Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Chapter 186 Fortune Telling

Bai Zhi blinked twice, feeling a little guilty.

She couldn't tell the wounded soldiers that there might be no meat to eat, so she just gave them a meal to satisfy their cravings.

However, judging from today's situation, Chu Yunchuan should have a solution, so Bai Zhi said confidently: "Just rest and recover. Whether it's the White Tiger Army or the Thirteen States, it's time for good times to come."

After changing the dressing for the last soldier, it was time for dinner. The aunties and uncles who came to help with the cooking handed out bowls and chopsticks to the soldiers who could not get up, and scooped up the food. The dishes were really delicious, with fish and meat, and each bowl was fragrant and shiny.

Wherever the big barrel of rice was moved, the soldiers stretched their necks to look there. However, after all, they were soldiers who had fought bravely on the battlefield, so they were all in good order and not as noisy as Bai Zhi had imagined.

Bai Zhi retreated to the women's quarters behind the screen and changed her clothes that were covered in blood. Suddenly, she heard Qiao Banxian knocking on the bowl at the men's quarters: "One mouthful of rice ends the matter. One mouthful of rice ends the matter."

Bai Zhi: "..."

He really is here to beg for alms.

Qiao Banxian's reputation had spread widely in the city in the past few days. He was very accurate in his calculations, and he didn't ask for money but only for food. In addition, his clothes were gray, wrinkled and messy because they had never been washed, which inexplicably fit the image of some reclusive master in the minds of ordinary people.

That set of clothes cost two taels of silver. Bai Zhi secretly felt that the money she spent was not worth it.

Originally, the White Tiger Army would not bother to get involved in these fictitious matters, but the times were different now, and several soldiers took their bowls and moved to Qiao Banxian's side.

Qiao Banxian held out his bowl and said, "One mouthful of rice will solve the problem."

A soldier with a broken right arm put a few chunks of meat into his bowl and asked impatiently, "What tricks did the barbarian use?"

Qiao Banxian calculated for a while, and said succinctly: "Entering into the pit, evil is hiding, the sign of drug poisoning, very bad."

The White Tiger Army's soldiers had already heard from their superiors about the barbarian's poisoning. The armless soldier then asked, "How did the barbarian poison you? Is there any way to avoid it?"

Qiao Banxian held out his bowl: "A mouthful of rice."

This time, the soldier with the one-armed leg simply took away half a bowl of food.

"Because the roots have been planted, there is no place to hide, the clouds are up in the sky, waiting for the right time to move."

A bearded soldier nearby handed over the entire bowl and asked, "Excuse me, sir, what time are you waiting for?"

"People from outside the world come down with luck."

Several people looked at each other, and the bearded man asked tentatively, "A person from outside the world?"

Qiao Banxian looked profound and said, "It's just an image but not a reality. I can't elaborate on it."

Another young soldier crept closer, grabbed a few chopsticks of meat and asked anxiously, "Can we win?"

The shout was so loud that even the women living here could hear it. They didn't seem to care much, but they all pricked up their ears towards this side at the same time.

One of the fierce soldiers, whose legs were broken, coughed and cursed: "Damn it, this is disrupting the morale of the army!"

Bai Zhi scooped a bowl of well water from the big bucket in the corner to quench her thirst, thinking: It is indeed disturbing the morale of the army. If he says that he can't win, should the Thirteen States just sit there and wait for death? No matter what the result, we have to keep fighting until we have a way out. Why bother ourselves?

This time, Qiao Banxian did not make any calculations. He shook his head without questioning and said, "The fate of a country cannot be predicted. To predict it will bring disaster."

The young soldier had a sad face: "There's no way to predict. What if we can't win..."

"What depressing words!" The bearded man frowned and kicked him. The seriously injured soldier grimaced in pain. "It's impossible to predict. It's uncertain whether we will win or lose. Everything depends on human effort!"

"What are you doing!"

Bai Zhi was startled and the bowl in her hand almost slipped into the barrel.

Doctor Jiang came back with the medicine.

Although she was just a doctor, everyone in the army respected and feared her. They respected her for her miraculous healing skills, but they feared her for her hot temper. In the twenty years she had been stationed in the army, no one dared to act arrogantly in front of her.

It's just that Doctor Jiang is good at treating external injuries but not poisons, so General Qiao asked her to come here to treat these soldiers who were seriously injured but not poisoned.

Bai Zhi was also a little intimidated by Doctor Jiang. On her first day here, she had the spirit of "being useful when you are here" and told Doctor Jiang all the knowledge she had in her previous life about modern medical wound bandaging. Unexpectedly, Doctor Jiang gave her a sidelong look after listening and said, "Don't teach me these trivial skills anymore."

Bai Zhi: "..."

Bai Zhi: "What about boiling water disinfection?"

Doctor Jiang: “?”

Bai Zhi turned the tables and happily explained the situation to Doctor Jiang. Doctor Jiang tried it for two days with half belief and half doubt, but he did not expect that boiling water really had a miraculous effect. The number of soldiers who died was obviously much less than before.

However, firewood is precious during wartime, and even the vines growing all over the ground cannot withstand such fire. In order to boil water, Doctor Jiang often quarreled with the government. After all, the firewood had to be saved for the winter.

Also quarreled with Bai Zhi: "Is there any other way?"

Bai Zhi thought for a while and said, "Strong liquor is fine, but Ningzhou doesn't have two jars of liquor..."

Doctor Jiang kept making “tsk tsk” sounds, and his face showed “you are so useless”.

Bai Zhi: "..."

If Bai Zhi hadn't known that she was only thinking about the wounded soldiers, she would have started scolding her long ago.

So in the end, they had to compromise and come up with a solution - all the knives and scissors were sterilized in the sun. Baizhi used the juice of a plant to paint all the knives and scissors black and left them outside in the sun, which would make them extremely hot. Fortunately, it was the hottest summer now, so they could wait until it rained before using boiling water to scald them.

The next day, Doctor Jiang wrote these methods in a letter and sent it back to the White Tiger Army. He also told Bai Zhi very righteously: "If there is a way to save people, don't hide it."

Bai Zhi's eyes widened: "I swear to God, I didn't hide anything."

Doctor Jiang narrowed his eyes and said, "Of course there is. Tell me quickly."

Bai Zhi racked her brains and thought: "Oh, yes, there is one, but I'm afraid it can't be used for external injuries. It's called cardiopulmonary resuscitation. If a healthy person suddenly stops breathing and his pulse stops..."

Doctor Jiang nodded after hearing this: "There must be more. Let's talk about it later."

Bai Zhi: "...It's really gone now."

"Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda."

"..."

That night, Doctor Jiang filled a blank book with writing. Bai Zhi, on the other hand, was seriously injured because she was forced to talk and demonstrate for three hours.

Doctor Jiang threw all his medicine bags onto the table, strode over and scolded them harshly: "Who told you to move around! Liu Tieniu, where is your bed? Your bones are all broken! You are risking your life to move so far! Ma Yuan! A broken arm doesn't hinder your movement. You are so strong, don't stay here to recuperate, and just occupy the bed..."

The soldiers dared not to be angry or say anything, and they obediently retreated into their beds.

Only the dirty Qiao Banxian was left there.