Yang Ruoqing first settled A Biao in a guest room in the front yard of the restaurant, locked the door, and paid two waiters from the restaurant to watch at the door to prevent A Biao from running out.
Then he placed Abiao Niang in the next room, ordered a meal for her, and asked her to stay with her after eating and drinking. Only in this way can the mother feel at ease.
They are all mothers, Yang Ruoqing can understand this feeling.
If it were her, if Bao Bao, Chen'er, or Dazhi had gone somewhere, she would definitely have to watch from the side to feel relieved.
After settling Abiao's mother and son, the next step is to wait for Chen'er and Xiaoyu to come back.
He didn't come back until noon, and it was raining endlessly outside.
It has been raining for most of the day since last night. The bloodstains from the fight on the bridge last night have probably been washed away.
Blood stains can be washed away by rain without leaving any trace.
But the sins committed by the Black Lotus and the shadow that cast a shadow over the hearts of countless innocent families cannot be washed away by a heavy rain.
In the afternoon, the two of them finally came back.
"Why have you been gone so long? Is the situation very difficult?"
Yang Ruoqing came to the door to pick them up holding an umbrella.
Xiaoyu didn't look very good and didn't say anything. Chen'er said, "Mom, let's go back to the house first. We'll talk about it later."
Back in the house, Yang Ruoqing poured a bowl of tea for each of them. After drinking a few sips of hot tea to warm her hands and heart, Xiaoyu finally regained her breath.
She said to Yang Ruoqing: "Sister Qing'er, I'm sure it was someone from the Black Lotus Sect who did it."
Yang Ruoqing's eyes widened, "What? Are you saying those people were killed by people from the Black Lotus Sect?"
Xiaoyu said: "Not directly, but indirectly."
"How do you say this?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.
Xiaoyu said: "I guessed it from the facial expressions of the deceased."
"The one thing they all have in common in their facial expressions is happiness."
"Happy?" Yang Ruoqing was even more surprised.
"Can you still be happy if you are pressed into a footbath and drowned?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
Chen'er said from the side: "Mom, it's true, they are really happy,"
"There are only two ways that other people look before they die, one is relief, the other is ferocious and unwilling."
"But for a few of them, the Ministry of War is relieved, but they are intoxicated with happiness,"
"They were all laughing, as if they had seen or experienced the most pleasant thing..."
"How should I put it? It's like, like a scholar who failed in exams many times and suddenly passed the exam one day."
"Or maybe a person who is greedy for money sees a mountain of gold and silver..."
After hearing Xiaoyu and Chen'er's description, Yang Ruoqing also started to think about it.
"I know, they may have taken some kind of medicine before they died. That kind of medicine can make people hallucinate and see many illusions caused by their own inner demons..." Yang Ruoqing said.
Xiaoyu said: "Sister Qing'er is right. Within the Black Lotus Sect, there is indeed a medicine that can cause hallucinations after being taken."
Yang Ruoqing and Chen'er looked at Xiaoyu at the same time, and Xiaoyu continued: "Chen'er went to investigate the family members of the deceased, as well as the relatives and friends around them, as well as the neighbors,"
"They all have one thing in common, that is, they were all followers of the Black Lotus Sect during their lifetimes."
"Because their families are all well off, people from the Black Lotus Sect have been asking them frequently to collect money recently, saying that it is used to strengthen the Black Lotus Sect or something."
"A few of them couldn't bear it, and they gradually began to want to leave the Black Lotus Sect, and then they died soon..." Xiaoyu said.
Yang Ruoqing sneered, "It's easy to get in but hard to get out. Xiaoyu, does the Black Lotus really have such rules? Do you collect money from the followers?"
Xiaoyu shook her head, "When I was still sitting on the altar of the Holy Goddess, there was no such canon. On the contrary, we would allocate money and materials from top to bottom to those believers in need."
"For those wealthy members of the church, we will not forcefully collect money. What matters is voluntariness."
"It's been a year since I came down from the altar. During this year, I was basically under house arrest. I guess they have tampered with the religious rules beyond recognition!" Xiaoyu said.
Yang Ruoqing nodded and looked at Chen'er again, "Chen'er, have you reported this situation to the county governor, Mr. Huang?"
Chen'er said: "It must be reflected, but Mr. Huang also has a headache. He knows clearly that it is the Black Lotus Sect, but he can't wait for him. This Jianye City is so big, and the Black Lotus Sect's people move in secret,"
"Maybe they are just like us, hiding in the city, working as traffickers and pawns, maybe even literati."
Speaking of this, Yang Ruoqing smiled.
"I know a den where they hide," she said.
Chen'er raised an eyebrow: "Is it the place where my mother secretly tracked and found last night?"
Yang Ruoqing nodded.
Chen'er said: "The cunning rabbit has three caves. If we can't find the key people in the middle, even if we set up a den, it won't be of much use."
"The ones we caught are just a few women and children believers. They won't have any effect, and they'll just scare others away!"
Yang Ruoqing secretly nodded and agreed with Chen'er's analysis.
"I brought someone back today, and he is also from the Black Lotus Sect. Maybe from him, we can find a breakthrough, and then we can kill all the key figures of the Black Lotus Sect in Yecheng!"
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"Before you guys came back, I checked Abiao's pulse myself. I couldn't tell anything from the pulse."
Xiaoyu was sitting by the bed, taking Abiao's pulse, and Yang Ruoqing said from the side.
Xiaoyu moved her fingers away from A Biao's wrist and went to look at A Biao's eyelids and check his tongue coating.
Finally, he took out a silver needle, pricked A Biao's ten fingers, and squeezed out half a bowl of blood.
Xiaoyu took out a packet of medicinal powder from her body, sprinkled it in, and shook it gently a few times.
Then he saw something boiling in the small bowl of blood.
Then it disappeared and everything returned to calm.
"How is it?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.
Xiaoyu turned around and said: "Like the previous deceased, they were drugged with hallucinogenic secret drugs."
Yang Ruoqing frowned, "Will it be true that in a few days, Abiao will die in the illusionary scene that he desires most like the others before?"
Xiaoyu nodded.
At this moment, Abiao, who was lying on the bed, seemed to be showing signs of waking up, shouting something vaguely.
"Can you hear clearly what he is saying?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
Xiaoyu shook her head, "It seems to be the local dialect of Jianye, I don't understand it."
Chen'er said: "He is calling his wife and son's names, calling them to come back..."
"His inner demon, that is to say, the fantasy he wants most is that his wife and children are by his side?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
Xiaoyu nodded, "Yes, maybe in two days, he will see his wife and son standing in front and waving to him, and then when he steps over, he will step into the river and die with a smile... "
