"Stupid woman!" Ma Liangji didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and slapped her in the face. He never hit women, but Ren was extremely ignorant and stupid. He was the prefect of Yangzhou. If he ran away now, he would abscond in fear of crime. His official hat and his whole family
All lives are at stake.
"master?"
Mrs. Ren was stunned, and Ma Qiuling next to her was trembling with fear. She had never seen her father look so angry.
"Do you think you can escape? When there was a famine in Zhenjiang Prefecture, the county magistrate fled with his whole family. Do you know what happened?"
Ma Liangji asked angrily, how could Ren know this? She was still angry that Ma Liangji had hit her, but now her face was drooping, looking unconvinced.
"Practice the whole family and kill the nine clans!"
"Is it that serious?"
Ren was dubious. Yangzhou City was now in chaos. They would be fools if they didn't run away.
"You can try it. If you dare to go out of this door today, I will kill you myself without the emperor's order!"
Ma Liangji's face was so serious that ink dripped from his face. Evil women were the source of chaos in the family. In the past, he always respected Ren for the sake of giving him two children, but these days, he felt more and more like Ren
It doesn't look like it. If you don't take good care of her, she will cause trouble sooner or later.
"I...I'll just tell you where to go..."
Ren was frightened by his attitude and did not dare to mention the escape again. She took Ma Qiuling to her yard. She did not dare to stay with Ma Liangji anymore anyway.
"Sir, Mrs. Shen is here."
Ma Liangji stood in the courtyard for a long time. The guard in the front yard came to inform him. When he heard Jiang Miao coming, he couldn't care less about his melancholy and hurriedly invited her into the study.
Due to the chaos in the city, although additional officers and soldiers were deployed on the streets, it was still unsafe. Shi Lei, Zhao Lin and Wu Yue escorted her and Qiao Songyun over, bumping into many mobs along the way.
Chaos is already looming in this city. If there is no relief method, I am afraid the city will be destroyed.
"Princess, why are you here?"
Because of Shen Yanqing's disappearance, Ma Liangji felt guilty towards Jiang Miao and didn't even know how to face her.
The government sent a team of officers and soldiers to search both sides of the river where Shen Yanqing fell into the water. There were epidemics in other places. Jiang Miao guessed that the person who captured Shen Yanqing might be hiding in the mountains. Since there was no news for so long, Jiang Miao began to worry about him.
's safety comes.
"I came here to tell Magistrate Ma that a prescription for preventing and treating the plague has been researched."
"real?"
This is really a great joy, and it is a timely blessing for Yangzhou City, which is now in danger!
"Well, Magistrate Ma can have the medicine boiled out and taken by the patients. If it is effective, it can be mass-produced."
Jiang Miao believed in Qiao Songyun's ability, but the true efficacy of the medicine could not be known until the patient took it himself. However, Ma Liangji was overjoyed just by having the prescription.
"I'll ask someone to make some medicine right now!" The fatality rate of the plague is extremely high, and if the medicine is used one day earlier, more people's lives can be saved.
"What about the medicinal materials needed?"
The prescriptions developed by Qiao Songyun all use common medicinal materials. However, there are tens of thousands of people in Yangzhou City, and the amount of medicinal materials required is not a small sum.
The medicinal materials stocked by the pharmacies in the city have almost been used up. It has been more than half a month since the outbreak of the plague and its spread. The government did not sit still and waited for death. It consumed a lot of medicinal materials in order to treat diseases and save people, so it can't get anything out now.
"Uncle, the Feng family has medicinal materials."
When the two of them were at a loss what to do, Feng Yuxian walked in from outside the door.
"There is a pharmacy owned by the Feng family in Wu County. I have just calculated the accounts. Now the pharmacy has two thousand kilograms of medicinal materials, which can be used to treat people."
"Yuxian, you..."
Ma Liangji was so moved that he was speechless. Obviously this was what he, the prefect, should do, but yet he asked his niece to provide the supplies.
"Yuxian and her brother were taken in by their uncle. Now that they are in Yangzhou City, they naturally have to think about it. Only when Yangzhou City is stabilized can Yuxian and her brother have a place to live and settle down."
"Okay, uncle, I would like to thank you on behalf of the people of Yangzhou. I will definitely satisfy any requests the Princess and Yuxian have in the future!"
Jiang Miao naturally didn't need his thanks. She just wanted to let the city settle down and then devote more energy to find Shen Yanqing.
Wu County is not far from Yangzhou City. Now that there is a prescription for the epidemic, Ma Liangji first asked someone to boil a pot of medicinal soup and gave each officer and soldier a bowl.
They are outside every day, so they are most likely to be infected by the plague. Moreover, Ma Liangji also sent a team of officers and soldiers to Wuxian County. If they contracted the disease, the consequences of going out would be disastrous. In order not to expand the epidemic, the safety of the officers and soldiers must be ensured.
The news that the plague was cured spread quickly, and the city was in an uproar. Those who had given up their desire to live and had no choice but to wait for death also gained hope.
"Have you really researched and developed a prescription?"
"I can still lie to you. Our magistrate has already asked people to test the medicine. The man was half dead. After taking a bowl of medicine, he was saved!"
"Besides, now the prefect has sent people to get medicinal materials from other places. When the medicinal materials arrive, we can also drink the medicine. Are we still afraid of the plague?"
"Yes, we have to live well and try our best to hold on. The prefect has never forgotten us..."
Because of the incident involving the epidemic, Ma Liangji's status in the hearts of the people has increased. However, those who knew the inside story snorted with disdain.
"You know what the heck, this recipe was researched by the doctors under Princess Rongning. Master Shen Yanqing was killed by Chen San and the others, but the princess not only didn't bear any grudge against us, but also ordered her subordinates to work day and night. Studying anti-epidemic prescriptions, without Princess Rongning, we would all have to wait to die!"
"Are you telling the truth? Is it really a prescription given by the princess?"
"Can I still lie to you? My third uncle is working as an errand in the government office. How can the news from him be false?"
As soon as this man said this, the crowd fell silent for no other reason. Although these people did not participate in the riots by Chen San and others, they had rejoiced when Shen Yanqing was besieged and drowned. Why should they, the common people, have no home? After returning home, they would still have to suffer from the plague, but these officials lived in stable houses and were served by a group of maids and servants, so they did not have to worry about contracting the disease at all.
Such a gap is unbearable for any individual, especially when faced with the threat of death all day long, most people have lost their minds.
"I shouldn't blame the government officials. Without them, we might have died when the flood collapsed."
"Yes, I heard that Mr. Shen personally discussed the idea of letting officers and soldiers disperse the crowd with the prefect..."
"Good people like Princess Rongning and Master Shen should not be treated like this..."
"If the epidemic subsides and I can survive, I will definitely go to the temple to give them two immortality tablets."
"What's the use of talking about this now? Mr. Shen was already killed by Chen San's traitor!"
Everyone did not expect that they had wronged Shen Yanqing. For a moment, the atmosphere in the crowd was stagnant, and the faces of the people were filled with regret.
And Shen Yanqing, who was deemed dead by them, also received a turn for the better.
