imperial psychologist

Chapter 378 Invitation

Originally, Bai Yi was standing in the courtyard approving yesterday's accounts, but was interrupted by the rushing apprentice just now, and almost forgot the previous calculation results.

Now being shouted again, I really don't remember the numbers that I had a little impression of just now.

He sighed in his heart—as expected, he had to go back to his room to settle the accounts, and honestly took his notes...

"It's easy to understand." Bai Yi put down the bill in his hand, and said softly, "What does General Shen do?"

The apprentices looked at each other in blank dismay, "...leading troops to fight."

"What do you fear most when leading troops to fight?" Bai Yi asked.

"...Ambush!"

"There are many enemy soldiers!"

"...the food and grass can't meet it!"

The answers in the yard kept coming and going, and Bai Yi whispered, "You are all right, but what I want to talk about is 'injury'.

"Swords, guns, swords and halberds, axes and forks... People are so fragile, but if they are stabbed or scratched like this, they can easily die from various infections.

"Once the wounded completely lose their combat capability, they will become burdens, so it is very reasonable for General Shin to be interested in suture technology."

The eyes of several apprentices brightened, "Then can we go to the front with the general in the future and become military doctors?"

Bai Yi glanced at him, "Do you really want to go to the front line?"

"Think about it!" The young man patted his chest, "If you can serve as a soldier, your family will be exempted from taxes for three years, and the salary you get for a month as a soldier is worth more than several months in the imperial hospital—"

Another apprentice laughed immediately, "Then why didn't you go for the conscription last year?"

The young man was suddenly a little shy, "Who said I didn't go? I went to the conscription last year and the year before, but people thought I was too thin, so they didn't want me... That's why I asked if I could be a military doctor! If I can't carry a big knife, I will return Can you hold a needle and thread?"

Everyone in the yard burst into laughter.

Bai Yi also laughed, "Then you have to work harder, this is all handicraft work, when you will be a teacher..."

After leaving the army, they were sent to the front line one after another, and tens of thousands of people died in foreign lands.

Bai Yi's smile suddenly dimmed.

"...It would be fine if we didn't fight." He said softly.

"It's up to us whether to fight or not. If the gold thief really comes, can we not fight back?" An apprentice said, "But I heard from my fourth uncle a few days ago that he has relatives in the north, and he has just defected recently." Come to his house and say everyone he knows is running south, and only the ones who can't run stay north—"

Before this person finished speaking, another person interrupted, "What kind of argument is this? I think that relative of your fourth uncle is a soft bone. I don't guard my own country, and said that everyone is running south like him. ...they have all run away, so how can the garrison in the north be recruited?"

"Then, how do I know?" Another apprentice blushed suddenly, "I just heard what my fourth uncle said..."

"Okay." Bai Yi interrupted everyone's conversation in a low voice, "Everyone is busy with their own affairs, this is not a place for tea parties."

The apprentices smiled shyly.

Just as Bai Yi turned around and was about to go back to the house, an apprentice behind him suddenly said, "Master Bai, if there is a real war, will you go out with the army?"

Bai Yi's steps faltered.

Although he didn't look back, he could feel that all the eyes in the yard were on him.

Berlin had asked this question before, and his answer was simple and clear—no.

But here he obviously can't say that, he can't ask the people here to understand why he hates the battlefield.

And... no one knows whether what he said today will make him guilty of his words in the future.

Just when Bai Yi was a little undecided, the familiar sound of armor clashing suddenly came from the gate of the courtyard—it was the collision of the armor on the soldier's body and the sword at his waist.

While everyone was talking, General Shen's men had already arrived at the door of Xichaifang.

The people in Xichaifang fell silent for a while.

On the contrary, Bai Yi breathed a sigh of relief, the soldiers sent by Shen Jichuan saved him from the dilemma of expressing his opinion in public.

He looked at the people who came and asked them why they came, and sure enough, the soldiers still replied that today they came to visit the four patients who were seriously injured in the refugee case.

Bai Yi signaled the apprentices to take out the observation log they recorded for the two officials to extract and review, and the two did not have to go into the house to observe closely as they did a few days ago, and simply extracted the injuries from yesterday to today After the change, they received the pen.

"One more thing," the soldiers looked at Bai Yi, "General Shen would like to invite Dr. Bai to meet him at the camp in the south of the city. He has something to say to Dr. Bai face to face."

"...Does it have to be now?"

The two soldiers looked at each other, "It is indeed now."

"Going to the south of the city and coming back will take an hour or two even by car." Bai Yi frowned, "Is there anything that I have to go there tonight?"

"Anyway, Dr. Bai's food for tonight has been prepared in the camp," the soldier replied, "and we also sent people to the palace to invite that doctor, Bai Siyao. She should be on the carriage to the south of the city now." .

"The general wants to see you two tonight, and we are only following orders. If you have any questions, you should ask Dr. Bai face to face."

Bai Yi was taken aback for a moment—Bai Ling was also taken away?

She is in the palace... If there is no reason that can completely convince her, it is impossible for Bai Ling to be forcibly taken away.

"...Okay," Bai Yi frowned, "wait for me."

About a quarter of an hour later, Bai Yi had already changed his clothes. After a few words of advice to his apprentices, he first went to Renxin Hall and talked to Bai Shijun, and then followed the two soldiers to sit on the A carriage in the south of the city.

When we got there, it was completely dark.

When Bai Yi got out of the car, he heard Bai Ling calling his name not far away.He quickly stepped forward to meet Bai Ling, and the two asked each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the other was safe and sound.

"So why did you promise him to come to such a far place tonight?" Bai Yi asked with some concern, "Is there anything that can't be discussed tomorrow?"

Bai Ling was stunned for a moment, "Someone said that you were also invited, so I thought I'd better come and take a look, lest anything happen to you."

Bai Yi suddenly realized.

Got it, I was fooled—Shen Jichuan fooled them both with the same reason.

When Bo Ling also understood, she couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, the messenger behind him came to communicate and invited the two of them into the tent for a talk.

Seeing the seriousness on Bai Yi's face, Bai Ling patted his arm lightly, "I don't think you need to worry, we'll just eat and drink at ease tonight. Now I'm a new official, and I'm still gaining momentum. He Shen Jichuan Can't hold a Hongmen banquet... Let's see what he wants to say first."

(End of this chapter)