Chapter 1721 The Phoenix Clan: Tougher than Mao Zhongcai
Five miles is not a very long journey.
Except for some brothers who were guarding at the foot of the mountain, others went into the mountain in several groups to look for water.
Soon, many brothers found water and stayed nearby.
When Feng Jiuer returned, many brothers from Tianji Hall were testing the water source.
Tianji Hall has been established for such a long time, brothers will definitely not determine whether something is poisonous simply by whether the silver needle turns black.
Especially after the brother was poisoned yesterday, they were more cautious in their inspection today.
"What's going on?"
Feng Jiuer looked at the few people standing together.
Everyone made room, and Little Cherry and Leng Xuepiao appeared in front of Feng Jiuer.
"Jiuer, something is strange."
Little Cherry held a glass of stream water and frowned.
"Originally I thought the water was safe, but unexpectedly, the last powder changed color."
Little Cherry handed out the cup in her hand, and Leng Xuepiao also handed the bag with her name written on it to Feng Jiuer.
"That's it."
Little Cherry said.
Feng Jiuer frowned, took the cup, and saw the medicinal powder in Leng Xuepiao's hand.
"In this case, you can't drink the water here either."
The brothers looked at the trickling water with more or less disappointment in their eyes.
Feng Jiuer went to several more places and got the same answer.
Stream water and mountain water will change the color of the same medicinal powder.
"Jiu'er, what should we do?"
Gong Xinyue knew the situation and rushed over.
Feng Jiuer raised her eyes to the top of the mountain and sighed softly.
"Go up the mountain."
She dropped those two words, turned around, and walked toward the woods.
"Up the mountain?"
Little Cherry chased after her, "Jiu'er, what are you doing up the mountain?"
"The water flows to lower places. Since it is natural water, it cannot be poisonous."
Feng Jiuer stared at Gaofeng, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"On the mountain, there is the answer we want."
Summer is coming, and the weather is a bit sultry. Although the weather today is not very good, everyone's lips are a little dry after not drinking water for more than an hour.
After hearing Feng Jiuer's words, everyone seemed to understand something.
The water source has been destroyed, so if we find the root cause, can the problem be solved?
"Leave ten people here to keep an eye on the situation, and the others will follow."
Feng Jiuer gave the order.
"yes."
A brother held his hand and stopped.
He intercepted ten people, and the others followed Feng Jiuer towards the woods.
Feng Jiuer came to a small stream and looked back at everyone.
"Zhao Yusheng, take five people all the way up this creek."
"Um."
Zhao Yusheng said nothing and nodded.
"This creek is relatively wide, so you must check it carefully, mainly to see if there is anything unnatural hidden somewhere."
"When we came here, there was no one nearby, but we don't rule out that the mountain is safe."
"clear!"
Many brothers responded in unison.
Feng Jiuer waved her hand and everyone became quiet.
"Now, there are two situations. First, there are people hiding in the mountains, and they put poisonous powder into a certain water source from time to time. Secondly, the poisonous powder has been placed in the same place for a long time."
"I think the second scenario is more reasonable. If poisonous powder is sprinkled into the water from time to time, our tests in different creeks must be different."
"It's obvious now that the water is almost the same color."
"If the poisonous powder is placed in water, won't it be easily washed away?"
Gong Xinyue asked with some confusion.
"uncertain."
Feng Jiuer's eyes fell on her.
The person who asked this question was Gong Xinyue, but it caused doubts in the hearts of many people.
"If you put the medicinal powder in a special cloth bag and control it well, the medicinal powder will leak out little by little and won't disappear all at once."
Feng Jiuer explained.
"So, we have to look up every creek now. If we look carefully, we should still be able to recognize it."
"Understood."
Gong Xinyue responded.
Everyone nodded.
Zhao Yusheng and his five brothers stayed, while the others continued to follow Feng Jiuer.
Every time Feng Jiuer goes to a creek, he will leave a few people behind. If the creek is wider, two more people will be left. If the creek is narrower, just two people will be enough.
The brothers were scattered to different places, but almost all moved closer in the other direction.
The sky is getting darker and darker, but everyone is observing carefully.
Sure enough, an hour later, many brothers sent out signals, meaning something suspicious was discovered somewhere.
Feng Jiuer, Qiao Mu, and Jian Yi did not join the search.
The three of them have been patrolling the mountains without stopping for more than half a minute.
Everyone was walking to higher ground, and gradually, more and more brothers gathered together.
Finally, they gathered at the two pools on the top of the mountain.
Several brothers started checking and found something suspicious in the pool.
Feng Jiuer, Qiao Mu and Jianyi came to a pond.
"Jiu'er, these bags are all found below."
Xing Zizhou looked at Feng Jiuer who came over.
"There are also these five, placed in several locations in Tianchi."
"Brothers, I have searched them all. They must be gone."
Jiu'er's guess was indeed correct. These bags were obviously not good things at first glance.
Feng Jiuer nodded and asked, "Has the water quality here been tested?"
"not yet."
Little Cherry shook her head, "But for the section above, we found several tests, and the results were all the same."
"It's just that the higher you go, the darker the color of the medicinal powder becomes when you put it into the water."
"It must be the bags!"
one brother said angrily.
What a good water source, but it was destroyed like this.
Not only the brother who spoke, but also other people looked at these bags with bad expressions.
"That's inevitable."
Feng Jiuer raised her eyes and looked at the waterfall hanging from the cliff.
"If it is consistent with my guess, these poisons will not cause immediate intoxication. It is considered a chronic poison."
"Does Jiu'er know what kind of poison this is?"
Little Cherry asked.
"I just hope that my guess is false."
Feng Jiuer turned back and glanced at Little Cherry.
"If it were true, it would be very troublesome."
"What's going on?"
Little Cherry frowned.
"Do you still remember the secret medicine Yu Jingfeng said?"
Feng Jiuer turned back again and looked at the waterfall at a high place.
"This kind of poison will not kill people directly, but it can control people's minds and torture their bodies."
"This Mao Linye is too vicious!"
Little Cherry clenched her fists, "Besides, this kind of poison is not easy to detect."
"If we hadn't used so much powder for testing, wouldn't everyone be controlled by them now?"
"Evil cannot defeat good!"
Feng Jiuer said nothing and turned to look at Xing Zizhou.
"Xing Zizhou, you have to go to the back camp in person and explain the situation to them face to face, so that the brothers of Tianji Hall can cheer up."
"From now on, everything you eat and drink must undergo strict inspection."
"Mao Linye is definitely more difficult to deal with than Mao Zhongcai."
