Chapter 227: Persuasion
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Su Jidong gripped the pole in his hand and instantly felt a sense of security.
Seeing that He Yufeng was empty-handed, Su Ze asked considerately,
“Brother-in-law, do you want to take a weapon?”
It was said that two fists could not defeat four hands, so it was always good to have a weapon!
He Yufeng shook his head and said, “It’s alright!”
Ordinary people could not defeat him. Moreover, it was best for them to go empty-handed in the current situation. Otherwise, the villagers would definitely think that they were going to monopolize the well. Su Jidong urged, “Let’s go. Don’t waste any more time.”
“Yes!”
The few of them quickly walked towards the well.
At this moment, most of the people in the village had woken up. Some of them carried buckets and planned to go to the well to fetch water to drink.
On the way, Su Ze couldn’t help but ask, “Sister, did someone really poison our village’s well?”
Su Li nodded and said, “It’s the group from yesterday.”
Su Ze frowned. “Could it be that they were beaten up by us and became angrier the more they thought about it when they went back, so they turned around and poisoned the well?”
Su Li nodded perfunctorily. “That might be the case!”
This child was too innocent. It was better not to tell him some things.
He Yufeng looked at Su Li deeply. It seemed that his guess was true. Su Li did not sleep the entire night last night.
In the past, no matter if he was injured or sleeping normally, he would wake up if there was any sound outside. This morning, when Su Li woke up, he did not react at all. Could it be that she had drugged him last night?
Su Li was baffled by He Yufeng’s gaze. Just as she was about to ask, He Yufeng suddenly leaned over.
Su Li moved aside. “What are you doing? Walk properly!”
He Yufeng said, “Did you drug me last night?”
Su Li’s big eyes were filled with innocence. “What? I drugged you? Are you still asleep, or is your brain muddled from the fever? If you don’t mind, I can prescribe you two pills and you can drink them. After drinking them, I guarantee that you’ll be cured.”
He Yufeng said, “I slept until dawn from last night. Don’t you think it’s strange?”
Su Li blinked. “What’s so strange about that? It means that you slept well!”
He Yufeng looked at Su Li and said, “I didn’t feel anything when you got out of bed this morning.”
Su Li’s tone was a little sad as she said, “You think you slept so soundly because
I drugged you? So if you ate my food so fragrantly, it’s because I drugged it?”
“And did you drink what I gave you last night? I worked hard to take care of you when you were injured. It’s fine if you don’t thank me, but you even slandered me. Are you letting me down?”
So what if He Yufeng had some doubts? Could he still find the key clues?
So as long as she was innocent enough, she was really innocent.
He Yufeng quickly explained, “That’s not what I meant!”
Su Li asked, “Then what do you mean?”
Su Ze also heard their conversation. He looked at He Yufeng and questioned, “That’s right, what do you mean? Don’t think that my sister is easy to bully. If you dare to bully my sister, I’ll beat you to death with a hammer.”
He Yufeng was speechless.
He was just asking. Was there a need to be so exaggerated?
They quickly walked to the well.
At this moment, there were already many people surrounding the well. Everyone saw a few people with terrifying expressions tied up at the side. All of them were watching the commotion and did not even want to pick the water.
“Where did these people come from? Why are they tied up here?”
“That’s right. Look at their faces. They’re really scary.”
“Who did they offend? Since they’re tied up here, do you think we should help them untie the rope?”
“They look so pitiful. Let’s help them undo it!”
When those people heard this, they almost cried.
Not to mention that their bodies were itchy, they couldn’t reach out to grab them even if they wanted to. The female ghost had tied them up too tightly last night, making them unable to untie them no matter what method they used.
Someone took a few steps closer. He was about to help untie the rope when he saw something extraordinary.
“Oh my god, look, they’re all infected. Could this be an infectious disease?”
As soon as he said this, everyone took a step back. After all, compared to watching the commotion, staying at home was more important.
“Stop looking. Hurry up and leave with the water! Don’t spread it to us later!”
“That’s right. Everyone, disperse!”
Some people began to draw water, while others surrounded those people and observed from a distance.
When Su Jidong saw that the person was about to carry the water away, he hurriedly stopped him. “This water is poisonous and can’t be drunk. Quickly bring it here!”
The people present glanced at him and continued to walk.
Seeing that no one was listening to him, Su Jidong ran out and grabbed that person’s bucket to stop him from leaving.
That person looked unhappy. “What are you doing? Why are you going crazy so early in the morning?”
Su Jidong said, “There’s poison in the water. Did you see those people? They were the ones who added the poison. They accidentally drank a mouthful of water and ended up like this.”
That person did not believe Su Jidong at all. He waved his hand and said, “Don’t you know if it’s poisonous or not? You have drunk water all these years, why haven’t you been poisoned to death?”
The people at the side also said, “That’s right. Why didn’t you say that it was poisonous when you drank water in the past?”
Su Jidong continued to explain, “We just caught these people last night and forced them to drink the water from the well. Look at them now.”
“Bah, I don’t believe you!”
Su Jidong grabbed that person and wanted to continue explaining, but Su Li stood up and said, “Since everyone doesn’t believe me, let’s interrogate those people in the first trial!”
She walked up to them and asked with a smile, “Did you poison the well water?”
When those people saw Su Li’s smile, they couldn’t help but shiver. They felt that the smile of the person in front of them was even more terrifying than the female ghost’s last night!
They looked at each other and did not intend to cooperate with Su Li.
Su Li saw through their thoughts and took out the knife from her pocket. She said casually, “You’d better think carefully before saying anything. If you say one wrong word, the knife in my hand might not be so stable.”
“Perhaps it will fall on your legs, or very likely on your hands, or even on your heads.”
She moved closer to their ears and said, “Uh… The flowers I just planted lack fertilizer. I heard that flowers raised with human blood are the best.’
“…” This woman was too scary.
Seeing that they were silent, the villager could not help but ask, “Did you really poison the well?” Those people looked at Su Li, who had her arms crossed, and stammered, “Yes,
yes…”
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