The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1168: Who Can Believe That?

Chapter 1168: Chapter 1168: Who Can Believe That?

"However, this matter is extremely vile, County Magistrate Jin, I expect you to deal with it severely!"

"Yes, yes, your subordinate obeys the command."

The County Magistrate repeatedly agreed, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, turned his head, and looked toward the group of villagers.

"Where is the village elder of Apricot Flower Village? Come out at once!"

"This humble one is here."

An elderly man, more than fifty years old, walked out from the crowd, bowing as he came to the side of the County Magistrate.

"The family to the west of the village, whose household is it?" the County Magistrate demanded.

"This..."

The village elder choked on his saliva upon hearing the County Magistrate’s questioning.

"Milord, I know, I know—it’s the village elder’s house. Just as I was coming over, I happened to see the village elder closing the courtyard door. His family was laying things out to dry. I was wondering why what the village elder was drying was so red, like the red maple leaves on the mountain."

Just as the village elder was at a loss for words, a villager rushed out and hurriedly spoke to County Magistrate Jin.

Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Jin’s stern eyes swept toward the village elder.

The village elder was so frightened that he fell to the ground with a ’thump’.

"Milord, spare my life, I didn’t do it on purpose, I just, just..."

"Just what?"

County Magistrate Jin’s cold gaze fixed on the village elder, he asked.

"You knew the beef was poisoned, yet you laid it out to dry. Village elder, what were you trying to do? Harm people? Whom did you intend to harm? Hmm?"

"Milord, I’m wrongly accused, I’m truly wrongly accused, that meat... I just couldn’t bear to throw it away, I thought that after drying it, the poison would disappear."

The village elder, trembling all over from fear, kept crying out his innocence.

"Tsk."

Who would believe such words?

Who among those present was so foolish as to believe the village elder’s clearly evasive statements?

If all poisons could simply vanish by being dried, then what was the use of antidotes? A great deal of money could be saved.

"So much beef, it’s possible to poison the whole Liang Kingdom, isn’t it?" Lin Caisang stepped forward, approaching the beef, and spoke somberly.

"Miss Lin, that’s... surely not, right?" the bodyguard looked at her, thinking she was exaggerating a bit.

Just that amount of beef, once dried, how much could one person possibly consume.

Yet Lin Caisang, responding to his words, simply raised her eyes, and swept him a dismissive glance, "What do you think this poisoned beef comes from? Forensic Doctor Zeng only used a little poison on the cow."

she said.

This poison could spread from one to ten, ten to a hundred, possessing lethal potency.

Wasn’t that enough to cause them alarm?

"What Miss Lin means is... hiss!"

Several bodyguards couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air; this seemingly inconspicuous substance was truly terrifying.

"Search the village again, ensure there’s no more poisoned beef!"

Lin Caisang took White Fox out from the Jinzhu space and stuffed it into the arms of a bodyguard.

"Take it with you, no matter where the poisoned beef is hidden, it will be found, don’t overlook any corner. Best to search the nearby mountains as well, since someone could hide this much, they definitely could hide more, we must be cautious."

"Yes, Miss Lin."

After glancing at their prince, the bodyguards obeyed, taking people with them to continue the search.

Meanwhile, the village elder, kneeling beside County Magistrate Jin, saw the bodyguards leaving. His pupils shrank violently, and after swallowing saliva, he turned to County Magistrate Jin.

"Magistrate, there’s no more, truly no more, there’s only this... ah!"