Chapter 950: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 950: Worse Than Death (3)
These dozen or so people were none other than the scoundrels sent by Fan Meijiao in the dead of night to the Mo family’s residence, intending to ruin Mo Yan’s reputation.
Xiao Ruiyuan stood with a sharp sword in hand, his cold gaze fixed on the thieves who writhed and wailed on the ground. If not for Mo Yan’s plan, he would have sent these men to their graves long ago.
Mo Yan returned to her room and changed into a neat outfit before stepping into the courtyard. Though she had expected these thieves to suffer at Xiao Ruiyuan’s hands, witnessing their actual condition still sent chills down her spine.
Not only were their bodies oozing fresh blood, but several centipedes were crawling across them, biting from time to time. Even without experiencing it herself, she could imagine the unbearable agony.
“You’re awake?” Xiao Ruiyuan’s face showed a trace of surprise upon seeing Mo Yan. Clearly, he hadn’t expected her to wake up so soon.
Mo Yan, unaware that he had tapped her sleeping acupoint, was too focused on the miserable thieves to notice anything unusual. She nodded and asked, “What did you do to them? Why are there so many centipedes?”
The Mo family estate was close to the mountains, where snakes, insects, rats, and ants were common. Centipedes were a rare and valuable medicinal ingredient, and Mo Yan had even caught some herself before, so she wasn’t afraid of them. However, she was concerned that these creatures might enter the house and harm someone. That was why she regularly sprinkled insect-repelling powder around the walls. By all accounts, centipedes shouldn’t have appeared here.
Hearing her question, Xiao Ruiyuan pulled out a small medicine bottle from his robes and sprinkled more powder onto each thief’s wounds.
Seeing this, Mo Yan immediately suspected that the powder had some peculiar effect. Sure enough, the centipedes reacted as if provoked, becoming even more excited as they scurried over the thieves’ bodies, biting down harder and more frequently.
The young thieves whimpered pitifully from the relentless centipede bites. If not for their youth and resilience, they might have already fainted from the pain. In fact, passing out would have been a relief at this point.
Mo Yan took the medicine bottle Xiao Ruiyuan handed her and sniffed it, identifying several of its ingredients. However, replicating the formula would require considerable effort—or the assistance of Doctor Du.
Without hesitation, she pocketed the medicine bottle that didn’t belong to her, then took out another vial from her waist pouch and said to Xiao Ruiyuan, “If this goes on, these men won’t be able to deal with Fan Meijiao. Let’s stop here for today.”
Xiao Ruiyuan gave a slight nod and sheathed his sword. If these men weren’t still useful, he would have killed them all without hesitation. As it was, their current state was barely better than death.
There was no rush—he would settle the score with them properly in due time!
Mo Yan approached the thieves and sprinkled a specially prepared Tianqi powder onto their ghastly wounds to stop the bleeding. Then, she forced their mouths open and shoved a brown pill into each of them.
Noticing that their wounds had stopped bleeding and the pain had lessened, the thieves foolishly assumed Mo Yan was some kind of benevolent savior and eagerly swallowed the pills.
Mo Yan had never seen anyone consume poison so willingly. As the effects of the drug began to kick in, a wicked smile curved her lips.
“Do you feel a burning sensation in your stomach now? As if fine threads are weaving through your organs, searing them from the inside out?”
The thieves focused on their bodies and realized that their abdominal cavities were indeed heating up. However, mistaking it for the medicine’s intended effect, they remained unconcerned.
Seeing this, Mo Yan’s smile deepened. It seemed the pills worked on every single one of them. Spending three years in her space developing this poison had not been in vain—it was made just for scum like them.
(End of Chapter)
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