Xu Lanzhi said with a stern face, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. Why blame you? Let's go find Li Cai'e!"
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Tang Qiumei asked timidly, "You mean Li Cai'e did this?"
Tang Qiqi's eyes flashed with a fierce light as she gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know if she did it, but she's definitely involved!"
Speaking of Li Caie, she was a gossipy woman from Tangjiagou, who loved to spread rumors and slander.
But Li Cai'e probably wouldn't have the guts to poison so many chickens! We'll only know the truth by asking!
Xu Lanzhi took Tang Qiumei and Tang Qiqi to find Li Caie. Tang Qiqi also brought along her big dog, Bai Xue.
Li Cai'e is a shrew and unreasonable person. Even if Bai Xue is around, she can be scared!
Li Cai'e seemed to know that Xu Lanzhi and the others would come. She wasn't surprised at all when she saw them. She said in a sarcastic tone, "What brings Madam Xu to my dilapidated house? Aren't you afraid of losing face?"
Xu Lanzhi said coldly, "Li Caie, you're quite unfazed. Do I need to explain what you did?"
"I'm just asking everyone to raise the price of chicken, after all, such opportunities don't come around often!"
"Is this all you did? Do you want us to help you remember?" Tang Qiqi said, gently stroking Bai Xue's soft fur.
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Bai Xue's dark eyes stared at Li Cai'e, and it made a whimpering sound in its throat, as if it were a warning. It felt like it would rush over and tear Li Cai'e to pieces at any moment!
Li Cai'e looked at the enormous creature and trembled with fear. She stammered, "Little brat, keep your dog under control. If it hurts me, I'll have my husband Dashan beat it to death and make soup for me!"
Tang Qiqi hadn't originally planned to do anything to her, but after hearing her talk about Bai Xue like that, Tang Qiqi decided to teach her a lesson.
Tang Qiqi patted Bai Xue and said, "I can't control that. It's so big and I'm so small, I can't hold it back. But Bai Xue is very well-behaved, it only bites bad people!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Xue rushed over and barked wildly at Li Cai'e.
Li Cai'e was terrified. She screamed, "Xu Lanzhi, control your daughter and your dog, or I won't let you get away with this!"
Xu Lanzhi called out to Qiqi, and Qiqi whistled, which made Bai Xue stop.
Xu Lanzhi didn't want to waste time and asked directly, "Li Cai'e, before the accident at my family's chicken farm, after you sent my third sister away, what exactly happened?"
Li Cai'e stubbornly said, "I just wanted to give her a heads-up. She left, and I came back. How was I supposed to know what happened afterward?"
“Li Cai’e, several thousand chickens in my family died, which is worth thousands of taels of silver. You were the last person to appear at the chicken farm before the incident. Do you think the magistrate will believe you if you say you have nothing to do with this?” Xu Lanzhi spoke very slowly, but it gave people a chilling feeling!
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Li Cai'e was clearly flustered, but she quickly regained her composure and said, "Xu Lanzhi, don't try to intimidate me with the county magistrate. This is baseless and you're framing me. Don't think that just because you have some money now you can cover up everything. The county magistrate might not listen to you. Speaking of which, your mother-in-law, Wang Shi, was imprisoned by this very county magistrate!"
Li Cai'e became more and more smug as she spoke, seemingly quite certain that even if Xu Lanzhi reported it to the authorities, it would be to no avail!
However, Xu Lanzhi was suspicious of Li Caie's claim that Wang was imprisoned by the county magistrate. The villagers only knew that Wang had beaten Liu and was arrested, but was quickly sent back. Could it be that Li Caie had connections in the county?
When Tang Qiumei saw that Li Caie was vehemently denying it, she said, "Zhao Hongcai clearly took that woman back a long time ago. You still lied to me and said that the betrothal had not been made yet. You just deliberately sent me away!"
Li Caie said dismissively, "I only heard it secondhand and wanted to give you a heads-up. Don't try to frame me like this. Where's your evidence?"
Li Cai'e refused to confess, and Xu Lanzhi couldn't do anything about it, but Tang Qiqi didn't want to give up just like that.
She's never been a saint; an orphan who managed to get a master's degree must have some skills!
While Tang Qiumei and Li Caie were arguing, Tang Qiqi quietly slipped into Li Caie's house.
Xu Lanzhi had no idea what Tang Qiqi was up to. In order to protect her daughter, she stepped forward to argue with her, completely blocking Li Caie's view!
Tang Qiqi deftly slipped a packet of laboratory pesticide under Li Caie's pillow and quietly slipped out. Because of her small stature, even Tang Qiumei didn't notice Tang Qiqi's actions!
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Tang Qiqi rubbed Bai Xue's ears, and Bai Xue suddenly started barking wildly, heading straight for Li Cai'e's bedroom!
Tang Qiqi deliberately said loudly, "Mother, Bai Xue seems to have discovered something!" After saying that, she followed Bai Xue inside.
When Li Cai'e saw Tang Qiqi enter the bedroom, she became very nervous and hurriedly shouted, "Stop right there! What are you doing in my room!"
Xu Lanzhi placed her hand heavily on Li Caie's shoulder and said, "Caie, Bai Xue has the most sensitive nose. It must have found something. We're just going in to take a look. Why are you in such a panic?"
"I'm not panicking! I just don't like this beast coming into my house. Get out here!"
By the time Li Cai'e managed to break free from Xu Lanzhi's grasp and run inside, it was already too late.
Bai Xue kept barking at the pillow. Tang Qiqi quickly lifted the pillow, and there was a package lying there properly, with an exquisite wooden box next to it!
Tang Qiqi quickly opened the package and exclaimed, "Mom, this is the medicine! It tastes just like the guts of chickens that have been cut open!"
After saying that, she picked up the wooden box next to her without thinking and said with a surprised look, "What's in here? It's not poison, is it?"
Li Cai'e's face immediately changed color, and she rushed over to snatch the box, but Tang Qiqi had already opened it, and a bright yellow hairpin appeared.
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This stuff isn't cheap, and it's not common in such remote and impoverished areas.
Tang Qiqi picked up the hairpin and said, "Mother, it's gold! You said it's so expensive! Aunt Cai'e is really rich!"
Xu Lanzhi picked up the hairpin and looked at it, saying, "This is the latest fashion style, Cai'e. You've struck it rich! Is it ill-gotten gains?"
Li Caie snatched the hairpin and put it away carefully before hurriedly saying, "This is my dowry from my family, it's been here for many years!"
Xu Lanzhi said with an air of arrogance, "I have no interest in your hairpin, but you can't deny this packet of medicine. Haven't you been clamoring for evidence? Now that you've been caught red-handed, let's stop talking nonsense and go straight to the authorities!"
Li Caie panicked and cried out in a panic, "It wasn't me! These drugs weren't mine! I really wasn't the one who put the drugs in the chicken feed!"
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