Die Wu woke up and turned around to see that the bed next door was already empty. She thought Hang Baiqiu had gotten up early.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of martial arts training coming from outside the tent, so she quickly got up, put on her clothes, and walked out of the tent.
In the open space outside the tent, Hang Baiqiu was practicing seriously. Judging from the fine sweat on her forehead, she must have been practicing for a while.
Diewu didn't dare to say anything, she didn't want to disturb Hang Baiqiu.
But Hang Baiqiu still saw her, so he quickly stopped his move, turned around and said: "Get up..."
"Yes." Diewu nodded slightly and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for disturbing your practice."
Hang Baiqiu wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head to express no, then pointed to a wooden bucket outside the tent and said: "Here, there is clean water for washing. They boiled it and brought it over.
It’s still hot, please wash up quickly.”
"I understand, Sir Hang." Die Wu nodded in agreement and went straight to fetch water and prepare to wash up.
Hang Baiqiu looked at Diewu for a while and said, "I went around the camp when I got up in the morning, and happened to meet General Jiang. He said that the assistants needed by the doctor have been filled, and he asked me to come back and thank you."
Diewu turned around and said with a smile: "Really? That's great, but there's no need to thank me. It's Master Chai's place to write about. Thanks to Master Chai in a hurry, the method he came up with worked!"
Last night, after Diewu said those words in front of the soldiers in the Beiying camp, as expected, several people came out of the team and came forward to express their willingness to be the assistants of the doctors.
Jiang Yongshuang was very happy and gratified, and immediately said that he would increase the silver reward of these people to five taels each as a reward!
However, Diewu didn't have the nerve to stay in the martial arts arena for too long, so she and Hang Baiqiu returned to the camp midway, so she didn't know the subsequent recruitment situation.
Hang Baiqiu said: "Don't be humble. The main thing in this matter is that you are here. Otherwise, how could those people have the courage so quickly, right?"
Die Wu smiled slightly, shook her head in embarrassment, and continued to scoop water into the washbasin with a ladle.
After washing up, Die Wu took out two white face towels, handed one to Hang Baiqiu, and tied the other around her face.
"Sir Hang, I'm going to find Mr. Zhou."
Diewu had promised Mr. Zhou before that she would stay by his side and act as an assistant during this trip.
"Let's go out together, I'm also going to find Chai Yan." Hang Baiqiu also tied up his face towel.
Soon, the two of them came out of the tent and walked towards the martial arts field.
As soon as they walked to a place not far from the martial arts arena, the two women heard a burst of painful screams. If they listened carefully, before each painful scream, there would be the sound of a whip.
Because of the poor visibility in front of him, Hang Baiqiu couldn't see the situation clearly for the time being, but he could still get a general idea: "It seems like an execution is taking place. Let's go and have a look..."
So, Hang Baiqiu and Die Wu quickened their pace and came to the side of the martial arts performance field.
Hang Baiqiu's estimate was correct. The whipping was indeed being carried out in the martial arts arena. The executioner was Chen Lanzhi, and the ones responsible for the execution were two tall soldiers!
Two logs were erected on the side of the field near the Chinese army's tent. Two soldiers who had been stripped of their upper bodies were holding the logs. Their waists and feet were tied to the logs with ropes. There were many whips on their backs.
The fresh wounds that appeared from a close look were torn apart and dripping with blood...
Diewu had never seen such a scary scene, so she couldn't help but pull Hang Baiqiu and hid half of her body behind her.
"Sir Hang, they...why are they doing this?" Diewu asked in a low voice.
Just as Hang Baiqiu was about to speak, he heard Chen Lanzhi counting loudly: "Five!"
As soon as the words fell, the two soldiers executing the execution swung their whips with all their strength.
"Pah! Pah!"
"Uh-ah——!" "Ah——!"
The leather whip hit the two people holding the log on the back, and screams immediately sounded.
Chen Lanzhi counted from "five" to "ten" and beat the prisoner hard with the whip five times, making the screams of pain become more and more miserable.
After the ten lashes were completed, Chen Lanzhi said to the two soldiers holding whips: "The general has an order. No one is allowed to feed them food or water before noon. Otherwise, they will be treated as the same crime. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" they both responded in unison.
Then, after Chen Lanzhi glanced at the two prisoners, he turned around and strode into the Chinese military tent.
"Sir Hang, what crime did they commit, and why were they beaten so hard?" Diewu asked.
Hang Baiqiu shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I'll ask someone later..."
As soon as the words came out, someone from behind said: "These two people are deserters. They tried to escape last night and were caught by Captain Chen."
When Hang Baiqiu and Diewu heard the sound, they immediately turned around and saw that it was Chai Yan who was walking over while talking.
"Good morning, Mr. Chai." Diewu hurriedly bowed his head in greeting.
Chai Yan nodded in response.
Hang Baiqiu asked curiously: "Why are you here?"
Chai Yan said: "From today on, I will be responsible for supervising the progress of the medicine. Why do you think I am here?"
After hearing this, Hang Baiqiu did not continue to ask. Instead, he glanced at the two deserters and asked, "I saw that everyone's morale was pretty good last night. Why did deserters suddenly appear?"
Die Wu was also confused and looked at Chai Yan waiting for his answer.
Chai Yan stood beside the two men, also looked at the two dying deserters, and whispered: "The reason is that eighteen cases broke out among the soldiers in Jiankang last night, and these two people saw all the cases of the disease at that time.
During the process, it seemed that he was frightened, and after much deliberation, he still couldn't hold on, so he decided to run away!"
"Eighteen?" Hang Baiqiu said in surprise: "Why so many?"
Die Wu was also shocked and raised her hand to cover her lips.
Chai Yan's expression was serious, he paused and said: "But stay calm, there will definitely be more new cases in the camp today, so there can be no trouble!"
Hang Baiqiu looked at the fugitive's bloody back and immediately understood General Jiang's intention.
When Diewu heard that the number of patients increased, he asked, "Master Chai, do you know which camp Mr. Zhou is in?"
Chai Yan pointed to a tent behind a few large pots and said, "It seems to be in that area. You can find out just by asking."
"Thank you, Master Chai. Diewu will go over first." After saying that, Diewu nodded politely to the two of them and walked away.
As soon as Diewu walked farther away, Chai Yan said to Hang Baiqiu: "Okay, let's not talk anymore, I have to go and do some work."
After Chai Yan was about to leave, Hang Baiqiu immediately stopped him: "Wait, I'll go with you!"
Chai Yan stopped and turned around: "Are you coming with me?"
Hang Baiqiu took two steps forward and said confidently: "That's right! I have to follow you. His Highness the Crown Prince said before leaving the capital that I must ensure your safety!"
Chai Yan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then he smiled, slowly shook his head and said: "Do as you want, just follow if you want..."
Afterwards, the two of them walked over to several large pots on the martial arts field.