She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

"In this day and age, it's time to be born again."

Chu Qingfang was carrying a basket of medicine and had just come down from the back mountain after completing a task. Panting, he saw Gong Sheng sitting on a bamboo chair, looking at the distant mountains leisurely.

It was his turn today and his senior brother happened to go down the mountain to buy something, so Chu Qingfang was the only one left to go up the mountain to collect herbs.

I thought that when I followed Gong Shengrushan, I would live a carefree life, free from the worries of the world. I didn't expect that the worries were gone, but they were gone because I fell asleep due to exhaustion.

"Master, what are you talking about?" Chu Qingfang wiped the sweat off his head, without looking down on it, picked up a cup from the table, filled it with Gong Sheng's tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I shouldn't have brought you back so early. You hang out with your senior brother all day long. You don't act like a girl." Not only was he harsh with his words, Gong Sheng continued to pour her more tea, smiling.

Chu Qingfang didn't bother to pay attention to him and just sat down, gasping for air.

"Look at the sky, it's getting gloomy every day. It's time to go down the mountain to provide free medical treatment." Gong Sheng became serious and played with the cup in his hand.

"You still have such good intentions?" Chu Qingfang muttered a few words, but his thoughts were elsewhere, and he seemed absent-minded.

"Don't worry. If you don't want to go, I won't make it difficult for you." He was indeed the little disciple that he had fallen in love with at first sight. He could see through all the twists and turns in his mind at a glance.

People are accustomed to referring to doctors as alchemists. Gong Sheng has been pondering these two words all his life.

No matter how high your position or how wealthy your salary is, you must save the world and save people, even if you are in the wilderness.

A doctor is like a doctor of the dynasty. Even though he lives far away from home, he should still worry about the country.

Ever since he met the little princess again in Kezhou, he has been keeping in touch with her. He lives in seclusion in the mountains, but Gong Sheng never slacks off in keeping up with the news of the current affairs.

Including the recent days, Gong Sheng muttered to himself that he hadn't received a letter for ten days.

Something must have happened.

"You can stay in the house. If there is anything, I will send you a letter to help me find something."

Chu Qingfang was startled. "Are you so sure that there's trouble down the mountain?"

It's so mysterious. This is like being a doctor, not a Taoist priest.

"How about we make a bet as master and disciple? If you win, I will prescribe a recipe for you to maintain your beauty, and you can sell it." Gong Sheng used an extremely tempting tone to lure Chu Qingfang into the trap.

"How do I bet?"

Gong Sheng sat up straight and ordered two cups to be taken out and placed on the table. "First, your brother is going down the mountain today and will bring back news. Second, within a day, a letter will be delivered from the mountain."

"What if I lose?"

While Chu Qing was hesitating, an eagle's cry was suddenly heard in the mountains, and Gong Sheng smiled.

"Look, disciple, the letter has arrived."
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What Ah'ao didn't expect was that within just one day, the whole city turned into a living hell.

After delivering the letter yesterday, Ah'ao immediately went to the shopkeeper Wu in the west of the city and asked if any people with similar symptoms had come to get medicine recently.

As expected, Shopkeeper Wu answered yes.

Vomiting, diarrhea, persistent high fever, and rashes all over the body are common symptoms in recent days.

The cause of the disease is basically unknown, and we can only prescribe some medicines to clear away heat and detoxify, which can barely keep the current situation from spreading.

However, this was only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. After a few days, the number of people seeking medical treatment increased instead of decreased. Even Xing'an Hall itself had a worker who was infected with this strange disease.

"My lady, you know that the doctors here can only treat common mild illnesses. Unless we find the root cause, it will spread and become an epidemic."

Disease.

These two words were like a bolt of lightning, making her feel as if she was falling into an icy cave.

The history books she had read before gradually emerged in her mind one by one.

"In the fifth year of Longping, there was a major epidemic, which killed tens of thousands of people in the city and caused great damage to the people."

Longping was an old dynasty, and Dachong seemed to have never encountered a major epidemic.

Ah'ao had never met such a person in her life.

The situation at Louguan was becoming increasingly tense. At this moment, something went wrong with the supply line in the rear. Being attacked from both sides, Da Chong was doomed to be defeated and the pass broken.

It seems that the letter to Gong Sheng was written correctly.

"I'll pay for a hundred doses of the prescription you wrote me before, and find someone to distribute the medicine in the city. Let's stabilize the current situation first." Ah'ao calculated the little money she had saved and realized that she had lost a lot of money again.

Shopkeeper Wu nodded quickly and asked the few surviving employees in the hall to prepare the medicine quickly.

Fortunately, not many servants in the private house fell ill.

For safety reasons, Yunli and Yuncheng took up the responsibility early on and specially set up a few empty rooms to isolate the sick people. Those who came into contact with them also wore veils to prevent more people from being infected when the situation was unclear.

Ah'ao dragged her tired body and looked around the front hall and back yard before going to meet Yunli.

"My dear, you are finally back." Yunli seemed to be relieved when she saw Ah's figure, and she stopped being so serious. She wanted to run over and hold Ah's hand immediately, but she knew that if she ran too close, she would be afraid of passing on her illness, so she stopped two or three steps in front of her.

"Thank you both for your hard work." Ah-yi looked at Yun Cheng, then turned her gaze back to Yun Li, and walked up to her and held her hand without hesitation, "I saw them boiling medicine in the backyard. Did they get the medicine from Shopkeeper Wu?"

After hearing this, Yun Cheng immediately took out the prescription from his arms and handed it to Ah-yi. "Yes, please take a look, madam."

The prescription had obvious signs of being folded and the paper was no longer new. It was obvious that it had been opened and read many times and had been kept in the person's arms for a long time.

After carefully comparing the rows of handwriting, it was confirmed that it was the prescription written by Xing'antang.

"We can't do this in the city. As people from the Marquis' Mansion, we have to join hands with the state government to overcome this epidemic. I will go to the court to find someone to discuss the use of medicine in the city." Ah's eyebrows were furrowed, and her heart was in a mess. "I have already informed and asked Doctor Gong, and I will leave the mansion to you for now."

Having said that, he was about to leave, as if he couldn't delay even a moment. Although Yunli knew that this was not the right time, he still hesitated and called her, "Madam, I left the letter sent back by the master in Shui Changdong, have you seen it?"

Ah-yi paused and looked back at her, "Heng-chi, has the message arrived?"

It has been a month since we last saw each other. Ah'ao has been busy with various things and I haven't heard from him for a long time.

Yunli stared at those almond-shaped eyes, which were tired and red. They seemed to be blocked by thick fog, but revealed emotions that Yunli could hardly understand.

People in the world might call it.

Lovesickness.

But it was hard to be sure, because A'ao, who was meditating in the wind, quickly nodded slightly and left in a hurry.

Yunli sighed deeply, thinking that heaven was cruel. How could it allow a newly married couple to be separated like this?

"You should follow the lady quickly, what if something happens?"

Yunli pushed Yuncheng and thought further ahead.

There was almost no one in the city, and the empty streets and alleys all spoke of the desolation brought about by the sudden cold weather and the disaster from heaven.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, river lanterns and moon balls should be sold everywhere.

Riding her horse at full speed all the way, A'ao soon arrived at the provincial capital.

Yun Cheng tied up the two horses outside the door, then jumped into the door in two or three steps.

Qin Shengguang was in the hall, and Ah'ao saw him at a glance. The official next to him was holding a booklet, probably counting the number of people.

"Governor." Qin Shengguang saw A'ao, and A'ao nodded as a polite gesture so as not to disturb them from counting.

Qin Shengguang gave a few instructions to those around him, then came over. The two of them stepped aside and went outside the corridor to talk.

"I'm sure the young marquis' wife has also seen the current situation." Qin Shengguang also frowned, but he didn't treat Ah'an as an outsider. "We are in the rear, and we must provide support to the front line, otherwise the north will be in danger."

Ah-yi nodded, "I know it myself. I saw it on the way here. What is the governor's current plan? I will do my best to cooperate with him."

In the mansion, Ah-yi could still make her own decisions, but here, Qin Shengguang was the chief official who made the decisions. Moreover, Ah-yi felt that she was not as sharp as Qin Shengguang in controlling the situation.

Qin Shengguang showed a surprised expression, then bowed his hands in respect, "Madam, you are as brave as any man. I admire your loyalty!"

Before this, no matter how reasonable he was, Qin Shengguang only treated A'ao as a woman in the rear house, even though A'ao's business in the city was booming.

Qin Shengguang originally thought that she came here to seek refuge outside the city.

"You are too polite, Governor. This is what I should do." Ah's eyebrows were lowered, and she did not really take this remark to heart. "Before I came here, I had already ordered a hundred doses of heat-clearing and soothing medicine from Xing'an Hall, and planned to distribute them to the people in the city after boiling them. I wonder what the court has planned?"

Qin Shengguang said yes repeatedly, "Madam is really careful. Some colleagues in the prefecture have also been infected with the disease and are unable to come to answer the call. We are checking them now. I initially plan to send people to find out the source of the epidemic so that the situation can be quickly controlled."

Ah-yi agreed, "The governor and I have the same idea. It is precisely because I am also confused about the cause of the disease that I want to ask the governor if he has any doubts."

After these words were spoken, Qin Shengguang stroked his beard and pondered.

After a long while, he hesitated and said, "Other ministers don't know, but speaking of my family, the servants who went to buy groceries did not get sick when they came back from the west of the city. But after a few days in the mansion, they got sick again."

In the west of the city, Ah'ao thought carefully.

When she went to Xing'antang in the morning, Ah'an indeed discovered that there were more people on the streets in the west of the city than in the east.

If the entire Kezhou city is divided into two parts, east and west, by Zhong Street, it seems that more people are infected in the southeast.

The clue was like a flash of lightning, which flashed across A's soul but was hard to grasp.

"Madam's idea of ​​administering the medicine is very feasible. This matter should be done by the state government. The command should be fully handed over to Madam. If necessary, all expenses will be charged to the state government account."

For the whole day, these words were like hot soup, soothing A's heart.

At least I don’t have to spend money on my private treasury, as I didn’t save much in the first place.

"Since the governor trusts me, please assign fifty people to me. The rest of the matter of finding the source will be left to the governor. Everyone must keep the news flowing and nothing should be concealed." A'ao smiled gently and looked at Qin Shengguang as if to encourage her.

The two hit it off immediately and greeted each other solemnly.

Qin Shengguang gave the silver to A'an on the spot, and Yun Cheng was ordered to take it back home.

By the time Ah'ao returned to Shuichangdong to look for the forgotten letter from Hengzhi, it was already dusk and she could hardly see the surrounding scenery clearly.

Zheng Da and Zhao Zhuo were both upstairs. Mrs. Zhou and Ruzui went back to their home in the west of the city. The dark lobby was silent.

Ah'ao blew the fire stick gently to light it, and searched around the counter.

found it.

She stroked the envelope, which was sealed with thick candle wax. Turning to the front, she saw her name written in Hengzhi's familiar handwriting.

Ah's heartbeat quickened as she opened the letter, almost causing her breathing to become heavier.

Hengzhi left only two lines of words.

——"It's raining heavily in Louguan, and the night is long and windy. Is it okay?"

A'ao smiled. Outside the window, there was the sound of raindrops hitting the bluestone slabs.

(End of this chapter)