Chapter 365: Poor Dogs

Chapter 365: Poor Dogs

In the past, the barbarians feared the Mo family men the most. Even if they wanted to attack Great Shun, they would choose to do so when the Mo family was not guarding the Southern Region.

Traveling from the Southern Region to the Western Region required crossing the entire territory of Great Shun. Even with swift horses, it would take more than half a month.

The barbarian invaders would take advantage of this half-month period to catch Great Shun off guard.

The brothers speculated that the barbarians must have heard about the Mo family being exiled to the Northwest.

Regardless of whether their other brothers were still alive, just the ninth brother alone was enough to intimidate the entire barbarian tribe.

The barbarians worried that the Mo family men were too patriotic and, even though exiled, did not want to see them invade Great Shun's territory.

Therefore, they took the opportunity to raid Xiling Village to gather intelligence on the Mo family.

Apart from this, they could not think of any other reason.

Now, the Mo family had completely lost faith in the Great Shun court. They were already struggling to survive; how could they possibly care about such matters?

However, only the Mo family understood this. To outsiders, the Mo family men were loyal patriots who would not stand idly by if the country was in danger.

It was not surprising that the barbarians had such concerns.

From this, it was clear that the barbarians' purpose in coming here was to rob these civilians, while the mastermind behind the scenes aimed to gather intelligence on the Mo family.

Having figured this out, the brothers did not plan to explain it to anyone. There were still many barbarians to deal with, and their fate needed to be determined.

Seventh Brother first looked at the villagers of Xiling Village. The injured had already been carried into the village under the command of Village Headman Zhao.

Many were still injured, as the clash involved iron weapons. Although the Mo brothers stood in front, the villagers could not entirely escape harm.

...

Herknow Rān was also busy. The dogs she had just called back through Fan Tuán’ér were all injured to varying degrees, and some did not return at all.

These dogs were ones she had personally purchased in the space, witnessing their growth and seeing their unwavering loyalty in protecting their home. When nothing was happening, they would wag their tails to please her.

Thinking about this, Herknow Rān’s eyes welled up with tears. However, now was not the time for excessive sorrow.

The injuries of the surviving dogs were urgent.

Moreover, she saw that many villagers were also injured.

She sent Fan Tuán’ér into the space and quickly gathered a large amount of medicine and bandages, packing them into a big bundle to bring out of the space.

Fortunately, she had prepared well. The medicines were already in porcelain bottles, and the bandages were white linen cloth of this era, sterilized at high temperatures, making them no different from modern gauze.

There were many people and dogs needing treatment. With just her alone, it would delay the process.

Seeing Seventh Brother and Eight Brother finish dealing with the barbarians, Herknow Rān shouted to the Mo family women, "Mother, sisters-in-law, come help quickly."

The women were still in shock. They had just seen Ninth Sister-in-law arrive, speak a few words to Mo Yuance, and then the barbarians fell in droves...

They had never experienced such a scene and were unfamiliar with things like white powder, assuming it was dust from the fight.

Everything was too unbelievable, and they could not digest it quickly.

Hearing Herknow Rān call them, everyone except Old Lady Mo felt as if waking from a dream.

Old Lady Mo knew that Ninth Daughter-in-law wouldn't call them without reason and urged, "Quick, go see what Ninth Sister-in-law needs."

Hearing their mother-in-law's reminder, the women gradually regained their composure and ran toward Herknow Rān.

Seeing her family approach, Herknow Rān placed the big bundle in front of them.

"Mother, sisters-in-law, our dogs are injured. I can't handle it alone and need your help."

Seeing the bloodied dogs, the Mo family women felt the same pain, and some even started crying.

Second Sister-in-law said sympathetically, "Poor dogs, they fought so bravely to protect us."

Old Lady Mo, the most composed, seeing her daughters-in-law still lamenting, urged, "If you feel sorry for these dogs, listen to Ninth Sister-in-law and help treat their wounds immediately."

In her youth, she had accompanied the old Duke to the border and had seen similar scenes before, though those were injured people rather than dogs.

The feeling was the same, making one's heart ache.

Even without her urging, the sisters-in-law would have helped wholeheartedly, but they were not medical experts and looked to Herknow Rān for instructions.

Herknow Rān opened the bundle.

"Everyone, first wipe the wounds with this to prevent infection, and use this to stop bleeding. After applying it, bind the wounds with bandages..."

Not only were there medicines, but Herknow Rān had also prepared several razors.

Everyone was familiar with these, as ancient women used them to trim their husbands' beards.

"Also, use this to shave the fur around the dogs' wounds to facilitate treatment."

Time was of the essence. As she distributed the razors, Herknow Rān continued, "For severely injured dogs, bring them to me. Everyone else should focus on treating surface wounds."

Old Lady Mo and the others nodded solemnly and immediately began examining the dogs' injuries.

Actually, they were terrified of handling such bloody wounds.

Thinking that their fear had delayed the treatment, she felt she had become a useless sinner.

With this belief, the women strove to overcome their fear and boldly attempted to treat the dogs.

He Zhiran observed for a moment and found that Mo Hanyue stood out the most, her techniques appearing far more skillful than those of the others.

In fact, He Zhiran did not know that the little girl's rabbits often fought and got injured, and she had always tended to them herself.

For Mo Hanyue, treating these dogs was no different from treating the rabbits, except that the dogs were simply larger.

Watching her actions, He Zhiran felt greatly relieved and instructed the other women to ask Mo Hanyue if they had any questions.

With Mo Hanyue handling the treatment of the dogs, she could free herself to check on the villagers.

Xiling Village had no doctor, and to seek treatment, they would have to go to the town, which would inevitably delay the treatment time significantly.

If anyone had severe injuries, they might lose their lives because of this delay.