Chapter 396： Second cousin is back

Many people came into my yard, and some of them carried one person into a vacant side room.

Ying Bao ran over and took a look and saw a skinny young man lying on the kang with a sallow face.

“Second cousin?” Yingbao almost didn’t recognize it. This thin young man turned out to be Jiang Quan, who had been away from home for two or three years.

The eldest uncle, Mrs. Zhou, was crying uncontrollably. When she saw Yingbao coming, she immediately said, "Yingbao, please save your second brother quickly."

Yingbao checked his second cousin and found that there was an arrow wound on his shoulder. The wound was red, swollen and ulcerated, with maggots growing on it.

Fortunately, there were no injuries elsewhere, which is a blessing among misfortunes.

Yingbao ran back to the room and brought the medicine box, asked the others to go out, and asked the aunt to boil some water and bring it back.

The eldest uncle did not hesitate, and went to boil water with Chun Niang, and scald a few cloth towels and a basin.

Yingbao asked her cousin and Erni to stay in the house to help. She took out a surgical knife to remove carrion and maggots from her second cousin.

Marijuana flies in the wild are very scary. They come to you by smelling the smell. It only takes a dozen breaths from laying eggs to hatching, and it only takes half a moment from larvae to maggots as long as fingertips. If no one intervenes, they can survive. Within an hour, a large living person was penetrated, and finally the person was eaten from the inside out.

The second cousin is still intact. His companions must have been taking care of him and helping him remove the maggots.

 Ying Bao poured strong wine on the wound, and her second cousin roared in pain.

Jiang Cheng and Er Ni held back their tears and held him down, preventing him from moving.

Ying Bao took out a bottle of medicinal solution and poured it into his second cousin's mouth. After thinking about it, he gave him some Ma Fei Powder.

After that, I also applied some numbing powder on the wound, and then started to do it.

After she finished treating her second cousin's wound, she sprinkled some anti-hemostatic and anti-inflammatory powder, and then smeared it with Wudingzhi.

He took out a white cotton cloth and bandaged his entire shoulder, and then asked his 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 his face, almost suffocating Jiang Cheng.

Yingbao handed some powdered medicine to her eldest uncle, then went back to the house to deal with the package of Wudingzhi, and prepared the medicine for her second cousin and her family.

In this situation, Xiao Chengjun may bring someone to call him at some time. He must prepare a lot of wound medicine and give it to his father and the others to carry with them.

Jiang Sanlang heard that his second nephew and a group of villagers who were on an expedition escaped home and were seriously injured, so he quickly ran back to inquire about the situation.

Not all the villagers who went on the last expedition have returned. Many have died in the battle, and some are missing.

Some villagers burst into tears when they learned of the death of their family members, and cursed the Emperor of Guizhou while weeping.

That night, Jiang Quan woke up and saw his parents and relatives surrounding him, crying with joy.

After he fell into coma, several fellow villagers took turns carrying him back. He remembered this kindness in his heart.

Of course, he had saved them on the battlefield. The medicine his little cousin gave him was basically used to treat the injured fellow villagers, but a few of them were seriously injured and all died unfortunately.

“Erquan, tell us what happened over there in Daqian? How did you come back?” Uncle Jiang kept asking despite his son just waking up.

Although Wang Dashan and several other people also told about their situation, Uncle Jiang still wanted to confirm it from his son.

Jiang Quan: "We came here with the Xiao family's army. We didn't know they were coming here. One day I accidentally heard the generals talking about the route to attack the Xin Dynasty in the tent, and then I learned that they were going to break through Qinchuan County and besiege them. Jiankang. As soon as I thought something was wrong, I hurriedly consulted with Wang Dashan and went home to report to you."

This large army is not simply crossing the border. They need a large amount of food and grass supplies, and it is not uncommon to loot the people along the way.

Jiang Quan was worried about the safety of his family members, so he immediately waited for an opportunity to escape from the team with several fellow villagers. A few people did not dare to take the official road, so they went into the old forest and climbed over the mountains and ridges to get home.

As a result, they met a group of chasing troops somewhere. They had no choice but to jump into the river and float away. Unfortunately, Jiang Quan was hit by an arrow in the shoulder.

They finally escaped. Jiang Quan's wound became infected due to water immersion, and most of the medicine in his arms was soaked in water and wasted.

Jiang Quan thought he would definitely die this time. Fortunately, they returned home safely and he did not die.

"Those people are preparing to break through from Qinchuan County?" Jiang Sanlang immediately thought of Cao Shen and others.

They are confident, probably just to wait for the Guizhou army to come.

Jiang Sanlang looked solemn and said to his eldest brother: "The situation is not good. No matter how we build the village, we probably won't be able to withstand the imperial army."

Jiang Dalang thinks so too.

“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 Xinchao side and ask them to send troops to intercept. No, it is not to intercept, but to capture Qinchuan County first."

At present, the county seat is occupied by Cao Shen and others. As soon as the Da Qian army comes, the county seat will be given to Da Qian for free.

If the new dynasty wants to conquer it in the future, I don’t know how much effort it will take.

My family and Cao Shen are already mortal enemies. Once this place is taken away by Da Qian, the fate of the Jiang family can be imagined.

So, he must not let the Daqian army join Cao Shen.

Jiang Dalang nodded: "Let's see where Daqian's team has arrived so that we can deal with it easily."

If there are still a few days to go, then they don't have to guard the village. It's more important to take the villagers and escape 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 led two villagers over the south **** and ran to other counties to report to the New Dynasty army. Jiang Sanlang went to inform Sun Lizheng and others, so that the whole village should be ready to flee to avoid war.

As for Chen Zhu and Wang Dashan, they took a few clever young men and rode on horseback to explore the movements of the Guizhou army.

During this period, Cao Shen retreated to the county seat and never appeared again.

It is estimated that because Chuanhe Town is too far away from the county seat, he did not dare to act rashly after suffering a loss.

However, several towns around the county were attacked by him, causing many people to drag their families and families to Chuanhe Town.

For a time, people's hearts were unstable, and many villagers were unable to farm with peace of mind.

Seeing that the wheat and millet are ripe and the summer harvest is about to begin, everyone is extremely anxious, fearing that there will be a military disaster during the summer harvest.

Yingbao finally prepared all the medicines on hand, so she asked the village children to help her pick fresh herbs, and she would buy them by the pound according to the situation.

After that, she came to the entrance of the stone cave again, lit the torch, and walked slowly inside.

This dark passage was very long. She burned a torch before arriving at the stone door.

Still using the spear to draw a circle around the entire edge of the stone door to remove the gravel, and then pushed hard, but it didn't move.

 Wiping off the dust and moss on the door, Ying Bao carefully identified whether there were any runes or the like, and she found a huge pattern surrounding the entire stone door.