The cruel little princess

Chapter 72: What does it feel like to have an ice coffin in the hot summer...

Shen Duanfang saw his daughter with his own eyes and confirmed that she was fine, and the stone in his heart was put down. He didn't think at all that his son was still fighting in the front!

"Niece, please tell us how you recognized those spies?" Lieutenant General Zhang still had many doubts in his mind, and he wanted to ask them all so that his niece could answer them for him.

"They said that one of their uncles was injured, and they were going to the military camp to pick me up and save his life. When they met us and greeted us, they didn't recognize me. Logically, most of the people in our military camp would know me. And after they rode over, I smelled a strong smell of tung oil. Even though tung oil is used on the battlefield, they usually leave it for their brothers on the battlefield when they leave the battlefield and go to the rear, to increase their chances of saving their lives! And they all carried tung oil with them, so there is only one explanation: they did it on purpose. No matter what the situation is, it's always right for us to catch up and take a look. That's why we discovered the fire in the granary in time." Shen Youyou explained in an orderly manner.

"Then niece, how did you come up with the idea of ​​burning their granary? How did you get in?" another deputy general asked impatiently.

"After interrogation, we learned that they were under the orders of General Hu Ben. While our main force was on the battlefield, they wanted to set fire to our camp and take me hostage. This way, even if they were caught after setting the fire, they could escape unscathed with me. So of course we had to give them a taste of their own medicine. They were wearing our armor anyway, so we just put it on and let the secret guards take me hostage and pretend to go back to report. We'll arrange for the pursuers to come later, and they won't question us any further and will quickly let us go. Plus, with me as a hostage, they'll subconsciously let us in as their own people, and then we'll fight the pursuers behind us, and we'll safely enter their camp."

"I'll do it, I'll do it! It's my turn to ask! What will you do after entering their military camp? Will you set fire to it directly? Don't they see you?" Lieutenant General Zhang couldn't wait to squeeze to the front again, and the onlookers quickly came online.

"Their main force was already on the battlefield, so we took a detour and headed straight for the granary. The secret guards went around to the back and killed the guards guarding the granary..." She gestured with her knife as if wiping her neck, then continued, "We also brought tung oil, and quite a bit. We poured it directly at the bottom of the granary and set it on fire. The brothers fighting at the gate of the camp were also crucial. They attracted most of the others to join the battle, which caused them to not notice the fire for a while. Then we pretended to receive new orders and took me hostage on the battlefield to threaten my father to retreat, and then we ran out of the camp. The brothers behind us had to catch up and rescue me. In this way, both of us left the enemy camp safely."

Shen Youyou paused, deciding to finish the story herself to avoid repeated questions. "They have eight granaries. Judging by the intensity of the fire, we must have burned at least five, leaving only three granaries full of grain. We came here right after we set the fire, and the rest of the uncles and aunts already knew about it. Judging by the time, they should have received the news of the granary fire by then."

The situation on the Qinglong Kingdom was exactly as Shen Youyou had predicted. General Huben glared at the messenger kneeling before him. "Only two of the eight granaries remain?! The rest were burned down?!" He felt a burning fire in his heart. Furthermore, the battlefield situation was not favorable for him. He didn't know what kind of weapon the opposing Jinlong Kingdom had developed. A dozen or so cart-like vehicles, pulled up, could actually fire long arrows with a range far greater than ordinary long arrows, reaching around 200 meters. And they fired quickly. His side suffered countless casualties, while the enemy suffered minimal damage.

In contrast, General Huben felt only burning with rage, and when he suddenly heard that the military camp had been lost and the granary had been burned, he felt a fishy and sweet taste in his throat, and "puff", a mouthful of blood spurted out, and then his eyes went black, and he fainted.

"General! General!" His deputy general also stood up hurriedly to check on General Huben's condition.

The accompanying military doctor was called in to check on General Huben's condition. A group of people surrounded him, pinching his Ren Zhong acupoint and shouting, until General Huben opened his eyes abruptly. With trembling lips, he uttered the words "Retreat..." and then fell unconscious again...

As the Golden Dragon Kingdom fought more and more courageously, the Blue Dragon Kingdom called back its troops. Watching the rapidly retreating enemy, Shen Zijin felt a bit unsatisfied and wanted to chase them down and kill them without a single mortal left. However, he also heard the retreat signal from his own side, so he prepared to pack up and return to camp.

Prince Jin, still mindful of the mission Shen Youyou had assigned him, ordered his secret guards to search the battlefield for intact enemy corpses. They found around fifty in total and brought them all back to the barracks.

Upon hearing the news, Shen Youyou initially thought she could give them a truly unforgettable lesson. She recalled her first dissection with her instructor—a truly unforgettable experience! The temperature in the dissection room was naturally low, fearing that the heat would cause the body to decompose. Her instructor instructed her where to begin the cut, the knife making a "squeaking" sound as it sliced ​​through the flesh. Then he began examining the internal organs: the heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys, what was this, what was that, the large intestine, small intestine, cecum, duodenum... After that, she went without food for several days. Fortunately, her instructor gave her three days to adjust, and on the fourth day, she was sent back to dissect. It's not that practice makes perfect, it's that experience makes perfect. Not to mention that later, to hone her skills, she became a forensic pathologist, dissecting thousands of cadavers. It's fair to say that corpses with difficult and complicated cases from across the country were shipped to her for autopsies.

But when Shen Youyou saw that His Royal Highness Prince Jin had ordered people to bring back so many corpses, she was speechless. In the hot weather of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, wouldn't they all be covered with corpse spots in one day and would become rotten in two days... But throwing them back couldn't be done either. After bringing them back, throwing them out again would be a problem. So Shen Youyou could only use her brain to make ice. She also asked people to rush to get a lot of saltpeter from various places and crush it into powder. Because a lot of ice was needed, she used a large water tank and a wooden barrel. Fill the wooden barrel with water and place it in a large water tank that was also filled with water and equipped with a stand. Then pour the saltpeter powder into the large water tank. During the stirring and dissolving process, it will absorb a lot of heat, so the water in the wooden barrel will freeze when it drops below the freezing point.

Thanks to strength in numbers, the large, tiled, blue-brick house Shen Youyou requested was built in less than half a day. It was located next to the wounded barracks, close to the river, and conveniently located for water. Furthermore, the ice-making method wasn't difficult, so Prince Jin's secret guards took on all the work. When they saw how effortlessly Miss Shen created ice in the scorching summer heat, their admiration for her instantly soared to a level even higher than their own prince's. Could this Miss Shen be a celestial being?! She knows everything!

The spacious, specially rebuilt brick and tiled house was filled with large ice blocks. The ice, piled together, melted more slowly. The dripping water flowed along a small channel dug in the corner of the wall, circling the wall and flowing into the stream. The densely packed ice formed a wall inside the house. As the ice melted, they began to make more ice and add more. This allowed them to make ice once a day, but they had to meet the required quantity. The secret guards also built ice coffins inside the house to hold the bodies, but they didn't have one for each person; instead, they might be stacked up and shared by three or five people. Seeing this, An Nineteenth felt jealous and whispered to An Twenty-Eighth: If it weren't for the fact that the young lady needed these bodies soon and couldn't let them rot, he would have built himself an ice coffin to see what it felt like...

Shen Youyou also requested that the ice be neatly stacked to form a dissection table. Initially, the imperial physicians and military doctors were delighted to come here to enjoy the cool air. Even without entering, just being near the house felt incredibly cool and refreshing. They hadn't yet entered the house, so they had no idea what "surprises" awaited them!

Shen Youyou saw the size of the room and knew that only about ten people could come in at a time to observe and learn. She first selected five imperial physicians and five military physicians. After all, they needed to be treated equally and not feel favored. Imperial Physician Yang, Imperial Physician Li, and Military Physician Feng were among the first group.

At first, the chosen ones were delighted, believing it was a sign of Shen Youyou's recognition of their medical skills and that she would teach them some unique medical techniques. As they excitedly followed Shen Youyou into the room, they saw a naked corpse lying on the "dissection table" in the center. The dense candles surrounding the dissection table illuminated it from all angles, and their laughter instantly died down. "What...what's going on, Miss Shen?" Doctor Li asked.

Although he knew that doctors didn't distinguish between men and women, it wouldn't be a good idea to leave it naked like that, even if it was a corpse...

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