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

Chapter 970 "I will not leave until the epidemic is eradicated!"

Five days later, Ishino died!
Even with Li San Niang and Shao Yang's junior brother using golden needles together, they still couldn't save Shi Ye from the underworld.

Another corpse was added to the newly dug huge pit outside the pass.

The boy who bit He Lichun, however, survived and his fever subsided by nightfall.

However, He Lichun felt uncomfortable all over after being bitten. Li Sanniang immediately gave He Lichun acupuncture, but it was unknown whether it would work.

At least so far, He Lichun has not developed a fever and is still able to work with other doctors to investigate the caravan that came from beyond the Great Wall.

At dawn, suppressed coughs could be heard from the newly built quarantine zone outside Yumen Pass.

Li San Niang suddenly lifted the curtain, and a strong smell of medicine mixed with the stench of blood rushed towards her.

Five soldiers lay on straw mats, all with flushed faces. One of them had blood seeping from the corner of his mouth and was being held down by his comrades—he was convulsing and making hoarse noises.

"When did it start?"

Li San Niang asked sternly.

"Last...last night..."

A lowly soldier answered in a trembling voice, "Wang Wu fell first, and four more were added this morning..."

Li San Niang clenched her fists. The disease in the army was more terrible than the disease in the merchant caravans outside the pass!
If the soldiers panic, the defenses at Yumen Pass will collapse instantly!

If there are no Tang soldiers to resist and suppress these caravans who are already sick or have been infected with the disease but have not yet shown symptoms, then it will be a disaster!
If that's really the case, it won't be long before Guazhou and Suzhou, heading east from Yumen Pass, become hell on earth!
Who knows, at that time, the gates of Chang'an might also be swept open by this disease!

Li San Niang dared not think any further. With a grim face, she walked toward the soldier who was still convulsing.

Li Sanniang bent down to examine the patient and lifted the soldier's collar—bluish-black patches had already appeared under his armpits!
Not only did Li San Niang see it, but everyone else in the room saw it too!

The surrounding soldiers retreated in unison, some even knocking over chairs and stools because they moved so fast.

"Why panic!"

Li San Niang sneered at the soldiers, then tore off the wine pouch from her waist and splashed it on her hands to disinfect them. "Not everyone who gets the plague will die!"

That alien boy survived!

You are the finest soldiers of our Great Tang Dynasty!
What are you afraid of?
I'm still right here!

"I, along with the physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau and your general, have begun to control the epidemic within Yumen Pass!"

Inside the house, Li Sanniang scolded the terrified soldiers while directing them to strip the remaining four soldiers lying down and examine them.

Li San Niang had just seen the second person when a commotion suddenly broke out outside.

"Let us out!"

"Fire! You're going to burn us to death!"

"The disease has spread inside the pass. Are we just supposed to stay here and wait to die?"

"Let us out!"

She rushed out of the tent and saw two groups of people facing off in the courtyard.

The twenty-odd soldiers, whose faces were pale and who appeared to be sick, were gathered together in a daze, while the guards who were facing them drew their long swords.

The leader of the sick soldiers was a man with a full beard, who was waving his arms and roaring: "I've guarded the border for ten years and haven't died under the barbarian's knife, but I'm going to rot in this plague!"

Let me go!
I'm leaving this place!

Staying here is tantamount to waiting to die!

"I don't want to die!"

"Whoosh-"

Suddenly, a sharp arrow pierced the ground in front of the bearded man's feet.

Everyone turned around in shock and saw Gong Xiangwu standing on his horse with his hand on his sword. Behind him were two rows of soldiers with bows drawn and arrows nocked. The murderous aura was visible to the naked eye!
"Those who desert in the face of battle," Gong Xiangwu said, enunciating each word clearly, "behead them!"

The air freezes.

No one dared to utter a word at this moment.

Li San Niang came out of the door. She stood at the doorway, took off her medicine cloth mask, and revealed a pale but determined face.

Her eyes, dark from lack of rest for days, were quite noticeable. She looked at the bearded man and said, "Brothers, I know you're afraid."

But if you flee, the plague will spread with you to Guazhou and Suzhou... Your parents, wives, and children are all there!

She pointed to the black smoke rising from the burning corpses in the huge pit outside the pass: "More than thirty of the caravans outside the pass have died, but our Imperial Medical Bureau has also saved eighteen people!"
Our method works!
As long as we strictly adhere to the quarantine measures, we can survive!

Everyone present heard what Li San Niang said.

But death is too terrible; who isn't afraid of dying?
Gong Xiangwu was about to raise his hand to give the order for the archers to shoot these disobedient soldiers who dared to disobey military orders.

Within that time difference, suddenly, a young-looking soldier behind the bearded man knelt down in the direction of Li San Niang.

A voice, choked with sobs, rang out: "Dr. Li, my wife... is due to give birth next month..."

Li San Niang paused for a moment, then walked towards the kneeling soldier.

However, she had only taken half a step when Qiu Xiang grabbed her arm from behind.

Li San Niang gently shook her head at Qiu Xiang, then walked towards the soldier.

Qiu Xiang had no choice but to follow, sticking close to Li San Niang, afraid that she would be hurt by the soldiers.

When she got close, Li Sanniang bent down and helped the soldier, whose face was covered in tears, up.

"If you don't run around, the disease won't reach her."

"Give me your home address, and I'll send a doctor to visit your wife later, okay?"

After calming the soldier down, Li Sanniang stood between the two opposing sides, looked around at everyone, raised her voice, and said to the fearful soldiers: "From today onwards, three more quarantine camps will be set up outside this quarantine zone!"
Those who are already sick will receive centralized medical treatment, while those who are not sick will drink preventative medicinal soup daily!

I, Li Mingfang, swear to the heavens—if there is even the slightest chance of survival, I will never abandon anyone!
anyone!
I will not leave until the epidemic is eradicated!
Will you trust me?

Gong Xiangwu added at the opportune moment: "Anyone who incites another to flee will be treated as a traitor and their family members will be implicated!"

Under duress and enticement, the bearded man and his men finally surrendered. The soldiers bound their hands one by one and took them into another room.

The unrest has subsided for the time being, but it is clear to the naked eye that there will be many more difficulties for Li San Niang to overcome in the future!
Li San Niang forced herself to look at the twenty-odd soldiers with strange expressions, then turned to Qiu Xiang and asked, "Has Lao Shi returned?"

Five days have passed. Is the governor of Guazhou really going to stand by and watch us die?

Qiu Xiang shook her head at Li San Niang, "San Niangzi, with General Gong's men following us, how dare the governor not care?"

Perhaps the tenth brother got delayed on the way. Let's wait two more days.

If he doesn't return in two days, I will...

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