Chapter 302: Immortal Powder

In just one night, the Ma family case shocked the whole city.

Jiang Yuzhu went downstairs to have breakfast in the lobby, and listened to the discussion between the shopkeeper and the waiter and the diners, who analyzed the case in great detail.

"Don't think that Ma Lao Er seems innocent in this matter. Cuilan's son looks like Ma Lao Da, and he was the one who reported it to Ma Lao Tou!"

In order to fight for the property, Ma Laoer secretly "took great pains".

"I heard that the Ma family members were all imprisoned, and Xiaobao was taken away!"

When this happened, the Ma family’s relatives were so ashamed that none of them showed up.

Everyone was surprised to see someone taking Xiaobao away.

The shopkeeper stroked his beard and said in a pretentious manner, "How could you forget the key point? The thief saved Cuilan and Xiaobao, and was very kind to them. She ran into a wall and died in front of the hall, and she never mentioned the thief who saved them."

"Yes, and the belongings in the house on North Street were sold for quite a bit of money, I heard."

Cuilan had followed Old Man Ma for many years, so she had to get some money from him to survive, which she probably gave to the little thief.

Everyone sat together to discuss it, but in the end no one could come to a conclusion.

By noon, the herbal medicine merchant had already gathered all the herbs and found a escort team to take over.

After checking the quality, Jiang Yuzhu sent someone to deliver a letter to Shen Zhilan, and the group prepared to set off.

Shen Zhilan and her daughter returned to the inn, bringing with them a middle-aged woman with a sad face and a girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old. The girl kept her head down and her expression could not be seen clearly.

In private, Shen Zhilan held Jiang Yuzhu's hand and sighed, "My mother remembered that she had a distant cousin who married in the north. More than ten years ago, the two of them had correspondence, but later they stopped."

"According to the address on the letter, my mother went to the door and was told that the original owner had moved away long ago."

In order to find someone, Shen Zhilan paid money to ask someone, and finally found the person.

"My cousin's mother-in-law has put her trust in the wrong person. Her husband has spent all his money on drinking, whoring and gambling. He has even beaten his wife and daughter when he runs out of money. He is truly a piece of shit!"

Shen Zhilan came to the door and just happened to witness a thrilling scene.

The man was tied up with ropes, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was trying to break free from the ropes, rolling on the ground.

The rope was embedded in the flesh and was suddenly torn apart. The man picked up the hatchet and was about to hack his wife and daughter to death like a madman.

"My mother is timid and almost fainted from fright."

Chen Zhilan asked the neighbors for help, but the neighbors were afraid of being hated, so in the end, money talks, and Chen Zhilan paid the money to settle the matter.

"My cousin's husband bought a kind of drug powder at a high price. After taking it, he felt euphoric and became extremely manic. He almost wanted to kill someone."

There's really no need to get entangled with this kind of jerk.

Shen Zhilan agreed with her aunt and cousin to send a carriage at night to quietly pick up the person.

Once we get to Jiangnan, with the support of the Shen family, we won’t be afraid of any scum causing trouble.

"Besides, with his skeletal body, he won't live long."

Shen Zhilan's words revealed disgust. When she entered the city at dawn, she found out that a bizarre murder had occurred in the city.

When they returned to the room, Hong Jin entered first and gestured to Hong Li to close the door.

"Madam, according to your instructions, I interrogated Boss Ma at night and found out that Cuilan had indeed arranged for the drug powder to be bought on the black market."

Black market transactions are shady and it is not easy to find the source.

However, Hong Jin found some clues and followed them to trace back to several prodigal sons in the city who had squandered their family fortunes.

Among them was Shen Zhilan’s uncle-in-law.

"These people were all controlled by the drug powder, and their huge wealth was drained away bit by bit. Eventually, their families fell into poverty, their wives and children were separated, some died, and some were disabled."

"The powder has been flowing in from Sucheng in the south of the Yangtze River for quite some time."

This kind of "magic powder" is unaffordable for ordinary people, so it is sold to merchants who have money and are looking for excitement.

"What did you say it was called?"

Jiang Yuzhu was very surprised. She remembered that her second brother Jiang Huaiqing had brought back a lot of strange medicinal powders when he went to inspect shops in the south.

In addition to the Chunfeng San that Zhao Fendie wanted, there is also Shenxian San.

"My second brother also gave me a pack."

Because of the high price, Jiang Huaiqing was reluctant to use them and left the best ones to Jiang Yuzhu.

But Jiang Yuzhu thought it was a medicine powder for lovemaking and was not interested in it. She casually threw it into a box in the inner house of Xie's mansion and put it at the bottom of the box.

"The immortals have caused great harm to people. Most of the families in the city who have inherited their property for several generations have fallen into ruin."

The huge family fortune was sold off bit by bit, and in the end not even the mansion was left.

Hong Xiu followed the clues and found a family living in a shack in the slums in the north of the city. They ate thin porridge three times a day and were not even as good as ordinary people.

“That’s the crux of the problem.”

Purifying the rice husk flower and making this harmful thing called magic powder, is it just to harm people?

Relying on the black industry behind it, he successfully made a large sum of money.

Millions of taels or even more of silver flowed into the pocket of the mastermind behind the scenes. Was he just doing it for the money?

When you have more money, you should have other thoughts and want to get greater benefits.

Only by gaining enough power can you keep the money in your hands.

Jiang Yuzhu boldly guessed that, in addition to human trafficking, the money earned by the gods was enough to support private soldiers and use it for rebellion.

So is the person behind the scenes the Xuan family?

"Madam, should we write a letter to inform the master?"

Hong Jin became more and more frightened the more he thought about it, and asked hurriedly.

"Don't alert the enemy yet. Wait until Jiangnan investigates secretly, then go there in person."

The dark hand behind the scenes is not simple, and writing letters is undoubtedly the fastest way to expose it.

Besides, Jiang Yuzhu was not sure whether Xie Zhao knew about it.

"Hongjin, find a way to buy some magic powder, put two white mice in a cage, and take them on the road."

Hong Jin was the most cautious among the maids. After Jiang Yuzhu gave Hong Jin instructions, she lay down on the couch and took a nap.

Before the group left, the officials from the yamen delivered a message.

Hongli was so surprised when she heard the new news that she couldn't close her mouth: "Madam, Boss Ma strangled himself with an iron chain in prison."

"Yeah?"

Jiang Yuzhu didn't even blink, not surprised, "The prefect was questioning Boss Ma about the source of the drug powder, so he found an opportunity to commit suicide out of fear of crime, right?"

"Madam, you are so good at predicting things. I admire you!"

Hongli clasped his fists and said, "I can't understand why Boss Ma committed suicide. He clearly said before that he wanted to see his son Xiaobao for the last time."

"Why do you think he committed suicide?"

Jiang Yuzhu had said all she wanted to say. She didn’t say anything more.

Thanks to the fact that a prisoner had replaced Boss Ma in advance, Hong Jin was able to interrogate him alone. If he had been a step later and waited for the other party to take action, he would not have been able to find out the source of the drug powder.

It was already late, and before the city gates were closed, Jiang Yuzhu and his entourage marched out of the city with a convoy escorting medicinal herbs.

In the shadows of the city gate, two people kept their eyes on the group of people.

One of them said, "We can use Boss Ma's son to force him to death. There will be no evidence. Jiang Yuzhu is a fool. He should not be able to detect anything, right?"