Chapter 32: The boy wants to try
In the blink of an eye, the time was about to pass, but no one in the cell had come to deliver food.
Zong Zheng was so hungry that there was no stop fighting outside from morning to noon, and Zong Zheng looked out of the iron window, very puzzled in his heart.
At that moment, there was the sound of the cell door being opened.
Zhang Yu came to Zong Zheng, took the prison key and opened the prison door, and said with a solemn expression: "You can go!"
Zong Zheng looked at Zhang Yu and couldn't help but feel very surprised.
"Can I really go?" asked Zongzheng in disbelief,
"What nonsense, tell you to go. Zhang Yu was restless, so he was naturally a little upset, so his tone of voice was more important than usual.
Zong Zheng didn't dare to ask more questions when he saw Zhang Yu's angry appearance, so he walked out of the prison and went to the door of the cell.
Zhang Yu said again from behind.
"For the past two days, the city gates have been sealed, and after a while, you will go out of the city again. ”
Zongzheng let out an "oh" and continued walking. When he came out, he felt his stomach rumbling, and when he saw a soldier, he stepped forward and asked,
"This big brother, where is the cooking place in your barracks?"
The soldier pointed in a direction, and Zong Zheng headed in that direction.
When he came to the room, Zong Zheng saw several large stoves, but this time had already passed, and after looking around, they were all empty stoves, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
When he was about to leave, he vaguely saw a cauldron on a partial stove in the middle of the room steaming faintly, Zong Zheng saw that no one was around, so he opened the cauldron, and saw that there were some steamed buns in it, so he couldn't help but pick up a few and eat them, the food was really ugly, and it was a wolf.
But before he could eat a few bites, the steamed bun was suddenly grabbed from behind.
Zong Zheng turned around and saw an old man in a white coat standing in front of him, and he said angrily: "Where did the little soldier come from, do you understand military regulations?"
Zong Zheng hurriedly explained: "This uncle, I'm so hungry, I really can't hold back when I see food here, I'm sorry." ”
"Do you know who the food in this stove is for?" said the old man, in a heavy tone, rather reproachful.
"Who?" asked Zong Zheng weakly,
"This is for General Wang and General Zhang, who came down from the battlefield, General Zhang has been fighting for so long, and he has not eaten yet, General Wang" The old man suddenly choked up when he said General Wang.
Zong Zheng saw that the old man mentioned General Wang's voice was low, and he didn't talk anymore, his expression was quite sad, and he was a little curious in his heart, and couldn't help asking,
"What's wrong with General Wang?"
The old man saw that Zong Zheng looked confused, and seemed to not know that General Wang was hit by an arrow and his life was hanging by a thread, and he was a little curious in his heart, all the soldiers knew about it, why did the person in front of him not know it, so he asked sharply,
"You're not a soldier in the army, tell me, who are you?"
Zong Zheng was a little nervous when asked by the old man, General Wang Jian said that he was a Mongolian traitor, and General Zhang Yu released himself inexplicably, and he himself didn't know what his current identity was, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Yu walked over.
When the old man saw Zhang Yu, he greeted him and said, "General Zhang." ”
When Zong Zheng saw Zhang Yu, he lowered his head and didn't speak, and he didn't dare to look at Zhang Yu squarely.
Zhang Yu asked the old man, "What's wrong?"
"This kid is of unknown origin, and he actually secretly ate the steamed buns left for you, and I am interrogating him?" the old man grabbed Zongzheng's hand and explained,
Zhang Yu looked at the person in front of him carefully and recognized it as Zongzheng.
"Oh, this person is a friend of General Wang and me, you can make two portions of steamed buns, one for me and one for him. Zhang Yu explained to the old man gently.
After hearing Zhang Yu's explanation, the old man glanced at Zong Zheng, and said no more, just turned around and picked up the steamed buns in the pot.
Zhang Yu patted Zong Zheng on the shoulder,
"Brother Mei Yong, you didn't have a good attitude just now, don't be angry, I'm just a rough person. ”
Zong Zheng raised his head and looked at Zhang Yu,
"General Zhang, I'm not angry, I'm just wondering, General Wang said I was a traitor, why did you let me go again?"
The old man brought two steamed buns, steaming hot.
"General, your steamed buns. The old man handed two steamed buns to Zhang Yu, and he didn't mean to give them to Zongzheng.
Zhang Yu took the steamed bun and handed one to Zongzheng.
"You haven't eaten yet, come, eat together, explain as you eat. ”
Zong Zhengfang only ate a few bites, his stomach was still hungry, took the steamed bun, thanked Zhang Yu and ate it.
"Actually, General Wang put you in a prison cell, not because he regarded you as a traitor, he just wanted to try you. Zhang Yu explained,
"What to try?" Zong Zheng couldn't help but wonder,
Zhang Yu had a very poor appetite, and he didn't want to talk more, so he replied hastily.
"It's nothing, you're free anyway!"
Zong Zheng thought of the old man's expression when he mentioned General Wang, and felt that General Wang must have had an accident, so he asked with concern, "Then how is General Wang?"
General Zhang let out a long sigh.
"General Wang was hit by two arrows in his body, and I heard Doctor Hu say that only people with profound internal skills can help General Wang escape this catastrophe, otherwise, he can only resign himself to fate. As he spoke, he put down the steamed bun in his hand.
Zong Zheng was very shocked when he heard this, chewing the steamed bun in his mouth in a daze, and finally understood the old man's expression.
Zhang Yu took a few steamed buns casually and put the bowl back on the stove.
"You eat slowly, I have something to deal with. With that, he left.
Zong Zheng looked at the sad eyes of the old man and Zhang Yu, and felt inexplicably unhappy in his heart, and muttered in his heart: "General Zhang said that only people with deep internal strength can save General Wang, I don't know how deep this internal strength should be? ”
When he was thinking about it, two soldiers came next to him, and only one of them said: "This general Wang is in danger of the safety of Diaoyu City, and now he is seriously injured, if the Diaoyu City is broken by the Mongols, they take advantage of the situation to go down the Jialing River and join Kublai Khan in Ezhou, our people of the Great Song Dynasty will really fall into dire straits." ”
Another soldier wished: "I only hope that General Wang is auspicious." ”
After Zong Zheng heard the conversation between the two, he felt more and more that he should go to help, no matter whether he could be saved or not, he could feel at ease if he tried it.
Zong Zheng immediately put down the bowl in his hand and went to the military medical hall.
Zong Zheng walked into the museum and happened to see Hu Shicong, so he stepped forward to greet him: "Uncle, do you still know me?"
Hu Shicong saw that it was the young man of that day, so he replied: "Your name is Mei Yong." ”
"It's the juniors. Zong Zheng was a little curious, why the old man knew his name, and thought that it was important to save General Wang Jian, so he no longer dwelled on this issue.
"I said, Mei Yong, why are you here in this military medical hall?" Hu Shicong asked kindly,
"I want to see how General Wang's injuries are?" Zong Zheng replied,
"Could it be that you know medical skills?" asked Hu Shicong,
Zong Zheng shook his head.
"I don't understand, but I've practiced"
Zong Zheng was just about to pick up the word "internal strength", but as soon as it came to his mouth, he thought again: "First, the depth of his skills is still unknown, and second, I am afraid that exposing my martial arts will cause a lot of trouble." So he endured it again.
Hu Shicong asked, "What have you practiced?"
"Oh, I mean, I've practiced taking care of the sick, so why don't you let me stay with General Wang to take care of him? ”
Hu Shicong was concerned about Wang Jian's safety, so he did not delve into Zongzheng's explanation, and saw that Zongzheng was also a person with a conscience, so he agreed casually.
Zong Zheng followed Hu Shicong into the inner hall and entered Wang Jian's ward, where Mrs. Wang was wiping the sweat beads on Wang Jian's forehead with a hot towel.
Zongzheng didn't shirk or explain, just quietly picked up the basin and walked out.
Hu Shicong didn't speak, but just held a medical scripture on the side and studied it carefully.
Time is passing bit by bit, and several hours have passed for Zhang Bang.
The night enveloped the military medical hall, and the smell of blood filled the air, and occasionally there were a few sounds of wounded soldiers coughing.
Seeing that it was already night, Zhang Yu was afraid that the Mongolian army would take advantage of Wang Jian's serious injury to sneak attack in the dark night, so he ordered Zhang Chi and Ma Qian and other generals to lead the patrol defense.
Zhang Yu saw that no one came to unveil the list for a few hours, and some couldn't hold back, so he led Wang Anjie and Zhu Quanyi to push open the door and walk in.
When Hu Shicong saw Zhang Yu coming, he quickly put down his book and asked, "General Zhang, how is it?"
Zhang Yu shook his head.
Hu Shicong stroked his white beard and sighed.
"Hey, the old man also consulted the medical scriptures, but he didn't find a better cure. ”
"However, General Wang can't just drag it out. Zhang Yu was very anxious.
"Life and death are fate, wait another day, wait another day and still have no one to help, it depends on the will of God?" Hu Shicong comforted Zhang Yu, still unwilling to take such a big risk to heal Wang Jian, thinking about pushing the last hope to tomorrow.
The charcoal fire in the house was almost finished, and the previous fiery red state was gone, and the ashes that had been burned through on the charcoal were falling off little by little, falling into the furnace and turning into ashes.
The crowd was silent, not knowing what to do.
Zong Zheng had been wavering before, and this time he finally couldn't help it.
"Are you looking for someone with profound internal strength?" asked Zong Zheng intermittently, a little unconfident and a little worried.
"That's right, at the moment, only people with profound internal skills can save General Wang's life. Hu Shicong replied.
Zong Zheng looked at Hu Shicong and said, "I think, I can give it a try." ”
When everyone heard Zong Zheng's words and saw that Zong Zheng proposed to give it a try at a young age, they all had an incredulous attitude.
General Zhu Bijiang said coldly: "You are a milky kid, you have learned a little martial arts, how strong can your internal strength be?" A trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.
Zhang Yu patted Zongzheng's shoulder and said gently,
"Brother Mei, I know you're kind, but you really can't help. ”
Everyone was suspicious of Zongzheng, but Hu Shicong had a believing gaze, he stood up and brought a kettle from the table.