The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

Here is a long and narrow valley, with high peaks on both sides. The dark green and light green leaves on the peaks overlap together, which brings a bit of coolness in this weather, and because of the towering valley, it covers the path below. The scorching sun brought a cool habitat.

At this moment, there is a large group of people, no, it should be a group of troops resting in the valley.

As a result, everyone sitting in the valley couldn't help feeling refreshed.

It's actually not summer, but early autumn, but the weather in early autumn and summer is not much different, and everyone is on their way, non-stop. Even though it's not summer, everyone feels that the sun above their heads is scorching hot. There are also layers of dry skin.

"Come on, drink some water." A chubby young man handed the water bag in his hand to the handsome young man beside him, and wiped his sweat.

The white and tender boy is Zheng Shuangcheng, and the Qingjun boy is Wei Shiyi.

Wei Shiyi took the water bag from Zheng Shuangcheng's hand, raised his head and took a big gulp without saying a word.It's not that he doesn't speak, but he can't speak, his body is sweating, the water is lost, and his throat is very dry.

With the water in his throat, Wei Shiyi felt better.

"How much water do we have?" Wei Shiyi put the water bag away and asked.

Zheng Shuangcheng fanned the wind with his sleeve, and replied: "Not much."

Wei Shiyi also fanned the wind with his sleeve, and couldn't help but sighed, but he looked at the weather above his head, and at the resting soldiers and doctors around him, so he had to endure it.

No matter how uncomfortable they are at the moment, it is more uncomfortable than the soldiers who can't fight at the border.They are all good boys, and they have to endure the heat no matter what.

"Brother Cheng, how long have we been resting?" Wei Shiyi took another sip of water and asked slowly, he was not very good at calculating the time of this era.

Zheng Shuangcheng looked at the sky, thought about it again, and said, "I have rested for a quarter of an hour, and I will start again after a short rest."

A quarter of an hour is 15 minutes, so if you count it, you can still rest for a while.Thinking of this, Wei Shiyi said to Zheng Shuangcheng: "Brother Cheng, I want to sleep for a while, please call me when I leave."

Zheng Shuangcheng nodded again and again, "Okay, you go to sleep, I will call you later."

With Zheng Shuangcheng's consent, Wei Shiyi casually adjusted the ground under his buttocks, and lay down on his side with his clothes on.Wei Shiyi was so sleepy that he squinted his eyes and soon fell asleep.

In fact, the army treated the Lang Zhong very well, and the treatment of the Lang Zhong was better than that of the soldiers on the road. Considering the poor physical fitness of the Lang Zhong, the imperial court arranged for the Lang Zhong to sit in a carriage and go to Hehuang, while the soldiers walked by themselves.

But in order to speed up the journey, there are often seven or eight doctors in a carriage, and nearly fifty doctors can be loaded in a few carriages, and there are two or three carriages, which are filled with medicines.In this way, even though they were sitting in the carriage, they didn't actually feel very good.

The carriage was wobbly, let alone talking, and it was still crowded.

So in the carriage, I can't sleep well.In order not to affect the journey later, Wei Shiyi seized the time to sleep for a while while resting. Of course, Zheng Shuangcheng also wanted to rest, and Wei Shiyi would watch over him at that time.

Half an hour later, Wei Shiyi was woken up by Zheng Shuangcheng, and then he got into the car, and everyone continued on their way.After getting into the car, Wei Shiyi and Zheng Shuangcheng closed their eyes and rested their minds, trying to adjust to the best state, because if nothing happened, they should start working when they arrived in Hehuang, treating illnesses and saving lives.

It's just that after getting into the carriage, Wei Shiyi couldn't calm down and rest for a long time. The dazzling eyes from the side kept stopping on him, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

Wei Shiyi immediately opened his eyes, and looked back along those lines of sight. Wei Shiyi looked at those people, pretending not to look at him, and looked away.

Taking a deep breath, Wei Shiyi didn't intend to just pass by like this, he said with a sullen face, "What are you guys looking at me for?" After being sneaky for several days, who can bear it.

Those people didn't answer, they looked like Wei Shiyi and the others were messing around.

"Brother Shi, leave this matter to me. If he doesn't give you face, he has to give face to the court. Although I am just an ordinary young doctor now, I am also from the Food and Drug Administration. The Food and Drug Administration belongs to the court. This time we are going for the border guards, they look at us like this, if they let us rest well and put people to death, let's see if they can afford it!"

Yes, not only Wei Shiyi was watched, but Zheng Shuangcheng was also watched.

At this time, Wei Shiyi and Zheng Shuangcheng were very angry, and it should be that Zheng Shuangcheng looked more angry than Wei Shiyi.

Wei Shiyi patted Zheng Shuangcheng on the shoulder, telling him not to be so angry, and then continued, "If you are unhappy because of what Zheng Shuangcheng and I said in the past ten days, then you should clearly say that our small car can't fit you, other carriages After all, I can pretend to be with you, since you look down on us, then don't feel wronged, and leave as soon as possible."

When those people heard Wei Shiyi's words, their expressions immediately changed, and they finally gave a little reaction.

These people were none other than those who had a dispute with Wei Shiyi and the others outside the courtyard that day.As luck would have it, they were assigned to a carriage.

It was precisely because of the conflicts between the two parties that when Wei Shiyi and Zheng Shuangcheng were not paying attention, those people always looked at them secretly. They set off from Bianliang for four days, and those people only watched them for four days.

It's fine if the number of times is low, but after so many days, Wei Shiyi felt that his nerves were almost weakened.

People are always very sensitive to other people's eyesight, and it is impossible to ignore them at all, which makes him very irritable to pay attention to those eyesight all the time.

One of them pursed his lips and said in a cold voice: "We didn't change the carriage. We went back and thought about it for more than ten days. It was indeed our fault. But what you two said that day was also very unpleasant. It wasn't that we didn't want to go to the border at the time, but we felt that time was running short, and if you talked well, we wouldn't argue."

"It's also by fate that we were assigned to a carriage." The man continued, "The Liangzi between us is neither big nor small. Although we are wrong, you are also wrong. But our conflict cannot be resolved. Use fighting to eliminate, the border is critical, in order not to affect the war, we young men can't delay saving people because of personal grievances, so let's compete."

"The one who loses should apologize to the one who wins."

"What do you mean we are at fault?! If you hadn't said those words, we would have argued?!" Zheng Shuangcheng immediately became angry, "I apologize to you, it's a good idea!"

Wei Shiyi narrowed his eyes slightly, he held down Zheng Shuangcheng who was about to get up and cursed, and said meaningfully: "That is to say, you guys want to make peace?"

"Almost." The man said displeased.

"Okay." Wei Shiyi smiled, his attitude seemed peaceful, "Then how do you plan to compare?"

Since these people wanted to make peace, Wei Shiyi didn't make things difficult for them.Speaking of which, they all go to the border to do things for the country. If there is a quarrel and there is a rift between each other, it will not affect themselves, but the war.

Let me ask, what if the soldiers are late and finally defeated?

Wei Shiyi didn't want to take on this responsibility. If these people settled down like this, it would be fine.For a moment, he became interested in this competition.

"Naturally, it is a competition of medical skills, so the doctor should use the method of the doctor to break off the grievances." The man said, "I heard that there are many injured soldiers in Hehuang. When we arrive in Hehuang, it depends on who treats the wounded on both sides. Many, whoever heals the wound faster, of course, there are only two of you, and there are only two on our side."

Sounds pretty fair.

Wei Shiyi didn't agree immediately, but just said: "But I forgot to say that I studied surgery, and only Brother Cheng studied Chinese medicine. Since there is a competition, you should have one in surgery and one in Chinese medicine."

"Okay." The man said, "It happens that we have a student here who studies surgery."

One of those people raised his hand and raised the surgical instruments in his hand, indicating that he was the one who studied surgery.

Wei Shiyi raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect that among the four of them, there was still someone studying surgery.The popularity rate of surgery is not high, and it is not easy to learn. Since that person can learn surgery, he is considered a high-achieving student.

Heh... just as a high-achieving student trained by the imperial court, he is afraid of going to the battlefield.

Wei Shiyi's face turned colder, and he was less interested in this competition, so he lazily replied, "Yes."

There was a smile on the man's face, but Wei Shiyi continued, "But I also have one condition. If we win, you not only have to apologize to us, but you also have to swear that you will stay at the border for two years without compensation. Soldiers heal."

Suddenly Zheng Shuangcheng spoke, and he said impatiently: "Let's just say whether you will do it or not. It was your fault in the first place. We have to apologize to you if we lose. This is our loss. Then you won. Naturally, we have to do more of the same.”

"Yes." Wei Shiyi smiled.

These people thought too well, right? It wasn't their fault in the first place, so why would they apologize.The reason why he agreed to the competition was not to get that apology, but to be safe on the road and in the future.

Wei Shiyi and Zheng Shuangcheng's attitudes were tough. Those people listened, hid aside and discussed secretly for a long time, and the person who had spoken to Wei Shiyi before replied: "Yes."

This fight, just like this.

Naturally, there are still many small loopholes in the middle. For example, if one side encounters soldiers who are slightly injured and the other side is seriously injured, then how to count?If you can do this, you can only count yourself as unlucky.

In order to avoid too many such situations, the two sides stipulated that they could not choose the injured soldiers by themselves. In this way, the probability of this situation was reduced.

From Bianliang to Hehuang, it is not necessary to go from Bianliang to Wenxian. Hehuang is already the edge of the Song Dynasty, and the distance is naturally much farther than Wenxian, so it takes more time.

The crowd had been gone for four days before, and then they walked for another four or five days. A group of people staggered and saw a dark city in the distance, which was completely different from the exquisiteness of Bianliang City. It was somewhat rough and full of wind and frost. .

This is the destination of their trip, Xizhou in the Battle of Hehuang, also known as Linzhou at this time.