Chapter 336 Bloody Hand Gang

    The imperial envoy's guards outside the house have already surrounded the place, and just waiting for an order, the big guys rushed in together, and one person was dirty and caught. Most of the purpose of the imperial envoy's southern tour to the south of the Yangtze River was completed.

    But after waiting and waiting, the required signal did not appear, and Qi Fang became a little anxious.

    During their search all the way, their eyes were always firmly attached to the military rations.

    Seeing that the military rations entered the Jiangling Mansion, they flowed to different granaries, and finally concentrated here. Seeing success in one fell swoop, it feels like something is about to happen.

    "General Qi Fang, why hasn't there been any movement from my lord?" The subordinates who had just put out the fire and then participated in expelling the bandits, although all of them looked tired, could not hide the joyful eyes of the victory in sight.

    This mess in Jiangling Mansion is finally coming to an end.

    "Wait a little longer, maybe there are other arrangements." Qi Fang was not as lively as Qi Ying, and he was usually reticent. Although he was already concerned at this time, his face was indifferent.

    "General Qi Fang, there seems to be something on that wall!" With a dull cry from the guards, everyone's attention was instantly cast on the wall of the warehouse.

    "Blood handprint!" Someone couldn't help exclaiming, and Qi Fang's face sank.

    "It's the Bloody Hand Gang!" Almost at the same time, people from the granary also came out, which indicated that everyone's operation ended in failure.

    Qi Fang walked up to Qi Ying's side, frowning and puzzled: "What's going on?"

    "We fell for it! There is nothing in the warehouse."

    Both of them stared at the blood-red handprint on the wall. look.

    A blood-red handprint was dyed with unknown material. The five fingers printed on the wall are clearly identifiable. The overly full blood-red liquid dripped down from the bottom of the palmprint, dragging several long blood lines on the wall. It was shocking to watch.

    In fact, this palm print is very eye-catching, if it wasn't dark, they should have been able to find it when they came over early in the morning.

    "How could it be them again?"

    Seeing this pattern, even King Sheng, who had been expressionless all this time, couldn't help being furious.

    "Go ahead, close the city gate and strictly prohibit entry and exit. This king wants to see who it is, and he is pretending to be a ghost again!" Everyone didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly

    split up. Qi Fang was still confused about the matter in front of him, "What is it?" The Bloody Hand Gang?"

    Not only him, many people in the imperial guards also knew nothing about the Bloody Hand Gang.

    Qi Ying smiled wryly, "Thirteen years ago, the general was almost defeated because of the lack of food and grass in the army. You all know this?

    " All the food and salaries were robbed during the transportation! Wherever the robbers passed by, this bloody handprint was left behind!" "

    That is to say, the ones who set fire to the city and massacred civilians outside the city today are very likely to be the Bloody Hand Gang?" Qi Fang Surprised.

    "They also robbed all the rations," Qi Ying added.

    ...

    It was only the next day that Jiang Wan and the others found out that the arson case in Jiangling Mansion was originally committed by the Bloody Hand Gang.

    This Dragon Boat Festival not only made many people homeless, many people who participated in the Dragon Boat Festival and did not make it back to the city in time left their lives outside the city forever.

    The prosperous Jiangling Mansion has become vulnerable in the face of this man-made disaster.

    Zhang Dong's family of Juxian Pavilion sent a letter early in the morning, suggesting that Li's Wenxiang Pavilion and Zuiyun Tower temporarily close down.

    The government has already issued an order to close the gates of the city and search for the thieves who slipped through the net. The outside is not peaceful.

    Jiang Wan glanced at her main room, two of which had not been opened from yesterday to today.

    Knowing that the Jiangling prefecture city was infiltrated by bandits, the reason why they did not return at night is almost clear, but it is not known whether General Qi and the three of them were injured.

    The Li family was locked up at home for a day and a night, and they didn't go anywhere during this period. Fortunately, neighbors came to exchange news from time to time, and as the officers and soldiers cleaned up the city, the area became smaller and smaller. The tense atmosphere throughout the whole process slowly dissipated and faded away.

    After getting the news that she was able to leave the city, Jiang Wan immediately sent Liu Hu to the pier outside the city. Not only did she bring back news that the Cai family's father and daughter were safe, but she also brought back Zhu Er. A heart, finally fell to the ground.

    "Mother!" The little girl was well protected by Cai Qiye. Apart from her little face being a little tense when she entered the door, she relaxed after seeing Jiang Wan.

    "Godmother, there are bad guys on the pier! But they were all chased away by Daddy and Uncle Tiezi." "

    It's just that many of our houses were burned down, there was nothing to eat, and many people were hungry and crying." The little girl She doesn't know much about pain yet, so maybe the only uncomfortable feeling she receives is being hungry.

    "Mom, I also heard that many people sleep on the street, and it has been two days that the water and rice have not sticked to their teeth." Li Cui's expression was also very sad.

    Speaking of the feeling of being hungry, she must be much more impressed than Pearl.

    When she was in Xiaoliushu Village, even though she was very favored by her mother, she was still hungry, and the feeling of being empty and empty was too uncomfortable.

    "Okay, then let's set up a porridge shed to serve porridge!"

    Zuiyunlou was closed, and it happened that there were cookers and staff, and there was even a lot of hoarded food.

    This time, it was a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster. Even if the food in Zuiyun Building is not enough, as long as the government lifts the lockdown order, the Li family's boat can set sail, buy food from other places and then transport it back.

    To be honest, Jiang Wan is very grateful to God in the dark, at least their family suffered the least loss in this disaster.

    The property in the family was not damaged and everyone was safe, only Zhao Yunniang was frightened and had a fever all night, and after sweating all over, her body was obviously refreshed in the past two days.

    "Okay, I agree with mother's decision!" Li Yanzong nodded in agreement, "First use the food hoarded by Zuiyunlou, and if there is not enough, I will find a way." He has been out for

    family affairs these days. The plight of the people who were burned and homeless in the city was the most touching.

    The good life that my family can live is only one year, and I can empathize with those who have nothing.

    At this time, there are many hungry people in the city of Jiangling Prefecture, and all the food in Zuiyun Tower is only a drop in the bucket, but fortunately, the porridge is just to give everyone a sense of relief and hope, and it is always possible to drink a sip of hot soup. Better than starving.

    The porridge water for porridge does not have to be too thick.

    Just do what you say, the first thing the back kitchen of Zuiyunlou starts to operate again is to cook porridge.

    Zhao Yunniang also made a special trip to pick out several kinds of medicinal materials that nourish blood and nourish Qi from the medicinal materials used in the medicinal diet, put them into the porridge and boil them together.

Chapter 337

    The porridge shed of the Li family was set up at the gate of the city.

    A dozen large pots were lined up in a row, water and rice were put into the pot, and a raging fire rose in the simple stove that had just been built.

    After a while, the fragrance of porridge water permeates.

    "Don't squeeze, everyone, don't squeeze, let's fight for everyone's share today." Jiang Wan looked at the crowd of heads rushing towards her, and her mind was at a loss for a moment.

    Although Zuiyun Building has a lot of food, there are too many hungry people.

    What's more troublesome is that these extremely hungry people are staring at the dozen or so cauldrons in Zuiyun Tower, completely treating them as life-saving straws. In the eyes of hungry people, these ordinary porridges have become the hope of survival.

    No matter how much they yelled, they couldn't stop them from pushing forward desperately.

    Anyone can imagine that even if these pots and stoves are turned day and night, the porridge they cook is still limited, and it is difficult to feed so many of them.

    This group of victims who had just lost everything, after experiencing pain and despair, faced a severe crisis of survival in a blink of an eye. The consecutive days of starvation had brought their emotions to the brink of collapse.

    In the past few days, everyone on the streets has been turbulent, and the government has tried its best to hunt down the bloody hand gang who caused the turmoil and committed crimes in and outside the city. They, the victims of the disaster who lost their relatives and property, seem to be forgotten and let themselves live Self-destruction, many people have lost hope of survival.

    The porridge shed of Zuiyun Building appeared at this time, like a ray of dawn in the darkness. In order to survive, the victims all rushed forward desperately.

    Although Jiang Wan was mentally prepared before and made careful arrangements to bring all the shop assistants, Liu Hu and others to maintain order on the scene, judging from the situation now, there are still far from enough manpower.

    "What to do, what to do!" Li Yanzong, who had been taking care of this matter, was full of confidence at first, but seeing more and more people surrounding him, all rushing to the stove as desperately, he immediately thought of the consequences.

    It's a pity that dissuasion was ineffective. Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, he turned pale with fright.

    According to this degree of crowding, these people will not be starved to death, but will be crushed and trampled to death, which completely violates my original intention.

    "What can we do? Hurry up to the government and ask the yamen servants to help maintain order!"

    Jiang Wan picked up a person who was almost squeezed into the boiling porridge pot and pushed it out, while shouting at Li Yanzong.

    "Line up! Line up!"

    At this time, the Li family members were all so busy that they didn't notice that there were teams of Yamen who were armed with water and fire sticks and appeared on the field at some point.

    No matter how loud the yelling was, it couldn't arouse the slightest reaction in the messy porridge scene at this time, but the overwhelming sticks dancing around them were extremely deterrent.

    The victims crowded forward frantically just to eat porridge, but if they squeezed all the way and didn't get any, would they still be beaten by the yamen?

    It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

    After everyone puts aside life and death, they will unconsciously begin to weigh the pros and cons.

    The obvious loss-making business made many people who were crazy just now calm down quickly and lined up obediently.

    After the people in the back quieted down, the crowd in the front was not able to follow through. Amid the ferocious yelling of the Yamenmen holding sticks, the porridge scene finally calmed down.

    Jiang Wan had been sticking to the side of the pot just now, fearing that people would rush over and overturn the pot and waste food, and she was also afraid that the hot porridge in the pot would spill out and burn people.

    But her small body was no different from a mantis arm blocking a car in front of the turbulent crowd, and she was almost squeezed into the pot several times.

    At this time, the victims lined up in an orderly line, and she wiped off her sweat, and took the time to see that she was accidentally squeezed by people just now, and touched the hot and painful hand beside the pot.

    Seeing the large area that turned red, Jiang Wan gasped!

    Just to save her hands, Jiang Wan has spent a lot of thought, but until now, her joints are still thick and her skin is rough.

    Even the skin that had only improved, and was not so obvious, was completely red from the burn just now.

    This hand, is it completely unable to support it?

    "Apply the medicine." Jiang Wan was complaining about her hand, when she felt a small object coming straight to her face.

    The instinctive reaction took it into his hand, and it was a cold porcelain bottle.

    Jiang Wan raised her head abruptly, and saw General Qi and Qi Ying, who had been missing for many days, walking towards them.

    She took a look at the fine porcelain bottle in her hand, which was no more than half the size of a baby's fist, but it was very delicately made, and it seemed expensive at first glance.

    Jiang Wan's hand was in severe pain, and she immediately pulled out the cork without even thinking about greeting them after taking the medicine.

    A mint-flavored fragrance immediately diffused, very refreshing.

    "Aunt Jiang, what you are doing today is too risky!" Qi Ying looked at the crowded victims and secretly smacked her tongue, "If we are one step late, the consequences will be unimaginable!" "I really didn't expect such

    a What a disaster and hungry people!"

    Ignorance is inconsideration, Jiang Wan said to him irrefutably: "You are all back, have those bloody hands solved it completely?" I don't know about

    General Qi's porcelain vase. What kind of medicine is in it? Jiang Wan just put it on, and immediately felt refreshed and cool, and the pain relief effect was very good. She even had time to start paying attention to other things.

    "It's almost there." General Qi didn't say anything the whole time, only Qi Ying answered vaguely, "The general just persuaded the magistrate to release food for disaster relief, and I didn't expect to go with Aunt Jiang."

    "Such a big thing happened, does the magistrate need someone to remind you?" Although Jiang Wan knew that this was not her previous life, and there was no such thing as freedom of speech at all, she must always be cautious in her words and deeds, but those in the city The disaster victims were in dire straits, which still made her complain to the Yamen officials.

    "There's no way around it. Who knew that such a big mistake would happen in a good Dragon Boat Festival? The government office is also overwhelmed, and there are not enough people." Jiang Wan also knew that what Qi Ying said was true

    , This place is completely different from the previous life she lived in. The government's disaster relief and emergency measures are not at the same level, and her complaints are just casual words.

    All her attention at the moment was on her hands.

    "Hey, General, your ointment is really effective immediately. What's its name? I don't know where you can buy it in Fucheng." "

    Forgot." General Qi who was named replied coldly, "You keep this bottle It

    was only then that Qi Ying noticed Jiang Wan's hand, "Aunt Jiang, are you injured?"

    But when he saw Jiang Wan apply layer after layer of the Yurong ointment given by the master on her hand, suddenly Some can't bear to look directly.

    Jade Rong Gao, which is hard to find! Even if the women in the palace are lucky enough to get a bottle, they still have to take a small silver spoon and use it half and half.

    Not to mention the burns, but the disfigured face, as long as the treatment is timely, one spoonful of it will not leave any scars.

    I just don't know if Aunt Jiang will feel distressed after knowing its value!

Chapter 338 Whoever does not do the thing that kills three birds with one stone is a fool

    "Nowadays the medical clinic is overcrowded, and many people have suffered trauma. I wonder if you can still make some of that alcohol?"

    Jiang Wan was examining her own healing results, and suddenly heard General Qi speak respectfully.

    "Did Qi Fang get injured? I happen to have the first wine from the last brewing at home. Although the purity is not high enough for alcohol, it is more than enough to disinfect wounds. Qi Ying, go home and get all of it now!"

    Originally, Jiang Wan didn't intend to hide the existence of alcohol at all. She refused to use it to do business with the army, but she was just worried that the tree would attract wind and she would not be able to keep the fruits of her labor.

    Now that she sees that the people around her are injured and in need, she naturally won't just sit back and keep her secrets.

    "Use it first, if it's not enough, I'll figure out a solution." Jiang Wan frowned while agreeing.

    Even if they are in Jiangling Prefecture now, they still don't know how many innocent people the Bloody Hand Gang has hurt. Jiang Wan is worried that her stock is not enough.

    But making alcohol is not an easy task.

    It takes a long time from the fermentation of the raw materials to the distillation, but the injuries on the injured person can't wait. I'm afraid that the day lily will be cold when she makes alcohol.

    General Qi was taken aback when he heard this.

    He has a deep understanding of the benefits of alcohol in recovering from injuries. Alcohol is an indispensable reason why he chose to settle in the Li family for this investigation.

    He had lured him early in the morning by procuring money from the army, but the other party refused so simply.

    At that time, he was really dissatisfied, thinking that this woman wanted a rare commodity to live in.

    Before speaking this time, he had thought about how to get the other party to willingly take out the alcohol without revealing his identity as an imperial envoy.

    But now it is said that many people have been injured. Not only did she willingly take out the alcohol, but she was also actively thinking of ways to solve the problem.

    "Just do it with peace of mind. Ask the magistrate for anything you need, and the government will pay for the goods. I guarantee that every penny will be more than yours." It was rare for General Qi to soften his tone, but

    Jiang Wan didn't notice it at all.

    The last sentence 'guaranteed you a lot of money' is too shocking!

    Jiang Wan's eyes lit up upon hearing this, this is a good opportunity.

    She doesn't want to give up the alcohol business, she doesn't want to deal with General Qi directly, it's because there are unspeakable