Chapter 26 Harvest (Part 2)

  "Zhèn Huá, the doctor has arrived."

  Gu Zhenhua heard the sound, struggled to lift his head and looked towards the door. He saw a girl in a light blue long dress following He Zhonghou, slender figure, low-hanging pink neck, high-piled black hair on her head, with a cyan jade hairpin inserted, elegant and quiet.

  As she walked into the room, the girl happened to raise her head slightly, perhaps due to the fear of the journey, and there was no blood color on her face, but her white and delicate skin had a jade-like texture. Especially her eyes, still clear and bright, even more moving.

  Gu Zhenhua was a bit dazed, and He Zhonghou thought he didn't trust the girl's medical skills, so he quickly explained: "Zhenhua, we really can't find any doctors in this village. I just asked this young lady, she knows many medical books."

  Gu Zhenhua also came back to his senses and smiled: "Well, then let's trouble this female doctor."

  He Zhonghou turned around and walked out, leaving only the girl and Gu Zhenhua in the room, one lying on the kang and the other standing at the door, silent for a full half minute.

  "Miss, since you know medicine, I'm your patient now. Shouldn't you be taking my pulse and treating my wound?"

  "Ah!"

  The girl suddenly came to her senses, lowered her head, took a few steps, and arrived at Gu Zhenhua's side. She didn't dare to raise her head, but only slightly swept a glance with the corner of her eye, biting her red lips tightly, and grasped the man's wrist with one hand.

  Her icy jade hand touched the skin of the opposite sex for the first time, although it was just her wrist, but compared to hers, it was thicker and more muscular, with bulging veins and muscles that contained great strength. A spark seemed to pass between the two people in an instant, and the girl's heart was a mess.

  Her neck slightly flushed, the girl hastily calmed her mind and thought about the contents of the medical book: "From the fish border to the high bone, it runs one inch, which is called the inch mouth. From the inch to the foot, it is called the foot moistening, so it is said that the foot and inch are related. Yang comes out and Yin enters, with Guan as the boundary..."

  That's the location of the inch, three fingers of the girl gently pressed on it, just as she carefully felt the pulse, suddenly heard a light laugh, scared her to quickly withdraw her hand. Suddenly raised her head, and saw Gu Zhenhua smiling at her.

  "What did I do wrong? The medical book indeed says so."

  "Miss, I haven't read any medical books before, but I still know that men are on the left and women are on the right. You seem to have gotten the direction wrong."

  The girl listened and suddenly blushed, the red color spreading all the way down to her neck, even her shoulders were trembling slightly.

  "Right, sorry, I, I..."

  "You've just read medical books, but have you ever actually treated a patient?"

  "No, no, I've treated sick cats."

  The girl blurted out a sentence in her anxiety, and Gu Zhenhua looked at her shy face, suddenly bursting into loud laughter. But this pulled on the wound on his body, causing him to frown in pain.

  The girl looked and suddenly became anxious, hastily saying: "It's all my fault, you'd better hurry up and find a real doctor."

  "Never mind, where can we find a doctor? The girl down there will tell you what to do, just follow her instructions."

  "I'm afraid..."

  "What's there to be afraid of? Just think of me as a sick cat!"

  Gu Zhenhua didn't mince words and spoke in a commanding tone, the girl could only nod her head.

  "There are two arrow wounds on my shoulder and lower abdomen, which is the most serious. Let's deal with it first. Use scissors to cut open the clothes, then use pliers to pull out the arrowheads."

  The girl had no choice but to follow Gu Zhenhua's instructions, first cutting open a cross-shaped hole in the clothes on her shoulder. Fresh blood had already coagulated around the wound, and with just a slight movement, Gu Zhenhua's entire body couldn't help but tremble. After wiping away the external bloodstains, an iron arrowhead was revealed, precisely lodged in the shoulder socket.

  "Pinch with pliers and use both hands to pull it out forcefully at once!"

  The girl bit her teeth, clamped the arrowhead with pliers, and made a sudden effort. A stream of blood accompanied the arrowhead as it gushed out. Gu Zhenhua couldn't help but let out a muffled groan. This one arrow was deeply embedded in his body, more than an inch deep. If not for the cotton armor blocking it, the arrow wound alone might have been enough to take Gu Zhenhua's life.

  "Ah, you're bleeding again, where's the hemostatic medicine?"

  "Don't be in a hurry." Gu Zhenhua gritted his teeth and said, "First use salt water to clean the wound, who knows if there's any dirt on the arrowhead."

  The girl could only follow the law, using gauze to apply salt water and carefully cleaning the wound. Gradually, the girl also adapted, wiping it clean with extra care. Then she applied a hemostatic and regenerative medicine to Gu Zhenhua, and wrapped it up with clean gauze.

  The shoulder was done, and now it was the arrow wound on his lower abdomen. His clothes were cut open again, revealing his strong waist to the girl. The eight-pack abs stood out neatly, with dense body hair, looking robust and powerful. The girl was also shocked - she had never seen a man's body like this before!

  Ugly? Good-looking? She couldn't tell, but she couldn't help sneaking a few glances, and it seemed to be getting more and more attractive. She shook her head, scolding herself for being shameless, what was wrong with her, how could she be having such wild thoughts at this time?!

  She hastily treated the wound according to law and helped Gu Zhenhua bandage it. In addition to the two arrow wounds, there were several other injuries on his ribs, shoulders, and chest, all of which were superficial wounds, making them easier to treat.

  However, the girl had also been struggling for a while, and her forehead was covered in sparkling sweat beads, panting non-stop, her chest heaving up and down. At this time, Gu Zhenhua's upper body clothes were all cut into shreds, his strong physique fully exposed to the girl's gaze.

  "Miss, now that we've met openly and honestly, I wonder if you'd be willing to tell me about your identity?"

  The girl suddenly felt even more desolate, and a sorrowful color appeared in her eyes. She secretly took a glance at Gu Zhenhua, this man's face wore a warm smile, very sincere, also reassuring.

  "I, Mei Wenruo, am from Hangzhou. Two years ago, I came to Beijing and lived in the house of my uncle, Guo Ying. Just a few days ago, people said that Li Zicheng's troops were going to break in, so our household was in an uproar. Later, my cousin Zhang Shize took his whole family to flee outside the city. As a result, they encountered a general of Li Zicheng's army and were all killed. My maid and I fell into his hands. Then... then we were taken out of the city by you."

  Gu Zhenhua listened to her narrative, completely a realistic version of Lin Meimei, but this little girl seemed to have more ideas than Lin Meimei.

  "Miss Mei, how did you come up with the idea of impersonating a doctor?"

  "What?" The girl was momentarily speechless, and after a while, she said firmly: "A doctor is better than a plaything!"

  At that moment, the girl's eyes flashed with a heartbreaking expression again. Gu Zhenhua's large hand grasped her tightly and solemnly said: "Miss Mei, rest assured, from now on no one can treat you as a plaything, you are yourself!"

  ……

  Covered in wounds and exhausted, Gu Zhenhua slept for the entire afternoon, only waking up when it was time to light the lamps. The beauty was already gone, and waiting by his side was He Zhonghou.

  "Zhenhua, you've finally woken up." The old man said with a smile: "This afternoon I had Tang Zhanxiong and Luan Hu help out, they've already taken stock of the things."

  "Sixth Uncle, how is it? Are you surprised?"

  He Zhonghou also had a smiling face: "How can you not be surprised, it's simply shocking! You little guy is really a big broom, how did you manage to get so many things!"

  After the inventory, He Zhonghou was indeed frightened. The most brought out by Gu Zhenhua were military weapons, including 2513 bird guns, 280 Lu Mi guns, 95 self-igniting guns, 20 tiger squatting cannons, 1 French machine gun, and 3500 catties of gunpowder.

  Although somewhat reduced from the original amount, they basically brought out about three thousand guns, including the more advanced firearms obtained from Zhu Chun's mansion.

  As long as Gu Zhenhua is given enough time to train three thousand qualified gunners and combine them with other troops, it will not be a problem to resist tens of thousands of cavalrymen. This will absolutely become the nightmare of the Manchu Tartars!

  He Zhonghou was not very familiar with military hardware and did not know the value of these firearms, but as an old man who had dealt with money his whole life, he was extremely clear-headed.

  "Zhenhua, apart from the firearms, you also brought out 52 horse-drawn carriages, eight of which were carrying the families of officials. The other 44 were all filled with jewels, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as land deeds, many of which were worth a fortune, with a total value of at least over two million taels."

  Gu Zhenhua was also very satisfied when he heard it. Two million, if you add the wealth that Zhu Chun and his men transferred out in advance, getting all of this would be at least over five million taels of wealth, what can't be done!

  Gu Zhenhua's face revealed a triumphant smile: "That's not all, Sixth Uncle. Open that package and you'll find a deed to the land inside. Take a look at how much it's worth."