Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 494 Eudocia’s Meeting Gift

After leaving Li Xuanying, Eudosia continued to move forward. At the entrance of the street in the aristocratic area, she stopped the carriage and got off.

The two attendants following the car were both temporarily sent by Joanna to escort her. Although they knew her, they were not her own subordinates. Seeing that she suddenly stopped leaving, both of them were a little strange.

"Miss, do you have anything else to do?" one of them asked.

"Yes, I still have something to do, so you can go first. There is no need to wait for the carriage, just go back directly." Eudocia said.

The two attendants looked at each other doubtfully, and the coachman couldn't help but turn around and cast a searching gaze.

"However, Miss Joanna asked us to deliver you safely to the dock." Another attendant explained: "It's very chaotic outside now, so you'd better pay attention to your safety. Otherwise, we won't be able to communicate with Miss Joanna. "

"Don't worry, I'm not that weak. In the past two years, I have been alone, and Miss Joanna has long been used to it." Eudosia said: "You guys told her that I think I still have the last chance." Things haven't been done, so we need to go to Li's house. She will understand what's going on and won't embarrass you about it."

Several people looked at each other and hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Eudosia had already made up her mind, they probably didn't think they were her confidants and couldn't seriously persuade her, so they stopped insisting. They bade Eudocia politely and departed together.

Eudosia turned her head and walked towards the noble area.

It's a little quieter here than outside. Ordinary thieves generally don't dare to come to this place. Excited citizens sometimes swarmed in and made a scene. But today, as far as she knew, the most thorny people were gathered in the arena. She didn't know how they would feel after finding out that they had been deceived by Princess Jeanne and others.

Looking at both sides of the street, there are far fewer guards on guard in each house. She passed by Guo's mansion and found that there was no one there: not only were the usually lazy guards missing, but even the horsemen and coachmen who were often active at the door were missing. Even the roof of Guo's house, which was said to be always lively, was deserted at the moment. The entire mansion was eerily quiet, and people who didn't know better thought something had happened - of course, in that case, something big had indeed happened.

Eudocia looked at the dimly lit Guo mansion with a little envy, sighed slightly, and continued walking forward.

Passing by the residences of several wealthy families, she came to the front door of the Li family.

Several servants of the Li family recognized her, but all along, in the eyes of many insiders, contact with her was just a harmless problem for the young master.

After all, Li Tiance's story happened three generations ago. In the eyes of today's people, she is a rather cute character who is smart and can take the initiative to help the young master relieve his worries. She is far less scary than what is said every day in the family rules. Therefore, everyone tacitly agreed to keep quiet, thinking that it was not a big deal if the young master was under so much pressure and went out of bounds to play outside.

But today, there is no one I know here. There are also a lot fewer guards in the Li family. There is only one person standing guard in front of the door, and a few others are busy at the concierge. The atmosphere here seemed a little tense. Seeing her walking over alone, the guard on guard immediately shouted: "Who is it!"

"I am a friend of Young Master Li, and I need to see your Minister Li immediately." Eudosia said, walking up, taking off the hood of her cloak, and letting herself appear in the light of the torch.

The guard looked at her and didn't recognize her, but seeing that she was alone as a woman and not carrying a weapon, he comforted her and said, "Something happened tonight. We are busy here, and the owner of the house doesn't have time." I’m here to see you specifically. But don’t worry, our place is safer and thieves won’t dare to come here easily.”

He obviously regarded Eudosia as someone who came to seek asylum through his relationship with Li Xuanying. However, maybe because the situation was really urgent, he did not carefully distinguish the true from the false. Instead, he just pointed to the roadside and said: "You wait over there for now. When you get back, I will ask the concierge to get you a chair and rest there." Right - Oh, by the way, the young master went out to play again tonight, and he hasn't come back yet. The head of the house and his wife are very anxious. Since you are his friend, do you have any news about him? "

"Yes." Odosia nodded and took out a jade pendant from her close-fitting bag: "This is Mr. Li's token. I hope to see his parents as soon as possible, is that okay?"

The guard didn't seem to recognize the object. He did not pick it up hastily, but took two steps back, turned to the concierge and called someone. Soon, a middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper came over in a hurry, asked him a question, took the jade pendant from Eudocia, glanced at it, and showed a look of astonishment.

"What's wrong now, Master?" he asked hurriedly.

"Very good, he is making a contribution." Eudocia said.

"So, this girl, you are..." The housekeeper looked her up and down calmly, as if to determine her identity.

"I am his very close friend." Eudosia said, "Can I go in now?"

The housekeeper nodded and walked into the door with her. But as soon as he entered, a strong woman next to him came to greet him. The steward signaled to her, and the strong woman stopped Eudocia, groped her for a while, and then followed closely behind her.

"Something is wrong. We have to take precautions, and please forgive me, girl." The housekeeper said, but his expression was very cautious, and he did not seem to be sincerely apologizing at all.

But Eudocia didn't care about it. Following the housekeeper around the vestibule, she saw a middle-aged man wearing armor. A group of soldiers in helmets and armors gathered around, helping each other and checking weapons and equipment. Not far away, there was a middle-aged woman directing several maids to fill a pile of kettles with water.

The housekeeper didn't care about etiquette, ran over, whispered in front of the middle-aged man, and handed over the jade pendant. The middle-aged man looked obviously surprised and turned to look at Eudocia.

"Girl, are you Xuanying's friend? Then..." he asked.

"Yes." Eudocia took the initiative and said: "My name is Eudocia, and I am his close partner - the direction you are thinking of. I am a theater actor, and many of the changes tonight may be me. Planned.”

The amount of information in this passage was so great that everyone was almost stunned. A servant next to him who was drinking water simply spurted it out with a pop. The middle-aged strong man in the lead, Li Xuanying's father and Post Office Minister Li Huawen, did not even get angry, but looked at her with a puzzled look.

Others who realized that something was wrong took advantage of the opportunity to take up arms one after another. These people were obviously well-trained, and they silently surrounded her without giving orders or organizing.

The pressure of a large group of soldiers is indeed extraordinary, especially in this situation where lives are at stake. But Eudocia still did not hesitate at all, trying her best to stay calm, and even forced out a smile and said: "Everyone, the situation is changing rapidly. Our Li family has been at a disadvantage. If this continues, we may become more passive in the future. But it happens , I should be one of the people in this city who knows the most about the situation before and after. So, do you really don’t need me to explain the situation? "

This night, she once again saw everyone looking at each other. In the end, Li Huawen himself frowned and said doubtfully: "Then speak faster. I don't know how big a boast you are, and I don't know how evil you are. But you'd better save everyone's time - no We can also solve your Greek conspiracy.”

In the end, Eudocia failed to maintain her mysterious and confident demeanor as planned, and let out a long sigh. "In Greece, if a woman wants to achieve something, she may have to be a bad woman first." She shook her head and returned to the topic: "Then let's get started."

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In the courtyard of the Cao family, everyone was already in chaos.

Mrs. Elena dragged Pronsky to the front room and slapped him twice on the face.

"You are promising, aren't you! I asked you to talk about things in Dadu, and you just tell me these things? Tell me, who gave you the idea!" She asked sternly.

"I was wrong. I thought I was just doing a favor to an acquaintance and establishing a relationship..." Pronsky quickly explained.

"Still pretending!" Mrs. Elena's eyes widened: "The matter is so big, and there are many conspiracies and conspiracies. Could you have come up with this? I still don't understand your morality! Who gave you this? Whoever came up with this idea should tell us quickly and act immediately, there is still some room."

"It was the people from the dock guild who told me!" Pronsky was also frightened and quickly confessed: "I was discussing business with several heads of the guild and wanted to sign a bigger deal with them. .”

"Isn't there going to be another major construction project in Galata District recently? Our lumber was selling well before, but there are people at the dock who are jealous of our business and start to make things difficult for us. I just want to negotiate with them quickly. If If we can clear up the unloading and transportation, our wood will flow smoothly."

"Then, what did they tell you?" Mrs. Elena continued to ask.

"They said it was too far to bring people over from my home territory. Why don't we make an exchange? I'll help them get in and get the benefits of the legion. They'll help me get things done, and by the way, there will be people to look after each other. ." Pronsky said: "I was drunk at the time and thought it made sense, so I agreed."

"What happened after that, why did Jian'er pick up that bunch of rubbish?" Mrs. Elena asked.

"Uh..." Pronsky hesitated in embarrassment, looking back and forth, not daring to meet her eyes.

At this time, Cao Xun walked out of the side room, and Cao Jian followed dejectedly. Mrs. Elena turned her head and looked at her husband, and said: "You leave him here, I will ask him clearly. You hurry up and organize everyone - now we are all like headless flies, we have to move quickly." "

Cao Xun nodded and turned to greet his family, leaving Cao Jian here.

Just now, Queen Elizabeth came to visit suddenly and anxiously, saying that she had just received news that something had happened to Guo Kang. The trigger for this series of events was that there was a serious problem with the candidate provided by the Cao family.

But now, he clearly only has a group of unqualified soldiers who were just sent, but he has turned the city upside down. Even now, he is still almost surrounded, fighting back and forth with people. I don't know where his soldiers came from.

The Queen Mother said that she had just received the news from someone else, but the other person had been on the battlefield just now, so the news should be quite timely. Although she was worried about Guo Kang's performance, she was also a little satisfied and proud.

——Of course, these have nothing to do with the Cao family.

Although the Queen Mother did not say it explicitly, the meaning of these statements was very obvious. Anyone with a little common sense could see that she was very dissatisfied with the Cao family's secretly evil behavior. The Queen Mother reminded that there are some things that can be argued about after the war, but on such an important matter that both parties have just signed and approved, they do not care about the overall situation and fight randomly. This is probably not a good thing for the overall situation of the world and each family.

She hoped that Mr. Cao could handle it seriously and at least give everyone an explanation after others react. This time, she could only help so much.

After telling this story, the Queen Mother left in a hurry, saying she wanted to call someone else. There was also an explosion in the Cao family's house, and everyone was in chaos. It has just become quieter now.

Two people directly involved, Cao Jian and Pronsky, were quickly found. Cao Xun and Irina started interrogating them separately. Looking over there, Cao Jian should have almost finished speaking.

"Then tell me." Mrs. Elena pointed at Cao Jian and demanded, "Why did you think of picking up garbage and gathering these people?"

"The businessmen in the city told me." Cao Jian admitted: "They told me that the rest of the Cao family are ready. As long as the Guo Kang brothers start recruiting people, they can send their people Just stuff it in. But on my side, there was no preparation beforehand. Even if I have to recruit people temporarily, there is a lack of reliable channels and I really can’t find them."

"Later they told me, it doesn't matter, just use their people to make do with it first. They have always had a guild organization, and they have long been accustomed to managing themselves and organizing their own people. I will use their people to count first, and then go back slowly Before you change, make sure you have a place and a chance to play first."

"Take a look." Mrs. Elena turned to Pronsky: "They have already planned it, and they are just waiting for you fools to touch it!"

"If you accept it, they will use your name to infiltrate into the legion and use it to harm the public and enrich themselves. It will be your fault later!" She shouted to Pronsky: "If you find a reason to refuse, they will take advantage of you. Conflicts with other people in the family make you believe that when you compete with each other, you have to rely on the help of outsiders like them to win.”

"How many times has this happened? Don't you know how many civil wars the Greeks fought because of this kind of thing?" The lady asked, "Have you forgotten the lesson?"

"I actually know it well." Pronsky said quickly: "They use me, and I use them..."

"Come on, behind those Ross guilds and gangs are some famous big businessmen. You have such a brain, you have to compete with the Greeks for some conspiracy and conspiracy. What do you think?!" Mrs. Elena poked hard. Down his forehead.

"Tell me, what are you going to do?" she asked.

　After there is a word count requirement, it is really troublesome to consider where to break the chapter. It’s a bit difficult to finish a paragraph every time with exactly four thousand...

　　Forget it, please give me some monthly tickets.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)