"Master, a good friend named Miss Lopez who claims to be Miss Howard is looking for you!" On this day, the butler Rob reported to Tang Ning.
"Scarlett's good friend? Is he from London or Atlanta?" Tangning asked casually.
Rob answered: "From London!"
"Oh, okay, I'll go meet her!"
After arriving in the living room, a slender blonde girl with cute dimples greeted Tangning: "Hello, Mr. Tangning, I am Joanna Lopez! Mrs. Camper and Miss Howard asked me to come here
Yours, this is the letter they wrote to you!" (Mrs. Camper is Scarlett's Kelly-Howard. After she got married, she took her husband's surname Camper. This is a strange building, and some of the women all refer to foreign men and women.
Equality, how can you be equal if you can’t even keep your own surname?)
After receiving the letter and reading it, Tangning learned that Miss Lopez was a good friend of the Scarlett sisters. She secretly boarded the ship to New Orleans because she was dissatisfied with the marriage specified by her family. Therefore, the two of them asked Tangning to
Take care of this poor girl who escaped from marriage.
"Miss Lopez, you are very courageous!" Tangning exclaimed.
Lopez smiled bitterly and replied: "There is no other way!"
"That's true, otherwise who would want to leave their hometown! By the way, Miss Lopez, have you done anything before?" Tangning asked casually.
"I have always been a home piano teacher!" Lopez replied.
Originally, Tangning was a little worried about how to place Lopez or find a job for her. After all, there were too few jobs suitable for women in this era. If she were a man, he could be sent to New York to work for Edison.
, but it is inconvenient for women.
However, since this Joanna was once a tutor, especially a piano teacher, then this matter would be easy to handle. She could just stay at home and teach Locke directly when he is two years older. (Tangning and Heidi
son)
To be cautious, Tang Ning had to test her skills, so she took her to Jonathan's house because Tang Ning couldn't play the piano and there was no piano at home.
Unfortunately, Jonathan was not at home this time, but fortunately, Tangning was not looking for him in the first place. Tangning was looking for Catherine. When they last chatted, Catherine said that she was very good at the piano.
After Joanna played a few pieces of music, Catherine whispered to Tangning: "It sounds like this Miss Lopez has a solid piano foundation. It's enough to be an enlightening home piano teacher!"
"That's good!" Tangning breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Lopez: "Miss Lopez, please stay in my house and teach Michael and Locke piano when they grow up. The salary will be increased by another 100% based on your salary in London.
Fifty, do you think that’s okay?”
Joanna nodded and agreed without hesitation: "Okay, thank you Mr. Tangning for taking me in!"
"Ms. Lopez, you are so polite. You are also helping me!" Tangning explained.
Initially, Tang Ning thought this was a trivial matter and didn't take it seriously. However, a few days later, Brian came to Tang Ning's house as a guest. After seeing Lopez and chatting for a few words, his expression changed and he called Tang Ning over.
In the study, he asked him with a serious face: "Why did this Miss Lopez come to your house as a piano teacher?"
"Oh, she was running away from marriage, so" Tangning explained the reason, and then curiously asked, "How do you know Miss Lopez?"
Brian snorted coldly and said, "Of course I know her. She was originally Mrs. Camper's piano teacher at Sister Scarlett's house!"
"What?! Miss Lopez turned out to be Kelly's piano teacher?" Tangning couldn't help but exclaimed.
Brian nodded and replied: "Yes, now you find something is wrong, right?"
Tangning suddenly realized: "Yes, actually, I felt something was wrong when she said she had always been a piano teacher at home, but I didn't think much about it at the time. Now that I think about it, since she is a piano teacher at home, her parents should have restraints on her.
If you’re not that old, you wouldn’t be guilty of running away so far just to escape from marriage!”
"So, you'd better ask Scarlett and her sister about this matter again. Don't let the letter that Miss Lopez gave you be fake again! In fact, she got into some trouble in London, and then she
Forged Scarlett’s letter and took refuge with you!” Brian reminded.
Tangning thought for a moment and then said, "That shouldn't be possible. I read the letter and it is indeed Scarlett's handwriting. However, I will send her a telegram to confirm it later!"
But the telegram replied by Scarlett proved this. Joanna was indeed a good friend of the Scarlett sisters and their family's piano teacher. She did come to New Orleans from London to escape from marriage.
The letter was indeed written by Scarlett herself.
At this point, Tangning thought everything would be fine, but she didn't expect that two days later, Brian came again. After reading Scarlett's reply, he smiled mysteriously: "Tony, I want to tell you something, but you
Be mentally prepared! Don’t be scared!”
"What can scare me? How many things have I experienced over the years?" Tangning replied disapprovingly.
"After meeting this Miss Lopez at your house, I went back and asked my friends in London, and then I learned a piece of news that shocked me. Twenty days ago, Scarlett's brother-in-law, Campbell
Madam's husband, Mr. Edward Camper, was murdered!" Brian said in a deep voice.
Then Brian took a step closer and asked, "Do you know who his murderer was?"
At this time, an extremely ridiculous conjecture flashed through Tangning's mind, so she stuttered and asked, "Could it be?"
Brian nodded heavily and said: "Yes, it's Miss Joanna Lopez! Now the entire Scotland Yard is looking for her! But no one thought that she actually escaped to New Orleans on the other side of the ocean!"
"Since it was Miss Lopez who killed Mr. Camper, then why did Scarlett write to me and ask me to take care of her?" Tangning asked in confusion, but then an update flashed through his mind.
It’s a ridiculous conjecture but it’s very likely to be the truth.
PS: I have to give thumbs up to the screenwriter of "Let's Start Mystery". The design of this book is amazing. There are six seemingly ordinary cases at first, but when you put it on later, it is simply amazing. I look forward to the next one.
What kind of magic can unfold in the entire apartment No. 11 of the fourth phase!