Concubine in power, prince, please respect yourself

Chapter 165 Discovery of the source
After seeing Qilu drink it, everyone followed suit.

Because the people inside are all newly infected, the chances of being cured are relatively high.

"The imperial physician and I will come back tomorrow, everyone should sleep well."

Now is the time for them to wait for the results.

"I don't know the girl's name, but I will thank her later!"

Qin Ziling turned her head and smiled at them: "I am Prince Rui's wife."

With just one sentence, everyone immediately understood what Prince Rui did just now.

For a while, the atmosphere became lively, and the sadness was not so much.

"My lord, there is a very important question now!"

Looking at Xuanyuan Yi, Qin Ziling said with some nerve-wracking.

"En!" Xuanyuan Yi looked at the envelope in his hand and answered Qin Ziling, waiting for her next words.

"Basically there is no Artemisia annua here in Kyoto. We need to go to the south to find out if there are any."

Hearing Qin Ziling's words, Xuanyuan Yi put down the envelope in his hand.

"You mean, you want to follow me?"

When Qin Ziling heard what Xuanyuan Yi said, she grinned: "My lord, why are you so smart!"

Qin Ziling knew that Xuanyuan Yi would not take her there, so she had to find another way.

Of course Xuanyuan Yi didn't want to take Qin Ziling to such a dangerous place, but looking at Qin Ziling's little face that wanted to go with him so much, Xuanyuan Yi hesitated.

Now that Qin Ziling was left alone in the capital, he was really worried: "Okay!"

Just such a word is enough to make Qin Ziling happy.

The next day, they need to leave at noon.

So early in the morning, Qin Ziling went to the patients who went there last night.

When Qin Ziling went there, he found that their mental state was basically much better.

Let the imperial doctor check them all, and found that they are much better.

Because extracting this thing is really time-consuming and labor-intensive, Qin Ziling simply handed over this method to Xuanyuanfu and asked him to find someone to extract it quickly.

Following Xuanyuan Yi's team, Qin Ziling and Lu He sat in the carriage.

"My concubine, aren't you afraid?"

Luhe is very afraid of this thing.

I can't see it, I can't touch it, and I don't know if I'm infected.

Qin Ziling shook his head.

"Only by the prince's side, my side concubine will not be afraid."

Qin Ziling raised the curtain of the carriage and looked at Xuanyuan Yi.

"Lu He, are you afraid? If you are afraid, you should go back first." Qin Ziling didn't want to force Lu He to go with her. After all, it was impossible to say that there was no danger.

Lu He pouted and looked at Qin Ziling.

"Side concubine, Lu He is a little scared, but as long as she is by your side, Lu He will not feel afraid."

Originally, it was quite a sad atmosphere, but Qin Ziling's next sentence made the atmosphere disappear.

"I heard from the prince that Li Xu will meet us in the next town."

Hearing these words, Lu He's face flushed red.

Li Xu was Xuanyuan Yi's former servant and Li Changshi's son. Because Zhuangzi had something to do a few days ago, he was sent there.

"Side concubine! The maidservant has gone out to ventilate." Now that she and Li Xu haven't pierced the layer of paper, how can they stand up to Qin Ziling's jokes.

Seeing Lu He who was so shy every time Li Xu was mentioned, Qin Ziling smiled even more cheerfully.

Every time Xuanyuan Yi and the others went to a town, they would stay to find out how many people were sick.

Then the imperial physician instructed them how to build an isolated place.

The further south they went, Qin Ziling and the others found that more and more people were sick.

Qin Ziling was a little surprised. Why did no officials report to the higher authorities when there were epidemics?

On this day, when they came to a county town, Xuanyuan Yi arranged for the rest of the people to stay in the post station, and took Qin Ziling directly to the county government.

The county magistrate there had already received news that Prince Rui from Kyoto brought people here to deal with the epidemic.

So early in the morning, the county magistrate was waiting there.

"See Prince Rui!" Because Qin Ziling was wearing men's clothes, the county magistrate didn't think about that.

"Prince Rui, please."

The county magistrate looked at Xuanyuan Yi's dark face, and didn't know where he offended Xuanyuan Yi.

Sitting in the upper seat, Xuanyuan Yi directly asked the county magistrate.

"My lord, don't you know that someone in this county has been infected with malaria?" Xuanyuan Yi didn't even drink the tea, and he questioned the county magistrate as soon as he sat down.

The county magistrate, surnamed Qiu, was a county magistrate with little real power.

Upon hearing Xuanyuan Yi's question, Lord Qiu panicked.

He was not responsible for this kind of thing at all, he wanted to report it, but he didn't have the guts to report it directly.

"Prince Rui, this matter is not the responsibility of this humble minister." Lord Qiu answered Xuanyuan Yi's words with his neck curled up.

When Xuanyuan Yi heard this, he slapped the table.

"It's not you who are in charge. Could it be that this king is in charge? Hmm!" The county magistrate of his place told him that there was an epidemic in his territory, and he was not in charge!
Master Qiu saw that Xuanyuan Yi was angry, and immediately knelt down on the ground in fright.

"My lord, it's really not Weichen who is responsible. When the malaria spread from the south, Weichen had already reported it, but I don't know why the emperor didn't know about it!"

He just reported this matter to his superior, and he didn't know who to talk to.

"Are you telling the truth?"

Seeing Master Qiu like this, Xuanyuan Yi also guessed that Master Qiu probably didn't tell any lies.

"This time, I will spare you for the time being, but you must remember that if something like this happens again in the future, you will come to the capital and report it to me! Did you hear that?"

Xuanyuan Yi already knew what was going on, but he didn't know who did it.

"Yes, yes, I must remember, I must remember!"

Without staying longer, Xuanyuan Yi took Qin Ziling directly out of the county government office.

Sitting in the carriage, Qin Ziling raised the curtain and looked outside.

"My lord, why do you think they want to hide this matter?" Qin Ziling couldn't figure it out.

It’s just that there is an epidemic. Isn’t it over when you report it?The imperial court will not pursue them.

"I don't know why they concealed this matter. I guess it should be related to their interests, but I don't know why."

After Qin Ziling thought about it, it seemed that there was only one possibility.

The most important thing now is to find out the source of the epidemic as soon as possible to prevent the epidemic from spreading again.

In the following days, Qin Ziling and the others were still heading south.

"My lord, there are discoveries ahead!"

In a station, Tie Yi stood in front of Xuanyuan Yi.

"Say."

Xuanyuan Yi was just writing the letter with his head down, without looking at Tie Yi.

"There is a village ahead, it seems... there are no living people in it!"

When Xuanyuan Yi heard this, he raised his hand there in shock.

"Okay, this king knows!"

At this time, Qin Ziling, Lu He and Xuanyuan Chen were still eating downstairs, and they didn't know about it yet.

Xuanyuan Yi watched Qin Ziling walk down step by step.

Qin Ziling was still eating, but suddenly saw Xuanyuan Yi walking down with a serious face.

Putting down the chopsticks in his hand, Qin Ziling looked at Xuanyuan Yi.

"Now there are five hundred soldiers in the distance of General Geng, pack up their things immediately, and everyone will put on all the thick clothes they prepared at the beginning."

As soon as Qin Ziling heard Xuanyuan Yi's words, he knew that he had discovered the source of the initial infection of the epidemic.

"After a cup of tea, let's go immediately!"

After saying this, Xuanyuan Yi walked up.

Seeing this, Qin Ziling immediately followed.

"My lord, what's the matter?"

Seeing Xuanyuan Yi's heavy face, Qin Ziling guessed what Xuanyuan Yi was going to say next.

"Found it, but none left alive!"

Qin Ziling also guessed, it has been so long.It has spread from the south to the north. After such a long time, the first batch of infected people will definitely die.

It's normal for Xuanyuan Yi to feel uncomfortable. If those people didn't hide it from the report, maybe these people wouldn't have died.

All the way from Kyoto, there are also people who died tragically of malaria, but the scene should not be as tragic as this time.

Because of Qin Ziling and Xuanyuan Chen's persistence, Xuanyuan Yi had no choice but to bring Qin Ziling and Xuanyuan Chen with him.

The closer to the village, Qin Ziling felt the stench of the corpse became stronger.

"You go back, this king can take care of it."

Xuanyuan Yi was wearing a thick padded jacket, only two eyes were exposed.

These clothes are all clothes that Qin Ziling asked the emperor to prepare immediately.

Although malaria is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes, mice can also get malaria.

So Qin Ziling even wrapped the feet of these soldiers with thick cotton cloth.

When he actually entered inside, Qin Ziling was also taken aback.

The whole village was specially surrounded and locked with iron locks.

But from the outside, you can see that there are corpses lying on the road!
Xuanyuan Yi gave him a wink, and a soldier from behind cut off the iron lock directly.

But Qin Ziling knew that this method could not be cut without internal force.

"Everyone pay attention to safety!" Xuanyuan Yi said, and walked in with the soldiers.

Qin Ziling turned to Li Xu and said, "Li Xu, protect Lu He."

Qin Ziling followed Xuanyuan Yi and proceeded cautiously.

Qin Ziling didn't want Lu He to come, but Lu He, a little girl, insisted on following. Qin Ziling had no choice but to ask Li Xu to follow.

Xuanyuan Yi glanced at Xuanyuan Chen worriedly again, and pulled Xuanyuan Chen to his side with his long hand.

"Uncle Huang, I'm fine, don't worry, I also know martial arts."

Xuanyuan Chen was a little dissatisfied that Xuanyuan Yi protected him like a child.

"Just save yourself, don't get sick and waste medicine."

Xuanyuanchen looked at Qin Ziling's poisonous tongue coldly, so couldn't she just hope that he would do better?
(End of this chapter)