Chapter 86: Chapter 86: The Fairy Who Came to Save Us Chapter 86: Chapter 86: The Fairy Who Came to Save Us Although she knew that such a thing probably did not exist—after all, when people die, they are like snuffed out lamps—nevertheless, her mind was affected. She was afraid, and there was nothing she could do about it. She couldn’t control her thoughts.
“Young lady, where are you from? I’ve never seen you before,” the old woman looked at her and asked.
“Oh, I… I came from a place far away.” Lin Caisang answered with a smile.
Turning her head, she glanced at the posted reward notice. Good heavens, it wasn’t a reward of a thousand taels of gold at all; it was a notice put up by several wealthy families in the town together, appealing to Qianlin County.
The notice stated that a thousand taels of gold was just the minimum. As long as someone could save the lives of the townspeople, those wealthy families were willing to extra money.
She took a deep breath, reached out, and took down the notice, then turned back to look at the old woman.
What she saw was shocking.
The old woman had her eyes wide open, looking at the notice in Lin Caisang’s hand. Tears were continuously falling from her old eyes.
“Young lady, you’re an angel sent to save us, aren’t you? Oh dear, angel, please save us. We’re all good people, we don’t want to die confused and unexplained,” she said.
With that, she was about to kneel down to Lin Caisang.
“Old woman, don’t do this.” Lin Caisang hurriedly held her up.
A young girl like her couldn’t let an elder kneel before her. It could bring bad luck.
“Angel, good person,” the old woman muttered, wiping the tears from her eyes.
“Old woman, can you tell me what’s going on here? When did everyone start getting this strange disease?” Lin Caisang asked.
This was Hongling Town, although it was part of Qianlin County, it was not in the county center. It wouldn’t be easy to go to the county yamen with the reward notice, but she was sure there would be a place where a few people could tell her what was going on, right?
But she didn’t want to go to those places now. She first wanted to understand the root of the problem.
“Come, come, angel, follow me,” the old woman said, signaling Lin Caisang to let go of her, then leading her somewhere.
“Angel, this is the place. This is Gong Family. The first one who got the strange disease was from Gong Family,” a young man with a stern face told Lin Caisang, a hint of anger on his face.
He had followed when he heard on his way that someone had taken down the reward notice. Many people had followed, almost a crowd.
Lin Caisang was looking at the large gate and the big house. Well, this was indeed a large mansion. The town of Hongling seemed to have a lot of wealthy families.
“It’s their family,” the old woman shouted.
“Ah, what a pity! The things the Gong family did… They’re not human!”
“Hmm? Old woman, what do you mean by that?” asked Lin Caisang, puzzled.
She had seen the reward notice. Gong contributed the most money for the reward, so why were they not considered human?
“Old woman, you’re not in good health. Let’s find a place to talk slowly,” Lin Caisang suggested, expecting that it would take more than a few sentences to explain everything.
The old woman agreed, and the crowd walked towards a straw shed.
After talking with the old woman and a few villagers who had contracted the disease for nearly half an hour, Lin Caisang finally understood why they all hated Gong family, who had d the most money.
As it turned out, the only ones who had originally contracted the strange disease were the sons and daughters of Gong family.