After falsely claiming to be pregnant, the whole court came to claim it

To find the medicine to cure the disease, we must first fully understand the disease.

To understand the epidemic, what is needed most is time and patience.

But what people infected with the epidemic lack most is time.

Every day that passes, someone dies...

"How much time do you need?" Liu Linxi asked.

"It's hard to say, if it goes well, maybe tonight." Chu Yunfeng said: "If it doesn't go well, you may never find it."

Liu Linxi was about to ask, but Chu Yunfeng said again: "There are so many corpses today, maybe we can find a solution if we take some of them and open them up. But according to the rules of the court, if I want to dissect a corpse, I need the consent of the relatives of the corpse."

"I'll go talk to them." Liu Linxi stood up and said.

"You just had acupuncture and moxibustion, and you are prone to catch cold when you go out." Chu Yunfeng said: "You have almost arranged everything that can be arranged today, and General Yu has already taken care of the rest for you. Now we just need to wait here. Before dark, if the relatives of any corpse agree to an autopsy, General Yu will send someone to notify me."

Hearing this, Liu Linxi was a little relieved, but he couldn't predict whether this matter would go well.People in that era paid attention to burrowing into the ground for safety. Which relatives would be willing to send out the corpses of their dead relatives for autopsy?Not to mention that era, even in modern society, the proportion of body donations is not much.

People are already dead, and letting the dead die with dignity is the only thing the living can do...

At least for most people, it is difficult to overcome this mode of thinking.

Liu Linxi had nothing to do, waiting and anxious, so he simply went to the kitchen in the backyard, intending to boil some hot water.Today, everyone has been traveling outside for a day, so they should take a good hot bath. In addition, the clothes on their bodies should also be boiled in hot water.

Standing beside him with folded arms, Chu Yunfeng looked at him, and saw Liu Linxi wandering around with an empty water bucket. It took him a long time to find the location of the water bucket, but when he opened the lid, it was empty.

"Do you still have to carry water?" Liu Linxi asked blankly.

"It seems to be." Chu Yunfeng said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, your current condition is not suitable for physical labor, you'd better find someone to help you pick this water."

As soon as Chu Yunfeng finished speaking, two hidden guards fell from the roof.

Liu Linxi was taken aback, and said casually, "Can't you come down after saying hello?"

"Damn the humble job." The two hidden guards hurriedly knelt on one knee.

"It's okay." Liu Linxi couldn't blame them, and as soon as he put the bucket in his hand, the two of them immediately went to fetch water with the bucket.

Liu Linxi put the pot on but couldn't make a fire, so he couldn't do it after holding a flint for a long time. Finally, the old handyman came forward and lit the fire.Liu Linxi stood by the side for a long time, but realized that she couldn't help with anything, so she put her hands in her hands and started a fire beside her.

After a while, the hot water had just boiled, and Yu Xingzhi and Liu Xiangwan came back together.

Yu Xingzhi pushed Liu Xiangwan to take a shower and change clothes, while he told Liu Linxi and Chu Yunfeng about the current situation.

"Patients in other clinics have already been registered. Fortunately, the number of patients is less than that of the first one. Some clinics even had no patients a few days ago." Yu Xingzhi said: "All the patients who died today are added There were 62 people in total."

"It's less than we expected." Liu Linxi said.

"The total number of patients recorded one day later is 210." Yu Xingzhi said: "In the future, it will almost double every day. Until today, the total number of recorded patients is... 900 More than [-] people."

Less than ten thousand, but not too much difference.

"How about the autopsy?" Chu Yunfeng asked.

"As you expected, no one is willing." Yu Xingzhi said: "If it doesn't work, we can only force it. Anyway, the corpses of all the infected people are burned uniformly, and relatives can't see each other."

Liu Linxi pondered for a moment and hesitated.

Chu Yunfeng said: "Without the consent of relatives, I will not perform an autopsy."

"But if the cause of the disease cannot be found, more people will die." Yu Xingzhi said.

"More people are for us, for the relatives of the deceased, there is only one person." Chu Yunfeng said: "If you don't let them think clearly, they will be dissected. They will never get over this hurdle for the rest of their lives."

Yu Xingzhi's expression turned cold, and he asked, "Doctor Chu is responsible for the patient's relatives, but what about the patient himself?"

"What do you mean?" Chu Yunfeng asked.

Yu Xingzhi glanced at Liu Linxi, and finally held back his silence, but Chu Yunfeng knew it in his heart.Liu Linxi didn't understand, so he said, "I'll talk to them about this matter again. 62 people died, so there is no hope at all. Even if it doesn't work, tomorrow... maybe someone will agree..."

Liu Linxi was talking, her complexion suddenly turned pale, and then her eyes darkened, and she fell straight behind her.Yu Xingzhi's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he caught the person. Chu Yunfeng immediately reached out and put his hand on Liu Linxi's wrist, and his expression eased after a while.

"How?" Yu Xingzhi asked.

"Lack of energy and blood, normal reaction." Chu Yunfeng said.

Yu Xingzhi put Liu Linxi on the couch in the house, his face was very ugly.

Chu Yunfeng stood at the door and said casually, "Just say what you want, before you wake up."

"Have you been checking his pulse?" Yu Xingzhi asked.

"Yes." Chu Yunfeng said: "To be precise, I only started to diagnose his pulse in the past two months."

"He... doesn't know, does he?" Yu Xingzhi asked.

"Which incident are you referring to?" Chu Yunfeng said: "The poisoning incident, or the pregnancy incident?"

"You shouldn't hide anything from him." Yu Xingzhi said: "Those dead strangers, even if you have compassion for their relatives, why did you hide such a big thing from him? What are you and Li Yan planning to do to that child?"

Chu Yunfeng glanced at Liu Linxi, went to stand outside the door, saw Yu Xingzhi followed out, and closed the door behind him.

"You can only keep one of the big and the small." Chu Yunfeng said: "Instead of you, General Liu's best comrade and confidant, what are you going to do? Tell him, either you will die and the child will not be born, or the child will die. His life can still be saved... would you say that?"

"I..." Yu Xingzhi obviously didn't expect the details, and his momentum weakened a little, and he said: "But that is his own child, you have to let him know, otherwise one day in the future..."

"It's time to tell him that it's best for him to live in self-blame and guilt every day. Every day in the future, when he thinks of this child, he will remember that his life was bought with the life of his own flesh and blood." Chu Yunfeng said: "It's a pity The father of the child is not willing to part with it, he insists on eating fast and copying Buddhist scriptures every day, and wants to bear the crime of murdering his son, so that your General Liu will not have to bear so much self-blame and guilt."

Yu Xingzhi was startled when he heard the words, and was a little speechless.

Chu Yunfeng said again: "Why don't you go tell it, you are his best brother, tell him this secret and you can have a clear conscience, anyway, when you dream back at midnight in the future, you will never forget the fact that you killed your parents and children with your own hands. People are him and not you."

What Chu Yunfeng said left Yu Xingzhi speechless.

It's no wonder that this happened because he only knew that Liu Linxi's pregnancy had been concealed, so how could he know that there were so many reasons behind it.

"Is there no other way?" Yu Xingzhi asked.

"No." Chu Yunfeng said: "At least not now."

Yu Xingzhi was quite disturbed, turned his head and saw a person standing at the end of the corridor, it was Liu Xiangwan.

Liu Xiangwan looked sad, obviously he had heard everything just now.

"Xiang Wan." Yu Xing said.

"When will elder brother wake up?" Liu Xiangwan asked: "He still has to write notes for His Majesty?"

Yu Xing was startled, and suddenly reacted.Right now, they have no time to think about the future at all. Whether they can safely get through the current difficulties is the first problem they have to face.

Chu Yunfeng originally wanted Liu Linxi to sleep a little longer, but thinking that someone in the palace might be scratching his head, so he woke him up with the needle.In a daze, Liu Linxi thought that he fainted because of an illness, but Chu Yunfeng denied it repeatedly, so he reluctantly believed it.

"Call an imperial guard with a good memory..." Liu Linxi said.

"If we don't see each other every day, it's like every three autumns. General Liu, please show consideration to Your Majesty and write a letter." Chu Yunfeng said.

Liu Linxi thought for a while, there are quite a lot of things to tell Li Yan today, and it would take midnight to finish writing a letter at his speed, so he dragged Yu Xingzhi's ghostwriter to list the important things one by one.

It was already night when Li Yan received the letter.

The letter was brought to him by Lu Yuzheng himself, and it was wrapped in many layers along the way, and when it was brought to Li Yan, only the innermost layer was left.

Li Yan was a little excited holding the letter, and before he was willing to open it, he asked casually, "Where is General Liu resting today?"

"Live in the General's Mansion." Lu Yuzheng said.

Li Yan: ...

All right, Yu's mansion shouldn't be too shabby, so that people won't be wronged.

Lu Yuzheng continued: "I heard that it is the old house of General Yu's family. There is not even a hot water heater in the house. General Liu almost went to fetch water by himself today. However, I have already arranged for someone to come over and send some clothes for washing. Winter clothes and silver charcoal, it shouldn’t be too deserted.”

Li Yan: ...

In such a cold day, there is no one to boil hot water, so you have to carry water yourself?

"Your Majesty, the messenger is waiting outside the palace, saying he will leave after receiving your reply." Lu Yuzheng said.

Li Yan's heart warmed when he heard the words, and he finally thought that Liu Linxi still had something to worry about, and he probably missed him, otherwise he wouldn't be so anxious to wait for his reply.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yuzheng added later: "It doesn't matter if it's something else, Mr. Chu's matter must be made by His Majesty tonight."

Li Yan:! ! !

Can't you finish the sentence in one sitting? ?

Li Yan's day was like being on a frying pan, bad news came one after another, he had to take care of all parties, but also thought about the deployment in the future, and he also remembered the people of the capital and Liu Linxi in his heart.It was not easy to get Liu Linxi's letter at this moment, and I thought that I could finally get a little comfort, but I didn't expect that I was surprised and happy, and finally made a mess of mood.

He opened the letter and saw that it was not Liu Linxi's handwriting, and he was full of disappointment.

But thinking that Liu Linxi must be very tired today, probably too tired to write letters, he couldn't help feeling distressed.

In the letter, Liu Linxi told Li Yan about the general situation of the epidemic, and also frankly told Li Yan about the crisis and difficulties he would face next, so that he could make plans in advance.At the same time, Liu Linxi also mentioned that the report of the epidemic was not timely. The medical clinic reported it to the yamen the next day, but Li Yan never received the paperwork, which must be caused by someone secretly concealing it.

In addition, the letter also attached the prescriptions of the current medical clinic, as well as the analysis of the epidemic written by Chu Yunfeng, for the imperial physicians to discuss in detail.In the end, the letter stated Chu Yunfeng's plan for an autopsy, and asked Li Yan to send two imperial physicians with experience in autopsy to assist.

In the three pages of the whole article, only the last sentence was written to Li Yan. It was written in Liu Linxi's own handwriting, and it said: Well, don't read.

Li Yan gave a wry smile, stretched out his hand and stroked those four words for a moment.In the past, when Liu Linxi was by his side, he didn't feel anything at all, but today, after not seeing him for half a day, Li Yan felt a big emptiness in his heart, and his whole body felt a little bit down.

"How many imperial physicians have the imperial hospital invited out of the palace today to assist in the treatment of the epidemic?" Li Yan asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, there are 11 people." Lu Yuzheng said.

Li Yan thought for a while, and said: "Among the 11 people, except for those who are over [-] years old, everyone else will agree tomorrow morning, and let the imperial court assign two people who are good at dissection to go out of the palace to assist Mr. Chu. "

"Yes." Lu Yuzheng said.

"Send this together, and say it's the prescription and medical case compiled by Mr. Chu." Li Yan handed the page written by Chu Yunfeng in the letter to Lu Yuzheng, and said: "Tomorrow morning, send a team of forbidden troops to follow the imperial physician, When you arrive at the various medical centers, you can adapt to any situation. If there is any shortage of medicinal materials, you can ask the people from the household department to solve them. Replace the one in Heying, let Xiao Ying send people to do the things that should be done, so as not to pass the epidemic in the capital to other places."

So far, the only thing to be thankful for is that there is no news of the disease elsewhere.

Otherwise, Li Yan would really be in a terrible state...

Early the next morning, the people from the Tai Hospital left the palace.

Someone took over the affairs of the medical hall for the time being, so Chu Yunfeng and Yu Xingzhi didn't need to go to the medical hall anymore.

Because no relatives of those who died of the disease agreed to autopsy, Liu Linxi took Chu Yunfeng and the others to the residences of the first group of people who were infected early in the morning, hoping to start from there to see if there were any new clues, which might be helpful for those who understand the epidemic. Causes help.

They soon discovered that more than forty of the first 62 people who died yesterday lived in the adjacent streets.There are several neighboring families, and almost every family has someone who died of the disease.

"It seems that this place is very likely to be the place where the disease first broke out." Liu Linxi said.

"But there are neither shops nor markets here. People come and go almost by walking around the street. Could it be that their neighbors are so good that they all got sick in one day?" Yu Xingzhi asked.

Chu Yunfeng looked at the door of the house and said, "Go in and have a look."

Everyone heard the words and went to the door, Liu Xiangwan knocked on the door and said, "Is anyone home?"

After a while, there was no movement inside the door, everyone glanced at each other, Yu Xingzhi stretched out his hand and pushed, and the door opened.

Liu Linxi stretched out his head to look, but he didn't see anyone. He asked a few questions, but no one answered.He lifted his foot and stepped in the door, only to feel that the house was deserted and very quiet, as if no one lived there at all.

Everyone walked towards the main room, when the door of the side room suddenly opened a crack.

After a gust of wind, Liu Linxi frowned, smelling a strong smell of blood.