Fan Xiaoliu and Wu Gousheng, who bought medicine, returned the fastest.

The two practically jogged the whole way, and despite the already chilly weather at the end of October, they were both sweating profusely in their thin shirts.

"Uncle Ding, here! See if this hemostatic powder will work?" Wu Gousheng asked, panting, as he handed over the basket containing the medicine.

Ding Heli quickly took it, checked it over, and said, "Okay! I'll call out names according to the severity of the situation. Everyone, please don't push or defer; whoever's name is called should come forward first!"

He had already given the injured person a simple bandage, and the bleeding had stopped. The ointment was mainly applied to prevent the wound from worsening, becoming infected, and developing a fever later.

The injured man obediently stepped forward, sat in a circle, and waited patiently for his name to be called.

Li Wen walked up to Fan Xiaoliu and Wu Gousheng, and the two immediately gave him a wink. Li Wen understood and deliberately asked in a loud voice that Fan Qian and his two sons could hear from afar, "How much silver did this medicine cost? Is there any left?"

"Brother Li, you have no idea how expensive this medicine is! Not to mention the leftovers, if the pharmacy owner hadn't rounded it down, I would have had to pay several more coins!" Fan Xiaoliu said loudly.

The other men said with relief, "Luckily, Uncle Ding found the silver. Otherwise, if we had to pay for it ourselves, we would have had to sell several batches of rabbits."

"Yeah, it's all the evil done by these people anyway, making them pay for the medicine is letting them off easy!"

I wish I could stab them a few more times!

The bandits tied to the ground were both scared and angry when they heard this. Their silver was ill-gotten, and they would have no way to explain it to the yamen runners. It was good that they took it, so they could appeal to the yamen runners and take it back when they found an opportunity later!

Fan Erzhu squatted by the roadside and said to his father and younger brother on the left and right, "I originally thought Fan Xiaoliu Wu Gousheng was an honest and sensible person, but now it seems he is full of bad intentions!"

How could they have spent all that money on medicine? They must be hiding some more. They're truly wicked, even profiting from the money meant for medicine.”

Fan Sanzhu hummed in agreement, feeling envious. He thought it was all his father's and second brother's fault for cutting ties first, otherwise the task of buying medicine would have fallen to him.

That's dozens of taels of silver! If he kept half of it, he would be rich immediately!

Then he thought of the dozen or so broadswords that had been thrown into the river and sighed with heartache: "So many swords, even if you didn't like them, you could have sold them to make money. You must have been out of your mind to throw them all into the river. In this weather, there's no way to retrieve them."

"Who says otherwise? The bad ones are bad, and the stupid ones are stupid!" Fan Erzhu rolled his eyes, wishing he could make the decision himself.

When Ding Heli applied medicine to Hu Wenhua's wound, everyone realized that he was also injured!

Fan Jin rushed forward anxiously to check, and Ding Heli comforted him, "It's alright, the cut isn't too deep. Just apply the medicine and avoid getting it wet and putting any pressure on it when you get home."

Hu Wenhua's knife wound stretched across his entire back; it was quite long, so how could it not hurt? But he stubbornly endured it without uttering a sound.

The more determined a person is, the less likely they are to take their wounds seriously. However, he cannot exert any force on either arm because of the wound on his back, otherwise the wound that has finally scabbed over will easily break open. If the wound breaks open repeatedly, it will bleed and become infected.

“Okay, don’t let him exert himself during this time. I’ll have my parents-in-law keep an eye on him,” Fan Jin promised gently.

Ding Heli thought that he was now at the herbal medicine shop every day, and he could keep an eye on him while changing his dressings.

Hu Wenhua smiled, feeling that his brother-in-law and Uncle Ding were taking it too seriously.

It wasn't until Ding Heli had applied medicine and re-bandaged all the wounded, and after waiting for a long time, that the yamen runners, led by Xu Laosan and Li Wu, finally arrived late.

The head constable kicked one of the bandits on the ground, picked out a few rags from their mouths, and before he could even begin questioning them, the people on the ground cried out their grievances loudly.