Watching Li Qingfeng's departing back, Wang Xiaoliu, hidden in the darkness, revealed a smile of a scheme successfully executed.
He had already planned it out. As long as someone drank the wine he had doctored, his plan to frame Li Qingfeng would be halfway complete.
In the end, he decided to solve the problem at its source.
Bleach could kill those Isatis roots and vegetables, but it couldn't guarantee that this guy would come back and plant them again.
But what if he poisoned these villagers to death?
Coincidentally, Li Qingfeng and the others didn't drink, which gave Wang Xiaoliu an opportunity.
With this idea in mind, Wang Xiaoliu steeled his heart and directly mixed a small proportion of colorless and odorless bleach into several jars of wine.
Li Qingfeng knew nothing of all this.
"Sister Lian, where did Li Qingfeng go again?"
Seeing Li Qingfeng leave his seat and head towards the back mountain, Yan Yun couldn't help but curiously ask Pan Xiaolian.
Hearing Yan Yun's question, Pan Xiaolian casually waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, it's nothing!"
"He's just worried about his medicinal herbs that are about to be harvested, so he's going to take a look. There's no need to worry."
Pan Xiaolian looked at Yan Yun and said with certainty.
In fact, this was exactly what Li Qingfeng had told her.
Meanwhile, Li Qingfeng had already walked to the area of the Isatis roots. There were nearly two mu of Isatis roots here.
These were all dug up by Li Qingfeng from the mountain and transplanted here from the medical hall.
Fortunately, with the support of the spiritual liquid and the strong vitality of the Isatis roots themselves, these plants had survived.
"If this guy dares to lay a hand on my Isatis roots, I'll make him pay!"
Looking at the Isatis roots that were ready for harvest, Li Qingfeng muttered.
If nothing unexpected happened, these Isatis roots would be his next source of liquid funds. He couldn't let anything happen to them.
However, after waiting for a long time, no accident occurred.
"What's going on?"
"Did Li Hong lie to me?"
Looking at the strangely quiet Isatis root medicinal garden, Li Qingfeng suddenly felt a sense of unease.
As if on cue, just as he thought this, something happened at the square on the other side.
The villagers, who were happily eating, suddenly saw one of them collapse to the ground.
The surrounding villagers, seeing this, thought he had drunk too much and patted his shoulder with a laugh.
"Brother Wang, when did you become so weak? You've only had two bowls, and you're already down?"
However, after patting him a few times, Brother Wang didn't move at all, and it seemed like something was wrong.
This person hadn't drunk much, and upon seeing this, he instantly sobered up. Trembling, he extended his finger to Brother Wang's nose.
"Still breathing!"
"That's good, that's good. Nothing major happened."
But soon, he discovered something different. Brother Wang's mouth was bleeding.
"Something's wrong, something's seriously wrong!" This was his first thought.
He quickly stood up and looked at Pan Xiaolian beside him.
"Sister Xiaolian, something's wrong! Brother Wang has fainted!"
"What?"
Pan Xiaolian, who had been happy moments ago, turned pale upon hearing the news.
She rushed over and examined Brother Wang. His face was ashen, his mouth was bleeding, and his lips had a faint bluish tint.
Most importantly, there was a black spot in his eyes.
"Oh no, he's been poisoned," Pan Xiaolian said with some panic.
"What? How could he be poisoned?"
After hearing Pan Xiaolian's explanation, the people around them spoke up. At this moment, they also felt that something was amiss.
Brother Wang had been with them all day. If he was poisoned, then only the roast suckling pig they were eating today could be poisoned.
The crowd instantly understood and looked around suspiciously.
"Everyone, stop eating!"
Pan Xiaolian shouted, stopping everyone who was enthusiastically eating.
"Everyone, quickly induce vomiting! There's poison here."
Pan Xiaolian said to the crowd and quickly took out the silver needle from her waist, testing the roast suckling pig.
The silver needle did not change color here, which meant there was no poison on the roast suckling pig.
"It's not the roast suckling pig!"
She stated with certainty.
Just then, another thud was heard, and another villager collapsed.
Pan Xiaolian quickly checked him. He was identical to the previous Brother Wang; he had also been poisoned.
With two villagers showing signs of poisoning, all the villagers were terrified, and they all retreated backward.
Seeing this, Pan Xiaolian knew that a major incident had occurred today.
As expected, a short while later, several more people collapsed.
"Sister Lian, they're all poisoned!"
Yan Yun and Xiang Lin Sao also began to help, observing the other people. Yan Yun spoke up directly.
Hearing her words, Pan Xiaolian couldn't help but turn her gaze towards the crowd. She discovered something peculiar.
That is, all the people who had collapsed were men!
"Why is that?"
She turned and saw an unopened wine jar.
As if remembering something, she quickly asked Yan Yun.
"Yan Yun, did you guys buy that wine?"
"Sister Lian, didn't you buy that wine?"
"I didn't buy it! Did you think I did?"
As the two of them exchanged questions and answers, they suddenly seemed to have found the true source.
They quickly looked at the villagers behind them. Pan Xiaolian immediately took out the silver needle and put it into the wine jar.
Indeed, in less than five seconds, the silver needle slowly turned black.
"There's poison in the wine! Quickly call Qingfeng, something terrible has happened!"
Yan Yun immediately took out her phone and dialed Li Qingfeng.
When Li Qingfeng heard the phone ring, he felt a jolt in his heart.
Especially after seeing the caller ID, this feeling became even stronger.
As expected, things were as he had imagined. As soon as he answered the call, Yan Yun's anxious voice came through.
"Li Qingfeng, hurry back! Something's happened at the square, the wine you bought is poisoned!"
"What? Didn't you guys buy that wine?"
Li Qingfeng blurted out instinctively.
"We didn't buy any wine! We all thought you bought it!"
After this exchange, both of them fell silent.
Li Qingfeng and Yan Yun both understood what was happening.
"Someone poisoned it!"
Li Qingfeng hung up the phone and quickly ran towards the village square.
Meanwhile, Wang Xiaoliu, who had finished his business, quietly called the village chief Shan Feiyang.
"Hello, Big Brother, I've taken care of things!"
"Really? Xiaoliuzi."
Shan Feiyang, on the other end of the line, shouted excitedly upon hearing his news.
"Don't worry, Big Brother. This time, Li Qingfeng probably can't clear his name even if he jumps into the Yellow River!"
"Can't clear his name even if he jumps into the Yellow River? You mean he'll never be able to get out?"
"Yes, Big Brother!"
Wang Xiaoliu said confidently.
Indeed, the two of them misunderstood each other and even got on the same page.
"Hahahaha!"
Shan Feiyang laughed heartily with joy.
"Big Brother, I can't talk to you anymore. There are still some things to deal with here."
"Alright, Big Brother has already prepared the money for you. You can come and get it later."
The village chief Shan Feiyang promised Wang Xiaoliu and hung up the phone happily.
Just then, Li Hong came out. Seeing Shan Feiyang looking excited, she understood what had happened.
However, she didn't say much, as Shan Feiyang no longer heeded her advice.
Wang Xiaoliu quickly arrived at the village committee's office. He hurriedly took three thousand yuan from Shan Feiyang, thanked him, and left in a hurry.
He left behind only one sentence: "Big Brother, your brother has cleared all your obstacles. The rest is up to you!"
Wang Xiaoliu's words were like a last testament.
Upon hearing this, Shan Feiyang didn't react at first, mainly because he didn't know what had actually happened.
However, soon Shan Feiyang understood what he meant by clearing obstacles.
His phone rang with a sharp, ghost-like urgency.