Chapter 719 True Identity
“Zheng!”
Li Zhongwu unsheathed his sword, a cold light flashed, and pointed directly at Kang Zishuang who was kneeling on the ground.
Kang Zishuang was in his early twenties, dressed in a coarse military doctor's uniform. His face was handsome yet a bit pale and sickly.
"Who are you? Why are you secretly burning letters in the wounded soldiers' camp?" Li Zhongwu shouted.
The blade brushed against Kang Zishuang's neck and moved forward, and a few drops of blood slid down the wound.
"Tell me! Was it Yigui or Lanyu who sent you to spy on the military situation?"
Kangzi's Adam's apples rolled, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead: "General... I am really from Northern Qi, and I am just a doctor..."
"Which doctor would use marigolds and Panax notoginseng to stop bleeding?"
Ran Qingxuan opened the lid of the jar of boiling medicine, took a quick sniff and frowned.
Kang Zishuang's fingers unconsciously dug into the dirt on the ground, his knuckles turning white from the force.
"General Li, when did this man enter the camp?" A clear voice came from behind. Ran Qingxuan walked slowly closer, his eyes wandering over Kang Zishuang.
"A month ago, the Yigui invaded and caused heavy casualties. Hulu Pass was also short of medical officers, so we posted notices in the surrounding counties and towns to recruit them."
Kang Zishuang was wearing a coarse linen shirt that had been washed so much that it looked bleached. He stood out among the armored soldiers. His face was handsome but a bit sickly pale, except for his eyes, which were surprisingly bright.
Ran Qingxuan looked at his fingers and found that his knuckles were bulging as if caused by holding a pen for many years.
"Although this person's behavior was suspicious and the soldiers in the wounded battalion did not provide professional treatment, it can be seen that the people who treated him have done their best."
Li Zhongwu snorted coldly: "This man's origin is unknown. He claims to be a doctor from Northern Qi, but he doesn't even know how to use medicine. If he is not a spy, what is he?"
Ran Qingxuan turned over the illegible letter in his hand and said slowly, "If he is really a spy from the enemy country, he could just leave. Why would he risk staying to treat the wounded? It shows that there is something else going on."
Li Zhongwu thought for a moment, did not comment, and turned to look at Kang Zishuang.
"If you tell me your identity truthfully, I might let you off, but if you continue to lie..." He paused, and his voice suddenly turned cold.
"Martial law will be applied, no mercy!"
Kang Zishuang's body trembled, and when he raised his eyes, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes: "I... I am from Northern Qi, but I am just a traveling doctor, and I am not good at external injuries..."
"Nonsense!" Deputy General Zhao Tiezhu shouted angrily and grabbed Kang Zishuang by the collar.
"You still dare to quibble at this time! Take him out and punish him by military law!"
Two soldiers immediately stepped forward and lifted up Kang Zishuang. At this critical moment, Ran Qingxuan suddenly noticed the medical records scattered on the ground.
He slowly bent down to pick it up, and saw that the handwriting on it was neat and beautiful, completely different from the sloppy handwriting on the burnt letter.
"Wait!" Ran Qingxuan suddenly shouted, with a hint of hesitation in his voice.
Walking to the desk, Ran Qingxuan placed the piece of letter paper that had not been completely burned in his hand above the fire. A pitch-black word "Hang" was reflected on the burnt paper.
Ran Qingxuan's pupils suddenly shrank, and his fingers tightened unconsciously, almost crushing the fragment.
She was so familiar with this word...
"What is your relationship with Kang Yihang?" Ran Qingxuan turned around suddenly, with a hint of excitement in his voice.
Kang Zishuang was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes became even more panicked: "I... I don't know any Kang Yihang..."
Ran Qingxuan took two steps at a time and walked up to Kang Zishuang, grabbed his shoulders and forced him to turn around.
"The handwriting on the first and last pages of this medical record is obviously different, which shows that it was written by two people!" Ran Qingxuan's voice was tense, and his knuckles turned white due to the force.
The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became tense. Li Zhongwu and Zhao Tiezhu exchanged glances and put their hands on the hilts of their swords.
"Could it be that you killed the owner of the medical records and impersonated him?"
Kang Zishuang's face turned pale, his lips trembled, but he still shook his head stubbornly: "General, please understand, I didn't kill anyone..."
Ran Qingxuan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He released Kang Zishuang's wrist and his voice gradually slowed down: "Kang Yihang and I are old acquaintances. If you tell the truth, I can ensure that you will not be punished according to military regulations."
Kang Zishuang raised his eyes upon hearing this, a trace of struggle flashed in his eyes, and finally he knelt down dejectedly: "General, this lady... I do know Kang Yihang..."
His voice was choked with sobs, he lowered his head and whispered: "Yihang...he...he is my biological brother..."
There was an uproar in the tent. Ran Qingxuan breathed a sigh of relief and narrowed his eyes: "Don't be afraid, just keep talking."
"I...my real name is Kang Zishuang. Because I have a hidden illness, I can't..." Kang Zishuang suddenly paused here, a look of pain appeared on his face.
"Yihang was not old enough to join the military, so he used my household registration information to register...
When my parents found out, they were furious, but by then my identity information had already been registered and it was too late to regret. ”
"Joining the military camp as a medical officer is also life-threatening. I have a hidden illness and am alone. I couldn't bear to see my parents crying every day, so I took Yihang's medical records and books and joined the military camp as a medical officer..."
Ran Qingxuan didn't expect that there was such a hidden secret in this. He raised the burnt letter in his hand and asked.
"Why did you burn this letter?"
Kang Zi's eyes flashed with anxiety and guilt, and he said slowly: "This is the first and last letter from home I received after entering the camp.
My father wrote on it that I shouldn't have gone to the camp in place of my brother, and that he thought there was a better solution. I kept the letter as a reminder, but just now...
Someone suddenly came in just now, and I was afraid that the matter would be exposed and my family would be punished, so I was in a hurry, so I... I..."
After Kang Zishuang finished speaking, he suddenly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Li Zhongwu.
"I am not a spy, and the household registration information is also mine. General, please understand!"
"To play like this..."
Although his identity was no longer suspicious, Li Zhongwu did not expect that Kang Zishuang knew no medical skills and dared to do this. He was so angry that his face turned black.
Ran Qingxuan frowned and said bluntly: "You think your actions saved Kang Yihang, and you think that if you die alone, it won't affect your family?"
"But do you know that every second on the battlefield is precious, especially for those injured, time is life!"
"You should be thankful that Huluguan has not been attacked by the Yigui in large numbers in the past month. Otherwise, who do you think you could save with just these medical records?"
Kang Zishuang was shocked all over, and because of Ran Qingxuan's words, he sat on the ground for a long time, unable to recover.
"Why..."
After all, they are Kang Yihang's family in this world, and Ran Qingxuan cannot bear to see him being punished by military law.
"General Li, you have to verify this man's identity. If what he said is true..."
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