"According to the Imperial Astronomer, today is the last day of the storm." Feng Yu Heng stood in front of the medical tent and looked outside with a worried expression.
Xuan Tianming stood beside her with a gloomy expression. They still remembered what Jian Zheng from the Imperial Astronomer had said. After the rainstorm, it would be scorching sun. Even though the corpses had been burned, even though every tent had been thoroughly disinfected, even though the wounds of the injured had been treated, some hidden dangers had already been buried. No one could guarantee where the epidemic would spread from. They only saved people, but the soil under their feet and the air they breathed could not completely eliminate the danger, not to mention the animals that were dying every second.
The two of them held hands tightly. Xuan Tianming could feel her cold fingertips, so he put her small hand in his palm and rubbed it.
Not far away, the city gates suddenly opened. People heard the sound and turned their heads to look. They saw a group of carriages coming out of the city. Each carriage was pulled by two tall horses. The carriages were covered tightly and the horses were heavy. It was obvious that there was a lot of supplies in the carriages.
Feng Yu Heng counted. There were a total of forty carriages, but they were not the same. Half of the carriages were pulled by black horses, while the other half were pulled by white horses.
A soldier ran over to report: "General, County Princess, the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince have brought supplies out of the city. There is food and clothing. They said that they have reported to the emperor and are coming out to give to the refugees outside the city."
Xuan Tianming lightly snorted, "The weasel pays the chicken a New Year's greeting."
The soldier asked again: "Should we let them distribute?"
Xuan Tianming nodded, "Distribute. Since they have already sent it here, of course we should distribute it. Go and help them."
With the help of the soldiers outside the city, the supplies were distributed very smoothly. The Third Prince and the Fourth Prince did not personally leave the city. They only sent people to send food and clothing to Xuan Tianming and Feng Yu Heng.
Feng Yu Heng looked at the two items and couldn't help but shake her head. "Go back and tell your master, if you want to do good, you have to put your heart into it and not just do it on the surface. His Ninth Highness and I aren't the only ones outside the city. Their younger sister, Princess Wu Yang, is also here. Why didn't they think of preparing an extra portion for their younger sister? "
His words caused the servants on both sides to blush. They understood that these two gifts were really just for show. No one thought about Princess Wuyang at all.
Just as Feng Yu Heng was speaking, Xuan Tiange also walked over. Looking at the things on the table, she snorted coldly and said: "It seems that I really need to find some time to communicate with Uncle Emperor. He said before that I am the only flower in this generation of the Xuan family. Even though I am a younger cousin, all the princes need to treat me like their own younger sister. It's only been a few years, and Third Brother and Fourth Brother want to rebel? "
The words rebel caused the servants of the two families to tremble in fear. They quickly got down and began to find excuses to help their masters.
Xuan Tiange, however, just waved her hand and spat out: "If you're not related by blood, it's no good." She then turned and left the tent.
Xuan Tian Ming also pulled his wife over to the medical clinic to sit down, leaving the servants of the two families on this side to dry. The two thought about it. There was no need to kneel. It would be better to go back and report to their masters, thus they quickly led the empty carriages back to the city.
Over at the medical tent, Feng Yu Heng asked Xuan Tianming: "What do you think about this matter?"
Xuan Tianming thought for a bit then said: "Old Third and Old Fourth have never been peaceful people. It's just that I never thought that old Third would still covet the throne so much despite being injured to such an extent. Thinking about it, this matter is definitely related to the Duan Mu family in the North."
Feng Yu Heng nodded and said: "Sooner or later, the North will become enemies with us. If the Third Prince can't do it, there's still the Fourth Prince. It's even possible that he's working with Qian Zhou. The Duan Mu family has been stationed in the North for so many years. Their ambitions definitely do not lie here. "
"Thinking about it, Ban Zou and the others should be returning soon." Xuan Tianming said, "After the heavy rain, send the funeral to Qian Zhou. Delay it for as long as possible."
On this day, the two princes were not the only ones sending things out of the city. Xiang Rong's group had also gathered even more clothes to send out of the city. She did not immediately distribute this batch of clothes. She would leave it until the rain stopped the next day to change out of the damp clothes.
Because there was no need to distribute clothes, Xiang Rong's group had some free time and remained outside the city for a while. Ren Xi Feng and Fung Tian Yu went to see Tian Ge, while Xiang Rong quietly chatted with Feng Yu Heng. She told Feng Yu Heng: "For some reason, the Bu family's general did not agree with my annulment of the engagement. The engagement note that was returned was sent back. Concubine mother An said that the elder madam flew into a rage, but I have been busy helping the refugees outside the city. General Ping Nan has also spoken to the palace, thus she did not cause any trouble for me. However, who knows what sort of storm will occur in the Feng family after this natural disaster. "
The news that she brought caused Feng Yu Heng to feel a little surprised. Normally speaking, this engagement was nothing more than a transaction between Feng Jin Yuan and the Bu family. At that time, Feng Jin Yuan was the prime minister, and he had the capital to make this transaction. But now, he had been demoted to fifth rank. Normally speaking, even if Xiang Rong did not annul the engagement, the Bu family would definitely take the initiative to annul it. Why was there such a twist?
Xiang Rong saw that Feng Yu Heng's brow was furrowed tightly, and she felt a little unbearable: "Second sister, there is no need for you to worry too much about my matters. Xiang Rong was just confused and came to tell you. Right now, Dashun is in trouble. Second sister is someone who needs to do big things. You must not put your thoughts on a small matter like me. "
Feng Yu Heng smiled and patted the back of her hand, saying: "The natural disaster is a big matter. My younger sister's lifelong happiness is also a big matter. But Xiang Rong, there is no need for you to worry about this matter. There is even less need to rush to annul the engagement. You are only 11 years old. Girls become of marriageable age at 15. There are still four more years. That is truly a long period of time. "
Xiang Rong nodded, "I understand. Second sister, don't worry. Xiang Rong is currently very strong and is not afraid of anything." She said this while looking all around. The medical clinic was filled with the smell of disinfectant. She had smelled this sort of smell before. It was the same as the smell in Tong Sheng pavilion's medicine storage room. She knew that this was the smell of medicine that Feng Yu Heng had. "Second sister, the clothes that were sent today were the last batch. After we return, there will not be much for us to do. Sister Ren and sister Feng both said that they would stay and help. Can you also let me stay? I know how to cook, and I can help you take care of the patients. I just … don't want to go. "
Feng Yu Heng understood her thoughts. Although she lived in Tong Sheng pavilion, it was only a wall away from the Feng manor. There would always be news coming from that side, and this girl definitely would not like to hear it. Thus she nodded, "Then just come with me and learn how to take care of patients."
On the last night before the heavy rain stopped, aside from the refugees, nobody could sleep. Feng Yu Heng pulled out batch after batch of vaccines from the medicine storage room. She then personally directed the soldiers to carry out another round of disinfection. At the same time, she also needed to carry out the first round of disinfection after the rain stopped.
Over the past few days, she had already given the majority of the people anti-bacterial vaccines, and medicine had also been distributed. But there were still too many refugees. How could she and Song Kang, who had just learned how to administer vaccines, be able to take care of it all? Feng Yu Heng had also taught Huang Quan and Wang Chuan how to administer vaccines a few times. Unfortunately, the two of them did not have Song Kang's understanding, so they could only give up.
On the last night, she and Song Kang once again threw themselves into the work of administering vaccines. Every second mattered. During the process, Song Kang had asked her, "This thing called a vaccine, can it control the epidemic after it is administered?"
Feng Yu Heng helplessly shook her head. This was what she was most worried about, "This is only the most basic anti-bacterial vaccine. It can only be said that it is better than nothing, but it cannot guarantee that the people who have been vaccinated will not be infected. There are too many types of epidemics. Nobody has a way of predicting what kind of bacteria will appear after the heavy rain. Of course, it would be best if there is none. If there is … then we can only resign ourselves to fate. "
Song Kang did not ask anything else and began to inoculate the people.
Just like that, the two of them worked until dawn the next day before returning to the clinic. As a ray of sunlight broke through the clouds, Feng Yu Heng, who was so tired that she was about to collapse, suddenly felt her heart clench.
Song Kang also whispered, "The sun has come out."
Yes, the sun had come out. The rain had stopped.
The refugees did not know what was going on. They only knew that the heavy rain that had lasted for more than half a month had finally stopped. The people instantly burst into cheers. One by one, they rushed out of the rain tents and happily bathed in the long-awaited sunlight.
Unfortunately, Feng Yu Heng's mood was not relaxed at all. Song Kang was also a doctor. He naturally understood how high the probability of an epidemic occurring after a disaster was. Without waiting for Feng Yu Heng to say anything, he took the initiative to get up from the ground again. He had the soldiers take the prepared disinfectant and sprinkle it in the tents. Especially the last two tents that had not been vaccinated in time, they had to be sprinkled more.
After the soldiers left with the disinfectant, Song Kang ordered people to distribute the clean clothes that had been delivered yesterday to the people to change into. Then, he took back the old clothes and sent them ten li away to be burned.
Feng Yu Heng watched him methodically instruct the soldiers to do things and also let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was someone who could share the burden with her. Otherwise, with so many patients, even if she died from exhaustion, she would not be able to treat them all. It was not that she did not think of transferring more doctors out of the city, but how could everyone know about her medical skills and equipment? Even if she transferred more people, without Song Kang's monstrous comprehension, how could anyone learn it?
She was still sitting on the ground of the clinic with a raincoat under her. It was cold. As soon as Xuan Tianming entered the tent, he frowned when he saw her. He quickly walked forward and pulled her up from the ground. He was both angry and distressed. But before the two of them could say a few words, Song Kang, who had been directing the soldiers at the entrance of the tent, suddenly swayed. He fell to the ground without any warning.
Feng Yu Heng was shocked and quickly ran forward to check. She saw that Song Kang's neck was covered in small red bumps. She reached out to check his temperature and found that it was frighteningly hot.
Her heart tightened as she looked at Xuan Tianming with a bit of fear. This expression allowed Xuan Tianming to immediately guess what was going on. He could not help but cry out, "Epidemic?"
She nodded and reached into her sleeve. She pulled out a syringe and gave Song Kang an injection. Then, she stuffed a white pill into his mouth and ordered the soldiers to give him water. She treated people in one go, but Xuan Tianming could see that her hands were trembling.
He held her wrist and wanted to advise her a little; however, Feng Yu Heng spoke up first, saying: "You don't know this, but once a single case of the epidemic occurs, more will follow. I alone am unable to do anything."
Just as she said this, Xiang Rong, who had not returned to the city, hurriedly ran in. Her face was filled with joy, and she was tugging on someone's sleeve. While running, she shouted to Feng Yu Heng: "Second sister, quickly look who came!"
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