"Alright, Zhang Xin, take this comrade for sterilization. Once all protective measures are in place, bring her to me." Zhu Yanyi glanced briefly at the official and did not refuse.
"Understood, Little Divine Doctor." Zhang Xin led the man away to prepare. About five minutes later, she brought her back. she had changed into a white outfit.
Zhu Yanyi looked at her and said, "Come in with me." Then she added, "Put on a mask."
The man followed Zhu Yanyi’s instructions, put on the mask, and entered the isolation ward with her.
Zhu Yanyi led her to the patient’s bedside and said, "The plague has reached a moderate stage. From the incubation period to the onset of symptoms, and now to this condition, it has been at least twenty days. This means if there is a place with the plague, the situation there must be terrifying."
What Zhu Yanyi did not say explicitly was that twenty days ago, there was no news from the capital. Those people were either killed or hiding. Either way, it was a huge hidden danger. If they were killed and the bodies were exposed, the consequences would be unimaginable. If they were hiding, these plague carriers entering a large city could cause endless hidden dangers. Especially with this plague, it might wipe out the entire city, turning it into a city of death.
"Little Divine Doctor, I understand." The man clearly grasped Zhu Yanyi’s meaning.
"I will use gold needles for acupuncture to give her twenty minutes of consciousness. After twenty minutes, she must sleep again. Only during sleep can I extract the normal plague vaccine to create new vaccines and medicine to treat the plague," Zhu Yanyi explained.
"Twenty minutes is enough." The official answered seriously. He hadn’t expected twenty minutes; he thought five minutes would suffice.
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "Are you ready?"
"I am ready." The official felt a bit nervous when asked by Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi glanced calmly at the official, then took out a gold needle and inserted it directly into the patient. The golden light seemed to have a spirit, surrounding the patient. When the golden light dissipated, the patient’s eyes moved, and then opened.
"Am I dead?" The tone indicated he was not from the capital.
"You are not dead," Zhu Yanyi said calmly. "This is the Capital Hospital."
"Capital Hospital? It really is the Capital Hospital. The Little Divine Doctor is here. I want to see the Little Divine Doctor." The man sat up excitedly.
"I am Zhu Yanyi." Zhu Yanyi did not recognize the man but spoke directly. Since she was looking for her, there must be a reason. Zhu Yanyi felt that understanding the situation would be smoother.
Upon hearing that the person in front of her was the Little Divine Doctor, the man immediately knelt on the bed and kowtowed to Zhu Yanyi. "Little Divine Doctor, please save the people in our village. Everyone in our village is almost dead."
Zhu Yanyi and the official exchanged a glance. Zhu Yanyi said, "Calm down first. I have suppressed your illness. You have twenty minutes to tell me what happened. Only when I know can I decide when to go save them, right?"
Hearing Zhu Yanyi’s words, the man quickly calmed herself down. "My name is Zhao Song. We are from Er Tang, Zhao Family Village, Luojia Mountain, Northwest Province. It is a small mountain village. Living conditions are not very good, but we live happily, working from sunrise to sunset. Until one day, a person came to our village."
Hatred flashed in Zhao Song’s eyes. "That person covered his face with black cloth. He said he was disfigured by a fire, so he could not let us see his face, fearing he would scare us. He hid in our village to avoid scaring others.
The villagers in our village are honest and kind-hearted. They thought he was a pitiful person and had no objections. They even prepared a thatched hut for him to live in. He usually joked around with everyone. Until about half a month ago, we noticed he never went out. We went to check and found he was dead."
As Zhao Song spoke, fear appeared on his face. "When we opened his door, we found not only him dead but also many insects and ants dead beside him. His face was not disfigured but completely rotten. Experienced elders said this was a plague carrier. We were panicked. We wanted to flee, but we could not. We knew that if we went out and we were infected with the plague, we would harm others. So we wanted to find someone to report to the relevant units."
Sadness appeared in Zhao Song’s eyes. "But those units did not help us. Instead, they sent hooligans to surround our entire village, preventing us from leaving. They wanted our whole village to die. Later, someone said that if the Capital’s Little Divine Doctor was there, there would be a way to survive. So I took advantage of the night when everyone was not paying attention. With the villagers’ cover, I crossed the back mountain. I carried all the money given by everyone in the village. I dared not drink water, eat, or go to crowded places. I realized I had a fever, so I knew I might be infected with the plague. I arrived in the capital and tried to ask for directions to the Capital Hospital. But because of the fever, I felt dizzy and fainted."
After listening, Zhu Yanyi’s expression changed slightly. She turned to the official beside her. "Do you have any more questions?"
The official nodded. "Do you know how many people are in your village?"
Zhao Song said, "We haven’t counted, but I know there are twenty-one households in our village. It is a small mountain village, not many people."
The official asked again, "Are those hooligans still surrounding your village?"
"Yes. I have been away for nearly ten days. At least when I left, they were still surrounding it," Zhao Song said.
"Good. I know the details now. Don’t worry. We will send people there immediately," the official said seriously.
Zhao Song looked at Zhu Yanyi. "Little Divine Doctor, please save the people in our village."
Zhu Yanyi looked at her, pondered for a moment, and said, "Alright. As long as this mountain village exists, I will go there personally."
"Thank you, Little Divine Doctor." Zhao Song wanted to kowtow again.
Zhu Yanyi spoke gently. "Rest first. You need to rest well now. Don’t worry. With me here, your plague is nothing."
Zhao Song trusted Zhu Yanyi deeply. She knew that as long as the Little Divine Doctor was there, there would be no problem. "That’s good. That’s good. Our village is saved." Her eyes were full of excitement. Zhu Yanyi lightly flicked a needle, and Zhao Song fell into a deep sleep. Zhu Yanyi then performed follow-up acupuncture work and then said to the official, "Let’s go outside and talk."