The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1096: Half and Half

Chapter 1096: Chapter 1096: Half and Half

She confirmed once again.

"This..."

At this point, the uncle paused in his speech.

"The person is fine, but the cow... Old Wang, Old Wang, come here for a moment."

He turned his head and called out to a companion who was moving bamboo baskets; the uncle set down the bamboo basket and walked over.

"Old Wang, this young lady wants to ask about your cow. Didn’t your cow die the other day? The county magistrate even compensated you with another one, right?" the uncle asked Old Wang.

"Yes, yes."

Old Wang nodded in agreement.

"I have no idea what happened. When I fed it fodder in the evening, it was completely fine. But by the next day at dawn, when I went to lead the cow to deliver vegetables to the county town, it had no breath left in it.

It was just the day before yesterday. My cow wasn’t sick at all, so how could it have died just like that?"

"Where’s the cow?" Lin Caisang hurriedly asked.

"Uh..."

Old Wang, hearing her question, looked at her awkwardly.

"I don’t mean to conceal it from you, Miss. Since my cow had been to Wan County, even after its death, our family wouldn’t dare to eat its meat. So I called a few people from the village, and we dragged the cow to a gully and buried it."

A perfectly good cow, even if it was dead, that was still valuable beef. Who wouldn’t want to eat it?

But the cow had been to Wan County, who would dare eat it? They were afraid it had caught some disease.

So without a second thought, they dragged it straight to the mountains and buried it. Although they were tempted by small gains, they couldn’t gamble with their own lives.

"Whew, that’s good."

Hearing his answer, Lin Caisang breathed a sigh of relief.

...

"Miss Lin, do you mean to say that this illness is contagious?" On the way to Wan County’s government office, the Eldest Prince gave up his horse and took a seat in Lin Caisang’s carriage.

From the conversation Lin Caisang had just had with the uncles, he seemed to have understood something.

"Half and half,"

Lin Caisang glanced at him and said.

"What does that mean?" the Eldest Prince asked, not understanding.

"It’s contagious, but... not a disease," Lin Caisang explained.

"Not a disease?"

The Eldest Prince was even more puzzled.

But quickly, he came to a realization, and the next moment, his dark eyes narrowed dangerously.

"It’s poison! Someone has been poisoning people in Wan County?!"

No wonder he had brought more than a dozen imperial physicians, but they still couldn’t find out how the cause of the disease was spreading.

Because nowadays, many people were staying inside their own homes, not venturing out, yet incidents were still occurring. However, strangely, among family members living under the same roof, some would pass away, while others lived perfectly well with no symptoms at all.

"Miss Lin, did you come here especially to cure them of the poison after hearing about the situation in Wan County?" he looked at Lin Caisang and asked.

"That... is not the case."

Lin Caisang hesitated for a moment but then answered truthfully.

"Not?"

The Eldest Prince raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Then, Miss Lin, your visit here is..."

"At the Eldest Prince’s side, I won’t hide it. I received news that the Elder Princess nearly encountered someone from the Illusion Continent, so I came specially to check on the Elder Princess’s condition," Lin Caisang said honestly.

"As for the situation in Wan County, I just happened to pass by, so I took the opportunity to have a look."

Of course, if it weren’t for the incident in Wan County, she would not have been able to come here, and then make her way to the Princess’ Mansion.

"What?!"

Upon hearing Lin Caisang’s words, the Eldest Prince jumped up, hitting the roof of the carriage, before bouncing back down and sitting again.