under the field

Scarlett

Dr. Knight's brow was so wrinkled that he could kill a fly.

The four of us worked together to move the five injured men to the basement of the medical building.There was only one bed, and we moved all the beds out of the room.

After working in the medical hall for so long, it was the first time I stayed in a space filled with blood. I opened the windows in the basement to allow the air to circulate faster.

I heard Otis and Dr. Knight talking behind me. At this moment, Otis was standing by the table with a bad expression, watching Knight take out the bullet for the injured man.

"I thought you guys left New Sierre." Knight held the pliers, while Audrey held the iron basin beside him, so that he could accurately throw the bullet casings he took out into it.

"Something happened to the people here." Otis' face can be said to be ugly, I have never seen him like this.He looked tired, and the front of his clothes was stained with blood, but it wasn't his, because he was standing upright.

I went to help Lily and bandage the wounds of the rest of the wounded men.At the moment, there is a young boy under our command, his consciousness has become confused, we cleaned the wound on his back and he groaned in pain.

Lily kept talking to him. He said his name was Shay and he was 16 years old.His hair was already wet with sweat, he was weak and said he was hungry.

I stood up and looked at the mess of men in the basement and decided to cook something for them.

Otis followed to the kitchen, and he quickly finished the first bowl of noodles, complimenting my skills.This is the first thing I learned in the medical center. Cooking noodles, I learned from Audrey. I think the noodles I kneaded look good, but I believe they are not strong enough, because Audrey always dislikes me. too tired.

But no one cared about the taste of these noodles at all, because they quickly settled down bowl after bowl.

I put one of the bowls in hand of Dr. Knight, who is stitching up the stitches so deftly that they land perfectly on the skin.He thanked me aloud, and told me to go to rest as I was walking towards other patients trying to check on their condition.

"You've been around all night. There's probably nothing going on here tonight."

Audrey and Lily were sitting in the kitchen eating noodles, and Otis was sitting on the other side, with three empty bowls on the table.I stacked the dishes from the basement with them in the sink and heard Lily call my name again.

"Xiao Scar, sit down and rest." She pulled me to sit next to her, "Your face is too pale, are you too scared? In fact, this is the first time I have seen a person with so many serious injuries." She It is said that New Sierre has always been peaceful, and there is not much bloodshed. "Where is Lord Colin?" Lily suddenly asked Otis, and I looked at him.

"He wasn't with us. But he should know we were attacked."

"My God..." But fortunately she didn't ask too much, because Otis' face was already ugly.

A table of people looked gloomy. Dr. Knight came out of the basement with an empty noodle bowl, and Audrey immediately handed him a clean cloth.

He wiped his hands unhurriedly. "Are these people from New Sierre?"

"Only the kid." We assume Otis means Shay. "The little brat insists on joining, but even if something goes wrong, he still has to rush forward. It's really desperate!"

"You may have to take turns taking care of these wounded people tonight." Dr. Knight said, looking at us.

I had a vague feeling that Knight and Otis didn't get on very well, but Knight clearly knew what he and Colin were doing and was willing to help.

I mopped the floor one more time to make sure the blood smell wouldn't linger.There were only trembling street lamps left in the whole street. I could vaguely see the moon and hear Lily sitting beside Shay's bed humming behind me.She seemed to be particularly nice to Shay, presumably because they were preteens of the same age, but more likely because Shay was the cleanest looking.

I didn't feel sleepy at all, so I helped Audrey pack the gauze and utensils together. "What are you worried about?" She asked suddenly.

I rolled up the gauze and threw it into the box, but it bounced off and rolled to Audrey's feet. "No."

She picked up the gauze and muttered silently: "You can't fool yourself."

The next night, the man who was shot in the leg had a high fever. The tall and bulky man was lying on the weak wooden bed and screaming in pain.

Otis didn't spend the night at the infirmary. He went out early in the morning, but brought an injured man back after closing for the night.

Nat frowned disapprovingly, but said nothing, just stood there watching me sew another wound, his brow furrowed even more when he saw my messy stitches.It's not my fault either, my mending skills have never been great.If he had seen Brianna's masterpiece, he would think mine was a good job.

Knight chased me upstairs, the bell on the wooden door rang softly, and someone came from the hospital.

"Lord Colin!" I heard Lily exclaim in surprise.

That voice revealed dissatisfaction, "I'm not an adult..."

"But that's what Dr. Knight said." Lily turned her head to see me and shouted, "Small Scar! Look who's here?"

He just sat in the chair and looked at me, caught off guard, but I forgot to say hello.

What I'm thinking about right now is whether my hair is messy or my face is dirty.I didn't sleep last night. Everyone was taking care of the injured. During the day, the clinic was open as usual to avoid suspicion.We have to take care of two batches of patients in the medical center and the basement, so it should be very embarrassing.

Before I could think too much, I saw his left arm trembling slightly, "You're hurt."

He took off his clothes and glanced at the broken arm, "It should be a relapse of an old injury."

At this time, Knight also came up, and finally got mad: "Is this place going to be turned into a morgue one day for you and your people to collect corpses?"

Then she turned to Lily and said, "Good girl, go and lock the door, the clinic is closed." Lily went swiftly.

He looked at me again, and pointed at Colin who was sitting there with distaste, "You, go and sew his wound."

I hesitated, "Otherwise, let Audrey come, I'm not good at sewing..."

"You sewed very well just now." Knight was talking nonsense, as if someone else disliked my craftsmanship just now.

Lily pushed open the wooden door in a panic and rushed in. "There are guards outside!"

Without knowing who the officers and men were targeting, Knight instructed Colin and me to hide in the basement, reminding: "Close the door!"

Audrey slid open the entrance leading to the basement on the ground, and urged: "Hurry up!"

Colin grabbed my hand and was about to go down. His body first sank into the cellar stairs. I was about to stretch my feet down when the wooden door of the medical hall was pushed open.

Two officers and soldiers in red uniforms stood at the door.I stood still while Colin was completely submerged in the stairwell.He stared at me, still clutching my hand.

The basement must not be discovered. My thoughts are very clear, otherwise the eight men inside will be bloodbathed.

I let go of Colin's hand, looked at him, slowly straightened up, and signaled him to close the cellar door with my eyes.

"Good evening, everyone." Dr. Knight spoke first, with the same attitude of spring breeze. "The clinic is closed, is there anything I can do for you?"

"This is the Duke's guard. We suspect that someone is hiding Jacob's rebels."

Jacob the rebels.This is a gang that everyone knows is against the royal family. It is impossible for me not to have heard of it. My heart tightened and I knew it. I should have thought of it long ago.

"There are Jacobites in New Shell! I've never heard of them. But since you say so, I'll keep an eye out for you," replied Dr. Knight.

Apparently the guard at the door didn't want to deal with Knight, "We received orders to search every house in this area."

Knight looked the same, "I have no problem if you want to search the hospital, but you have to ask our girls." He said and looked at us, "There are girls' rooms behind the hospital, you have to ask them if they would like to .”

One of the guards took a step forward and stared at Knight, and said sternly, "You'd better cooperate, hypocrite, it's not your turn to point fingers here."

"This is my clinic, everyone." Dr. Knight's tepid attitude obviously angered him. He raised the barrel in his hand and was about to hit someone, Lily exclaimed.

"Hey!" Another guard stopped him. He seemed to be a little afraid of Knight, and his attitude could not be said to be modest, but his tone revealed a discussion: "Mr. Berghan, this is to arrest the rebels, please cooperate."

"I said, you have to ask the girls if they are willing."

I didn't understand Dr. Knight's intentions, but I decided to follow his words: "If it's to catch fugitives, I don't mind you searching the room." Audrey stepped forward and agreed, "Yes, if this can make you feel relieved." Doubt. We do not harbor fugitives, my lord."

The two guards glanced at each other, walked into the medical hall with a stride, and Audrey was leading them to the back.

I glanced at the wooden boards under my feet. The door to the cellar had been closed, and it looked like an ordinary floor.

Soon the guards returned, finding nothing, and I was quietly relieved.

The guards walked to the front desk, not letting go of any clues. Seeing them cast their eyes on the floor, everyone held their breath, and the air froze.Pointing to the white gauze in the corner, he asked, "Has anyone been injured in the hospital recently?"

The people in the basement have to change the bandages every day, and we have to take new gauze down every day. Nat followed his gaze and said, "I don't know what kind of injury you are talking about. If it is bitten by a dog There have been several of them in the past few days, and it’s not like you haven’t seen the virtues of the wild dogs at the market in New Sierre, and they have gone crazy and bit several people recently.” Pointing to the needle tube on the table, “all of them Get a tetanus shot."

Someone was looking at me, I didn't dare to look at him, but he walked up to me, "raise your head."

I looked at him, and he looked at my face, "You look strange."

"My cousin is about to give birth, so let me take care of the hospital instead of her."

"where do you come from?"

"Warwick, my lord."

He tried to hold my hand, and I backed away in fright, and Knight warned: "Everyone, you suspect that my medical hall harbors rebels, and you come to moles the girl in my medical hall, I don't think this is a duke what the guards should do."

"Ed." His fellow guard came over and whispered in his ear: "He is from the Birmingham family, he can go to the commander-in-chief to complain about you." He finally brought a warning: "Don'tdosilly. Stupid thing.)"

The scorching eyes were restrained, as if he had listened to his partner, he said to me: "Your name?"

"Riley." I made it up, it was my cousin's name.

He straightened up and finally walked away.He walked back to the door with his partner, "I'm sorry, Mr. Birmingham, to disturb you so late. There are many people coming to your hospital every day. In addition to asking you to help keep an eye on the traces of the Jacobi rebels, please Pay attention to whether there is any news of a girl from a foreign country entering the city."

Knight replied: "I know, the Hasting girl on the missing person notice."

The guard named Ed narrowed his eyes and looked at me intentionally or unintentionally: "Yes, girl Hastings." I don't know if my existence reminded him of anything, and then I heard him say: "However, since yesterday, She is no longer Count Reggie's missing fiancée."

He tore off the portrait on the wall and crumpled it into a ball, as if holding my heartbeat in his hands, "but a fugitive from the royal family who was offered a reward of 1000 pounds."