Several of the guards also contracted the wind and cold, and their bodies were sore and weak. They begged: "Master Ji, brothers can't walk anymore. Let's rest here for another day!"
Ji Kuo had no choice but to order to stay here for one more day. This time the wind and cold were coming fiercely. He had sold most of the pills and some of his own people had taken them. He should go to the city to replenish some medicines.
However, there are too many people who are sick, and those who cannot afford medicine can only wait to recover, otherwise they will die. Ji Kuo frowned and sighed, "This job is not easy to do!"
Now that he has taken over, he insists on working even if it is not easy. Ji Kuo walked to the back of the team, found Zhang Linggu, and said, "Doctor Zhang, there are many prisoners and sick people, and the existing medicines are not enough. I plan to go to Jianping City to purchase some." Medicine, it’s too cold to ride a horse, I wonder if I can borrow your carriage.”
Riding a horse in the winter can freeze you into popsicles, but Zhang Linggu's carriage has a stove burning. It's freezing outside, but inside the carriage it's as warm as spring.
Zhang Linggu also noticed that a cold broke out among the exiled troops. He wanted to treat it, but Gu Jingzhi reminded him that Ji Kuo wanted to make money by selling medicine and not to make trouble, so he had no choice but to give up.
Hearing that Ji Kuo wanted to borrow a carriage to go to Jianping City to buy medicine, he readily agreed and told him: "Master Ji, please buy some ginger, brown sugar, and green onions. You can make soup for everyone to drink. It can dispel cold and dampness and prevent colds!"
Ji Kuo had never heard of the word cold and guessed it meant wind cold. He nodded in agreement. Zhang Linggu and Gu Jingshen got off the carriage and went to the Gu family's tent to stay for a while.
After Gu Jingshen met his second brother, father and others, he went to his mother Song Wanru's place. Zhang Linggu stood next to Caiwei by the stove and whispered: "Your second master is not a thing anymore. What's on the Gu family's carriage?" No! I actually watched the prisoners freezing. Look, they are all cold now!"
Caiwei glared at him and defended: "Zhang Linggu, don't be so silly. Ji Kuo and other escorting officers are all trying to get money from the prisoners! If the second master wants to help the prisoners, he is not robbing them from their hands." Money?”
The latte tongs pulled out a dark object from the stove. He banged it on the stove and broke it in half. It turned out to be a baked potato.
After handing Zhang Linggu half of the roasted potatoes, Caiwei ate the remaining half and continued: "Taking people's money is like killing their parents. Can Ji Kuo and the others just let it go? We won't do that stupid thing!"
Zhang Linggu ate the potatoes in disgust and curled his lips and said, "We, we, we, you two are in the same camp!"
Gu Jingzhi walked into the tent from outside and happened to hear what he said, and said with a sneer: "Zhang Linggu, Caiwei is my concubine. Gu Jingzhi is of course from the same camp. Stay away from her. If you are free, give it to my sister Jing Nian." Check your pulse!”
Gu Jingzhi led Zhang Linggu, who looked unhappy, to the corner of the tent where Shen Wei's mother and daughter and Gu Huainan were located.
Zhang Linggu put on a polite look and said, "Hello Uncle Gu, my nephew is being polite now."
Gu Huainan was polite and gave up his seat to Shen Wei. Xiao Jingnian smiled shyly at Zhang Linggu and lowered his head.
Zhang Linggu felt hot in his heart. On the day he was exhausted from the operation and traveled back in time, he had just told his three-year-old daughter that he would take her on a trip at the weekend. She also smiled shyly and lowered her head.
He gently said to Xiao Jingnian: "Little beauty, stretch out your right hand. Brother, let me help you check if there is anything wrong with your lungs!!"
Jing Nian obediently stretched out his right hand, and Zhang Linggu praised: "Miss Jing Nian is really amazing, she knows her left and right hands!" He took the pulse carefully and felt that the pulses of the lungs, spleen and kidneys were very peaceful, so he let go and said, "Very healthy. No problem at all.”
In the last life, Jing Nian contracted a cold and died. Gu Jingzhi was relieved to hear that she was not infected.
The Gu family has a peaceful scene, but Ji Kuo has ups and downs.
After being slapped by Chang Tianfeng at Suide Station, Ji Kuo did not dare to go there again, so he could only go to Jianping City, more than 300 miles away, to purchase medicines.
For some reason, the inspections in Jianping City were particularly strict. The soldiers guarding the city gate each had their faces covered with a piece of black cloth and held long guns, inspecting the people, vehicles and horses entering the city one by one.
When it was Ji Kuo's turn to ride in a carriage, the soldier asked them to wait aside because they didn't have local accents. "Will we be able to pass after a quarter of an hour?"
Ji Kuo asked in confusion: "Brother, I have been to many cities along the way, and I see that other towns do not conduct strict inspections like Jianping. I wonder what happened?"
"Don't pry around if you have nothing to do!" the soldier scolded.
"Brother, I am an official from the Criminal Department of the capital." Ji Kuo reluctantly took out the official documents and showed them to the soldiers.
The maid of the prime minister's family was still a seventh-rank official. The Ministry of Punishment was at the gate of the Yamen. No one in the area would dare to offend anyone, even a sweeper. The soldiers could not underestimate him and whispered: "I'm telling you, your lord, Pingcheng has been built recently." A cold epidemic broke out here, with tens of thousands of people sick and nearly a hundred people dying from the disease. We, the prefect, have strictly ordered that no one with a cough or fever is allowed to enter or leave the city."
Ji Kuo's heart skipped a beat, "Brother, the people in your Jianping city are sick. What should you do if healthy people go to the city and get infected?"
The soldier said angrily: "What can I do? Just treat the disease! You are so damn evil! All the medical clinics are making a lot of money."
"Medical expenses shouldn't be cheap, so what should we do if we don't have money?" Ji Kuo asked.
"Sell your house, sell your land, sell your children, sell your daughters. If it doesn't work out, just wait for it to kick off!" The soldier was obviously extremely dissatisfied.
Ji Kuo knew something was wrong, so after a quarter of an hour, he asked the coachman to wait at the door, and went to the medical clinic to buy medicines alone. He walked around Jianping City. Not only were the medicines extremely expensive, but they were not available for takeout. Even if he took out the Ministry of Criminal Justice The paperwork is not easy to use either.
"Go away! If you were from the hospital, how much more could I be afraid of you? The Ministry of Punishment has nothing to do with our hospital! Get out of here!" someone with a bad attitude said.
Ji Kuo found nothing and had no choice but to return to the city gate. When the soldier saw him coming back, he said anxiously: "Sir, let's go quickly! I just got the order and the city gate will be closed in three minutes. No entry or exit is allowed!"
Ji Kuo was grateful, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you very much, brother, for informing me. May I ask your name? I will repay you in the future!"
"Little brother Li Erhu!" the soldier replied.
Ji Kuo said goodbye to Li Erhu and hurried back. When he returned to the location of the exile team, it was already dark.
Yang Laoqi coughed and stepped forward and asked: "Ahem, cough! Sir, why did you come back so late? Have you bought the medicine?" When selling items to the prisoners, the superiors would get the big ones, and the brothers below would get the small ones, so everyone He also cares about his own business.
Ji Kuo covered his mouth in fear and took a step back, "Stay away from me. Are you infected?"
Yang Laoqi beat his chest and coughed: "Ahem, cough, cough, no, no, I was stepped on by those bandits and I haven't recovered yet."
