The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1171: Scum Without a Conscience!

Chapter 1171: Chapter 1171: Scum Without a Conscience!

"Heh, that’s quite fair indeed," she said with a chuckle, looking down.

"Miss Lin, what do you mean by that?" the Eldest Prince asked, puzzled by her remark.

"Doesn’t the Eldest Prince find it curious that the money left behind by that person happens to be just enough to brew a dose of antidote for every poisoned individual in Apricot Blossom Village?" Lin Caisang explained.

Eldest Prince: "..."

That was indeed the case, he realized, looking at the Clan Chief with a light gaze.

They could have simply burned the poisoned cattle and been done with it, and they would have netted a thousand taels of silver for their trouble.

Instead, they had to stir up such a commotion. Now look where that got them: so many people poisoned, the silver irretrievable, and probably even the position of Clan Chief beyond salvation, right?

In the end, they would have to be arrested and thrown into the jail to subsist on prison rations.

At such an old age, why bother?

"County Magistrate Jin, this man must be punished severely!"

No matter what, the clan chief could not be let off easily; otherwise, where would the laws of the Liang Kingdom stand? If anyone dared commit misdeeds, how could there be any talk of a peaceful and prosperous age?

"Yes, Eldest Prince, your humble servant obeys," County Magistrate Jin accepted the order.

Even without the Eldest Prince’s instructions, how could the clan chief of Apricot Blossom Village be allowed to remain at large, flouting the law? He had to be arrested!

...

After a considerable time had passed,

those sent to Wan County to fetch the antidote had returned. At the same time, the people Lin Caisang had commanded to search for the poisoned beef with White Fox had also returned.

Seeing the nearly putrid poisoned beef they were carrying, the faces of everyone present darkened.

"This clan chief is the kind who values money over his own life. He’d do anything for silver!"

"So much poisoned beef, and he hid it all. How many could it have killed? Why didn’t we realize before that he was like this? It’s terrifying."

"Such a man deserves to be our clan chief of Apricot Blossom Village? He should be driven out and forbidden from ever entering the village again!"

"Forbidden from entering the village? This wicked wretch is about to be arrested by County Magistrate Jin. Better for him to spend the rest of his life locked away in prison, never to come out!"

The villagers were buzzing with talk about the clan chief’s affair; who could have imagined that, in addition to the poisoned beef found at the clan chief’s house, he had hidden it in several other places too? If these were not discovered, and the poisonous juice leaked out after the meat rotted, their Apricot Blossom Village would have been finished.

"Take all this filthy stuff over there. Set it up and burn it!"

Lin Caisang looked at the Clan Chief with a gloomy face, but her command was directed at her guards.

The clan chief had said so much just now, but he had not disclosed the hiding of the poisoned beef. Did he think that by confessing some of his deeds, they would let him off? So that he could later take out this poisoned beef and continue to threaten people for silver?

He really thought things through, didn’t he!

"What a clan chief!"

This Clan Chief of Apricot Blossom Village is truly on par with the Clan Chief Ya of Ya Village. Both would do anything for money!

"Antidote, give me the antidote..."

Seeing her look in his direction, the clan chief reached out toward her despite the pain he was enduring.

He didn’t know how long he had suffered, just that his entire body was nearly in agony, and without the antidote, he would surely die.

Though he was of advanced age, he did not want to die; he still wanted to live and enjoy his good days.

"Hmph!"

Lin Caisang snorted coldly.

To come to her for an antidote at this point? Even if she had one, she wouldn’t give it to such a scoundrel utterly devoid of conscience!