Damn it, this boss really has no normal skills.

Chapter 349 Who killed Eleanor?
"Huh? This is not God's Chosen... Oh, Lord God's Chosen, I have been looking for you for a long time. Where have you been just now?"

"No, it's okay. There's a little chore in the team, so I'll go and deal with it."

"Oh, that's it... Uh, um, God's Choice, I still don't understand much about the regulation of kidney qi. Can you explain it to me in more detail..."

Originally I just wanted to hide in the toilet and touch fish, but I accidentally ate a truckload of melons, and it took me so long to go back and forth.

Fortunately, this was a banquet and not a battlefield, and it wasn't like he was offline for a while. So Ji Ming quickly regained his social rhythm.

But now is not the time to continue to build up his reputation. While dealing with celebrities from all walks of life who want to chat and get familiar with each other, he leads the chattering circle of friends around to search for the Archbishop's whereabouts.

It's a pity that although as a succubus, such a place should be her absolute home, but Tennis is old and lacks energy. Even if she stands for a little longer, she will feel soreness in her back and her whole body will fall apart. generally.

And as an archbishop who was suddenly recalled from the land outside of Huahua, her identity, the attitude of the Holy See, and the various possible reasons behind all this are very intriguing. Naturally, there are countless people who want to trick her into talking to her. High-intensity The exhaustion is made worse by the use of brain.

So Ji Ming walked around the banquet and didn't find her whereabouts. If he hadn't met the old man who brought him in again, he would ask him carefully and know that Tenis had left the banquet and returned to the room. He thought that the hostile force was so powerful that he could even assassinate the super old lady who could suppress the strange army.

But that’s fine, it saves me the trouble of finding excuses to talk to her alone...

So Ji Ming, led by the old housekeeper, went to the cave of Tenis and gently knocked on the door after politely driving away the outsiders.

But in the cold night, the knocking on the door sounded far away, but there was not even the slightest movement in the room, it was quiet as if no one was there.

Until five seconds later, a voice suddenly came from just a door away from Ji Ming.

"Who?"

Damn it, why do you look like a ghost! ! !

Ji Ming, who was startled, lowered his voice.

"it's me."

The archbishop was obviously unhappy that his rest was interrupted, but he didn't enjoy it as much as the old lady did, just with a cold voice.

"Ji Ming, it's very late now. The elderly need to rest. Is there anything important you came to see me for?"

important?

If I hadn't kept my mouth shut just now, the whole party would have exploded on the spot, you know?

Therefore, since the matter was serious, no matter how cautious you were, Ji Ming, who still felt uneasy, did not explain it directly, but asked a riddle.

"Bishop, there is an emergency. It's about Eleanor. She and I just..."

The next moment, the door of the house was suddenly opened.

"You! What happened to you and her!?"

Just as Ji Ming was about to speak, he found a pale face with disheveled hair and a strange purple light in his eyes peeking out from the crack in the door.

!!!

His eyes widened immediately. If his heart hadn't been strengthened by training, he would have almost hit him with a full-power [Saint's Cut]. No matter what the weirdness was, he would be steamed first!

When Tenis saw Ji Ming's reaction, he suddenly remembered that it seemed inappropriate to meet people now, so he quickly closed the door with a bang, and his voice gradually faded away.

"Wait a moment, wait a moment..."

This time, Ji Ming waited for five minutes before the door was opened again, and what he saw this time was the archbishop who had finally regained his classic skin.

As for just now...

Maybe it was just a little skin care session for the elderly in the dead of night after a hard day's work, and the two of them forgot about it.

After pouring two cups of scented tea, Tenis sat across from Ji Ming. He took a breath and was about to speak, but frowned and blew it out.

"...Um, what were we talking about just now?"

……

"Well, things are complicated, so you have to be mentally prepared first."

Tenis laughed, showing his weather-beaten calmness.

"Child, I am already so old and half-buried. What have I never seen before? Just say what you say. Don't worry, the agreement between Blois and I is still there, and I will help you."

Okay, okay, you are worthy of being an archbishop, and he is indeed more eloquent than the old lady!
Ji Ming first used beholder magic to mentally encrypt this area to prevent possible external exploration from the source, and then said quickly.

"Eleanor and I were chatting in the men's room and accidentally saw the third child of the Jueqiao family, Crow, kissing Winster, the big grain merchant!"

???

Tenis: Damn, I’ve never seen this before.

She couldn't even find the point of this sentence for a while. The black man asked the question for a while before he came up with it.

"You... why are you chatting with Eleanor in the men's room?"

Ji Ming almost compiled the questions she might ask into a book in his mind, and after writing the reference answers, he was ready to answer them directly and perfectly. He never expected that it would be from this angle!
stunned.

"Is...is this important?"

Reason told Tenis that the latter sentence must be more important, but he still said it subconsciously.

"Isn't this important!?"

Then he sighed.

"Ji Ming, you must know about Eleanor, right? Yes, I was also a part of it back then. I am alive, so I have to be responsible for my old friend."

Ji Ming secretly curled his lips, hum, and said that he would not be in a hurry...

"Okay, actually the answer is very simple. Since you will feel tired, then Eleanor and I will too. It's just that we didn't expect that when we chose Urination Escape at the same time, we also got into the same toilet, that's all. "

But Ji Ming knew that he had weird luck, and everything was for the best...well, at least everything was the most outrageous arrangement, so he didn't think such a coincidence was weird.

So Tenis couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this outrageous statement, with an expression that said I believe you, but he didn't continue to dwell on the matter and brought the topic back on track.

"Um, kiss? Is that literal or..."

After looking at Ji Ming's gesture, he understood it instantly like a genius.

"...Oh, that is indeed a big deal...you didn't tell anyone else, right?" "Ha, if this matter is exposed, the impact will be too great. I don't think my small body can bear the blame, so of course No, I will come to discuss it with you as soon as possible.”

"Well done! I have to say that you still make me feel at ease when it comes to things like this."

With an unabashed compliment, Tenis took a sip of tea and fell into thought.

One is a noble heir with good strength and a good mind, and is likely to become the 19th Duke Jueqiao in the future.

One is very influential and often sells grain in the Deep Forest, Glow, and Wilderness. According to church information, it is very likely that he is a large multinational grain merchant sitting here in the Deep Forest.

It is definitely not a good signal for these two to get together. It is most likely a conspiracy against Duke Jueqiao, and even the entire Jueqiaoguan area.

Although now outside the customs, the church already has a reliable ally called the Holy See of Souls, and the scattered Sunshine City has gradually restored normal civilized order with the efforts of the church and the community.

But the wolf clan on the other side of the forest is ready to move, and there is also an equally ambitious evil god as an ally. With their current intentions and attitude, I am afraid that sooner or later they will go north to continue to expand their territory and followers.

In this context, the importance of Jueqiao Pass as the southern gateway to the kingdom is self-evident. To forge iron, you need to be strong. If there is a problem here, the southern nobles who are completely unable to hold up the wall will have no way to resist foreign invasion. Possibly, the entire southern region will quickly decay.

If... no, the people from the Deep Forest will definitely take the opportunity to get involved! Let the bandit soldiers go down the mountain to cause chaos, cooperate with the wolf soldiers inside and outside, and go further into the glory...

As an old man who fled to this land five hundred years ago and watched the rise and fall of the entire kingdom, and who was personally killed twenty years ago, Tenis, who is a bright and know-it-all, can only deduce one ending.
——Glow Pills, everyone wash your hands quickly and prepare to welcome Master Wang with the fullest spirit.

So what is Duke Jueqiao’s attitude?

Does he know about this?
How far has the Deep Forester's infiltration progressed?

The situation was urgent, and the answers to these questions were more important than the last, but for a while, Tennis couldn't think of even a proper solution, or even a reliable idea.

Unknowingly, the old man was sweating profusely and became increasingly restless. In order to calm down his thoughts, he could only force himself to think of good things as before as a balance.

……

correct! Think about it, nothing can be worse than this!

But as if he could hear his own voice, Ji Ming suddenly said in the next second.

"Also, Archbishop, don't think about it in a hurry. I have one more thing to tell you. After I finish speaking, you can think of a solution together!"

Tenis felt a bit of an ominous premonition in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm.

"Well, tell me then."

Then she heard the sentence that she seemed to have heard just now.

"This matter is rather complicated. You have to be mentally prepared before I can talk about it."

She was so anxious that she was immediately a little angry at the Riddler's behavior and spoke faster.

"Oh, Ji Ming! I just told you that I have experienced a lot in my life..."

"Eleanor was assassinated."

"……Well!"

Tenis's confident words ended here, and he clutched his chest as if he was ill, almost reciting it in one breath.

After finally regaining his composure, he quickly stood up and rushed out without even having time to catch his breath, so fast that he almost turned into a stream of light.

Until she was about to touch the door handle, there was a sound from behind.

"Cough cough!"

Then his whole body trembled and stopped, and he suddenly realized what he was doing, and sat back to where he was.

"Sorry, this matter is indeed too important. I...can't really not be anxious..."

"Okay, I understand. Since you can come to me and tell me these things so calmly, it means you have solved the assassination, right?"

"Of course."

Ji Ming told Tenis the entire process from when Eleanor discovered the wound on her body to when he took action to heal it, including some of the truths and possibilities he deduced from it.

After thinking for a moment, the expression on Tenis's face became as calm as water again, and he spoke every word.

"Before this, I didn't dare to bite him to death, but coupled with what you said about this matter, I can guarantee that behind all this, the people from the deep forest are definitely up to something."

After that, Tenis, as an eyewitness, told Ji Ming a secret history.

——Twenty years ago, no troops were nominally sent, but in addition to the Holy Light Church, there was actually another major financial backer who supported the Iron Legion behind the scenes, and that was the Duke Jueqiao of the previous generation.

——Even the current one has participated in the battle in his own name!

When she said this, Ji Ming understood that as a living person, Eleanor's existence was meaningless, but as a card on the table, "Eleanor" with a bunch of buffs was simply the biggest one. trump card.

Especially for Duke Jueqiao, who is inextricably linked to the Iron Legion, he is almost full of a series of debuffs such as armor-breaking special attack and defense reduction.

If Eleanor died here, even as an unshakable lone minister of the South, Hetman could barely protect himself and let the deep forest fail to try to pour dirty water on him.

But as an old comrade, he couldn't even protect the orphan of his own regiment commander. It was definitely a huge pressure for Hetman. If he did it again, he would probably choose to become discouraged and retreat, and let the third man go in advance. Nineteenth generation came to power.

Anyway, their goal is to control Jueqiao Pass. Whether they make it collapse completely or make it their own puppet, the effect is the same!

These are all high-level information that Ji Ming has not been able to obtain so far. The reasoning that originally had many loopholes seems to be connected after Tenis explained it.

So Tenis even wanted to thank Ji Ming for meeting Eleanor in the toilet and providing timely and effective medical assistance. Otherwise, if she really died like this, she would definitely have no shame in living...

I don’t know if it was because she was really aging, or because she had started to talk about being old for no reason during this period. Ji Ming suddenly felt that this girl who clearly has a very long shelf life can still find other works from other worlds to become a popular girl to this day. The domineering old succubus really has some signs of age on his face.

The old man felt sluggish for a while, then raised his head and asked.

"And where is Eleanor now?"

"I asked her to stay in the empty reception room and placed a ban on the door. At least no one will find her in there tonight. She is temporarily hidden."

"Very good, a wise decision! So you must have some thoughts on doing this, let me hear it?"

Ji Ming chuckled.

"I heard that old people like fishing. Have you ever fished, Archbishop?"

(End of this chapter)