One hundred and sixty-nine
When they were still a few days away from Yuzhang, Fu Wei parted ways with his troops and went to Lingnan with Zhou Yi.
Fu Wei met up with Zhou Yi, but because of their hasty march, they had no chance to have a private conversation until the evening, when they stopped to set up camp.
Fu Wei had a secret conversation with Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi said, "I've heard about what you said earlier about finding Captain Wu."
Fu Wei: "How did the Sect Master deal with it?"
Zhou Yi laughed at himself, "With the external threat still unaddressed, internal strife is brewing within the family. I'm afraid someone will take advantage of the situation."
The implication is that it has not been dealt with.
"Father only said that he would give me an explanation once the dust settles."
Upon hearing this, Fu Wei pondered for a few breaths before asking tentatively, "Are you really going to attack Cangwu City?"
Zhou Yi looked at him and said, "How can I disobey the Emperor's orders?"
Fu Wei didn't give an answer, but only asked, "Sir, do you obey the emperor's orders or the clan leader's orders?"
Zhou Yi stared at Fu Wei sharply without saying a word.
After a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Fu Wei, what is there that you can't see through or guess?"
Fu Wei bowed and said, "It all depends on what you, sir, want me to see through and guess."
Zhou Yi's smile deepened. "When my father came, he told me that I could discuss some of the things I discussed with him with you."
After saying this, he waved his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and turned his back to Fu Wei: "Hit me, but I won't hit you either."
Fu Wei raised his eyebrows slightly, understanding the meaning of this sentence.
In short, it is just a perfunctory act, pretending to fight but not really doing it.
Zhou Yi looked around and made sure it was safe before he said quietly, "When a treacherous minister usurps the throne, who among the ministers can submit? Who among the powerful and aristocratic families can submit? But we absolutely cannot be the first to do so."
Turning back to look at Fu Wei: "Do you understand what I mean?"
Fu Wei lowered his eyes slightly: "I understand."
"Once you understand, you'll know what to do."
The current emperor is a treacherous minister, and he has not yet committed treason. Even if they rebel, the history books will not record them as traitors. So why don't they rebel?
*
Yu Ying and Fu Wei parted ways and finally arrived in Yuzhang under the escort of more than a hundred people.
But the journey was not so smooth, and I had to hide several times in a few days.
Yu Ying saw real fighting with swords and guns, and saw the broken limbs and corpses everywhere after the fight, the wounds and blood and horror.
Even though I was mentally prepared, I was still frightened by the horrific and intense scene.
The students who were traveling with me had nightmares for several days.
When they arrived in Yuzhang, Zhou's wife, Mo, arranged for a maid to pick them up and take them to a courtyard with two entrances.
There were two maids in the yard who served them.
The old woman handed a small box to Yu Ying and said, "My wife asked me to give the two girls' indentures and the deed to this house to Madam Yu. From now on, it will be up to Madam Yu to deal with them."
"How can I accept a reward if I haven't done anything for it?"
The old woman smiled and lowered her voice, "Madam, what are you talking about? How can you say you don't want to receive a reward without any merit? If it weren't for Mr. Fu clearing our master's name, how could he have regained his rank as General of the Central Army?"
The old woman pushed the box and said, "My lady, please don't refuse it, and don't despise it. This is the best gift my lady can offer."
The head of the Zhou family probably felt that he owed his second son, so when Zhou Yi returned from Yu County with almost nothing, he subsidized him with a lot of private property.
However, since these items had just been acquired, it was not easy to use them as rewards, so Mrs. Mo chose this inconspicuous house.
"My wife also said that if Madam Yu feels unworthy of it, she can buy it at 50% of the market price. If she doesn't have that much money, she can pay it annually or even spread it over several years."
To be honest, Yu Ying felt very uncomfortable about accepting a house for nothing.
If it is counted as 50%, it can actually be regarded as a favor from the lady of the Zhou family, but she is a person who knows the times. Mrs. Mo wants her to accept this favor, and if she does not accept it, it will make her unhappy.
Yu Ying took the box with a smile and said, "Then let's calculate it as 50%. Madam, please thank Madam Zhou for me."
Although I don't know how much the 50% price is, Yuzhang is a Shangjun. It is definitely not enough to buy such a big house in Cangwu City at least one hundred or eighty taels. In Shangjun, it will cost at least four or five times more.
After receiving the house deed and the indenture, Yu Ying looked at the two teenage girls and said, "My family doesn't have as many rules as the wealthy families. Just do your housework well, don't be lazy, and don't gossip. I will give you a monthly salary every month."
The two maids had obviously been trained and saluted respectfully: "We are at your service, my lady."
Yu Ying didn't say much and asked them to help pack up.
There was no task that she was not used to, so she just treated the two girls as workers working for her.
There are several back rooms in the front of the second courtyard, which can be used to accommodate the students who come with them.
It is over a thousand miles away from home, and most of the children are in their teens. Yu Ying is worried about leaving them living away from home.
Safety is one of them.
Second, they are young and easily misled.
The wealth of Yuzhang is dazzling. Coming from a remote and backward place, even adults will be blinded by it. Teenagers are not yet mature, so it is hard not to get lost in this prosperity.
After settling everyone down, Yu Ying took a tour around the house.
This house is brighter and cleaner than the one in Yu County. Even the flowers and plants in the courtyard are exquisite. Several jujube trees are full of green and red jujubes hanging from their branches.
When she walked into the yard, she saw Fu Ning staring at her under the tree, his saliva almost dripping.
Fu'an used a bamboo pole to knock the dates. Fu Ning was not in a hurry to eat them, so he picked them up and put them in the small basket.
Yu Ying really likes this kind of courtyard.
She changed her clothes and went out to the brokerage office to check out the housing prices nearby, which were pretty much what she expected.
Fifty percent is about two hundred taels.
She wanted to open a clinic, and although she would need a lot of money to operate it, she could come up with two hundred taels.
Since I went to the dental clinic, I also took a look at the shops that could be rented.
Yuzhang is a prosperous city, and everything is expensive, with the most expensive being the housing prices.
A small shop would cost forty or fifty taels of rent a year, and a bigger one would cost double that, so she needed a bigger one.
Fortunately, I have a thousand taels of silver in my savings, so I don’t have to worry too much.
The clinic needs to be opened, but we have to spend some time to understand the various clinics in Yuzhang City first, so as to avoid the situation of being targeted by several clinics when we appear in Yu County again.
*
After resting for a few days, he temporarily taught in the outer courtyard of the second courtyard.
During the class, there was a sudden knock on the door.
The servant went to open the door, and soon the servant came in to report: "Second Madam, the people outside said that they are from the Zhou family and they want to see you for something."
Zhou family.
Yu Ying knew which Zhou family it was. After thinking for a while, she let the students review on their own while she went to meet the guests.
When I walked to the door, I saw an old man in his fifties. He was not dressed like an ordinary person, but his appearance was not eye-catching.
The old man saw the young woman and bowed, "I heard that Madam Fu Langjun is a female doctor with great medical skills and outstanding suturing skills. I believe this must be Madam Yu."
Yu Ying nodded slightly: "I wonder what this old man's name is, and what's the matter?"
The old man introduced himself: "My surname is Zheng, you can call me Manager Zheng."
"I'm here because a group of men were ordered out and were ambushed, leaving many seriously injured. My master has come to ask Madam Yu and her disciples to come and help."
Yu Ying asked cautiously, "How can I believe that you are from the Zhou family?"
"Madam Yu." A woman's voice came from the alley.
Hearing the voice, Yu Ying stepped over the threshold and looked outside, only to see an old woman standing in the alley.
It was the nanny beside Zhou's wife, Mrs. Mo, who was also the old woman who came to receive them when they first arrived in Yuzhang.
The old woman bowed to her.
Manager Zheng said, "My master knows that Madam Yu doesn't believe it, so he specially asked Mrs. Luo to come along."
Yu Ying no longer doubted and asked, "How many people were injured?"
"More than ten people were seriously injured, and more than eighty people were slightly injured."
Yu Ying quickly turned around and pointed at the older student, saying, "Prepare the sutures and bleeding-stopping medicine immediately and come with me."
The person whose name was called did not dare to slack off and immediately turned around to get the thing.
Yu Ying prepared an emergency medical kit for each person in case of emergency.
In just a moment, they all quickly brought out medical kits and lined up.
Manager Zheng carefully observed the movements in the yard.
Except for an adult male, the oldest of these children is only about fifteen years old, and the youngest... should be around ten years old, and bears some resemblance to Mr. Fu.
These children did not panic because of the sudden incident. Instead, they seemed to have been trained, moving quickly and neatly, ready for action.
Manager Zheng actually saw some of the strict military discipline in these children.
His eyes fell on the young woman, wondering whether these children were taught by Mr. Fu or by this woman herself.
After Yu Ying arranged for the others to review on their own, she turned to Manager Zheng and said, "It's time to go."
Manager Zheng raised his hand to invite her: "Madam, please go first."
Yu Ying came out of the door and walked into the alley before she saw a carriage parked at the entrance.
This time, the treatment was only for men, and it was too bloody, so Yu Ying did not bring the female students out.
After boarding the carriage and exiting the street, we headed towards the city gate. The carriage manager explained, "Returning wounded from the march would likely cause panic among the people. The place where the wounded are being housed is not far outside the city, and we'll be there in less than half an hour."
After half an hour, they arrived at a farm. Before entering, Yu Ying smelled a strong smell of blood and suppressed moans.
As soon as the gate was opened, the smell of blood made people want to vomit.
The yard was filled with injured people sitting on the ground, gritting their teeth and cleaning their wounds themselves.
Many people were shirtless, with bloody wounds on their arms, chests, and legs.
The flesh and blood were turned inside out, and it was bloody and horrible.
Yu Ying had seen many bloody scenes before, when Prefect Shen was assassinated during a hunting expedition, and on the way to Yuzhang. Seeing this scene again, she calmed down quickly.
He turned to look at the other teenagers who were almost scared silly, their faces were pale and they seemed to be frightened.
In order to train the courage of these children, Yu Ying took them to watch the pig-slaughtering scene again and again.
At first they all felt uncomfortable, and some even vomited many times, but gradually they became numb.
Not only did she take them to slaughter pigs, she also took them to the cemetery many times in order to train their courage to face the dead.
Regardless of the effectiveness, it is always useful. After seeing the tragic post-war scenes along the way, at least no one is rushing out now.
Yu Ying said in a deep voice: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and save them. Work in pairs, starting with the less seriously injured. Fu An and Deputy Chen, follow me!"
The others did not dare to relax and quickly worked in groups of two to rescue people.
It was probably the first time, and their hands were shaking slightly, which was why Yu Ying asked them to start stitching the less serious injuries.
Yu Ying took Assistant Chen and the steward to see the seriously injured people.
Not long after they arrived, another group of military doctors arrived. Seeing a group of half-grown children treating the wounded, they angrily shouted "nonsense", but found that none of the children paid any attention to them. They were all concentrating on cleaning the wounds or stitching them.
When he went forward, he saw that he was stitching a wound. After a moment's surprise, he found Manager Zheng and learned that he was Madam Yu's disciple. He stopped talking and turned to treat other people's wounds.
They only treated the wounds but did not bandage them. After the children's wounds were sutured, they took the initiative to bandage them and let the children do the sutures.
They are military doctors of the Zhou family army. Not long ago, they heard from the Zhou family that there is a suture technique that has almost no side effects such as pus formation and fever.
After careful inquiry, I learned that it was improved by the wife of an aide under Zhou Jia Erlang.
After knowing about this person, he began to inquire about her background and found out that the woman was not a quack, so he stopped scolding her.
When it got dark, they lit the oil lamps and continued working in a hurry, with no one free.
We didn't breathe a sigh of relief until all the injured were treated.
Some people were seriously injured and even after their wounds were treated, they still couldn't survive.
Watching the wounded die in front of my own eyes makes me feel upset and sad.
When they returned to the city at dawn, they were silent. They were not excited about saving people or being praised by Yu Ying for "doing a good job".
After yesterday, they all seemed to have grown up.
The Zhou family quickly sent the medical expenses.
The head of the Zhou family is not stingy. He sent a hundred taels of silver when he went to see a patient yesterday.
Yu Ying took out some of the silver to customize two sets of uniform summer clothes for each person, one as a reward and the other as the uniform of the medical school to make people look professional.
In Yuzhang, Yu Ying planned to continue recruiting students, but she had to take a long-term view.
And each person who went with the patient was given 100 coins, and each person who did not go was given 20 coins, so that they could serve as other flower envoys.
When away from home, some people are given money for self-defense by their families, while others have no money at all.
Since you have come with me to Yuzhang, I cannot treat you unfairly.
*
The location of the clinic has not been decided yet, but many people come to see the doctor after hearing about it.
After seeing the patient off, Wen Xing returned to her room and saw her sister-in-law pounding medicine. She wondered, "So many people have been coming to see us lately. Could it be that our reputation has spread to Yuzhang?"
Yu Ying continued to move: "I'm not a famous doctor, and Cangwu is far away, so my knowledge can't reach as far as Yuzhang."
Wen Xing was stunned. "How did these people know there was a doctor here? Even if they knew there was a doctor, they wouldn't trust him easily. So why would they come to see a doctor?"
Yu Ying put the pounded medicine into a sieve, then sifted it into a bowl, and said calmly, "We'll know the answer soon."
"My dear sister-in-law, you are acting so mysteriously. You are becoming more and more like my second brother."
Speaking of Fu Wei, Yu Ying paused, then looked up and smiled, "Is this considered the saying 'the closer you are to the red, the more you become red'?"
Wen Xing laughed and said, "I haven't been to school, so how would I know if it's red or not? I just know that this is called a husband and wife look."
She stepped forward to help pound the remaining medicine, then seemed to recall something and said, "The illnesses those people come to see are all difficult and complicated. If I didn't know, I'd think someone was testing you, sister-in-law."
Upon hearing this, Yu Ying looked at her sister-in-law in surprise.
"What are you looking at me for?"
Yu Ying smiled and shook her head without saying anything.
Her sister-in-law was right. This was most likely someone testing her. She just wasn't sure if the person testing her was the one she'd guessed.
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