Jiang Weiwei said something about his fainting.
The white haired old man struggled to sit up, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed with tears.
"Thank you, doctor. I'm afraid I couldn't have saved my life if it weren't for you. You are my life-saving benefactor. If you have any orders in the future, just say hello, even if it is going up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, I will not refuse! "
Seeing that his speech was quite clear, Jiang Wei couldn't help being curious.
"Doesn't it mean that you shouldn't be too old to recruit civilian husbands? I think you are at least fifty or sixty years old. How could the imperial court get you? "
Facing the life-saving benefactor, the white haired old man was grateful and told her all the truth.
"There's no way. I only have one son. He hurt his leg in his early years of corvee service and became disabled. The imperial court came to recruit civilian men. If my son can't go, he can only let me go. Don't look at my white hair. In fact, I'm only 38 years old this year."
Jiang Weiwei was surprised that the man was only 38 years old? He looks too old!
What she doesn't know is that it's very common for white haired old people. In this era, the life of bottom farmers is very hard. Because of hard work, their appearance naturally looks much older than their actual age.
Jiang Weiwei cleaned up the whip marks on the white haired old man's face, sprinkled Zhixue powder, told him not to let the wound touch water in the next few days, and gave him a jar of ointment that can promote wound healing, so that he could take the medicine once every morning and evening in the future.
The old man with white hair stretched out his thin and trembling hands and carefully put away the ointment. It was another thousand thanks.
Jiang Wei asked someone to help him to sit by the side of the road and rest. Instead, he stabbed another man who was still in a coma.
Before long, the man woke up.
Knowing that he was saved by Jiang Weiwei, he also struggled to kneel and thank him.
Jiang Wei didn't like to be knelt down and stopped. "You're still very weak. Don't move. If you faint again, what we just did will not be in vain."
Seeing that the two were tired and hungry, Jiang Wei asked people to bring steamed bread and water.
As soon as they saw the white and soft steamed bread, their saliva flowed. The white haired old man hesitated: "you saved me and have been very kind to me. How dare I take the benefactor's food again?"
In addition, the man didn't have so many scruples. He took the steamed bread and water and ate it. He soon ate the three big white steamed bread.
Seeing this, the old man couldn't refuse any more. He also took the steamed bread and water. Looking at the white flour steamed bread in his hand, he couldn't help thinking of the old women and children and grandchildren at home. If only the family could eat such good food.
The old man finally ate only one of the three white flour steamed buns. He stuffed the remaining two steamed buns into his arms. He wanted to put them away and give them to his family when he went home.
Jiang saw it slightly. He didn't see anything and didn't say anything more.
With food in his belly, the tall and thin man had some strength. Now he can stand up without help.
He bowed slightly towards the river and said solemnly.
"Thank you for saving your life, madam. I'm Chen Wencai. I'm from Xiangxian County, Tongan Prefecture. If I can survive this service, I will repay my wife's kindness in the future."
Jiang looked at him up and down slightly. Seeing that his speech and behavior were quite elegant, he asked curiously, "look at you, you seem to have read a book?"
"I have studied in the Academy for several years and won the title of scholar."
Jiang Weiwei was surprised: "since you have fame, why do you want to serve?"
According to the southern Chu system, people with merit and fame have the right to be exempted from all corvee and military service.
Chen Wencai hesitated and decided to tell the truth.
"To tell you the truth, my family was poor, my parents fell ill one after another, and the little money left in the family soon ran out. It happened that the imperial court came to recruit a civilian husband. In order to help the children of the family escape the recruitment, a rich family in the town offered ten Liang silver to be replaced. I accepted the ten Liang silver to become a civilian husband instead of others. "
His practice is obviously against the rules. The law clearly stipulates that it is not allowed to impersonate corvee or military service. Once it is found that both sides have to be stabbed in the face, they can only be the lowest base nationality all their life.
But even so, this kind of impersonation is still forbidden repeatedly. The officials responsible for recruiting civilian husbands know it well, but they also turn a blind eye to it because they accepted bribes. After all, money moves people!
Chen Wencai is willing to tell the truth because Jiang Weiwei has saved his life. He doesn't want to deceive her.
Jiang Weiwei didn't say much about it, but turned to look at Zhong shuran.
"It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. We have to hurry on the road."
Zhong shuran nodded in agreement.
Due to two more patients, Jiang Weiwei had to let out his donkey cart for the two patients. Shi Jinshui took the same car with them and could help take care of them.
Jiang Weiwei and a Tao sat in Zhong shuran's carriage.
The party embarked on the road again.
Just now Chen Wencai talked about impersonation. Zhong shuran didn't speak. At this time, he finally said what he thought.
"It's against the law to impersonate others for military service. You have to report it to the imperial court."
Jiang Wei said, "in this way, Chen Wencai's future will be ruined."
Zhong shuran said solemnly, "before he entered the officialdom, he already knew the law and broke the law. When he really became an official in the future, he had power in his hands. I'm afraid he would do more extraordinary things."
Jiang was slightly silent.
Zhong shuran then slowed down his tone: "for the sake of making money and treating his parents, he had to make such a bad decision. I will write it down in the memorial, hoping to let the court deal with him lightly."
Jiang Weiwei still didn't speak, so he acquiesced in his practice.
Before that, she didn't have a deep understanding of war. She only knew that war would kill people, which would cause a lot of tragedies and create a lot of heroes.
But she only occasionally sighed in her heart. Even if it was over, she had to live how she should live.
It's like watching war movies and TV dramas in previous lives. When watching them, they will feel sorry and sympathize with those who died in the war, but they will soon forget it and don't think about what would happen if those things really happened around them?
Until this time, the war really happened around her. The young and strong men in the village were taken away by the imperial court. The autumn harvest can only rely on the old and weak women and children. Countless civilian men were forced to leave their homes. I don't know how many people died of fatigue on the road
She finally realized the meaning of the word war.
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