In the middle of the night, all the soldiers were woken up and ordered to gather in the open space in front of the barracks.
The light and shadow of the fire danced on everyone's face, and everyone felt that the situation was not good from the expression of the captain of the guards.
When the entire field was shrouded in low pressure.
Kant walked out of the tent slowly, walked to the captain of the guard with a tense expression and said a few words.
After finishing speaking, everyone left behind and walked back to the camp.
After listening to Kant's instructions with a solemn face, the captain of the guard stood upright and watched him leave.
After Kant lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in.
The captain of the guard turned around and looked at the faces of every soldier.
"Who among you entered Clyde's tent and then escaped?" the captain of the guards gritted his teeth.
In his eyes: there is resentment, distress, and annoyance at being challenged by his subordinates.
The medical soldier in charge of patrolling at night came to him in a panic and told him: When someone was found sneaking into the tent of the infected soldier.
His heart almost jumped out of his chest.
He couldn't imagine that if the virus spread, more soldiers would be infected. How should I apologize to Kant.
The captain of the guard saw that no soldier in the audience made a sound, so he made a move with his right hand.
He took a lunch box full of food from a medical soldier and held it up in front of everyone. He continued: "Today, the medical soldiers in charge of the patrol saw soldiers in uniform leaving Clyde's tent in a hurry, and found the lunch box uniformly issued by the army on the desk in the camp. Who violated it? Ban, stand up for me quickly. Don't force me to search one by one."
The soldiers of the guards listened to what the captain said, whispered among themselves, and looked around from time to time. Guess who would do such a thing.
After a while, a soldier standing in the back of the line stepped out of the line step by step and stood in front of the captain of the guard.
The medical soldier standing next to the captain of the guard saw the soldier's face clearly, and couldn't help frowning: this soldier was the soldier who had been following them this afternoon and was disturbing the side.
"Bart." The captain of the guards called out his name after noticing the soldiers standing out of the queue.
"It's me." Bart raised his hand tremblingly.
"How dare you disobey the captain's order." The captain of the guard reprimanded sharply.
"I'm just afraid that no one will take care of him. A few days ago, there were obviously many medical soldiers helping in Clyde's camp. But as of yesterday, no one went there anymore. Even today, the medical team Come and take away all of Clyde's things and burn them all." Bart knelt down and cried, "I'm worried that one day Clyde is dead, and his body will be burned like this without predicting. It was a terrible death."
The captain of the guards was a little moved in his heart, but he still said seriously: "Then you can't ignore the order and go straight to Clyde's camp. You know, if you are infected with the plague, you will bring it to other people indirectly." How much damage will it cause? The entire Dherim may suffer as a result."
"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Bart buried his head in his knees and whimpered, "I just wanted to give him another meal at the end. I didn't expect it to be like this. Seriously."
"In any case, what has been done is irreversible." The captain of the guards sighed in a low voice: "You must now accept the same quarantine inspection as Clyde. Moreover, since you have violated the discipline in the army, even if you If he is not infected with the virus, he cannot continue to serve in the army.”
This is what Kant told him before. Severe measures must be taken against soldiers who violate military regulations.
After listening to the disposition assigned to him, Bart knelt on the spot and began to cry.
Finally, he was picked up by the soldiers of the medical team and taken away.
The other soldiers were still standing there, quietly without making any sound.
They already understood the whole incident and the fact that some of the soldiers were infected with the plague.
The captain of the guard glanced at everyone, and said: "I didn't tell you because I was worried that it would cause unnecessary panic. But in the current situation: you should also understand what happened. Tomorrow we will go all out and try our best. Try to get back to Dherim earlier. After you return to the main city, there will be a doctor you can trust to examine you, so you don’t have to worry too much, do you understand?”
"Understood!" The soldiers replied in unison.
"Go back and rest, you have to get up early tomorrow. Disband!!"
On the second day, Kant and his party went all out in the desert.
The mood of the soldiers was much lower than in the past. Everyone concentrated on staring at the loess road under their feet, and did not chat with each other anymore.
Until it was getting dark, the soldiers at the forefront burst into cheers after seeing the gate of the main city of Dherim: "We have arrived!!"
Kant also looked up, and after seeing the logo of Dherim, the tiredness in the corners of his eyes also disappeared.
The soldiers on the city wall immediately opened the city gate to pass after noticing Kant and his party.
Kant and the others returned to Dherim a day earlier than expected, so there was no welcome team behind the city gate.
A group of people rushed towards the place where the military camp was located.
Kant also underwent a physical examination along with the accompanying soldiers.
While waiting for the results, he asked the captain of the medical corps beside him, "Where is the infected soldier now?"
"When we went to check this morning, the soldier had no vital signs." The medical captain replied.
After hearing this sentence, Kant was silent for a while. Then he asked, "Where's his ashes? Have you brought them back?"
"Well, we have handed over the urn to the captain of the guards." The medical captain said.
"I hope that the compensation brought by the imperial court can make up for the heartbreak of the soldiers' families." Kant said with emotion.
After the test results showed that Kant himself was not infected with the virus, Kant boarded the carriage and set off back to the palace.
Before leaving, Kant also confessed to the captain of the medical corps: he should report the statistics of the inspection results to him.
If any unexpected changes occur, it needs to be reported in time.
Arriving in the palace, Kant finally felt relieved.
Returning to Dherim means that there are more trusted generals and civil servants around him who can discuss with him and help make decisions.
It is still too reluctant to correct all kinds of sudden changes with one person's strength.
Kant said silently in his heart: I hope that the troubles in recent days can be an episode, which can be calmed down after the rectification.
(end of this chapter)