"Search for me!"
Zhang Gongjin looked at Liu Liangren on the ground with disdain and ordered.
"Search this damned Liu Shi Pharmacy thoroughly. I want to see how much fake medicine they've concocted!"
"Yes!"
The personal guards heard the command and turned, leading their men to push open doors like hungry wolves.
Seeing this, Liu Liangren confessed before any interrogation.
"My Lord, these... these were all instructed by the boss."
"It... it has nothing to do with me."
"The... boss said, true and false, false and true. Others can't tell, it can cure illnesses and also make money."
"Although the efficacy is slightly worse, it's still effective in the end."
Zhang Gongjin and Fang Er looked towards Sun Simiao, wanting to hear his opinion, as he was the authority in the art of medicine.
Sun Simiao was very displeased. These juniors were tarnishing the medical profession!
"What he said is correct. Some medicines can only be identified by experienced doctors, let alone the common people."
"After replacement, an illness that could be cured with one dose of medicine now requires three or five doses in their hands."
"This is simply a wicked practice!"
"Our ancestors said, 'Rather have medicine gather dust on the shelves, than to see no sick people in the world.'"
"Yet these deceitful doctors, for the sake of money, resort to such despicable means!"
Liu Liangren continued to kowtow, but it was too late for whatever he did now.
The vast Liu Shi Pharmacy was filled with countless medicinal materials.
Sun Simiao and Changsun Ling'er inspected each room, destroying all the fake medicines.
Those that were substituted with lower quality ones could still be kept and used.
The Liu family mansion was, as expected, ransacked thoroughly. Not a single young or old member of the Liu family escaped.
Concurrently, Liu Shi Pharmacy became the command center for this plague prevention effort.
After examining several patients infected with the plague, Sun Simiao's brows furrowed deeply.
"Duke An, this matter might be quite troublesome!"
Fang Er's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this and he quickly asked, "What do you mean?"
Sun Simiao pointed to a booklet on the table and said, "This plague has changed too much!"
"It's unlike any I've seen before."
"Therefore, to stop the spread of the plague as soon as possible, you need to do something."
The booklet contained the specific symptoms that appeared after contracting the plague, as diagnosed by him.
In addition to the symptoms mentioned by Marquis Qiantian, there were also bloody stools and vomiting.
"Elder Sun, please speak freely. As long as it's within my capabilities, I will undoubtedly do it."
"I know you have the ability to reach the heavens and the earth. So, could you find senior Zhang Zhongjing?"
"He is the pioneer in the treatment of epidemic febrile diseases!"
"Crack!"
Fang Er slapped himself, realizing he had forgotten about this great figure.
The main content recorded in "Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases" is about various epidemic febrile diseases!
"Elder Sun, rest assured. I will send someone to invite him immediately!"
After speaking, he beckoned to Zhou Yanxi.
"Quickly send a telegram to Australia, instruct Wang Xuance to put aside everything, and with the information I gave him, go all out to invite the esteemed medical masters!"
After giving the instructions, he still felt a bit uneasy.
He used a syringe to draw small blood samples from the patients, sealed them in bottles, and carefully put them away.
He planned to seek help from Huang Tagu.
As he walked out of the Governor's Mansion, he saw a large number of helicopters flying in from the north.
It was Zhuzi and Ma Chao bringing reinforcements!
Fang Er was overjoyed. After contacting them via walkie-talkie, he directed the helicopter squadron to land at the large warehouse outside the city.
An hour later, a mighty team of physicians appeared within the Governor's Mansion.
They had already changed into protective clothing at the warehouse, and from the outside, it was impossible to tell who was who.
Four of them stepped out of the formation and introduced themselves to Fang Er.
"Shenyang Hospital, Zhang Yuanshuang!"
"Shenyang Academy, Han Zong!"
"Lanxiang Vocational School, Chen Gui!"
"Fang Family Manor School, Ma Tongyuan!"
"Reporting for duty as ordered!"
Zhang Gongjin, standing by, saw his daughter's spirited demeanor and winked at her incessantly, his face beaming like he had eaten honey.
The team before him was merely the vanguard.
Behind them was a long convoy, which would likely arrive the next day.
Even so, Fang Er was very satisfied.
"I won't say much more, it's unnecessary!"
"Each physician will be assigned two students and four guards, forming a seven-person team."
"I want every street and every alley in Yangzhou city to have a team on duty!"
"They will go door-to-door for diagnosis. Anyone confirmed to be infected with the plague will be taken to Liu Shi Pharmacy for centralized treatment."
Upon issuing the order, Zhang Gongjin assigned the most elite unit of the Yangzhou Governor's Guard to cooperate with this operation.
Others didn't matter, but his own daughter was in there, and there could be no mistakes.
Seeing that things were on track, Fang Er found a secluded corner and opened the temporal passage to the parallel world.
He could now open it anytime and anywhere, as the parallel world had already been anchored.
When he returned, it was three days later.
The blood samples brought back were rigorously tested and confirmed to be just a type of influenza.
However, it was unlike any recorded strain, and even unseen in later generations.
Therefore, Fang Er had to find a solution himself, as no corresponding specific medicine could be found from the future.
Walking through the streets of Yangzhou, white figures were everywhere, in the streets and alleys.
After the initial panic of the first two days, the common people had calmed down considerably.
Food and daily necessities were delivered to their homes for free, and they only needed to stay put obediently.
"Sister Bai, could you please check for me? I feel dizzy this morning. Have I contracted it?"
"Elderly person, you haven't contracted it. You've just slept too much at home..."
"Sister Bai, please take a look for me. My nose is so uncomfortable!"
"Auntie, you're just suffering from inflammation. I'll leave a record for you. Wait at home, and the medicine will be delivered this afternoon."
"Sister Bai..."
"Take this young brother to the pharmacy. He's infected!"
Fang Er watched the scene from afar, a smile curling the corners of his mouth beneath his biohazard mask.
Sister Bai...
It seemed that was the appellation for the female physicians.
Indeed, with their faces unseen and only white clothing, the name was quite fitting.
"Help!..."
"Sister Bai is killing people!..."
"Quick, quick, run!"
"Are they crazy..."
Suddenly, a few screams from a distance made Fang Er's smile vanish instantly. He hurried in the direction of the sound.
The cities of this era were similar to Chang'an, composed of districts of varying sizes.
The screams came from Yongchangfang West Second Hutong. By the time Fang Er arrived, the two nearby teams had also heard the commotion and rushed over.
The scene was chaotic, and the common people had long since disappeared.