Qin Wenyuan looked at her, and Changle smiled, clenched her hands into fists, and gestured vigorously: "Come on."
This was the move Qin Wenyuan taught her, a cheering gesture that only appeared two thousand years later.
Qin Wenyuan said that whenever he encountered difficulties, as long as she made this gesture, he would have great motivation to overcome the difficulties.
Changle didn’t dare to do it before because the action was too embarrassing.
Now that disaster is imminent, Changle can no longer care about so many things.
Seeing this, Qin Wenyuan was indeed a little more excited. He rubbed his wife's hair, smiled and nodded, "Yes."
Soon, Changle was taken away by Xiaolin.
Qin Wenyuan also began to prepare new treatment for Changle.
Supportive therapy, the nutrition my wife needs, the allocation of cattle positions...
Constantly and carefully calculating all the power available in your hands.
…
At this time, because Wei Zheng shouted loudly at noon that Changle had contracted smallpox, the city of Chang'an was in an uproar.
You know, before this, although most people speculated that the imperial guards treated the Qin Mansion with such a big fuss, it was probably because someone in the Qin Mansion had smallpox.
And that...
It's always just a guess!!
But at noon today, the news was completely confirmed.
There really are smallpox patients in Chang'an City!!
This news swept across like a tsunami, resounded like a violent storm, and spread into the ears of thousands of households as if it had wings.
Except for the common people present at the time, countless other people were terrified.
In Chang'an City, the imperial court actually condoned smallpox patients and allowed them to stay in the city. This was simply the craziest thing since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!
It was even more shocking than when they heard about the Turkic invasion.
After all, although the Turkic invasion was a threat, they would not be able to reach Chang'an City for a while.
And smallpox is now present in Chang'an City, which is an imminent threat!
When it comes to their own lives, most people are selfish.
In their view, it was absurd for smallpox patients to stay in Chang'an City, and they were courting their own destruction! !
Where on earth did the imperial court get the confidence to dare to leave smallpox patients in Chang'an? Could it be that... just because of the addition of the miraculous doctor Sun Simiao, they ignored the threat of smallpox and became so arrogant? !
Many people who did not witness Qin Wenyuan's actions in the Qin Mansion that morning began to curse the court, saying that the court was disregarding human life and truly did not take human life seriously. They were inflated to the extreme and brought about their own destruction.
Especially the people from Ruyi Tea Shop, when Lu Dinghai got the news, he laughed unscrupulously and crazily.
It was Qin Wenyuan's wife who was infected with smallpox, not Qin Wenyuan.
He thought that Qin Wenyuan would come out to settle accounts with him today, and he had a premonition that his days would be difficult in the future.
There will be a smart man above his head who is always secretly trying to kill him, plus the terrifying Twelve Shadow Thorns. Lu Dinghai feels that he may not be able to sleep well at night in the future.
Unexpectedly, such a dramatic scene happened.
Qin Wenyuan gave up the entire forest for a leaf.
For the sake of his doomed wife, he gave up the top scholar, gave up a bright future, and gave up everything.
When Lu Dinghai thought of this, he almost couldn't stop laughing.
In the present-day city of Chang'an.
No one believed that Qin Wenyuan could cure smallpox. People would not believe that smallpox, which had killed tens of millions of people for thousands of years, could be cured by a young boy.
Under the suppression of the threat of smallpox, Qin Wenyuan's efforts to fight smallpox and cure it by himself were nothing but castles in the clouds and could not withstand a single blow.
I'm afraid that in a dozen days or so, news will come that everyone in the Qin Mansion who accompanied Qin Wenyuan in fighting smallpox has been ruthlessly tortured to death by smallpox.
The servants who left the Qin Mansion at noon today continued to lobby and discredit Qin Wenyuan and Changle.
They talked about how Qin Wenyuan overestimated his own abilities, how mean he was to them, and how unfairly he treated them.
He tried his best to distance himself from the situation and make others feel that the reason he was in Qin's house a few days ago was because of Qin Wenyuan's threat, as if he was a victim.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, Lu Dinghai, with the people from Ruyi Tea Shop, fired the first shot to calm Chang'an.
When all the guards were focusing their attention on the Qin Mansion, he brought his men to the Changyuan Tea Shop and began to frantically plunder the tea leaves from the Changyuan Tea Shop.
He even ordered people to find the staff of Changyuan Tea Shop, hoping to learn the recipe of Changyuan tea from them and try to take it for himself.
However, Qin Wenyuan has always protected the tea formula very well.
Except for Changle, Hu Guang, Xu Gou and other twelve shadow assassins, he did not reveal anything to others.
So Lu Dinghai came to nothing.
When Yuheng, who was hiding in the dark, learned about Lu Dinghai's actions, he couldn't help but curse, "Idiot!"
Vertical day.
sunny.
Chang'an City ushered in a new big move.
The Minister of War, the Military God of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, who is ranked eighth among the twenty-four heroes in the Lingyan Pavilion, and who is crowned with all honors, leads his troops into the city!
He was ordered by Li Shimin to be in charge of the smallpox control in Chang'an together with Wei Zheng, one civil and one military.
Before the smallpox in Chang'an ended, Li Shimin issued an imperial decree that he could lead less than 5,000 troops into the city without notifying the public.
Originally, he had no plan to lead his troops into the city because Wei Zheng told him that he would handle the matter.
Based on Wei Zheng's past behavior, Li Jing believed him at first, believing in the other party's integrity and impartiality.
But yesterday, Qin Wenyuan not only did not come out, but returned to the Qin Mansion with a dozen people.
In his eyes, the number of smallpox patients quickly increased from one to more than a dozen.
This made it impossible for him to sit still any longer.
At this moment, Li Jing was leading his troops walking on the streets of Chang'an.
The people around were shocked as they looked up at Li Jing, who was high above them and was like the patron saint of the Tang Dynasty, with their mouths wide open, unable to speak.
There were also children who were attracted by Li Jing's bravery and waved and called out to him.
"Oh my God, it's General Li Jing, it's General Li himself!"
"It's my future target, General Li Jing. He is the patron saint of our Tang Dynasty. How could he lead his troops into Chang'an today?"
"Oh my god, General Lee, General Lee!!"
At this time, Chou Niu also came out from the darkness.
Like most people, he stood in the distance, looking up at Li Jing riding on the horse, his heart filled with deep shock.
"Is this the military god Li Jing who, as the rumor goes, killed the most enemies and was feared by even ghosts and gods? His aura is truly terrifying."
The Oxen murmured to himself, full of wonder.
Immediately, he frowned slightly and said, "He brought so many soldiers to the Qin Mansion. I'm afraid he has bad intentions. I wonder if Lord Wei can still help the young master withstand the pressure."
"Master... Madam... Master..."
With this thought in mind, Chou Niu sighed and disappeared into the darkness again.
Wei Zheng was the first to learn the news that Li Jing led his troops into the city.
When he came outside, he saw Li Jing riding a horse towards him.
The army is magnificent and full of iron-blooded momentum.
Soon, Li Jing came in front of Wei Zheng.
He got off his horse and said leisurely, "Lord Wei, I heard about what happened in the Qin Mansion. The number of smallpox patients has gone from one controllable person to more than ten uncontrollable ones. How are you going to give me an explanation?"
"In my opinion, the people in the Qin Mansion openly put Chang'an City in danger, disregarding the justice of Chang'an, and attempting to overturn the hard-won peace and prosperity."
"We have the right to execute first and report later, to kill the Qin family and other traitors, to eliminate the smallpox threat!"
Although the tone of this voice was calm, it casually mentioned the lives of more than a dozen people.
It was as if a trial was taking place, extremely majestic.
Wei Zheng's forehead was slightly sweaty. He didn't expect that Li Jing would actually accuse Qin Wenyuan of being a traitor.
He attempted to kill Qin Wenyuan and others directly and completely eliminate the threat of smallpox in Chang'an City.
Although Li Jing was serious in the past, Wei Zheng felt that Li Jing was still very likable.
Li Jing was considered the calmest person in the court. He did not fight or argue with anyone.
But today, Wei Zheng realized that it was not that Li Jing was amiable, but that Li Jing had never truly revealed his terrifying power!
After thinking about it, it should be so.
After all, the matter of smallpox cannot be taken lightly.
Wei Zheng paused as he was thinking about how to answer.
Li Jing waved his hand, "Pass the order down, raise your arrows!"
"General Li, no!!"
Wei Zheng hurriedly stopped him and immediately revealed the identities of Qin Wenyuan and Changle.
After hearing this, Li Jing felt somewhat disappointed. "I didn't expect it to be Her Royal Highness the Princess and this year's number one scholar..."
"Does he know about this, Your Majesty?"
Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't know. We don't dare to let your Majesty know. Wuwei is still waiting for your Majesty's decision."
"At this critical juncture, if His Majesty knew that the smallpox patient in Chang'an was Princess Changle, it would inevitably affect his judgment."
The words fell.
Li Jing sighed, "I see."
After a while, after thinking it over and over again.
There was a flash of determination in his eyes, "Ten days, this is the final bottom line."
"Sir Wei, even Her Royal Highness the Princess and this year's top scholar cannot be treated specially in front of Tian Xiao."
"For ten days, I, Li Jing, can remain silent. After ten days, I will completely eliminate the threat!"
"If Your Majesty blames me at that time, I, Li Jing, will not hesitate to kill or chop me up, whatever you wish!"
"In short, as long as I am still the Minister , I must ensure that Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty is free of any threats. Even if it means death, I must protect the safety of Chang'an!"
After saying that, Li Jing's eyes stared straight at the Qin Mansion in front of him, as if he could penetrate the space and see Qin Wenyuan and others inside.
His eyes were cold at this moment, as if he was looking at a dead person.
Li Jing was a warrior, and years of battles had taught him that romance was not an option before important events.
It is necessary to make a decision when necessary, otherwise there will be chaos.
Immediately, Li Jing said again in an unquestionable voice: "Remember, Lord Wei, it is ten days."
After he finished speaking, Wei Zheng's pupils shrank again and again.
Although he had prepared himself mentally, he still felt a little sorry for Qin Wenyuan, a national talent, when he heard about his trial day.
"Well, just ten days."
Wei Zheng sighed and said helplessly: "Ten days later, General Li, your army will shoot arrows to send... Prince Qin and Her Royal Highness the Princess on their last journey."
As he spoke, Wei Zheng also looked towards the Qin Mansion with some pity in his eyes, "I hope they won't be a pair of miserable mandarin ducks in their next life."
…
In the Qin Mansion.
Qin Wenyuan was still organized and was carrying out various modern treatments for his wife.
On the first day after the Qin Mansion was closed, the treatment failed.
The day after the Qin Mansion was closed, the treatment was declared a failure.
Two consecutive days of failure cast a gloomy shadow over everyone's hearts.
Two days ago, they expressed to Qin Wenyuan that they believed he would be able to cure Changle's smallpox.
At first, they really chose to believe it.
And until now, the bloody facts have told them that smallpox is still smallpox, and you cannot easily challenge it successfully just because you are full of fighting spirit.
On the third day after the Qin Mansion was closed, at noon, Qin Wenyuan was taking a walk with his wife.
At this moment, Changle's smallpox had become contagious, and anyone who accompanied her might get smallpox at any time and anywhere.
Her right hand used to be a slender hand with skin as smooth as a baby's.
Now the rash is all over the body and looks a bit creepy.
"Husband, recently, I feel that my consciousness is getting more and more blurred. Can we...can we really defeat smallpox?"
Changle's speech was intermittent and he was obviously in great pain.
If Changle had said this in the past, Qin Wenyuan would have definitely knocked her little head and asked his stupid wife why she was so unconfident.
But now, Qin Wenyuan no longer dared to make any guarantees, and he began to doubt himself.
This smallpox...
Really... can it be cured?
Qin Wenyuan smiled bitterly, gently rubbed Changle's little face, and said with a smile: "Madam, it will be cured."
Changle didn't care. She rested her head on Qin Wenyuan's arms and said softly, "Whether you have cured me or not, I am proud of you."
"I am proud of my life and of marrying you."
Qin Wenyuan felt a little sad when he heard this.
Just as he was about to answer, Xu Gou came over in a hurry, his eyes nervously said, "Master, Miss."
"Xiao Lin... has been confirmed to have smallpox."
The words fell.
Qin Wenyuan and Changle were both stunned.
Xiaolin was the one who took care of Changle's daily life. She was the person Changle was closest to, so it was inevitable that she would be the first to get smallpox.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Qin Wenyuan's expression became much more serious. He immediately carried the weak Changle on his back and started running after the dog.
Changle's leukoplakia disease is too serious now, and she feels weak all over. Therefore, whenever she encounters a stressful situation, Qin Wenyuan carries her on his back.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the lobby.
All the servants had gathered here. When they saw Qin Wenyuan coming, they respectfully said, "Young Master."
"Master."
Qin Wenyuan nodded one by one, quickly walked past them and saw Xiaolin who had been infected with smallpox.
At this time, Xiaolin was still able to walk on her own, but a rash visible to the naked eye had appeared on her neck.
Looking at Xiaolin, Qin Wenyuan and Changle felt extremely uncomfortable.
Especially Changle, when he saw Xiaolin was suffering from smallpox, he felt really upset.
If it weren't for the fact that she still had Qin Wenyuan to cling to, she really wanted to die and be done with it.
After all, in her opinion, living... one more day would be a sin.
Not only did he have to endure tremendous pain every day, but he also had to put others in danger of being infected with smallpox.
Changle thinks that he is really a disaster! !
Right now.
The servants, including Xu Gou and others, looked at Xiaolin, who had contracted smallpox, with increasingly complicated expressions.
Although everyone knew that it was inevitable that they would get smallpox from the moment they stayed in the Qin Mansion.
But when the first real example appeared, it was still a little hard to accept.
Obviously...
Xiaolin was clearly full of energy yesterday, chatting and laughing with them.
And now...
But he got smallpox.
An incurable disease...smallpox.
Xu Gou opened his mouth and wanted to say something to ease the awkward atmosphere, but when the words came to his lips, they were completely dead.
Xiao Lin, on the other hand, smiled cheerfully and said, "Miss, you see, I also got smallpox. Now, you don't have to hide from me anymore when I'm serving you."
"I am also, like you, doomed to die!"
Upon hearing this, Changle, who was very sentimental, couldn't hold back her tears.
With tears in her eyes, she took a step forward, hugged Xiaolin who had been with her since she was a child, and cried, "Xiaolin, I... I, Changle, am so sorry for you... I, deserve to die..."
Tears mixed with words, making it difficult to hear what Changle was saying.
Xiaolin patted Changle on the back and chuckled, "Miss, it's nothing."
"During the years that I have served you, you have treated me badly. If there is a next life, I, Xiaolin, will continue to serve you."
At this moment, listening to the heart-to-heart talk between the master and servant of Changle, Qin Wenyuan, a great man, finally couldn't help but shed a tear.
He didn't cry, his eyes were still as determined as before, and the tears just flowed out so suddenly.
The servants behind him all knew that they had contracted terminal smallpox a little later than Xiaolin.
Therefore, watching them talk to each other, they all felt the same way and cried.
After a while, Qin Wenyuan couldn't bear to see the desperate atmosphere in front of him, and had no way to break it, so he walked out alone.
He stared at the distant sky, his mind in a mess, as if he was trying to find a way out of the impasse in the blue sky and white clouds.
after this.
An atmosphere of despair was spreading in the Qin Mansion day by day.
However, Qin Wenyuan, who was always known for his intelligence, was unable to cure this despair and could only allow it to continue to expand.
On the third day of closing the Qin Mansion, the treatment still failed, and Xiaolin also contracted smallpox, becoming the first person to contract smallpox after Changle.
On the fourth day of the Qin Mansion being sealed off, treatment failed and two more servants contracted smallpox.
The fifth day...the sixth day...the seventh day, all failed.
All the servants also contracted smallpox, except for the Rabbit, the Sheep, the Dog, and Hu Guang, who practiced martial arts all day long and did not get infected with smallpox.
Also, Qin Wenyuan did not contract smallpox.
On the eighth day, the treatment failed.
The Rabbit, the Goat, the Dog, and Hu Guang also got smallpox.
On the ninth day of the Qin Mansion's closure, Changle's consciousness had become extremely blurred.
In the small room in the east yard, Qin Wenyuan was holding Changle's little hand and telling her fairy tales.
He fears……
He was afraid that once Changle fell asleep, it would be... forever.
"Husband, I'm so sleepy..." Changle's voice was extremely low.
Qin Wenyuan gently pinched Changle's face, smiled stiffly and said, "Madam, you can't sleep yet. Let me tell you a new story."
"A story called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
"At the beginning of the story, the Queen sits at an open window, and the winter snow pricks her finger like a needle, causing three drops of blood to drip onto the snow and the ebony window frame..."
“…”
"Finally, Snow White met her prince, and they lived happily together after that."
Qin Wenyuan held Changle's little hand and told his wife the whole story of Snow White.
Changle smiled faintly, "What a beautiful story. I really hope that we can live on like them."
Qin Wenyuan put Changle's little hand on his face and said softly, "We will."
Changle didn't care and looked straight at Qin Wenyuan, as if she wanted to engrave Qin Wenyuan's entire appearance deep in her soul at the last moment.
Immediately, she asked, "Husband, am I...am I...am I very ugly now?"
"I heard that people with terminal smallpox will become uglier and uglier as their disease worsens..."
Qin Wenyuan's eyes were red, and he said gently: "That's them. In my heart, Madam, you will always be the most beautiful."
"No one in this world can compare to your beauty."
Hearing this, Changle raised her red lips with great difficulty, "I... I hope so much, I hope I can walk through the peach blossom forest with you, my husband, again."
"Before I got smallpox, I always fantasized about me...you...and our children, and He Hemei..."
Changle stopped talking halfway through his words.
She closed her eyes, causing Qin Wenyuan's pupils to shrink immediately.
"lady?"
Qin Wenyuan called out tentatively, but there was no response.
After checking Changle's breathing, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not the worst situation.
He let go of Changle's little hand, carefully covered Changle with a quilt, and left.
Outside, there was no one.
Everyone had smallpox. No one could serve him any longer.
These days, ever since everyone got sick with smallpox, Qin Wenyuan is the only one left, serving fifteen people.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
While walking, Qin Wenyuan kicked an empty wine jar, which immediately caused a series of clanging sounds.
The echo lingered for a long time in this huge and deserted Qin Mansion, never stopping.
Qin Wenyuan chuckled. Not long ago, the Qin Mansion was so magnificent. At its peak, it had more than four hundred people.
But now, the building was deserted, with only him and a dozen sick and disabled people left. It was like a ghost house.
Qin Wenyuan walked slowly in the mansion, looking at the painful expressions of people who believed in him one after another after they contracted smallpox, and his heart was broken.
When he arrived at the east courtyard gate, Qin Wenyuan began to check the dozen or so cows at the gate as usual.
In the past ten days, he has suffered too many failures here.
Again and again, again and again...
We were never able to detect any trace of cowpox virus in these cows.
This time, he didn't have much hope.
"No, no, no..."
Qin Wenyuan was checking the cows one by one, and suddenly, his eyes widened!
As if he was not confident, he rubbed his eyes and moved closer to one of the cows again.
The kind of closeness that makes you want to stick to the other person!
After watching for a while, he suddenly laughed crazily, "Hahaha! Hahahaha!!"
"There is always a way out, there is always a way out!!"
He laughed wildly, wildly...laughed wildly...
…
Outside the Qin Mansion.
Time has come to the last day of the appointment.
Early in the morning, Li Jing led his army and set out from outside the city towards Chang'an again.
Entering Chang'an City from the north gate, Li Jing's army looked densely packed and dusty, but the early deployment did not cause the army to fall into any chaos.
All the soldiers began to enter the city in an orderly manner.
The leading soldier at the front looked at the panicked and terrified faces around him and said loudly: "Today, we are ordered to come and completely eradicate the smallpox threat in Chang'an!"
After the words were spoken, the people were slightly stunned.
They had been immersed in fear for too long. As long as the smallpox patient lurking in the Qin Mansion did not come out, it would be like a thorn in their side, making them unable to sleep well.
It was as if the crisis of death was right next to them, and it had already made them mentally exhausted.
What's more, there are already heavy dark circles under the eyes.
When they heard these words, they looked up at the soldiers of Li Jing's army and saw that from the moment they entered the city, Li Jing's soldiers all smiled as brightly as the sun, and their hearts were touched.
From this moment on, expectation was rekindled on the faces and in the eyes of all the people.
They are eager!
Li Jing longs to bring the hopes of all the people in Chang'an to completely eradicate the threat of smallpox on this day!
At this time, outside the city gate, a man riding a horse slowly moved towards the gate.
Even though they were hundreds of meters apart, countless people could feel the overwhelming momentum, which brought an unprecedented sense of pressure to everyone.
Getting closer and closer...
Finally, the man's appearance gradually emerged in the field of vision.
That was their hope to eradicate smallpox, the Minister of War, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing! !