Chapter 683 concludes here.

Li San Niang hadn't been in prison for very long, so when she returned to the room with a stern face, everyone assumed that she hadn't gotten any useful information out of her.

Seeing Jiang Yiyun approaching her, Li Sanniang quickly stopped at the door and gestured for him to stay away.

Not to mention Jiang Yiyun, everyone else present was somewhat surprised. What did Li San Niang mean by this?

"I have some medicine powder on me. Although the effects have almost worn off, just to be safe, let me sprinkle the antidote before we talk."

After Li San Niang said this, everyone finally understood.

Watching Li San Niang walk to the corner by the door, take out a bottle no bigger than two fingers from her waistband, sprinkle the powder inside on her forearms and hair, then spin and jump around twice before sitting back down in the chair.

Li San Niang's actions reminded everyone that she was a doctor, and since ancient times, medicine and poison have been inseparable; a doctor can save lives, and naturally, he can also kill.

Xing Yu felt that Li San Niang looked very powerful at this moment, but he had always been on good terms with Li San Niang, so he was not afraid. On the contrary, he felt more at ease because of the strength of his ally.

Instead, Ding Mingxuan, who seemed to have a much deeper mind, glanced at Li Sanniang without revealing his thoughts, then lowered his eyes, lost in thought.

Li San Niang nodded in acknowledgment as Xing Yu handed her the teacup. After drinking the entire cup, she looked at everyone's expressions. Although they didn't urge her directly, their eyes were full of "Speak quickly, speak quickly," and she couldn't help but smile.

"Oh dear, Third Sister, tell me quickly, what news have you received?"

Li San Niang recalled the information she had learned from Edward in the prison, and the smile that had been on her lips vanished.

After briefly recounting how she had managed to coax Edward into speaking, Li San Niang then focused on sharing the information she had gathered with the others.

"...Therefore, we were lucky enough to get some information."

Sure enough, just as Chang Siyuan had said before, Edward had been brainwashed by that cult.

The fanaticism he displayed when he spoke of that cult was truly chilling.

Li Sanniang put down her teacup, raised her head and started looking at Ding Mingxuan, who was sitting at the end of the table opposite her. After making eye contact with everyone present, she solemnly said to the crowd: "Just as we guessed before, they want our country to perish and our race to be wiped out."

According to Edward, once they succeed in their invasion using opium, they will engage in a series of economic activities to directly cripple us economically, and then they will naturally be able to take over this land.

If that fails, then war will have to be started.

All he said was for God's descent. If we disobey and become domesticated servants, then we will have no choice but to sacrifice ourselves for God.

That's roughly what it means.

That is their ultimate goal.

As for the distribution channels for opium, from what he said, it seems to be at the border and the docks, with the docks being the most likely source.

Judging from that, they had already started missionary work in Tianzhu (present-day India).

This is the main area where opium is grown. If we want to stop the opium invasion, the docks should be the most important place to defend.

Upon hearing this, Chang Siyuan finally asked the first question he had posed since Li Sanniang returned from prison: "Is there any news about the Archbishop and his other accomplices?"

Li San Niang shook her head helplessly, "This medicine has a time limit for its effects. I asked him, but he didn't say. Besides, judging from his expression, he probably doesn't know much about it."

I suspect there is another commander in Chang'an, whose rank is higher than Edward's.

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a heavy weight in their hearts.

In particular, Shi Le'an and Jiang Yiyun were the two people present who knew the most about the foreign supernatural beings.

Jiang Yiyun unconsciously bit her lower lip, wondering whether she should tell Li Sanniang and the others about Mark's collusion with certain ministers in the court.

Shi Le'an recalled that night when he went to the palace to meet Emperor Wu, he overheard Mr. Bu Ke and Du Qinghui's advisor Lü Yunting talking about opium while waiting in the side hall. Because it involved opium, Mr. Bu Ke and Lü Yunting didn't try to hide it from others, so he didn't go out and listened to the whole thing in the side hall.

"According to Dr. Li, the border and the dock are important places, but the source should all be India."

According to Du Qinghui's intelligence, South Asia has already been conquered by foreign supernatural beings.

Finally, after discussing for more than an hour, Ding Mingxuan wrote down all the information they had learned from Edward that night.

Just as Ding Mingxuan put down his pen, before the ink had even dried, the door opened from the outside. It was still that ordinary-looking man who could easily be lost in a crowd. He bowed to everyone and said politely, "Thank you all for your hard work!"

Thank you all!

Please wait a moment, everyone. I will see you off one by one in the order you arrived.

Li San Niang looked up and glanced at the doorway. The sky was still as dark as ink, and a cool breeze even blew in through the door.

"It's past dawn. In another quarter of an hour, it will be light."

Seeing Li Sanniang looking outside, Xing Yu said this to her.

“I apologize for neglecting you all this time,” the guide said, extending his hand, which held out several strips of black cloth.

Li San Niang knew in her heart that the road back was not the same road as the one she had come by.

Thus, in the reverse order of their arrival, everyone was blindfolded again and followed the guide out of the house.

After Li San Niang watched Xing Yu leave, Qiu Xiang and Lao Shijiu appeared at the door shortly afterward.

Just as Li San Niang was about to close her eyes and wait for Qiu Xiang to wrap the black cloth around her, a masked man in black suddenly appeared at the door.

Li San Niang wasn't afraid. After all, this was the territory of the Bad People, and Qiu Xiang and Lao Shijiu were right beside her. She also had weapons and poison hidden on her person, so she was capable of protecting herself.

The masked man in black, whose only eyes were visible, noticed the question in Li San Niang's eyes and immediately stopped and bowed to her.

Li San Niang naturally stood up and returned the greeting. At the same time, she could tell that Qiu Xiang and Lao Shi knew this person. If they were strangers, even in the territory of the Bad Guys, Qiu Xiang and Lao Shi would have tensed their muscles and be ready to explode at any moment.

Li San Niang could sense the difference, so she concluded that the masked man in black must be one of her own.

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