Noble First Daughter-in-law

After an unknown amount of time, the bowl of medicine was finally finished.

Wu Zanzhi heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately called out: "Master Su.

The female doctor was looking back at them, but she was not in a hurry to come over. Instead, she took out something and scratched the patient's wrist, helped the patient to lie down, and then got up and walked in front of them.Although the surroundings were full of stench, as soon as she approached, there was a faint medicinal fragrance rushing towards her.

She bowed to Wu Zanzhi: "Master Wu."

Wu Zaizhi said: "This is Mrs. Yuwen. Mrs. Yu, this is Su Qinglan, the doctor of the Imperial Medical Office."

Shang Ruyi looked at her and nodded.

As the name suggests, this Su Qinglan has a pair of gentle eyes. Although she has single eyelids and the corners of her eyes are slightly drooping, there is a bit of compassion, and her voice is also very gentle when she speaks: "I've met Young Madam."

Then Wu Zanzhi said again: "Young madam wants to ask about things here, so please tell me, Mr. Su, if there are things outside, I will stay with you less."

After speaking, he gave Shang Ruyi a strange look, sighed, turned and left.

Shang Ruyi didn't ask too many questions, just watched his back go away, and then turned to look at Su Qinglan, and the other party's gentle eyes looked at her with a little inquiring expression. Every time I look at it, there is a little indescribable emotion born.

After a moment of silence, Su Qinglan asked: "I don't know if Young Madam has anything to ask, if not—there is still medicine sitting on the stove over there."

Shang Ruyi thought for a while and said, "Let me help you."

"...?"

Su Qinglan opened her eyes wide with surprise, but looking at Shang Ruyi, she didn't mind stepping into the mud full of horse manure and urine with a pair of embroidered shoes, and didn't even mind the serious patients around her. Also understand what came over.

So he said, "I'm sorry."

After speaking, he led Shang Ruyi and Wo Xue to the stable on the other side.

Along the way, Shang Ruyi looked at her all the way. This Su Qinglan was not tall and thin. Although half of her face was covered with a veil, she could still be seen to be pretty, but she was only 20 years old. It is not surprising that she is still married as a wife in her boudoir, but it is not uncommon for her to sit in the position of a doctor in the Imperial Medical Office.

As if feeling Shang Ruyi's gaze, Su Qinglan said as she walked, "Young Madam, do you think that I'm a woman and I'm not worthy of being a female medical officer?"

Shang Ruyi shook her head: "No, I'm also a woman, how can I look down on women?"

"..."

"I'm just, indeed, a little surprised. I didn't expect that there would be a female medical officer in the imperial medical office."

Su Qinglan smiled faintly, and said: "My mother was a doctor during Emperor Wen's reign."

"Oh?"

"When Empress Du was still alive, there were many female officials in the court, and my mother was one of them. Later—the first emperor moved the capital to Luoyang, and many medical officials from Daxing City were taken away, but my mother did not leave. Later, when she passed away, I inherited her mantle through diligent study and hard work, and I also took the position of doctor. It’s just that I failed to serve the late emperor.”

"..."

"As for the people of Daxing Palace, they come and go, and I am the only female official left."

"That's it."

While talking, they had already arrived at the stable. There were several stoves lined up here, and medicine pots were sitting on them. The small fire was gurgling, and the medicine fragrance was overflowing, but it was soon covered by the stench around.

As soon as Su Qinglan put down the empty medicine bowl in her hand, the medicine on two stoves was ready.

Seeing that Su Qinglan was too busy, just as Shang Ruyi was about to step forward, Wo Xue who was behind her had already taken a step, and said softly, "Young Madam, let the servants come."

After finishing speaking, she and Su Qinglan picked up the medicine jar and filled the clean bowl on one side with medicine soup, and then emptied out the medicine residue. Su Qinglan took out two paper bags from the bag beside her and opened them up. Put the medicine inside into the medicine jar, fill it with water, and fry it on the stove again.

Then, firewood was added to the two nearby stoves.

Shang Ruyi saw how busy she was, and there was no one else around except patients, so she asked, "Don't you have any help?"

Su Qinglan didn't raise her head, she just said: "The people outside...they think there is still hope, so they are all outside."

"how about you?"

"I?"

After adding the firewood, Su Qinglan wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hand, then raised her head to look at Shang Ruyi, with her eyes slightly bent, she said with a smile: "There are also patients here."

Although her words were light, Shang Ruyi felt her heart sink slightly.

And after saying that, those eyes slowly drooped down again, showing a sad expression: "Unfortunately, I still can't save them."

"..."

Seeing her depressed appearance, Shang Ruyi immediately understood that the more than 30 people who died yesterday, plus the seventeen people who died last night, were probably carried out here.

Doctors are benevolent, how can they not be sad when they see patients dying one by one and being helpless.

Shang Ruyi thought for a while, and said, "It's not your fault that it can't be saved."

"..."

"It's the disease's fault."

Hearing this, Su Qinglan raised her eyes again, with a grateful smile in her eyes.

Shang Ruyi also looked at her with admiration - it is not easy for a woman to be an official, and it is even more difficult to stand out. This Su Qinglan can persevere, and even stand up to guard this place during this epidemic, which shows that her heart is tenacious and her character is as good as blue .

It doesn't live up to her name.

However, apart from being emotional, Shang Ruyi also noticed that Su Qinglan put aside the baggage. There were five or six paper bags inside, which should all be filled with medicine, so he took the cattail leaf fan next to it to make the decocted medicine soup Cool it with a fan so that the patient can take it easy after a while, and then asked: "Where did the medicine here come from?"

The medicine she hoarded was not given to these people.

Su Qinglan also looked back at her baggage, and said, "I have all kinds of medicines in my house under the box. This time, I heard that there are no medicinal materials that can cure this epidemic in the city, so I took them out."

"Oh……"

While speaking, the soup in the bowl has cooled down a lot, and it is ready to be eaten.

Seeing that the medicine in another stove on the other side was almost ready, Shang Ruyi said, "Stay here and do your work, and I will give the medicine to the patients."

After speaking, he picked up the bowl and prepared to go out.

Su Qinglan felt that it was very strange that this general's wife, a dignified second-rank order, dared to come to Changlefang full of patients this time, but she did not expect that she would actually do it herself and take care of her. Those who are seriously ill.

For a moment, the feeling of perplexity and doubt in my heart became even worse.

But at this time, she couldn't say much, so she stopped Shang Ruyi, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then please trouble the young lady. However, I have given some of them a round of medicine, and the young lady went over there." I just look at the hands of those people, I drew a line, so I don’t need to drink medicine.”

It was only then that Shang Ruyi realized what she meant by scratching someone's hand with something.

And in her heart, she also had a secret respect for this Su Qinglan. She didn't expect that she was not only reluctant to let go of the patients here out of the doctor's sense of responsibility and sympathy, but also sincerely wanted to cure these people. will be so detailed.

So nodded: "OK."

After finishing speaking, he took the bowl out of the stable and walked to the eaves in front of him. The stench was so strong that people could barely open their eyes. Shang Ruyi knew that this was not a long-term solution, and he had to find someone to clean it up immediately. But right now, I have to feed this bowl of medicine to others, so I gritted my teeth and endured, looking at each one, and finally saw that there was no trace of charcoal on the skinny wrist of a patient.

She squatted down, and gently patted the haggard old man lying on his side facing the wall.

"Old man, drink medicine."

The man let out a low, dry moan, and turned around slowly.

Upon seeing this man's face, Shang Ruyi immediately opened his eyes wide in shock: "It's you?!"

"..."

The man was already dying of illness, his cloudy eyeballs could barely move, he just stared blankly at Shang Ruyi for a long time, finally he seemed to see her figure in his eyes, his chapped lips moved slightly, and he said silently: "Yuwen... ...Young Madam..."

"it's me,"

While talking, Shang Ruyi helped the old man who was lying on the ground covered in mud and even more so sick to sit up, and said softly, "Old Jiang, are you also sick?"

This old man is none other than Jiang Yu who had met her in Dayan Temple before!

I didn't expect to meet again here, let alone this hale and hearty, optimistic and cheerful old man, who has become so ill.

Seeing Shang Ruyi, he seemed to be more active, but he didn't have the strength to move, let alone speak, Shang Ruyi didn't say much, and hurriedly said: "Drink the medicine first, and you will feel better after drinking the medicine."

As he spoke, he brought the bowl to his mouth.

Although the old man was seriously ill, he realized that there was medicine to cure him, so he opened his mouth instinctively, drank it in one gulp, and immediately coughed from choking. Fortunately, Shang Ruyi had the experience of seeing Su Qinglan feeding the medicine just now, so he hurriedly He took the bowl away, patted his back to let him breathe, waited until his breath became calmer, and then fed him another mouthful.

Little by little, Jiang Yu drank a bowl of medicine.

After drinking the medicine, the person became sober, and his eyes became more flexible. Then Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Shang Ruyi with a little smile, and said, "Young Madam, how did you get here, to this pickled place?" coming."

Shang Ruyi smiled wryly.

How would she answer this question?
He didn't answer, but said with concern: "Old Jiang, how could you—"

Jiang Yu smiled bitterly and said, "If you get sick, you will be brought here."

"How long have you been sick with this disease?"

"It should have been about ten days. I thought it was just a small wind and cold, and I didn't care, but then many people around me felt that something was wrong, so they went to the city with the big guys to seek medical treatment. As a result, There is no medicine in the city."

"..."

"Yesterday, someone drove us here together."

As he said that, he smiled wryly and worriedly: "I came out in a hurry, and I haven't even fed the chickens at home yet."

In normal times, Shang Ruyi would have laughed when he heard this. When everyone felt that life and death were at stake, this old man was still worried about the chickens at home.

However, it seems that only a person like him would be reluctant to part with the Buddha, wine and meat.

Then he softly comforted: "Then, Mr. Jiang, tell me which village you live in, and I'll send someone to feed you for you?"

That Jiang Yu waved his hand and said: "Forget it, although the old man is confused, he also knows the seriousness. The young lady is now - let's take care of the important things."

Shang Ruyi smiled again.

Since this old man is so "understanding of righteousness", she did not insist, but subconsciously glanced around, and then said: "The last time I was outside Dayan Temple, I remember seeing a young man beside you— —”

Jiang Yu said: "That's a dog."

"What about others?"

"It's been more than half a month since I went out to do errands."

"Oh."

"He still doesn't know that I'm sick, if he comes back and encounters this—hey!"

The last word "嗐" was sighed in a tone of voice, as if helpless, but also as if it meant some joy in suffering, Shang Ruyi immediately comforted: "Mr. Jiang, don't worry, it will be cured."

Jiang Yu glanced at her and only smiled.

Shang Ruyi turned her head to look at the harsh environment around her and the appearance of the sick people next to her, and then said, "I will send someone to come and clean this place quickly, please bear with it for now. No matter what, I will try my best to treat you."

While speaking, there was a sound of footsteps behind her.

Looking back, it was Su Qinglan.

She also came over with a bowl of freshly brewed medicine. Hearing Shang Ruyi's words, her eyes became even weirder, but she didn't say much. She only found another patient who hadn't marked his wrist. Slowly feed people to drink medicine.

Shang Ruyi comforted Jiang Yu a few more words, then let him go, got up and walked back with Su Qinglan.

Only this time, the atmosphere became a little dull.

Shang Ruyi felt that Su Qinglan seemed to have something to say, but she hesitated several times, and the two of them returned to the stable, and there happened to be two more cans of medicine boiled, and Wo Xue quickly washed the empty bowl After washing and decanting the decoction, Shang Ruyi immediately picked up the cattail leaf fan again, and fanned the decoction as before.

Su Qinglan also squatted down, looked at Shang Ruyi, and said, "I didn't expect that Young Madam is so familiar with these things."

Shang Ruyi smiled lightly and said, "Before, I took care of a patient who had the plague, so I'm familiar with it."

"That's it,"

Su Qinglan glanced at her when she heard the words, then lowered her head and thought for a while, finally she seemed to have made up her mind, and said in a deep voice: "Since the young lady has taken care of the plague patients, she must know that no matter us medical officers, No matter how the doctor takes care of them, and how they burn moxa and fumigate them in this workshop, the only thing that can really cure these patients and save their lives is the decoction."

"..."

This time, Shang Ruyi didn't respond to her immediately.

Not only did she not respond immediately, she even lowered her head, staring intently at the bowl of black, muddy soup medicine, as if she did not want to meet the eyes of the people around her.

After a long time, he replied in a deep voice: Yes. "

Su Qinglan turned her head to look at her, and said anxiously: "In this case, how can the life-saving thing—"