It turned out that after Wang Lin finished using that box of "miracle herbs," he suddenly became sinister and insane.
In order to continue eating the immortal herb, he approached the benefactor again, hoping to obtain more from him.
However, even a benefactor wouldn't just give it to him casually, because the immortal herb is so precious that even that benefactor wouldn't just give it away so easily.
This means that it has to be bought with silver. So, before the nobleman had even had a chance to enjoy the hundred taels of silver he had given Wang Lin, he secretly took it out and used it to buy the immortal herb from the nobleman.
That's a whole hundred taels of silver!
You can only buy one or two ounces of the "miracle herb"!
At this point, Wang Gui's heart clenched with pain.
When he discovered that the hundred taels of silver were missing, he questioned Wang Lin and even beat him up.
But the silver was gone, and he couldn't very well beat his son to death, so Wang Gui had no choice but to compromise.
However, Wang Lin was consuming the Immortal Grass even faster at this point, as he was not the kind of person who could control himself.
Once he got his hands on the item, he used it without restraint. The "immortal herb" he bought for one hundred taels of silver was used up by Wang Lin in just half a month.
What to do if the magic herb is gone?
Wang Lin began to plunder the family's silver reserves, forcing his parents to give him money.
However, due to natural disasters in recent years, most of their family's money has been used to buy grain and vegetables, leaving them with very little money.
Wang Lin had considered taking advantage of the immortal herbs he cultivated, but he had eaten the immature ones and found them ineffective; only the mature herbs were truly effective.
As a result, Wang Lin went mad. Ignoring the objections of his parents and relatives, he recklessly took out all the grain in his home and sold it.
But that wasn't enough; besides grain, there was nothing of value in the house for him to buy and sell.
Wang Lin then turned his attention to the property on the estate.
The seeds of grains and vegetables that the employer sent were extremely precious; they were rare and desirable items that many people outside couldn't obtain even if they wanted them.
Since Wang Gui was in charge of the key to the warehouse on the estate, it was very easy for Wang Lin to get the key.
He pretended to repent and gained Wang Gui's trust, then knocked Wang Gui unconscious, took the key, and moved all the remaining seeds out of the warehouse.
Wang Lin simply disappeared with the seeds.
When Wang Gui woke up and found the warehouse key was missing, he knew the consequences would be dire, as he was well aware of how precious those seeds were.
These seeds were meant for replanting, but now that they're gone, how is he going to explain this to the other tenants on the estate?
Seeing that the replanting was about to begin in the next few days, he knew that the truth could not be kept secret forever, so he wanted to plead with the general's wife in person.
The reason he dared not tell Sun Ding was because he felt that the general's wife came from the countryside, and besides, they were at least a gift from the prince.
The general's wife will surely be lenient and won't make a fuss, but it will be a different story if Lord Sun Ding finds out.
I heard he came from the battlefield and kills without blinking an eye. If I had informed him from the beginning, my whole family would probably have been kicked out of the house by now, and we might even have died on the spot.
Therefore, Wang Guicai used the excuse that he had important business to report to the general's wife in person, bypassing Sun Ding, and directly sought a breakthrough from Lin Zao.
If he cries and pleads his case, the general's wife might downplay the matter and spare his son.
Even at this point, Wang Gui had not realized his mistake; he only felt that if there was any fault in this matter, it was his son's fault.
He himself had not violated any of the employer's taboos, so even if the employer was angry, he could not do anything to him.
Wang Gui's current kneeling and begging Lin Zao to spare his son's life is also driven by his own selfish motives. No matter what, Wang Lin is his only son.
After hearing everything, Lin Zao looked at Wang Gui with increasingly cold eyes.
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