Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 361 Arrival in Shuozhou

Seeing that Doctor Zhong insisted, Yun Fuling stopped persuading him.

The doctors recruited from the public were near Doctor Zhong, and they heard the conversation between the two men just now.

Seeing Yun Fuling looking at them, the older doctors immediately waved their hands to refuse.

"My body is stronger than Lao Zhong's!"

"There's no way I can sit in a carriage and walk slowly behind!"

"I want to get to Shuozhou as soon as possible to save people!"

"Me too!"

Everyone was living in the capital, and even though one group of people were high-ranking imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau and the other group were just common doctors, they still had some interactions with each other and had heard of each other's names.

Since Imperial Physician You Zhong had refused first, the others naturally did not want to be looked down upon.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone set off as agreed.

Yun Fuling and Xiao Jingyi rode ahead with a group of doctors and three hundred imperial guards.

The rest of the people escorted medicinal materials and other supplies behind.

Yun Fuling and his group traveled day and night and rushed to Shuozhou.

Who would have thought that when the team reached Ganzhou, they saw people pushing carts and carrying loads on the official road from time to time. It was obvious that they were moving their families south.

Xiao Jingyi's heart tightened when he thought that this place was not far from Shuozhou.

He quickly dismounted, stopped an old man carrying a shoulder pole and asked, "Old man, where are you from and where are you going?"

The old man was suddenly stopped by someone, and seeing that the other person was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had an extraordinary demeanor, he couldn't help feeling a little scared for a moment.

The two boys, about seven or eight years old, who were following the old man, hid behind him.

Seeing this, Xiao Jingyi immediately slowed down his tone and his expression softened a bit, "Don't be afraid, old man. I am a merchant who wants to go to Shuozhou to buy some goods. On the way, I saw many of you carrying bags and families, so I was curious and came to ask what happened?"

As soon as Xiao Jingyi finished speaking, a voice rang out beside him: "You can't go to Shuozhou now. I advise you to turn around and do business somewhere else!"

Xiao Jingyi looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who spoke was a middle-aged man in his thirties next to the old man. He looked about 70% similar to the old man, and the two should be father and son.

Seeing that Xiao Jingyi and the others had no ill intentions, the old man also said, "Shuozhou is indeed not a place to go. There is smallpox in the city!"

"We are from Donggou Village under the jurisdiction of Fengyang County. Although Fengyang County belongs to Ganzhou, it is adjacent to Shuozhou."

"We were worried that the smallpox in Shuozhou would spread to Ganzhou, so we moved our family."

"That smallpox is really bad. Once you get it, there is no cure. You can only wait to die."

"I heard that many people have died in Shuozhou City."

"You'd better do business somewhere else. You really can't go to Shuozhou!"

The old man couldn't help but give another piece of advice.

Xiao Jingyi immediately understood.

It seems that the smallpox in Shuozhou has caused panic among the people in other surrounding states and counties.

If this continues, who knows what kind of trouble will arise!

They must rush to Shuozhou as soon as possible to stabilize the situation.

At this moment, Xiao Jingyi was extremely grateful that they had separated from the baggage train and were able to go ahead with a small group of people.

Xiao Jingyi asked the old man a few more questions and learned that Shuozhou had been sealed off and the road to the south from Shuozhou had also been blocked. Now it was an isolated city with no one allowed to enter or leave, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When he saw so many people heading south, what he was most worried about was that some of the people from Shuozhou City would escape among them.

After all, every citizen in Shuozhou City today is a dangerous individual who may be infected with smallpox.

Once one person leaves Shuozhou City, it is possible that smallpox could be brought to other states and counties in Daqi.

By then, the news will spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and the entire Daqi may be in danger of smallpox.

After Xiao Jingyi finished asking questions, he let the old man and his family leave.

Yun Fuling stood aside and didn't say much.

Compared to these people's fear of smallpox, words are pale and powerless.

Only by presenting facts and letting these people see that smallpox can be defeated will they willingly return to their homeland.

At this moment, it is useless to persuade.

Using force to force them to stay is obviously not a good idea.

Besides, they have more important things to do and there is no need to waste time and energy on such things.

After a short rest, Yun Fuling and others continued to head towards Shuozhou City.

The old man, who had walked a distance away, turned back and saw Xiao Jingyi and his companions riding their horses northward, with the horses' hooves raising clouds of dust. He couldn't help but secretly shook his head in his heart.

Good words can't persuade a damned ghost.

He has already reminded everyone he should have.

The other party refused to listen and insisted on dying, and there was nothing he could do.

Life and death are determined by fate, we can only hope that these people have a longer life!

Yun Fuling and his companions traveled for six or seven days and finally arrived at Shuozhou City.

The majestic and tall Shuozhou city wall exudes a vicissitudes and heavy sense of history.

There were rows of barricades on the road a hundred feet away from Shuozhou City.

The chevaux de frise was made of wood and looked a bit like a fence.

From the intersection to the Shuozhou city gate, a row of barricades was placed at regular intervals.

Seeing Yun Fuling and his group approaching, soldiers on the city wall immediately waved flags and sent out flag signals.

At the same time, someone shouted to Yun Fuling and the others, "Stop! Don't come any closer!"

Xiao Jingyi glanced at Tianquan.

Tian Quan immediately rode forward and shouted, "Your Highness Prince Yi and Princess Yi are here!"

"Your Highness Prince Yi and Princess Yi have been specially ordered by the Emperor to come and resolve the smallpox epidemic in Shuozhou."

"Open the city gates to welcome them!"

There was a sudden silence on the city wall.

Not long after, a man wearing armor and looking like a general appeared on the city wall and looked in the direction of Xiao Jingyi and others.

The next moment, an expression of surprise and joy appeared on his face.

"Quick, open the city gate!" After the general gave the order, he quickly went down the city wall.

In such a short time, Yun Fuling had already distributed the pills to everyone who was going into the city.

This pill was made by her by adding space spiritual water, which has a certain degree of preventive effect on smallpox.

Everyone is convinced of Yun Fuling's ability to make medicines.

After all, everyone has witnessed how popular Jishidiang’s Chinese medicine pills are.

Every time the stock is put on the shelves, it is sold out.

So when Yun Fuling took out the pills that could prevent smallpox, everyone took them without saying a word.

After taking the preventive pills, everyone put on masks as Yun Fuling requested.

After all this was done, the city gate was slowly opened.

A group of people came out of the city gate, led by the general who had just recognized Xiao Jingyi on the city wall.

However, this group of people did not move forward directly, but stopped two barriers between them and Xiao Jingyi and his men.

The general dismounted from his horse and saluted Xiao Jingyi across the chevaux de frise.

"General Zhang Lan greets His Royal Highness Prince Yi!"