The military doctor quickly put away the silver needles, went to the bedside table, found the blood-stained clothes that the woman had changed out of, and gave them to her. At the same time, he also took the items that had been removed from her body and placed them by the bed to reassure her and prevent her from moving around and causing further injury.
Zheng Quchi ignored the worthless items, found the gold and jade bracelet hanging from a red rope, and held it tightly in his palm. Only then did his slightly furrowed brows relax.
The army doctor took one look and joked with a smile, "So nervous, is this a gift from your sweetheart?"
"..."
She was penniless, and this was her only hard currency. He told her that it was a gift from her sweetheart.
I'm sorry, but she's a very practical person and doesn't have much sentimentality. She only knows that if she really has no other choice in the future, she will sell it to earn money to survive.
Having been dirt poor before, I naturally have to be more careful with my money now.
"Huh? There's another one here..." The medic's voice trailed off as he stared blankly at a sign he had picked up.
Zheng Quchi looked up and noticed something was wrong with him: "Medic, have you seen this before?"
The small plaque in the medic's hand was made of a very special material, neither jade, wood, nor stone, but like some kind of refined metal. It was opaque when heated and not cold when cooled, and its color was light black, almost brown. It was the very plaque that "Master Li" had specially given to her to thank her for saving his life.
For some inexplicable reason, she felt that this sign was extraordinary, so she always carried it with her.
The medic nodded, then looked at her: "I've seen it before, this is my lord's Black Order."
Black Order?
My lord?
The military doctor had come to his senses by now. He realized that the girl in front of him had a close relationship with his leader, and immediately bowed respectfully: "Black Qi is like my master in person. Please give your orders, young lady."
"Aren't you a military doctor from Julu Kingdom? Why?"
"This old man came to Julu Kingdom to be a military doctor...it's just a hobby of mine," he said, stroking his white beard with a chuckle.
This "Black Wonder Token" can be used to freely dispatch military doctors from the Kingdom of Julu... Such a valuable token, "Master Li" is really willing to give it away so easily.
Zheng Quchi was more overjoyed than surprised. She had thought she was all alone and helpless, but she never expected that good people would be rewarded. Sure enough, her good fortune came to her in an unexpected way during her most dangerous and helpless moment.
Her first thought was, "Take me away from here."
"No, young lady, your injuries prevent you from moving easily for now. You need to rest and recuperate." The military doctor's eyes widened, and he shook his head repeatedly. With the heart of a doctor, he couldn't let her suffer.
Zheng Quchi disagreed: "Mo Ye told me, cough cough..." Because of her emotional outburst, she couldn't help but cough: "My injuries can't be healed just by resting, right?"
"...Yes, but at least it might stabilize your injuries a bit."
"What's the use of stabilizing the condition if it can't be cured? Army doctor, have you ever heard that Mo Ye has a miraculous medicine that can cure me?" she asked.
The military doctor, of course, knew about this. He sighed and said, "Sima has a sacred medicine from the Kingdom of Kucha, which can cure ailments and serious illnesses, but when I asked him, he refused to take it out to save the girl."
Zheng Quchi said, "If he is unwilling, then we should find a way to get it ourselves."
"...Steal?" The military doctor was surprised for a moment, but he was not inflexible and quickly understood. However, he was worried: "But this is not easy either. I don't know if Sima carries this sacred medicine with him or if he has placed it in his tent."
Zheng Quchi guessed, "I'd guess it's most likely him."
He had been tricked and suffered a loss during his risky incursion into the border of Ye Kingdom to ambush Yuwen Sheng, so he naturally had to carry such a life-saving item with him at all times, so that he could take it out to save his life in critical moments.
"That makes it even more difficult," the military doctor sighed.
But Zheng Quchi felt that as long as the plan was done properly, it wouldn't be difficult. The real challenge was how they could escape unscathed from Mo Ye's clutches after stealing the sacred medicine.
"The things on someone's body will eventually be taken away. Once they are completely naked, you can steal them."
Upon hearing this, the military doctor's mind immediately raced: "Could it be that the young lady intends to sacrifice herself...?"
Cough… Zheng Quchi took a short breath and gave him a helpless look: “What are you thinking? As long as we get his clothes dirty, he will definitely go to take a bath and change. Then he will put the dirty clothes aside. As long as we find the right opportunity, we can get the sacred medicine smoothly.”
"Oh, I see," the medic said with a sudden realization.
"Medical officer, I'm the one who has to steal the medicine. Do you have any way to temporarily improve my condition, or at least allow me to move around freely for a short period of time?"
He was afraid the military doctor couldn't handle other matters, but he readily agreed to this one: "Leave this to me, young man. But young lady, if you can't get the holy medicine, this method might backfire on you in the end."
"If I can't get the sacred medicine, I won't even be able to save my life, so I don't care about the backlash anymore," she said with a self-deprecating laugh.
The military doctor, upon hearing this, agreed with the reasoning and offered no further advice.
The two discussed the situation carefully and came up with a plan to deal with various unexpected situations.
——
In the middle of the night, the military doctor, with a stern expression, summoned Mo Ye. Mo Ye then dropped everything and hurried over to check on Zheng Quchi.
"You said her condition has deteriorated rapidly and she's now on the verge of death? Why did this happen all of a sudden?"
“Illness strikes like a landslide, and some acute illnesses are so sudden that even this old man can’t say for sure what’s going on. Sima, to be honest, you have medicine that can save that girl, so why are you unwilling? Is a human life less valuable than your inanimate object?” he advised kindly.
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