webnovelfull Chapter 482 Tell the truth
Chapter 482 Tell the truth
At this time, Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao were still guessing the source of the powder.
Reaching out and rubbing some powder from Zhao Junhao's pants, Zhou Mingxuan put it to his nose and sniffed it, "Why does it smell like medicine? It's definitely not flour."
"The rubbing on the buttocks could only have happened when I was squatting.
After I entered the mountain today, I squatted down once when I was tying firewood. At other times, I kept my body straight or half bent, so it was impossible for it to rub against my butt.
Even if it rubbed against something, it couldn't be powdery, unless it was pollen."
"It's possible that he really got involved with pollen, otherwise it can't be explained," Zhou Mingxuan said.
Seeing the two people randomly guessing the origin of the powder, Liu Jingxue lifted her invisibility and walked out from the darkness.
"Don't make random guesses, this powder was sprinkled on you by Zheng Pengcheng.
Zhou Mingxuan, there is one on your right trouser leg too." Liu Jingxue reminded them.
Zhou Mingxuan quickly lowered his head and took a closer look, and found that there was indeed some powder on his right trouser leg.
Thinking of Zheng Pengcheng whom they met before, the two of them speculated about when he sprinkled the powder on himself.
"What is he doing with all this powder on us?
We haven't seen any signs of poisoning in such a long time, so it shouldn't be poison.
Today, we encountered quite a few pheasants and rabbits, and caught quite a few.”
Liu Jingxue was a little embarrassed, "What he sprinkled on you was a fake medicine that I replaced, made according to his medicine, but with some ingredients missing.
I tried his real medicine, and with the amount you sprinkled on your bodies, I estimate that animals within miles around who smell the fragrance of the medicine will run towards you like crazy, wanting to eat the powder on your bodies.
So many animals are rushing towards you. If there are carnivores, I don’t need to tell you what will happen to you two.”
After hearing this, the two men couldn't help but feel a sense of fear and looked around quickly, fearing that an animal would come out from somewhere and pounce on them in the next second.
Seeing the two people like that, Liu Jingxue quickly explained, "Didn't I tell you that the medicine has been replaced by me? You don't need to be so scared.
The medicine I replaced for him lacks some ingredients. Although it has a certain effect of attracting animals, it is only limited to a few meters around. Otherwise, you would have caught more prey today."
The two came to their senses and quickly thanked Liu Jingxue for saving their lives.
Finally, Zhao Junhao asked curiously, "Liu Zhiqing, when did you find out that Zheng had this thing, and when did you replace it?"
Liu Jingxue said half-truthfully, "I don't know if you noticed that when the Revolutionary Committee came to search that day, Zheng Pengcheng secretly left after hearing that all the rooms in the Youth League Center would be searched."
"We discovered this at the time. We guessed that he must have other harmful things like English books and seals, so we rushed to deal with them," Zhou Mingxuan replied.
"I thought the same as you, so I followed him secretly to see what else he had so that I could be on guard in the future.
I saw him take out a porcelain bottle from the box and put it on his body to avoid the search.
Needless to say, this is definitely a harmful thing, and I guess he will use it to harm people in the future.
One night I sneaked in and took out some medicine powder from the porcelain bottle to see what effect it had.
This attempt almost caused a riot among the wild beasts.
I was worried that he would use this thing to harm people, cause a beast tide, and bring disaster to the production team, so I carefully identified the ingredients of the powder, made this counterfeit product, and replaced the real one.
The fake ones have the same color and smell as the real ones, and although they have a certain effect in attracting animals, they are incomparable to the real ones, which is about the same level as you guys today."
"Liu Zhiqing, Mr. Zheng is very alert. How did you manage to sneak into Zheng Pengcheng's house several times without being discovered by him?" Zhao Junhao asked curiously.
Liu Jingxue said perfunctorily, "Is this difficult? Have you forgotten that I can make medicine? I can't just make him unconscious just because I want to.
Okay, I've told you everything, I'm leaving now.
You two shouldn't go any deeper, just get down the mountain quickly.
Although this fake medicine is not very effective, if there happen to be a group of carnivores around you and they are attracted, it will still be a bit troublesome."
The two were not stubborn people and were quite concerned about their lives, so they immediately agreed to Liu Jingxue's suggestion.
“We’re going down the mountain now.
It's just that we got a lot of prey today, and we can't finish it all at once. Zheng Pengcheng stared at us again. If he saw that we brought back so many things, he was afraid that something would happen again.
Liu Zhiqing, please take some of these pheasants and rabbits back home. Keep some for yourself and give some to Grandpa and his family."
Liu Jingxue didn't bother to be polite with them, "Okay, I'll take some back.
You guys better be careful, if Zheng Pengcheng knows that he has failed again, who knows what tricks he will come up with to deal with you later."
"We'll be careful."
The two men gave most of the prey to Liu Jingxue, keeping only two pheasants and a hare for themselves.
After Liu Jingxue left with the prey, the two men did not stop. They hid the prey in the firewood pile, tied it into bundles, divided it into two loads, and carried it down the mountain.
After Zheng Pengcheng carried the firewood down the mountain, he went straight back to the educated youth site.
Although he really wanted to know what happened to Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao, he didn't dare go up the mountain again, for fear of running into an animal riot and getting involved.
He didn't dare to deliberately inquire about the news on the mountain, for fear that people would later associate him with the animal riot.
Zheng Pengcheng knew very well that if the medicine took effect and caused the animals to go crazy, there would definitely be casualties if the people from the production team who went up the mountain today encountered them.
This matter was different from his previous reports on Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao. Last time, his report was only against the educated youth, and as for Fang Dong's report on the villagers, the villagers knew that they could not blame him.
But if there are casualties among the villagers this time, and if people know that this is related to him, the angry villagers will not care whether he has a powerful background or not and will definitely retaliate against him.
The situation at home is not good now, and he doesn’t know how long he will stay in this production team. He cannot completely offend the villagers at this time.
"If there is an animal riot in the mountains, the villagers coming down from the mountains will definitely talk about it. I don't need to worry, I can just wait.
Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao will definitely not be able to escape this time."
He had heard people bragging about the miraculous effects of this medicine before, so to be on the safe side, after getting the powder, he also took some and went to the military kennel in the compound to try it out to make sure that the medicine was effective.
The whole compound investigated the military dog riot for a long time, but they couldn't find the cause.
Even well-trained military dogs could not resist the attraction of this drug. Zheng Pengcheng believed that the wild and untamed animals in the mountains would become even more crazy.
Zheng Pengcheng seemed to see the scene where Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao were seriously injured or even died and were carried down the mountain by villagers.