The days when I was an obstetrician and gynecologist in Chang'an

Chapter 966: There’s no way out of Yumen Pass!
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In less than a quarter of an hour, Li Sanniang saw several horses running towards her, followed by a hundred soldiers.

Qiuxiang rode on horseback behind a general in armor. When they reached the side of the road where Li Sanniang and the others were standing, Qiuxiang dismounted and ran toward Li Sanniang. She hurriedly said to her, "Sanniang, this is General Gong Xiangwu, the commander of Yumen Pass."

Li Sanniang put down her scarf, revealing her face, and took the certificate of her official status that Qiuxiang had just given to her - her goldfish talisman.

After hanging the fish token back on her belt, Li Sanniang bowed to Gong Xiangwu who had dismounted from his horse and walked up to her.

"General Gong, my name is Li Mingfang, and I am a sixth-rank physician in the Chang'an Imperial Medical Bureau!

This goldfish talisman was bestowed by His Majesty himself!"

After Li Sanniang revealed her official status, she took out her travel documents and handed them to Gong Xiangwu.

"This is the official document I sent from Chang'an to Shule. It clearly states that I am going there to deal with the epidemic at the border.

Please have a look, General!"

Gong Xiangwu returned the greeting with a bow and said nothing. He just took the document handed over by Li Sanniang and read it in his hand.

He had seen the goldfish talisman when Qiuxiang came to the checkpoint to look for someone just now, so it must be real.

In Gong Xiangwu's opinion, there must be no one who dares to forge the goldfish talisman.

As a general at a border town, only a junior general of the seventh rank, Gong Xiangwu had never seen a goldfish talisman. He had seen silver fish talismans and copper fish talismans a few times.

The Yumen Pass here has only become more populated in recent years because of the prosperous trade routes. In the past, there were very few officials from Beijing coming here on official business.

Moreover, Li Sanniang just said that she was a sixth-rank official, but the official certificate she produced was a goldfish charm that only officials of the fifth rank and above had;
Moreover, Li Sanniang explained that this goldfish charm was "personally bestowed by the saint";
Gong Xiangwu also understood the meaning of this statement. It meant that although Li Sanniang's official position was only sixth rank, it was almost the same as fifth rank, and she was still favored by the emperor.

Therefore, after reading Li Sanniang's official document word by word, Gong Xiangwu handed it back to Li Sanniang and asked directly: "Doctor Li has asked someone to tell me to lock the pass, why?

It's not that I don't want to listen to Doctor Li's advice, but Yumen Pass connects to the Western Regions, and there are many caravans coming and going. It's really a big deal to lock the pass just like that!"

Li Sanniang naturally understood what Gong Xiangwu meant. She wrapped her scarf around her neck again and looked at Gong Xiangwu: "General and the people around you, find something to cover your mouth and nose, leaving only your eyes exposed."

As soon as Li Sanniang moved, Qiuxiang, Lao Shi and Senior Brother Shaoyang beside her wrapped their scarves around their heads again, and followed Li Sanniang's example, covering their mouths and noses, leaving only their eyes exposed.

Seeing what Li Sanniang and the others did, Gong Xiangwu and the soldiers behind him naturally did not dare to be careless.

This is a pass filled with yellow sand, so people here have to wear hoods or scarves when traveling to protect themselves from the wind and sand.

Therefore, Gong Xiangwu raised the scarf around his neck himself and gave a look to the soldiers behind him, and they all followed his movements.

At this moment, Li Sanniang had already arrived at the caravan where An Yan was.

Li Sanniang called An Yan over and said, "Tell Kang Ada that I am a Tang Dynasty doctor. I found that he was sick and wanted to check on his condition. Tell him not to be afraid, I am trying to save him."

At this moment, An Yan went to see Gong Xiangwu and the others who came with Li Sanniang. After all, it was quite scary that over a hundred Tang soldiers with long swords came all of a sudden and intercepted all the foreign merchant caravans that were entering the pass.

Li Sanniang was anxious, and looking at An Yan's expression, she directly scolded him, "Why are you looking away?

I order you to inform Kang Ada!" "Doctor Li, I don't know if these Sogdians can understand Chinese?
Or, shall I ask someone to call the interpreter?"

"Sir, sir, I can understand Chinese. My father is Chinese. Yes, I will tell Kang Ada right away."

After Gong Xiangwu finished speaking, An Yan hurriedly stepped forward and started talking to Kang Ada, who was already trembling with fear.

Kang Ada's scarf was pulled down again. Even though Gong Xiangwu didn't understand anything, he knew that Kang Ada must be sick just by looking at his expression!

"General, look, this man has a flushed face, bloodshot eyes, chapped lips, and rapid breathing," Li Sanniang used her handkerchief to touch Kang Ada's wrist. As soon as she touched it, she felt that this man's body temperature was too high, which was not like that of an ordinary person.

After feeling the pulse and counting the breaths, Li Sanniang was able to confirm that this person must have been infected with the disease!

Even though he couldn't see Li Sanniang's entire facial expression, Gong Xiangwu could tell by just looking at her eyes that this Sogdian was probably not a good person.

"Brother!"

Li Sanniang turned around and called out to Senior Brother Shaoyang, who then came forward. Gong Xiangwu also made some room for him.

Using Li Sanniang's handkerchief, Senior Brother Shaoyang also reached out to feel the patient's pulse.

This time, Senior Brother Shaoyang took a little longer to feel Kang Ada's pulse, and after he touched Kang Ada's hand, he gestured for Kang Ada to put the handkerchief under his other hand as well.

After touching the two hands, Senior Brother Shaoyang nodded to Li Sanniang with a heavy expression.

"An Yan, can you help me ask him if he has a headache? Has he vomited?"

By now, beads of sweat had already formed on An Yan's forehead. He knew that his caravan might be in real trouble.

The leader of the caravan, An Yan's uncle An Randian, pulled An Yan's collar and whispered to him, "Look at what the general does. He listens to the Tang people in everything!"

So, when An Yan was about to ask Kang Ada the question that Li Sanniang had asked, Kang Ada suddenly vomited violently in front of several people!

An Yan's entire front was covered with vomit from Kang Ada!

A smell of sour water and vomit spread to everyone's nose.

When Li Sanniang saw Kang Ada like this, what else could she say?
She turned around and looked at Gong Xiangwu with surprise in his eyes and said, "General Gong, this person has an epidemic!
Must lock it quickly!

I have to call the Imperial Medical Bureau to check on all the people in the caravan!
People with the disease cannot be allowed to go in through Yumen Pass!

If we let one person go, more than one person will die. If the epidemic is very serious, I'm afraid a lot of people will die!
Moreover, I arrived late, and I don’t know if there are any sick caravans ahead that have passed through Yumen Pass and headed for Chang’an!

I will write a letter to Chang'an and ask all the branches of the Imperial Medical Bureau along the way to conduct self-inspections!
But now, General, please lock the gate!"

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