"You're not from Tianxin Village?"

Lu Qiqi stared intently at the man's face. She had spent the longest time in Tianxin Village, and during her consultations and pulse taking, she had come to know the faces of everyone in the village.

In her memory, this person was definitely not from Tianxin Village.

Sure enough, the villager, covered in yellow mud, looked mournful and said, "Village Chief, I'm not from Tianxin Village, I'm from Tianmiao Village."

"What happened to his injury?" Lu Qiqi asked.

As the villagers spoke, tears streamed down their faces. "Today, the people of our village were working on the hillside in Tianshui Village when, for some reason, a group of people suddenly appeared, carrying iron bars. They didn't say anything and just started beating people in sight. They even took the village chief away."

After hearing what the villagers said, Doctor Luo glared and slammed his hand heavily on the table, shouting, "Who dares to be so lawless!"

No one knew who did it, let alone who had captured Village Chief Miao.

Arresting people means they still have value and won't be in immediate danger. What worries Lu Qiqi more right now is the extent of the villagers' injuries.

Lu Qiqi, "How are the villagers? Are their injuries serious?"

If someone from Tianmiao Village is beaten in Tianshui Village, it would be considered a work-related injury, and she would bear responsibility both morally and legally.

The villagers said, "Many people were injured, and Tongzi was the most seriously injured, so we brought him here."

The most seriously injured man is now in critical condition, and it's likely that the villagers who didn't come to his aid aren't doing much better either.

Lu Qiqi said, "Dr. Luo, I'm going to Tianshui Village to check on the villagers. Please stay here and look after them. If anything happens, you can send someone to find me."

Dr. Luo knew the situation was urgent, and quickly waved his hand, "I understand, you should go now."

While packing her medicine kit, Lu Qiqi said to the villager, "Brother, go back and tell Tongzi's family to send someone to take care of him. Remember, only one person is allowed. Just say it was my instruction."

"good."

The villagers didn't understand why only one person could come, but they did as instructed and ran out of the yard.

Lu Qiqi didn't allow too many people to come because the injured person's family members were bound to be emotionally unstable.

The patient is still in critical condition; if his family delays his treatment, things will get really bad.

It would be better to have only one person take care of him. This would help Dr. Luo and also let Tongzi's family know about the matter, so as to prevent them from causing trouble if Tongzi is not saved.

Lu Qiqi slung her medicine box over her shoulder and went back to her backyard. She untied the horse's reins, mounted the horse, and did so cleanly and efficiently, without any hesitation.

Riding her horse at breakneck speed, Lu Qiqi reached the flat ground below the earthen slope. In the distance, she saw many villagers sitting or lying on the ground, and it seemed that many of them were injured.

Lu Qiqi tightened the reins, spurred the horse to the villagers, pulled hard on the reins, the horse neighed, raised its front hooves, and stopped.

Lu Qiqi's face was tense. She dismounted and went to check on the injured villagers.

"Lord of the Village!"

When the villagers saw who it was, it was as if they had found their pillar of support, and they shouted in unison.

Lu Qiqi cut to the chase and quickly made a decision: "Fellow villagers, I am aware of what has happened to you today."

Now do as I say. Those villagers who are not injured, help the injured villagers bandage their wounds. Those with minor injuries should move aside first, and help the seriously injured villagers first.

As soon as Lu Qiqi finished speaking, the villagers began to move. Those who had suffered minor injuries went to the left side to sit and wait.

The severely injured villagers were too weak to move and lay on the ground making painful noises.

Looking at the dozen or so villagers lying on the ground, seriously injured, Lu Qiqi couldn't care less about her own feelings.

He immediately carried his medicine kit, walked up to a villager, and examined the wound.

Assess the severity of the injury in your mind and prioritize treatment accordingly.

Fortunately, most of the villagers were injured in their arms and legs, and none of them suffered head injuries like the one in the tube.

Even if it makes movement difficult in the future, it's better than not knowing whether he or she will live or die.

One of the villagers had injured his abdomen and was bleeding heavily. When Lu Qiqi checked on him earlier, she had the villagers press hard with cotton to stop the bleeding.

Returning to the villagers, Lu Qiqi removed her blood-stained hands from the cotton.

A two-inch-long wound was still bleeding. Lu Qiqi quickly pressed it with cotton, then cut open the clothes with scissors and applied hallucinogenic liquid to the wound.

The hallucinogenic liquid was extracted by her; a two-inch-long wound only needs three drops to be anesthetized.

Lu Qiqi took a curved needle and began sewing on the villager's body.

The villager looked at his own flesh and stitched it up with strange needles and thread. He felt no pain at all, only that something was poking him.

"alright."

Lu Qiqi put away the curved needle, looked up at the villager standing to the side and said, "This is gauze. You help him bandage it up, and then find someone to carry him back with a board."

The remaining villagers all had some external injuries, and Lu Qiqi stitched them up with medicine.

After treating the seriously injured villagers, only the villagers with minor injuries remained.

The villagers who suffered minor injuries were all beaten with sticks, their skin turning blue, red, and purple, and occasionally accompanied by swelling.

As long as these injuries don't involve the bone, applying liniment for sprains and bruises daily is sufficient and they're not a major problem.

"Village chief, Da Dong's chest hurts so much that he can't speak."

A villager was helping Da Dong up, his brows furrowed so deeply they were almost forming a V-shape.

Seeing that the young man named Da Dong was pale and had no color in his lips, Lu Qiqi quickly said, "Help him sit down and take off his shirt."

Saving lives was the priority, so the villagers didn't think twice and quickly stripped Da Dong of his clothes.

Lu Qiqi saw a deep red mark on Da Dong's chest. Judging from its size, it looked like someone had kicked him hard or stepped on his chest.

She reached out and touched the spot where Da Dong had been kicked. With a light touch, Da Dong hissed in pain.

The slightest touch made her break out in a sweat from the pain, and Lu Qiqi's expression immediately changed upon seeing this.

If her deduction is correct, Da Dong must have had his ribs broken by the kick.

Breaking ribs can be a serious matter or a minor one. Although there may be no external injury, it can cause immense pain and even endanger one's life.

Lu Qiqi handed Da Dong a section of stick, "Bite down."

The villagers helped put the stick into Da Dong's mouth.

Lu Qiqi immediately placed her hand on the area below the chest to check for fractures and their severity.

Based on her experience, she judged that Da Dong had at least one fracture in his ribs. She wondered who could have been so ruthless as to kick him to death!

A rib fracture can require surgery if it's severe, but there's clearly no such option right now, so she can only make a rough assessment of the location of the fracture.

Fortunately, when she took Da Dong's pulse, she did not find that his ribs had pierced his internal organs; otherwise, without surgery, his life would have been in danger.

Lu Qiqi planned to use bamboo strips to fix the fracture site first and see if it could heal on its own.

Let Da Dong take some medicine to clear heat. If he can heal on his own, that would be best. If he can't, then we'll have to make other plans.