TPITWOHEF

Chapter 156

The full-scale physical examinations lasted for three days.

Every day, not only did the imperial physicians diagnose the soldiers one by one, but Xiao Chuchu also exhausted her daily body-checking skills.

Xiao Chuchu discovered two more Jing Country soldiers with post-war psychological issues, and one old patient who needed to have their wound reopened.

Head Imperial Physician Hu worked from dawn to dusk, poring over ancient texts in search of traditional remedies for external injuries.

Two military doctors were urgently summoned from the West Mountain Camp.

"Head Imperial Physician Hu, treating the soldiers' injuries is our responsibility!"

After meticulously examining Ba Tu, the three military doctors frowned and surrounded Head Imperial Physician Hu as they exited the tent.

"You imperial physicians may be miracle workers when it comes to treating the Emperor and Empress, but you're not fit to meddle in our military affairs!"

"How can you spout such nonsense?"

"It's impossible. What's this about having a 30% chance? Oh, and in a few days, you think you can come up with a method that has a 40-50% chance? Bullshit!"

"I've treated at least eight hundred external injuries, if not a thousand. How many arrow wounds have you, an imperial physician, dealt with in the palace all day?"

The three military doctors all thought Head Imperial Physician Hu had a problem, and not a minor one—arrogance.

Just because he treated the Emperor, he thought he could cure all illnesses in the world. Wrong!

"Have you ever seen an arrow wound?" The old military doctor under Zhao Qianwei, surnamed Meng and named Chun, looked thin and dark but had a pair of skilled hands. He was steady and quick when dealing with external injuries. "Have you ever seen a bone injury? Do you know what everyone here calls me?"

Head Imperial Physician Hu's mouth twitched as he stepped back, "Meng Chun, speak properly, don't spit while you talk."

"Hmph, I'm spitting at you!" Meng Chun glared. "You barely deal with arrow wounds all year round, yet you dare to boast. If your master knew, he'd crawl out of his grave to beat you!"

Head Imperial Physician Hu: "...What does my master have to do with you!"

"Hmph!" Meng Chun turned his head away.

The two of them were from different schools of medicine. The Meng family had been skilled in treating external injuries, bone injuries, and bruises for three generations, while Head Imperial Physician Hu belonged to the orthodox internal medicine lineage.

To be honest, when it came to treating external and bone injuries, Head Imperial Physician Hu was indeed no match for Meng Chun, the military doctor.

Both in skill and experience, there was a significant gap.

Head Imperial Physician Hu, in fact, hadn't initially planned to do it all by himself. "Meng Skillful Hands, you can perform the operation to dig out the fragments, and I'll be responsible for Ba Tu's post-injury recuperation."

"I won't do it," Meng Chun flatly refused.

The other two military doctors also shook their heads repeatedly. "Head Imperial Physician Hu, you'd better explain clearly to the Emperor. Ba Tu's old injury has persisted for years. Even if we had treated it at the time, there would have been a great risk."

"You may be unfamiliar with arrow wounds, but most arrows from the grassland tribes have barbs, and the force of a single arrow is tremendous. When the arrow shatters inside the body, both the wooden fragments and arrowhead can explode within."