Chapter 8 Platform (VIII)
The light of dawn finally appeared in the sky. Zhang Wuji checked the injuries of the wounded again and broke the awkward silence. "Let's go down the mountain. I'll treat your injuries at my home."
The Cao Gang members who regrouped looked at each other for a moment, and the leader said, "Mr. Huo, let's make this clear first. This time we are here to look for your senior brother Li Xiunian."
Huo Chong smiled bitterly, "My senior brother died on the way back a few days ago."
"Dead?" Everyone in the Cao Gang who was still able to stand widened their eyes in surprise.
"Why would I lie to you? My senior brother didn't make it back to Zhangdian alive. He died on the way. It was my master who carried him back. Since you want to make things clear, why don't you explain it now?"
Since this matter would not end well, Huo Chong decided to face it head on. Just as he was about to continue talking about what happened, the Cao Gang members who had chest injuries and bloody holes stabbed in their legs groaned in pain.
Huo Chong could only return to the original topic, "If your people drag on, their lives may be in danger. Although this matter has nothing to do with me..."
"How can it have nothing to do with you? You ambushed us in the middle of the night!" A Cao Gang member who fell down the hillside with wounds all over his face shouted, "You...you also led us to the wild boar's den!"
Perhaps Huo Chong spoke in Shandong dialect, and the Cao Gang members also spoke with northern accents. When Liu the Hunter heard this, he shouted angrily, "Bullshit! Can you just come to the Wild Boar's Nest casually?"
Seeing the fierce appearance of Liu the Hunter holding a hunting fork, the Cao Gang members were so scared that they held their weapons. Huo Chong instinctively wanted to ease the situation, but he felt it was inappropriate. Since the other party had come to cause trouble, it was not so easy to settle it peacefully. If he kept trying to ease the situation, wouldn't it make the Cao Gang feel that they were more in the right?
"Brother, let's go." Huo Chong said to Liu the Hunter.
Hunter Liu had already hung the wild boar upside down to bleed it at night, and the wild boar was already tied up. Upon hearing Huo Chong's call, he and Huo Chong immediately lifted the wild boar with sticks and walked down the mountain.
After walking a distance, I heard the Cao Gang members behind me shouting anxiously in Jiangzhe dialect: "Brother Huo, please stay!"
At noon, the group arrived in front of Huo Chong's house. Huo Chong invited them in, and the members of Cao Gang who were still in good condition showed hesitation on their faces. Huo Chong smiled and said , "If you want to treat your injuries outside in the wind, I won't stop you."
Probably because they were used to traveling around the world, the Cao Gang also knew that they couldn't treat the wounded outside. So they carried and supported the wounded into the house. Liu the Hunter whispered to Huo Chong: "Brother Huo, if these people dare to act wildly, send someone to call me."
"Thanks, Brother Liu." Huo Chong sincerely thanked Liu the Hunter.
"Brother Huo, how do you steam the pork liver?" Hunter Liu asked again about his wife's treatment.
Huo Chong answered according to his own guess about the preservation method of vitamin B: "Just steam it. If sister-in-law thinks the fishy smell is too strong, you can add some ingredients to remove the fishy smell. Just don't steam it too long, you can eat it when it's cooked."
After seeing off Hunter Liu, Huo Chong told his fellow apprentices who had no idea what was going on, "Boil some water. Prepare needles and thread."
All of these guys were injured, so the treatment process was quite bloody. Huo Chong ordered the Cao Gang to hold down the guy with a big cut on his chest, and first soaked it in concentrated salt water, and then wiped the wound with a cotton swab rinsed in boiling water. The guy was barely able to hold it in at first, but when Huo Chong pierced the wound with a sterilized probe, he couldn't hold it in anymore. The Lian Cao Gang also let go of their hands and shouted at Huo Chong: "It's OK for you to wipe the wound , but why are you stabbing it with a needle?"
Huo Chong was already unhappy with the bloody wound, and now he was even more upset. He asked loudly: "You have all been stabbed by thorns. If the thorns are not pulled out, will there be no suppuration? With such a big wound, what will you do after it becomes festered? Get the contents of the wound out, and there will be less suppuration. Do you want your people to die? What are you thinking!"
After being scolded by Huo Chong, the gang became dispirited and held down their people again. After struggling for a long time, they took out several invisible wooden thorns from the hole. One of them was almost one centimeter long.
He screamed a lot when the wound was stitched, but it was much better than the guy who had a bloody hole in his leg. Huo Chong tied him directly to the wiped door panel. When the cotton swab was inserted into the wound to clean it, the four people almost couldn't hold down the guy who was screaming like a pig being slaughtered.
The treatment equipment and the treatment process are based on sterilization as much as possible. After completing these treatments, Huo Chong finally understood why he never considered becoming a doctor. Surgeons who have to face such scenes every day must be respected.
The junior brothers who were collecting medical waste all looked disgusted, and finally it was the sixth junior brother Shi Wang who was forced to do this, carrying a dustpan of waste to bury it. The third junior brother Li Tieniu took advantage of no one paying attention and whispered, "Brother, what's going on?"
Huo Chong took Tie Niu out of the yard and asked, "Tie Niu, do you know what our eldest brother did for our master before he died?"
Tie Niu looked at a loss, "Brother, I don't know either. I remember that Master scolded Senior Brother for a long time, and then Senior Brother went out angrily. He said he would kill someone."
Vendetta? Huo Chong was unsure. The Cao Gang was certainly not willing to suffer any loss, but since they dared to come here to attack, they should at least have some reason.
When asked further, Li Tieniu was only 20 years old and obviously didn't know the inside story. When Huo Chong asked him further, he stammered and spoke in a confused manner.
I couldn't get anything out of the Third Junior Brother, and Huo Chong didn't expect to get more information from the other Junior Brothers. Since six people from the Cao Gang came, I'm afraid there will be more behind. I might as well ask directly.
When I returned to the courtyard, I saw that the Cao Gang had already returned to the wing room that Huo Chong had arranged for them. Standing at the door was the guy with the dislocated arm. Although he was injured the earliest, he was the one who was relatively intact among the Cao Gang members.
Seeing Huo Chong striding over, the man also became nervous. Huo Chong stopped in front of him and said, "I'll go in and talk to the brothers in Cao Gang."
Seeing that Huo Chong was alone, the man finally opened the door. Huo Chong walked into the room empty-handed, pulled a stool and sat down, and asked the leader, "Why are you here?"
The leader asked back, "Where is your master?"
"My senior brother died, and my master was so angry that he vomited blood. He has handed over the position to me. I am in charge of the affairs here. We have never met before, so let's talk about what happened!"
"Your senior brother hurt our people!" the leaders of the Cao Gang replied hatefully.
"Did they injure your people or kill them?" Huo Chong pressed.
"Li Xiunian stabbed one of our people!" The leader continued to talk about the losses of the Cao Gang.
Huo Chong grasped the key point and asked loudly: "Did he get hurt or was he killed? Just tell me the truth!"
The Cao Gang members didn't answer, Huo Chong slapped his thigh, "Tell me clearly whether anyone of you has died! My eldest brother is dead, and the villagers have seen with their own eyes the coffin of my eldest brother and watched him being buried. Whether anyone of you has died or not, you dare not tell me!"
