The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1791 What Did You Hear?

Chapter 1791: Chapter 1791 What Did You Hear?

It was only after three porcelain bottles of poison had been poured down his throat that Lin Caisang signaled to stop.

"Ugh!"

At this moment, the man’s mouth was bitterly overwhelmed with the taste of poison.

And he had only one sensation, which was that he was certainly going to die!

With so much gut-wrenching poison forced down his throat, how could he possibly live? These people were truly ruthless!

"You... you are too cruel."

Trembling, he looked at Lin Caisang who sat calmly before him and Sui Zimo, whose entire being emitted a chilling air as if he was about to be dismembered.

Who on earth were these people, and why were they looking for a slave?

He remembered that slave, sold over from Lotus Commandery; it was because the steward had taken a liking to that slave that he had been rewarded with a month’s net profit from Wanling Agency.

He could forget everything else, but this he could never forget.

"I advise you to tell the truth. My master is not someone you can fool. If you dare to say you don’t know again, I have plenty of poison here waiting to feed you, and as for the antidote, don’t even think about getting it."

Uncle San stepped forward and spoke to the man with a tone that was heavy with sincerity.

"In fact, we have no quarrel with you. We just want to know about Su Baizhong’s whereabouts. Why do you insist on keeping your lips sealed? Even if you speak now, we will not tell anyone in front of others that it was you who spoke, right?"

"You... won’t really tell my master, will you?" The man hesitated upon hearing Uncle San’s words.

He thought he must not betray his master, for his own family was still in his master’s hands.

If the master knew that he had betrayed him, then none of his family would live, knowing full well how ruthless the master could be.

"Of course not. Go ahead and speak."

Uncle San assured the man earnestly.

"Rest assured, we won’t speak to your master." That’s all up to after we know where his family head is... Then we will directly eliminate that entire family, just like what happened to Su Wan’s family!

He silently added another sentence in his own heart.

"Then..."

The man weighed the options in his mind once more.

"Then... I’ll tell you. My master is a woman, a woman who has been disguising herself as a man."

"What?"

Lin Caisang was shocked.

What had she heard?

Was she understanding this right, that the prestigious lord of Mao City, a towering figure of a man in everyone’s eyes, was actually a woman in disguise?

Of course, for her, this was not too surprising.

It’s just that...

It seemed her father was indeed... too good-looking, which turned out to be problematic too, attracting unwanted attention wherever he went.

"And then?"

"Everyone says that the lord of Mao City is very mysterious, never seen by anyone, with only the lord’s wife known in Mao City... but actually..."

"The so-called lord’s wife is the lord herself!" Lin Caisang exclaimed with utter certainty.

"Yes."

The man nodded in agreement.

"I used to be but a... male concubine at my master’s side, just one of the men she favored and listened to, who would be given responsibilities after she lost interest in them or found a new target."

And he was such an example.

After being favored by his master for a few months, she found someone better, and then sent him off to Yongxia City to take charge of the Wanling Agency.