115 The Outcasts (1/2)
Obviously, this time they did not disappoint her again. The first victim of the new poison was a murderer and a child murderer at that. Without waiting for the appraiser to ask about her consent, Xia Lian already spoke up,” You can use him.”
”Ah?” Du Weng was speechless by this kids decisive attitude. He asked once again to confirm, ” Young master Wu, are you sure?”
” A life for a life. It's only fair.” Du Weng could only slightly nod after listening to her sharp words once again and began to test the poison. The guards held the man captive and one of the servants proceeded to pry open his mouth. It was quite a cruel scene, but Xia Lian never felt pity towards people that harmed innocent children.
Afterwards Du Weng poured all the contents of the jade bottle into his mouth and watched the process closely. In the beginning everything seemed normal. But, in the next instant the man started to have trouble with breathing and his face turned into a light shade of blue. Slowly his nerves started popping up and without suffering for long he dropped on the floor, no reaction remaining.
A simple and neat poison!
Everyone in the room had the same thought in their minds. Du Weng was highly satisfied with this new product. As a result, he immediately displayed his professional smile, ” Young master, we will be more than honoured to sell this poison. Do you have any additional requests?
” No. Just make sure that they are sold at a sky high price.”
” May I ask how many bottles are you planning to sell?”
” Fifteen. I will bring more the next time. But act as if the supply is highly troublesome and you don't know about future deals.” Du Weng was truly happy now. This young master would bring his future poisons here and he had a mind for business opportunities. Finally, his constantly anxious heart calmed down. Seems like he avoided any trouble in the end, without offending anyone.
” So, how many slaves are you having here in total?” Xia Lian had her mind on this since witnessing the treatment of the first slave, who was meant to test the poison for no reason but being a slave, and she was unable to get away from those thoughts, no matter how hard the little girl tried to convince herself.
” Answering young master Wu, they are many sick people and they are not fit to be ordinary slaves. ” Du Weng continued to speak as Xia Lian's perked up with interest, ” Their families abandoned them because if such a severe illness would spread, not only could they not afford the treatment, even their entire family would die as a result. That's why we keep them in the underground den. They just have no other purpose left, but to die. The family of an outcast doesn't have any other chance to be honest.”
Xia Lian understood everything clearly now. Since these people were terminally ill and not physically fit, they were being used as test subjects for various medicines. It was truly cruel, but not to blame on anyone, but the medicine standard of this era.
” Take me there, please.” Xia Lian's sudden request placed the appraiser in a highly awkward situation and he replied flustered, ” Young m-master Wu.. It's a filthy place and filled with germs..”