Chapter 14 12. Kiss of Death

When Prime Minister Shaukad returned home in the evening, Fahmi was not at home.Emina flew over like a butterfly and threw herself into her father's arms, chirping.Shawkard is not feeling well today, feeling heavy in the head.He wanted to rest early, but he didn't want to spoil his daughter's interest, so he smiled and talked with her. Although he was drowsy, the keenness of a politician hadn't fallen asleep. He felt that his daughter was a little abnormal today, and her excitement was somewhat nervous.The wife smiled softly as usual, but seemed to be hiding something too.he asks:

"Where's Fahmi?" "He went to see the Chinese doctor off." "Is Huang Fulin leaving? Why didn't you tell me first?" "It's the Chinese doctors who are determined not to alarm you." Emina giggled, "Father, this heretic still proposed to me. He hunger strike for me for 10 days just under the pomegranate tree in the back." The mother was shocked. She kept her daughter's nonsense from her husband, and repeatedly told her daughter not to let her father know.In fact, Emina herself didn't know why she told her father.Maybe he subconsciously wanted to call his father's attention and make things turn around?The father was really angry, and his face darkened.Emina pouted and said:

"Father, that man is crazy. I didn't expect that he would really go on a hunger strike for me for 10 days. If he wasn't a heretic, maybe I would really marry him. By the way, he also converted to Islam for me. .” Still silent, the Prime Minister went back to his bedroom in a rage.The mother was very confused, and she also felt sorry for her daughter, knowing all about Emina's tortuous psychological activities.The daughter tortured that infatuated man to her heart's content, but she didn't expect that Huang Fulin would leave at the last moment. This was a great blow to her self-esteem.It is very likely that she has regretted it now, but she is too embarrassed to ask her parents to mediate.The Prime Minister's wife quietly followed to the bedroom and whispered to her husband:

"That Chinese youth is very nice." The husband was already lying on the bed, and said irritably, "Let's talk about it later, I'm too tired today." The wife backed out softly. In the early morning, she suddenly heard her husband moaning, and he was tossing and turning on the bed.Stretching out her hand to feel it, her husband's forehead was hot as coals, and red rashes appeared on his face and body. She called the servant in panic: "Master is seriously ill, hurry up and call Dr. Mu He!" Mu He couldn't find it, and the servant said that he and Fahmi saw Huang Fulin off together, and he would come back in the morning.Suddenly, Sarah, the Filipino maid, came in hastily:

"Ma'am, Miss Emina is sick, she has a bad fever, and there are many rashes on her face and body!" Sarah stammered and swayed, barely standing.The same red herpes on her face.The Prime Minister's wife, who had always been gentle and modest, suddenly became very decisive. She ordered: "It must be an acute infectious disease, report to the Emir immediately!" In the luxurious waiting hall of Kuwait Airport, Dr. Huang Fulin, Fahmi and Dr. Muh stood in front of the window. Through the huge glass window, they saw a group of wild ducks flapping their wings and passing overhead under the blue sky. Civil Aviation of China No. 2347 The plane is moving from the parking area to the take-off area, slowly connecting with the passenger passage.A group of slender, delicate-faced Chinese stewardesses walked in one file after another pulling luggage carts.They were full of laughter, wearing sky blue stewardess uniforms, and their bare legs were smooth and moist.

The broadcast has begun to announce in English and Arabic: "China Civil Aviation Flight 2347 has started boarding. Passengers to Beijing, please take the No. 8 aisle."Mu He carried the small suitcase for Huang Fulin, and the three walked to the registration gate.About to break up, Fahmi hugged Huang Fulin tightly and burst into tears: "Goodbye, my dear friend. I will never forget our friendship." Huang Fulin was also very moved. He frowned deliberately and said, "What are you doing? We will meet again in China soon, and Mu He will go too." Fahmi took out a Swiss bank check, signed his name, and handed over the blank check:

"My friend, I know that giving money as a gift is a blasphemy to friendship. But now I am so poor that all I have left is money." He smiled sadly: "I hope this little money can help your career Help and bring back the joy of life to other patients like me." Huang Fulin looked at Fahmi, put the check in his pocket without refusing.He picked up the small suitcase and stepped onto the boarding elevator. Fahmi watched him until he disappeared. When Fahmi walked out of the airport hall, he saw a group of officials coming out of the green passage.When the leading official saw him, he exclaimed in surprise:

"Little Fahmi!" Fahmi recognized Prince Baker Sabah, Minister of Petroleum, and walked over to greet him. Prince Belk had just returned from a visit to Egypt and asked happily: "Nephew Fahmi, your allergies are all cured? I have been remembering your illness. Every time I go abroad, I ask the local government for consultation, but I have not found an effective way. How did you cure it?" "I was lucky to meet a miracle doctor from China. He cured my illness very quickly with a magical potion and ointment." Mu He interjected: "It's really amazing! His theory is like a fantasy, and it's also very outrageous, but he has indeed cured many incurable diseases. We have agreed that I will go to China to study under him soon."

Belk was very interested, and pulled Fahmi to ask about the treatment process in detail.When they reached the door, suddenly the minister's secretary ran over, pale and out of breath: "His Royal Highness, please go to the Shukht military camp immediately. There is a terrible epidemic in Kuwait City. Almost all the ministers are sick, and the emir and Prime Minister Shaukad are the most seriously ill. The emir has ordered you to temporarily replace the prime minister to exercise power, and please You consider whether to impose a state of emergency." Seeing Fahmy, he added: "Mr. Fahmi, please also go to the military camp for isolation. The prime minister's family, including his wife and your sister, have all fallen ill."

The prince and Fahmi were shocked.After a moment of contemplation, Fahmi said with a wry smile: "Prince, please go quickly. Kuwait cannot be without leaders. I want to go home. I have been at home these days. If there is any evil epidemic, I am afraid that I have already carried the germs and cannot infect you. Besides, my father also needs I." He bids farewell to the prince and grabs Moo-hyul to hurry home. The Shukht military camp is full of fear, just like the Jahan Ram hell where the flames of death are burning everywhere. Medical staff in light blue overalls and masks are rushing in and out, and the soldiers are simply fully armed, even gas masks. Bring it on, and the air is filled with a strong carbolic acid smell.

A low-ranking official whom Becker did not know reported to him: "More than 30% of the people in the capital Kuwait City have been sick, and the disease is spreading rapidly to the whole country. According to reports, sporadic cases have been found in Shuaiba, Jahra, Mahwah, and Bulgan fields. These small sparks are very common. There could be a conflagration tomorrow. Medical experts across the country have been mobilized. Fifty percent of them have fallen ill. But so far, they have been helpless." He said sullenly: "His Royal Highness, this plague started on the first day after President Salami left, and most of the first sick people were government officials who had greeted him. I wonder if it was Salami's fault. This political Hooligans will do anything." He added: "If that's the case, they will definitely follow up." Seeing that his face was flushed and his expression was tired, the prince barely managed to hold on with perseverance.He asked kindly: "May I ask your name? Position?" "Rashd Ali Sediq, lowly civil servant in the Prime Minister's Office." "Thank you, Mr. Ali, for your loyalty and talent at this critical moment in the country. Now please summon medical experts; notify the International Health Organization, and strive to send a team of experts and ambulance teams within eight hours; declare immediately that the whole country A state of emergency is imposed, and the military is mobilized at the first level." When the doctor arrived, Prince Baker quickly sorted out his thoughts. Judging from the ferocity of the onset, it seemed that someone was conducting a bacterial warfare.But his gut didn't believe it was Salami's fault.It would be too ostentatious for a head of state to personally spread germs in a neighboring country. After all, this is not the Middle Ages.So where did this sudden disaster come from? Farhat, an authority on immunology at the Royal Hospital of Kuwait, hurried over and shouted in panic as soon as he entered the door: "This must be God's punishment for us, or the devil is challenging God! Prince Baker, such a sudden epidemic has never been recorded in the history of medicine, even the Black Death that swept across Europe and the smallpox that was popular in ancient India. The Asian Type A flu in the tenth century was not as fierce as this one! Some people have already died, and if no effective measures are taken, the mortality rate is estimated to be at least 50%!" Becker shouted angrily: "Shut up! Don't panic like this again!" Dr. Farhat immediately fell silent.Becker lowered his voice and asked: "What disease is it?" The doctor said in bewilderment: "We have tried our best to check. From the symptoms of the disease, it looks like smallpox, but it is not the same. Electron microscope observation shows that the pathogen is indeed similar to the smallpox virus, and it is also oval and symmetrical in compound shape, but the virus particle The composition is slightly different, and the inspection report of the virus nucleic acid has not yet come out." "So, it is likely to be smallpox virus? Are you treating it according to smallpox?" Dr. Farhat cried out in pain: "Mr. Prince, the problem is that even if it is diagnosed as smallpox, there is nothing we can do about it! You know, all viruses are super parasitic. They invade the sensitive cells of the human body and replace human cells with their nucleic acids. The genetic material of the human body, thereby multiplying in large numbers. This sinister parasitic way makes any drug including antibiotics ineffective against them. Only the immunity accumulated by the human body during hundreds of millions of years of evolution can fight against them. The use of smallpox vaccine is to awaken this immunity in advance However, due to the advancement of medicine, smallpox was extinct in 1977, and the World Health Organization announced the abandonment of smallpox inoculation in 1979. The WHO once kept the smallpox virus in the United States for research purposes, but in order to avoid virus leakage or Stealed by terrorists—that would be a worldwide disaster—after several delays, all smallpox virus stocks were finally destroyed in 2008. Now we have no smallpox vaccine, no diagnostic serum... What's more, human Specific immunity to smallpox has been lost after decades of peace! Your Royal Highness, do you know what a tragic prospect lies before us? There is little we can do for the sick; The discovered virus would have to recreate the smallpox vaccine and vaccinate them in order to avoid a worldwide pandemic. By then, though, Kuwait may have been wiped off the map!" This dire forecast made the prince shudder, and he was silent for a long time before saying: "Experts from the World Health Organization will arrive soon. Before that, there is only strict isolation, ordering people across the country to stay indoors." He suddenly remembered the miracle doctor Fahmi said. Although he did not believe it, he was right He went to the doctor in a hurry, and he had to try everything possible at a critical moment. He immediately ordered his followers: "Immediately contact Fahmi, the youngest son of the Prime Minister, and ask him to try to notify the Chinese doctor to return to Kuwait to assist in the treatment as soon as possible. Fahmi will decide on the work remuneration and other issues." The entourage left in a hurry, and the secretary came in with a pale face, and hurriedly turned on the TV in the corner: "Prime Minister, watch the news!" On the screen, Iraqi Vice President Azici is roaring angrily: "...President Salami and the 24 people accompanying him on a friendly visit to Kuwait were all sick and dying. The Kurdish region and Baghdad that Salami passed through on his way back home have already suffered from severe epidemics. There is no doubt that this is a Muslim in Kuwait The murderous hands of traitors! This is the most despicable hooliganism in the 21st century! I ordered the whole country to be in a state of emergency, and the army entered the first level of combat readiness. Once there is any misfortune to the beloved President Salami, 12 million Iraqi people and 1 million Iraqi troops will surely be killed. Use the blood of the Kuwaiti people to wash away the hatred!" He added with dark eyes: "I advise any country in the world, even if it is a superpower, not to add fuel to the righteous anger of the Iraqis. If anyone dares to interfere We, we will send 10,000 death squads and lay waste to 1,000 capitals and big cities." Below is the scene of hysterical crowds, as thousands of Iraqis prostrate themselves toward mosques, praying for the health of the salami during Zuhr.Judging from the screen, the sadness and anger of the Iraqis was completely sincere. The hatred and fanaticism in their eyes made Becker, who was hundreds of kilometers away, tremble.Becker immediately called the ambassadors of China, the United States, Russia, and Japan, and they all agreed to consult with their governments immediately. Thirty minutes later, the Egyptian ambassador called back: "Your Excellency Acting Prime Minister, entrusted by the governments of Egypt, China, the United States, Russia, Japan and South Korea, I would like to assure you that once Kuwait is attacked by land, air or sea, including cross-border shelling or missile attacks, multinational The fleets will immediately counterattack. The combined fleet is now heading for the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf." "Thank you very much for the support from the international community." "You're welcome. In addition, the medical teams sent by the governments of various countries are already on their way, and they will arrive in Kuwait in half an hour at the fastest." "thanks." At this moment, the hysterical scene on the screen suddenly disappeared, the signal was interrupted, and only a snowflake remained on the screen.Ten minutes have passed, and the Iraqi TV broadcast has not resumed.During these difficult ten minutes, Becker was burning with anger, worried that this was the prelude to an attack. He kept in touch with the border garrison and radar troops, and asked the KH-23 keyhole reconnaissance satellites of major countries to keep a close eye on Iraq. movement within the territory. Thirty minutes passed, and intelligence sources everywhere said that there was no movement in Iraq. Suddenly, the TV broadcast resumed.The screen is still the director's room of Iraqi TV station, and the camera is focused on a patient on a stretcher. His face is covered with herpes and is almost unrecognizable, but this extremely ugly face still maintains a majesty that makes people dare not look at it.Putting the microphone in front of him, he said hoarsely: "I am President Salami. When I came back from my visit to Kuwait, I fell ill with the disease. Maybe Allah wanted to punish us, maybe it was the conspiracy of the Zionists. But in any case, it will not be the fault of the Kuwaiti brothers! I believe They, as if you trust me. I order the army to stop mobilization immediately, and even if I die, I cannot shoot a single shot into Kuwait!" He looked very weak, took a few mouthfuls of oxygen, gasped for a while, and then continued: "Vice President Azici was outraged by my misfortune, so his decision was too emotional. Now, under my persuasion, he has agreed to withdraw the order just now. I hope the Iraqi people will trust his leadership and work together to tide over the difficulties." When the telecast ended, Becker let out a long breath.However, there is one point that is puzzling. Why has Vice President Azici never appeared on TV?Is he under house arrest, shot, or busy with domestic affairs?