I heard the soldiers on the castle tower shouting excitedly: "The enemy has withdrawn!" "Victory!"

Zuo Shaoyang breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that some of the soldiers on the city tower were also involved in rescuing the injured soldiers, he felt a little relieved, and decided to go to the wounded soldiers treatment center to see if he could help.

He carried a wounded soldier down the tower, found a door panel, put the seriously wounded soldier on the upper door panel, and carried it with the second daughter to the yamen of the state capital.

The three of them carried the badly wounded soldier to the open space of the yamen of the state capital, which was already full of wounded soldiers wailing in pain. More than a dozen military doctors are treating wounded soldiers.

Zuo Shaoyang put the wounded soldier on the ground and began to walk around the crowd to see the military doctors treat the wounded soldiers. Ancient Chinese wars continued, in the treatment of gold wounds, accumulated a wealth of experience, seeing them on the splint of the splint, dressing of the medicine, busy in a mess, these are military doctors, gold wounds generally do not ask local doctors for help, besides, he is just a small man, people will not trust the wounded and sick to hand over to their own treatment.

Looking back, the city was still full of smoke, but there were far fewer places where the flames were rising. Now that the enemy has retreated, the officers and men will be able to free up their manpower to put out the fire. Zuo Shaoyang saw that the second daughter's face was full of flowers and green, like a big cat, especially Miao Peilan, who was even more covered with the blood of the enemy soldiers she killed, and looked even more embarrassed, presumably he was no better, so he said, "Let's go back." The enemy forces have retreated, and for the time being they are fine. ”

Li Dazhuang and the others helped carry the wounded soldiers, and they didn't know where they went, so the three of them returned to Guizhitang.

Old Lady Qu has been transferred to the old mansion of the Qu family next door, but Old Lady Qu and Aunt Long are both here and watching with the Liang family, and only Mrs. Qu stays in the old mansion to wait for Old Lady Qu.

When they saw that they had returned, they all breathed a sigh of relief, but when they saw that all three of them were covered in blood, they all panicked again. Zuo Shaoyang briefly told what happened, and also said that Miao Peilan killed three enemy soldiers, saying that most of the blood on his body was from these enemies. Only then did everyone feel relieved, but they all sweated for them.

When Liang heard that the enemy army had retreated, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with palpitations: "It's good to retreat, if you come into the city, then it's ......."

Zuo Gui said: "What's wrong with entering the city? Didn't you hear what my uncle said? The rebels don't kill the common people, and they can be regarded as a benevolent and righteous army, so even if they kill into the city, they are not afraid. ”

Zuo Shaoyang shook his head and said, "Dad!" I don't believe it now! ”

"What do you mean?" Zuo Gui stroked his beard and looked at him.

"In the morning, I went to fetch water and met Mr. Jia from Laohuai Village, the same one we treated his son last time. He also fled out of the city, only to be driven back by the rebels......"

"Listen, isn't that right? If it were other enemy troops, they would have killed the people and plundered the wealth a long time ago, in the end, they were also our court officials, it's different! ”

"It's no different! Dad, you didn't listen to me! Zuo Shaoyang said, "Those rebels drove the fleeing people to the city, and they were not allowed to escape, and those who fled were shot to death." The old man who owned the grocery store in our next-door neighbor, Mr. Jia, said that he saw with his own eyes that he had shot the rebels to death, and his head was pierced by arrows, because he wanted to escape. If it is really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, these are the fleeing people who do not pose any threat, why don't they let the people leave? Why shoot the fleeing civilians? - They are just fleeing people, not captives! ”

Zuo Gui's hand brushing his beard stopped, was stunned for a moment, and said, "Really? ”

"Not really! What is the intention of the rebels to drive the people into the city? At first, I didn't quite understand, but then there was a fire in the city, and we rushed to help, and I found that the place where the fire broke out was a big family not far in front of the Qingxiang Tea Shop! It was from there that it burned up and spread. In addition, there were many fire points in the city, and what I saw along the way was that the houses along the eastern city were ignited by long rockets fired by the besieging enemy, and almost all the other places in the city were burned down by large mansions, which spread to other houses. How is it possible that many wealthy people are on fire at the same time? It is clear that there are enemy forces in the army that should take advantage of the chaos to set fire! Why do they burn big houses? ”

Zuo Gui was stunned for a moment: "Maybe it's ......, this ......, it's also very common for people who are angry and laughing." ”

"It's different! This time, so many large families were burned during the enemy siege at the same time, and it was definitely not because of hatred of the rich! ”

"Why is that?"

"Because many of these big families have food in stock! -- The enemy army has burned all the grain and grass of the counterinsurgency officers and soldiers, and has also burned the grain stored by the yamen in the city that has not yet been collected by the officials and soldiers, and now they have burned so many large households with only one purpose, that is, to leave Hezhou without grain! They want to starve tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the city to death! ”

"Huh?" A room full of people looked at each other, and the result was terrible.

Zuo Shaoyang continued: "Today I saw on the city tower that the enemy army attacked the city of tens of thousands of people, most of the officers and soldiers in the city went out of the city to suppress bandits, and there were only a few thousand people defending the city, and the enemy's combat effectiveness was obviously stronger than that of the official army. Why do they have the ability to seize Hezhou but don't? Because they don't want to seize Hezhou at all! They burned the grain and wanted to starve us to death, not because it was difficult for Hezhou to take measures as a last resort, but for another purpose! I don't know what their purpose is now, I only know that they don't let the people flee, and they want to lock up tens of thousands of people in the city of Hezhou, where there is no food, so that we will starve to death! With such a vicious army, can it be called a teacher of benevolence and righteousness? ”

The room was silent, and listening to Zuo Shaoyang's analysis, they all felt very reasonable. I can't help but feel heavy in my heart, the little good feeling I still have for the rebels is gone.

Zuo Shaoyang said fiercely: "So, we don't have any hope for such a rebel, since they want to harm us, we can't sit still." Anyway, I thought about it, no matter who it is, if he wants me to die, I will want him to die first! Never a lamb to the slaughter! ”

These words were said sonorously and powerfully, Zuo Shaoyang felt very satisfied, and when he waved his fist angrily, Bai Zhihan's voice came from his ears: "Okay, don't break it blindly, it's important to hurry up and see my grandfather!" ”

"Who broke it?" Zuo Shaoyang glared at her angrily.

"No matter who is foolish, you will hurry up and treat my grandfather! Okay, my grandfather can turn the corner and ......."

"How's that talent?" Zuo Shaoyang asked suspiciously.

"Pretend to be crazy and stupid! Cure the disease! ”

"Who pretended? You speak clearly, so what can you do? ”

Zuo Gui next to him coughed lightly and said, "Zhong'er, you go to see Old Lady Qu's illness first, when you went out before, after Old Lady Qu took the Dushen Soup, the prostration was really controlled." My father has already prescribed medicine according to the prescription you prescribed to Mrs. Qu before, which calms the liver and extinguishes wind, clears heat and dispels phlegm, and gives it to Mrs. Qu. You go for a follow-up appointment. ”

"Oh!" Zuo Shaoyang glared at Bai Zhihan, "Aren't you going to see your grandfather?" Let's go? ”

Bai Zhihan didn't dare to contradict it, and took him to the bedroom of the old lady Qu in the Qu family's old mansion.

Zuo Shaoyang sat down to check the pulse, and found that although the old lady Qu had not yet woken up, his pulse had taken a big turn, and his heart was a little settled.

Bai Zhihan secretly stared at him on the side, she didn't know how to treat medicine, she could only judge whether it was good or bad by observing Zuo Shaoyang's expression, as long as he frowned, it meant that it was not good, seeing that Zuo Shaoyang's eyebrows were not locked, but there was a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, he knew that his grandfather's illness had really improved, and he was so happy in his heart.

Zuo Shaoyang said to Mrs. Qu who was waiting: "Madam, Mrs. Qu's condition has improved, but she is still in danger, you must continue to keep vigil and observe, you must not take it lightly, come and call me immediately if you have a problem!" ”

Mrs. Qu hurriedly agreed.

Zuo Shaoyang said goodbye and went out and returned to the pharmacy.

Zuo Shaoyang took the little squirrel out of the bag, helped it carefully wash the blood on its paws, and fed it food.

Liang called Zuo Gui aside and said in a low voice: "Master, their old lady is getting better, why don't they mention the matter of marrying their granddaughter?" ”

Zuo Gui laughed dryly: "People said it last time, Old Lady Qu is well, her consciousness is restored, and she will get married, although it is a little better now, but Old Lady Qu understands that she has to wait for the crisis to turn into safety, and now the old lady Qu's illness is not yet safe, so people naturally don't mention it." Besides, Mrs. Qu is a six-grade lady, and she naturally counts when she speaks, and she doesn't have to talk about what she says all day long, when the time comes, she will naturally do it for them. ”

Hearing Zuo Gui say this, Liang was also a little relieved, remembered something, and said: "I'm still worried about Zhong'er, he is a stubborn temper, but Bai Zhihan's surname is also stubborn, this is good, they have all met together, and now Zhong'er doesn't know whether to agree, even if he agrees, I am afraid that there will be quarrels in the future." ”

"That's not necessarily, I see that although this white girl is cold on the surface, her heart is still kind, he saw Zhong'er go to fight the fire before, and he was worried, so he also followed, so it's good for the husband to sing and the wife with him!"

"She didn't say that she was worried that no one would come to save her grandfather if something happened to Zhong'er, but she didn't necessarily really care about Zhong'er."

"You know what? Our two families have already agreed, and the white girl knows that she is Zhong'er's fiancée, and she is worried when she sees that her husband is in danger, and it is difficult to say it directly, so she found such an excuse to follow, hehe. ”

Liang looked suddenly enlightened, and said with a smile: "It would be nice if this was the case!" ”

At this moment, someone knocked on the door urgently, and it was an old woman's voice: "Is Zuo Langzhong there?" We're here to get a doctor, please open the door. ”

I was worried that the enemy would kill, so I closed the door of the pharmacy, and when I heard the knock on the door, Liang agreed, and was about to open the door, when Miao Peilan's younger siblings and two sons and a few little guys had already rushed to open the door.

(To be continued)