Chapter 315 - Chapter 315: Chapter 311: Scraping Flesh to Cure Wounds_1 (1/2)

Chapter 315: Chapter 311: Scraping Flesh to Cure Wounds_1

Yingbao glanced again at the elder brother standing behind her master, “Alright, I have a thin knife here. Let the elder brother cut it carefully, just avoid injuring the major blood vessels.”

Zhou Hao came over with an expressionless face and ask, “When do I cut?”

“First go and wash your hands clean,” Yingbao addressed everyone in the room, “I would ask all of you to step outside, please.”

It would not do for her to collect things with so many eyes fixated on her.

Because her medicines and surgical instruments are kept in her cave dwelling, even though she has a small medical box, it’s not completely equipped.

Zhou Wuchang led everyone out of the room, and had the elderly Wu to bring another oil lamp into the room for illumination.

Subsequently, Zhou Hao, with clean hands, walked in and saw the little sister holding two thin knives and a pair of scissors over the flame of a candle.

After preparing the surgical instruments and scissors, Yingbao placed everything on a clean cotton cloth for use.

She took a pot of strong liquor and made the patient gulp down a few mouthfuls, then poured the liquor on his shoulder wound.

The patient twitched once but didn’t move again.

Yingbao then had the elder brother start to cut away the necrotic flesh.

The man was steadfast, he only screamed a few times, but he didn’t struggle too much.

After Zhou Hao cleaned the wound, he saw the little sister pouring another bottle of strong liquor on his shoulder.

“Ah~” The man screamed, with some liquid poured into his mouth again.

However, this time it was not alcohol, but sweet-tasting fruit juice.

Then Yingbao handed over a packet of wound medicine powder to the elder brother and asked him to apply the medicine. Afterwards he used cotton cloth to wrap up the patient’s entire shoulder.

The wound processed, the patient peacefully fell asleep.

Zhou Hao was already covered in sweat, too fatigued to even keep his hands steady.

This was his first time dealing with such a wound, his mind felt strung tight like a pulled bowstring.

Only when it was finally done, he nearly collapsed from exhaustion.

No wonder the little sister had asked him to remove the necrotic flesh, this truly was not a job for an ordinary person.

Yingbao cleaned the surgical instruments and scissors and threw a large ball of cotton onto the basin, asking the second brother to take it out and discard it.

This piece of cloth was soaked with pus and blood, the disgustingly putrid smell was unbearable, she definitely did not want to clean it herself.

Zhang Min carried the basin out and asked Cui Hua where to dump it.

Cui Hua glanced at the cotton in the basin and took it, “Let me do it.”

Zhang Min, seeing Cui Hua take responsibility, happily ran back into the room.

The next day, the patient woke up, and his spirits had greatly improved.

The bearded man was so happy he repeatedly thanked Yingbao, “Many thanks to the young doctor for saving my life.”

He thanked Zhou Wuchang, and spoke about their experiences of being in a military base.

It turned out that they were both from a military base ten miles away.

Upon learning that Zhou Wuchang had brought back a divine doctor, they immediately sent the colonel by horse cart for treatment.

“General, we simply cannot survive at the military base anymore, the layers of exploitation from above, the salaries constantly decreasing, and we soldiers getting injured don’t even have medicine.” The bearded big man cried as he spoke, “I… if I weren’t a military man, I wouldn’t want to do it anymore.”

Zhou Wuchang remained silent.

Beginning from the previous reign, the imperial court started favoring civil officials over the military, the Martial Generals were excluded by the entire court without any substantial authority to speak of, even the frontier commanders were treated this way.

Even if foreign invaders attacked, the frontier commanders had to inform the emperor through the surveillance army, and only upon the emperor’s personal decree could the frontier marshal mobilize a small number of troops.

This caused constant enemy harassment at the borders, causing unbearable suffering for the civilians and soldiers in the vicinity.

Not to mention the court often delayed the delivery of military salaries and food supplies, leading to unrest among the military camps.

Thereafter, the unsupervised military officers started exploiting their subordinates, trying all means to amass wealth.

In the end, it is the lower-ranking soldiers that bear the brunt of this abuse.