"Your Majesty!" Magistrate Meng hurried to the door to see Qi Zhiheng.
Magistrate Meng of Youzhou had an emergency and went out in the heavy rain, so that he was soaked to the skin.
Rongfeng stood in front of the door and saw the person coming by the moonlight. He quickly picked up the paper umbrella beside him and went forward to greet him.
"The prefect is here so late, but what's the important matter?"
"The western part of the city was most affected by floods. Many people suffered from vomiting, diarrhea, high fever, etc. At first they thought they were infected with cold, but their symptoms became more serious, and many people already lost their lives. The doctor diagnosed this matter as a plague! I have to ask the prince for an idea!"
Rongfeng looked stern and couldn't help but quicken his pace.
As soon as the two of them stood in front of the door, Meng Zhixian was about to push the door open and enter the room, but was blocked by Rong Feng.
"Prefect Meng will allow me to go and report to the prince later."
Magistrate Meng was so anxious that he rubbed his hands and feet, but he still had to nod in agreement.
He looked extremely anxious and hurriedly waved his hand to let him in to report.
Rongfeng gently pushed the door open a small crack, got in sideways, and quickly closed the door tightly.
At this time, the atmosphere in the room was anxious and tense. Shen Yi held the poison in one hand and the silver needle in the other, ready to deal with Qi Zhiheng's poison at any time.
Qi Zhiheng sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, using his internal energy to suppress the "nameless" poison in his body.
Shen Yi heard the sound of the door opening and whispered in a bad tone: "What are you doing! The prince may become manic and bloodthirsty at some point. If you don't guard the door, why do you come in!"
"A plague broke out in the west of the city, and Magistrate Meng came to ask the prince to make a decision."
"What!" Shen Yi's nervous expression added a touch of worry.
Hearing this, Qi Zhiheng took back all his inner strength to his Dantian and opened his eyes.
"Let Magistrate Meng come in." His deep voice came from his lips.
"Yes." Rongfeng immediately turned around and went out.
Shen Yi knew the seriousness of the matter and did not dare to stop him. He only hid the things in his hands and waited beside Qi Zhiheng to prevent him from suddenly becoming poisonous.
The prefect outside the door accepted the request and immediately followed Rong Feng in. He was soaked to the skin and shivered by the cold wind.
Seeing this, Qi Zhiheng gave Rongfeng a look.
"I'm here to see you, Your Majesty." Magistrate Meng bowed and saluted.
Rongfeng took a cloak and handed it to Magistrate Meng.
"No need to be polite, what's going on with the plague in the west of the city?" Qi Zhiheng asked in a deep voice.
Magistrate Meng got the cloak, and a warm current flowed through his heart. Even though the prince had just entered Youzhou this morning and looked cold, he felt a lot closer to the prince at this time.
"I'm informing you, Your Majesty, that the floods in the west part of the city are the most serious. When the eldest son of the Emperor came here to provide relief, he thought that rescuing the people was just a trivial matter. In order to achieve significant results, he just built dams blindly."
Magistrate Meng paused and continued: "There are not many medicinal herbs left in the city. The number of sick people is not thousands but nine hundred. The only two doctors are too busy. In addition, the eldest son of the emperor is forcing the men to build dams." , resulting in many corpses floating in the river."
"Shortly after the emperor's eldest son left, the newly built dam collapsed, and water poured into the city again, causing many casualties among the people. The lower official thought that the prince's personal visit and bringing with him a doctor with skilled medical skills would be able to solve the problem, but unexpectedly a plague broke out... …”
Magistrate Meng has served the people with integrity and worked hard to benefit the people since he became an official. However, the eldest son of the emperor ignored the needs of the people and only cared about fame and achievements. Although he had many words for the eldest son of the emperor, he was helpless.
The prince brought medicinal herbs and food to Youzhou before dawn, but he stayed awake and sent people to boil the cold decoction for the people to collect.
The prince distributed food again. Although it was not much, it also gave the people of Youzhou hope.
He fully recognized the prince in his heart. Now that something as big as the plague happened, he immediately wanted to meet the prince to find a solution.
"Qi Kuo behaved like this. Didn't Magistrate Meng write to the officials about this?" Shen Yi asked anxiously.
"I have submitted many memorials to the officials, but there has been no news from them. I am afraid that the memorials have never reached the hands of the officials!" Magistrate Meng was heartbroken as he watched the people in the city suffer, but could do nothing.
Qi Zhiheng wore a black robe embroidered with red dark lines. His eyes were slightly lowered and his face was a little pale. Under the weak candlelight, he looked like a Rakshasa in hell.
"The city gates were ordered to be sealed on all sides and no entry or exit was allowed. People who already had symptoms of the plague were concentrated in the west of the city. People who had been in contact with people with symptoms of the plague were concentrated in the north of the city. The rest were not allowed to move around at will."
Magistrate Meng couldn't help but "thumped" in his heart, and subconsciously took half a step back. When he came to his senses and realized that he was rude, he hurriedly lowered his head, "Since ancient times, plague has been a fatal disease, and it is also very easy to contagious. In addition to being burned, the prince can also be cured." Is there any other way?"
He didn't want to burn people alive, he couldn't bear it.
When Qi Zhiheng heard this, he glanced at Shen Yi as if casually.
Shen Yi instantly understood what Qi Zhiheng meant and immediately responded: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will go to the west of the city tomorrow and I will do my best to develop a prescription to treat the plague."
"Ah?" Magistrate Meng shouted, "Tomorrow? There is no time to delay!"
"I need to look through some historical materials and medical books tonight so that I can make a better start tomorrow." Shen Yi couldn't say that he would suppress Qi Zhiheng's poison tonight, so he could only make up a casual saying to deceive Magistrate Meng.
Historical materials and medical books are all engraved in his mind, so there is no need to read them again.
"That's it." Magistrate Meng nodded to express his understanding. "Then, please retreat first and put the city under martial law."
Magistrate Meng bowed and left the room.
Rongfeng also withdrew and stood guard in front of the door again to prevent others from disturbing him.
"puff!"
There was no one else in the room. Qi Zhiheng finally couldn't hold on any longer and spit out a mouthful of blood, staining his pale lips red.
His breathing was rapid and unsteady, and he held on to keep himself from falling.
"Your Majesty!" Shen Yi exclaimed in a low voice and strode forward to check Qi Zhiheng's pulse.
Shen Yi frowned and murmured in a deep voice: "Qi and blood are not flowing smoothly, pulse is heavy, poisonous fire attacks the heart..."
"Your Majesty needs the needle immediately, but I haven't learned the essence of Princess's last few needles yet, so I'm afraid I won't be able to achieve the best effect."
"It doesn't matter, do it quickly."
Qi Zhiheng's chest was heaving violently, and the clarity in his eyes was disappearing and appearing, and he was about to lose control of the bloodthirsty in his heart.
Shen Yi handed over a bowl of sticky yellow-brown liquid solid, "Please drink the poison, please."
Qi Zhiheng had never seen it before, and now looking at the appearance of the bowl of drug and smelling the foul smell, he really didn't want to reach out and take it.
"Ha!" Shen Yi twitched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment, "This is the drug formula taught to me by the princess herself. Your Majesty, please eat it quickly, um... drink it quickly."
Qi Zhiheng raised his eyes to look at Shen Yi, his eyes were unkind, and his eyes suddenly turned scarlet.
Shen Yi's heart suddenly shrank, and a numbing feeling of fear spread all over his body. With a shake of his hand, he directly put the bowl into Qi Zhiheng's mouth...
