readytorunbook Chapter 1868: Capturing the Mayor
Chapter 1868: Capturing the Mayor
Not long after taking the pill, the little girl stopped convulsing and vomiting and slowly opened her eyes. Seeing her granddaughter waking up, a smile immediately appeared on the old grandmother's face.
"Thank you, thank you benefactor." She kowtowed to Wan Shufang to express her gratitude. Because she smiled so hard, all the wrinkles on her face made her look very pitiful.
Wan Shufang quickly helped the person up and said softly, "It's just a simple favor. The little one is fine. Don't worry, old man. I'll give you some more medicine. Take it back and let her take one pill a day."
"You have to take this medicine too. You and your granddaughter have been together for a long time, so you may have contracted some illness. You will get better after taking the medicine. Don't worry, the medicine I give you is enough for both of you."
As she spoke, Wan Shufang gave the old lady a few more pills, which made the old lady excited again. She smiled and poured out words of thanks as if they were free.
Wan Shufang also laughed and sent the people back personally. However, after sending the old lady and the little girl away, her originally cheerful face suddenly became gloomy and she stared at the direction where the two people left.
If her diagnosis just now was correct, the little girl must have taken opium, which led to the illness. She even took the old lady's pulse while helping her just now, and the pulse was consistent. It was obvious that she had also taken opium, but had not yet developed an illness.
"The appearance of opium is definitely not an accident. Perhaps this is the secret of Kali Town. I have to go back quickly and tell Chen Changli and Harijula the news."
With a clear idea in mind, Wan Shufang took action immediately and hurried towards the residence. She told Chen Changli and Harijula about her discovery in detail.
Both of them were shocked. Harijula slammed the table fiercely and said angrily, "Who is so heartless as to kill the elderly, the weak, women and children?"
Harjula had a bad temper. She would never tolerate anyone who dared to poison her people under her rule, so she immediately sent people to investigate. Wan Shufang felt helpless because of Harjula's hot temper.
She reached out her hand to stop Harijula, and said calmly: "Harijula, calm down first. I suspect that this was done by the so-called Immortal Goddess. The curse of Kali Town is actually their use of opium to control the consciousness of the people in the town."
Wan Shufang's analysis was well-reasoned and made Chen Changli and Harijula ponder. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that her guess was correct.
“No wonder those people get so nervous and awed when they mention the Goddess of Eternal Life. It turns out that she is really…” Harijula gritted her teeth. What should they do if everyone in the town is poisoned by opium?
Harijula was carefree, and her worries were written all over her face. Wan Shufang noticed her worried look. She pursed her lips and comforted her, "Don't worry. It's better to have a direction than no direction. As long as we gain the trust of the people and let them take the antidote, everything will be fine."
Wan Shufang paused, the light in her eyes gradually became firm: "The most important thing now is to find the mayor of Kali Town as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll send more people to look for him immediately. When the incident happened, I had already blocked off Kali Town, and I didn't see anyone entering or leaving. He should not have left the town yet, so I'll definitely find him."
After saying that, Harijula stood up and left without waiting for Wan Shufang and Chen Changli to speak, to arrange for the follow-up personnel to search for the mayor. She searched extensively and almost cleared out the secret guards around her.
Chen Changli also went to find people, while Wan Shufang stayed at her residence and worked with Yanran to develop more antidotes, which could then be given directly to the people.
After two days of extensive searching and digging deep into the ground, they finally found traces of the mayor in a cellar.
It was still the familiar woodshed. The mayor and Grandma Zhang were locked up together. The moment they saw each other, a trace of grayness flashed in their eyes. Chen Changli had been staring at the two of them and did not miss this small detail.
"Tell me, why did Kali Town become like this?" Chen Changli said calmly. Seeing that the mayor wanted to refute, he knocked on the table to interrupt him: "Let me remind you, they were poisoned by opium."
As soon as the word "opium" came out, the mayor was immediately discouraged and became listless. He lowered his head and remained silent, as if he was making a final resistance.
With the experience of dealing with Grandma Zhang, Chen Changli didn't waste time talking to him this time. He winked at Harijula, who nodded and gave instructions to the people behind him.
"Come here, punish him severely until he speaks!"
Several secret guards came up with the torture instruments, and when they put the mayor on them, one could see his calves were shaking and his eyes were panic-stricken. The woman did not give him a chance to relax.
Heart-wrenching screams suddenly rang out from the woodshed, and the smell of blood filled the air, frightening Grandma Zhang so much that she shrank into a corner unconsciously.
Today's punishment was even more severe than what Chen Changli had inflicted on her that day.
Under the severe torture, the mayor finally couldn't bear it anymore and confessed the truth while gasping for breath.
"Yes, there is a secret in Kali Town. The Goddess of Immortality is fake. Under someone's instructions, I gave opium to the people and fabricated the Goddess of Immortality. I made them respect the Goddess of Immortality and used her as a tool by the people behind the scenes."
"Don't ask me who the person behind me is. I don't know. I only know that she is a woman, but I don't know her true identity, and I have never seen her." After saying this, the mayor lowered his head, as if he was seriously injured and had no strength to raise his head.
Wan Shufang couldn't help but glance at the mayor, and then at Grandma Zhang, who quickly waved her hands: "I don't know either, I don't know either."
She was really afraid of being tortured, so she just confessed the truth.
Harijula and the other two looked at each other and saw seriousness in each other's eyes. Seeing that they could not get anything out of these two people, Wan Shufang did not want to waste any more time on it.
"Harjula, call all the people in Kali Town and let him explain the truth to them. As for the person behind the scenes, we can only investigate slowly." Wan Shufang rubbed his eyebrows, obviously exhausted by all these troubles.
Chen Changli subconsciously protected her and allowed her to lean on him.
Soon, Harjula called all the people in the town. The mayor was awake all the time because of the pain. He was only beaten by Harjula and was forced to tell the truth to everyone.
When the truth was revealed, the people immediately became noisy and whispered to each other.
"What? The Goddess of Immortality is fake. We believe in her only because we are addicted to opium."
"Not only that, we were used and used as pawns by others, and we should be grateful to the culprit!"
"These sons of bitches are so heartless, damn them, damn them!"
The angry people were making a lot of noise. When Harijula pulled Chen Changli and Wan Shufang back to the door, they rushed in and beat and kicked the mayor.
No one at the scene tried to stop it; they just watched the scene coldly.
The mayor was vomiting blood and was about to die, so Chen Changli stepped in to save him.
"Everyone, we've fought and vented our anger, but we still have to keep him here. We have to follow the clues and find out who is behind him, so that we can truly give you an explanation."