My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 138 I don’t know anything about it
Hongye looked as if he was very disappointed with his friend.

The maids and old women lowered their heads and dared not speak a word.

Seeing Hongye like this, Gu Jinghui found it a little funny.

This personal maid of my young wife has taken the bullying to its extreme.

He stopped and stood outside the crowd to see what they were doing.

Hongye said again: "Hongmian, tell me, have you remembered it clearly this time?"

A clever little maid stepped forward, picked up the herbs on the straw mat, and began to talk, stuttering a little.

Gu Jinghui felt a little anxious after hearing this.

It took a long time to finish.

Hongye nodded.

Then comes the next one.

If there is a mistake, Hongye will immediately stop and correct it.

Gu Jinghui also wrote down the stories he repeated one after another.

Hongye said, "Okay, I've finished talking. Did you remember the amount Madam said?"

"remember."

Hongye said to Qin Yuan proudly: "Madam, we have learned everything."

Qin Yuan said, "That's right. When the herbs are bought in the mansion, you will divide them according to the prescription. The needlework room will suspend all needlework and make bibs quickly. Soak them in medicine and then wrap them around the mouth and nose. Each person will have three bibs to replace."

Gu Jinghui waited for them to leave before walking up to them and asking, “How did you come up with this?”

Qin Yuan frowned and said, "This is the prescription brought by Doctor Li from Renhe Hall. It is said to be able to prevent smallpox."

Gu Jinghui was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it that Renhetang again?"

Qin Yuan nodded.

Gu Jinghui said: "Let's talk inside."

The two of them walked into the main room one after the other. After they sat down in the outer room, Gu Jinghui asked, "Can this recipe really prevent it?"

Qin Yuan said: "The prescription that Doctor Li brought said that it has a 50% to 60% chance of success."

“Fifty to sixty percent…” Gu Jinghui pondered, “In Saibei, there was an outbreak of smallpox, and nearly 20 percent of the population died.”

Qin Yuan said, "This is exactly what Yuan'er is worried about. Madam Zhao and that old woman ran away. If smallpox spreads outside the mansion, what will happen?"

Gu Jinghui was startled and looked at Qin Yuan in surprise.

He knew that his young wife was intelligent, but he didn't expect her to think so far.

Qin Yuan said: "The spices I mixed can also prevent accidents, but most people can't afford them."

Gu Jinghui excitedly held Qin Yuan’s hand and asked, “Yuan’er, how did you come up with this idea?”

Qin Yuan said, "At first I thought it was chickenpox, so I didn't take it seriously. As long as you have had pox, you won't get it again. But then the prosecutors came and asked about it one by one. The behavior of the two maids was suspicious, so I was worried. After hearing what Xiaohong asked, I believed it about 70%. Before my mother asked the imperial physician to examine it, I sent someone to ask Doctor Li of Renhe Hall for a solution, and Doctor Li sent a prescription."

Gu Jinghui nodded: "Doctor Li is a great talent."

Qin Yuan added: "Doctor Li is not well-known, but he is a capable person. He said that if the chickenpox is cured without medication, it can be cured by itself. If it is serious, he can prescribe a prescription and boil some medicine to get through it. But if it is smallpox, it is hard to say..."

Qin Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

In the previous life, the epidemic in Yuhang County killed more than 20% of the population, and many people in the villages were wiped out.

Xiaodong died in Yuhang County without even seeing Doctor Li for the last time.

People who died of the plague could not be buried.

She wanted to collect his body but was unable to do so, so she could only build a cenotaph next to Doctor Li's grave.

Gu Jinghui sighed.

Qin Yuan asked: "Is there any news about Madam Zhao?"

Gu Jinghui shook his head. "Sixth brother just came back and saw that woman near Hengjie Avenue. Eighteen has already taken people to capture her."

Qin Yuan said sternly, "Madam Zhao was brought back from the northern frontier by her husband. If the smallpox spreads from the Dingbei Marquis' Mansion, we will be implicated."

Gu Jinghui said, “I know. You just need to take care of the house first. Madam Zhao and that old woman must be brought to justice.”

Qin Yuan immediately assured: "Don't worry, my husband. I will take good care of the mansion and won't let you worry. It's just..."

"Just what?"

Gu Jinghui asked quickly.

"But... this matter should be reported to the Jingzhao Yinfu."

Gu Jinghui hesitated for only a moment before saying, "As you wish."

Qin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

If this matter is reported to Jingzhao Yinfu, Gu Jinghui will only be punished, which is better than suppressing the matter and causing a big fuss in the end.

Gu Jinghui called Gu Shiliu over and instructed him, “Take the name card and go find the prosecutor who came to the mansion today and tell him that the missing Madam Zhao and her mother-in-law may have contracted smallpox in the mansion.”

Gu Shiliu glanced at Gu Jinghui hesitantly.

"Go ahead," Gu Jinghui said with a sullen face, "Report the truth, and do not hide anything."

Gu Shiliu nodded and left.

After a quick dinner, Gu Jinghui said, "You should go to bed early. I will sleep in the study room in the outer courtyard today."

Qin Yuan nodded. Lord Gu would probably be very busy for a while.

Gu Shiba and others did not find the person on Hengjie Avenue, but the coachman from the mansion found the old woman under the carriage of Master Gu Liu.

The driver performed a great deed and received a reward of twenty taels of silver. However, before he could feel happy, he was sent to a separate courtyard for settlement.

The Dingbei Marquis' Mansion is very large, but there are few masters. There are many empty courtyards in the mansion. Qin Yuan has ordered people to clean them up and use them to accommodate the sick people.

The driver needs to stay inside for a few days to prevent himself from contracting the disease.

When Gu Shiba led people to interrogate the old woman, he wrapped her head tightly with a bib soaked in medicine.

The old woman refused to speak at first, but eventually she could not withstand the torture, and in the middle of the night, Gu Shiba woke up Lord Gu.

"Master, the old woman explained something, but..."

Gu Jinghui had just fallen asleep, and he quickly got dressed and said, "Speak."

"The old woman said that the old woman who died was Madam Zhao's person. She was hired later to take care of Miss Yu. She didn't know much. At that time, the two children were less than one year old. Pang Hai and Madam Zhao lived separately and rarely mentioned their parents and relatives."

Gu Jinghui frowned.

This is the case of not knowing anything about anything.

Then why run?

Why run back after running away?
Gu Shiba continued, "Mrs. Zhao was irritated by the Sixth Madam, and she cursed at them for a long time, so she asked the two of them to throw things in the Sixth Madam's yard. When she realized something was wrong, she became cautious, and when she saw Mrs. Zhao packing up her belongings and running away, she followed her out as well."

Lord Gu asked, "Where is Madam Zhao?"

Gu Shiba said, "She doesn't know that Madam Zhao didn't escape last night. She disappeared during the day. She saw that the situation was not good, so she took advantage of the night watchman drinking and escaped at night."

Lord Gu said coldly: "Then why did she come back? Why did the old woman die? What does she know? She knows nothing?"

Gu Shiba said: "I am incompetent."

Lord Gu: "..."

Lord Gu paced around the room in annoyance, and after a long while he finally said, "Send someone to the princes' palaces to check."

Gu Shiba stammered, "My Lord?"

Lord Gu raised his eyebrows in annoyance and said, "If the spies guarding outside the mansion saw Madam Zhao sneaking out of the mansion, would they not follow her?"

(End of this chapter)