my wife is a consul

On the black and red land, with the cold wind blowing, seven or eight anti-riot vehicles unfolded anti-riot steel plates to form a steel defense line of tens of meters.

The anti-riot vehicle is a product of the New World. It is a concept proposed by the group's armed technical department when the resistance organizations in the New World emerged one after another in the past few years.

An anti-riot vehicle is like a small forklift. It can unfold a three-meter-high and five-meter-long steel plate in front of it and has a shooting hole. It can fire tear gas, rubber bullets, etc. from the shooting hole at the rioting crowd. Of course, if it is replaced with real ammunition, it will massacre.

Essentially, it is a tool cart used to violently attack unarmed people. In Lu Ming's previous life, there were similar products in the history of some developed countries.

Nowadays, the New World has completely changed. If a war breaks out, it is more likely to be caused by the small countries that have broken off. This kind of anti-riot vehicle has no place to use, but Lu Ming suddenly had a whim, and used it in this desert continent, as if It can rejuvenate.

That's it now. From behind the foothills a few hundred meters away, launching a tragic charge are more than two hundred spearmen of the "Fly God Cult".

Amidst the shouts reaching the sky, the spearmen were as powerful as a rainbow. When they reached a few dozen meters, spears all over the sky rained down on the third city-state's position.

The cold steel defense line composed of two tanks and eighty-two anti-riot vehicles turned the fierce attack launched by the spear throwers into a childish joke.

Soon, the sound of intensive machine gun fire was heard, and the white smoke from the muskets behind the steel defense line was more like the slave musketeers conducting their first actual combat training.

The spearmen fell into a pool of blood one by one. Within a few minutes, they suddenly dispersed and were completely defeated.

The so-called war between two powerful countries is more like a giant man carefully teaching a child a lesson.

A few dozen meters above the steel direction, a huge airship floated.

In front of the sightseeing window, the faces of the seven or eight settlement leaders near the Terror Mountains, including Osman, all changed color at this time.

In fact, since they were invited here and boarded the airship that could take off, their curiosity about the third city-state quickly diluted their fear of the divine religion.

At this moment, the fear of the divine religion that had been accumulated for hundreds of years had disappeared earlier, and was replaced by the greatest awe of the people of the city-state who were like gods.

……

Hedong City, a giant city surrounded by reinforced concrete and pure earth, has gradually taken shape.

It was generally restored based on the ruins of the ancient city, resembling a Renaissance brick castle. The magnificent forts, artillery and castle walls formed a three-dimensional defense line, but its materials used a large amount of reinforced concrete from the imperial mainland. The level of sturdiness is no longer the same as before.

Outside the city wall, there is a five-meter-high power grid that surrounds the entire town. This is the most effective protection against ferocious beasts.

People from surrounding settlements who came to Hedong City for pilgrimage called this town the "Eternal City" in awe.

It was the legendary city at the center of the continent at the peak of human civilization, a city that would never fall.

The market area in Hedong City is also becoming more lively day by day.

There is no doubt that Hedong City has become a city of light that is longed for by thousands of miles around, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of territory, hundreds of settlements, and tens of thousands of surviving humans.

Of course, the settlements that are far away may have only heard of the existence of the "Eternal City", but no one has actually had the courage to travel long distances to come here.

After a long period of detection, the population here is slightly larger than Lu Ming imagined, but the population is extremely limited. There are only tens of thousands of people in hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. If you think about it carefully, it is chilling. Humanity is really on the verge of extinction.

Moreover, it seems that the ferocious beast has gradually become more active recently. The ferocious beast in the town closest to the old ancient road and Hedong City will send an airship every now and then to observe its movements, and it is found that its range of activities is gradually expanding.

……

The south wind howled, and large black snowflakes fell from the sky.

Standing on the bunker tower at the east corner of Hedong City, Lu Ming frowned slightly as he watched the earth plunge into darkness.

This black snow has been analyzed at the Northern Territory Laboratory. The main components of the black substance are sodium oxide and a type of algae, but no matter which type it is, it is toxic.

Black or red snow has fallen in certain areas on Earth, but this was due to pollution or the bloom of a specific type of algae.

If we talk about the pollution in the desert continent, it definitely does not come from industry, maybe it is the waste gas excreted by ferocious beasts?

It is difficult to fully understand the internal physiological mechanisms of ferocious beasts in the Northern Territory Laboratory's dissection of ferocious beast corpses. Even if they are captured alive and sent to the storage ring, they will come out as corpses. There is no time flow inside, or it can be said that time It is eternal. When a living creature enters it, all cell activities immediately come to a standstill. It is a kind of death that has no concept of time at all. Therefore, it has nothing to do with whether you take it out immediately.

"Master, the search team has news!" There was thumping footsteps, and someone hurriedly ran up the tower.

The slave musketeers and sentries on the tower also put on cotton clothing. The most difficult thing to endure in the desert continent is winter. Cotton clothing has never been heard of by the settlement people. But before winter this year, the "Eternal City State" Neighboring settlements sent some warm-weather items, including a large number of cotton-padded clothes.

For Lu Ming, even if tens of thousands of settlement people in the extreme south have one, it is only worth tens of thousands of cotton-padded clothes.

However, some settlements were too far away and too biased, so only more than 3,000 winter coats were given away.

Nowadays, the settlements of the "Eternal City" in the extreme south can no longer be said to be "allies" or "trade partners", but rulers in their eyes, and they are all willing to obey the orders of the "Eternal City".

The "search team" that Lu Ming and other news came from were looking for the caravan from Heimusen.

Normally, the caravan should arrive near Hedong before winter begins, but more than half a month into winter, there is still no sign of the caravan. It is known that the ferocious beasts have become more and more active recently, so Lu Ming sent a search team to look for it. There are traces of the caravan. This search team is actually an airship driven by Zhuge and others.

However, Lu Ming did not expect that after the midwinter arrived, the weather would become worse day by day. Strong winds and blizzards were the natural enemies of the airship.

We lost contact with the search team yesterday, but fortunately, we received its radio signal today.

……

The RV was as warm as spring. Lu Ming frowned as he read the message from the search team.

Near "Sanheli", the remaining traces of Heimusen's caravan were found. The caravan had been completely destroyed. The personnel, cattle and horses, etc. seemed to have been torn to pieces and eaten alive by the ferocious beasts, leaving only tragic blood stains. There are also some goods from Heimusen scattered in the river bed.

On the coffee table in front of Lu Ming was a map drawn over the past few months. Sanheli is more than a thousand miles north of Hedong Town. Looking at the terrain, it is the river bed where three rivers converge, so it was named "Sanheli".

"Call back and tell them to pay attention to their safety." As Lu Ming spoke, Yang Youji nodded beside him and sent the message in a ticking tone.

This little lolita with blue hair and blue eyes who looks extremely cute wearing a girly denim skirt and yellow knee-high socks is an extremely good sniper and a correspondent.

Although Zhuge called and said that he was going to find a mountain col and wait for the snowstorm to pass before turning around, Lu Ming still couldn't help but worry.

"Does it have something to do with us? Although the people in the settlement have said that the ferocious beasts will be more active in winter, they seem to be a little more active this year." Lu Ming seemed to be asking someone, but also seemed to be talking to himself.

In the lounge of the small RV, in fact, apart from Yang Yuji, whose equipment was connected to the communication tower outside, there was only Queen Hera.

Queen Hera is dressed in a white sacrificial dress, with magnificent gold rings binding her pale golden snowy hair into a gorgeous bun. Her skin is as white as milk, her deep blue eyes and tall snow-white nose bridge look from the side. The three-dimensional beauty is like a meticulous painting. Beauty, incomparable beauty.

She sat quietly, and at this moment her red lips slightly opened and she spoke an immortal chant, "Your Majesty, I don't think it matters whether the ferocious beast's activity has anything to do with us, but your Majesty has recently absorbed the immortal stone, can you gain anything from it?"

Lu Ming shook his head and his heart skipped a beat when he caught sight of Queen Hera's bright red lips. However, he remembered Liuli's words. He had absorbed many fairy stones but felt nothing. Liuli thought that he should be in some kind of bottleneck period and wanted to break through the fastest. The way is to integrate the power of Western gods.

What Liuli meant was that he could absorb the power of Queen Hera and become some kind of key, probably similar to the legendary harvesting of yin and replenishing yang? In short, it is of great benefit to yourself.

Standing up, Lu Ming said, "I'm going to see the people in the settlement."

Madman Yaheng, Blackfire Max, Death Scythe Osman and Lioness Gurno.

Before winter, these four people came to Hedong City to escape the winter with some close servants.

To the four of them, it didn't seem to matter whether they were the leader of the settlement or not.

This is also the case. It turns out that as a settlement leader, you can get more resources, but you still have to be at the forefront even if you fight hard.

Now, if you can really become a citizen of the Eternal City, you will live a more comfortable life than many powerful settlement lords.

As long as the people of the city-state are willing to take them in, they can immediately resign as the leader of the settlement.

The first of the five settlements that Lu Ming came into contact with, the Musketeer Ravni of Dwarf Hill, had a sense of responsibility and shouldered the important task of continuing the dwarf settlement. Although Lu Ming invited her to spend the winter, she declined.

The other four settlement leaders all came here on their own, and it was only then that Lu Ming remembered to invite Laphne.

The four people were placed in a house, a Victorian four-story house. There was one block of this four-story house that had been completely restored, and all the slaves lived here.

When Lu Ming arrived, several people were playing mahjong in the shared living room on the first floor.

Seeing Lu Ming helpless, what exactly did he bring to the apocalyptic world?

Seeing Lu Ming come in, the four people stood up in a hurry. Osman called him "Master" and the other three called him "Your Excellency".

"The Heimusen caravan has been wiped out. I want to ask your opinion." After Lu Ming sat down, several people stopped playing mahjong and sat around.

"Did the beast do it? Or which settlement? Or did the wanderers do it?" Madman Ya Heng asked curiously.

If the Heimusen caravan cannot reach the Far South before winter in previous years, the winter will be even more difficult for the settlements here, and it may even seriously affect the situation of each settlement next year, including some larger settlements that rely more on muskets. Yes, the bullets and sand cannot be replenished to a certain extent, and they may even be coveted by those fierce small settlements who are good at using cold weapons.

But it doesn't matter now. As long as the footprints can reach the settlements in the Eternal City, no one will think about the insignificant fights between them. They can flatter the "Eternal City", or get more coins and stones. "The Eternal City" "If you give a little reward to the scum in your hands, it will be much more beneficial than working hard in previous years.

Therefore, the four of them were curious about the destruction of the Heimusen caravan, and they all looked indifferent.

Lu Ming nodded, "Looking at the remaining traces, the Heimusen caravan must have encountered a vicious beast."

Blackfire Max smiled and said: "That's it. Among our subordinates in Eternal City, who would want to grab something if they have nothing to do?"

Having said that, looking at the smile on his face, he was also gloating about his misfortune.

The large settlement in the wealthy land of the south is still transporting goods in the ice and snow outside, and then they are all torn apart by ferocious beasts, but they can comfortably warm themselves in the stone house, which is naturally full of happiness.

"Has there been any incident of Heimusen's caravan disappearing in the far south in the past years?" Lu Ming asked.

The leader of the Camellia House, the lioness Genuo, was a woman. She seemed to have guessed what Lu Ming was thinking. Her freckled face squeezed out a flattering smile, "It seems that there was once more than ten years ago, and they later sent a gun team to kill them. We were the two largest settlements at that time, but they should not dare to cause trouble this time! My lord, have you ever thought about expanding to the north after spring? The further north we go, the more fertile the land will be. I heard that there is a large area of ​​farmland near Heimusen. So they can use a little handicrafts and food in exchange for the resources we worked so hard to collect." After a pause, "If there really is a paradise in the north, I think the master should also be you, my lord!"

"Yes, your Excellency naturally does not need their wealth, but the slaves here cannot be kept by you in vain. When we go to the north, we can create more resources for you."

Lu Ming smiled, feeling a little bored when he saw the greedy faces of the four people suddenly revealed.

However, human beings in the last days are already like this, they just show the despicable side of human nature unabashedly.

Among the people in these settlements that I know, the dwarves of Dwarf Hill, who have been living in seclusion underground, are more simple.

"Go on!" Lu Ming stood up.

Several people did not dare to say anything and bowed to see him off.

……

White Rock City in the Southern Territory was a civilized world. Looking at the crowds of people passing by and the warm sunshine outside the window, Lu Ming felt that the haze in his heart gradually faded away.

"I don't even know what I'm going to do over there..." Lu Ming let out a long sigh and felt stuffy in his chest.

This is a cafe facing the street. Sitting opposite Lu Ming is Queen Hera.

Queen Hera didn't speak, she just listened quietly to Lu Ming's words. "Is it just to feed a group of so-called humans who are like treacherous beasts?" Lu Ming shook his head.

Looking up at Queen Hera, Lu Ming was surprised and said: "You didn't tell me that doing things in the right way has its own consequences."

Queen Hera pursed her lips and smiled: "You are the Eastern God Lord, how come you don't understand these things? You just want to complain now and need someone who understands you to be a tree hole."

Looking at her clear blue eyes that seemed to contain infinite wisdom, Lu Ming nodded slightly: "It seems that I underestimated you before. I heard that your divine origin is the God of Wisdom? Now that the banner has changed, the Western God Realm can No one is sowing the seeds of wisdom anymore.”

A hint of sadness flashed through Queen Hera's blue eyes, and she lowered her head slightly, "Acting on the right path has its own cause and effect."

Lu Ming looked at her and suddenly said: "From now on, I will give you the freedom of justice."

Queen Hera raised her head in astonishment, her pretty face full of astonishment.

"Oh...it doesn't seem to be effective..." Lu Ming coughed, "It seems that under the rules of the third continent, my promise is not effective, but I didn't lie to you just because I knew this."

Queen Hera nodded slightly: "Yes, I understand."

"But I was just impulsive. When I return to our world, I may not make such a promise again. In fact, I regretted it after I said it..." Lu Ming scratched his head.

Seeing these strange actions of Lu Ming, Queen Hera was surprised, and her green eyes showed a smile, "Hey, are you really the Lord of the East?"

"Yeah, I also feel that somehow I don't deserve this status." Lu Ming sighed, "Originally, I was just a small lawyer. Helping ordinary people solve some troubles is what I want to do most." He paused. Next, "Instead of now, do the cruel and treacherous humans in the apocalyptic continent need me as a god to inspire them?"

"You are the God Lord of a domain. From your true heart, you are the oracle." Queen Hera stared at Lu Ming seriously.

Lu Ming nodded slightly and looked at her deeply, "Thank you!"

"You can come to the banquet tonight, and I will accompany you." Queen Hera said suddenly.

Lu Ming was slightly startled.

Tonight is the annual reception dance held by the Embassy of Guzhu Kingdom (Red Fox Kingdom).

Those invited were dignitaries from the seventy-two city-states and representatives of the New World’s expatriates here.

It is a party to commemorate the friendship between the New World and the Southern Territory, and it is also a place to enhance the friendship between the two parties.

It was originally a dance that the dignitaries of the seventy-two city-states flocked to. Being invited represented their reputation and status.

But this year is different. Half a year ago, the Southern Territory and the New World lost contact. Now, half a year later, there is no hope of reconnection between the two sides. This inevitably gives some ambitious people some ideas.

Especially among the New World expatriates in the Southern Region, many are wealthy businessmen who invest and own factories with advanced technology.

Faintly, there is already an undercurrent surging in the Southern Territory.

Therefore, for this year's dinner commemorating the anniversary of the contact between the two sides, the Guzhu Embassy was more fully prepared. Ambassador Honghu Sanshi also sent the invitation list to the Supreme Emperor for instructions on the guests.

Of course, Lu Ming had never thought about attending this banquet. Hearing Queen Hera's suggestion, he looked at her in surprise.

"I feel that you need to participate in some normal social activities. I know that your dharma body in the empire continent has always had a normal life. However, the dharma body you are isolated here is the most tired and needs the nourishment of human society, right?" Queen Hera's clear blue eyes looked back at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming smiled: "This kind of banquet is not considered a normal social event, especially Red Fox Sanshi knows my first identity."

"So, how about taking on a lawsuit?" Queen Hera pointed to the newspaper on the coffee table. "This lawsuit has a great impact now. I see you have been reading it for a while."

It was a murder case between a New World expatriate and a local noble. They were originally partners, but they turned into enemies and lost their lives.

Red Fox Fuye, an expatriate from Lone Bamboo Country, invested in a cannery here. Darwin, a local aristocrat, was introduced to a joint venture with him.

The Southern Territory was suddenly cut off from the New World. All the money was originally sent, but the last batch of machines could not be transported.

As a result, Red Fox Fuye and Darwin became enemies because of the lost money. Red Fox Fuye insisted that they were partners, and of course they would bear the losses together based on their equity. Darwin believed that the introduction of the machine was Red Fox Fuye's responsibility and failed to introduce it. He should take full responsibility for its success.

The New World has consular jurisdiction over lawsuits involving expatriates, and there is a consular court within the Guzhu Embassy.

That is to say, cases involving expatriates are based on the laws of the New World.

The economic dispute case was ruled against Darwin in the consular court.

As a result, a few days later, Darwin's servants shot Red Fox Fuye and his friend, the local nobleman Viscount Leif, in the street.

The servant then surrendered and was transferred to the consular court.

According to the servant's confession, he killed his master's enemies out of righteous anger.

According to the laws of the local city-state, the servant's culpability would be reduced.

This is the most important part of the values ​​of the seventy-two city-states, the loyalty of servants to their masters.

Some people took the opportunity to use this case to stimulate the national sentiments of the city-state citizens, and there was even a scene where city-state citizens demonstrated outside the embassy of the Lone Bamboo Kingdom. This was incredible for this city-state civilization that had just stepped from slavery to modern civilization. Scene, naturally there are people behind it.

Probably due to various pressures, the consular court also showed signs of giving in. Not to mention tracing the real culprit of this case, there were even signs of transferring the case to the city-state court, because Hong Hu Fuye came alone, and his family members Instead, the only family members of the victims who could participate in the case were the widow and children of the city-state nobleman Leif. The consular court consulted their opinions and wanted to transfer the case to the city-state court. This was widely reported by the newspapers and periodicals of the local overseas Chinese office, and the consular court was outraged. The expatriates petitioned and were temporarily in a dilemma.

But in general, the consular court should be prepared to put the overall situation first and transfer the case to the city-state in order to calm the increasingly rising national sentiments of the city-state citizens.

Just reading the newspaper, Lu Ming couldn't help but frown, but Queen Hera noticed it.

"There's no need for me to go to court!" Lu Ming waved his hand. Although he missed going to court, he had things to be busy with at each stage.

"But if things continue like this, I'm afraid something will happen to Baishi City. It would be good to use this case as an opportunity to warn some ambitious people who are ready to take action." Lu Ming smiled, "It is still necessary to find a lawyer for help. The agent Red Fox Fuye is absent. The family members of Viscount Leif."

"How about you act as the agent?" Queen Hera stared at Lu Ming with her clear blue eyes, "I think you need to divert your attention and relax, and it is a distraction for you, but you have nothing to do with the families of the victims. Such grace!"

Looking at Queen Hera's beautiful face, seeing her show her firm will in front of him for the first time, Lu Ming couldn't help but smile: "I really don't know who is the superior in the contract between the two of us, okay, let's find it right now. Let’s talk to the victim’s family.”

……

The family of Viscount Leif was originally in a period of decline. According to the tradition of the city-state nobles, Viscount Leif was the kind of prodigal son who did not do his job properly all day long, did not follow etiquette, and did not have much to do.

However, the emergence of New World people made Viscount Leif feel like a fish in water. He quickly participated in the new industry and made friends with many New World investors.

Red Fox Fuye and Darwin knew each other, and it was Viscount Leif who was also the go-between.

Unexpectedly, the Viscount Leif family was prospering and expected to be revived, but an unexpected disaster occurred and the family head was killed.

Moreover, because of Leif's death, many financial disputes were left behind. For example, Viscount Leif originally planned to sell his mansion and chose an apartment. However, the buyer of the old house came from the New World and offered a high price. He just wanted to experience it. It feels like living in a real classic aristocratic mansion.

Now I don’t know whether the buyer paid the money or where the money went after paying. The apartment has not been paid yet.

Here in the old house, the buyer sent people to urge him to move every three days. He took the deed of the house and forced the Leif family to transfer the title to him, saying that he had made an appointment with Leif to complete the transfer on the afternoon of the assassination, otherwise Can the house deed and land deed be in his hands?

Lu Ming and Queen Hera came to Leif's house directly from the cafe. At that time, the buyer had just left, and Leif's house was in a state of gloom and mist.

The two New World natives who heard this came volunteered to be their family's agents to help solve the murder case.

Although Leif's widow, Mrs. Reina, was full of doubts, she hurried to the living room to see the two of them.

Mrs. Reina is wearing the skirt of a new-era aristocratic lady, with a black gauze covering her face. She is a beautiful young woman.

She was extremely surprised to see Queen Hera.

Queen Hera's dress looks like a snow-white wedding dress, which is actually the Western divine dress in this world. The white gauze covers her face, making her even more gorgeous and attractive. It is not the kind of peerless charm that can be found in this world.

"As for this lawsuit, as long as you sign here, I will be your agent." Lu Ming took out a few pieces of paper.

There was nothing that she needed to ask about the case, and Mrs. Reina herself didn’t even know it.

"Oh, this is a letter issued by the embassy of Lone Bamboo Country." What Queen Hera took out next to her was actually a few pieces of white paper, but Mrs. Reina was convinced immediately after reading it.

"I, can I ask, the deeds and deeds for my house are in other people's hands, but I don't know if my husband has received the money..." At this point, Mrs. Reina's eyes turned red again, "Now they come every day to force me to move."

"If there is no proof of payment, and an outsider only holds the untransferred property deed, it cannot prove that he has bought your house. Well, according to the laws of the New World, you can let him Find me." Lu Ming pointed to the phone number on the business card, "Ask him to call this number."

"Ah, okay, thank you, thank you!" Mrs. Reina's eyes lit up immediately, as if she had found the backbone, she picked up the document handed over by Lu Ming and signed it quickly.

……

He came out of Leif's mansion and got into the black car.

Lu Ming thought for a while and said: "Go to the consular court and apply to confirm the identity of Leif's family representative, and also apply to see the murderer."

Anilova, who had been staying in White Rock City, was the driver and slowly started the car.

Lu Ming pondered and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether we see the murderer or not. Our request is that this case should be resolved with consular jurisdiction. Then the so-called principle of righteous servant does not apply in court. According to the laws of the New World, murderers are still quite strict. Seriously, killing two people in the street would have a bad impact and the possibility of being sentenced to death is high. However, the murderer may not be afraid. Presumably, he has already received enough compensation to buy his life. Even if he was told that he might be executed , it is unlikely that he will reveal the instigator.”

"Besides, maybe this guy really did it willingly for his master, and the master didn't instruct him."

Lu Ming shook his head as he spoke.

Suddenly he looked up and saw Queen Hera looking at him with a half-smile. Lu Ming asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"So you were like this when you were a lawyer." Queen Hera pursed her lips and smiled.

Lu Ming smiled: "You are completely different from when you were a high-ranking god. Do you know that your current dress is very similar to the wedding dress of the world I once lived in, which is the dress worn by the bride on the wedding day? .”

Queen Hera was startled for a moment, glanced at Anilova who was driving in front of her, her pretty face turned around, and she stopped talking.

When they were in Hedong City, far away from everything before, the two of them had a feeling of sharing weal and woe, so their relationship seemed to be much more normal and relaxed.

And Anilova, who is now in the driver's seat, is a warlock from the world of Sonia, which seems to have made Queen Hera immediately aware of everything that happened in the past.

Including her status as the inviolable queen of the Sonia Empire.

And how he was defeated and became a prisoner of war and slave of the Eastern Immortal Lord.

"Your Majesty the Queen, I am happy for you. Your wisdom should have been my Lord's right-hand man." Anilova was big-breasted but not brainless. She turned around and said something sincerely. After she turned around, the carriage and the driver's compartment The soundproofing panels between them slowly closed.

"The Western arts you plundered, and the Western slaves in your eyes, seem to have truly surrendered to you..." Queen Hera said with a hint of bitterness in her tone.

Lu Ming said helplessly: "I haven't been involved in a lawsuit in many years, but you force me to fight. Who is enslaving whom?"

Queen Hera pursed her lips tightly and remained silent, but the glimmer of amusement in her blue eyes showed that she was still somewhat happy in her heart.

Seeing her expression, Lu Ming felt a little sweet in his heart, and then he laughed dumbly. He was really getting better and better, but Queen Hera, on the other hand, had never been in love. In fact, from an emotional point of view, she was quite simple at heart. .