The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1742: Starved to Death, Exhausted to Death

Chapter 1742: Chapter 1742: Starved to Death, Exhausted to Death

"Do you know someone named Lin Baizhong?"

Lin Caisang didn’t bother with their words and directly asked.

Upon hearing the name "Lin Baizhong," both maids were momentarily stunned, but soon pretended to be ignorant and shook their heads.

"What Lin Baizhong, we don’t know anything."

One maid shook her head, denying she had ever seen any Lin Baizhong.

"Lin Baizhong, what is that, a person’s name? We haven’t heard of it, never have."

The other maid also shook her head, yet her words seemed somewhat conspicuously evasive.

"You haven’t heard of it? Alright then."

Lin Caisang’s lips curled slightly as she fetched a box from her small shoulder bag and extended it towards both women.

"Do you know what this is? You should have seen it before at your young mistress’s place, right?"

Seeing that small box, fear instantly appeared in the eyes of both.

How could they not have seen this box before? Wasn’t it with this very box that this woman had deceived their young mistress?

In the end, it had caused their young mistress’s face to swell up like a little hill!

How could they not know what this thing was?!

"You... what are you going to do, don’t mess around, I... we will not..."

Before they could finish saying "say it," they heard Lin Caisang’s voice.

"Zhe Jue, open the box. From now on, I ask a question, they answer. If anyone answers slowly, smear a streak across their face. Of course, if anyone dares to lie, I have plenty of this medicine here, and I’ll let them soak in the medicine!"

As she spoke, her gaze slowly swept over the two maids.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce this to you. This medicine, it’s not exactly poison, but when applied to the body, it is extremely painful. How painful can it be?

It’s enough to make you want to tear off your own skin, and the effect lasts quite long, causing you continuous pain for a full seven days.

During these seven days, you will be in so much pain that you cannot sleep or eat, and you might die of hunger or exhaustion.

How about that, isn’t my medicine impressive?"

She raised her eyebrows at the two maids, challenging them with her question.

"Of course, I definitely won’t let you die so easily before I get the information I want from you. I do have an antidote here.

Rest assured, after three days of pain, I will allow you to take the antidote, rest for a day, eat and drink your fill, and then you’ll be soaked in this medicine again.

How about that, now are you quite interested in this medicine?"

"You, you..."

The two maids were utterly terrified by such threats, their faces as pale as paper, unable to utter a word.

"Zhe Jue, watch them. Whoever answers inadequately, smear a spoonful."

"Yes."

Zhe Jue complied, his gaze fixed intently on the two maids.

"Now, I will start asking questions."

Lin Caisang’s eyes swept back and forth over the two maids.

"Do you know a man named Lin Baizhong?" she asked.

"Know, know, I know."

One maid, in fear of having that medicine applied to her, rushed to answer.

The next moment, Zhe Jue had smeared a paste of the medicine on the face of the other maid, causing her to sharply inhale a breath of cold air, while the maid who had answered Lin Caisang looked on fearfully at her companion.