amaotonovel Chapter 144 Refining the elixir
Chapter 144 Refining the elixir
When the marshal guarding the border city discovered a sick person, he sent an urgent letter to the emperor over 800 miles. He also left the city to investigate the situation outside and sent out military doctors to treat the people.
The marshal of the border city was named Zhang Yungui. A martial arts champion, he was known for his decisiveness and ruthlessness. He treated the people of the borderland with kindness, loving them like his own children. Upon receiving the emperor's decree to seal off the city, he worried about the people outside. He quietly sent troops to investigate any sick people outside the city. He ordered military doctors to be stationed at the training grounds outside the city, to treat any patients immediately at the first sign of trouble, and to keep them together to prevent further infection.
They established a medical clinic five miles from the training ground, where any sick people could be sent for treatment.
The prefectural doctor also came here to help, and many village doctors also sent their patients here.
They consulted with the military doctor and asked him to make a Chinese herbal soup for them to drink to see if it would work. This was also the first time they had seen a patient with such a high fever.
When Qiqi and the others arrived, there were already more than 200 patients admitted here.
The marshals guarding the city, as well as the military and court doctors, were all surprised to see the Crown Prince and his wife arrive.
"Your old servant, I pay my respects to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess." Many people knelt down and saluted Zhou Jingze and Qiqi.
Zhou Jingze quickly helped the old marshal up. "Old marshal, you have worked hard."
"Prince, we just discovered the patient. How come you came so quickly?" Marshal Zhang asked.
"We learned that there are many patients on the border of Zhao State, and we are afraid that people from Zhao State will come to Da Zhou and infect the people on our border. The emperor sent me to check on the patients." Zhou Jingze said.
"Your Majesty, long live your Majesty. Your Majesty is a master of all things." Many patients knelt down to thank the emperor.
Yun Jizi felt indignant for his disciples. It was all Jingze and Qiqi's achievements, but in the end, it was all attributed to the old emperor.
Yun Jizi's mumbling voice reached Qiqi's ears. Qiqi looked at her master and smiled. Yun Jizi stopped talking when he saw Qiqi's smile. The master's wife hit Yun Jizi. "Neither disciple said anything, so stop mumbling." Jingze felt uncomfortable.
Qiqi put on a mask and a hat. She also took out a lot of masks and gave them to the military doctors, asking them to wear them.
Zhou Jingze told Marshal Zhang that the imperial doctors were all behind and they would be there soon.
There was a lot of noise outside. Sick people appeared in more than a dozen villages and they were all carried in.
Qiqi hurried to the patients' side, took out a cotton swab, and collected some saliva from several of them, placing it in a sterile bottle. She then stored the saliva in the medical room for analysis. Qiqi felt their heads and saw they all had persistent fevers. Their coughs were hoarse.
The nurse followed Qiqi, worried that something might happen to her. Zhou Jingze followed the marshal to handle other matters. Yun Jizi was also attending to patients. So many patients had been brought in this time that the makeshift clinic was practically full.
Zhou Jingze asked Marshal Zhang to organize soldiers to build a larger medical clinic, saying that the clinic couldn't accommodate so many people. As soon as they finished speaking, someone came to the marshal and said that the clinic couldn't accommodate so many patients. Marshal Zhang admired the prince very much. He anticipated everything.
Qiqi examined dozens of patients and realized that it was an infectious disease. She discussed with the military doctor and isolated them.
Qiqi got on the carriage and took out a lot of Chinese medicinal herbs, and asked the court doctor to make a Chinese medicinal soup for those who were not sick to take.
He took out a lot of pills that his master and mistress had refined in the space, gave some to his master and some to the military doctor, and asked them to distribute them to the patients first.
They quickly distributed the pills to all the patients, and they all took them. A quarter of an hour later, most of them had broken their fevers and were no longer feeling well. They all came to Qiqi, Yunjizi, and the military doctor to thank them for the miraculous medicine. They were no longer feeling well.
The analysis report from Qiqi's medical room came in. Qiqi looked at it and handed it to Master, asking him to take a look. This virus was transmitted from animals. It was spread by people hunting animals and eating their meat. Just because animals don't get sick doesn't mean people won't get sick if they eat them.
This is because the people were so hungry that they ate anything. It is also possible that the animal meat was not cooked thoroughly, and they quickly became ill after eating it.
The elixir made by Master and his wife can suppress viruses. However, it's missing two Chinese medicinal herbs: honeysuckle and bupleurum.
These two Chinese medicinal herbs were used up during the last Yongning Kingdom epidemic. Honeysuckle is harvested once a year. Qiqi thought it would not be used, so she did not water it with spiritual spring water. When she came from the imperial city, Qiqi watered the honeysuckle and bupleurum with spiritual spring water. They will mature soon.
The old man’s hall is filled with precious Chinese medicinal materials, and there are no ordinary medicinal materials in the medicine garden.
Qiqi came out and ordered the secret guards to go to the nearby provincial capital to purchase honeysuckle and bupleurum. Soon, the secret guards had purchased a large amount of honeysuckle and bupleurum. Master and his wife worked all night to refine the elixir. Qiqi tried to refine it, but his wife stopped him.
"Qiqi and the others are not feeling so bad now that they've taken the elixir. Your master and I finished refining it quickly. You should go and rest. You're pregnant with two babies, so you're prone to sleepiness. Come, Master's wife will take you to bed. Your master is worried that you're not getting enough sleep while you're here."
The master's wife took Qiqi to the dormitory and let Qiqi lie down on the bed to sleep. Then the master's wife returned to the alchemy room.
Qiqi thought about how much Master and Master's Wife had worked so hard for them. She also wanted to think about Master and Master's Wife. If Master and Master's Wife had a child, Master would definitely be very happy. They would have someone to rely on in their later years.
Qiqi took action immediately and looked for medical books to see if there were any pills that could help people in their forties get pregnant.
Qiqi read several books before finding a fertility-enhancing elixir. It was a Level 5 elixir called the Good Pregnancy Pill. Qiqi looked at the ingredients used in the elixir and found two she had never seen before. Images of these two herbs were painted on a tree. She seemed to have seen them somewhere.
Qiqi thought and thought. She patted her head and remembered. She had seen these two Chinese herbs in the herb garden behind the main hall that the old man had given her. Qiqi quickly stood up and headed towards the herb garden. Soon she found the two herbs.
She put the herbs away, waiting for a day when she was not busy to make some medicine for her master and mistress, letting them take it and have a little baby of their own.
Qiqi gradually became tired and fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed.
The master's wife made some medicine and went to the kitchen to make some delicious food. She was afraid that Qiqi would be hungry when she woke up. She came to Qiqi's room and saw that she was sleeping soundly, so she didn't disturb her. The master's wife went back to making medicine.
Qiqi woke up and stretched. After washing up, she went to find her master and his wife. She was holding a roast chicken, ham, and bread from the supermarket at the medical base.
"Master, Master's Wife, you haven't eaten yet, right? I brought some food, let's eat some together."
"Qiqi, wait a moment. Master has just finished refining this furnace, and your master's wife is almost done refining hers. Let's go eat together. Your master's wife has already cooked."