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Before departing, Gu Jiao had selected a few women skilled in needlework in Yuegu City and made a few sets of isolation gowns using oil paper with them.
Gloves and face masks were not a problem as she had extras in her little medicine chest.
The protective goggles she was using were the only pair she had, but she would be putting face masks on the plague patients in a little while, so it wasn’t a big problem.
Gu Changqing glanced at Gu Jiao, who was carrying the little medicine chest and her red-tasseled spear, "Are you leaving?"
Gu Jiao nodded, "After I take them to a safe place, I'll meet up with you."
"Alright." Gu Changqing gazed at her intently, expressing both brotherly concern and reluctance. However, he understood Gu Jiao's capabilities. He adjusted her hair and said, "Take care of yourself."
"I will."
If she didn’t take care of herself, she wouldn’t receive any small benefits when she got back home.
Because they needed to pass through a checkpoint, several individuals did not ride horses. The dark guards utilized their qinggong skills to shuttle through the night with Gu Jiao.
After about half an hour, the group arrived at their destination.
Gu Jiao stood outside the wooden bridge and took out gloves, face masks, and makeshift isolation gowns from her back basket. She helped everyone to put them on properly, ensuring they were fully attired herself.
A dark guard was about to scout ahead.
Gu Jiao stopped him, saying, "I'll go first. Wait here for me."
The dark guards nodded in unison.
Gu Jiao proceeded to the death warrior's hut and lightly knocked on the door.
Sounds of someone getting up were heard inside the room, movements swift and noticeably cautious.
Gu Jiao nodded silently to herself, Little Shitou’s vigilance is quite good.
"It's me." She said in a low voice.
"Physician Gu!" Shen Xuan hurriedly opened the door for her.
Gu Jiao swiftly entered and half-closed the door. With the faint moonlight seeping through the crack, she asked him, "Have you been taking your medicine on time these past few days?"
"Yes, yes!" Shen Xuan nodded repeatedly, "I feel much better!"
"What about the others?" Gu Jiao inquired.
Shen Xuan replied, "They've been taking their medicine on time too. Most of us, including me, are improving, but some haven't shown much change."
"No effect?" Gu Jiao frowned slightly, puzzled. "The efficacy of medicine varies from person to person. Let's observe for another couple of days. If it doesn't work, I'll switch them to a different medication."
Last time, she had left behind streptomycin and a sulfonamide drug. Later, she would check if there was tetracycline or chloramphenicol in the little medicine chest.
Putting that aside for the moment, Gu Jiao said to Shen Xuan, "Let's not dwell on that. There's going to be a battle at Lingguan City. I'll take you guys away first."
Shen Xuan waved his hands, "Physician Gu, please leave quickly. I'll take them to hide in the mountains. I'll make sure no one finds us!"
Gu Jiao looked at him and said, "They have hunting dogs. Finding you would be easy for them."
"Ah!" Shen Xuan was astonished.
Gu Jiao said firmly, "Time is running short. Hurry and leave this place!"
Shen Xuan dared not delay any further. He woke up the patients one by one.
They hadn't expected Gu Jiao to actually come back to save them. Originally, there was only a slight hope in their hearts, but now it had increased to five points.
Gu Jiao helped each person put on a face mask and escorted them across the wooden bridge. However, Gu Jiao herself didn't leave. Instead, she told a few dark guards, "Escort them safely."
"Aren't you leaving?" Shen Xuan asked.
Gu Jiao calmly replied, "Mm, I'll leave in a while."
Dawn was approaching, and soldiers from the State of Chen would come to deliver breakfast. Someone needed to pretend to be the death warrior and knock on the door. Otherwise, if they found out everyone in the village was missing, they might suspect that the Gu Family Army had arrived.
The movements of the Gu Family Army couldn't be revealed prematurely.
Shen Xuan understood and said to Gu Jiao, "No, Physician Gu, I'll stay behind. You go first!"
Gu Jiao replied, "Your pace isn't fast enough. You won't catch up later. Besides, you can't understand the secret signals left along the way."
Shen Xuan had no argument.
"Let's go." Gu Jiao said.
Reluctantly, Shen Xuan agreed. Then, recalling something, he asked Gu Jiao, "Where are we going?"
Gu Jiao responded, "I'll find a safe place to settle you."
"What about our families?" Asked a man in his thirties.
Gu Jiao looked at him and said, "Experts of the Gu Family Army have infiltrated the city, they will bring your families out before the battle begins."
"Once the battle is over, can we go home?" Another patient asked. He was the oldest among them, forty years old, and used to be a land owner surnamed Zhao.
Gu Jiao's gaze shifted towards him. While helping him with the face mask earlier, she had noticed his higher body temperature compared to the others and more severe symptoms.
Gu Jiao didn't rush to answer his question but asked, "Are you the one who hasn't shown improvement despite taking the medicine?"
"Huh?" Landlord Zhao was momentarily confused by the sudden change in topic.
At this moment, Gu Jiao didn't have the time to thoroughly investigate why he hadn't improved. She simply told him, "You need to recover before going home."
"Recover? How long will that take?" Landlord Zhao inquired.
Gu Jiao hugged herself, replying, "It depends on how quickly you recover."
Landlord Zhao's expression instantly changed.
Among the thirteen patients locked up here, after excluding the death warrior, twelve remained. Apart from Landlord Zhao, the others had shown some improvement, albeit varying degrees of severity compared to their initial symptoms.
Although they were eager to return to their families, they understood in their hearts that they had contracted a plague. Returning without recovering would inevitably endanger their families.
More importantly, they saw a glimmer of hope for their recovery.
However, Landlord Zhao didn't see it that way.
He suddenly stepped back a few paces, walked onto the wooden bridge, and watched Gu Jiao warily, "Your medicine doesn't work at all! If we don't get better, will you keep us locked up for the rest of our lives?"
Gu Jiao lightly tapped her arm with her fingertips, calmly looking at him. "After the battle at Lingguan City is over, I will change the medicine for you."
"What if the other medicine doesn't work either? What if you can't cure us? What if you're just trying to deceive us?"
Shen Xuan furrowed his brow, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about! Physician Gu is sent by the imperial court! She arrived that day together with the young master of the Gu Family Army! You saw it with your own eyes!"
"We've never seen the real Gu Family Army! Who knows if what she said is true! That young master could be fake! She might just be trying to lure us out to kill us!"
He said angrily while looking at the other patients, "The plague is incurable! Her medicine only alleviates the symptoms, but in the end, we will die! She knows! She's a physician! She knows everything! She wants to deceive us into going out! She wants us to infect Yi Wang's soldiers! She wants to throw us into Yi Wang's camp!"
This statement immediately caused panic among the patients!
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