The atmosphere froze instantly. Wang Gui, kneeling on the ground, felt Lin Zao's gaze and his mood shifted from hope to fear and tension.
Wang Gui unconsciously shifted his knee, feeling an urge to flee.
"Where are those miraculous herbs planted? Take me there!"
Lin Zao's voice was icy. The reason she didn't make a move first was simply to confirm whether the so-called immortal herb was as she suspected.
"Yes, yes!" Wang Gui breathed a slight sigh of relief, got up from the ground rather disheveled, and jogged ahead to lead the way.
Lin Zao followed Wang Gui for a short while before arriving at the place where the immortal herb was planted.
“Reporting to the General’s wife, these…these are the Immortal Herbs…” Wang Gui carefully pointed to the tall plants with emerald green leaves on the ground.
Lin Zao felt a chill run down her spine. Just as she expected!
It really is poppy!
Tang Jian and his team did not find the poppy seeds that Manager Chen from the capital had traded with Hua Nanxing at the time.
Lin Zao was worried that she would be taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives.
She never expected to see it again so soon, and in this way no less.
Those people!
How dare they!
Lin Zao stared at the fields of poppies with murderous intent in her eyes.
Wang Gui, standing beside her, looked at Lin Zao with trembling eyes, trying his best to minimize his presence. The general's wife was truly terrifying at that moment.
Lin Zao turned and glanced at Wang Gui, her eyes devoid of any warmth, which frightened Wang Gui so much that he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"Please spare my life, General's wife! It's my fault for failing to raise my son properly. I know I was wrong..."
Wang Gui lay on the ground, begging for mercy repeatedly.
Lin Zao was at a loss for words. These people didn't even know what terrible thing they had planted.
Perhaps, it is precisely because of these people's ignorance that the people behind this are willing to bribe them with money to help spread the so-called "miracle herb".
If Lin Zao hadn't recognized this thing, she probably would have been fooled and wouldn't have taken it seriously.
Thinking about the consequences that would result once these miraculous herbs matured, Lin Zao felt a wave of fear.
Fortunately, she discovered it early, and fortunately, these people were ignorant. The reason Wang Gui told Lin Zao the truth was because he didn't know how terrifying the "miracle herb" he was talking about was.
If he knew, he would probably have kept it a secret.
Lin Zao gave Wang Gui another cold look, then turned and left without saying a word.
She feared that if she stayed any longer, she would lose her temper and take Wang Gui's life.
Since he voluntarily revealed the truth and was unaware of the facts, she could spare his life.
However, Wang Gui betrayed his employer for personal gain and failed to properly supervise him; for these two reasons alone, he deserves the punishment he deserves.
Moreover, after this incident, Lin Zao would not keep him working on the estate anymore, which was enough for Wang Gui's family to regret.
In those famine-stricken years, their ability to manage such a vast estate, backed by the General's Mansion, was a position that many people envied.
Once they are driven away and rejected by the General's Mansion, no one in Ganzhou will dare to take them in. The consequences are unimaginable.
After Lin Zao found Tang's mother and the others, he instructed Sun Ding to take control of Wang Gui's family and to quickly find Wang Lin's whereabouts.
Although Sun Ding was somewhat curious as to why Lin Zao would give such an order, he did not ask any further questions and acted swiftly according to Lin Zao's instructions.
Lin Zao, along with Tang's mother and several children, hurried back to the General's Mansion.
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