Chapter 82 Scapegoat
"Tang Tian, I think you're frightened out of your wits, aren't you?" Fang Caiwei's voice rose a few notes, her eyes flickering slightly as she changed the subject, "We'll have to wait for Captain Lin to arrive to find out the truth."
"Are you scared and confused? Some people know what's going on." Tang Tian glanced at her. When she thought that today's life-threatening incident might have been caused by Fang Caiwei, Tang Tian felt sick when she looked at her face.
Time passed little by little. Captain Lin had been out for a long time, and some people were thinking about leaving.
"Miss Cheng, Captain Lin said that no one can leave the Fang Mansion until he comes back." Tang Tian walked in front of Cheng Fangjiao with a smile in her eyes. Cheng Fangjiao and Fang Caiwei were in cahoots with each other. If this matter was really related to Fang Caiwei, then Cheng Fangjiao was inseparably involved!
"Miss Tang, our young lady is not feeling well and needs to return home to take medicine." The maid Bao Cui supported Cheng Fangjiao and said, "What if the young lady fails to take the medicine in time and gets hurt? Will Miss Tang be able to take responsibility?"
"Who do you think you are?" Tang Tian shouted harshly. As the saying goes, a maid is like her master. She pulled Bao Cui over with lightning speed and slapped her in the face.
The loud slapping sound shocked not only Cheng Fangjiao, but also all the ladies present!
A maid is naturally nothing, but this is not an ordinary maid, but a maid serving the county magistrate's daughter. When beating a dog, you have to look at its owner!
Cheng Fangjiao tightened her grip on the handkerchief, her lips moved slightly, and before she could say anything, she heard Tang Tian speak: "Miss Cheng, we all know that you are a lady from a wealthy family, the daughter of a county magistrate, and you are gentle as water. But no matter how gentle you are, you can't let your servants do whatever they want!"
"I'm also thinking about Miss Cheng. If this maid isn't properly disciplined, people who don't know the truth might think Miss Cheng is arrogant and insolent. Wouldn't that ruin Miss Cheng's reputation?" Tang Tian said with a smile, "Miss Cheng, you won't blame me for being nosy, will you?"
Tang Tian looked at Cheng Fangjiao with an innocent face. Cheng Fangjiao's handkerchief was almost torn into pieces by her anger, but she couldn't refute it. Otherwise, wouldn't she really become the arrogant and domineering person that Tang Tian talked about?
"Miss Cheng, my life is not important. What is important is the innocence of the candy shop. I hope Miss Cheng will be patient for a while. I believe that there will be news from Captain Lin soon."
"Tang Tian would like to thank Miss Cheng first." Tang Tian bowed to Cheng Fangjiao and added, "After this matter is settled, Tang Tian will definitely apologize." After Tang Tian opened the shop, she often asked Xiao Jiuyue for advice. Sometimes when she met some difficult customers, Tang Tian would always get angry and cry!
But after finding Xiao Jiuyue, Tang Tian slowly figured out a way. For someone like Cheng Fangjiao who was very concerned about her reputation, she would first put a high hat on her, and then achieve her own goal.
Having said so much, Cheng Fangjiao felt it was difficult to insist on leaving. She picked up the handkerchief, put it to the tip of her nose, and cleared her throat, fearing that she would lose control and say something inappropriate. She said, "Miss Tang is right. Baocui's concern for my health is well-intentioned, but she can't ignore the rules just because of her good intentions."
"I'm glad that Miss Cheng isn't angry with me." Tang Tian smiled.
Cheng Fangjiao: "..." You've said everything, good or bad. Even if she's angry, what else can she do?
"Captain Lin is back." The voice of the Fang family's servant rang out. Soon, Captain Lin returned with the pottery jars and said, "Miss Tang is right. The pottery jars in the candy shop are indeed coded. So, since this pottery jar is not the one Miss Tang sent, then the one Miss Tang sent must still be in the Fang Mansion!"
Captain Lin looked at Madam Fang and said, "Madam Fang, I want to go to the Fang Mansion and look for it. As long as we can find the one that Miss Tang sent, the case will be solved!"
"We must find them and see who is trying to put the blame on my candy shop!" Tang Tian, whose suspicion had been cleared, raised her voice excitedly.
"Captain Lin, we really should investigate this thoroughly." Mrs. Fang said with a smile, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
Captain Lin immediately took his men and began searching everywhere.
"Mom, that's the backyard." Fang Caiwei was extremely panicked and grabbed Mrs. Fang's hand.
"As long as the Fang family can be cleared of all charges, it doesn't matter if it happens in public or in the backyard." Mrs. Fang patted Fang Caiwei's hand, turned around and winked at the maid beside her.
The Fang family's house wasn't very big, so Captain Lin quickly found the jar of canned oranges. Tang Tian rushed over, examined the bottom, and confirmed, "Yes, yes, this is our latest batch."
Tang Tian opened it and looked at the can of oranges inside and said, "This can of oranges has never been touched."
"I just hate Xiaozhu, I just want her to die." A maid was pulled out. She looked at the dead Xiaozhu like crazy. After saying this, she hit her head against a tree and died!
In just half a day, another maid died. The ladies who came to the banquet silently stepped back. Madam Fang scolded the maid harshly and then said, "Captain Lin, thank you for your hard work."
As Mrs. Fang spoke, she began to praise Captain Lin for his hard work in handling the case.
"Tsk, there's no way a maid could have done this. She's obviously a scapegoat." Tang Tian got on the carriage and muttered to Xiao Jiuyue, "I guess it must have been Fang Caiwei who did it."
"Captain Lin, the case has been closed." Xiao Jiuyue's face was calm, but she did not have the indignation of Tang Tian. The Fang family would only sacrifice a young lady of the Fang family unless they were fools.
The wind blew up the carriage curtains, and Xiao Jiuyue's sight fell on Cheng Fangjiao who was about to get on the carriage. Cheng Fangjiao looked back and only saw half of Xiao Jiuyue's face, which was bright and noble.
Cheng Fangjiao lowered her head and entered the carriage, saying in a cold voice, "Send someone to find out where this Miss Xiao came from!"
"Yes." Baocui responded.
The next moment, Baocui felt her face numb from being slapped. Cheng Fangjiao raised her hand and slapped her: "If you do it again, you don't have to stay with me anymore." She embarrassed her in front of Tang Tian!
"Miss." Bao Cui immediately knelt down and said, "From now on, I will definitely help you vent your anger."
"Hmph." Cheng Fangjiao snorted softly, leaned against the carriage and closed her eyes. She didn't ask Baocui to get up. Baocui just knelt in the narrow carriage.
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"Sister Xiao, I'm so lucky to have you here today. Otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to explain myself. Today, I must invite you to Fengchunlou for dinner. By the way, you can get rid of my bad luck."
Tang Tian said while holding Xiao Jiuyue's hand.
Xiao Jiuyue chuckled and said, "You should thank your second brother. If it weren't for your second brother, he would have ordered people to seal off the Fang Mansion, preventing anyone from sending the things out, and even inviting the head of the police to come..."
Xiao Jiuyue knew very well that once she left the Fang family, many fake things would become real.
"That still depends on Sister Xiao. Tell me those codes. Otherwise, how can I find them?" Tang Tian looked at Xiao Jiuyue curiously. She smiled playfully and said, "Sister Xiao, there is one thing Fang Caiwei said right. Those marks really look like ghost paintings! I can't even tell them apart."
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