kvmb Chapter 209 I didn't hit too hard
Chapter 209 I didn't hit too hard
In the dim firelight, Lu Yangyang's eyes shone with an extraordinary light.
Sheng Junyao was momentarily stunned by the light in her eyes before hurriedly asking, "What else do we need to prepare? Jing Chao just came over and said that the people you asked for have already been found."
"No rush, I'll go first." Lu Yangyang opened the medicine box she had asked Sheng Junyao to prepare for her. She first wiped her hands clean, then disinfected the small knife she carried with her with strong liquor. Only then did she carefully prick the smallpox pustule she had found with a needle, remove the pus with the tip of the knife, and then roll up her sleeve and use the dagger to make a cross-shaped scar on her arm. After completing all these preparations, she took the small knife, now stained with pus, and placed the tip of the knife at the center of the wound.
"Yangyang!" Seeing what she was doing, Sheng Junyao couldn't help but call out, "Yangyang, let me go first. You're the doctor; you need to observe any potential situations. After all, no one has tried this before, so you can't experiment on yourself first. If..."
Without waiting for Lu Yangyang to say anything, he first made a deep cut on his arm, following Lu Yangyang's method.
“There are no ifs, brother. I have to try it myself to know what will happen.” Lu Yangyang glanced at him, her gaze resolute as she carefully placed the extracted pus into the wound. Once the pus had dissolved into the wound, she simply bandaged herself and pulled down her sleeve.
At that moment, the sound of horns suddenly rang out from outside the city.
The signal in the sky lit up immediately afterward.
"Not good, enemy attack!" Sheng Junyao's face darkened slightly. Since the city was sealed off, he had anticipated that some tribes would receive the news and try to take advantage of the situation. So these days, he had deliberately increased the patrols around the area. Sure enough, they came.
He didn't dare to delay for a moment, and hurriedly got up and said to Lu Yangyang, "Yangyang, I have to go out of the city. I'm leaving the things in the city in your care."
Lu Yangyang did not expect that the enemy would attack at this time. Once the war starts, the chaos caused by the movement of people will only exacerbate the speed and scope of the infection.
She had originally planned to experiment and observe slowly, but now she really didn't have that much time left and could only gamble with fate.
She nodded at Sheng Junyao, "Brother, come back soon!"
"Okay, don't worry, it's alright, I'll be back soon." Sheng Junyao reached out to pat her head, but instead of touching her head, he offered her his wound: "Yangyang, please take care of her!"
Lu Yangyang was slightly taken aback, naturally understanding Sheng Junyao's meaning, but... she had no idea what would happen next. "Big brother, why don't I wait until you come back and at least observe first to see if there's anything unusual?"
“It’s too late. I had anticipated that some surrounding tribes would take advantage of the chaos. Now it’s uncertain whether it’s just one or two tribes, or several tribes attacking together. If they unite, I might not be able to return for days. The battlefield situation is complex. If I also get infected, dying on the battlefield is a minor matter. If it disrupts morale and we lose Yangguan, the entire city’s inhabitants will suffer.” Sheng Junyao looked at Lu Yangyang and even joked with her, “People say you should sometimes trust your intuition. My intuition tells me I must trust you.”
Lu Yangyang gripped the knife tightly for a moment, then without hesitation, she steadied her hand and extracted the pus again, methodically dripping it into Sheng Junyao's wound. After bandaging the wound, she said with a slight nervousness, "Big brother, if you feel uncomfortable, please don't force yourself."
"Don't worry, I understand. I'll leave this place to you. I'll leave Jing Chao to you. He's the person I trust most. You can ask him for anything." Sheng Junyao finished his instructions hastily and then turned and disappeared into the night.
After Sheng Junyao left, Lu Yangyang calmed down a bit and then called Jing Chao in to help. She could only find a limited number of cowpox samples, but with a reference point, she could ask others to help her find the rest. Also, if the method proved effective, she had to find a way to infect other cows with cowpox so that more people could be prevented from getting vaccinated.
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Sheng Junyao left the bull market without even changing his armor, and headed straight for the city gate.
The bull market was in a remote part of the city, some distance from the city gate. By the time he arrived at the city gate, the guards were already on high alert.
Just as the guards were about to open the city gate to let him out, a voice suddenly came from the corner, "Brother Sheng!"
Sheng Junyao looked toward the sound in shock, only to see Li Duan carrying a bundle, jumping off her horse and running toward him.
Sheng Junyao hurriedly dismounted and rushed over: "Princess? What are you doing here? Go back quickly, this place..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Duan stuffed the bundle into his arms: "Brother Sheng, I asked Qiao'er, and she said there's no war going on recently, and your armor is all at the manor. But you definitely won't have time to go back and get it. I was thinking that if I could make it in time, I could send it to you. Luckily, I made it in time."
"And also, there are some wound medicines and commonly used pills that Yangyang picked up on the way. There wasn't enough time to sort them, so you can look for them when you need them."
“Brother Sheng, I’m sorry. I know I shouldn’t have run off like this, but you and Yangyang have things you can do, so I can do some things I can do too. Go ahead, I’ll wait for you to come back!” Li Duan looked up at Sheng Junyao. The sky was gloomy tonight, with dark clouds pressing down and snow threatening to fall, but her eyes were like the bright moon, filled with longing for her beloved.
The moment Sheng Junyao lowered his eyes, it was as if he saw the bright moon, as if he saw the rising sun; it was his gaze that could melt away wind and snow.
His heart stirred slightly, and he nodded gently to her, "Okay."
Then he picked up the package, mounted his horse, and rode away in a cloud of dust.
Li Duan raised her hand and clenched it into a fist; the sound of her heart beating like a drum could be heard from her chest.
After a while, she suddenly snapped out of her daze and slapped her forehead: "Oh no, I finally managed to escape, how could I forget to ask where Yangyang is?"
Li Duan, his face wrinkled, ignored the shivering cold, rubbed his hands together, mounted his horse again, and asked every patrol team he could find in the city before finally finding Niu Shi, where Lu Yangyang was.
When Lu Yangyang saw her being led in, she wasn't surprised at all. She even turned her face away slightly, feeling a little guilty, and continued working.
Li Duan walked over, moved closer to her, and stared intently at her. Lu Yangyang couldn't help but look at her and said, "I didn't hit you hard, otherwise you could have slept until tomorrow morning."
Li Duan angrily put her hands on her hips, "Lu Yangyang! How dare you say that! You have no sportsmanship! You ambushed me!"