Chapter 295: Taking the Lead

Xiao Yunshuo and Shen Fenghe soon noticed that the people following them had split into three groups. One group followed the officers who were looking for Chen Wu to join them, one group followed Shen Fenghe and the others, and the other group turned back. They should have gone back to report the news, right?

Xiao Yunshuo and Shen Fenghe looked at each other. Xiao Yunshuo nodded to Shen Fenghe, indicating that she didn't need to worry.

Chen Fenghe guessed that Yuan Xu must have made a move in secret, so he nodded slightly to show that he understood.

Chen Fenghe, Xiao Yunshuo and the official walked towards the fork in the road. At first, there were only a few dead branches of Atractylodes macrocephala. After they dug out the roots of those trees, they went around a slope under the leadership of Shen Fenghe and saw large areas of Atractylodes macrocephala.

The accompanying official was dumbfounded: "Miss Shen, this... is so much?"

Chen Fenghe said, "Although Atractylodes macrocephala is a cold-resistant herb, it usually grows further south. I didn't expect there would be so many here. If we dig all of this up and sell it to a herbal medicine shop, I'm afraid we could fetch at least a hundred taels of silver."

"One...one hundred taels? So much?" the officer asked, swallowing his saliva.

Chen Fenghe nodded and said, "Yes. But the three of us are not strong enough, so let's just pick some and go back."

The officer couldn't help but feel regretful after hearing this: "Alas... it's a pity we don't have time, otherwise we should have dug them all up!"

Chen Fenghe smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do about it."

The official also knew that he couldn't be too greedy, so he continued to dig hard, trying to dig as much as possible.

Chen Fenghe lied that he had something to do, said hello to the officer, and walked towards the place where the people were following them.

She went around the bushes, and the person following her noticed her and suddenly attacked Chen Fenghe with lightning speed.

Unfortunately, before he could get close, a dark shadow suddenly flashed by and grabbed his throat.

"Tell me, who sent you here?" Xiao Yunshuo's low voice sounded like it came from hell.

The man was terrified, but he still pretended to be frightened and said in panic, "Please… please spare my life! I… I'm just a hunter from the foot of the mountain. We came up here to hunt, and… no one sent us here!"

Chen Fenghe saw that the man was wearing the clothes of a peasant, and he knew that he was the same suspicious person they had seen at the entrance of the village before they entered the mountains.

She stepped forward, pulled out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve, and said with a smile, "Do you know what's in this? Bone-breaking powder. After taking it, your entire body will instantly ache unbearably. If you don't take the antidote within an hour, your bones will shatter into powder and you'll die. If you still insist on what you said just now, then I'll have no choice but to ask you to take this poison."

The man showed an expression of horror on his face, but he was somewhat skeptical of Shen Fenghe's words.

Chen Fenghe poured out a pill and without saying a word, stuffed it into his mouth and forced him to eat it.

Xiao Yunshuo also let him go at the right time.

The drug took effect immediately, and the man fell to the ground with a thud. His body curled up like a cooked shrimp, and he was shaking all over. However, he was in so much pain that he couldn't even groan!

When he finally recovered from the pain, he immediately hoarsely said, "Antidote! Give me... uh... antidote! I... I said..."

As he said this, he fainted from the pain.

Shen Fenghe fed him the antidote and gave him an injection on one of his acupoints, and he woke up.

Chen Fenghe said calmly, "Tell me, who sent you? How many people are there in total? What is your intention?"