box of hearts

Chapter 101
"Oh, back to the lord," the imperial physician replied clearly, "Although the external symptoms have a certain shape, the poisonous gas spreads without a specific location. If the poison enters the heart, it will cause coma, if it enters the liver, it will cause convulsions, and if it enters the spleen, it will cause abdominal pain and distension. When it enters the lungs, it causes coughing, when it enters the kidneys, the eyes become dark and hands and feet are cold, and when it enters the six internal organs, each has its own abnormalities. Once the epidemic is infected, the epidemic air will directly attack the lungs and guards of the upper burner, and at the same time, the spleen yang and vitality will be cut off. It is a fatal disease with no cure, so we can only isolate the patients to prevent infecting others. However, since the initial symptoms of the epidemic are no different from fever, everyone is at risk. Those who coughed were expelled from the house and locked up with those infected with the epidemic forcibly to wait for death. At that time, Mr. Lu, the envoy of the imperial hospital, felt that this was a tragic move. He specially presided over the research of all the imperial physicians, including the humble ones, to prepare this flavor. Try the real soup, it is used for distinguishing symptoms. If there is a person with fever in the family, let him drink it. After three hours, if the body develops a red rash, it is just a common fever, and it can be treated according to the law. If the body does not see the redness, it is If there is pestilence, then this person must be sent to the pestilence institute immediately."

"In this way, there are precedents to follow in controlling the epidemic?"

"Exactly. In the early years, there were ten rooms and nine empty rooms, and everyone was in panic. It was only because of the sudden onset of the disease, and the war with the Tatars was not over at that time, and the court had no time to take care of it for a while, so I delayed it. Now as long as it is dealt with in time, the epidemic will be inevitable. Can drive and control."

Qi She thought for a while, then turned his face to the side and said, "Zhou Dun, send an order immediately to order Huimin Pharmacy to distribute the prescription of 'Testing Real Soup' among the people, and at the same time register patients from door to door. Yes, they have been sent to the hospital. Patients who enter the Pilgrimage Institute must interrogate and verify all the people they have been in contact with before and after they contracted the disease, and make a list of them for strict monitoring.

Zhou Dun took the order loudly and withdrew.The imperial doctor threw his sleeves and bowed down, "Your Highness is wise."

Qi She waved his hand, "You've worked hard, step back." Then he picked up the jade tube on the pen holder and dipped it in cinnabar thickly, buried his head and wrote on the notebook again. After writing about ten characters, Zhou Dun said Tiptoe back.Qi She glanced at him, and the pen in his hand paused for no reason, "Send someone to Huaiya Hall to ask, has the fever in Qingtian subsided in the past few days?"

Zhou Dun was stunned, then bowed his head to answer again, just turned his feet, there was a sound of "wait a minute" behind his ears, he turned his face away, but saw the master writing a pen again, without raising his head, he said: "don't ask, just Go and report that I'll be there later."

Around the time of the watch, Qi She left the Chongding Courtyard in the imperial city. A team of civilian soldiers in plain clothes escorted him to Huaihua Hutong and then scattered around, leaving only Zhou Dun and He Wuwei to serve him closely.The sky was unrealistically dark, and it always looked blue and black, and it was cloudless.Second Sister Duan was notified earlier, and waited for a long time at the back corner gate. When she saw Qi She, she saluted in a dignified way, then took out a handkerchief and wiped her face, "Your Majesty, our young girl is blessed, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the lord's family."

A sense of ominous premonition was like a cold water thread, dripping down from his back in the sultry summer night.Qi She felt cold all over, "What do you mean?"

Second Sister Duan rubbed her eyes and sniffed her nose twice, "Young girl Qing's fever had subsided this morning, so I just asked the doctor to come and prescribe some tonic medicine. At that time, no one knew that the doctor had diagnosed and treated her earlier. There was a plague patient who got sick himself! He was sent to the ward this morning, and this afternoon, the young girl started to have a fever again. This time, I am afraid that the old man will be in danger."

As she spoke, she began to cry again. Amidst the mournful cries, Kung Fu Qi She was completely speechless for a while.When he was able to speak, he simply asked, "Have you tried real soup?"

"Not yet, it's already fried. Drink it for a while, and the rash will disappear later..." The second sister shook her head, and leaned softly against an old woman next to her, "My lord, go back first. Still thinking about our young girl, I will send someone to hear a letter in three hours. Whether it is good or bad, leave it to fate."

Qi She stood there for a while, then stepped forward, "I'll go see her."

"This can't be done!" Second Sister Duan opened her arms at once, and rushed forward to stop her, "Now everyone in Qingyatou's room has been sent away, leaving only Mu Yun to guard, even her sisters want to Take a look and ask the old man to stop you. This disease is fierce, and you can catch it in a short time. If you are in the same room, you will not be spared. You have already lost one, and you can't let another one in. Besides, you are a man of gold. Otherwise, the sum of the lives of dozens of people in Huaiyatang would not be able to afford it!"

Qi She stretched out her arms and pushed her away, "Whether it's an epidemic or not is still undetermined, we have to see it before we can decide."

"My lord can't do it!" Duan's second sister hadn't finished shouting, Zhou Dun also knelt down on the ground, grabbing Qi She's robe with both hands, "My lord, my lord can't do this! If you really Don't worry about Miss Duan, this servant will go in and say hello on your behalf, the prince must never go by himself!"

He Wuwei at the back also knelt down, "Your Majesty really can't go!"

Qi She stared coldly, "Either you go in with me, or you will die here." He grabbed the silk gown on his body, pulled it out of Zhou Dun's hand, and stepped forward.

Zhou Dun and He Wuwei looked at each other with bitter faces and sighed, got up and followed behind.Second Sister Duan was still standing there with her hands propped up, neither chasing her nor not chasing her.The old lady beside her came to help her, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "Let the prince go, the prince is blessed, and with his protection, maybe Sister Qing will be saved from danger?"

Sure enough, all the little girls in the room disappeared, leaving Mu Yun alone.She was squatting in front of Xiao Yinchozi in the outer room to stew medicine, with a silk handkerchief folded into a triangle tied on the lower half of her face, when she looked up and saw Qi She and the others coming in, the handkerchief was heavily stained by a piece of water in an instant through.Mu Yun didn't stop her, she just got up with tears in her eyes, and pointed her hand inside, "The third master is here. Let's meet again while we can still see each other."

Qi She walked into the bedroom alone. In the middle of the bedroom was a big gilt furnace that was originally placed in the open room, but it was moved here, burning a furnace of anti-filth medicines such as Cang Zhu, Angelica dahurica, and Artemisia argyi.Behind the faint white smoke and rich green fragrance is the mahogany bed, the golden candle is burning high in front of the bed, Qingtian sits upright on the head of the bed leaning on a big brocade pillow, the black garland is half loose, and there is only a smear of Zanzhule on his forehead , with long hair hanging down one shoulder.On the honey-colored short jacket embroidered with ancient coin patterns, a pair of small gold-covered throat buttons are tightly fastened, but the neckline is still loose, showing a shocking emaciation.She was holding a book in her hand, her eyes were drooping deeply, her expression was elegant and affectionate, like a celestial girl whose beauty had been eroded in the murals of an ancient Buddhist temple.Hearing someone's voice, she only raised her long eyelashes, without taking her eyes off the book, "Didn't I tell you, I'll call you if I have something to do, if you have nothing to do, just stay outside, how many lives do you have to spend here and there?" Did you return?" There was still a trace of sand in the light voice.

Probably because there was no response for too long, Qing Tian raised his head from the book.With this look, there was a storm in An Ran's eyes.Qi She had already held a drum and sat down opposite her, "No, what are you doing? Don't move, just tilt like this, let's talk freely."

Qing Tian seemed to want to get out of bed, but he hesitated not to approach him, and finally sat in the quilt, but suddenly turned his face away from the bed, and pressed his hands on his cheeks.The moment she let go, Qi She saw the truth, the book in her hand was "Amitabha Sutra".He felt sore for a while, but he laughed aloud, "See, you look good."

Qing Tian turned around, his eyes were red, and he also smiled.Also looked at him carefully, his eyes lingering slightly, "Third Master, Qingtian has received your heart, but this place is really ominous, it is not suitable to stay for a long time, Third Master, let's go now."

Qi She said with a smile on his face, "It doesn't matter, my life is very hard, and I have been immune to all diseases since I was a child. At that time, the Tatar army was also plagued by epidemics, and hundreds of people died. I was in the army , nothing happened."

"I know the third master is strong, but his life is at stake. After all, it's not a joke. Come back when I'm well. Wouldn't it be nice for us to talk comfortably? What are you doing now? Let's go, ah."

"I've come here, I won't leave, so save your tongue."

"You are here, I am not at ease, please, go out."

"Tsk, when did you become so verbose? Scorpion stings."

"You just want to think about what's going on with you when you look back. How can I live in my heart?"

"It's good to know. You really have something to do, and I can't bear it if I leave. You say that because you only care about yourself, but where do you put me?"

"Third Master, you didn't see Mu Yun staying outside, even Zai Yu had someone take him away, you—"

Qi Sheda waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, you know my temper, and I say what I say. But the words are divided into two parts. If you are not an epidemic, what's the point of chatting with me? If you are an epidemic, this is It may be the last time between you and me to sit and talk about Taoism. We are all people who are knowledgeable about the past and the present, and have a brilliant tongue. Are you going to talk about these tasteless words that you push one another all night, as a swan song?"

Qingtian smiled with a broken face, his eyes became redder even more, looking at him from across a furnace of cigarettes, he looked like a mountain flower across water, "Third Master, this mouth is dead, and I can't beat you as a patient."

"Hey, just be obedient." Qi She met her eyes, both of them were smiling, but something other than joy flowed quietly in the smile.

Qingtian raised his hand, without armor on his hand, exposing an inch-long red nail on his little finger and shaking it outward, "Then you should stay away, let's just talk like this."

Qi She looked at her with a smile, with deep eyes, "I only regret that I have never been close enough to you, how can I be farther away?"

(End of this chapter)