The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 917 Fascinating

Before, Ling Xiao thought that the people in the City Lord's Mansion had been following secretly to ensure the safety of the pharmacist, but now he realized that he had overestimated the people in the City Lord's Mansion, and they should have the idea of ​​monitoring the pharmacist.

Maybe he still wants to destroy the power around the pharmacist?If the pharmacist doesn't have his own protection, the city lord can handle the pharmacist better.

If this is the case, the insidiousness of the city lord has skyrocketed. Ling Xiao deliberately recalled the news from Kun from the beginning to the end, and found some clues. The move, this guy has hidden it deep enough, probably the people in the association also know it.

Therefore, even though the people in the association asked the city lord after knowing that the six pharmacists had an accident, they did not dispel their doubts about the city lord after getting an answer that they didn't know what was going on.In a way, some people's reputation scores are too low to be trusted at all.

In fact, it is easy to understand that there has always been a certain friction between the association and the nobles, and the nobles have never given up the idea of ​​making pharmacists exclusive to the nobles.

The members of the association are naturally unwilling. As the opponents of the nobles, they are very clear about the details of those nobles. Regardless of the magnificent clothes, most of them are people without conscience and conscience.

In order to achieve their own goals, many aristocrats have no bottom line at all when they do things. They are deceived and dare to do anything, especially the so-called answers are often full of lies.

Naturally, the people in the association would not believe the answer given by the city lord. They sent Ling Xiao here because they thought about how to follow the vine. Even though they knew that Ling Xiao was very capable, they still sent people to keep an eye on the city lord's mansion.

As the pharmacist that the association is responsible for protecting itself, last time Ling Xiao didn't leave the city lord's mansion, and when other pharmacists came out, the people from the association would help, saving the lives of the two pharmacist guards.

After Ling Xiao discovered the problem with these arrangements, the association specifically told Ling Xiao that he didn't want to cause misunderstandings in the future. Ling Xiao didn't feel that the association was making a fuss, but felt that the association really cared about those pharmacists to be so serious.

Since the people in the association think that the city owner has a problem, Ling Xiao naturally believes in the association's judgment even more, so that he will know that the association's idea is correct after the city owner takes out the contract and quickly flip through it, so he is not afraid of the other party's calculations at all.

After this time, one thing can be confirmed. Judging people by their appearance is likely to cause a big misunderstanding. People who look irritable don't mean they can't calculate.It is even very likely that the city lord created a violent character himself, just to make others dare not provoke him easily.

Another situation is that there will be a gap between rumored historical figures and real historical figures. For example, the image of Zhang Fei in the eyes of the general public should be like this: eight feet in length, leopard head with ring eyes, swallow jaw and tiger beard , the sound is like thunder, and the momentum is like galloping horses.

This is the appearance that people of later generations often have. It belongs to the appearance created by the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The impression given to the public is that Zhang Fei is the most reckless among the three Taoyuan brothers.The brightest moment was when Chang Banpo drank loudly and the river flowed backwards.

However, this image of Zhang Fei is artistically processed, and it does not have much in common with Zhang Fei in real history. What does the real Zhang Fei look like?The official history "Three Kingdoms" did not describe him in detail, but only said that he was majestic and mighty.

Looking majestic and mighty does not necessarily mean that you must be tall and thick, but your face must be very rough.At least the real Zhang Fei is a man of both civil and military skills, with good calligraphy, and his daughter is even the wife of Shu Liuchan.

Therefore, no matter whether it is a variety of person settings or artistically processed images, they cannot represent real people, and the current situation of the city lord just proves this. Fortunately, Ling Xiao did not believe that the city lord is a reckless man who can only fight and kill , has always been vigilant and contacted the association.

Since he intends to cooperate with the association, Ling Xiao is very patient. Many things need to be investigated a little bit, which takes time and energy. Therefore, even if the association caught the person who was about to assassinate the pharmacist at the beginning, he did not immediately say who bought it. It takes a lot of investigation to find out who is behind the scenes.

After Ling Xiao discovered that the association was progressing rapidly, news came from Kun just before they went to refine the water of life. Those who targeted the pharmacist should have been hired by others, and they didn't want the pharmacist to live.

? ? ? ? ?Keep the pharmacist alive?There is something diabolical about the idea.And how did the pharmacist offend people?So that someone took money to assassinate the pharmacist?
Ordinarily impossible!Pharmacists seldom sell goods to private individuals by themselves, and usually use the model of consignment sales, so it is impossible to be hated so much because of the medicine they refine.

Ling Xiao wondered why pharmacists were supposed to be assassinated?He quickly came to a conclusion: the pharmacist might have become a fish in the pond, or he might have been treated as a dog's leg, no!It should not be a dog leg, but a money-making machine.

Thinking of this possibility, Ling Xiao wanted to scold people. If the pharmacist really became the city lord's money-making machine, it would not be his own will, and he might be assassinated by someone. His life was too humble.

The aristocrats looked at the commoners like ants. When the commoners were not willing to obey the command of the nobles, they would only feel that the commoners were too bad. Therefore, they were thinking about how to calculate each other, and they didn't feel any guilt at all.

This is why several pharmacists will be tricked and the city lords are still unwilling to back down. They feel that the lowly pharmacists should serve the nobles, and even at this time they will not change their minds. They should still be thinking about how to get away with it. .

Neither the castellan nor their opponents really respected the pharmacist. After all, they were mostly from the same class.Even though pharmacists were said to be the top of the common people, they were still common people, so their life and death were completely ignored.

It can be seen from this that the so-called elites, that is, the nobles, are so innocent, which is why Ling Xiao is unwilling to have any contact with the nobles in this world.

Of course, it can be seen from this incident that nobles are also human beings, with seven emotions and six desires, and their own love and hatred.Therefore, if you have your own allies, you will naturally have your own enemies.

For one's opponents, most of them find ways to borrow a knife to kill, or use some stumbling blocks in their daily life, even the most powerful ones are to find someone to assassinate them.

As a nobleman, he always brings guards with him wherever he goes, and under normal circumstances, he would not be able to succeed in assassination.It is possible to just add some small problems to the other party. Of course, there will definitely be an example of a successful assassination, and then someone will continue to pay for the murder.

It's just that buying murder is to spend a lot of money to hire those desperadoes. If you come a few more times, it will definitely affect your personal life, so even if there is such a behavior, it will not be considered too much.Unless someone is just making money, or the family property is deep enough to pay for that expensive expenditure continuously.

The nobles look down on each other, and it is a small-scale fight to fight secretly. If there is a problem between countries, once the conflict breaks out, the problems involved will become bigger.

Thinking about the assassination of Crown Prince Ferdinand (1) of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Sarajevo, this incident became the fuse, which eventually led to the outbreak of the First World War. How many people lost their country and had nowhere to go refugee?
The assassination this time was a small move. Kun's information also mentioned that some of the assassins were hired by the opponent of the blonde beauty. What?There is also the 'credit' of the blonde beauty?Why does the blond beauty have her own counterpart?

This discovery made Ling Xiao excited, because he didn't expect that the blond beauty also had enemies, so how did she get the hatred of outsiders?
You must know that a woman as beautiful as the blond beauty is really the top beauty in the mortal world. This kind of beauty can easily make people fascinated and forget their original intentions.

Fortunately, Kun's information gave the answer. It turns out that the nobles of the Saint Laurent Kingdom used to force the abducted nobles into slavery, and they were unwilling to return them after their relatives found them. accurate.

When the royal family of Saint Laurent found out, they pretended to be ostriches, and did not mediate at all, and even did not let the traffickers be handed over. After a long time, it attracted the hatred of many foreign nobles.

You must know that some nobles give birth to only one seedling in their lifetime, and problems will arise after being abducted. Either the title becomes an outsider, or even a blood relationship has not been found. In this case, it is natural to take the found person with him go back.

After a lot of wrangling, even after paying a lot of money, you can bring your own children home. This kind of situation is completely hostile, and as one of the parties, you will very much hate those who caused the crime.

The members of the royal family of the Saint Laurent Kingdom are also part of the hatred of many victims. Seeing Ling Xiao nodding here, he asked himself that if he was a victim, he would find a way to repay him after he gained real power, even if he could not actually take revenge. I will also think about disgusting the other party, there is nothing wrong with doing this!

It seems that the fallen Saint Laurent royal family is not very good in the eyes of the nobles, which planted mines one after another for the subjugated princess, and later caused the blonde beauty, the descendant of the subjugated princess, to encounter nails one after another in later life. Both soft and hard.

Since some people hate the Kingdom of Yves Saint Laurent, there are naturally people who like the Kingdom of Yves Saint Laurent, so the blonde beauty still has certain companions, either because of her beauty, or because of her own future, there will be ambitious people around her. people.

These people are often bold and unafraid of other people's attention when doing things. They are used to being superior and they naturally don't care about the wishes of the common people at all, as if it is an honor to be a cow or a horse for them.

Thinking of this, the corners of Ling Xiao's mouth twitched slightly. She was unwilling to cause trouble, and always wanted to be a salted fish, but there were always people looking for trouble, and some people wanted to plot against her, so don't blame yourself for messing things up.

Having made up her mind, she lay on the window and looked outside, while thinking about the news she collected, and still had some energy to pay attention to those who watched her.He really kept staring at them, but no matter how powerful the watchers were, they couldn't realize that Ling Xiao had sent someone to contact Kun long ago.

Therefore, even if Ling Xiao felt that someone was staring at him, he didn't shrink back in the room, but opened the window and looked outside with interest, so that the follower could look more carefully.

Ling Xiao is not afraid of the city lord at all, the worst result is going to war, what is there to be afraid of?If it is really impossible to fight, she is not afraid of being chased and killed by others, and it is not certain who will kill who.

After Ling Xiao left, the faces of the city lords were not very good. Martin was terrified at the moment, because he never thought that the members of the association would be so stubborn, but he had no choice but to dare not intervene in related matters.

Because he is very clear about his position, just the subordinate of the city lord, confidant?He is indeed a confidant, but he is definitely not the only confidant of the city lord. He is not a very capable person among the confidants, and he doesn't know the most secret part of the city lord at all.

So until now he doesn't know what the so-called contract is all about. The moment Ling Xiao stood up to resist, Martin complained in his heart that Ling Xiao was ignorant, why did he go against the city lord?
But as the two argued, Martin felt that something was wrong. The city lord and the female pharmacist were on opposite sides, and both had their own reasons.

Martin couldn't help but glanced at the paper contract. He felt as if there was something wrong with the contract, but he didn't dare to read it again after seeing the city lord's furious appearance, for fear of finding more problems. Sometimes knowing too much is not enough. it is good.

As a person who is trying hard to survive, Martin is not very smart. He has always resolutely carried out the orders of the city lord, so he became a confidant.

Just because he is not smart enough, in the eyes of the city lord, he is the kind of person who needs to command, so he will not become a confidant in his confidant. Fortunately, he has the most accurate intuition and no ambition, and has always been very low-key by the city lord's side. .

Over the years, the confidants of the city lord have come and gone, and some of the confidantes who used to be great disappeared overnight. Martin didn't think about it before, but now he feels something is wrong. Is the confidant alive or dead?

Thinking of this, Martin didn't dare to think about it anymore, because if he continued to think about it, he might be discovered by the city lord, so Martin pretended not to think about anything, and quietly led the people out.

Hey?Don't know what to do?Some dark clouds emerged in Martin's mind. If he offended the members of the association, would it attract revenge and counterattack from the association?Also, don't get close to Ling Xiao in the future, uh, don't talk to the other two either.Martin told himself not to meddle in his own business.

The three pharmacists who were trapped in the city lord's mansion were in their room. Ling Xiao had to wait for the association to find more people. It would take time, so there was no panic at all. The other two pharmacists also tried their best to suppress them. Terrified, waiting for the start of the battle between the two sides.

Time passed by little by little, and on this day Martin brought people here, saying that the city lord was holding a dance at night, and that the three pharmacists from Ling Xiao would be invited to attend.

prom?The corner of Ling Xiao's mouth twitched, what dance party are you attending at this time?With that time, it would be better to have a good rest, but Martin firmly insisted that the city lord told them to go.

After Ling Xiao lowered his eyes, there was no expression on his face. For a while, he had a feeling that he was not approachable. This discovery made Martin feel a little scared, because he was afraid that Ling Xiao would die, and he would be the unlucky one!

Martin really wanted to beg Ling Xiao to go to the ball, because people who are useless in the city lord's mansion will be abandoned soon, especially when the city lord is not in a good mood, he is really afraid.

But in the end he didn't say anything, just bent down, and after only a few days of seeing him, he seemed to be nearly ten years older, and his originally tall and straight figure suddenly became bent.

Ling Xiao really wants to swear at this moment, what's the matter?It's like forcing yourself to go, forget it!Without Martin, there would still be those serving people. It was really hard not to go at this time, and it happened that Ling Xiao also wanted to see what the so-called dance party was like.

So Ling Xiao nodded and agreed to join the ball. When Martin heard this, he bent down again. When he raised his head again, his eyes were a little red, his lips moved, but in the end he didn't make a sound, and then backed out.

Ling Xiao didn't care when he saw Martin's expression. Everyone's life is not very good, and there are many unsatisfactory things in this world. As long as you are a human being, you can only move forward and cannot retreat.The road Martin chose had no choice but to go on.

After she decided to go to the ball, someone sent a women's dress. Ling Xiao looked at it again and again, and there was that kind of corset, which Ling Xiao didn't want to wear at all. If she put on this kind of corset , She didn't wear it if she couldn't even take a deep breath.

It was the first time for Nian to observe the lives of nobles at close range in this world. Ling Xiao put on his cassock, which could be transformed into a formal dress, but there was no corset at all.

The hair of the original owner's body is dark brown, and even the eyes are brown, but the whole person's skin is very white, and overall he looks pretty handsome, but there are also shortcomings, that is, the chest of this body has no career line.

And most of the women in this world have well-developed career lines. This situation makes this body look immature, and Ling Xiao didn't care about it after taking over.

It looks good like this, and it is very easy to do exercises. In fact, she is very thankful that her body is in good condition, and she is very good in all aspects after the exercise.

Today's Ling Xiao looks like she is wearing a dress, but it doesn't affect her actions at all. In the city lord's mansion who wants to plot against her, she still has to protect herself, and she wants to see what the city lord wants to do?
　(1) The son of the heroine in the movie "Sissi", the movie made in the 50s became a classic, and most of the characters in the movie are glamorous.

　　Most of the plots in the story are beautified. The real relationship between the emperor and queen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is not as good as in the movie. The emperor also has his own lover.

　　The most important thing is that His Majesty the Emperor is definitely not as handsome as in the movie.

　　
　
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