Chapter 170: Punishment
Gu Huan had never seen such a bloody scene. As she was about to reach the wounded soldiers' camp, she secretly told herself not to be afraid and not to show any signs of cowardice.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked in, I was stunned.
The strong and unpleasant smell of blood mixed with medicine hit me in the face and I almost vomited.
She quickly held her breath, calmed herself down and looked over.
There were more than a dozen wounded soldiers lying in the small tent, some with broken legs and arms, and some without eyes.
Gu Huan felt a pang in her heart.
She had already seen a tall figure not far away, munching on a steamed bun in one hand and checking the injuries with the other.
Gu Huan quickly adapted to the smell and walked towards him quickly.
All the wounded soldiers looked at her in a daze.
Although Gu Huan was wearing a thin jacket for male soldiers, her black hair was tied up on top of her head and pinned with a wooden chopstick, and she didn't have any jewelry.
Her face was as white as jade and had a pair of bright and clear eyes, making her look even more brilliant and eye-catching.
Realizing that something was wrong with everyone, Mu Junyan straightened up and looked in the direction they were looking. He was chewing a steamed bun and stood in a daze with his mouth puffed out.
Gu Huan walked over quickly and smiled at him: "I don't want to eat noodles. I want to eat the same thing as you."
The little girl's voice was soft and pleasant, like the sound of nature. The wounded and other soldiers immediately came to their senses and quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look.
Without waiting for Mu Junyan to speak, Gu Huan turned around and took out the steaming noodles from the food box that Chiyu was carrying and placed it in front of the injury that Mu Junyan was just checking.
He was not very old, probably only thirteen or fourteen years old. One of his legs was broken, and the gauze wrapped around it was soaked with bright red blood. It must have been the recent injury, and the wound had not healed yet, so it started bleeding as soon as the bandage was changed.
The soldier with a minor injury had red eyes due to the severe pain, and Mu Junyan was comforting him.
He suddenly saw a fairy holding a bowl of fragrant noodles and walking up to him. She squatted down, smiled at him, and coaxed him gently: "Eat this bowl of noodles and the pain will go away."
Akabane hurried forward: "Madam, let me do it."
"No, I'll do it."
Gu Huan picked up a handful of noodles with chopsticks and passed it to the child's mouth, as if coaxing her brother: "Let me feed you?"
Mu Junyan stopped Chiyu, swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth, and smiled helplessly: "Let her be."
All the wounded soldiers in the room were extremely envious. They were not envious for having noodles to eat, but for the noodles that were served personally by the Fairy Lady.
The wounded soldier seemed to be frightened and was so stunned that he didn't know how to open his mouth.
Gu Huan's tone became softer: "When I see you, I think of my brother. I have two younger brothers, one is thirteen years old and the other is twelve years old. The younger brother is often injured. Every time he cries, I personally make him delicious food. He is happy eating and doesn't feel too much pain."
The girl's voice was as gentle as the wind and drizzle, like sweet dew dripping into the dry heart of the wounded soldier with a broken leg.
He nodded with red eyes: "Thank you, ma'am, I can eat it myself."
Gu Huan smiled and put the noodles in his hands: "Eat it obediently."
She turned and walked towards Mu Junyan: "I eat the same as you, I don't need any special care."
Mu Junyan's eyes were full of praise, and he reached out and rubbed her head: "Good."
Chiyu picked out a softer steamed bun for her and served her a bowl of porridge in the bowl that Mu Junyan had used.
Gu Huan sat on the wooden stool outside the tent and began to eat with relish.
She was actually quite shocked.
Even if she sent so much food, it would not be enough for them to eat for long, so they would mix coarse grains with fine grains and eat them together.
If it weren't for the war, the rice would have been cooked into porridge, allowing more people to eat fine grains.
Gu Huan felt deeply guilty. She only ate half of the white flour bun last night.
Today, she had to eat all the steamed buns and porridge in her hands in front of everyone.
In fact, the steamed bun was indeed hard, and she pretended to be relaxed and swallowed the last bite with difficulty.
Mu Junyan went back to work, so Gu Huan helped the military doctor take care of the wounded soldiers and chatted with them.
Only then did he realize that many of the soldiers were very young. The soldier who had broken his leg was only one year older than Gu Ruiwen.
Moreover, most of them are from the southern border of Daliang.
More often than not, the war caused them to be separated from their wives and children, and their families to be destroyed.
Some joined the Mu family army to avenge their relatives, and some joined to have enough food and clothing.
Some people are full of passion and swear to defend their country.
The originally noisy military camp soon became quiet.
The news about Gu Huan in the wounded soldiers' camp soon spread throughout the military camp, and many soldiers began to have a better impression of this young lady Gu who had traveled thousands of miles to deliver food.
The young lady is not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted. She is not at all the pampered girl from a wealthy family, nor does she have the airs of a coach's woman.
Even if the commander hadn't taken the thirty lashes for Miss Gu, no one would have said anything.
After the first hour of Hai, the military drums sounded for rest.
Accompanied by Chiyu, Gu Huan walked towards the big tent. Most of the tents they passed by had turned off the lights and gone to sleep, and bursts of deafening snoring could be heard.
Gu Huan couldn't help laughing and whispered to Chi Yu, "How can you fall asleep with such loud snoring?"
Akabane whispered, "I'm usually too tired, so I fall asleep quickly when I can, so I don't feel it."
As Gu Huan laughed, her eyes turned red.
Thinking of those very young children, who have no parental love and have to face life and death every day.
How will people with broken arms and legs live in the future?
She heard from Akabane that the disabled could only leave the army with a portion of silver, so how would they live in the future?
And all this was caused by the war, and I feel mixed emotions.
Mu Junyan is not a warmonger, but his opponent is ambitious and wants to invade the territory of Daliang. If he cowardly gives in, he will only continue to be bullied.
Fight violence with violence, and fight war with war.
However, Brother Ji played a sinister role in this foreign invasion.
Gu Huan waited in the big tent until her eyelids were fighting, but Mu Junyan still hadn't come back, so she had no choice but to lie down in bed and wait for him.
It was not until midnight that Mu Junyan tiptoed into the tent, took off his outer robe, and quietly went out of the hall. But the woman who had squinted her eyes as if she was asleep suddenly approached him and put her arms around him.
Mu Junyan stroked her face gently and kissed her on the cheek: "I woke you up."
Gu Huan murmured, "No, I haven't slept yet. I'm waiting for you."
Mu Junyan's heart warmed up, and the first feeling he had was a kind of happiness that someone was waiting for him at home.
He held the person in his arms and said, "You've been tired all day, why don't you go to bed early?"
Gu Huan didn't say anything. She snuggled into his arms and undressed him.
Before Mu Junyan could react, she had already opened his shirt and reached her arm behind him. Mu Junyan immediately understood that she still suspected that he had an injury on his back.
He quickly held her hand and said with a smile, "Do you miss me so much? Doesn't your waist ache? Don't provoke me, or you will regret it later?"
Gu Huan glared at him: "It's no use hiding it from me, I just want to see it."
Mu Junyan simply hugged her and held her arms tightly: "Okay, be good and listen, go to bed early, Chiyu will take you back to Juzhou early tomorrow morning."
Gu Huan was stunned: "Didn't you ask me to stay for two more days? Are you letting me go so soon? Don't you really want to see me?"
"What nonsense! Why wouldn't I want to see you? After all, this is the front line, and fighting could break out at any time. Anyway, I don't have time to take care of you."
Gu Huan said with a straight face: "I don't need you to look after me. I would have come here even if you were not needed, even though it's a thousand miles away."
Mu Junyan didn't expect her to be so stubborn, so he had to say: "I will be distracted if you are here. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers behind me, and I am responsible for them."
Gu Huan's eyes turned red and she stared at him blankly.
Suddenly, she came up and kissed him on the lips.
Mu Junyan's heart was beating fast, but it couldn't happen tonight.
He just received news that the palace will send a military supervisor to the military camp tomorrow, and he doesn't want Gu Huan to be embarrassed.
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