinned his hope on his enthronement to save the fate of these people.

Shang Ruyi sighed softly in his heart.

In front of her eyes, there appeared that figure like a banished immortal, no matter how vague it was, it was still deeply engraved in her heart, as if an indelible figure—Chu Yang.

Before he was alive, he had been wary of Yu Wenyuan, weakening his military power, and even wanted to use marriage to fetter his son.

It now appears that he was right.

It's just that he made more mistakes...

Shang Ruyi lost his mind for a while, but at this time, Pei Xingyuan continued: "The situation now is clearer, the future - is between you two brothers, this news is no worse than the plague entering the city and emptying the city. How surprised it is!"

"..."

This time, Yu Wenye also stopped talking.

Although Pei Xingyuan's words were a little exaggerated, it was not unreasonable. After all, Daxing City is the capital city. Even if Chu Yang moved to the Eastern Capital and left behind the people in the palace, the people here have experienced the history of Emperor Wen's founding and enthronement. With Chu Yang's accession to the throne, their sensitivity to the change of imperial power is no worse than that of the ministers in the court.

What's more, this plague that really affected their lives became Yu Wenyuan's last step towards the throne.

Who can not worry about it.

However, a more practical problem lies before us——

If we want to eradicate the epidemic as soon as possible, it is necessary to treat those people who can be saved with the only medicine in our hands, but in this way, the number of people who died of the plague may be uncountable!
If, on the other hand, saving more people means that the time to eradicate the epidemic will be later, then the "heavy reward" Yu Wenyuan said will completely miss him!
Yu Wenye, how should I choose? !