Dressed as the vicious stepmother of the villains

Chapter 450 Qiao Lianlian's Privileges
In front of Xuanwu Gate.

Two brothers, one big and one small, carried bamboo baskets on their backs, preparing to sell the sweet potatoes they grew at home.

Among them, the elder brother is bright and cheerful, while the younger brother is shy. As the two of them walked along, the elder brother spoke with a raised voice, while the younger brother pursed his lips and smiled.

Suddenly, the eldest brother slapped himself on the neck.

The little brother was stunned, and asked in a whisper, "Brother, are you crazy?"

"You're crazy." The eldest brother yelled, "I'm not crazy."

"You're not crazy, you hit yourself suddenly." The younger brother rubbed his head with a puzzled expression.

The elder brother waved his hand and showed him the blood spot on his palm, "I didn't hit myself, I hit the mosquitoes. It's strange to say that there are still mosquitoes in this weather. They all froze to death. It's really strange."

As soon as he finished speaking, another four or five people slapped the mosquitoes to death one after another.

"There are still mosquitoes in the winter, but fortunately they are slow and half-dead, so just beat them to death." The eldest brother wiped the blood on his buttocks, and didn't take it seriously, "Let's go, sell sweet potatoes."

The capital city that day was as lively as ever, but the sky was a little gloomy, like the tranquility before a big snowstorm.

If there are elderly people in the family, they will probably sigh in front of the door with their hands behind their hands, "This is a big event, a big event is about to happen.

However, nothing happened for several days in a row, and the younger generation in the family couldn't help laughing, "There's no big deal, it's just that the weather is not so good."

The old man pursed his lips and did not speak.

Another three to five days later, a few cases of death due to high fever suddenly appeared in the capital, but because there were too few of them, no one took it seriously.

After a few more days, the number of people with high fever gradually increased, and the number of patients could not be accommodated in the medical clinic. Only then did people pay attention to this matter.

But no one told Qiao Lianlian.

The higher-ups sent people to check, but they couldn't find out what happened. They only told every household to keep warm, pay attention to the food they imported, and not drink dirty water.

After another day or two, more and more people had high fevers, and more and more people died of chills.

When Qiao Lianlian was checking the accounts of Sixi Building, he heard something from Han Zhao before he knew that such a thing had happened to the outside world.

"The princess of the county doesn't know, those people, at the beginning, they were afraid of the cold and had a high fever, and then they kept shivering, convulsing or comatose, and then died suddenly. It didn't take long before and after, a good person It's gone." Han Zhao couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Qiao Lianlian's face was calm at the beginning, but the more he heard it, the more serious his expression became.

When she heard the last word, her palms were already sweating, "Are there many people with this symptom now?"

"There are quite a lot of them, but most of them are on the east gate. You don't know, the Xuanwu Gate used to be so lively, but now few people dare to pass by there." Han Zhao said cautiously, "Everyone says that the Xuanwu Gate It is cursed over there, and those who pass by the gate will get sick and die."

Feudal superstition!

Qiao Lianlian almost wanted to slap her palm on the table, but after thinking about it, she managed to calm down again, "Han Zhao, don't be superstitious, this is not a curse, this may be...an infectious disease."

It's also a coincidence, Qiao Lianlian used to do research in the laboratory, and was curious to browse through ancient books. In the back of the middle, she once read that there were many infectious diseases in history, such as smallpox, such as the Black Death.But none of them have a serious disease, that is malaria.

Malaria usually occurs in high-heat places and is mainly transmitted by mosquito bites. In the Dayu Dynasty, where medicine was not developed, the fatality rate was almost [-]%.

But Qiao Lianlian had a little luck in his heart, and asked in a trembling voice, "Han Zhao, have any patients with high fever been cured in the past few days?"

As long as it can be cured, it proves that it is not malaria, and it proves that the capital is not in danger.

However, to disappointment, Han Zhao shook his head, "There isn't one."

Qiao Lianlian's heart sank completely.

She dropped the ledger in her hand, and said almost immediately, "Sixilou is closed, hurry up and buy tangerine peel, cedar, laurel, eucalyptus, wormwood, fennel mint, these are all fine, and take out all the cash in Sixilou, Go buy these things."

Close... close the building?
Han Zhao almost knelt down for this aunt, "Princess Princess, do you know how much money Sixi Building makes every day, and how much the loss is from closing the building? Rao, we have made a lot of money over the years, so we can't do this. Especially There are many dignitaries and dignitaries who reserved seats, I must have offended them all by closing the building, oops!"

"That must be closed." Qiao Lianlian managed to hold his breath, "Han Zhao, the matter is very serious now. What happened at Xuanwu Gate may be malaria. Do you know about malaria?"

Malaria...Although he had never seen it before, Han Zhao had heard of it.

It is said that it is a very serious infectious disease, but it is not transmitted from person to person, so it is not so terrible, and it should not need to close the building.

Qiao repeatedly looked at Han Zhao's expression and knew that he hadn't figured it out yet.

She earnestly said, "Humans don't pass it on from person to person, but so many people at Xuanwumen fell down, isn't it because of infection? Don't you want Sixi Tower to be infected? Or the guests of Sixi Tower to be infected?"

Han Zhao turned pale with shock, "Of course I don't want to."

Qiao repeatedly said, "Don't worry that Sixi Tower will go bankrupt, and don't worry that those people will blame Sixi Tower. With me and Cheng'er, nothing will happen."

Han Zhao was taken aback.

He suddenly thought of Mrs. Qiao's eldest son, from an inconspicuous little scholar, to the grandson of the emperor, and then to the new emperor.

Step by step, unattainable.

When others see the new emperor now, they can only look up and show respect.

But Han Zhao has seen the way the new emperor behaved coquettishly towards Qiao Lianlian, the way he looked at Qiao Lianlian with admiration, the time when he was immature, and the invincible mother-child relationship between him and Qiao Lianlian.

In an instant, Han Dongjia's tense back relaxed.

With such an invincible backer, Sixi Tower is the only one, not to mention walking sideways.

He, what else is scary!

Close it!
Han Zhao immediately said, "I'm going to close the building and go shopping."

He turned around to leave, but Qiao Lian grabbed the hem of his clothes and said sincerely, "Han Dong's family, the way malaria is transmitted is because of mosquito bites. Now in winter, mosquitoes may not be able to bite anymore, but there are fleas, which are deadly things. You usually You must pay attention to cleanliness, dry the bedding frequently, carry some mint and wormwood with you, and don't have contact with people who are too sloppy."

In this way, there is a high probability of avoiding malaria infection.

Han Zhao nodded seriously, turned around and went outside.

Without any delay, Qiao Lianlian went straight to the imperial city with a full stomach.

This was the first time she came here after she ascended the throne in Yu Feicheng. According to the original procedure, she should get off the carriage at the city gate and walk all the way to the Golden Luan Hall.

But this time, Qiao Lianlian only needed to take off the gold medal on his waist to reveal it, and the guards opened the city gate respectfully without saying a word, and let the carriage rattle into the imperial city.

(End of this chapter)