Hearing that the Tuqi people had not yet taken the county seat, and hearing that there were nearly 2,000 soldiers in the Nanguan camp, the captain couldn't help but let out a long breath, and the two slender eyebrows that were wrinkled into a ball also stretched out, looking at the gray and gloomy sky, and silently recited a sentence in his heart, God bless!

The lieutenant beckoned to Zhao Shi and asked, "How far is it from here to the Nanguan camp?" This matter is related to the outcome of the rescue and the life and death of more than 200 people, and he has to personally inquire about it in order to be sure.

Zhao Shishi said: "Twelve or thirteen miles of flat land on the dam. ”

"Don't talk about flat land, I just ask you, can you get to this ditch?"

"Then you have to take a long detour, and walk an extra twenty miles......

The lieutenant cut off Zhao Shishi's words: "Can you get there?" ”

"Yes!"

If you can get there! The captain waved his hand and let Zhao Shi go down to rest. Since it was possible to reach the camp at Nanguan along this ditch, and it seemed to be safe for the time being, the lieutenant was not in a hurry to let the team move, he had to wait for the soldiers who had gone to the south to investigate to bring back the movement of the Tuqi people, and then decide what to do next.

Shang Cheng was sitting under the ditch at this time to rest, watching Zhao Shishi slip down the ditch, and silently pulled the half of the oil that was draped over his shoulders and was given to his companions. Zhao Shishi's stature was more than a head shorter than Shang Cheng's, so he took advantage of his head, and he could hide his head and shoulders behind Shang Cheng under the tarpaulin by curling up. He smiled in his mouth, pulled the edge of the oilcloth with one hand, took out a piece of yellow flour cake from his arms with the other hand, tore most of it and handed it to Shang Cheng.

In the morning, the guards also distributed dry food to the two of them, two breads per person; After walking all morning, Shang Cheng also had the errand of opening the road of the top soldiers, cutting trees and branches, cutting grass mats, and sweating a few times when he was tired, and two dough cakes not much bigger than a palm had already been digested in his stomach without a trace; When he arrived at the ground, he was saying that he was going to eat noon, and the officer gave an order, and he hurried to the county seat without stopping...... My stomach was already hungry and flustered. Seeing the two soldiers who opened the road with him and went to the county seat together, bowed their heads to eat bread and chew buns and drink water, he was too embarrassed to go over to ask for it, so he could only hold his shoulders and swallow spit. At this time, when I saw half of the dead dough cake that had been soaked in the rain and was a little swollen, where could I take care of humility, I took it and stuffed it into my mouth, and after eating it in three bites, the burning hunger in my stomach calmed down, and then I still asked, "Where did it come from?" ”

"Dispatched in the morning. I wasn't hungry and stayed. ”

Shang Cheng opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. Of course, he knew that the words of the stone were not true, but the two of them had been working together since last autumn, fighting bandits together, fighting the Turtus together, and being born and dying on the battlefield several times, and it was a friendship forged with his life, and he was wordy for half a piece of bread, which really underestimated the stone and underestimated their friendship. He pursed his lips and stroked his numb right cheek with a free hand, barely feeling it, gently probing the sensation around the wound with the tips of his fingers. From last night to now, the wound has been changed twice, but there is still no color, and the wound is neither painful nor itchy when the finger touches the wound......

He knew that this situation meant that the muscles around the wound had died, and even if the injury was healed in the future, it would leave a large and ugly scar on his face. He didn't care at all whether he looked good or ugly, and he was glad that he didn't collapse because of the suppuration and inflammation of the wound. He couldn't help but sigh at his good fortune, fortunately, his physique was good to bear, otherwise, he wouldn't have known which tree to lie under to feed the wolf......

Zhao Shishi heard him sigh, and thought that he was worried about Lianniang again, so he wrapped the cake residue in his mouth and comforted: "Don't worry about Lianniang's sister-in-law, her aunt can't just run for her life and pull her down, right?" Besides, her uncle has been doing things in the yamen for so many years, he should always have a little knowledge, and when he heard that the people of Tuqi took Ruqizhai, he should know that Beizheng can't keep it, and it is dangerous for Beizheng to lose Yi County, and he still doesn't run towards the county seat? Can he run together without notifying his three relatives and six relatives? Rest assured, I dare to pat my chest and guarantee that my sister-in-law is now in the county! ”

This is the reason why Zhao Shi has been talking about it over and over again in the past ten days, but Shang Cheng didn't go to his heart when he heard it, but he just looked at the turbid river with rolling waves in front of him with gloomy eyes. He's not worried? How could he not be worried? The closer he is to the county seat, the more worried he becomes! Just now under the city wall of the county seat, his heart was pounding as if it was about to jump out of his chest, if it weren't for the guards around him, if he didn't remember that he had the identity of a village warrior, he wanted to throw everything away and climb to the top of the city, and go to the city to find Lianniang.

He said to himself in his heart over and over again: Lianniang will not have an accident, definitely will not have an accident! How could something be wrong with her? Although it is said that the Tuqi people set fire to Huojiabao, this does not mean that Lianniang also failed to escape......

The stone chewed the cake slowly, and suddenly said in a low voice, "I don't know what the situation is on the mountain baby's side." I dreamed last night that he ......" and he raised his hand and slapped himself.

Shang Cheng glanced at his companion silently. yes, and the mountain baby. Since they heard that the Tuqi people came from the Bohai Sea to attack, both of them took care of the Shanwazi family, and carefully avoided this topic during their conversation.

Both men fell silent for a moment. They don't want to talk about it. But they don't know what to talk about, except for their relatives and friends, who don't know their whereabouts.

The rain is still falling. The raindrops hit the turbulent river, splashing small circles, and before they could make ripples, they were shattered by the river. I don't know when, a ploughing ox that broke free from the reins stood on the ditch across the river, looking curiously at the people here with a pair of big copper bell-like eyes.

Zhao Shishi finished his share of bread in silence, wiped off the sticky dough on his pants, touched it around, walked to the river, squatted down and held a scoop of water in his hand.

Shang Cheng watched him do this and was silent. If he had been in the past, he would have spoken out to stop the stones and rivers were worse than well water, especially in times of chaos, when God knows what was rotting in the water. But after more than ten days of fighting for his life, and getting used to seeing blood and death, he has taken a very light look at these things and doesn't care about them. What if you don't pay attention to hygiene? No matter how hygienic it is, the knife of the Tuqi people is slashed and the gun is poked, and it is not the same as a dead word? The difference between unhygienic and unhygienic is simply early death and late death. Anyway, it's all death, so why bother drinking boiling water instead of cold water. In fact, now he himself no longer pays attention to these trivial "little things", just as he never cares whether the weapon in his hand is a knife or a gun, he eats whatever he has when he is hungry, and he doesn't care whether he still has the blood of the people of Tutu on his hand, and when he is thirsty, he drinks water with his hands, whether it is well water, river water or mud water, as long as it is water......

Before Zhao Shishi could hold a scoop of water to his mouth, a few steps away came from a shout and asked, "What are you doing?!" Then a small officer ran over in a few steps, and before the person could reach the gun in his hand, he smashed on Zhao Shishi's shoulder. Zhao Shiren shook his hand, and the water he picked up was spilled, and he was scolded by the little officer: "You don't want to live anymore?" Who would dare to drink like this? Do you know what this river has? ”

Zhao Shishi obviously didn't understand what was going on, so he asked the officer in a sullen voice, "What's in the river?" ”

"There are bacteria and microbes in the river water! You can't drink ...... raw water like this."

Zhao Shishi held the water and the officer beat people, and then Zhao Shishi looked for scolding stupidly, and this series of things happened in front of Shang Cheng's eyes. He glanced at the two of them a few times, and after seeing that the officer was not trying to bully Zhao Shishi, he turned his gaze to the ploughing cow on the opposite ditch, how good a healthy cow he was, look at the majestic physique, look at the satin-like smooth coat color, and the eyes that seem to be human, what a good animal, you have to take care of a lot of money; Tsk, if there is such a ploughing cow, I don't know how much worry can be saved by the way of life in the fields......

He stared at the cow and smacked his mouth, envious of the owner of the cow, and at this moment, he heard the officer's words to teach Zhao Shishi a lesson.

"There are bacteria and microbes in the river water! You can't drink such raw water! ……”

It was as if a thunderbolt struck him above his head, and in an instant there was only a rumbling thunder in his head, and everything in front of him became blurry and illusory, as if he was looking through an irregular piece of broken glass to observe the world one by one, everything was distorted, everything was indescribable, everything was unreal......

No way! It's impossible! It is absolutely impossible for this world to know "bacteria" and "microorganisms"! Without high-purity glass, without superb glass polishing technology, no one will care about and discover the microscopic world in this era! He had never seen a pure glass product, even a piece of transparent glass slag, he had never even heard of "glass", even if it was glass, he had only heard it once in Gao Xiaosan's mouth, it was "a good baby brought by Persian Hu Shang". But now he heard "bacteria" and "microorganisms" in the mouth of a low-level officer of the Yanshan Guard. It's incredible! It was so unbelievable that it made him feel like he was in a dream that he had conceived......

Of course, he can't be in the "dream world", his numb cheeks and wounds all over his body, as well as his hungry stomach, remind him all the time that he is in a real and cruel world, on the battlefield of cold weapons that determines life and death in an instant, as long as he is a little careless, as long as he is a little careless, waiting for him may be death.

But he did hear the words "bacteria and microorganisms", even if the officer's pronunciation was not standard, but he knew that he was talking about "bacteria" and "microorganisms"!

How is this possible? How is that possible?

…… When he finally got rid of the mess in his brain and forced himself to return to reality, Zhao Shishi was already holding a gourd and drinking water with his head up.

The officer, who was not as tall as Zhao Shigao, scolded again: "Enough! Save some water! This water is the life-saving thing for both of you, and if anyone is injured, you can still use it to wash the wound and wrap it one by one, and it will heal faster. ”

Debridement first and then bandaging should be considered common sense, right? If they had enough time, the soldiers who fought alongside Shang Cheng and them would do the same, but the soldiers did not pay much attention to what kind of water they used to wash their wounds, usually spring water, well water, or river water, as long as it was clean water. But the officer in front of him was obviously different from the officers and soldiers he had met before, and he specifically mentioned that he wanted to use the water in the gourd to clean the wound one by one, could the water in the gourd be different from other water? Or rather, what kind of medicine is added to this water?

He licked his lips and asked in a hoarse voice, "Sir, isn't this gourd water?" ”

"This is boiled water, there are few bacteria and microorganisms, drinking this water can make you less sick, and you can save your life if you don't get sick." The officer began to lecture him again. "There are fewer bacteria and microorganisms, and it is better to wash wounds than ordinary water, and people get better faster."

Shang Cheng swallowed his saliva and asked again, "Why is boiling water so good?" ”

The officer couldn't answer why he didn't get sick after drinking boiling water, and why it would be better to clean the wound with such water, he just repeatedly emphasized that there were fewer bacteria and microorganisms in this water.

"Bacterial, microbes...... What the hell is it? Is it the sediment in the water? Or is it a living creature like fish and shrimp? ”

The officer could not answer this question. He said with some annoyance: "If you tell you that there is, then there must be." You must dare to drink raw water again, and be careful of military law! He glared at Shang Cheng fiercely and walked away in a huff.

When the officer walked away, the soldiers sitting around him smiled and explained to the ignorant Zhao Shishi and Shang Cheng, who was full of doubts, that they were not allowed to drink raw water, and that they should use boiling water to clean the wounds, which were all new rules set in the guard army after the beginning of spring, as for what "bacteria and microorganisms" were, even the captain who had been a soldier for half his life couldn't say clearly, let alone the junior officer just now. There is also a soldier who preached, these two rules are actually the "ancestral secret skills" dedicated to the imperial court by the proprietor of Liu Ji Warehouse in Yixian County, but none of the senior officials of Yanshanwei have ever seen "bacteria and microorganisms", and they dare not rashly play the imperial court, and Liu Ji's proprietor said that he did not know why there are "bacteria and microorganisms" in the raw water, and finally he had to test these two "secret techniques" with the prisoners in the hard labor camp first, and the effect is really good.

"It works...... Okay, isn't it? Shang Cheng asked. He had now roughly guessed the ins and outs of something. Last year, someone was injured on the way to Quzhou, and at that time, he asked people to boil water to clean the wound, and this method was learned by the people in the warehouse; In addition, Gao Xiaosan occasionally walked around his house, and he must have heard the theory of bacteria and microorganisms from Lianniang, and then ran back to the warehouse to show off and publicize, and the warehouse also painted a scoop according to the gourd, and it was effective as soon as he "painted". Since both methods have worked, the owner of the warehouse is unwilling to hide his secrets, so he simply sacrifices this method. But how can an official believe in the "ancestral secret skills" of an inn owner? Although it was said that the method was effective after being used in the warehouse, no one could catch the "bacteria and microorganisms" in the water as evidence, let alone report it to the imperial court, so they had to use prisoners to do "clinical experiments......

"It seems to be okay." After some discussion, several soldiers came to such a conclusion. "Did you see the captain? In the past, whenever he practiced in the wild, he would definitely run his stomach, but since he started drinking boiling water, he didn't seem to see much of his diarrhea. No, from Yanzhou to here, for more than ten days, he jumped around and jumped stronger than us. ”

One sentence made the soldiers around who rested and didn't join the discussion laugh.

"Silence!" A reprimand came from the front, and then the password was handed down one by one: "Single column, set off to the south." ”

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