Chapter 102: Gossip Wind
The horse had been comforted last night, and the injury to his eye had been properly treated, but he didn't want to be visibly agitated after a short time of dawn this morning. The soybeans I prepared in the morning were also uneaten, and I almost kicked the people who came to prepare food for it.
At the same time that the news reached Mrs. Chen's side, Meng San had already gone over to see it.
Not long after, the horse trainer of the pig farm and the veterinarian whom Meng San asked him to invite overnight last night also arrived.
Mrs. Chan pondered in the room for a long time, and finally decided to go to the stables to see for herself. When Old Lady Chen heard the news, he was about to go to meet King Anyuan for a while, but after hearing this, he frowned, and asked people to follow him to the stable.
Qiao Shizi and Chen Yijie and Zhao Pinliang and others also heard the news, so they hurried to join in the fun, and King Anyuan also sent an entourage to visit, so when Old Man Chen passed, there were no less than twenty people in the stable, and before he walked in, he had heard the painful wheezing sound of the horse, occasionally accompanied by a few faint neighings.
"It's poisoned." After examining it for a while, the veterinarian finally gave the group of onlookers a plausible answer.
"Poisoned!" Old Lady Chen frowned, "How can it be poisoned?" As he spoke, he looked at the subordinates who were in charge of taking care of the horses, and one of them, who looked a little younger, hurriedly said, "Old, old lady, the grass that the little ones have fed the horses these days is the same. And after the horse was injured yesterday, until now, I haven't eaten, the little ones, the little ones specially prepared the soybeans in the morning, and they have not touched a single grain, and the big brothers of the guards have also seen it, and the little ones have not been negligent. β
"Then why did you get poisoned, did the old gentleman see clearly? What's so poisonous about this? Mrs. Chen, who was standing far away, also frowned and asked with a calm face.
The old veterinarian looked at the horse and shook his head and said, "Look at this symptom, the old man can't see what kind of poison it is for a while, you can take a look at the forage that you have given the horse for the past few days, and then take me to see other horses." β
Mrs. Chen's face was solemn, and when she was about to speak, she glanced at Meng San again, but saw that there was not the slightest surprise on the other party's face, as if she had known that it would be like this. Mrs. Chen suddenly remembered what Meng San said last night, and she immediately asked Meng San, "Does Meng Gongzi know what is going on?" β
"Didn't I say last night that this horse's madness must be for another reason, it seems that it won't take more than two days, which has already proved that last night's lard is really true." Meng San smiled and continued, "Right now, Veterinarian Zhang will find out how this poison came from in your mansion, and Old Lady Chen is afraid that he will have to explain it and let everyone in the mansion pay attention to it." β
"Presumptuous, what kind of attitude do you have!" Mrs. Chen snorted loudly, and was about to continue to reprimand Meng San, but was stopped by Mrs. Chen: "Okay, this is not the place where the women's family should stay, you go back and see the red girl." β
Mrs. Chen was stunned, her face was blue and red for a while, and after a long time, she gritted her teeth and left with the maid's hand.
At noon, the horse was rescued by a veterinarian and collapsed.
Although such a mutation is unexpected by most people, this poisoning does not prove that the fall of the four girls has anything to do with it, after all, it was after the fall of the four girls that the horse showed signs of poison, so if it was only this matter to clear Tang Luer's suspicion, it was still a little reluctant.
Meng San was too late, and when the horse was out of breath, he asked Mrs. Chen for instructions, and the veterinarian performed an autopsy.
Since Mrs. Chen knew that there was still a poisoning behind this incident, his focus had shifted from the incident of his granddaughter's fall to the poisoning incident.
Someone dared to poison the horses of the Chen Mansion, and no one has been aware of it, as long as you think about it, it is deeply disturbing, if this poison, the target at that time is a person, whether it is a person in his Chen Mansion or a nobleman who came to the pig farm, the consequences are unimaginable.
Who the hell is so bold! This matter must be investigated, and it must be investigated!
In the evening, the results of the veterinarian's autopsy came out, but the answer surprised Mr. Chen. Because even the well-informed old veterinarian who had traveled from south to north couldn't find out what poison was in the horse, the only thing that could be determined was that this kind of poison was very rare, and it was very likely that it was not from the Central Plains, and finally King An Yuan sent an elderly entourage over, and after checking the dissected horse corpse, he privately talked to Mrs. Chen, which made Mrs. Chen's face change.
If you talk about the kung fu on the Central Plains, there may be **, the old lady Chen is not clear, but he has heard of the folding plum hand of Baiyue City in the Northern Desert, when the first emperor was still in power, when he was still the Taifu of the court, because Dajing sent troops to the Northern Qi several times to suppress the rebellion, so he still has some understanding of some of the situation over there.
It's just that those people who are almost thousands of miles away, across the desert and the sea, and have never had anything to do with each other, how could they have bad thoughts about his Chen Mansion?! Or when did he offend someone before, but he forgot?
"Lord Zhao can be sure?" Old Lady Chen frowned, twisted her white beard, and couldn't believe it. That place, and Dajing, has always been the well water and not the river water, but now there is such a thing suddenly, but there is another mystery? But why did he choose the four girls of his family? People who have been in conspiracy for most of their lives, when faced with an unsolvable matter, often habitually wrap themselves into the circle of conspiracy theories.
"I just feel that it is very similar to what I saw back then, but if I want to say that I am sure, I dare not say it." Zhao Li shook his head, and continued, "But the only thing that can be determined is that what the old veterinarian said is indeed right, this kind of poison is indeed not a big thing, if it is really the poison of Zhemei, then the moment it is poisoned, the animal will indeed receive a huge fright, and the real poison will suddenly appear after the attack, and the poison will soon die." β
After Zhao Li finished speaking, he hugged his fists again and said: "Old lady Chen can also look for people of insight to come over and verify the truth of what he said below." β
Old lady Chen hurriedly said: "Lord Zhao is serious, the old man naturally believes what Lord said, and he is even more grateful for the prince's concern." β
Zhao Li nodded and said: "Lord Chen is polite, because this matter is a private matter of your mansion, so the prince only sent his subordinates to give Old Lady Chen a little talk in private, and the rest is up to Old Lady Chen to decide." The prince also explained, if Mrs. Chen needs help, please don't be polite. β
Zhao Li's side, as soon as he dizzed Old Lady Chen, Meng San's head immediately took out Master Liao, who had been sent away by Mrs. Chen.
The next thing was very shocking, Master Liao's defection poured out Mrs. Chen's blame.
"Y-you're a bloody squirt!" Mrs. Chen stood up suddenly, tremblingly pointed at Master Liao, who had been keeping his head down, and then pointed at Meng San and shouted: "Bastard, what kind of tricks did you use to make people slander me like this, it's simply unreasonable!" β
Fortunately, those ladies didn't come over today, and when Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth and scolded Meng San, she was thinking about this in her heart.
"Enough!" Old Lady Chen walked in from outside, glanced at Mrs. Chen, whose complexion had become a little hideous, with a calm face, and then turned to Meng San and said: "Master Meng, at this time, the old man already knows the inside story, and he blamed Miss Tang for his mistake yesterday, and he will let people come forward to make amends in a while." β
"Old lady!" Mrs. Chen was shocked, but Old Lady Chen ignored her, and only drank impatiently, "Jiansheng, take your daughter-in-law down and discipline her well, don't let her come like this nonsense!" β
There is no impermeable wall in this world, and when Master Liao defected, even if the other three ladies were not there, the matter had already spread before it was dark. And in this world, the only wind that can compete with tornadoes may be the wind of gossip.
Mrs. Chen's misfortune, Tang Lu'er's wrongdoing, the poisoning of horses, the maintenance of King Anyuan, Meng San's fearlessness of power, etc., what unknown secrets are hidden behind all this? What kind of developments will there be?
Gossip can arouse people's endless curiosity, gossip can make people's sense of smell more sensitive than dogs, gossip, can instantly heat up the atmosphere of the cold field, gossip, but also allow women to temporarily let go of the hostility in their hearts, gossip, everywhere, everywhere......
The wind of gossip can't even stop the gate of King Anyuan.
Old Lady Chen had just asked people to prepare gifts and send them to Tang Lu'er, and not long after, Duanyuan County Lord and others were invited to visit one after another.
The county lord of Duanyuan first took Tang Lu'er's hand, and said with a friendly smile: "Yesterday, you and Miss Song wore the same color clothes, but the two of them were close, and now I thought about it carefully, it should have been a bad look at the time, and it was actually Miss Song who threw the whip, but I thought it was you." β
"The county lord can't talk nonsense, how good can I be if I am wronged again, I don't have such a good temper and such good luck as Miss Tang." As soon as Duanyuan's words fell, Miss Song immediately said, "I would have thrown the whip, but I didn't throw it to Miss Chen's side." β
"What are you afraid of, hasn't Miss Chen's matter already come to light, it's really scary." Miss Qi on the other side laughed, and then glanced at Tang Lu'er, "I was frightened yesterday, and it's also because we didn't see it clearly, but if you don't think about it, you will be busy coming over to compensate you." We were also going to go to Mrs. Chen's place, but as soon as we came out, we heard that the matter had already been clarified. β
Tang Lu'er endured the corners of her mouth that were about to twitch, looking at these fake girls, and sighed again and again in her heart, this cheekiness, this kung fu of opening her eyes and telling nonsense, really made her willing to bow down.
"Huh...... It doesn't matter, it's really easy to be mistaken by wearing clothes of the same color. Tang Lu'er grinned and said, "Right now, Miss Qi and the county lord are wearing pink dresses, I can't tell who is who, I really can't tell who is who, hehehe......"
Everyone was stunned, but soon said: "Miss Tang really loves to laugh." Then they all giggled, and the voice sounded cheerful and affectionate.
It's so easy, when Tang Lu'er felt that her face was about to stiffen, she finally sent Duanyuan County Lord and the others away, she held on to the door and sighed, then stretched her arms and said with a happy smile: "Ride a horse tomorrowββ"