Ling Ruo didn't know where Rong Yuan and the others were staying. If he searched blindly, he didn't know how long it would take to finish searching the huge Tongzhou. He then found a woman who didn't seem to be that seriously ill. She knelt down and asked, "Sister-in-law."
, do you know where the imperial physician Xu, who was sent by the imperial court to treat the plague, lives?"
The woman was leaning under the damp eaves in a daze. Although she looked better than the other patients, her skin was only ulcerated. Only the right side of her face and calf were a bit rotten.
Ling Ruo's words caused her unfocused eyes to focus, and she turned her head stiffly. Ling Ruo could even hear the sound of her neck bones rattling as she turned her neck.
"Are you looking for Dr. Xu?" she asked, her hoarse voice sounding like iron scraping from a casserole. It was very unpleasant, and half of her face was covered in blood and flesh.
"Yes, do you know where she is?" Ling Ruo asked eagerly. At this time, time is equal to life. A moment earlier would have given her more hope. She didn't know why Yinzhen's decree would come to Tongzhou.
I don’t even know what methods he will use to eliminate the troubles in Tongzhou.
The woman did not answer her question but asked: "Why are you looking for him?"
Ling Ruo was startled, hesitated for a while and then said vaguely: "I have something important to do with Imperial Physician Xu. If my sister-in-law knows about it, please tell me."
Although Yinzhen's move to annihilate Tongzhou is a bit cruel, if the plague cannot be eradicated, this is also an impossible solution. If she reveals the matter to these people now, she is afraid that civil unrest will immediately arouse, and then these people who suffer from the disease will
If the plague-stricken people escape from Tongzhou, they will definitely cause immeasurable disaster.
The woman thought for a while, then stood up with difficulty holding on to the cracked wall and said, "Come with me."
After taking Ling Ruo through a few streets, she pointed to a house that was barely intact and said, "Go in, Doctor Xu is inside."
Without waiting for Ling Ruo to say thank you, she turned around and limped away. The ulcers on her feet made her walk with a slight limp. But she was already so light that she couldn't even walk at all. This scene
The earthquake created Tongzhou, a hell on earth, and made the people who originally lived and worked here miserable.
Ling Ruo shook his head and looked away. There were many Tongzhou people suffering from the plague near the courtyard, and some men who did not appear to be sick were wandering around. Ling Ruo's appearance made them focus on Ling Ruo.
And he came closer intentionally or unintentionally.
Why do these people look like they are monitoring this house?
With this doubt, Ling Ruo quickly walked in. It was a two-entry house with a garden and a rockery. It even dug a stream through the front and rear yards. However, at this moment, these views no longer looked like their original appearance.
Yes, it must have been the residence of a wealthy family before the earthquake.
At that time, Dr. Li was squatting behind a pile of rocks, chewing a piece of Polygonatum japonica tightly in his hand. He had just chewed half of it when several people rushed out, grabbed him and beat him, and slapped him while they were beating him.
Li also scolded: "What a courageous thief, I have already given you a piece, but you still steal it. What do we eat after you steal it?"
Doctor Li protected his head and tried hard to dodge the fists and kicks that landed on him, and begged: "I...I was really hungry before I stole. I didn't mean to do it. Please forgive me this time. I promise not to do it again next time."
No more stealing."
"Is there a next time?" With these words, the fists and kicks that fell on Dr. Li became a little harder. It wasn't until he was beaten all over that he was covered with injuries. Only then did the people stop panting, and one of them grabbed the hand.
Doctor Li turned around and left with the half piece of Polygonatum japonica still in his hand.
Ling Ruo watched all this blankly. He knew one of the attackers. His surname was Cheng. He was a famous doctor in the capital. He was well-known in the capital twenty years ago. Counting his age, he was now five years old.
He is more than ten years old, and he is also one of the several doctors who were sent to the capital this time. Now he is actually beating people for half a piece of Huangjing...
This house is for Rong Yuan and the others to stay, and the people who can live in it are naturally those doctors. According to this, both the beaters and the beaten are the famous doctors who were ordered to come to Tongzhou.
Ling Ruo found it incredible and remembered what Nala told him. The people in Tongzhou were in chaos and robbed Rong Yuan and others of the water and food they brought. As a result, they were faced with the dilemma of running out of water and food. Unless they went to Tongzhou City to drink
water, otherwise you will die of thirst and starvation in a few days.
The freshly picked polygonatum, polygonum multiflorum, and poria cocos can be used to satisfy hunger and thirst. This time, because they wanted to treat the plague that spread throughout Tongzhou, Rongyuan brought many medicines, including fresh polygonatum, polygonum multiflorum, etc.
medicine.
In this way, it is completely clear why those famous doctors fought over a piece of Polygonatum japonica. They were all driven to a dead end.
Dr. Li rubbed the sore area and stood up hard. He didn't eat all night and only ate a piece of Polygonatum odoratum when he woke up in the morning. He was so hungry that his eyes were dim and his whole body was weak. In desperation, he went to the backyard and stole another piece of Polygonatum odoratum. Who knew he would be discovered?
, caught up with him and beat him wildly, especially Cheng Zhongze, who is over fifty years old, but he still imitates others in fighting, he is really an old man.
Hum, sooner or later he will be good-looking! Doctor Li thought bitterly, and inadvertently raised his head to see a stunningly beautiful woman standing not far away. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, when did such a woman appear here?
Looking at her gorgeous clothes and pearls, everything she wears is extremely exquisite, and her feet are even more like flowerpot bottoms. She definitely cannot be one of those damn disaster victims in Tongzhou, but she looks a bit like a Manchu noble.
Could it be someone sent by the imperial court? Thinking of this, Doctor Li was so excited that even the wounds on his body no longer hurt. He walked over and asked expectantly: "You are from the capital? Is it right for the imperial court to ask you to come and save us?"
?”
Ling Ruo neither admitted nor denied, but just asked: "Where is Imperial Physician Xu at this moment?"
Upon hearing this, Doctor Li confirmed his thoughts and hurriedly said: "It's in the backyard, I'll take you there." But he forgot one very important thing. If the court sent someone, how could he just
Send a woman?
Dr. Li excitedly took Ling Ruo to the backyard, where there was a row of wing rooms. Some of the rooms on the left had collapsed. Fortunately, the rooms on the right were still intact, and Rong Yuan and the others lived in them.
At that time, Rong Yuan was in the house checking the medicine residue that he had collected from outside this morning. When he heard Doctor Li's urgent voice, he opened the door and came out. Unexpectedly, he saw a person who should never be here.
Ling Ruo... isn't she in the palace? Why is she here?
He stood there dumbfounded and speechless, but Ling Ruo said to Dr. Li who looked expectant, "Thank you for bringing me here."
"It's okay, it's okay." Doctor Li understood that the woman in front of him was giving an eviction order. Although he wanted to hear it, he couldn't stay here any longer.
After Doctor Li left, Rong Yuan came to his senses and quickly pulled Ling Ruo into the house, closed the door and asked nervously: "Why are you here?"
[Author's digression]: The next two chapters are still being revised, please wait for me for a few minutes.