A genius girl with her own space

Chapter 143 77 Going to the Border

Qiqi and the others set off soon. Several carriages quickly left the city and headed for the border city near Zhao State.

Before leaving, Qiqi sent someone to the Jiang Mansion to deliver a letter to her parents, saying that they were going to the border and asked them not to worry, lest they knew about it and didn't tell them, which would make them even more worried.

On the way, Qiqi and the nurse went to the space to rest. Zhou Jingze was in the car dealing with letters. Yun Jizi was in the car drinking tea. They asked the secret guard to drive the car faster. The secret guard thought the host was in the car, so the car drove very smoothly.

Over the past few years, they've been following him everywhere. Several of the secret guards have become quite skilled in martial arts. Qiqi, knowing their hard work, gifted them with elixirs and apples, raising their martial arts to the highest level among all the secret guards. The secret guards from both the Hidden Sect and the Dark Sect envied them.

Whenever they arrived at a provincial capital with Fuxiangju, they would drive the car to Fuxiangju to rest for a night. The secret guards and bodyguards drove the car all night for fear that they could not bear it.

Every time, the secret guard would notify the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper would prepare the best meals for Qiqi and the others.

Qiqi hadn't suffered much during her journey. Her mistress prepared delicious meals for her every day. The space was filled with fresh vegetables. These vegetables were nourishing and spiritual. They were thick, green leaves, and Qiqi loved them. There were plenty of pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, ducks, and even fish near the waterfall. They were so large that one was enough for the four of them.

Qiqi often got off the bus at the provincial capital to go shopping and buy some food. She'd buy a token amount of fruit so she could find the same kind in her space and give it to the secret guards and imperial guards. Qiqi knew that driving the bus was tiring and boring for them.

Qiqi often gave them some melon seeds and peanuts to pass the time. This touched the secret guards and the guards, who didn't know what to say. They just said, "Thank you, host."

Qiqi and his companions had been gone for six days, and the imperial doctors hadn't arrived at the border yet. The shopkeeper of Fuxiangju, a shrine in the border town, sent a letter saying no patients had been found there, and they had sent secret guards outside the city to investigate. They secretly fled the city and settled in a settlement outside, using carrier pigeons to deliver messages back to the city. They were afraid of wandering around and contracting the disease, so they stopped returning to the city.

The secret guards went through several small towns and found a few people with coughs and fevers. They didn't understand why, so they asked if any outsiders had visited the area in the past few days. They said a peddler had been there. The secret guards asked if the peddler was feeling unwell. They said the peddler had coughed occasionally. A few relatives had also visited.

Have you ever bought something from a peddler? How many people have? Has anyone in your family become ill? There was an older woman who bought something from a peddler. She's had a cough for the past few days.

What other towns had the peddler been to? Did you ask him where he was from? The peddler lived in a village on the border. He often went to Zhao State to buy things and came back here to sell them.

The secret guards heard this with heavy hearts. "Do you know where he lives? We only heard he lives in a village on the border. We don't know anything else."

He hasn't come again in the past few days.

The secret guard returned to his residence outside the city. He wrote a letter, tied it to the leg of a carrier pigeon, and delivered it to Fuxiangju. The shopkeeper of Fuxiangju saw it and quickly burned the letter and washed his hands. He wrote another letter, tied it to a white pigeon, and released it.

After an epidemic, the shopkeepers trained them on how to wash their hands and disinfect them, and how to prevent and minimize losses.

After reading the letter, the shopkeeper washed his hands. He knew the host was pregnant, and if the letter contained a virus, it would be a disaster. So he burned the letter, rewrote it, and sent it off with another carrier pigeon.

After doing all this, the shopkeeper laughed at himself, thinking he was too cautious. He had to be responsible to the landlord and live up to their training and development.

Two days had passed since Qiqi received the letter delivered by carrier pigeon. Zhou Jingze disinfected the pigeon from head to toe, then took the letter himself and read it to Qiqi and the others, preventing them from touching it.

Yun Jizi was relieved, knowing that Zhou Jingze was protecting Qiqi and them.

Qiqi heard the contents of the letter and learned that there might be an infection outside the city.

Qiqi asked Zhou Jingze, "How much faster are the imperial doctors than us? How many days will it take them to arrive?"

"They are just ahead of us. We can overtake them in half a day's journey."

"Brother Jingze, tell the guards to tell them that a patient has appeared outside the city and to rush to the border as fast as possible."

"Qiqi, I've already sent someone there, so you don't have to worry. At our speed, we'll be outside the border city in six or seven days. Qiqi, go to the space and rest. I'll take care of everything outside."

Zhou Jingze sent a letter to the imperial palace, asking his father to prepare food and medicine for emergencies.

Qiqi knew that it was useless to say anything before reaching the destination, so she, her master, and her mistress all entered the space.

Master and his wife planned to refine some pills to prevent the epidemic. Although the epidemic in Yongning Country's Jiangcheng was man-made, they had experienced it before and knew how to prevent it.

Qiqi saw Master and Master's Wife go to the alchemy room and knew they were going to make pills again. Qiqi didn't stop them. There were plenty of Chinese medicinal herbs in the space, so feel free to use them.

Qiqi calmed down and went to practice under the spiritual fruit tree. After practicing for a while, Qiqi got tired and fell asleep under the tree.

Qiqi had been sleepy since she became pregnant. When she woke up from a nap, she went to the alchemy room where her master was refining the elixir.

"Qiqi, you're back. Your mistress went to cook. She saw you sleeping soundly under the tree and didn't call you. Wait for me a moment. This furnace of elixirs will be ready soon. Let's go to the restaurant for dinner together.

Qiqi sat on a stool in the alchemy room, waiting for her master. "Master, you and Master's wife have worked so hard. You have done all this for Jingze and me."

"Qiqi, I'm your master, I should do this."

Qiqi laughed. Then, Master's Wife came to call them to dinner. Yun Jizi's elixir was also finished, and he collected it. They all went to the restaurant to eat. Qiqi brought out some food for Zhou Jingze and left him alone.

Three days passed quickly. Zhou Jingze and his secret guards and bodyguards slept in the open air on the road, eating sesame cakes they bought along the way and drinking the spiritual spring water Qiqi gave them. Qiqi sometimes gave them some pickles. The master's wife tried to stop them from giving too much, lest the guards become dependent on her.

Zhou Jingze often stayed alone in the car. He felt sorry for his master, so he wouldn't let her accompany him. Zhou Jingze had received a letter from the shopkeeper of Bianguan City, but he didn't tell Qiqi and the others. He could just bear it himself and not let Qiqi worry anymore.

The letter reported that villagers in several villages patrolled by the secret guards were increasingly falling ill, some with persistent high fevers. The villagers were unaware of the contagious disease. Doctors were dispatched from the provincial capital at the border, but the patients showed no signs of recovery.

Several rural doctors were discussing with each other that there were also many patients in Zhao State, some of whom had already died. When they saw the doctor sent by the provincial government, they hurried to him to discuss treatment methods.