Chapter 886: Chapter 886: Smallpox

Editor: Henyee Translations

Gu Yundong was expressionless, and her heart was calm.

To be honest, she was the one who caused this, but at the end of the day, Gu Qiuyue was the one who courted death.

Instead, she turned to look at Gu Dajiang.

Gu Dajiang was really stunned for a moment. He was a little surprised and his emotions were indescribably complicated.

‘Dead?’

Gu Dajiang didn’t know what to feel. There was surprise, bitterness, and… relief.

As if sensing his daughter’s gaze, he turned around and glanced at her. “Why are you looking at me? She deserved it for doing such a thing. Alright, go do your thing. I’m going to the Academy.”

With that, Gu Dajiang got into the carriage.

Xue Rong shook the reins and the carriage gradually drove away.

Gu Yundong secretly sighed. It was no longer important whether Gu Qiuyue had accidentally hit the pillar or died after hitting it.

Anyway, this person would be gone from now on and would never appear in front of her again.

She shook her head and prepared to go to the shop.

However, after taking a few steps, a person rushed over from not far away.

Gu Yundong was surprised. “Doctor Xiong, why are you here? Didn’t you say that you were going to spar with Doctor Wang from that clinic today?”

“Sigh, don’t mention it. Doctor Wang went to treat a child from a family. However, the other party had smallpox and couldn’t be saved. Doctor Wang was in a bad mood, so I couldn’t disturb him.”

“You’re quite… understanding?”

“Yes, you finally realized.” Doctor Xiong waved his hand and walked towards the small courtyard. “So I took this opportunity to come and take a look at your uncle’s leg. If there’s no problem, I’ll break it today.”

Gu Yundong: “…” Can you not be so scary?

But since Doctor Xiong wanted to treat her uncle’s leg, Gu Yundong could not go out again.

She followed Doctor Xiong back to the courtyard door, but after taking a few steps, she suddenly stopped.

Wait, smallpox??

Gu Yundong’s eyes lit up. Smallpox.

That’s right. Everyone knew how terrifying smallpox was these days. Almost everyone’s expression changed when they heard it. However, this was an infectious disease. If they were not careful, everyone around them would suffer.

Not to mention the common people, even the members of the royal family could only wait for death if they contracted this disease.

Over the years, the number of cases of smallpox had increased year by year, causing a large number of deaths every year.

However, regardless of whether it was the imperial physicians or the civilian doctors, they had been helpless against this illness.

Gu Yundong knew that many people were fighting against this infectious disease. She also knew that the ‘human pox vaccination method’ had existed for a long time.

Unfortunately, this method was not foolproof. Patients with mild illnesses would have scars, and those with serious illnesses would still die.

It was not until someone overseas discovered the “cowpox vaccination method” that humans finally conquered smallpox.

However, Gu Yundong did not know the details of either method, so she quickly walked forward and followed Doctor Xiong. She asked him, “Doctor Xiong, you mentioned smallpox just now… Do you know the humanpox vaccination method?”

As long as she knew the humanpox vaccination method, it would be much easier to learn cowpox vaccination method.

“The humanpox vaccination method?” Doctor Xiong stopped in his tracks and lowered his eyes to think. He said, “I’ve heard of it, but this method has to be conducted very carefully. If the doctor accidentally fails, he might not be able to continue practicing medicine in the future. Therefore, not many people use it, and it’s not very common.”