Chapter 336 There’s something worse!
"Dead man's poppy is an extremely rare poppy." Yun Qingqing said.
Yan Haochu's expression immediately became serious:
"According to Daliang law, private cultivation and use of poppies is prohibited. If something like using poppy shells to make wine is true, it must be dealt with according to the law!"
"Although this thing is considered a kind of poppy, it is not just poppy." Yun Qingqing said coldly.
"If ordinary poppy shells are used to make alcohol, they can also give people a strange aroma and be addictive, but it takes at least a period of time to become truly addictive."
"But this wine made from the shells of dead poppies is hard to quit once you've drunk it. From now on, if you can't drink it, you'll feel uncomfortable all over."
"The most important thing is that the dead man's poppy is called this because it only grows on the soil above graves! The place where it most often appears is deep in mass graves!"
"If you still don't believe me, there's a covered bamboo basket in the corner of the warehouse. Inside the basket is a tightly tied cloth bag. Open it and you'll see."
Yan Haochu took people to search in person, and soon came out carrying a cloth bag.
The faces of all the neighbors changed.
Seeing that the Feng couple's faces turned pale and they could not make any more excuses, what else did they not understand!
Every word of Master Qingyun is absolutely true!
"What! This, this is too..."
"No wonder after drinking Old Feng's wine, everything else tastes off. I feel uncomfortable if I don't drink it for a day. I thought I was addicted to alcohol, but it turns out to be this!"
"Mr. Feng, you are so lacking in virtue!"
"I XXXX! Aren't you afraid of XXXX when you do this to XXX?"
Some people were so angry that they started swearing, and some even rushed up to hit others. The scene was chaotic for a while.
If it weren't for the officers from the Six Gates maintaining order, these two people would probably have been beaten on the spot.
Yun Qingqing raised her hand, and Yan Haochu immediately shouted loudly to stop them, asking everyone to quiet down.
"Master, do you have any other instructions?" He turned around and waited for her to speak.
Yun Qingqing pulled Xiaobao, who had been hiding timidly behind her, and said:
"I came here today because this couple felt their child was possessed by an evil spirit and asked me to exorcise the evil spirit."
"But the truth is, they've done too many things that have damaged their virtue, and they often go deep into mass graves, which is why they've attracted nightmare spirits."
"Nightmare spirit?" Yan Haochu asked curiously, "What is this?"
"Nightmare spirits are evil creatures that cause nightmares. They specifically invade people's consciousness while they are asleep. In mild cases, they cause them to have horrific dreams, while in severe cases, they can trap them in a dream and become unconscious. If they cannot wake up, it can even be life-threatening."
"This thing loves to haunt those with bad intentions and moral flaws. The Feng couple has been targeted by the nightmare spirit for half a month. Because Xiaobao is young, his perception of these things hasn't completely shut down, so he's frightened and cries every night."
Yun Qingqing looked at the couple coldly:
"If Xiaobao hadn't instinctively woken you up every time, you two would have been in danger long ago."
When the Feng couple heard her words, their faces showed a conflicted and twisted expression, as if they didn't want to believe it but had to.
"Impossible..." The man was still trying to struggle. "That wine won't kill anyone. It's just addictive. Even if they don't drink my wine, they'll drink someone else's. What's the difference?"
"We're just trying to make a living and retain more customers. Those people in the mass grave are all dead. How can my picking a few plants be linked to good deeds?"
The neighbors got angry again when they heard this:
"You wicked thing, you still have the nerve to quibble! If you have such a clear conscience, why don't you drink the wine yourself!"
"Drink a jar of it in front of me now, and then you say you are innocent!"
After everyone started cursing, the man finally shut up and kept silent.
Yan Haochu said coldly:
"Selling poppy shells in wine is against Daliang law. You illegally harvested poppy shells from mass graves to make wine. This is even more unacceptable! Go to the Ministry of Justice and await your punishment!"
The two were arrested by the police and panicked. The woman suddenly broke free and rushed over to hug Xiaobao, crying and saying:
"Sir, please show some mercy! My little bao is only three years old! He only has two of us as his relatives! If my husband and I were both sent to jail, how would bao survive on his own? Please, please, let me go!"
"We do these things out of necessity, not intentionally to harm anyone! I won't do it again. For the sake of our child, can you please not arrest me? I kowtow to you!"
Yan Haochu looked at this scene with a hesitant expression.
The little kid looked about the same age as Tongtong. It would be really pitiful if both his parents were taken away.
But at this moment, Yun Qingqing spoke in a cold voice:
"You're claiming to love the child now, but you've been beating him quite a bit over the past two weeks because he disturbed your sleep!"
As she spoke, Yun Qingqing pulled up Xiaobao's sleeve, revealing a part of his forearm.
There were only blue and purple bruises all over it!
"Just one arm has so many wounds, and Xiaobao has even more! If you don't care about the child at all, stop using the child as an excuse to evade responsibility!"
Yan Haochu got angry when he saw the wound on the little kid's arm. He rushed over and grabbed Xiaobao into his arms. Behind his back, he lifted up his clothes and took a quick look at him. His face became even worse.
"How dare you harm such a young child! Are you worthy of being parents?"
The woman cried:
"Sir, you misunderstood! We thought Xiaobao was possessed by an evil spirit and wanted to drive it away, not abuse him!"
"After all, he is my flesh and blood. If he gets hit, it hurts my heart!"
She was crying hard when a sneer suddenly came from the gate:
"Are you his real mother? You sound like it's true!"
The woman trembled all over and looked up to see Zhiluo walking in with a few people.
Zhiluo came to Yun Qingqing and raised her chin:
"Everyone you're looking for is here."
"Thank you for your hard work." Yun Qingqing nodded at her, then turned and looked at the Feng couple.
"I told you, what you did was extremely detrimental to your moral character. It's not just about the dead potion, but also about you guys being unable to give birth to a child, yet you had the evil intention of stealing someone else's baby!"
"The victim is right before your eyes, what else do you have to say?"
The couple's expressions changed again, but they subconsciously denied it!
"That's really unfair to us! We admit everything that happened before, but how can we say that you stole the baby?"
"Things like this require evidence. You can't just say our biological child belongs to someone else!"
Even though the poppy shell incident was exposed, the worst that could happen was a few years of beatings and imprisonment. If he made some arrangements, he might not even have to be beaten.
However, kidnapping and stealing babies is a serious crime under Daliang law! You absolutely cannot admit it!
Just then.
Among the newcomers, a woman suddenly walked out and stared at Xiaobao's face, her lips trembling slightly.
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