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Chapter 10: The advent of cowpox (Part 2)

Seeing Sun Simiao leave, Du He sighed. Although he was about to die, he was satisfied that he could make some contribution to the world before his death. Now, he only hopes that Sun Simiao can find the sick cows as soon as possible and let the vaccinated vaccine come out soon. In this way, the epidemic in Ci County will be pacified as soon as possible, and Du Gou will not have to work so hard that many people can die less. The most important thing is that in another ten or twenty years, smallpox will be forever extinct in the Tang Dynasty.

"Maybe... this is my destiny to travel through this world." Du He looked up at the sky and murmured to himself.

At this moment, Du He actually forgot the fear of death, as if he had removed a very heavy burden and suddenly realized.

Cheerfulness is only temporary. Soon, the vicinity of the Land Temple was shrouded in fear and haze. The elderly suffering from smallpox died one after another. In just three days, all four elderly suffering from smallpox were tortured to death by the disease. Not only that, there was also a woman who could not withstand the torture of smallpox and died with hatred. Even young and middle-aged people were tortured by the disease and were indecent pain.

Du He is not that serious. The number of smallpox on his body is not large. Although his body hurts, he can tolerate it.

Seven days later, eight of the nineteen people with smallpox had died. The only gratifying thing was that the dark and strong man had smallpox symptoms began to decline, and a very smallpox acne on his body also began to wither. This was a sign of the fading of smallpox.

The dark and strong man is called Li Tieniu. His smallpox symptoms began to decline, but he was not happy because his wife had been tortured to death by smallpox, while his four-year-old son Li Hu was still tortured by smallpox, and his life and death were unpredictable.

Five days later, all the women suffering from smallpox died, leaving only a few young and middle-aged men and four children.

Half of the smallpox on Li Tieniu's body has withered.

Du He's symptoms of smallpox also began to fade, and smallpox acne on his waist became withered. After so many days, Du He learned that he had survived the smallpox, so he cried with joy. These days, he was about to collapse.

Every day, I watched the people around me die in the torture of illness, and the painful appearance of their struggle before they died and their unwilling eyes, everything was like a nightmare, wandering in his mind.

Finally, Sun Simiao came to see him again. When the two met, Sun Simiao found that he was in good spirits and asked in surprise: "Your smallpox..."

Du He lifted up his clothes and asked him to see his withered smallpox. Sun Simiao said excitedly: "Okay, great! You have survived it! Not dead! Not disabled!"

Smallpox is not only fatal but also disability, because smallpox can cause many complications, such as sepsis, osteomyelitis, encephalitis, meningitis, pneumonia, bronchitis, otitis media, laryngitis, blindness, miscarriage, etc.

Although many people have survived smallpox, they are disabled, either bone necrosis or physically disabled, or become madmen, fools, or deaf, blind or mute...

Du He did not feel any joy, turned around and looked at the thatched huts, and said sadly: "Twelve of them have died."

Sun Simiao said, this is the case in the world. At that time, I saw the sad scene of smallpox destroying the world with my own eyes. Then I learned medicine. I devoted my life to solving the smallpox problem, but I got nothing. Unexpectedly, I was finally solved by you.

When Du He heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Has the vaccinated vaccine been proven successful?"

Sun Simiao nodded vigorously: "Yes, it was successful five days ago. These days, Dr. Qiu and I went to the other four epidemic areas separately and taught the vaccination vaccine method to local doctors. The smallpox epidemic has been completely controlled and I believe it will end soon."

"That's good." Du He breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly, "This is the best ending right now."

"You have great merits this time." Sun Simiao looked at Du He with admiration, "With this vaccination method, the people of the Tang Dynasty will no longer have to suffer from smallpox."

Du He said: "Senior, don't say that. What kind of virtue can I do? I dare to make great contributions. This contribution should be counted on you. The method is verified by you and you sent it to major epidemic areas."

"No, no, no..." Sun Simiao waved his hand solemnly, "You came up with the method, and the credit is yours. The Taoist priest has already stated in the letter to Magistrate Du. This method is what you told the Taoist priest."

Du He said helplessly: "I am only young and have made such great achievements. I am afraid that others will make trouble or have ulterior motives to attack my brother, saying that he is asking for me for me..."

"Don't worry," Sun Simiao said, "When the epidemic is over, the Taoist priests will go to Xiangzhou in person to inform the governor of Xiangzhou that if there is a Taoist priest who testifies for you, no one will say anything."

Seeing that he was so persistent, Du He could only nod and salute: "So... I am really grateful to senior."

"Don't thank you first." Sun Simiao said, "This epidemic has allowed Taoist priests to see your intelligence and kindness. Taoist priests have no ability, but only know how to be familiar with alchemy and medical skills. If you don't dislike it, you will join the Taoist priests and preach the robes and bowls, don't you know if you want to?"

Du He was stunned when he heard this. Sun Simiao actually wanted to accept him as his disciple. If it were any young doctor, he would be ecstatic. However, Du He had no interest in medical skills and alchemy. Moreover, the vaccination vaccine was also taken advantage of by himself. He was not smart. He smiled apologetically and said, "Du He is flattered by the love of Senior Sun. But I am very impetuous. I am not the kind of person who can calm down and learn medical skills, so... I'm sorry."

"Why do you need to be sorry?" Sun Simiao said, "The Taoist priest is just loving. As the son of Du Xiang, you have a bright future. If you really want to follow the Taoist priest, you will be wronged."

Du He smiled embarrassedly: "Senior is too good."

Sun Simiao said: "Okay, I'm here today to tell you about the vaccination of vaccination. Doctor Qiu is still out to vaccinate the villagers. He is very busy. The Taoist priest has to go back to help. He has to feel wronged that you will stay here for a few more days."

Du He saluted with his hands: "Okay, senior, please walk slowly, I'm sorry that I can't send you off."

"Goodbye." Sun Simiao returned the greeting and turned around and left.

Seven days later, the smallpox on Du He's body completely withered, the epidemic in Xiaohe Village was completely controlled, and the roadblocks were removed. At that time, twenty people went in, only six came out. The only thing that was fortunate was that all four children survived. However, one of the four children had lame legs, and the other three left acne pits on their faces. It would be numb if they grew up in the future.

Seeing them coming out alive, the villagers couldn't help but burst into tears, and the others could never come back, including their relatives and friends.

As soon as Du He came out, Wang Danian rushed over, hugged Du He's waist, and cried bitterly: "Young man, you finally came out. I'm worried about it, wuwu..."

Du He patted his shoulder and said, "Stop crying, let's go back."

"Yeah, go back." Wang Danian raised his sleeve and wiped away the tears, and then led the horse.

Du He brought a group of yamen runners and Sun Simiao back to Cixian County. When Du Gou heard that Du He was back, he immediately came out to greet him with Tian. When Du Gou saw Du He return safely, he couldn't stop crying.

After Du Gou was excited, he suddenly changed his face and glared and shouted angrily: "I can't beat you to death!" As he said that, he looked around and prepared to find a "weapon" that matched him.

However, he couldn't find it, so he stepped forward and raised his hand to slap Du He.

Du He stood there motionless, looking at him with a smile on his face, waiting for him to suck. Du Gou was still unwilling to make up, and withdrew his hand and cursed: "Mugu Shuang, if you dare to worry me again in the future, I will definitely kill you."

"No." Du He grinned and said, "Brother, I want to take a shower."

Du He has been in the Land Temple for so many days and his body is smelly.

Du Gou quickly ordered people to prepare hot water.

Du He finished his bathing and changed into new clothes. As soon as he came out, he saw Wang Dainian waiting outside.

Wang Dainian bowed and said, "Alang (the head of the family) asked Shaolang to go to the side hall."

"Okay." Du He nodded and headed to the side hall.

In the side hall, Du Gou sat in the main seat and Sun Simiao sat in the lower seat.

Du He came in and bowed, and sat down. Du Gou asked: "Erlang, how did you come up with that cowpox vaccine."

Du He said: "It was Senior Grandpa's method of planting flowers that inspired me. I actually got a big advantage."

Sun Simiao waved his hand and smiled, "This is not what you have to get a bargain, this is your credit. Don't be humble anymore."

Du Gou also smiled and said, "You can calm the epidemic in Ci County so quickly. Erlang, you have made great contributions. Wang Guang said that you are brave enough to fight against bandits, chasing seventy or eighty bandits one by one, and capturing all the bandits of Hei Ci Mountain in one place. Is this a matter?"

Du He said calmly: "It's just luck."

He was embarrassed to say about the bandit suppression, that was indeed his luck.

He didn't want to listen to Du Gou's praise for him anymore, so he planned to change the subject and asked, "By the way, brother, Ren Xintang's murder of you with medicine, when will he settle the score with them?"

"The account has been settled." Du Gou said, "A few days ago, I sent someone to seal Renxintang and arrested everyone inside for interrogation. It turned out that the shopkeeper of Renxintang sold fake medicine. He was discovered, so he threatened him and asked him to harm me?"

Du He frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help but remember the incident of being plotted against him in Chang'an. He had every reason to suspect that the person who murdered Du Gou was the same as the person who murdered him.

Du He asked: "Have he confessed to the person behind the scenes?"

"No." Du Gou shook his head, "When the person behind the scenes met him, he was covered with his face and couldn't see his appearance."

"Then you should hear that voice, is it a man or a woman?"

Du Gou said: "It's a man."

Du He suddenly fell into deep thought. From this point of view, the mastermind behind the scenes are quite powerful. Those who came out to buy boatmen and pharmacy shop owners may just be horsemen. The real murderer is hidden very deeply.

After a long time, Du He said solemnly: "Brother, I dare not hide it from you. In fact, someone planned the matter of me falling into the water in Chang'an and wanted to kill my life. Unexpectedly, you have also encountered a conspiracy, which shows that someone wants to destroy our Du family."

Du Gou was shocked and lost his voice when he heard this: "Who is so vicious!"

Du He said: "The murderer behind the scenes is hidden very deeply and needs to be dug slowly. Brother, I am going back to Chang'an. You are alone, so you must be careful in everything. After returning to Chang'an, I will check it out."

"Are you going back to Chang'an?" Du Gou was a little reluctant and asked, "When will you set off?"

"Just today." Du He said, "I will ask Wang Danian to pack his luggage later."

"So anxious?" Du Gou said, "It's afternoon now, let's leave tomorrow."

Du He shook his head and said, "Ci County is like a nightmare land for me, and I don't want to stay here for a moment."

Sun Simiao, who was standing by, explained: "Du Shaolang witnessed many villagers dying in Xiaohe Village with his own eyes, which was indeed quite impactful to his mind."

Du Gou could understand Du He naturally, and stood up and sighed: "Okay, then let Wang Danian pack his bags as soon as possible, I'll give you a gift."

Sun Simiao also stood up and said, "The Taoist priest also sent him to see the young man."
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