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Jiang Feng lay in the inn for three days, and the root cause of the disease was gradually removed after taking the right medicine. His mental head was much better. Right now, the problem of unhealed knife wound and excessive blood loss.

"Slow down, take it easy, okay, lie down." Shen Ji heaved a sigh of relief, and with the help of his second brother, he helped Jiang Feng to his own kang to raise him.

Zuo Zhen joked: "Look at Jiang San's frail appearance...do you suffer for being brave? Let's see if you will have a long memory in the future!"

The kang was already heated, and the room was clean and tidy. Shen Ji raised the curtains to let the room breathe. He dared not open the windows now, for fear that the cold wind would disturb Jiang Feng, who was still ill.He turned back to answer the second brother's words and ran on people with a smirk:

"Third brother is very brave. When I saw him for the first time, he had a big wound on his arm, and he was still soaking in the river every day like a normal person. He was bandaged indiscriminately and prescribed medicine..."

Jiang Feng lay obediently on the kang, allowing his brothers and Shen Ji to tease him, and finally retorted seriously: "You were also the one who helped bandage and apply the medicine that time, there was no "random bandaging" or "casual application of medicine" "—"

Zuo Zhen flicked the dull head angrily: "It's good to know, you see, once you fall down, Xiao Ji will worry and suffer. If it wasn't for Uncle Wang who found Xiao Ji, tell me what will happen in the end The end? Huh? The bear thing..."

"..." Jiang Feng shut his mouth knowingly, put his guilt on his face, filled his eyes with all his regrets, regrets and heartache, and looked at Shen Ji silently.

"Okay, second brother, he knows he's wrong, and I'll beat him with a whip when he recovers some other day!" After Shen Ji tidied up the house, he clapped his hands to set up the kang table and prepared to set meals.

A large bowl of braised pork with all flavors and colors, a plate of omelette with leeks, a plate of vinegared cabbage, and a small pot of warm rice wine, a simple lunch.Familiar friends are not so particular. Zuo Zhen and Shen Ji sat cross-legged on the kang. Jiang Feng had a waist injury and couldn't force himself to sit up. He had to prop up the pillow and raise his head and neck. Shen Ji handed him a bowl Let him eat the warm meat porridge slowly.

"Second brother, let's drink. I bought this rice wine from Mrs. Zhou in the alley in front of me. She made it herself very authentic." Shen Ji warmly greeted them, poured a glass of wine for each of them, and drank it in one gulp.

Zuo Zhen raised his thumb and praised repeatedly: "Not bad, boy, you are good at drinking. I will go out with my second brother for a few more drinks in the future, and I guarantee you will become a big drinker!"

Jiang Feng immediately put down the porridge bowl and strongly objected: "Don't, second brother, please don't, isn't he torturing me when he's drunk..."

Shen Ji turned back to comfort him: "It's just that I have a few drinks when I'm in the mood, I won't get drunk."

**

After taking care of Jiang Feng personally at home for three or four days, Shen Ji hurried back to work in Renjitang, but he also had to go home at noon to prepare food and drink for the third brother, and talk to him a few words, Fortunately, home is close.

This afternoon, when Shen Ji was busy dispensing medicine in the back hall of the medical hall, Chen Li came over mysteriously and patted him on the shoulder:

"Hey, the Zhenbei Military Medical Account said it wants to recruit apprentices, are you interested?"

ah?I'm an apprentice now... Shen Ji stopped and looked at Chen Li:

"What else? Aren't we apprentices now?"

Chen Li rubbed his nose and said resentfully: "Of course I know that we are apprentices... However, if you can be recruited into the medical account as apprentices, I heard that the monthly payment is at least one tael, and at least two a year will be paid. Clothes! Hey, I heard that even if you are an apprentice, you are usually very respected!"

Subconsciously, Shen Ji felt a little bit excited, and suddenly felt a little excited.He put down the gun in his hand, grabbed Chen Li's shoulder and asked, "Then if you want to get into the medical account, it shouldn't be easy, right? Are their requirements particularly high?"

Chen Li let out a sigh of relief, shrugged his shoulders and replied helplessly: "Every year, many people apply for the job. It's like one in a thousand, one in a thousand. If you are interested, you can try it."

"But if the clinic finds out, will it...?"

"You mean our Renjitang? Don't worry, no one will stop this matter. Do you think it would be so good to be an apprentice in the medical account? I just picked it out and said that if I really entered the medical account , it’s very busy, especially during wartime, the food is not good, the housing is not good, and I’m exhausted, maybe the enemy will kill me and I won’t be able to save my life... To be honest, I don’t want to go, I’m still outside Be more comfortable, my parents are only my son." Chen Li shook his head and said with emotion.

Shen Ji was stunned for a long time before answering softly: "Of course it is. Once you join the army, you can't help yourself... So many soldiers have to train and fight. There must be bloody casualties from time to time. Can the people in the medical tent not be tired? ..."

"From the 20th to the 25th of this month, there are people in the Dongcheng school who are responsible for recruiting apprentices. If you want to see the excitement, you can go around." Chen Li grabbed a few packs of prepared medicines, and Shi Shiran went to the back kitchen.

Are you going?Want to try it?Or stay in Renjitang?

Shen Ji was preoccupied and confused all day long.

His feelings about the military camp are too complicated—since his eldest brother Mu Dong insisted on joining the army, the family could not be reunited. Shen's father and Shen mother still cared about Mu Dong in the distance until their death. At that time, Shen Ji couldn't understand : No matter how important it is to join the army, can it be more important than family members?Can you take your own life seriously?

What touched him was the words that his elder brother taught him a few days ago:

"If all the soldiers in the Qi State think the same way as you, then the Qi State will have no army, and the end will be that any neighboring country will send troops over at will, and they can kill the entire city!", "The man promised the country himself", "Just undo the battlefield and die for the country, why return the shrouded body of horse leather"...

**

"Third Brother, do I have to give up my life in order to defend the Qi Kingdom?" Shen Ji asked suddenly when he was still thinking hard when he went home and sat on the kang after eating.

Jiang Feng frowned: "...what?" He was walking along Shen Ji's back, and felt inexplicable when he heard his partner's sudden question.

"You? Defending the Qi Kingdom and giving up your life? What are you talking about..."

After flipping through the medical books in his hand a few times, Shen Ji lightly covered his face, let out a heavy breath, and asked again in confusion: "Third brother, if I join the army, do I also want to defend the territory? Are you willing to give up your life because of the city?"

Jiang Feng froze for a moment, and thought for a long time with a sullen face. During this period, he took off the book on Shen Ji's face, spread his five fingers to cover his face, and fondled it back and forth.

In a safe and secret space with closed doors and windows, only an oil lamp was lit on the kang table.The light flickered on and off, driving the shadows of the two snuggling into one.

"There is no if. No matter who joins the army, they must give up their lives to defend the territory and the city. Soldiers must not be afraid of death, or they must forget that they are afraid of death. Why do you ask this suddenly?"

When Shen Ji was alone with his third brother, he always let his temper go.He beat the bedding twice as if venting, let out a few roars of unknown meaning, and even grabbed the third brother's hand and began to grind his teeth, making a deep tooth mark——

"What are you doing? Why did the puppy bite someone?" Jiang Feng asked with a doting smile in a low voice.

"I don't think I can stand the strict military discipline and the boringness of the barracks... Hey third brother, is it wrong for me to do this?" Shen Ji asked cautiously after tossing and turning on the kang for a few times in distress.

Jiang Feng wondered: "You—you don't have to endure it, do you? Why, Renjitang's requirements for your apprentices are starting to match those of the military camp?"

Shen Ji continued to struggle, hugging his head on the kang as if he had a headache, lying on his side and curling up into a ball - he was worried that the third brother would look down on him after he spoke his mind.

"If Renjitang is too harsh and too much, you'd better not go there. Hezhou has only one medical center, so if you want to do something, you're afraid you won't find a place." Jiang Feng thought he guessed right, and patted the doctor reassuringly. Pat Shen Ji on the shoulder to suggest him.

Shen Ji didn't talk to him, and continued to curl up. In fact, he was rather depressed and depressed - he suddenly had a very uncertain fear about his future life.

Will it continue like this in the future?The third brother will often go to the battlefield, and he can only go home to get together when he is free. The most terrifying thing is that he will be injured-slightly, seriously, or even fatally!The eldest brother has made it clear that he will continue to fight until he is old and weak before returning to the field. As a relative, he can only be afraid but cannot change.What about the third brother?

The issue was not discussed among them.

"Third brother, I heard that the Zhenbei military medical account is recruiting apprentices..." Shen Ji threw himself face down under the quilt, muffled.

I see!Jiang Feng nodded clearly.

"You decide this matter yourself, no one can force you, Xiao Ji." Jiang Feng gently followed Shen Ji's back, expressing his support.

——Indeed, no one can force me, but I am not satisfied with myself like this...

Shen Ji grabbed the quilt, frowned and didn't speak for a long time.Until he felt the warm and broad palms of the third brother constantly comforting his back, he finally mustered up the courage to speak:

"Third Brother, I want to join the Zhenbei Army Medical Tent. I heard that there are many opportunities to get started there, and the apprentices will be able to stand alone in a short time..."

After a pause, the kid dared to say bluntly in shame: "But I have been outside all the time, so I have never experienced the life of a military camp. I heard that the people who joined the army did not eat well, live well, and were exhausted... and I might lose my life... so I'm a little afraid of death... It's embarrassing, isn't it?"

Jiang Feng laughed dumbfounded when he heard the back, and began to gently pinch the back of Shen Ji's neck, and explained with a smile: "Third brother is already very happy if you think about going to the medical bill. As for the things you are worried about, it's nothing It’s shameful, it’s just human nature—who doesn’t want to be well-clothed and well-fed? Who has two lives? Soldiers are human too, and we all have our own relatives and friends, and we have flesh and blood. , Make meritorious deeds, who have you heard said that joining the army means rushing to die?"

The wick burned out, and after a last struggling jump, it went out. No one paid attention to it, leaving the room in darkness.

Shen Ji slowly moved to the side of the third brother, and the two lay side by side.Looking at the dark roof, he murmured:

"Third brother, what if one day you die in battle? I really dare not think about it..."