Chapter 954: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
Everyone left the stable, except for the equestrian Maria, who walked to the side, took a broom and went to the place where the horse had gone mad, swept all the sand from the ground into a dustpan, and then put it in a bucket.
After doing this, Maria walked into the bathroom with an empty bucket, filled a bucket of water from it, and walked back to its original position, splashing it on the floor.
After all the water had been soaked in the ground, Maria walked out of the training ground with the bucket of sand that had been filled with dirt.
As soon as she left the training ground, Maria was stunned.
I saw Lin Zhiming, Natalie and others standing in front of him.
"Miss, you, have you not gone back?" asked Mary, in disbelief.
"Where are you going?" asked Lin Zhiming with a smile.
"I... I'm going to take out the garbage!" said Maria.
"There's a trash can in the training ground, where are you going to take out the trash?" asked Natalie.
"This... I, I've got some useless sand here, and I'm thinking about falling on the grass over there. Maria said.
"Useless sand?" Lin Zhiming smiled playfully, walked up to Maria and said, "Don't you smell anything from this sand?"
"No, it doesn't smell like it. Maria shook her head in a bit of a panic.
"Are you sure it doesn't smell like it? It looks like I'm having a problem with my nose, so give me the sand and I'll pour it for you." Lin Zhiming said.
"No, no, you're Miss's boyfriend, I'll do this kind of rough work!" said Maria.
"Maria!" Natalie said, staring at Maria, "This sand is the reason why Caesar went crazy just now, isn't it?"
"No!" said Mary, shaking her head in a panic.
"Isn't it?" Lin Zhiming said with a sneer, " You're really quite smart, you know that drugging a horse to make a horse crazy will be found out, so you deliberately made some urine from a beast and poured it in the training ground, so that when the horse goes to a certain position and smells the urine of the beast, it will naturally be frightened, at this time, as long as Natalie tries to appease it, it will stimulate it to be more flustered, and eventually, Natalie will be thrown off by the horse, or crushed under the horse, the whole process, it will be an accident, you say I'm right, Maria. ”
"No, it's not like that, miss, don't listen to his nonsense, it's not like that. Maria explained excitedly.
"If that's the case, take the sand in this bucket and test it. Natalie said.
"This—" Maria's face became extremely flustered.
"Maria, I believe you don't want to harm Natalie, because Natalie doesn't have any conflict of interest with you, someone should have coerced you to do such a thing, now as long as you tell this person, we won't hold you responsible, and you can continue to be your equestrian, what do you think?" Lin Zhiming said.
"I..." Maria opened her mouth, feeling that her throat was extremely dry, now everything she had done had been broken by Lin Zhiming, she was already out of words, and she didn't know what to say.
"Maria, tell me who is behind you. Natalie said, staring at Maria.
"Miss—" Mary hesitated, and was about to say something, when suddenly the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance.
Everyone followed the prestige, and saw a black horse carrying a man running quickly from a distance.
In the blink of an eye, a man and a horse came to everyone.
"Master Auden!" Maria exclaimed excitedly when she saw someone coming.
"Auden!" Natalie looked at the other man, her brow furrowed slightly.
"Oden?" Lin Zhiming raised his eyebrows when he saw the other party, with a playful expression on his face.
The person who came sat on the horse and glanced at everyone lightly.
This man looked like he was in his forties, with a thin figure, and he was wearing a special equestrian suit, which was very close-fitting and decent.
He has blonde hair, a high nose bridge, and very three-dimensional features.
Whether it is from the perspective of Oriental or Western aesthetics, this person can be regarded as a handsome man.
His name is Oden Portman!
He is the second in line to the throne of Duke Bauhinia and Natalie's cousin.
"Cousin. Auden nodded slightly to Natalie, as if he had said hello, and then Auden looked at Maria and said, "Maria, what are you doing?"
"Master Oden, I, I was going to take out the trash. Maria said.
"Oh... I have some equestrian doubts and need you to help me solve them, so come with me. Auden said.
"Yes!" said Mary.
"Oden, someone poured the urine of a beast in the training grounds, and my Caesar was frightened, and I was almost injured by it!"
"Oh, yes? That's abominable. Auden said with a blank face, looking at Maria and saying, "What are you doing standing stupidly? Come with me." ”
"Yes!" said Maria.
"Oden, I suspect that Maria's urine was poured by the beast, and her bucket is now filled with urine-soaked sand!" Natalie said.
"Yes, what proof do you have that the sand came from the training ground?" asked Auden.
Natalie was stunned for a moment, then said, "It's not from the training ground, could it be somewhere else?"
"It's not impossible. Auden shrugged his shoulders and said, "No one can see where this sand comes from, even if it comes from the training ground, it doesn't prove that it was the smell of the sand that drove your Caesar crazy, even if it proves that it was the smell of the sand that made your Caesar crazy, it doesn't prove that Maria deliberately poured the urine of the beast on it, it may be that the beast came to the training ground by itself at night when no one was around, and he poured urine on it, do you say, my cousin?"
"Yes, that's it!" said Mary, nodding excitedly!
"Auden, is Maria your man?" Natalie frowned at Auden.
"How is this possible, isn't Maria your salary for him, how can it be mine?" said Auden, surprised.
"Then why did you excuse her?" asked Natalie.
"I'm not excusing her, I'm just stating a fact, and a bucket of sand alone doesn't explain anything. Auden said.
"That's not enough, I..." Natalie was annoyed and was about to argue with Oden, but Lin Zhiming opened his mouth to stop Natalie.
"It really doesn't mean anything, Natalie, no need to argue. Lin Zhiming said.
Natalie looked at Lin Zhiming suspiciously.
Lin Zhiming didn't look at him, but looked at Auden with a smile and said, "First meeting, Natalie's cousin." ”
"You're Natalie's boyfriend, Lin Zhiming, right?" Auden asked as he looked at Lin Zhiming condescendingly.
"Yes. Lin Zhiming nodded and said, "If you don't mind, you can call me brother-in-law, because I'm going to get engaged to Natalie soon." ”
"Engaged?!" both Natalie and Auden's eyebrows moved at the same time.
"Congratulations on that!" said Auden with a blank face.
"Yes, remember to come and drink our engagement wine when the time comes!, Natalie, let's go. Lin Zhiming said, took Natalie's hand and turned his head to leave.
Auden rode on his horse, looking at the backs of the two leaving, there was no expression on his face, but a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
"Master Auden, thank you for saving me. Maria said excitedly.
Auden glanced at Maria and said lightly, "Let's go, I have a question for you." ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Mary nodded.
On the other side, Lin Zhiming walked all the way back to the residence with Natalie.
"Honey, why let Maria go so easily?" asked Natalie, puzzled.
"We stopped Maria just now, Maria was frightened, and we could get a lot of words out of her mouth, but then Auden appeared, and Auden was much smarter than Maria, and he stabilized Maria's heart and pointed out the core of the matter, and we really can't do anything to Maria with a bucket of sand, so... It's almost impossible for us to get something out of Mary's mouth. Lin Zhiming said.
"Maria's back must be Oden, otherwise he wouldn't have appeared at that point in time to help Maria explain!" Natalie said resentfully.
"It doesn't matter anymore. Lin Zhiming shrugged his shoulders and said.
"Auden—" A chill flashed in Natalie's eyes.
"Natalie, remember a little. Lin Zhiming looked at Natalie and said seriously, "Auden appeared in this family earlier than you, he is now in a high position, and he was once considered the future Duke of Bauhinia, so, in this family, his strength is beyond your imagination, and you have no advantage compared to him, so don't easily show your hatred for Oden, because this will have no other effect except to make Oden more determined to get rid of you." ”
"I... Got it. Natalie nodded.
"You just need to understand that with me, it doesn't matter if he's Oden or Harden!" Lin Zhiming said.
"Honey, you've given me too much security!" Natalie excitedly hugged Lin Zhiming's arm.
The two returned to their lodgings and met Payton at the door, who was walking out.
"Miss, Mr. Lin!" Peyton greeted the two of them.
"Housekeeper. Natalie nodded to Peyton, then asked, "Is the room in order?"
"It's been arranged, but I can't take Mr. Lin to his room right now, because something happens at the racecourse, and someone will take Mr. Lin to his room. Peyton said.
"What happened to the racecourse?" asked Natalie in surprise.
"Well, Maria, the equestrian of the horse farm, accidentally fell into the feed mixer..."