“Xu Liang.”
Xu Liang answered and came in.
“You go to the courtyard over there and put the people that Doctor Yao’s brought in.”
The courtyard where the gatekeepers were isolated was arranged by Xu Liang, and the people guarding it were also arranged by him; no one was allowed to take a step near that courtyard without the old man’s order.
So even now, no one in the house knew that the caretaker had been infected with smallpox, otherwise they would have panicked.
“Yes.”
Xu Liang went over quickly, and Doctor Yao was waiting over there with Cui Hu.
Doctor Yao came every day, so naturally the gatekeepers would not stop him, but Cui Hu was a stranger, and without the old man’s orders, the gatekeepers would not let him in.
“Open the door.”
The man on guard understood the meaning of Xu Liang’s words and opened the door. While Doctor Yao did a good job of isolating him, Cui Hu just followed him straight in.
The gatekeepers looked at each other, and then looked at Xu Liang at the same time.
Xu Liang’s face didn’t change, “That person will stay here for a few days, if there’s anything you need, just say yes.”
“Yes.”
Song Yin stayed in the old man’s room for two quarters of an hour, and seeing that the old man was looking tired, he helped him get up and go to lie down on the bed, covered him with the blanket and sat on the edge of the bed.
“You go and get busy, don’t mind me.”
“Things have been arranged, I will stay with you.”
Without saying anything else, the old gentleman closed his eyes and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Song Yin tucked in the corners of his blanket for him before he gently went out and whispered to Xu Liang, “You come with me and ask Doctor Yao to prescribe a calming formula for Grandfather Granddad, have someone grab it and boil it, and give it to him to drink when he wakes up.”
Xu Liang had wanted to do this for a long time.
The old gentleman had been too tense these past few days, and he was really afraid that his body would not be able to hold up.
After he had finished disinfecting his whole body, he gave him a prescription for medicine, which Xu Liang took in his hand and sent the two out of the Xu residence, watching them walk away in the carriage before calling out to a smart boy to get the medicine.
Halfway down the road, Song Yin got off the carriage and walked slowly towards the Ding Guo Gong Mansion.
The shops that used to be bustling at the beginning of the moon were now closed, and the whole capital seemed cold and clear.
The shops that used to be bustling at the beginning of the moon were all closed now, and the whole capital city looked cold and quiet. He was the only one who stood out in the cold street.
The magistrates of the capital had spent the whole day searching for people with smallpox, so they were tired and their legs were breaking, and they were walking back.
When they suddenly saw a man, they were all startled and fumbled with their swords at their waists, asking, “Who is it?”
“Song Yin.”
Song Yin?
Song ……
A resourceful magistrate remembered, his hand immediately dropped and his tone changed, “It’s Song Gongzi, you’re ……”
“Idle, strolling around the street.”
Strolling in the street?
The person who had just spoken had a twinkle in his eye and took a few quick steps forward, “Sir Song, have you found something?”
Song Yin had been a lieutenant in the military camp at the border, so he was not a match for them in terms of strength or brains.
“Why would an official ask that?”
“Aigoo, don’t bash me, I wouldn’t dare to call you master. Sir Song, please don’t be a help to me, my legs are going to break walking this day.”
“I did see a suspicious man just now and chased him all the way here.”
“Then, what makes you think he’s suspicious?”
Song Yin gave him a look.
The magistrate’s heart tightened and he hurriedly explained, “Sir Song, don’t misunderstand, we don’t mean anything else ……”
“My eldest sister just died of smallpox.”
The magistrate was stunned and then overjoyed, “You, you mean ……”
“I can be sure.”
The magistrate subconsciously took a step back, and then thought that Song Yin naturally knew the power of smallpox and would not come into contact with that person, and hurriedly covered up by glancing around, this was a downtown area, if the person who had smallpox was hiding here ……
The magistrate winced and dared not think about going on.
“Can you see where that person has gone?”
“Gone after turning that corner ahead.”
“Then, then, did you see what he looked like?”
“Yes.”
The magistrate was overjoyed.
“Sir Song, could you come back to the magistrate’s office with us, we don’t mean anything else, we just want to ask you to tell our painter what that man looks like.”
As long as there was a portrait, the person would be easy to find.
Song Yin did not hesitate for a moment, “Good.”
The magistrates’ legs didn’t hurt anymore, and they welcomed the man to the Capital Mansion like stars.
The magistrates who had gone out had not yet returned with the news, and the magistrate had not yet left the court. When he heard the magistrate’s report, he was also in high spirits, and asked Sheriff Zhang to call for a painter to come and draw it according to Song Yin’s description.
“Sir Song, have a look, is this the man?”
The magistrate diligently brought the portrait over to Song Yin to look at.
“That’s him.”
The magistrate was grateful, “Sir Song, you’ve done us a great favour.”
“It’s just a hand up, but ……”
The magistrate’s heart tightened.
“The chances of you getting infected by going to someone like this without taking any measures are high.”
The magistrate’s heart missed a few beats, and at the same time a pang of fear came over them, they had forgotten all about it, fortunately they did not catch anyone with smallpox today, otherwise they ……
The government’s response to the issue was that it was a very good idea to have a good team.
When the magistrate went back, Song Yin turned a corner and went to the Ding Guo Gong Mansion.
When he saw him, the three grandchildren of the Duke of Determination’s family had their hearts hanging in the air for a few days, and only when they learned that the Fourth Prince and Consort Xiao Xian were all fine did they fall back completely.
The Duke of Ding lowered his voice, “How are the plans going over there?”
“It’s going well, in two more days it will be done.”
Yue had given him a total of six pills, which meant that it would take six days for them to take effect, and today was only the fourth day.
Xiao Qian said, “I’ve transferred twenty more men from the mountain, so tell Commander Sun that he should think of replacing them in.”
“There are seven of us and that’s enough, more people would reveal the horses. You can transfer some more people from the mountains, and once the smallpox breaks out, have them help Dr. Yao to distribute the medicine.”
……
The next day, the portrait of the person who had smallpox was posted, and the people flocked up to see it, taking the person to heart and looking around when they walked, so that they could run to report it if they saw someone similar.
Liu Ying had been unsettled for a few days. Five of the six men he had released that day had been killed by his men after they had left the city to complete their mission. The remaining one, who had passed through the Xu residence, could not be found.
When he heard the subordinates in the house talking about it, he became more and more uneasy.
Naturally, the emperor knew about it and announced that the governor of the capital had taken the portrait to the palace and put it down after looking at it.
“Who provided this portrait?”
Yesterday, Song Yin had already said in advance that they were not allowed to tell anyone about themselves, so the magistrate of the capital replied, “It was the magistrate who searched for it. It was going to be dark at the time, and they were afraid of being infected by the other side, so they didn’t dare to go up too far and ended up letting someone get away.”
“Now that you have a clue, speed up the search, a day later the people are in danger for another day.”
“Yes.”
The Emperor waved his hand for the men to retire.
“Huang De, send someone to inform Liu Ying that he must kill the man in the portrait!”