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“Hurry up, hurry up!”
“Isn’t that Little Hu from the neighboring village?!”
“He’s been drugged! Boil some licorice soup!”
When Li Yan brought the donkey cart back into the village, a large crowd immediately rushed over. Those familiar with the tricks of the jianghu instantly recognized that the children had been drugged.
Knockout drugs were not unusual in the jianghu. Drunk Immortal, Yabulu, and Datura could all be refined into sleeping powders. Those flowers were gathered in the eighth month, mixed with hemp blossoms from the seventh month, dried in the shade, and then ground into powder.
The antidote was simple. All they had to do to wake the victim up was feed them raw licorice boiled into soup. After each child drank a bowl, the three slowly woke up. When they found themselves surrounded by adults, all of them looked bewildered, completely unaware of what had happened.
The father of the kidnapped child burst into tears of joy while holding his son tightly to his chest. Some villagers comforted him while others cursed angrily, and the entire scene descended into chaos.
Shopkeeper Wan’s face darkened. After ordering people to calm the villagers, he took several...
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