County Magistrate Chen rushed to the temple and heard that Su Yaoguang and Jiang Jing were still in the critically ill area and hadn’t come out. He called Zhang Zhaodi over to inquire about the situation.
"My lord, most of the patients here are almost fully recovered. We were expecting everyone to be cured and descend the mountain within ten days. Now, with these new burdens, those who were close to recovery have worsened instead. The frightening thing is this is just the beginning; the worst might be yet to come! My lord, this can’t go on indefinitely; who can endure it? This epidemic is like an undying earth dragon that keeps reproducing! My daughter is still inside. If anything happens to her, I can’t go on living either."
"Sister-in-law Zhang, don’t worry; Boss Su is blessed and will be safe. The people have come to call her a Living Bodhisattva because she is deeply loved and respected by everyone. Even the Buddha will protect her." County Magistrate Chen comforted Zhang Zhaodi and announced his decision. "Since the others are almost recovered, let’s clear out this area to prevent those with mild conditions from deteriorating further."
"Do you mean to let them leave the mountain first?" Zhang Zhaodi asked.
"Exactly. You can take those with mild conditions downhill. I will arrange accommodations and ensure you care for them until they fully recover. Meanwhile, I will send skilled doctors here to assist."
"I won’t go," Zhang Zhaodi said. "I want to stay with my daughter."
Zhang Pandi and Zhang Yingdi also refused to leave.
"If those doctors dared to come, they wouldn’t have pretended to be dead before, refusing to show up. Let them take care of the mildly ill; we must stay here and help Yaoguang care for the critically ill patients."
"My lord, another twenty have been sent over," a Government Official hurriedly approached. "I’ve heard more are coming. Wasn’t the neighboring city sealed off to prevent them from wandering? Why are so many patients suddenly arriving here? Judging by these patients’ conditions, they all seem barely hanging on. Could it be that the neighboring city deliberately sent them over?"
County Magistrate Chen said sternly, "Dispatch someone to investigate the situation in the neighboring county."
"Yes," the Government Official said, "If they deliberately sent patients here, their intentions are quite despicable."
"No matter their plot, these are living human lives, and we cannot ignore them. But Boss Su’s family alone cannot handle it. Gather all willing helpers. Just be sure to explain to them that patients from the neighboring county differ from those here and are more dangerous to care for, so neglect might lead to their own illness."
The Abbot appeared, organizing monks to transport the mildly ill to the bamboo huts in the rear mountains.
The bamboo huts, used for monks’ meditative practice, had never been accessed by outsiders. This time, the monks opened the last forbidden area, moving patients there for recuperation.
Xiao Yanci stood among the crowd, looking in the direction of the meditation room where Su Yaoguang was.
In his past life, she saved him and did so much for him. In this life, she is saving unrelated people, risking her life for them. Whether in the past or present, she is a foolish woman. Yet somehow, he finds this foolish woman moving, feels she shines, making it hard not to notice her presence.
The Wen Family pulled at Xiao Yanci, saying, "Miss Jiang seems to have fallen ill too. Do you think Miss Jiang might have the same symptoms as them?"
Xiao Yanci frowned, "No way. That’s the disease from the neighboring city; Huan’er has never interacted with people from outside the city, so she couldn’t have contracted it. She just caught a cold; giving her some medicine will do."
"That’s good," the Wen Family said, patting their chest.
Xiao Yanci noticed the movement, his gaze lingering on the undulating waves, cheeks blushing as he awkwardly turned away.
"With Huan’er sick, why aren’t you staying by her side to care for her instead of running around?" He spoke, striding toward his own meditation room.
The Wen Family’s eyes gleamed with a smug expression.
All men under heaven are the same, like dogs unable to change their habits. Xiao Yanci now regards Jiang Yihuan as a treasure; eventually, he won’t resist temptation and will become her subject.
The critically ill area. Su Yaoguang heard someone entering and turned to see Zhang Zhaodi and others, angrily saying, "Why did you come in? Didn’t I say..."
"What’s there to say?" Zhang Zhaodi interrupted, grabbing Su Yaoguang’s ear.
"Ouch, ouch..." Su Yaoguang pleaded, "Mother, my ear is going to fall off."
"Falling off would be better; maybe then you’ll be more obedient."
"Who says that? If my ear fell off, I wouldn’t even hear what you say, let alone obey."
"Yaoguang, these patients are sent from the neighboring city. Judging by this situation, more are on their way!" Wang Huanzhi said, "The three of you, even if you work yourselves to death, can’t handle so many. If we don’t come in and help, should we just watch you struggle here? Oh, County Magistrate was here earlier and said he’ll send more people over to help soon."
Upon hearing more were coming, Su Yaoguang knew they truly needed help, or they couldn’t treat so many even if they exhausted themselves to death.
"Hiss..." Zhou Wangshu gasped.
"What happened?" Su Yaoguang walked over, "Are you hurt?"
"This person carries a dagger; I didn’t notice and got my finger sliced," Zhou Wangshu said, "I’ll just apply some medicine."
"Jing’er, quickly come see Wang Shu; he’s wounded by a patient’s dagger," Su Yaoguang called out.
Jiang Jing rushed over, "In this situation, getting injured is bad; it’s easier to get infected when injured. Quickly, pour some alcohol on the wound, sprinkle some medicinal powder, and wrap it with clean white cloth."
The people County Magistrate mentioned soon arrived; they were familiar faces, for not long ago they came up the mountain as patients. This time they came as medical assistants.
"You all returned again?" Su Yaoguang saw these familiar faces and felt a sense of intimacy.
"You risked your life to save us without asking for anything in return. We survived the ordeal, and of course, we want to pay this blessing forward to help more people."
"Boss Su, rest assured, we will take care of people."
"We saw many people being brought up the mountain just now; we only descended recently, and the patients from the neighboring county are flooding the place."
"Those people are pitiful. We have County Magistrate and Boss Su, kind-hearted individuals, to rescue us; they don’t have the same luck. Their authority over there just burns them alive!"
Su Yaoguang organized everyone to start rescuing patients.
Jiang Jing was still experimenting with prescriptions, so she divided the area based on symptoms, preparing different types of medicine for each section, administering it to the patients to observe reactions.
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