However, although Mrs. Dingbei Hou prepared a basket of words, she never found a chance to say it, because Taohua never returned to Dingbei Hou's Mansion at all.

"Who hit Ding Langzhong?" Taohua asked the fifteenth in front of her with a gloomy face.

That's right, Ding Langzhong was beaten. He only gave a lesson to the military doctors during the day, and he was beaten in the evening. Taohua just went to see it, although it was only a skin injury, but Taohua could completely see that there were a few places that were specifically located in places where the peripheral nerves were abundant, and they would not be seriously injured, but they were very painful.

With this kind of beating method, the perpetrator is certainly not an ordinary person. In this place, if not a healer who is familiar with the structure of the human body, it is a well-trained soldier or bodyguard.

Fifteen was a little sweaty on his forehead, and said in a low voice: "It's a few sergeants." The sergeant who was killed by Ding Langzhong was their comrade. ”

"I've already called someone to tell me that Ding Langzhong wasn't misdiagnosed at the beginning, didn't they hear it?" To be honest, this matter was really unexpected by Taohua, and she had to think about it, she might need to reflect a little.

Although the first few steps in the northwest were a little difficult, after the success of the twins in Dingbei Houfu, the entire northwest was swept by the torrent of pox, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she conquered it. Coupled with the support of Shen Shu, even the ambulance team in which the woman participated was successfully established, and many exercises were conducted, which can be said to be a dream come true.

In this case, Taohua felt that she might also be a little "carried away by victory", although she knew that Ding Langzhong had a "medical accident" before, and she also felt that as long as she preached the truth, she could let Ding Langzhong stay here smoothly. How do you know that soldiers in the army are different from ordinary people, especially those singles, and unlike ordinary people, there are children who want to get pox at home, and there are people who don't buy it much.

Fifteen stood there, sweating all he had. Ding Langzhong was beaten, and it was not him alone, but the face of the princess of the county. However, those sergeants have all fought in the army in the Northern Barbarians, and have been born and died to defend the frontier, and there is also the matter of Ding Langzhong in front of him to kill people, if they are pulled out and punished for this matter, I am afraid that it will not be good for the princess of the county in the army.

But is this even true? Fifteen is simply tangled to death.

Shen Shu went to inspect the former military camp yesterday, and when he left, he left him with Taohua, and instructed no one to offend the princess. According to the king's orders, he should now take out the beaters and reward each of them with a few military sticks. But – and that would be the ...... The key is that it is not good for the reputation of the prince to spread it, and some people say that the prince does not even care about the robes in the army for the sake of a woman.

Of course, when it comes to the noble status of the prince, these ordinary sergeants can't climb high, and they don't need to talk about the love of robes. But after all, this place is in the northwest, that is, the Marquis of Dingbei in all dynasties started here by military merits, and he is very different from the soldiers in the army. Although the prince probably will not command the northwest soldiers and horses in the future, he is the nephew of the Marquis of Dingbei after all, and he has been in the northwest military camp for seven or eight years.

"How to punish fighting in the barracks?" Taohua calmed down and asked fifteen.

Fifteen was struggling, and when he heard the words, he was stunned for a moment before he hurriedly said: "Fights in the army, depending on the severity of the circumstances, may be confined, or fined, or they may be responsible for the use of military sticks." However...... "But the place where they beat Ding Langzhong is actually outside the barracks, and it doesn't seem appropriate to say that there is a brawl in the army."

"And what about beating civilians?" Taohua asked again, "Isn't there military discipline in the army?" ”

"This—" Fifteen thought for a moment, "In the past, the Hou Ye said that if you disturb the people and hurt people for no reason, you will be punished with five to ten military sticks, depending on the severity of the situation." "The military stick is not the kind of ruler that can be used to beat the handboard, and the soldiers who execute the execution are very strong, and sometimes a few sticks can be beaten to the flesh.

"So do these people count as hurting people for no reason?"

Fifteen was embarrassed and said: "Princess, they are because of Ding Langzhong before-"

"I know what Ding Langzhong has done before." Momoka interrupted him, "But that was from the past. At that time, all the Langzhong families refused to accept treatment, and only Ding Langzhong was willing to treat them. Later, they even picked up the stove of the Ding family, forcing the father and son of the Ding family to move, and they didn't even want the ancestral house, and they no longer practiced medicine - I don't blame them for not knowing medical skills, but even if Ding Lang was misdiagnosed, this is enough, right? ”

Speaking of which, that's pretty much enough. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Ding family's father and son are now reused and re-prosperous, no one would trouble him again.

Fifteen was hesitating to say this, but Taohua had already said lightly: "Since there is military discipline in the army, it must be implemented." I don't ask who they are fighting, but Ding Langzhong has no grudge against them, since he hurts people, let's follow military discipline. ”

Fifteen sighed, but still said, "Princess, even if you come according to military discipline, they will say that you are angry for Ding Lang." ”

Taohua sneered lightly: "Why, even military discipline can't suppress them?" So what is the use of such a sergeant? ”

Fifteen also knows that the surname Chen is a thorn, although he has some credit, but because he always follows his boss, he is still a soldier. According to what Taohua said, it actually makes sense, no matter what it is, since there is military discipline, you should obey, and if you violate it, you should be punished. It's just that Ding Langzhong is involved in this matter, and the taste has changed a little.

"There you go." Momoka stood up and said unquestionably.

Fifteen had to bow their heads in response, retreated, and went straight to the barracks.

Sergeant Chen was triumphant in the barracks: "Brother Xu, what do you think?" The surnamed Ding was beaten, but he didn't dare to say a word honestly? ”

Sergeant Xu was silent and did not speak. Before Ding Langzhong came to teach those military doctors, Taohua had already explained Ding Langzhong's medical skills and the "misdiagnosis" incident that year. If they could still say that Ding Langzhong deceived the princess of the county before, then after that, the so-called deception will not be established.

Now that the princess's medical skills have become famous in the northwest, if she says that she ranks second, then no one dares to say that she ranks first. Although there had been deaths of anthrax and smallpox patients before, all the Lang Zhong who came out of the quarantine area said that if there was no new medicine for the princess of the county and the prescription for clearing the plague and poison drink, more people would have died.

These are almost all the Langzhong in the Northwest, and all other than that are laymen, so naturally no one is qualified to question their statement. Although some people privately talked about it being these Lang Zhong in order to cover up their incompetence in curing the disease, they admired the princess of the county in this way, but these words were quickly overshadowed by the topic of successful pox planting.

In any case, Sergeant Xu felt that the princess's medical skills must be excellent, there was no doubt about it. In this case, Ding Langzhong, who was specially "invited" by the princess of the county, should also be really capable. So, is it true that what happened back then, as the princess of the county said, is not Ding Langzhong's "misdiagnosis and mistreatment"?

"Brother Xu—" Sergeant Chen didn't get a response, and bumped him on the shoulder with dissatisfaction, "You are talking." You won't believe that set too, saying that Brother Li was going to die back then, right? Although the princess didn't say it explicitly, this is what it meant, and everyone can hear it.

Sergeant Xu said slowly: "But the symptoms that the princess said, Brother Li had ...... at that time" What kind of cold and heat, the whites of the eyes are yellow, the boils on the body can't be cured at all, and they have been extending from the forearm to the shoulder, which is all true.

"This must have been said by the surname Ding!" Sergeant Chen said without thinking, "The princess didn't see it with her own eyes, but it's not what the surname Ding says." ”

Sergeant Xu shook his head: "You are so easy to deceive when you are the princess?" The princess's medical skills, who can deceive them? ”

Sergeant Chen stiffened his neck and said, "Then you mean that what the princess said is true?" ”

Sergeant Xu was silent again. He didn't dare to say anything else, but there was one thing that the princess said was right: at that time, Sergeant Li's illness could not be cured by several hospitals, and when he started cold and fever, no one dared to accept the treatment, and Ding Langzhong took the patient. In this way, if Ding Langzhong had died at that time, Sergeant Li would have died eight to nine times out of ten, and from this point alone, it would indeed be unfair to say that Ding Langzhong had killed Sergeant Li.

After that incident that year, a big living person cut off his hand and died, as comrades, they were naturally indignant, and as soon as Zaohua cried, they came to the door together. not only smashed the Ding family, beat people, but also picked up the stove - in the northwest, picked up the place where people eat, this is simply a common enmity - in the end, the Ding family was forced to never dare to practice medicine again.

At that time, he was young and vigorous, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with what he was doing with his enthusiasm, but eight years had passed in a flash, and how many comrades had been sent away on the battlefield, Sergeant Xu felt that his edges and corners seemed to have been smoothed out. At this time, looking back at what I did back then, my mentality is a little different.

Especially now, even the princess of the county has come forward to say such things, and Sergeant Xu's thoughts are even more different from before. The most important thing is that what the princess said is right when you look back. Even the other symptoms of "sepsis" that the princess spoke of had been seen in his wounded companions.

After every battle, there are people who don't look fatal with wounds, but end up dead. The sergeants blamed the incompetence of the military doctors, but now that they think about it, it should be the "wound infection", after all, the Northern Barbarians are very vicious, and the knife is often smeared with some horse dung and cow dung, which makes the wound dirty and easy to fester.

"The princess has a point." Sergeant Xu finally said, "If you don't say anything else, if the hunters in the mountains are scratched by wild beasts, they will burn their wounds with pine seeds." The princess said that that is disinfection-disinfection. Besides, some brothers were wounded by the knife of the Northern Barbarians, and the wounds rotted like that, and the military doctors also dug them with knives, didn't they? "Carrion has to be dug up, everyone knows that.

"That's different!" Sergeant Chen still stiffened his neck, "At that time, the surnamed Ding amputated most of Brother Li's arm, and the poisonous sores didn't grow that far at all!" ”

This is also the reason why Zaohua insisted that Ding Langzhong killed her husband at that time. In her opinion, as long as the poisonous sores are removed, but Ding Langzhong directly amputated Sergeant Li's arm, and the blood alone was so much, how could a person not die?

Sergeant Xu shook his head: "According to the princess, even if the wound is not so big to rot and fester, the toxin has already entered the flesh and blood, which is much more powerful than what the eyes see." ”

Sergeant Chen looked disdainful: "Brother Xu, I think you listen to the princess too much." Everything the princess said, but what the princess said was true? What about those who died of the plague? The princess's medical skills are not so miraculous, and what she said is not necessarily right. ”

I can't argue with that. After all, the lives that died in the epidemic were all there, and the princess did not shy away from mentioning it, and I heard that she also admitted in front of the Lang Zhong that she had no cure for anthrax and smallpox, so it is not true to say that the princess is omnipotent in medicine.

"But the princess specially invited Ding Langzhong, he must have something unique." Sergeant Xu still felt that this was right, "The princess built this ambulance team to fight to rescue the injured brothers, and this matter is not a child's play." ”

Sergeant Chen turned his head and whispered: "The princess was married by the emperor and the queen mother, and the Hou Mansion didn't like it in the first place, but when she came to the northwest and failed to cure the epidemic, she naturally had to think of another way to please the Hou Ye......

"Where did you hear all this nonsense!" Sergeant Xu was taken aback by him, and hurriedly punched him, "Shut up!" Who doesn't know that the prince has a deep affection for the princess, if these nonsense words of yours reach the ears of the prince......"

Sergeant Chen glared unconvinced: "Outside—"

Before he could say anything, the door was pushed open with a bang, and two sergeants strode in: "What about Chen Li?" ”

Sergeant Xu raised his eyes and saw that the armor uniforms worn by these two sergeants were different from those of ordinary sergeants, and his heart immediately sank: "Two brothers, this is-" These two sergeants are members of the "law enforcement team" specially established by the Marquis of Dingbei in the army, they are actually the guards of the Hou Mansion, if any sergeant violates the military law, they will enforce the law and execute it.

Two law enforcement sergeants pushed him: "It's nothing wrong with you. Chen Li, you beat civilians for no reason, violated military discipline, and should be punished with ten sticks according to the law. Come with us! ”

Chen Li glared: "Assaulting civilians for no reason? He knew that the Marquis of Dingbei in previous dynasties had strict management of the army and was not allowed to disturb the people, and as for those who oppressed the people with some military merits, they would not tolerate it. However, the problem is that he didn't beat people for no reason, that was a hate!

"I'm not beating civilians for no reason!" Chen Li saw that two law enforcement sergeants came forward to restrain him, and hurriedly said loudly, "That person surnamed Ding is a quack doctor who has treated people to death!" "The Ten Army Sticks don't sound like much, but according to the Northwest Army's style of play, it is enough for him to lie on the bed for a few days.

A law enforcement sergeant said coldly, "He killed your family? ”

"Not my family, but brothers in the army!" Chen Li puffed up his chest, "Brother Xu also knows!" ”

Sergeant Xu hurriedly said, "Two brothers, this is indeed the case. At this time, how could he possibly watch Chen Li being beaten with a military stick?

The law enforcement sergeant said with a straight face: "When was that?" ”

"It's been eight years!" Chen Li said loudly, "But there must be many people who remember!" ”

"Why didn't you seek revenge at that time?"

"Found!" Chen Li didn't react, "At that time, we went to smash his signboard, and also picked up his stove and drove him out of the original place where he lived." ”

Sergeant Xu instinctively felt that something was not quite right, but before he could speak, the law enforcement sergeant had already said, "Since you have already sought revenge at that time, why do you go again now?" ”

Chen Li was stunned. Isn't this kind of thing a one-time fight?

The law enforcement sergeant said coldly: "It is not your family who died, although you should seek revenge for your comrades, but since you have already sought revenge once, this matter should also be over, and now it has been eight years, and you have violated military discipline by beating this person again for no reason." Because you have beaten someone and injured him severely, you have delayed this person from teaching medical skills to the military doctors, so you are sentenced to ten military sticks, can you be convinced? ”

"I, I'm not convinced!" Chen Li reacted and retorted loudly, "He killed a human life, how can he come to teach medical skills to military doctors again?" I'm not convinced, I'm not convinced! ”

The law enforcement sergeant stopped him left and right: "Teaching medical skills is the order of the princess of the county, if you think it is inappropriate, why don't you tell the princess of the county, but you want to stop Ding Langzhong and beat him privately?" ”

Chen Li stared and had nothing to say. Go and tell the princess of the county? He doesn't have such a big face, how can he go to the princess of the county? Besides, even if he said it, would the princess of the county listen?

"You don't say it, but you blame the princess for not listening?" A law enforcement sergeant sneered, "What is the reasoning behind this? When the princess of the county invited this person, she had already preached the events of the year in advance, and if you were not convinced, you should go to the princess of the county to argue clearly. did not refute, but listened to the princess's words. In this case, if you go to beat Ding Langzhong again, you will naturally beat civilians for no reason and violate military discipline! ”

Chen Li was speechless and was dragged out by two law enforcement sergeants.

Law enforcement in the Northwest Army was all open, and when Chen Li was taken to the law enforcement office, someone preached loudly in the camp, and after a while, many people gathered to watch the execution.

Chen Li was pressed down on the bench, and when he heard the law enforcement sergeant loudly explain the matter to the people around him, he desperately raised his head to look at everyone's expressions, but saw that most of the people were nodding, and there was no righteous indignation as he imagined, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and said loudly: "The person surnamed Ding is not worthy of practicing medicine at all!" ”

The law enforcement sergeant holding a military stick next to him responded: "The princess didn't let Ding Langzhong practice medicine again, but just came to teach the military doctors the art of knife cutting and suturing." ”

Chen Li opened his mouth again. said that he would no longer practice medicine, but he was hired by the princess of the county to teach military medicine, what an honor, it was much better than letting him practice medicine again. However, just now he himself said that Ding Langzhong is not worthy of practicing medicine, which is really a good refutation.

"Execution!" After the law enforcement sergeant finished explaining the reason, he no longer listened to Chen Li's argument, and waved his hand, and the sergeants on both sides picked up their military sticks and beat them down with sticks.

The Ten Sticks are not too many, but they are all sturdy. Chen Li was beaten so loudly that he didn't have the strength to speak when he finished being beaten with a stick. The law enforcement sergeant threw a bottle of medicine to Sergeant Xu, who came up to help him: "This is the medicine rewarded by the princess." The princess said that if there is any doubt about her words, she should make it clear to her face that whoever stumbles behind her back is a villain. ”

Chen Li didn't expect that he was being deducted from the hat of a villain, and wanted to talk back, but it hurt badly in his buttocks, but it was Sergeant Xu who pushed him with his knee, so that he almost screamed and couldn't say anything.

"Yes, yes, we know." Sergeant Xu took the medicine, half-dragged and half-carried Chen Li and left. Straight back to the barracks, Chen Li took a breath: "Brother Xu, why don't you let me speak!" How am I a villain! ”

"The princess doesn't say that you are a villain, but that you are a villain in front of you and behind the back!" Sergeant Xu pressed him to the bed, tore off his pants and gave him medicine, "If you say that you are a villain, I will not reward you with medicine!" ”

"I don't want this medicine!" Chen Li was aggressive, "Hit and then administer? I am not subject to this grace! ”

"Be honest!" Sergeant Xu hated the iron and pressed his wound again, and Chen Li fell on the bed with a miserable scream, "You should also be sober, don't want others to say anything, you jump immediately, think about it and do it again!" Besides, it's time for you to start a family. "If you have a daughter-in-law in charge of your family, maybe your temper will be better.

"I, I want jujube flowers!" Chen Li finally told the truth, "I'll just look at her." ”

"She's going to watch over the little monkey." Sergeant Xu sighed, this is also a grievance, "I mentioned this to her, but she refused." ”

"That's because she still thinks about Brother Li." Chen Li raised his head, "She is also very good to me, sooner or later she will ...... one day"

"She won't!" Sergeant Xu died of a headache, "You have waited long enough all these years, and if you drag it out, it will be difficult to marry a daughter-in-law." "Just like him, when he is old and his family has not saved some possessions, he can't marry a daughter-in-law.

Chen Li was silent, and said sullenly for a while: "I can get her to agree sooner or later." ”

Sergeant Xu sighed: "I can't control you, you can do whatever you like." But in the camp, you must not be so reckless again. Also, this medicine must be used, maybe there will be a war in a few days, if you can't get out of bed by then, how can you fight? ”

As soon as he said the war, Chen Li's eyes lit up: "Yes! If I really want to fight this time, I must make a contribution to come back! "He's a thorn, although he has some small skills, he can't always rise, and he didn't feel anything before, but now that he thinks about it, if he could have been a little flag or something, maybe Zaohua would have agreed to marry him. Besides, this time he beat the surnamed Ding with the majesty of the princess of the county, and Zaohua will definitely think of him well, so he will make another meritorious service...... Chen Li thought about it, and couldn't help laughing, and he didn't even feel the pain on his buttocks.

I don't know if Chen Li's wish came true, or if Sergeant Xu was crow's mouth, and when Chen Li's injury to the military stick was almost healed, the Beiban really attacked the border.

"Princess, the Northern Barbarians have attacked Duzhou City!" Dieyi rushed into the house and said loudly.

In the room was the military doctor of the Northwest Army, and some of the Lang Zhong from outside were standing together, and there were many pieces of pork on the table, and there were sewn openings on them, which looked very strange.

Taohua and Ding Langzhong, who still had bruises on their faces, stood in the middle, commenting on the stitching marks on the pork one by one, and turned back together when they heard Dieyi's words. Ding Langzhong preemptively said: "Princess, let me go!" ”

"Not only you, but I'm going too." Taohua put a piece of pork back on the table in her hand, "Dieyi, go and call the ambulance team, and then ask Hou Ye, we want to set off as soon as possible, but we can't affect Hou Ye's mobilization of the team." ”

"Hey!" Dieyi's eyes lit up, she agreed loudly, and turned around and ran.

"Everyone-" Taohua turned to Lang Zhong, "This is our first actual battle, everyone cheer up and show all your skills!" The sergeants are fighting at the front, and we have to do everything we can to save them and save their lives in the rear! ”

The crowd replied in unison, "I would like to hear from the princess!" ”

"Okay." Taohua waved her hand, "Let's go!" ”