Just as the atmosphere was light, there was a triple knock on the door.

"Come in." Lin An turned his head.

Hannibal's butler walked in, dressed in a tall butler suit, holding a beautiful letterhead in his hand, and bowed slightly.

"Master, this is an invitation from the Bencent family, with a private message from Lord James attached."

Lin An frowned slightly.

"Oh, what's the content of the invitation?"

"Your Excellency Leonardo invites you, if you have time tomorrow, to run horses at the horse farm on the outskirts of the foreign language imperial capital of Bencent." Hannibal's butler flipped through the invitation in his hand.

"Are there any other invitations? I mean the usual ones. Lin An asked.

Since Lin An entered the capital, he has always been a celebrity in high society, and the daily invitations flew into the Earl's Court like snowflakes.

Even though most of them received rejected letters, those people still persevered in their pursuit, and there was no trace of the reserved arrogance of the legendary nobles who did not accept the rejection.

Hannibal's butler paused before he said, "There are three seals." ”

"Oh?"

Lin An raised an eyebrow at this number.

"From 12 Denton Street, White House, the Sotheby's family, and the Wizard's Salon." Hannibal the steward replied.

"Master Salon I know that they have an exchange meeting every ten days, and the attendees are all uncertain, and that invitation should just be sent to me as usual. And the Sotheby's family seems to be a wealthy family in the imperial capital, it is said that they have royal support behind them and operate a trade in precious goods? ”

Lin An recalled the information given to her by Mrs. Adelaide, and also mentioned the Sotheby's family in this rich country in her memory.

"Yes, the Sotheby's family has a large auction house that has been in business for more than a hundred years, and this letter, which is an invitation to the auction, does not have a ...... Invitations to the introduction of rare items to some VIPs before major auctions. ”

Hannibal's butler was silent for a moment before answering.

"So, it's a routine invitation."

Lin An laughed and laughed at himself, "It seems that the privilege of beauty can't overpower the real authority after all, but having a routine invitation is better than not even having a routine invitation." ”

Hannibal's butler looked a little ugly and bowed.

"How can the master say this, a rich merchant, no matter how much he is valued by the royal family, cannot offend an earl."

A sharp decrease in the number of invitations received today. Hannibal's butler tasted wrong, and although he didn't know what happened to Lin An, it was obvious that something must have caused such a change.

Because before that. The invitations Lin An received were all written by the organizer after careful consideration.

They held the possibility of what happened, trying to impress Lin An, an upstart in the imperial capital and a celebrity in the social circle, after all, everyone knew it. As long as Lin An agrees to appear at the ball salon they host, no matter how cold and unpopular the party is, he will become famous in one fell swoop, and he will be squeezed by the nobles who want to participate.

But the invitation I received from the Sotheby's family this time was blunt and the words were the same. At first glance, it is an ordinary invitation formatted by a housekeeper or private secretary.

Compared with the last sincere and courteous invitation of the Sotheby's family, this kind of invitation is a complete insult to the Earl's Court. It's more infuriating than not sending invitations!

"When did the Earl's Court fall to the point where you were going to bully a rich commoner?"

Lin An put away his smile and said lightly. "There should indeed be royalty behind this family, otherwise it wouldn't have received the news so quickly. But at the end of the day, they're just a knife in someone else's hand. ”

Hannibal's butler, as well as Angelia and Bedika on the side, their faces became solemn, Hannibal's housekeeper was not easy to ask, but Angelia didn't have so many taboos in front of Lin An, and couldn't help asking:

"Miss, what do you mean ......"

"It's just some petty messes, and the real problem is not actually with the instigators behind them." Lin An waved his hand.

It is impossible for the emperor to do such a boring thing, let alone those princes, it is too late for them to thank them, unless their heads are caught in the door before they will come to offend her.

Then among the royal family, only Princess Victoria has this motive, and she will put it into practice, Lin An can guess that it is her with his toes.

But in Lin An's eyes, Princess Victoria is not qualified to provoke her, and of course she ignores this so-called wealthy merchant family.

"Princess Victoria?" Angelia was startled, then exclaimed, "Is it really just some small?" Then why is she doing this against you! ”

The invitation letter of the Sotheby's family is a naked slap in the face, and for the nobles who value face, it is no longer in the category of small disgrace.

Bedica was more cautious and couldn't help but say:

"Master, if it is really Princess Victoria's order, then the purpose of this move is probably not only to save your face."

"Oh? How so? ”

Lin An was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Bedicka to think of other aspects and look at her with interest.

"The invitations have decreased dramatically, and Bedica feels that those people are probably not falling into the trap, but more like waiting and watching, because as far as I can see, the master's situation is not too bad, otherwise, there would not be an invitation from the prince and the Bencent family,"

There are not many opportunities to get Lin An's attention, Bedika suppressed her excitement, considered it for a while, and gave up her conjectures, "But Princess Victoria's instructions are likely to bring wrong information to some onlookers, and it will also ...... your reputation."

"You're right, Princess Victoria probably has similar intentions," Lin An nodded and smiled, "It's rare that you can find out my current situation from the details of the previous two invitations." ”

Lin An's praise made Angelia and Hannibal's butler can't help but cast a different color on Bedica.

Bedika's heart beat faster, her face was slightly red, her fingernails were tightly clasped into her palms, she held back her excitement, and said cautiously flattering:

"Bedika is just a fluke, with the wisdom of the master, I am afraid that there is no need for Bedika to be clever at all, even my sister Afra, who is far beyond my wit."

"Afra?"

Lin An finally understood the reason why Bedica couldn't wait to come forward, it was about the life of the most precious sister, even if Bedica was jealous and ostracized by Angelia and Hannibal's housekeepers, she had to make Lin An remember this sister who was almost left behind.

The sooner the poison in Afra is removed, the better, and Bedicka had to make this decision, even though she knew what Eliaman was in. Not a good time to bring it up.

"Don't worry, I won't forget her," Lin An said, turning his head to look at Hannibal's butler, "Afra also lives with those 'young ladies' now?" ”

Hannibal's butler bowed his head and explained:

"Afra asked to be your maid, and Bedika said that she has recognized you as the master, but the villain feels that with Afra's appearance, she is not suitable to be a personal maid."

If it weren't for Bedika said. Lin An specially accepted their sisters on Paradise Island, and he would not let Bedika become Lin An's personal maid lightly.

"You're doing the right thing."

Lin An nodded.

With Afra's appearance, it is indeed easy to get into trouble by showing his head. And she didn't want the two sisters to be too eye-catching, attract the attention of others, and expose the inside story of the Paradise Island.

She thought for a moment, took out a collar pin from the space, and stroked it. The lapel pin gem lights up slightly.

"Sidney?"

"What's the matter?"

The voice of the response was slightly impatient.

Lin An chuckled, "Have you ever heard of the flower 'red-faced beauty'?" ”

"Polly saffron?" Sidney paused, remembering the flower represented by this alias, and became slightly interested, "You have?" ”

For this flower a miraculous anti-aging effect. Necromancers, whose field of study is involved in the human body and soul, certainly do not fail to be interested.

"I don't have flowers, but I have people who have fallen for that secret medicine. I have seven or eight of them. Lin Andao. Bedika listened to the side, and his mood went up and down with their answers.

"Send it over." Sidney didn't hesitate.

Lin An was not surprised, and smiled again.

"People can give it to you, but I want you to develop an antidote. And how people send it, they have to come back. You can't miss parts, and you can't be scared out of illness. She listed the conditions.

"It's so troublesome," Sidney spat stiffly, then thought for a moment and said, "Okay." ”

"I'm not kidding, I'm useful to these people, if something goes wrong with any of them, I'll deduct the cost of your mage tower." Lin An said seriously.

"Humph!"

Sidney hummed a note from his nose, and the woman liked to use it to restrain him.

"By the way, speaking of which, how is your medicine developed?"

Speaking of the Mage Tower, Lin An thought of Sidney's soul problem again, she knew that Sidney had been in retreat during this time, and he had been developing the recipe for the Song of Everything, and he had been drinking the Song of Everything for more than a month.

"Fortunately, my resistance to the Song of Everything is not strong, the effect of that bottle of medicine, at least more than a month, the current formula, I have already tested it, I have just made a bottle of finished products, and I am trying to improve it."

Speaking of research, Sidney began to talk a lot, and then fell into self-talk, "That formula seems to be a little wrong, it doesn't quite match some of the sequelae of my body, it seems to be ......"

"Forget it, the high-grade secret medicine that has been formulated, where is the formula so easy to change, just your refining level, don't waste the materials, the formula is out, send it over quickly!" Lin An reprimanded.

At the same time, Hannibal's butler somehow knocked over the vase on the low cabinet beside him, and before the vase rolled to the ground, Angelia whipped the long whip at her waist and rolled the vase back.

The voice made Lin An look over there, Hannibal's butler wiped his sweat, beads of sweat still appeared on his head, Lin An saw it in his eyes, said a few more words to Sidney, and closed the communication.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Lin An asked.

Hannibal's butler gave off his legs and knelt down.

"His Excellency Sidney came once in ten days, and took away some of the materials sent by the Benson family, and he seemed to be in urgent need at that time, but there were too many things to propose, and the villain did not dare to call the shots, so he wanted to stop it, but Master Sidney took away the key to the treasury and cast a spell on the villain before leaving......"

Hannibal's butler bowed his head in despair, "Until just now, when the villain heard the conversation between his master and Master Sidney, his brain buzzed somehow, and he suddenly remembered. ”

Lin An understood, it was a suggestion technique, and there was no spell to seal the memory in the third-level spell, so as soon as Hannibal's steward was triggered, the memory was restored.

"When? How I didn't know! Angelia was stunned, and the long whip in her hand was forgotten and taken back.

"It's the day Miss Angelia went to the racecourse outside the city to relax.

In those days, we just finished ordering the things sent by the Benson family and registered all the materials in the warehouse. After re-checking the record three times, he locked the warehouse and closed it tightly, and he didn't go in again for a few days, otherwise, the villain would have found out that something was wrong. ”

Hannibal's butler smiled bitterly, very annoyed, and didn't dare to look at Lin An's face.

Lin An was dumbfounded, and said after a while: "Forget it, I don't blame you, to Sidney." There's no way you can stop him. This Sidney actually came to me and robbed ......."

Lin An was speechless, the song of all things is such an expensive potion. If Sidney is given a real yàn improvement without scruples, it is really impossible to afford gold and silver.

But she was away at that time, and she explained to Hannibal in advance, but she would not have imagined that such a big thief rat would come to her treasury.

"Then go and see. How much is left in the storeroom. Lin An hurriedly said.

For the transfer of the mining area, Lin An asked for half of the money and half of the transfer in kind.

Among them, 500,000 gold tickets have already arrived, and Sidney will not touch a small number of antique jewelry and other things in kind, but there are also about three or four hundred thousand magic materials in the treasury, including some rare materials purchased by the Benson family over the years.

Hannibal's butler stood up with a grimace. Angelia said, "I'll go too." ”

Counting Lin An's entrustment of the Earl's Mansion to the two of them, she is also half responsible.

The two of them came back shortly after, and they were as pale as dirt. Discouraged.

Hannibal's butler said with an ugly face: "All the magic materials in the treasury have been taken away. ”

It's like a locust crossing the border, not sparing even a single grass root.

When Lin An got the answer, he calmed down instead, and said unexpectedly:

"Sidney has made a move. Surely he won't let anything go, he probably came in an empty space! ”

She laughed. But Angelia and Hannibal didn't know how to appreciate this kind of humor, and they didn't smile at all.

Their faces turned pale as they thought that the treasury that had taken them several days to fill up, the neatly arranged and densely packed wooden cupboards of medicine cabinets, had now become empty, and they almost felt that their hearts were dripping blood!

"Don't think about it, calculate the time, ten days ago, it was almost a critical time for Sidney to be real, if there was no such materials, his real yàn would have to give up halfway,"

Lin An was very relaxed, thought for a while and said, "I originally promised him that he could have half of the resources of the Mage Tower, but he just took what he deserved. Moreover, you should also see that he has an unusual relationship with me, and has long been my follower......"

The scope of insiders about the Azure Order and the favor of the strong has been expanded a little, especially Andre and Salin, so there is no need to continue to hide the real relationship between her and Sidney.

"Who has an unusual relationship with you?"

Andrew's voice came in with the people, followed by Saleen and Shellyl, and the Wolfe Juggernaut was nowhere to be seen.

The spiritual power was not restricted, Lin An had already sensed the arrival of someone just now, turned his head and smiled: "It's Sidney." ”

"Oh." The three of them were slightly surprised, but they were not too surprised that Sidney was Lin An's follower.

Lin An was still on the bed, the quilt was raised, and the half-eaten lunch was still put aside, and he said a little embarrassed: "What are you doing here?" Have you eaten lunch yet? ”

"I've eaten it a long time ago, who is as lazy as you! Eh, I'll see what you eat. ”

Andre said, looked at Lin An's lunch, naturally pinched a cucumber slice from the cocktail cup and put it in his mouth, clicked and chewed, and stuffed another piece for Lin An.

Lin An looked at his hand with disgust, and Andre repeatedly assured him that he had washed it before she opened her mouth to eat.

When the three of them used to walk together, they used to share food like this, so Andrei's actions were natural.

Seeing this, Salin's eyes flashed and he smiled, "I saw Hannibal's butler and Angelia coming and going, and it was a little strange, so I came over to take a look." ”

"John is still at the Secret Law Order's station, I'll see you leave."

Shiryl was more concise, she was here to say goodbye, she glanced at Lin An twice, and felt that Lin An was not abnormal, so she got up and left.

Hannibal's butler sent her out.

Andre and Salin were still in Lin An's bedroom, and Lin An told him what had happened before.

From time to time, Bedika inserted a piece of lobster meat and put it into her mouth between her words, while Angelia helped Lin An replenish it.

Andrei had no problem with Sidney, but frowned when he heard Sotheby's invitation.

"Why did that Princess Victoria target you? Because Odin? ”

Andrei's intuition is not for this reason, if it is because of Odin's business. Princess Victoria's shot will be heavier and bigger, unlike this kind of fighting tigers across the mountains, it looks more like a private holiday.

Salin glanced at Lin An with a smirk, and then helped her change the subject.

"Anyway, looking at this situation, the royal family does not plan to expand the matter, and Princess Victoria's approach is more like being suppressed or constrained by some reason, and she can't do it herself, but can only indirectly drive some people who don't know the truth."

Lin An was reading James's private message with the Bencent family. After reading it, he said:

"James asked me what was going on in the palace, and he hinted at what was going on in front of the palace, and there was some rumor leaking out. I think that's why the number of invitations has suddenly decreased. ”

After all, in the imperial capital, no one will dare to approach a person who holds the prince hostage.

"It's just right, it's quiet." Andrei said.

"No, they're not quiet because of that,"

Saleen Road. "After Ann held Yokyadan hostage, he entered the palace again and came out safe and sound, which is enough to explain the emperor's attitude.

The upper echelons of the imperial capital are the most sensitive to the direction of the wind, as you can see from the two letters from the Benson family and the prince, these big nobles are definitely the people with the most sensitive attitude towards the royal family. Fastest response;

The aristocratic circles on the lower floor may react more slowly, or they may be a little wait-and-see because of their factions. It's a bit stupid. ”

"It's a nuisance." Andrei frowned.

"It's not a hassle at all, if you know the unspoken rules of these aristocratic circles,"

Salin laughed, "The Prince's Mansion represents the royal family, and the Bencent family represents several large nobles and upper noble circles. They released their goodwill so quickly, they should have gotten the emperor's will. ”

"That old man doesn't die. Yesterday he was still evil to Ann, would he bow his head so quickly and slap himself in the face? Andrei didn't believe it.

"That's what's interesting about it."

Salin smiled,

"If the Prince's Mansion and the Bencente family knew that Odin almost died at An's hands, then the Emperor would never have conveyed this message indirectly through them, otherwise he would have slapped himself in the face in front of his subordinates;

And after the two families of the Emperor Tong Guò released the information of reconciliation, once the news leaked out in the future and was known, the emperor's face would be greater than if they had known it in advance——"

"So, he's in this way, assuring Ann that the scope of insiders is limited to those who were yesterday?" Andrei said.

"No, the emperor is actually asking the major families to promise that they will not be allowed to spy on the inside story of this matter again, even if anyone knows the details, they will never dare to spread it again,"

Salin smiled lightly, "How embarrassing is it to peep into the royal family?" This kind of hot potato, the major families can tolerate it with the royal family for so long, they will never make a taboo, they will definitely seal their mouths tightly, and the tentacles of prying will be withdrawn, and they will not even guess. ”

Andre's eyes were prominent when he heard it, he never expected that there would be such a way to block the news, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was indeed the best way:

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and if the wind does not penetrate through the wall, it can only be that it does not want to penetrate.

"Emperor's Mind!"

Lin An snorted coldly and said lightly, "He just had to make this decision." Odin was seriously injured, and if those nobles were bent on snooping, even if the palace was strictly forbidden, they would not be able to hide it for too long. What's more, he still has so many restless sons. ”

Salin was stunned and sighed: "You're right, I also missed those royal highnesses." ”

Such a good opportunity, the remaining princes, including Yokojadan, who was also seriously injured, would not be willing to miss it.

But the emperor suppressed everything in one fell swoop, and when the major families avoided it and regarded it as a taboo, the princes could not afford to make waves and forcibly moved, naturally destroying the reputation of the royal family for personal gain, no less than self-destruction in the emperor's heart.

Even if those princes tried to move, they couldn't move.

Andrei was dumbfounded.

He originally thought that such a big thing, although Lin An had safely withdrawn, the aftermath and trouble would inevitably last for a long time, but he didn't expect that the emperor would do a small thing lightly, and the whole basin of water that was about to boil would be frozen.

"You can figure it out, so you don't need me to remind you of it!"

Outside the window, a dark shadow entered through the branch and landed in the room, and a pair of large black footprints on the snow-white blanket made Angelia's eyelids jump.

Lin An was taken aback.

Worf's position was almost on the boundary of ten zhang, and she didn't notice his existence until a moment before Worf Swordsman spoke, and she didn't even know when he arrived on the branch.

But her face remained silent and smiled, "Thank you for your help yesterday, Lord Sword Saint, you came to see the Azure Order." ”

With a look at Salin, Bedica put down the plate in her hand and withdrew.

Lin An, on the other hand, took out a two-palm-sized azure token and handed it to the Wolf Sword Saint who put away his smile and his face became solemn.

The latter didn't know what was fiddling with it, and the Azure Order flashed with a glow, and then reverted to its original form.

"Sure enough, it's the Azure Order,"

Wolf Sword Saint's eyes flashed, and he handed back the Azure Order with both hands to Lin An, "Master Lin, please keep this token well, I will return to the mountain soon, and someone from the Sword Saint Mountain will come to see you soon." ”

(To be continued)

ps：

Thank you ixixi for the big pink ticket! o(n_n)o~

This concludes the transition chapter...... Recently, the state of the code word is weird.,There's a lot of plot crowded in my head.,It's blank when you're facing the keyboard.,I just can't write it...... Sure enough, as soon as winter comes, the state is not good, and the body involuntarily wants to hibernate...... Sitting in front of the computer every day while typing, I think about my warm big bed and say~ Ahhh t_t