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Chapter 258 Healing

"master."

Yueying bowed and immediately said, "He Wu discovered the plague in the eastern district of the city. He has already begun treatment. He also came to our military camp just now to remind us and ask if anyone in the army has a persistent high fever."

"plague!?"

Jiang Feili was also startled, and Song Jinglan's expression tightened upon seeing his reaction. "Do you have a way to cure him?"

"It's hard to say; we'll have to see it in detail to know."

It was rare to see Jiang Feili, who was usually carefree, with such a serious expression. "The plague is no small matter. If it is not handled properly, the entire population of Shuozhou may perish."

Song Jinglan was naturally aware of the seriousness of the matter, and was somewhat surprised by He Wu's actions.

If he had given alms before because he had too much money and nowhere to spend it, now that the plague was affecting his own safety, he actually dared to risk his life to treat patients.

"You should go and take a look too."

Song Jinglan said in a deep voice, "Bring some more people with you, and make sure to control the current situation and prevent the plague from spreading."

Jiang Feili nodded without refusing, then called some more people and immediately followed Yueying to the east of the city.

After giving her reminders at the military camp, Jiang Yuyue hurriedly returned. The most important thing right now was to quickly develop a cure for the plague, otherwise those who were infected would never survive.

Jiang Yuyue had just given these people a common prescription for clearing heat and detoxifying. Although it provided some relief, it was still only treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

Jiang Yuyue walked quickly back into the courtyard. As soon as she entered, she saw Hongying helping a child who had woken up to drink water. Although the child had woken up, his high fever had not subsided.

Jiang Yuyue rushed forward and checked his pulse, her expression still extremely serious.

"Young Master He, how is the child?"

Hongying looked equally anxious. "Is there any hope?"

Jiang Yuyue looked solemn. To be honest, she had no experience in treating the plague, and for now she could only treat the symptoms temporarily.

"I'll go and prepare some more fever-reducing medicine."

As soon as Jiang Yuyue finished speaking, she heard footsteps coming from outside the courtyard.

This made her frown. A plague had broken out here, so why were people still rushing here?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuyue got up and was about to go out to persuade the visitors to leave, but it was Jiang Feili and Yueying who walked in, with a squad of soldiers behind them.

They were clearly prepared, having already covered their mouths and noses with white cloths.

Jiang Yuyue recognized them immediately. Putting aside Yueying, she had seen Jiang Feili next to Song Jinglan yesterday. Since it was these two who came, she knew without guessing that it was Song Jinglan's idea.

"What are you doing here?"

Jiang Yuyue frowned. "Didn't I say there was a plague here? Do you think I'm talking nonsense?"

"Of course not."

Jiang Feili stepped forward and said, "I am here on the orders of the general to treat these people."

heal?

Jiang Yuyue looked Jiang Feili up and down. He looked like a spoiled brat. Why would Song Jinglan send him to treat someone?

It seemed that the suspicion in Jiang Yuyue's eyes made Jiang Feili a little uncomfortable. Without saying anything more, Jiang Feili immediately gave the order.

"You all patrol around again and see if there are any survivors. Bring them here as well. Also, send men to guard the eastern outskirts of the city and prevent anyone from entering or leaving!"

After saying this, the soldiers below quickly dispersed. Seeing this, Jiang Yuyue reluctantly acknowledged his help. Jiang Feili glanced at her, picked up the medicine bowl next to him, smelled it slightly, and was slightly surprised.

"Young Master He lives up to his reputation; he does indeed possess some medical skills."

After putting down the medicine bowl, Jiang Feili carefully checked the pulse of one of the people. "I saw the burned corpses outside just now. I didn't expect that Young Master He would have experience in dealing with the plague?"

I heard about it from my maternal grandfather.

Jiang Yuyue frowned, quite impatient with this person's "neglect of his duties" and his numerous interrogations of her. "Since you're here for treatment, hurry up and come up with a solution."

Such impolite words displeased Jiang Feili, but given the urgency of the situation, he didn't bother arguing with He Wu. He said seriously, "Your choice of a heat-clearing and detoxifying formula is excellent. Right now, we also need to burn mugwort to ward off evil spirits and prevent the spread of the epidemic."

"In addition, we need to boil herbs such as mugwort, calamus, and atractylodes and then soak them in the solution to expel the toxins from their bodies."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuyue's expression softened slightly. It seemed that Song Jinglan had indeed sent him here for a reason. Seeing this, she nodded and said no more.

"However, the methods you mentioned can only play a supporting role. We still need to develop a prescription to treat the plague. Since you know medicine, I'll trouble you to take care of things here while I go and see if there are any medicinal herbs available."

Seeing that this person had assigned him tasks so rudely, Jiang Feili's expression was somewhat subtle, but he accepted it and carefully examined the condition of each patient.

Jiang Yuyue rushed out again, her mind racing as she pondered how to solve the current plague.

The plague is characterized by alternating chills and fever, with pathogenic factors invading the body. Treatment should focus on warming and tonifying to expel the pathogens...

Jiang Yuyue recalled what she had seen in an ancient book, and a rough formula gradually formed in her mind. When she rushed back to Guangyitang, she didn't have time to explain anything to everyone. She went straight into the room where the medicinal herbs were stored. After scanning the large pile of herbs, she quickly picked out some that she could use.

Honeysuckle, forsythia, isatis root...

If it were a normal high fever, these medicinal herbs would be enough to handle it, but Jiang Yuyue recalled the symptoms of those people just now: high fever that wouldn't go down, vomiting blood and dying. These medicinal herbs simply couldn't solve the problem.

But there was no time to worry about that now. Jiang Yuyue packed all the medicinal herbs into a bag, then went to the desk and wrote down the prescription she had in mind. But when she got to the last, most crucial ingredient, Jiang Yuyue stopped writing, hesitating, and muttered, "What's missing...?"

Unbeknownst to him, Jiang Qimo had slipped into the room. Seeing Jiang Yuyue deep in thought, he quietly approached, tiptoed to look at the recipe she had written, blinked and pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Are we still missing the black vine?"

"Black Vine!?"

Jiang Yuyue was taken aback, then considered the feasibility of the prescription, and was overjoyed, "Yes! It's the black vine!"