HCB Chapter 138 Ask Again
Chapter 138 Ask Again
Shen Lingzhu lowered his head to bandage the wounded soldier and did not notice Zhang Tongzhi walking towards him. Instead, the wounded soldier saw him moving and wanted to say something.
“Don’t move. If the wound on your stomach opens again, I won’t have enough medicine powder to apply to you.
"Big brother, hold up his waist." She almost ruined all the extra medicine that Senior Sister had prepared. She now felt a little regretful for rushing up to save him.
But when she saw the wounded being carried roughly, she couldn't bear to ignore it.
Shen Lingzhu quickly tied the cloth strips into a knot and said, "Carry it away, next one."
Then he turned to the uncle who was cutting the triangular bandage and said, "Go get some medicine from their leader."
"I asked, and they didn't bring any medicine." As soon as Huang Zongqi finished speaking, he saw Zhang Tongzhi, dressed in official uniform, walk behind Xiao Zhuzi.
The last time he stayed in the capital for a long time, most of the officials he met could already tell that this man was a third-rank official.
When the other party stopped the soldiers from saluting, he said nervously, "Xiao Zhuzi, behind me."
Shen Lingzhu was using strong liquor to clean the wounds of a newly brought-in wounded soldier and did not hear clearly.
Shen Xianzhu, who was pressing to stop the bleeding opposite her, heard it and looked up, and saw Zhang Tongzhi, who had snatched the wine from her last night, waving his hand at him, signaling him not to speak.
While he was stunned, Shen Lingzhu said loudly: "Brother, raise your hands and fold the triangular bandage. I will apply the medicine."
Zhang Tongzhi watched her apply medicine to the wound with her skillful hands, and soon she used the wrapping curtain folded by her elder brother to bandage the wounded in no time. She was really quick and efficient.
He couldn't help but ask, "This kind of bandage for wounds is a triangle of white cloth cut out of white cloth."
"Yes, it's simple and easy to use." After Shen Lingzhu answered, a thought flashed through his mind: Is the person who knows such a professional name a doctor?
She realized there was someone behind her, and when she looked up she found it was Zhang Tongzhi.
Shen Lingzhu had the wounded carried away and stood up to greet him. She was not too surprised to see this person because she had recognized several people who had left the post station on horseback before, one of whom was the man in black clothes who had delivered wine to her last night.
She made a direct request: "Since you are here, please find some medicine for me."
"I didn't bring it with me. We had to leave urgently and couldn't take care of it." Zhang Tongzhi said it with confidence.
Shen Lingzhu took a deep breath. She knew that it was impossible to match medical care to the grassroots level in ancient times, but she was really speechless when they went out for this operation without any medicine and there were so many wounded.
Then, he came up with an idea that was not an idea: "You asked your men to requisition carriages and horses, but didn't you ask them whether there were doctors and medicines on board?
If there were doctors and medicine, the seriously injured people who had not yet been transported could have received better diagnosis and treatment."
Zhang Tongzhi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "That makes sense."
He turned around and told the people around him to do it, which made Shen Lingzhu almost hit himself. He learned something and put it into practice. He hoped that the doctor who was recruited would not blame him.
She concealed her guilt and said, "Did you encounter bandits? There are so many casualties."
"Ahem." How could Zhang Tongzhi tell her that someone in the garrison colluded with the post station to resell weapons and armor to outsiders? If he hadn't brought so many people with him, the fight would have been more intense given their equal strength.
Can't say? Shen Lingzhu understood perfectly. When the two soldiers hesitated whether to carry the wounded closer, she waved them over.
Zhang Tongzhi shouted, "What are you doing? Bring him here."
After Shen Lingzhu knelt down again to clean the wound, he didn't pay attention to when he left. But soon his elder brother said, "Carrying people back and forth will delay things. It's better to go directly to the front of the post station to provide rescue. We can also bring a table to put the wounded."
"They are interrogating people inside, we can't let you get close," said the soldier carrying the wooden board.
Shen Lingzhu asked casually, "Is it Han Guancha who is hosting?"
"Yes." The soldier paused and asked carefully, "Are you also familiar with Han Guancha?"
"Generally speaking." The wounded who were received were mostly lightly injured. Shen Lingzhu was much more relaxed and was in the mood to make some jokes.
As the number of wounded people decreased, she could finally take a break, because her uncle could also help apply medicine and bandage simple injuries.
After all the wounded were sent away, they were ready to set off again. Although the requisitioned carriages and horses had not been returned yet, the helpers brought by my uncle were driving the carriages.
"Second Grandpa, this donkey is for you." Shen Lingzhu gave up his own mount.
Shen Dexian shook his head: "You can use it, you are small and can't walk as fast as me."
After a pause, he continued, "Stay with your seventh aunt and take care of her."
The old man also regretted it very much. He shouldn't have given in to the pleading of Ren's mother and son and let her come with him. Little Zhuzi was really not as good at adapting as she was.
Shen Lingzhu looked at Aunt Seven who was sitting on a donkey not far away and said, "I want to lead the donkey for Aunt Seven."
As one of the only two women in the group, she was the most suitable person to lead the donkey. The elders were definitely not allowed to go, but no matter how young her eldest brother was, he was not suitable to go either.
"Oh, thank you for your hard work. We can walk slower." Second grandfather Shen Dexian also thought of this and took the reins reluctantly.
However, just before they set off, soldiers were ordered to ride on horseback to escort them into the city, and they stopped a carriage on the road and let Ren get in.
Shen Lingzhu was able to ride her little donkey again and arrived at Pingding County half an hour later.
When the gatekeepers saw the soldiers escorting them show their tokens, they dared not charge any entrance fee. They even glanced at the pass and returned it.
When they chose the inn Uncle Jiu had mentioned, the soldier said, "The magistrate ordered me to stay with you for a while."
Of course everyone welcomed him, especially the old military household Li, who secretly told Huang Zongqi that this soldier should be Zhang Tongzhi's personal soldier. After inquiring, he found out that the man also had the surname Zhang, so he became even closer to him.
However, Shen Lingzhu felt that it would be more convenient for Zhang Xiaobing to change into a set of cloth clothes. The latter readily accepted the suggestion and borrowed Huang Zongqi's clothes to change into.
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"We've found Xia Xing." The voice arrived before Shen Xianzhu and the people from Dahuai.
Ren, who had just put down her luggage, turned around and ran out the door. Shen Lingzhu, who was halfway through washing her face, had no choice but to chase her out without closing the door.
Fortunately, they rented a courtyard in the inn, and all the people living in the courtyard were family members.
When she chased to the yard, she saw Ren asking her eldest brother anxiously.
Shen Xianzhu answered but couldn't comfort her. Seeing his sister, he asked for help, "Little Bamboo."
"Seventh Aunt, we are going to see Seventh Uncle soon. It would be embarrassing if he saw your face covered in dirt." Shen Lingzhu took her hand and pulled her into the house with a little force.
Ren followed the advice. As she was washing up carefully, Shen Lingzhu came out and asked, "Can Second Grandpa and Uncle go in to visit?"
“With Zhang Xiaobing here, we went in quickly.
However, my uncle sent me back to report the situation. I don’t know what happened inside, but Brother Xing said that he had been giving bribes to the jailer these days, and the jailer said that Uncle Qi was not tortured.
And the trial hasn't even been scheduled yet." This was all Shen Xianzhu knew at the moment.
Shen Lingzhu asked again: "Why didn't Brother Xing come back?"
"Uh..." Shen Xianzhu was at a loss for words when Da Huai laughed and said, "Xia Xing was spotted by the jailer's daughter, and the girl is following him, so he can't come."