Chapter Forty-Eight: A Chance Encounter on the Way
"If nothing else, it's poisoning." Niu Qizuo squatted down as he spoke, opened the medical box next to him and began to perform an autopsy.
For the death of a maidservant, most of the people present did not have much interest, so they stayed, most of them out of curiosity, and now that the autopsy has really begun, many people who stayed here have left one after another.
After Mrs. Li left with her female dependents, in addition to Fang Xiuting and Mama Li who brought her over, there were only Qiao Ran and Hongdou.
Qiao Ran stood for a while, feeling that the time was almost up, so she stepped forward to say goodbye to Zhen Shiyuan, there was nothing left or right for her, she could go.
Zhen Shiyuan secretly said in his heart, "I almost forgot about them", at this time, I heard that they were saying goodbye and hurriedly asked Tang Zhongyuan to send someone out, if there is really something, just go to Xuanzhen Temple to find someone.
With Zhen Shiyuan's approval, Qiao Ran nodded to Li Zhao, who was standing beside Master Li not far away, and seemed to be talking to Master Li, and turned around to follow Tang Zhongyuan to prepare to leave.
Clinker had only taken two steps, and Fang Xiuting, who was looking stunned, suddenly said loudly: "I remembered, I met her on the way this morning......" Fang Xiuting said and stretched out her hand and pointed at Qiao Ran.
Ran into her, what are you kidding? As soon as these words came out, it was Master Li who interrupted her words first: "Second Miss Fang, Xuanzhen Guan entered from the city gate, no matter how you think about it, your Fang family should not touch them when you come to my Li family!" ”
Is there any end to the juniors of this Fang family? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is something wrong with this girl surnamed Qiao and this girl from the Fang family, what are you doing at this time with the grievances of the daughter's family that are not on the table? If it was in the past, it would be okay for him to watch the excitement, but today is unfortunate, his family San Lang is involved, and he can't let this blind Fang family girl fool around.
Fang Xiuting, who was suddenly interrupted, didn't seem to be surprised, and only after being sneered at by Master Li did she hurriedly say: "I mean I met her cousin, oh, it's the boss of the Qiao family." ”
Ran into Qiao Mo? Qiao Ran paused.
Fang Xiuting breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Qiao Ran, who had stopped, and showed a little smug on her face: "Yes, it's the one named Qiao Mo." ”
"Since I received the post of the tea banquet, my mother ordered a set of tea sets in Linglong Pavilion, so that I would not come to the door empty-handed today." Speaking of this, Fang Xiuting couldn't help but feel a little resentful in her heart, she really admired the Li family from the bottom of her heart, and Miss Li was even more of a fairy-like figure, but today, not only did the immortals fall into the dust, but even the Li family, whom she respected and admired, didn't take her in her eyes at all. She tried to bring gifts to the door after receiving the sticker, and her mother spent a thousand taels of silver to order a set of the best tea sets in Linglong Pavilion to bring to the Li family, and the result was really good, and there was a feeling of being trampled on. It's like holding one of your own hearts and intersecting with someone, but the other party not only disdains it, but also wants to come up and step on it.
She thought of her mother's instructions before leaving the house to make Miss Li happy, and find a way to talk to Mrs. Li, but none of these things were done, and Lu Yi was still dead, and she didn't know how to explain when she went back. Now looking at the unattended broom star, she looks at ease, and she dares to throw her face to show Master Li, thinking about it, Fang Xiuting is a little envious of her.
"When I was taking the tea set, I ran into the boss of the Qiao family who came to the store." Sighing, Fang Xiuting continued. The Qiao family's business is very large, all over Jinling, and Linglong Pavilion is one of the Qiao family's businesses.
"Then the boss of the Qiao family may have heard my conversation with Luyi," Fang Xiuting's voice lowered a little, as if she was a little lacking in confidence, "and stepped forward to argue with me." ”
Zhen Shiyuan frowned, I don't know if I really don't know or I didn't react, so he asked along the way: "What did you talk about with your servant, then the boss of the Qiao family wants to argue with you?" ”
Fang Xiuting's voice choked, and she didn't reply immediately, only glanced at Qiao Ran from time to time.
The red bean that looked at him jumped out immediately: "What else can you talk about?" Behind my back, I said bad things about my young lady! What a shame! ”
Fang Xiuting's face suddenly turned red: Who does her daughter's family dislike, it is common to complain to her personal maid in private, especially a broom star like Qiao Ran, how many people in the entire Jinling City like her like her? It's just that ordinary things are ordinary things, and it's a little embarrassing to be forced to say it. Talking about people behind her back, and saying it yourself, this kind of humiliation, embarrassment and regret filled Fang Xiuting, and her face was even hotter.
“…… Anyway, we had an argument with the boss of the Qiao family, and then returned to the carriage, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and saw that the boss of the Qiao family came out of the Linglong Pavilion and stayed nearby for a while, so I went to a nearby painting workshop, and after thinking about it, I asked Lu Yi to follow him to see what he was doing sneakily. ”
Qiao Ran remembered the place where Qiao Mo asked her to meet that day, recalled the surrounding scenery, and suddenly understood: "If you are talking about that Wenmo workshop, it is my cousin's uncle's painting workshop, and my cousin should have gone to see his uncle when he went in." ”
Fang Xiuting paused and said, "It seems to be ...... It's the Ink Workshop. ”
"Where did my cousin see his uncle sneaking around?" Qiao Ran said sharply, "It's Miss Fang Er, you, who don't talk about the rights and wrongs behind your back, and then make people follow, this is really too much!" ”
Of course, this kind of thing can't be talked about in person, Fang Xiuting didn't want to say it, if it weren't for the sudden death of Lu Yi, if she didn't say something, she would have become the most suspicious suspect, she wouldn't have said such a thing!
But now these things have to be said, Fang Xiuting didn't dare to look up at the strange eyes of others, she only lowered her head and continued: "Luyi went for a while before coming back, saying that he saw the boss of the Qiao family having a private meeting with a woman......"
"Lie to people, just like your cousin, you still have a private meeting with a woman?" Hongdou leaned on Qiao Ran and whispered, "If you see that everyone is stammering, will you have a private meeting with a woman?" ”
"I didn't notice the greenery, I was beaten from behind, and when I woke up, I saw that the hour was not early, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to catch up with the tea party, and I couldn't care about anything else, so I came over." Fang Xiuting continued.
Niu Yanzuo, who was bowing his head for an autopsy, nodded when he heard the words and said, "No wonder there is a bruise on the back of the head." "This stick is obviously not the cause of Green's death, the cause of her death is poisoning, there is no doubt about it, but it is also possible if she was fed something after being attacked, or stabbed with something like a poisonous needle.
"What has this woman eaten and who has she come into contact with since she entered Loei?" Master Li's voice rang out.
Fang Xiuting shook her head: "No." "Even Qiao Ran's stinky girl, the greenery has never been touched.
"I can't get along with a maid from your Fang family." Master Li said and looked at Zhen Shiyuan, "What does Lord Zhen think?" ”
This matter is very simple and coarse, since she has not eaten anything or contacted anyone, then this maid is either the hands and feet of the second lady of the Fang family, who is inseparable from her, or it is something that happened on the way, no matter which one has nothing to do with Loei.
The fire in Master Li's stomach has a feeling that there is nowhere to origin: a good tea party is mixed like this, and it is actually because of a maid, which really makes him bitter and unspeakable.
In the past, how could his Li family have suffered such a sullen loss? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at the woman who was still relying on her: Fortunately, she didn't follow her father's will at that time to let her harm San Lang, and this first time she came to the door, it made his Li family suffer such a big loss. If you really enter the door? Does his Li family still have a peaceful day? What a broom star!