Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 546: Hidden Killing Intent (5)_1

Chapter 546: Chapter 546: Hidden Killing Intent (5)_1

Ever since turning completely black, the Black Lingzhi’s size hadn’t changed, but its color seemed to have deepened a notch, glossy and shiny as if it would start oozing oil at any moment.

By comparison, the changes in the two Ginsengs were significant. Although the roots beneath the soil weren’t visible, judging by their much larger and lustrous green leaves, they seemed to be growing quite well.

After watering them with Spirit Spring Water and pulling out the herbs that had grown too close to them, Mo Yan looked around the space filled with a sea of gold and the greenery spreading to the edges, and she couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on.

In the past, she used to worry about chickens overpopulating the space, and now that those chickens had been moved to the orchard, most of the land within the space was "occupied" by various herbs.

Before the medicinal garden was constructed, she collected seeds daily. Once she had enough seeds, she didn’t manage them as much, focusing all her energy on planting grains instead. Although these herbal seeds could continue growing without being picked, the roots kept expanding underground. Over a year or so, what was once less than two acres had grown to its current size.

Mo Yan squatted down, resigned to her task, and began pulling out the herbs that had almost invaded the rice crops, piling them to one side to be taken to Doctor Du when there was spare time.

This task alone took her two to three six-hour periods. Mo Yan stood up, wiping the sweat off her forehead, and rubbed her nearly broken back. Looking at the areas she still hadn’t gotten to, she shouted in frustration, "Heavens, grant me an all-powerful little helper, and I swear on festivals and holidays, I will offer you pigs, cows, and sheep! Ah—— Ah—— Ah——"

As Mo Yan shouted towards the misty heavens above, she was unaware that the Merit Pearl in the heart of Jade Table flickered, and ripples spread out across its transparent surface. At the center of the ripples, a round little black dot appeared, which the very next instant vanished without a trace, as if it had never been there.

...

At Lord Wei Yuan House, in the outer study.

Xiao Ruiyuan was browsing a book named "Mingzhou Qunyue Zhi" with furrowed brows, a title that indicated it was a text describing the mountains of the mainland.

In recent times, aside from handling official duties, Xiao Ruiyuan had devoted all his energy to books about geography in the hopes of finding clues to mountains that might harbor Thousand-year Ginseng, and then sending people to search for it.

This crude method was akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Even if he could determine which famous mountains and rivers might have Thousand-year Ginseng, the people he sent might not be able to find it.

However, there was no other option. Chu Heng’s days were numbered, and Xiao Ruiyuan had less than five months left to find the Thousand-year Ginseng, so this was all he could do.

"Knock knock knock—"

As Xiao Ruiyuan pondered deeply, the door to the study was knocked on, and Xiao Eleven came in, presenting a letter he had just received: "My lord, there’s news from Sixteen."

Xiao Ruiyuan put down the book to take the letter, and upon reading its content, a grave look crossed his composed eyes, "Tell Sixteen to keep a close watch, report immediately if there’s any news! Also, dispatch two more people to secretly protect Miss Mo. If anyone dares to harm her, kill—without—mercy!"

At that moment, Xiao Ruiyuan was genuinely filled with a murderous intent. Had he not been concerned about affecting the grand scheme of things, he would have ordered the execution of those investigating Mo Yan the very moment he found out.

"Yes, I understand!" Xiao Eleven bowed, suppressing the shock in his heart. His lord’s command renewed his perception of Miss Mo.

Even without incomparable beauty or a noble family background, the fact that the lord valued her so highly, even going so far as to dispatch six extraordinary Hidden Guards to protect her in secret, was telling of her uniqueness. It seemed the lord had truly fallen for her!