Lin An followed Douglas's gaze and saw the landscape oil painting, his brows furrowed slightly:

There were not many guests visiting the Earls' Court, this reception room was not often used, and Hannibal was not present at the time, and she had been busy with other things for the past few days, so she forgot that Jì had the painting replaced.

Jokjardan noticed Lin An's frown, but Douglas didn't see it because he was looking at the painting. After admiring it for a long time, Douglas turned his head and said with interest:

"If I'm not mistaken, this landscape painting of Spring in the Wilderness should have been the work of a recent up-and-coming painter? Lady Rose also has a knack for appreciating oil paintings? ”

He didn't wait for Lin An to say anything, he continued:

"Speaking of which, our brothers are all martial artists, and the only ones who are good at art appreciation are Charles and Byron.

But Byron was the most strict-mouthed, and didn't like to share good things with us, and I heard that Charles had recently admired the painter, and had given him an estate, and had the intention of hiring him as an art consultant, but because of the painter's civilian background, he did not do so. ”

Lin An's heart flickered slightly, and he looked at Douglas quietly, Douglas was smiling meaningfully at Lin An, and raised his eyebrows when he saw her.

["Master, I hear you! He's smug in his heart, and he's saying bad things about a guy named Charles! Fan Duosha shouted in Lin Anxin.

Lin An narrowed his eyes, picked up the teacup and took a sip, Lin An's starry eyes were reflected in the orange-red clear tea, and there was a faint heat above the tea.

She thought silently in her heart:

"None of the emperor's sons are fuel-efficient, Douglas even stared at what Charles secretly sent people to do, and deliberately ran to me to expose it."

Lin An glanced at Yokjardan, and saw that his face was not different, I don't know if he didn't notice that there was something in Douglas's words or something else, and stared intently in his hand. It's like flowers blooming on it.

Although Fan Duosha couldn't hear what Yokyadan was thinking, Lin An had a gut feeling that he should not have formed some tacit understanding or alliance with Douglas, and that his arrival today was more like a companion - although they had come with a reason of gratitude.

Although in front of people, they are all brothers, friends and brothers, but as far as Lin An knows, because of the age gap, the emperor's five sons are generally self-contained and have a weak relationship, and even Byron, the second prince who seems to be the most low-key and gentle, is also because he is too low-key. He doesn't have close contact with other brothers.,A wise and self-protective attitude.。

But it's also strange that Douglas went to her to reveal the matter personally, and he wanted her to learn the truth. Exposing it in person is the most clumsy one, although Lin An has a bad feeling for Charles, but he will not like Douglas who hurts others and herself in front of her.

And he knew that this matter should not be a short time, why did he say it at this time?

Douglas is still there gushing:

“…… It is said that the painter had recently fallen out of favor with Charles. Speaking of which, it was also his bad luck - for well-known reasons. Charles has not been in a good mood recently, and he has no time to pay attention to this new master, and he has lost his big benefactor, and the popularity of this new painter has dropped down. ”

Lin Anxin jumped a little, and something flashed:

"I see, I say if these paintings are really Charles's handiwork. Why did he disappear again? ”

Fan Duosha said in Lin Anxin:

[Master, this man is very jealous of that Charles, and he doesn't want you to be allied with that Charles. There are also some fragmentary thoughts, 'marriages', 'promises' and so on. ”】

Lin Anxin snorted coldly, she already understood the reason for Douglas's jealousy:

is nothing more than the fear that she will be tempted by Charles to marry and reach an alliance to support Charles's ascension.

Although this seems ridiculous to Lin An:

With the emperor's guard against her. It is impossible to allow her to marry the next emperor, otherwise it will only be calculated by the number of years of a teacher. If she really marries the next emperor, it is difficult to say whether the surname of this country will be Meilin or Lin in a few hundred years.

But Douglas was nervous about this, and it was normal to spare no effort to destroy it, firstly, he did not know that Lin An was not a hidden inheritance but a legendary powerhouse behind him, and secondly, he did not know what happened to Lin An in the palace.

Power is the jewel that adorns the crown of a man, the gorgeous gown that a woman wears—as long as there is some fame and fortune, how many women refuse to stand at the top of the pyramid and enjoy the vanity of countless people?

The death of Princess Catherine vacated the position of Charles's wife, and Charles and Catherine's only son ensured that Catherine's mother would still stand firmly on the ship of Charles, and it was no wonder that Charles did not make a big fuss about this position given his current situation.

It's no wonder that Douglas is so nervous, Catherine's death has added a lot of weight to Charles, and Douglas certainly doesn't want to see more people on Charles's ship.

Thinking about Douglas's intentions, Lin An put down the cup and said with a faint smile:

"Speaking of His Royal Highness Charles, it is said that he is overly grieved because of Princess Catherine's sake, and is recuperating behind closed doors?"

"Yes, just because he is cultivating behind closed doors and has no control, some of the people below him are a little presumptuous, and they were running around all day a few days ago."

A cold glint crossed Douglas's eyes.

His men also noticed the movement of Charles's men, but they were all minions, and they didn't know anything about it, they only knew that they were looking for a woman, and then they were all quiet a few days ago.

Douglas still wanted to take advantage of this movement to make something or something, but someone was one step faster than him, and rumors have been spreading in the past few days, coming out of those well-informed places in the tavern station, pulling several princes and even many big families into it, and the consequence of everyone being shot is that it gradually becomes a joke that everyone doesn't believe, and some things that can still make a fuss are suddenly useless.

Although Douglas had no evidence in his hands, he knew that it was Charles's usual method.

But it has to be said that it is the use of many vulgar tricks that can stand the test, and Charles's reaction is not unfast, which makes Douglas, who is a step slower, choke.

“…… However, Charles will not be idle for long, and his father has always been indispensable to him. This time the palace was moved to the Sumisibi Palace, and he mostly had to stay in the imperial capital to supervise the country. ”

Douglas couldn't hide a trace of jealousy when he said this, "In this way, his remarriage will be on the agenda soon, after all, little Eli can't lack the care of his mother." ”

It is conceivable that there will be many people who covet the position of the third princess, and if Charles has the right skills, he can even hang two or three families with just such a position, which will greatly enhance his own strength.

Look at it from this point of view. Lin An's competitiveness is relatively weak compared to those ladies with family backgrounds behind them.

The hermit inheritance doesn't give Charles much weight, the only thing that has some weight. It is the weight of the emperor's tolerance of Lin An, in the eyes of outsiders.

Although Charles laid the foreshadowing of oil painting early, after Catherine's death, he did not make this foreshadowing clear - Douglas's intention to provoke the topic of oil painting was finally revealed.

After listening to Douglas's many meaningful words, Lin An seemed to be unable to bear it anymore. The smile on his face became cold, he picked up the teacup at hand but didn't drink it, and served the tea to the guest:

Any woman who has been repeatedly hinted that she is being sold for a price, even if the value is still at the bottom of the sequence, will not be happy, whether she is interested in the man or not.

When the atmosphere is not bad, it was served tea by the host. Douglas wasn't unhappy at all, and seemed happy.

After leaving the Earl of Purple Rose's mansion, Douglas and Yokjardan did not immediately let go of the reins. Instead, they slowly went hand in hand, and the guards were all picking out the following behind, flowing out of distance for the two highnesses to talk.

"Now you're satisfied?" Yokyadan said lightly.

"Of course I'm satisfied, the more angry Lady Rose is this time, the more angry she is at Charles. After all, a woman as arrogant as her would never allow herself to be compared with ordinary women. And they can't compare to each other. Douglas squinted.

Jokjardan couldn't understand Douglas's logic of harming others and himself, but since it didn't hurt him, he didn't care what Douglas did, although he wasn't optimistic about the effect of Douglas's actions, because he didn't care about Douglas at all. Lynn's true background is unclear.

"Charles still can't figure out his father and Ann. Lynn's relationship, this is the reason why he didn't make any further moves for the time being, and when he understood Ann. Lynn's background ......"

Yokjardan's heart moved.

Of course, his father would not allow their brother to marry a possible legend of a future teacher, but with Charles's character, he might not be willing to miss such a big help.

As long as Charles has an empty position, and then gives a promise, he can make those old foxes tempted, and he may not be able to catch An. Beautiful jade.

"Will she be tempted by such a temptation?"

What if Charles courted her? What if he promised to share half an empire with her?

Yokyadan was heart-to-heart, and he didn't know that Lin An would choose this way, just as if he put the throne and the promotion division in front of him, he couldn't make a choice, and he was afraid that he would do his best to get both.

Thinking about it this way, Yokojadan became a little uneasy:

He still has a lot of confidence in the current situation, but he is worried that if a strong external force enters the game, then his good hand will be restrained and lose his advantage.

Thinking about it this way, a choice that has plagued him in the past few days has finally settled in his heart.

Halfway through the breakup with Douglas, Yokjaran was full of horses as he approached the palace gate, "South Dole." ”

"Your Highness." Behind him, a guard rode forward, waiting for orders.

"Send someone to keep an eye on the Mage Redondo you reported last time, I want to know his location at all times."

"Yes, Your Highness."

……

Earl of Purple Rose, small reception room in the main building.

Lin An leaned back on the sofa, supporting his side cheeks with one hand, and tapping lightly on the armrests of boxwood-wrapped velvet satin cushions with the other, with a slow and regular frequency.

The wooden door of the reception room was knocked twice, Angelia walked in gently, and saw that the three cups of residual tea on the low table had long since run out of warmth, so she asked the maid behind her to put away the teacup and change the pot of tea.

"No need, it's not interesting to drink black tea alone." Lin An said back to his senses.

"Why don't I accompany you?" Angelia said.

"What kind of black tea do you drink?"

Lin An is funny, even when she drinks it herself, she probably feels that she is being a vassal and elegant, a person from a poor and orphaned girl, most of them can't really understand the true state of mind of the nobles:

The environment can be transformed and learned, but the mood cannot, just like she later became a lobby manager, and she had all kinds of opportunities to cross. Still a realist, too lazy to waste his life.

Angelia flattened her mouth, tea art is a new skill she has recently pointed, but it's a pity that Lin An didn't give her a chance to show it.

So she put down the teapot and reported the situation of the others to Lin An:

“…… The two Excellencies, André and Saleen, parted unhappily and did not quarrel; Just now a guard came looking for His Excellency John, as if someone was looking for him at the back door, and after Johnm went, he followed the man directly, leaving a message asking me to tell you. ”

Angelia paused, "I asked the guards. He said that the man who had come to look for His Excellency John seemed to be a civilian, and had come to look for him once or twice before. ”

Lin An nodded, and did not comment on the matter of Andre and Salin. The relationship between men is usually incomprehensible to women, and she can't figure out why the two people who came to visit her together before are inexplicably looking at each other unpleasantly.

As for John, Lin An knew that he had been in and out recently, and he should have been busy with the things she gave him last time. It seems that John is actually very smooth, and I don't know if it is the matter of arranging the route or contacting Amani.

"When did Saleen leave?"

"He just left, only a little earlier than the two highnesses, although he didn't go with His Excellency Andre, he should also go back to the residence of the secret law group." Angelia said.

Lin An thought about it, and still had some doubts about Yokyadan's reaction.

"Send someone to the Arcane Order. Leave a message for Salin to convey it himself, and tell him to be careful when he goes in and out lately—he understands what he means. Lin Andao.

Angelia was a little stunned when she heard this. didn't bother to talk to Lin An, so he got up and started immediately.

"Still in such a hurry!"

Lin An looked at Angelia's back, shook his head, and said to the maid who left: "Remove all the oil paintings of the same author as this painting in the mansion, if the words in the mansion are not enough." Just go and pay for it again. ”

The maid hurriedly responded.

……

Thin beads of sweat pop up on the tip of the nose little by little.

Lin An didn't notice it, staring at the crystal plate in front of him. Landing on a pair of white gloves on the platform behind the crystal plate.

The gloves are as thin as cicada's wings, lying flat on a black softsilver platform, so light and thin that they don't seem to have zài.

Two clouds of silver-white mist formed on the back of the tiled glove, and on closer inspection, it turned out to be two extremely small and difficult to see embodied spiritual power densely woven and intertwined in the air, bringing out a little silver mark on the back of the glove.

As the silver mark settled on the back of the glove, it gradually crocheted into a specific and micro magic circle group, and at the same time as the last stroke of the magic circle group settled, Lin An suddenly entered a huge amount of magic power-

Constant!

The magic circle on the platform transmitted magic power, and the magic circle group on the back of the glove suddenly conjured up a blooming flaming red lotus!

The edge of the blooming flame-colored petals was as red as blood, and the more they went to the middle, the more white they became, and the high temperature distorted the scene around the petals, and when the red lotus bloomed to the extreme, the petals were scattered, Lin An felt a burst of suffocation, as if the air in the huge room was evacuated in an instant!

A magic circle in the real yàn room immediately lit up, and poured air into the room, and a small tornado that could almost be seen by the naked eye was blown above the circle; The dormant chain defense arrays in the real yàn room also lit up one after another, forming layers of shields; The thermostatic circle also began to absorb the excessive heat in the room, and the hedron embedded in the circle, which could not use up the energy for a year, quickly lost its luster.

Lin An had prepared before entering the magic power, and the dark purple robe automatically wrapped his whole body under the movement of his mind, but when the red lotus disappeared and came out of the robe package, Lin An still felt like he was in a steamer for a moment, but he quickly turned on the effect of the robe's balancing elements.

She looked at the red lotus that was about to wither, and thought-

Woohoo!

The transfiguration of the red lotus was recycled little by little, from the first bloom to the bud and then to a mass of condensed fire elements like substance, the gloves that were as thin as cicada wings were suddenly bright red as blood, and the huge fire elements were condensed in the gloves, building into a vein-like texture, and it took a while to slowly fade away, becoming the original light and transparent appearance, and the high temperature in the room also returned to normal.

"Unleash it with all your might, the mana consumption is inevitably a little bigger, and it directly drains the fire element of the demon pool! I'm afraid that the lethality of this Flame Red Lotus is no less than that of a fifth-level spell, and it's not a shame that I have carefully designed such a set of magic arrays, and I have wasted so many materials! ”

Lin An said to himself, "It's a pity that attaching to the glove is different from casting a spell directly by myself after all. If you want to attack a distance of twenty zhang, the speed is slightly slower, if it is to deal with the division or the Golden Sword Master, at most you can surprise them by means, I am afraid it will not be fatal. ”

As she spoke, a codex appeared in front of her, held in front of her by an invisible force, and a feather pen on the spread page seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand, writing down a text composed of small square characters.

Lin An additionally implemented the other two effects of this magic circle group: defense and refining.

The defensive effect is a pair of flame shields, and the flame shield in the left hand is made of hot white flames. Energy defense, you can get out of your hand and fly out for short- and medium-range attacks within fifteen zhang. Fifteen zhang away, it will be out of Lin An's spiritual control, and flying out of twenty zhang will completely lose control and explode;

The flame shield in the right hand is made of scaly transparent fire crystals, with a balance between physical defense and energy defense, and the fire crystal shield itself has the effect of reflecting energy damage. Depending on the enemy's attack strength, 20% to 70% of the attack energy will be reflected back, of course, this will be at the cost of increasing Lin An's own mana consumption.

The defense of this pair of flame shields is focused on energy defense.

Because with Lin An's current embodied spiritual power, the damage caused to her by long-range physical attacks is already very small, if someone is willing to run within a foot of her to play melee combat, she will simply raise her hands and feet to welcome!

As for the refining effect of the glove. Then there is no need to go into details, because when the "Hand of Ibn Cales" was originally refined, Lin An had already attached a large number of alchemy circles to it. It can basically be used as half of the portable alchemy room, and at the time of the first refining, there is already room for improvement, waiting for inspiration or accumulation to be enough later, and then adding improvements to it.

And Lin An's improvement this time. The main focus is on the "Flame Red Lotus" spell and alchemy function in the attack ability.

A pair of flame shields in the defense function are included. Accommodating the fire attribute array mainly used in the "Flame Red Lotus" and the alchemy array, otherwise, in terms of defensive effect, fire attribute spells are definitely not as good as earth attribute or water attribute.

And Lin An's change of the "Hand of Ibn Cales" this time is not a long-term accumulation, but the trigger of repairing the real yàn room magic circle group and studying the concoction magic circle during this period of time, which gave Lin An some inspiration.

I have to say that the study of magic needs to be done after all, especially the repair process of the magic circle group that has been improved layer by layer by the three divisions of the Medici family, which has given Lin An a lot of inspiration-

Of course, this is not due to the fact that the level of the teacher is relatively close to Lin An himself.

The knowledge that the Warden and Kronos gave her in the past is not bad, but it is already the crystallization of high-level wisdom, and what Lin An lacks is the process of going from the bottom to the top, and the injection of novel concepts is more able to collide with Lin An's current level of knowledge than the summary of the legendary powerhouse that Lin An is used to.

It was also the recent inspiration that Lin An was able to combine the guò magic circle, and on the basis of enhancing the refining effect of the "Hand of Ibn Cales", he was able to further construct the "Flame Red Lotus" with an effect between the fourth and fifth level attack spells:

In fact, whether it is the "Flame Red Lotus" or the "Flame Shield", in fact, it is not a spell that is really constructed through the guò spell configuration, but a fire circle in the magic circle group to construct the petals of the red lotus or the scales of the shield, and then through the clever link and fusion of guò, in order to form a spell beyond the level.

And because the spiritual power is so powerful that it can control the formation of the magic array like an arm, it can even store a huge amount of fire elements in the zài glove in advance, because the skin of the Ibn Calais Whale Demon itself is also a high-grade material with a very powerful demon appearance.

However, the circle construction spell itself also has weaknesses:

That is, although it has an effect that is not inferior to that of spells of the same level, it consumes a lot of magic power to stimulate a dozen or even dozens of magic circles at the same time, and if you encounter a mage who is good at corresponding attribute factions, you may be restrained-

Of course, the latter shortcoming is not for Lin An, with Lin An's mental power level, even if the other party is good at this attribute or faction, the spell is at most a tie in terms of power, unless the opponent's mental power has also reached the materialization, otherwise he still has to fight the lethality of the spell.

Of course, the materials consumed by Lin An for this are not insignificant:

Don't look at the two gloves, but the size of the palm, but the material of the gloves is very rare, and it can only be found in the deep sea, and the piece in Lin An's hand is still left to her by the guards.

When Lin An was constructing the magic circle on it, this glove inherited the whale demon's picky appetite that he would rather starve to death than be casual, and could only be refined with the highest materials, otherwise the materials would definitely damage the carrier if they could not be fused.

Therefore, Lin An selected two of the best obsidian and source crystals from the Medici family collection. In addition, since the whale demon itself is a high-level magical beast with water attributes, in order to neutralize the conflict between the two attributes of water and fire, the consumption of river stone and alexandrite is inevitable.

The only fortunate thing is that the area of the glove is limited, even if hundreds of micro magic circles are added to it, the amount of material consumption is only a little bit, and the rest is carefully taken back by Lin An, and the spell is preserved in the zài space.

"I'm about to leave the imperial capital, and the means of transportation have to be refined, and I can't always borrow Master Kodiak's, not to mention that I have to prepare a way back for myself. If you can't even run fast, what's the use of having a back road......

There are also Johann and Angelia's equipment, Sidney also needs to ask. Although I don't think he will need me to refine it...... In addition, there are a few half-finished enchanted equipment that have been conceived before, so let's refine them first while we have time......"

In the bright room all night, the voice of a woman talking to herself echoed.

……

When Lin An came out of the real room again, the night breeze was blowing through the curtains, with the slightest chill of autumn frost.

Lin An inadvertently looked out the window. With the moon half hanging in the east in the sky, Lin Anmo counted the number of days he stayed in the real room, and said to himself: "It's really fast, five days have passed all of a sudden." ”

Counting up, in two days, the emperor and the noble officials to be brought with him will set off for this palace. The advance team had started six or seven days ago, before Lin An's retreat.

I don't know why, Lin An also received the will to be taken by the emperor to move the palace, and Lin An didn't know the emperor's intentions. Usually not far away and not close to the side, but when he really wants to leave, he doesn't worry about her, so he has to piggyback on a place where he can monitor.

"He's old after all."

If it had been before, the emperor probably wouldn't have revealed his jealousy so obviously. Lin An believes that an emperor who can have the ambition to expel the demons and unify the continent will not be so light-minded and will be speculated.

But perhaps because of Odin's blow to him. Coupled with his growing old age, the emperor began to feel powerless, and did not have the confidence to maintain a great empire and war, so he could only try his best to hold on to the power in his hands, and put the fearful in front of him, instead of being as confident as before, looking down on all beings like a master of the clouds.

Lin An still felt quite complicated about this old man, on the one hand, admiring his ambition, and on the other hand, because of his existence, he always brought her a certain kind of pressure - I believe this is also a common thought of many people, including his sons and vassals.

Lin An sighed slightly, and the sudden protest in her abdomen made her mind retract.

"Hungry!"

In the past few days, she has been dealing with food pills, forgetting to sleep and eating, and when she returned to the world, her normal feeling suddenly returned to her body, and she felt hungry.

But when she walked out of the dormitory, she found that the living room was bright, the maid who had been keeping vigil here was gone, and the teapot on the low table had been moved, and it was slightly warm.

Walking out of the living room, he saw Sidney walking over, and the latter's gaze instantly fell on a white wing-like buckled belt around Lin An's waist, frowned, and stopped far away.

Lin An didn't care, the belt buckle knot was made of the Hope Torch shrunken, and the light element on it was as conspicuous as a torch to Sidney, plus Lin An didn't use his spiritual power to hide the magic fluctuations on it just now, Sidney was naturally very sensitive.

"What's going on, why are you here?" Lin An asked directly, the lights were bright everywhere outside the corridor, this was obviously not a normal phenomenon.

"I don't know, I was just called."

As soon as Sidney's words fell, the sound of hurried footsteps came, and Lin An immediately sensed Angelia and John, and then walked them out of the corner, and there was even Hannibal behind him who was still a little vain.

Everyone was awake in the middle of the night, and Lin An immediately knew that something big had happened.

And when Angelia saw Lin An, her face suddenly burst into joy, as if Lin An could solve anything, and immediately poured out what Lin An wanted to know:

"Miss, Master Saleen was attacked on the way to the mission, and after being seriously injured, he escaped back to his companions, and was sent back to the Secret Method, where he is still unconscious - the last thing he said to the Master of the Secret Order before he fell unconscious was to tell you to be careful!"

"Along with Master Salin on the mission, there is also a Honored Mage, the same Master Nikita, and she knows how important things are. First, the news was transmitted back through the communication channel of the Secret Method, but Master Saleen and the others remained in Salt Lake City.

Venerable André had heard the news and had already set out to pick him up, and we immediately informed Gen Sidney. ”

John added on the sidelines.

Lin An's heart jumped, and he quickly thought of Yokyadan, but another doubt rose in his heart: "How could Isaline's ability be seriously injured?" ”

It's not that Lin An overestimates Salin, his ability to escape has been tested many times:

When he was an apprentice, he escaped the pursuit sent by the division, and the previous amnesia was only seriously injured and did not die, and he escaped again and again under the pursuit of the mage tower and the hidden inheritance. With her previous reminder, how could Salin not lose his vigilance to Cheng Dù, who was seriously injured by the attack!

But the facts are in front of him, and Lin An can't think much about it. , immediately ask for details: "Is the injury very serious?" Why do you fall unconscious? ”

"The Ink Raven Messenger used by the Arcane is very fast and secure, and there was a second time before that, and we just went to hear the news," John said. "The news said that Master Salin was on the verge of death for a while, but now the situation has stabilized, but the mental sea trauma is strict, and he can't wake up for a while."

"It's good that you're not dead, as long as you don't directly break through the spiritual sea. It's always going to be restored. ”

It turned out to be a heavy blow to the spiritual sea?

As far as Lin An knew, since the soul confusion was resolved, Saleen's spiritual power had greatly increased due to the blessing of misfortune. Although it didn't break through to the division level, it was almost there, and now it was actually traumatized to the spiritual sea.

The association in Lin An's mind suddenly made her face a little bad, and then she thought of something. Some are unbelievable.

The others didn't know the level of Salin's spiritual power, and only Sidney raised an eyebrow. But he remained silent.

After everyone finished talking about the situation, Lin An's expression calmed down, without the initial worries, and said lightly:

"Okay, let's all disperse, it's useless for a group of people to gather, what kind of panic they look like, and they all alarm the people in the house."

Angelia blushed a little, but John didn't pay attention, and then he also noticed the bright lights around him, and frowned.

Lin An also ignored Angelia, the housekeeper didn't learn it all at once, she turned her head to Hannibal who was standing aside and said:

"Hannibal, you and Bedika go and appease the people, there's nothing here for them to rest, you can also go and rest, the body hasn't recovered yet."

Hannibal and Bedica both bowed slightly, and Hannibal glanced at Lin An and asked carefully:

"The kitchen is always stocked with fresh ingredients and warm milk, would you like to have a drink before eating?"

Lin An nodded, and the two of them retreated, and soon after the milk was delivered, the lights in the Earl's Mansion went out one after another, and it was quiet.

Lin An drank half a glass of milk before eating, the speed was a little slow, not as eager as usual after leaving the customs, but everyone gradually became relieved under her slow cutting rhythm.

When Lin An finished eating, the maid put the plate down, everyone waited for Lin An to speak, and Angelia also looked at her with blank eyes.

Lin An ate very comfortably, spit the mouthwash soup in her mouth into a blue and white porcelain bowl in front of her, the maid took the bowl down, she wiped her mouth, and then said slowly:

"Don't worry, I think someone will come and give us an explanation soon—this injury may not necessarily be a bad thing for Saleen."

She only said this, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then asked Sidney to go back and go back to her room to sleep.

Angelia and Johnmu were puzzled, Angelia blindly worshipped Lin An, and did not doubt Lin An's determination at all, but seeing that Johnn was still staying in the living room for the night, he also stayed, but Sidney turned around and left without hesitation as soon as he heard Lin An's instructions.

The next day, Lin An slept until three o'clock in the morning before waking up, and called the maid to come in to serve and wash, and Angelia also came in with the maid who delivered the meal, and she was holding a well-packaged light blue gift box in her hand.

"Something?" In between the maids' meals, Lin An saw the gift box and asked.

"Yes, before seven o'clock in the morning, a gray-robed apprentice delivered this gift box to the concierge."

Angelia didn't know where Lin An's determination came from, but the porter's manservant said that the apprentice was wearing the apprentice robe of the court mage, which made Angelia contact Lin An's reminder that she had given her a few days ago, and she had an understanding.

Lin An opened the box without sensing any threat in his spiritual power.

In the square box was a serpentine statue the size of a man's fist, Lin An frowned a little at first, and then understood.

She took out the heavy serpentine statue and found that there was a square piece of paper pressed underneath, with only a short sentence on it, and the handwriting was concise:

"A write-off."

Lin An smiled faintly, and said in his heart.

"It's fine."

She muttered to herself, then casually put the paper and statue back, and said to Angelia, "Send someone to chase Andre, tell them that they don't have to track down the murderer, and I'll explain to them when I get back." ”

……

In the mansion of the Four Princes.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Douglas's face tightened, but he didn't say anything, and waved his hand to let his subordinates retreat.

Until he was alone in the study, Douglas stroked a lion-headed paperweight on the table and slowly closed his eyes.

“…… What a fifth...... How fast the progress is! ”

(To be continued)

ps：

Crazy abuse of the keyboard, fortunately, I still caught up, so far I don't have to ask for leave!

For the sake of updating so hard, the tickets are coming to my bowl soon! o(n_n)o~