Chapter 1008 - 944: Successful Experience
Jiang Yuan left Xie Wenyi and the others to Meng Chengbiao for on-site interrogation and took a few people to conduct a rough search of the second, third, and fourth floors themselves.
The many people going up and down likely compromised the scene somewhat, but at this moment, the most important thing isn’t the scene inside the guesthouse.
No firearms were found as expected, but in the second-floor kitchen, Jiang Yuan found more mushrooms and small knives used for chopping mushrooms, among other items. Beyond that, some ground mushroom powder was clearly meant for steeping in tea and coffee, perhaps even for soups. Also, there were small chunks of pancake and grayish powder mixed in with the fruit jam and Lao Gan Ma chili sauce, which also appeared to be crushed mushrooms.
If it weren’t already confirmed that the mushrooms were psychedelic, even on Jiang Yuan’s first search, one might assume they were just local specialties. It was like places known for fish having full-fish feasts, wild vegetable regions hosting wild vegetable banquets, or areas that produce nothing having full-duck feasts. For Jiali Village, which has characteristic mushrooms, consuming mushrooms as a specialty from start to finish seemed like a normal choice.
However, the side effect of being hallucinogenic was far too significant.
Following that, Jiang Yuan found a basket of crude accounting books made by Xie Wenyi himself in an enclosed space on the fourth floor.
The accounting books clearly contained various records of mushroom sales.
With this, the basic evidence was essentially in hand.
As Jiang Yuan descended with the accounting book, he saw the village chief being held separately in a room.
Jiang Yuan glanced at him, then went to find Xie Wenyi next door, showing him the accounting book and said, "Your mushrooms are quite expensive, and the price has even gone up. It used to be a few yuan for a tael, but now I see... 80 grams costs 20 yuan. Mushrooms that cost 100 yuan per pound?"