Chapter 204 Investigation of Mysterious Events
After sending George Vassar away, Joan followed Miss Martha back to the living room, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Miaomiao, Azhi, and Mr. Benny sitting around the coffee table, chewing on snacks and laughing and joking with each other.
The old housekeeper who served them tea and snacks had a very ugly face, and looked down on these "street gangsters" who came from humble backgrounds and had vulgar speech and behavior from the bottom of their hearts.
If these three eccentrics had not claimed to be "Joan Vidal's friends", the old-fashioned Mr. Philip Downs would not have allowed them to enter this drawing room which has always only entertained distinguished guests. It is too indecent.
"Yo! Joan, you are indeed here!"
Xiao Miao was the first to see Qiao An walking into the living room, and jumped up excitedly to say hello.
"How is it going, is the work going well?"
"It has been solved. Thanks to the help of Miss Martha and Mr. Vasa, a total of four diggers were hunted and killed in the garden. In addition, I would also like to thank Teacher Benny. After he reminded me, after I returned to school, I checked some Regarding the information about the Digger, make preparations in advance to restrain this monster, and these preparations came in handy later." Joan said gratefully.
Joan sat down on the sofa opposite Xiaomiao and asked curiously, "I heard that you are here to interview Miss Martha?"
Xiao Miao nodded, and glanced at the young and elegant lady who followed Joan into the living room naturally.
"Joan, why don't you introduce your friends to me?" Miss Martha took the coffee handed by the butler, smiled and cast a questioning look at Joan.
"Uh, this is Sister Miao, a field reporter for the Leiden Post, Azhi is her colleague, and Teacher Benny is the editor and columnist of the newspaper."
Joan then introduced Miss Martha, the mistress of the Custis family, to Xiao Miao and the others.
After the host and guest greeted each other, Xiao Miao took the initiative to explain her intentions.
Shortly after breaking up with Qiao An yesterday afternoon, the three of them returned to the agency to attend a regular meeting.
Ms. Miranda Fisher, editor-in-chief of the newspaper, showed them the letters from readers received this week at the meeting.
Several of the letters were similar in content. They all broke the news to the newspaper that huge and extremely aggressive strange insects had appeared on a certain farm or a certain pasture, frequently attacking livestock and even farmers, disturbing the panic of the local residents.
Ms. Miranda thought it was a valuable news topic, so she assigned Xiao Miao, Azhi and Benny to form a team of three to investigate the inside story of the pest disaster, collect relevant materials, and prepare to produce a series of special reports.
The three of Xiao Miao received the task from the editor-in-chief, and they naturally thought of the deworming entrustment notice posted by the "Red Tomato" tavern. They rushed to Custis Manor the next day, hoping to interview Miss Martha who is plagued by insects.
The janitor noticed these three weird faces and preconceived that they were not good things.
After all, cat people, rat people, and kobolds are all marginalized people in this civilized society where humans occupy the absolute mainstream. They rarely have the opportunity to get a dignified job. The cold reception of the gatekeeper is also reasonable.
Xiao Miao and the others couldn't win the trust of the gatekeeper with their mouths. When they were about to be kicked out of the door, the clever A Zhi suddenly thought of Joan, and asked one more question with the mentality of trying his luck: "Is there a person from Leiden College?" Mr. Joan Vida is a guest at the house?"
The gatekeeper hesitated for a long time, and finally reluctantly admitted that there was indeed such a young mage as a guest at the manor. He came in the morning and has not left yet.
Xiao Miao jumped up for joy when she heard this, and immediately told the gatekeeper that she was a good friend of Joan, and Joan could prove the identity of her and her two companions.
The janitor was dubious, and hurried to report to the old housekeeper, Mr. Downs. Just like that, Xiao Miao and the others finally passed the noble threshold of the Custis family with difficulty, and received VIP-level hospitality.
"I'm really sorry, my servant has short-sightedness and has wronged you all. I apologize to you on his behalf." Miss Martha said earnestly.
"You are very kind, dear lady, if you don't mind, can you tell me about those strange insects in the garden? This will not only help the special report that this newspaper is planning, but also help to remind readers to avoid pests .”
Mr. Benny is the only "literate person" among the newspaper trio, and only he has enough knowledge and cultivation to talk to noble ladies like Martha Custis.
As for Xiao Miao and Ah Zhi, who were born in street gangs, their conversations are really not on the stage, so they can only help them and take care of the records on such occasions.
"Speaking of those strange insects, I'm still a little scared..."
Miss Martha told the story of the insect infestation in her garden.
Joan also added some details for Miss Martha, such as how he and Major Vasa hunted and killed the last digger.
Mr. Benny was listening and taking shorthand with a pen. By the time Miss Martha finished speaking, he had filled two pages of notes.
"Mr. Benny, you just said that the newspaper received news that the strange insects that appeared in my garden also showed signs of infestation in other places. Where did the pests come from?" Miss Martha was puzzled.
"This is the key question we need to investigate." Teacher Benny pushed his glasses, and answered carefully: "I went to the municipal archives this morning to check the records of natural disasters. Since the establishment of Leiden City nearly a century ago, from There has never been a pest infestation like this.”
"Take burrowers as an example. Indeed, they are not uncommon in our Yalfheim area, but most burrowers live in the depths of the jungle where prey is abundant. Even if they occasionally sneak into farmland or pastures to make trouble, at most one or two , the affected area is relatively small, it is hard to imagine that such giant insects will flood, let alone break into gardens that lack prey to make trouble."
"There are indications that the pest infestation that has devastated large plantations on both sides of the Eve River is probably not a natural disaster, but a man-made conspiracy."
"Mr. Benny, is there any other evidence to support your guess?" Joan asked curiously.
Teacher Benny exchanged glances with Xiao Miao and A Zhi, and then replied in a low voice: "Actually, before we came to White House Manor, we had already interviewed some people who wrote letters to the newspaper. Most of them were farmers or small farmers. His fields have been plagued by insects more or less, and he is worrying about it."
"In the process of interviewing these whistleblowers, we found that most of the interviewees mentioned the same detail. They or their family members had witnessed a giant wasp like a flying dragon flying over their fields!"
Occasionally, some western delicacies will be written in the novel to enrich the details of life
When it comes to traditional American food, apple pie is the only thing in my mind
In this country without "tradition", where does the traditional food come from?
America's father is a big rotten country, and its diet is even more lackluster
Speaking of the big rotten country, it is also a traditional delicacy that is really hard to come by.
Either traditional enough and not enough "good food" like "Looking Up at the Stars" and "Cave Toad"
Either the taste is okay but not traditional enough, such as fish and chips, which actually did not originate in the rot country
Steak Wellington is one of the few rotten country delicacies worthy of the style of "traditional cuisine"
Only food and love can't be let down, just like monthly tickets and subscriptions
(Crazy hint.jpg...)