Many people came into the yard, and several of them carried someone into an empty side room.
Yingbao ran over and saw a skinny young man lying on the kang with a sallow face.
"Second cousin?" Yingbao almost didn't recognize him. This thin young man was Jiang Quan who had been away from home for two or three years.
Aunt Zhou couldn't stop crying. When she saw Yingbao coming, she immediately said, "Yingbao, please save your second brother."
Yingbao checked her second cousin and found an arrow wound on his shoulder. The wound was red, swollen and festering, and maggots grew on it.
Fortunately, there were no other injuries, which was a blessing in disguise.
Yingbao ran back to the room and brought the medicine box, asked everyone else to go out, and asked her aunt to boil some water and bring it over.
The aunt-in-law did not dare to hesitate and went with Chunniang to boil water, and at the same time washed a few towels and basins.
Yingbao asked her eldest cousin and Erni to stay in the house to help. She took out a surgical knife to remove the rotten flesh and maggots for her second cousin.
The marijuana flies in the wild are very scary. They follow the smell and come to the place. It only takes a dozen breaths from laying eggs to hatching, and only half a minute for the larvae to grow into maggots as long as a fingertip. If no one intervenes, they can pierce a living person within an hour and eat the person from the inside out.
My second cousin was still intact, probably because his companions were taking care of him and helping him remove the maggots.
Yingbao poured the liquor on the wound, and the second cousin screamed in pain.
Jiang Cheng and Erni held him down, holding back their tears and preventing him from moving.
Yingbao took out a bottle of medicine and poured it into her second cousin's mouth. After thinking for a while, she gave him some Ma Fei San to drink.
Afterwards, he applied some Ma Fei San on the wound and then started to work.
After she had treated her second cousin's wound, she sprinkled some hemostatic and anti-inflammatory powder, and then applied Wudingzhi again.
She then took out some white cotton cloth and bandaged his entire shoulder, then asked her aunt to help him wipe his hands, face and feet.
The second cousin's boots were almost stuck to his feet. When he took them off, a strong stench hit Jiang Cheng in the face and almost made him fall.
Yingbao gave some medicine powder to her aunt and went back to her room to deal with the bag of Wudingzhi and prepare medicine for her second cousin and family members.
In the current situation, Xiao Chengjun may bring people to attack at any time, so I must prepare a lot of medicine for my father and the others to carry with them.
When Jiang Sanlang heard that his second nephew had sneaked back home with a group of villagers who had gone to the war and was seriously injured, he hurried back to inquire about the situation.
Not all the villagers who went on the last expedition have returned. Many have died on the battlefield, and some are missing.
When some villagers learned of the death of their family members, they burst into tears and cursed the Emperor of Daqian while crying.
That night, Jiang Quan woke up and saw his parents and relatives surrounding him, and he cried with joy.
After he fell into coma, several fellow villagers took turns carrying him back. He kept this favor in his heart.
Of course, he had saved them on the battlefield, and the medicine his cousin gave him was basically used to treat injured fellow villagers, but several of them were seriously injured and unfortunately all died.
"Erquan, tell us what happened in Daqian? How did you come back?" Uncle Jiang asked repeatedly, regardless of the fact that his son had just woken up.
Although Wang Dashan and several other people had told about their situation, Uncle Jiang still wanted to confirm it from his son.
Jiang Quan: "We followed the Xiao family's army here. We didn't know they were coming here. One day I overheard the generals discussing the route to attack the Xin Dynasty in their tents, and then I learned that they were going to break through from Qinchuan County and besiege Jiankang. I thought something was wrong, so I quickly consulted with Wang Dashan and others and went home to report to you."
It is not a simple crossing for this large army. They need a large amount of food and supplies, so it is not surprising that they rob people along the way.
Jiang Quan was worried about the safety of his family, so he immediately looked for an opportunity to escape from the team with a few fellow villagers.
A few people did not dare to take the official road. Instead, they went into the old forest and crossed mountains and ridges to rush home.
As a result, they met a group of pursuing troops somewhere. They had no choice but to jump into the river and float away with the current. Unfortunately, Jiang Quan was hit by an arrow in the shoulder.
Finally they were out of danger. Jiang Quan's wound became infected due to waterlogging, and most of the medicine in his arms was also soaked in water and was wasted.
Jiang Quan thought he was going to die this time, but luckily they returned home safely and he did not die.
"Those people are planning to break through from Qinchuan County?" Jiang Sanlang immediately thought of Cao Shen and others.
They are fearless, probably just waiting for the Daqian army to arrive.
Jiang Sanlang looked solemn and said to his eldest brother: "The situation is not good. No matter how much we build the village, we probably won't be able to resist the imperial army."
Jiang Dalang also thinks so.
"What do you think we should do?" He looked at his third brother worriedly.
Jiang Sanlang frowned and thought for a while, then said, "We have to quickly notify the Xin Dynasty and ask them to send troops to intercept us. No, not intercept us, but to take over Qinchuan County first."
Now the county town is occupied by Cao Shen and others. As soon as the Daqian Army arrives, this county town will be given to Daqian for free.
If the new dynasty wants to conquer it in the future, I wonder how much effort it will take.
His family and Cao Shen were already sworn enemies. Once this place was taken away by Da Qian, the fate of the Jiang family could be imagined.
Therefore, he must not let the Daqian army join forces with Cao Shen.
Jiang Dalang nodded: "Let's see where Daqian's team is first, so we can deal with it."
If the journey still had a few days to go, they wouldn't have to stay in the village anymore. The important thing was to quickly take the villagers and flee together.
"Okay, I'll let Chen Zhu and Wang Dashan go and investigate first." Chen Zhu had been in the army, and Wang Dashan had been a scout and had just escaped from the Guizhou Army, so he had a certain understanding of their marching route.
So, the two brothers acted separately. Uncle Jiang took two villagers and climbed over the south side of the south slope to go to another county to report to the Xin Dynasty army. Jiang Sanlang went to inform Sun Lizheng and others, asking all the villagers to be prepared to flee and avoid the war at any time.
As for Chen Zhu and Wang Dashan, they took a few clever young men and rode on horseback to investigate the movements of the Qian army.
During this period, Cao Shen retreated to the county town and never appeared again.
Probably because Chuanhe Town was too far away from the county seat, he dared not act rashly after suffering a loss.
However, he had taken over several towns and villages around the county seat, causing many people to flee to Chuanhe Town with their families.
For a time, people's hearts were in turmoil and many villagers were unable to concentrate on farming.
As the wheat and millet matured and the summer harvest was about to begin, everyone was extremely anxious, fearing that war would occur during the harvest.
Yingbao finally used up all the medicines she had, so she asked the children in the village to help her pick fresh herbs, and she would buy them by the kilogram depending on the situation.
Then she came to the entrance of the cave again, lit a torch, and walked slowly inside.
The dark corridor was very long, and she burned a torch before she reached the stone gate.
He still used his spear to circle the entire edge of the stone door to clear away the rubble, then pushed hard, but it didn't move at all.
After wiping off the dust and moss on the door, Yingbao carefully looked for runes or something like that. As a result, she really found a huge pattern that surrounded the entire stone door.