flstandardbreds Chapter 365 Evil Qi
Chapter 365 Evil Qi
Long Chuqing took out silver needles, flicked them over the candlelight, and swiftly pierced several acupoints on Boss Huang's body to clear heat and calm the mind.
"Wait a moment, Miss Long."
Seeing that Long Chuqing was about to touch the wound, Doctor Yuan hurriedly stopped him.
He handed over a handkerchief, his brow furrowed: "Check through the handkerchief!"
This avoids direct contact with the wound. I don't know if it will work, but it at least provides some psychological comfort.
It's best to be more careful these days.
Long Chuqing declined Doctor Yuan's offer, saying, "Thank you, it's nothing."
She gently touched the wound with her fingertips. The swollen area felt slightly hard and had an unusual burning sensation. When she pressed it, a small amount of thick, dark red liquid would flow out from the wound.
"It hurts, it hurts so much." Boss Huang's hoarse voice trembled, and his legs were also trembling slightly.
Just then, the purplish-black evil energy began to float, attempting to seep into Long Chuqing's body through her fingertips.
"It's demonic energy." Fei Feng instantly released spiritual power, which wrapped around Long Chuqing's fingertips, shattering the gathered evil energy.
However, it could not be completely eliminated, and the purplish-black evil energy began to seep out of the wound again, little by little.
“Something seems amiss here,” Fei Feng said. “The wound is oozing demonic energy, which means that the rat that bit the patient was not an ordinary rat. Perhaps it was a rat demon that had cultivated into a spirit, or perhaps it had been contaminated by some filth underground. In that case, the root cause of the disease is quite different from that of ordinary plague.”
Long Chuqing agreed, "You're right, the symptoms are indeed different from those of the plague I've seen before."
Long Chuqing took out cotton gauze, medicinal wine, and antidote powder from Doctor Yuan's medicine box and gave Boss Huang's wound a simple treatment.
She then took a drop of Mr. Huang's blood for Fei Feng to conduct a detailed test.
Based on Mr. Huang's various symptoms, as well as the faint coughing sounds that could be heard from time to time inside and outside the house, the disease was spreading extremely quickly.
This is a very bad phenomenon.
It can be basically confirmed that it is a kind of epidemic disease. However, it is also mixed with evil energy, and the treatment prescription needs to be adjusted according to the condition.
Long Chuqing and Doctor Yuan exchanged a glance, and Doctor Yuan understood what Long Chuqing meant from her solemn gaze.
His heavy, desperate heart sank even deeper.
Although the word "doom" flashed through his mind, Doctor Yuan quickly calmed down. He was a doctor, after all, and he couldn't afford to lose his composure. Moreover, with Long Chuqing by his side, he felt incredibly at ease.
According to Mrs. Huang, Mr. Huang's three bodyguards were also bitten by rats and are now in a semi-dead state due to high fever.
The current situation is beyond her control and requires the intervention of the imperial court and government officials.
The entire Huang family, being the source of the epidemic, must be prohibited from leaving the residence and must be quarantined. The surrounding residents also need to be managed and further observed.
We also need to find the workers that Boss Huang hired to work in the mountains and put them under control.
Fortunately, snow is falling outside and few people are going out, so the people in the mansion won't be going out either.
After washing his hands, Long Chuqing asked someone to fetch his writing materials and hurriedly wrote down three prescriptions. One of them was a strong dose of Baihu Tang: raw gypsum, roasted licorice root, anemarrhena rhizome, japonica rice, and forsythia, to clear away the evil heat in their bodies.
The other prescription is for dispelling dampness and detoxifying, containing herbs such as agastache, atractylodes, calamus, and eupatorium... which have the effect of warding off foul odors.
One prescription is for prevention: such as Isatis root, Isatis leaf, honeysuckle, dandelion, bupleurum, astragalus, forsythia, etc.
Two letters were drafted at the same time.
She knew the seriousness of the situation.
With a large population in the capital, the entire dynasty would be plunged into crisis should a large-scale outbreak occur.
She learned from Xiao Han's casual remarks that the border situation was extremely volatile and war could break out at any moment.
If an outbreak were to occur at this time, the entire city would be completely locked down and paralyzed.
There must be many foreign spies lurking in the city. Once they spread the news, the enemy might take the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack on the border. Without reinforcements and supplies from the rear, the border guards alone will not be able to stop the enemy's army from attacking.
Another point to be wary of is that if those people take the opportunity to cause trouble and deliberately spread the epidemic, it will be a catastrophic disaster.
Therefore, the entire city must be placed under martial law before the epidemic spreads, and not only people, but even a single pigeon must not be allowed to fly out of the capital.
Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and control and treatment can be carried out immediately. As long as the epidemic does not spread on a large scale, it is believed that the disease can be brought under control soon.
This matter is of great importance; Xiao Han should trust her, right?
"Madam Huang, do you have any mugwort in your residence?" Long Chuqing asked.
"We do keep some on hand; the household uses them to repel mosquitoes on a regular basis."
"That's good. Arrange for someone to find all the mugwort right now and fumigate the entire house of Boss Huang and the other three patients. If there's any extra mugwort, you can also fumigate other parts of the mansion."
Madam Huang asked, puzzled, "Why do we suddenly need to use moxa?"
Long Chuqing spoke in a relaxed tone: "This cold is somewhat contagious. Look at you, you're coughing a bit, aren't you? Fumigating with moxa can effectively kill the cold toxins remaining in the air and prevent infection."
Madam Huang cleared her throat and coughed lightly: "Yes! I was wondering why my throat was starting to itch. Okay, I'll have the servants bring some mugwort in a bit and fumigate the whole place."
"Oh, right, doctor," Madam Huang coughed, "Could you also prescribe some medicine for me? My throat is really itchy."
"No problem, I'll prescribe a formula to clear heat and detoxify you in a bit."
Long Chuqing instructed, "By the way, Madam Huang, I have to go out for a while now. I will come back later to give Mr. Huang and the others acupuncture. Please tell the people in the mansion not to go out for the time being, and to thoroughly fumigate the courtyard with mugwort leaves. I will bring the medicine back later."
"I'll have my servant go with you to fetch the medicine!"
"No need, I can go by myself."
Madam Huang agreed, "Alright, then I'll trouble the two doctors."
"Miss Long, what do you need me to do next?" Doctor Yuan asked in a low voice.
Long Chuqing lowered his voice and replied, "I need to go back to the Prince's residence first to explain the situation to the Prince. The current situation requires the intervention of the imperial court to bring the situation under control as soon as possible."
“If you don’t want to stay, go back with Xiao Zeng first!” Long Chuqing said. “When you get back, remember to burn all the clothes you wore today, take a bath with water boiled with mugwort, and then fumigate the entire medicine shop inside and out with mugwort and atractylodes.”
Doctor Yuan refused, saying, "No, Miss Long, although I am afraid of death, I still cannot leave. Going out will only be a burden to the court."
He knew that once it was confirmed to be a plague, he and the apprentice Zeng would be unable to leave the courtyard to prevent its spread.
He couldn't be the one to cause trouble at such a crucial time.