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

Chapter 972 Mission Seven!
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After many people died, the Hu people in the quarantine zone finally quieted down.

But at the same time, it was also because many of them finally fell ill, and some of them had severe symptoms and couldn't even survive a single night.

The following day, the Tang army carried away the body and sent it to a huge mass grave outside the quarantine zone to be burned.

Another day passed, and Li San Niang, exhausted from several days of hard work, finally collapsed from exhaustion on her way with Qiu Xiang to inspect the Hu merchant caravans crossing the Yumen Pass.

When Li San Niang woke up, the first thing she heard was not Qiu Xiang's joyful call, but the voice of the system that had been in her mind for so long, so long that she had forgotten she even had a system.

"Mission discovered: The host has encountered a plague (Black Death). If the host can successfully contain the plague and save millions of lives, he/she will receive a reward from the system - the ultimate gift pack!"

If the host fails the mission, they will die!

After a long moment of stunned silence, Li San Niang finally came to her senses amidst Qiu Xiang's repeated calls.

With Qiu Xiang's help, she sat up, drank a glass of water from Qiu Xiang's hand, and looked up to see Qiu Xiang looking at her with eyes full of worry.

"It's alright, I'm just tired."

After enduring several days of hardship, she finally collapsed from exhaustion.

"Third Sister!"

You, you, you scared me to death!

If, if anything happens to you, I, I…

When Li San Niang saw the tears welling up in Qiu Xiang's eyes, she knew that her fainting had really frightened Qiu Xiang.

"Third Lady!"

Li San Niang looked at Qiu Xiang with a smile, "Alright, I am a doctor myself, how could I not know my own body?"
How many hours did I sleep?
"How's it outside?"

Qiu Xiang casually wiped her eyes a couple of times and replied to Li San Niang with a nasal tone, "It's only been four hours."

My wife, please lie down for a while longer. I'll go outside and bring you some hot porridge.

Third Sister must be hungry.

As she spoke, Qiu Xiang took Li San Niang's hand and stroked it back and forth. She was really, really scared. For the past four hours, she had been watching over Li San Niang almost without blinking.

"How dare those barbarians outside cause trouble?"
General Gong sent another team of men to guard the area, forming a ring of soldiers around it.

They certainly won't dare to cause any more trouble.

My dear wife, don't worry about these things. You need to take care of yourself first!
If something were to happen to you, my wife, I don't know if we could even make it through this ordeal at Yumen Pass!

After saying this, Qiu Xiang forcefully pressed Li San Niang down before she could ask any more questions, then turned and left the room, presumably to bring Li San Niang some hot porridge.

After being forced by Qiu Xiang to eat a whole bowl of hot porridge, Li San Niang finally dressed herself and left the house.

As soon as she left the house, she headed to the place where her junior brother from Shaoyang lived.

Although she was also worried about the others in the quarantine area, her junior brother Shaoyang was still her senior brother. They came from the same school and had supported each other after their master passed away.
This time, it was because her junior brother from Shaoyang was worried that she would be away on official business that he came along.

If something were to happen to Junior Brother Shaoyang at Yumen Pass, Li Sanniang would carry this grudge for the rest of her life!

Upon entering the room, the first thing Li San Niang smelled was the pungent smell of medicine.

"Brother!"

The junior brother from Shaoyang, whose face was still flushed, looked up at the door. He was about to speak when he coughed.

Once he started coughing, he couldn't stop; the coughing sounded as if he was coughing up his lungs.

This made Li Sanniang feel very sorry for her.

Therefore, she walked over quickly, squatted down on the low couch, grabbed Shao Yang's junior brother's arm, and reached out to feel his pulse.

Upon feeling the pulse, Li Sanniang's heart sank.

The junior student from Shaoyang's condition has worsened!
No wonder the cough is so bad, it can't be suppressed anymore!

After untying the pouch of gold needles from her waist, Li San Niang only said one sentence to her junior brother from Shaoyang: "Senior brother, I'm going to insert the needles."

As soon as she finished speaking, she sterilized the gold needles on a nearby candle and then inserted them directly into Junior Brother Shaoyang's body. The needle landed on a major acupoint, and the moment it pierced his skin, Junior Brother Shaoyang let out a muffled groan.

Li Sanniang was completely focused, and each needle landed precisely on the vital acupoints.

Fifteen minutes later, the acupuncture treatment was completed.

Junior Brother Shaoyang was already lying on the low couch, breathing steadily as he fell asleep.

Having stabilized the condition of her junior brother in Shaoyang, Li Sanniang was also exhausted and covered in sweat.

The energy he had just saved up from sleeping for four hours was used up again.

After being helped up by Qiu Xiang and sitting down to recover for a while, Li San Niang said to Qiu Xiang with concern, "This acupuncture technique is useful, but the entire technique involves inserting needles into major acupoints."

Even if I wanted to teach He Lichun and the others, it would take them three to five years to achieve the same precision in needle placement as my senior brother and I.

Acupuncture won't work!
We still need to find other ways to contain this epidemic!

Supported by Qiu Xiang, Li San Niang went to see the patients in the isolation ward and then checked on He Lichun before returning to her room to lie down.

Exhausted, she couldn't hold on any longer while talking to Qiu Xiang, and her body forced her to fall into a deep sleep again.

The next day, just as dawn broke and the sky was still a pale white, Li San Niang, preoccupied with something on her mind, woke up.

Li San Niang sat up halfway, rubbed her forehead, and then got off the ground.

She had just finished dressing when she heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from afar!

It was the sound of hooves as a large group of people galloped in!

Just then, Qiu Xiang walked in from outside, lifting the curtain with a look of surprise. "Third Sister, it's the Tenth Brother!"

The tenth brother is back!

Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang came out of the house together and stood at the door looking in the direction from which the sound of horses' hooves came.

With her exceptional senses, she squinted and indeed saw the tall, imposing figure at the head of the group.

It really is the tenth brother!

He is back!

The tenth prince was followed by a large number of soldiers, probably several hundred!
Moreover, they were also pulling more than a dozen horse-drawn carts loaded with supplies!

What surprised Li San Niang even more was that behind the wagon carrying supplies, there were several other wagons with carriages!
From a distance, several medical officers dressed in the uniforms of the Imperial Medical Bureau were seen walking down from above!

"Third Lady!"

Old Ten dismounted, his face covered in dust but his eyes brimming with concern. As soon as he got off his horse, he rushed toward Li San Niang.

"Third Sister!"

Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission!

I'm back!"

"Good! Good! It's good that you're back!"

"Third Lady, the Prefect of Guazhou has sent the Prefectural Clerk of Guazhou and a battalion of soldiers, along with provisions and supplies."

Before Lao Shi could finish speaking, Li San Niang saw a familiar figure get off the carriage and head straight for her.

"master!"

Jin Zhenbao ran while shouting loudly.

When she got to Li San Niang, her nose tingled and tears started falling.

She was still bowing with her hands, but two lines of tears were already streaming down her face.

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