The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1098: Have You Burned Someone Alive Before?

Chapter 1098: Chapter 1098: Have You Burned Someone Alive Before?

"It must have been the poison inside his body," she explained. "Actually, he wasn’t dead. His breathing and pulse had become so faint that even the rise and fall of his chest were barely noticeable, which led people to believe he was already dead."

Lin Caisang replied.

She had also just noticed the slight movement in the man’s chest, then checked his pulse and discovered that he indeed was not dead.

"Eldest Prince, have all the royal physicians come in and carefully check the pulses of these bodies. There may still be survivors," she instructed.

"Good, good."

The Eldest Prince immediately responded, turning his gaze to the royal physicians behind him.

However, upon hearing Lin Caisang’s words, the royal physician had already gone outside to summon help without the need for further instruction, and soon, several royal physicians hurried in.

"Miss Lin, there’s still breath in this one over here."

In no time at all, a royal physician called out to Lin Caisang and then several other voices followed in succession.

"Bring in more bowls. Dissolve these pills in water and feed it to them," Caisang instructed as she took out more porcelain vials from her bag and handed them to the Eldest Prince.

"Good."

The Eldest Prince took the porcelain vials and immediately went to carry out the task.

...

"I never anticipated such a turn of events."

Upon leaving the morgue, not to mention others, even the magistrate could not help but shake his head and deeply sigh.

They initially thought that the bodies brought in, reportedly by family members, were certainly dead, and since the cause of death was the same as others before, they hadn’t called for a forensic doctor to conduct autopsies anymore.

Who would have thought that these people would still have breath in them, that they were alive!

When the deaths began in the county, family members were undoubtedly heartbroken and would keep the bodies at home for a long time. Someone poisoned for so long would naturally die.

Now, however, with the whole of Wan County in a state of panic, people would send bodies to the county yamen at once.

But the forensic doctor had only performed autopsies at the very beginning; since the cause of death was the same for the subsequently brought in and the bodies were too numerous, no individual autopsies were conducted anymore.

Little did they know, such an oversight would occur.

"Could it be... have we cremated the living in the past?" The magistrate turned pale at the thought, his body shuddering, goosebumps covering his skin.

"If these people are left in the morgue without assistance, they would also expire come evening. Magistrate, you need not worry about this," Caisang said.

But it must be said, the one who administered the poison was utterly malicious, concocting such a poison to harm people!

How did they come by such a poison that could make people seem dead, so that no further medical intervention would be offered?

"Huff."

Exhaling softly, she looked towards the Eldest Prince, taking out several porcelain vials from her bag and placing them on the table.

"Eldest Prince, I’ll leave these medicines here. Whenever anyone is brought in, have the royal physicians check the pulse first. If the person is still alive, they should directly take this medicine. Although it can’t completely neutralize the poison, it can at least offer some relief," she said.

"Eldest Prince, should I immediately issue orders to have anyone in the county found to be poisoned brought directly here to the yamen for treatment?" the magistrate asked, glancing at the porcelain vials and then at the Eldest Prince.

Only to see the Eldest Prince raise a hand and give the magistrate a cold glance.

"We cannot do that."

"Why not?"

The magistrate was puzzled. Wasn’t saving lives supposed to be the top priority?