"Twenty-three. In the morning, a few more serious cases were sent to Miss Qiao's tent, but ......"

Zhang Mingqi's voice was a little heavy, and he didn't finish the sentence, but he knew that Abu must understand what his blank space meant.

He thought it was because the cowhide armor on his body was too tight, after all, he didn't know how to do this kind of rough dress before, at that time, he liked silk clothes, and when he touched it, it was like the skin of the girl who invited Yuelou in Jianye City to be so smooth.

He tugged hard, but still felt a little breathless.

According to Miss Qiao's new prescription, the number of serious patients continued unabated, and the patients in each battalion were not emotionally stable, and they all scolded Miss Qiao for being a quack, and some even refused to drink the medicine. ”

He looked at the piles of wood, into which the bodies were being brought one by one, and he knew that these were the sins of his father and those man-made.

He had never thought that there would be people who were not well fed and clothed in such a wealthy Jingwu, but when he really saw the victims living in the greenhouse and sleeping with each other, he really felt the feeling of thunder in the sky.

These ragged victims were covered in stinking clothes, and they could not even get enough food for a day, let alone a soft bed.

These people have long lost their dignity.

He thought silently as he passed by the victims.

The matter of survival has become so heavy and so difficult here.

When one needs to exert all the strength of one's body to hold on to the little hope of survival, it is impossible to take care of other side matters.

Even if a piece of dough fell to the ground, stained with muddy water, they could coax each other and fight for a long time, and the hunting dogs in the barracks ran out of the wind without noticing, and even attracted groups of victims to chase after them with big sticks, and they were almost caught and stewed in soup.

Why?

And when he stood at the center of this catastrophe, looking at those who were struggling on the verge of life and death because of the plague, his eyes gradually changed from hope to despair, and he clenched his fists inexplicably.

His nails were deeply embedded in his palms, and he frowned as if he didn't feel the pain, even glad he had found the only way to make him easier.

"It's important to drink medicine, even if they don't want to drink it, you have to give it to them. Abu nodded, there was also some worry on his face, Qin Ke went to such a dangerous place as Zhongyu Mountain alone, and the agreement was that he had to rush back within three days, although it was only more than a day later, but in the vast mountains, how easy is it to find enough snake gall to make medicine for six thousand people?

The situation in the camp became more and more serious, but he could only muffle and carry this heavy burden on his shoulders.

Gao Changgong left Wu County shortly after Qin Ke left, the army has been assembled, he naturally wants to go back to sit in the army, the bandits around Dahe County because of the disaster are becoming more and more rampant, if you don't settle down as soon as possible, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles at that time.

And Abu is alone here, in fact, he is quite lonely, Zhang Fuzhi is not a good person to him, and there is a difference between men and women, so he can only be regarded as a nodding friend.

Now that there is one more Zhang Mingqi, he suddenly feels an inexplicable comfort.

Although he and Zhang Mingqi didn't deal with each other much before, and there was another fight, it did not prevent him from temporarily forming an "alliance" at this time to deal with the current predicament together.

Zhang Mingqi was physically and mentally exhausted, found a firewood and sat down, and looked at the sky in a daze: "You and I both know that those medicines are just some things that clear the heart and calm the mind, and it is impossible to cure the plague." You said that Qin Ke has already gone to find a medicine primer, when will he be able to come back?"

"I don't know. Abu also sat down and sighed: "What else can we do, although some people refuse to drink the medicine, but after all, most people are still unwilling to give up that glimmer of life, if they don't even have to drink the medicine, they are afraid that they will be even more desperate, and when the time comes, what should we do? We can't let them run out, once they get out, what if the plague spreads to the whole county or even the entire Dahe County? Then we people will be the sinners of Jingwu in the future." ”

"A sinner is a sinner. Zhang Mingqi bowed his head and said, "It's better than doing something meaningless here all day long." ”

He felt an inexplicable sense of guilt, even though he kept persuading himself: what did these things have to do with him......? What does it matter if you die more? There has never been equality between people, and there will always be people who are high up above and look at these people below with cold eyes, like looking at a bunch of ants trapped in a jar......

High up –

He suddenly remembered.

He had fallen from a great height, throwing off the aura of his mixed blessings, and the glory he thought he held in his hands......

Now he is one of the untouchables.

Thinking of this, his heart throbbed again, and he hurriedly covered his chest with his hands, biting his lip fiercely with his teeth.

Abu tensed, looked at him and said, "You won't ...... What do you want to do......"

Zhang Mingqi sneered: "What can I do? I'm just a small soldier now, and my only power is ...... They eat gruel, and I can eat white flour steamed buns, I just ...... Tell me casually, will you take it seriously? Do you think I am still the same Zhang Dagongzi who used to spend a lot of money at every turn? Hehe, then I can directly buy koi flowers from everywhere at twice the price of gold, how can I sit here and ...... with you?"

Zhang Mingqi didn't continue, and laughed again self-deprecatingly.

Abu listened to the anger in his words, and didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only mutter: "I'm also worried about your brain fever for a while, afraid that you will do something out of the ordinary......"

"Don't worry. Zhang Mingqi's voice was a little desolate, obviously a young man who was like a seedling growing strongly, but he had a little old man's calmness, "I'm not that stupid." ”

He stood up and said, "I'm leaving, I'm still busy, and I want you to do the same." ”

Abu chased after him and said, "I'll send you ......."

"Send?" Zhang Mingqi smiled even more sadly, turned his head and looked at Abu carefully, and said coldly: "Are you pitying me?"

Abu didn't speak, and perhaps he had to admit that he did have a little pity for him, and that he had that meaning since that day when he knelt in front of Gao Changgong, covered in mud and water, although not all.

"Forget it. Zhang Mingqi shook his head and said as he strode forward: "I hate pity, it's like ...... I used to have no pity for you poor pariahs, I used to treat you like a pack of dogs, and now I ...... I've become a dog myself, but even so, you're not in a position to despise me......"

"No...... That's not true. Abu hurriedly shouted, but finally whispered, "We, we are classmates...... We were in a school. ”

Zhang Mingqi's whole body was shocked, and his footsteps paused.

After a long time, Abu heard Zhang Mingqi's cold voice, very soft, but just enough for him to hear.

"Thank you. Zhang Mingqi didn't turn his head and walked away slowly.

"What is this?" Zhou Gongjin looked at the black cloth in his hand and asked suspiciously.

Standing in front of him was a general raised by Gao Changgong, named Conley, who was cautious and serious, but his body was a little worse, and his thin cheeks looked like he had been stabbed with a knife and axe, and his eye sockets were deeply sunken, showing a little weakness and exhaustion.

Zhou Gongjin actually knew why Gao Changgong promoted him, not only because he believed in the reliability of this person's ability and character, but also because he liked this person's illness and weakness all along.

I am afraid that many people will be strange when this kind of thing is said.

Is it child's play to appoint generals? How can one take a fancy to a person's physical pain?

But Zhou Gongjin knew that since everything was stable in Jianye City, the next thing would naturally be the most important things that had been on the agenda, and at the latest in the early spring of next year, the entire army would begin to eliminate the old and weak, promote the new army, and all the armaments of Jingwu would be integrated.

Since he hasn't taken a fancy to a really suitable person at the moment, it will be a lot less trouble to put a frail and sickly honest man in this position first, and when he is replaced one day in the future.

Of course, this kind of thinking cannot be put on the table.

The turmoil in the court is often between silence and sound, although Gao Changgong governs the army, he also has to use a little of this kind of skill.

Kang used his strength to give up, the newly promoted he was trying to do something to repay Gao Changgong's kindness, these days he didn't even sleep to disarm his armor, but let the original "old brothers" laugh at him for being a daughter-in-law for many years, and refused to let the "high" armor leave him even half an inch.

In this regard, he also laughed loudly and scolded back: "Fuck your mother! Lao Tzu is a daughter-in-law, why is it that you bastards have become a mother-in-law? You bastards accept your fate, and you can only be an angry little daughter-in-law in this life!"

In fact, he also knows that with his own body, this "mother-in-law" can't be for too long, but at least she can do it for a day!

When he returns home with glory in the future, he can at least brag with the little rabbit cubs at home, he just added a big golden grandson before he came out, which makes him happy!

In another ten years and eight years, when he sits under the warm afternoon sun, leaning on the comfortable recliner, he can tell his grandson a story about when his grandfather was a general......