Chapter Seventy-One - The Degenerate Dragon
Early in the morning, Lu Ming stood in the study, looking at the slowly rising sun outside the window, and slightly hooked the corners of his mouth. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Relying on one of the triangular boxes he found in Arnoll Lund, he easily found Ston who used the same triangular box to evade Shay and the others, and captured him. Now Ston has been locked up in a prison in Odyssey City, and his limbs are locked in special shackles, so that even if Ston can get his body into the shadow, his limbs can't enter the shadow. Completely sealed the possibility of him using shulkers to escape!
And those three triangular boxes that didn't know what was going on at all had also been destroyed by Lu Ming.
Although that thing was easy to use, the price was a bit huge, he only took the initiative to use it once, and he was eaten by the box by twenty percent of the upper limit of mana!
And, God knows if there are any other side effects of that thing. Even if one is not careful, it is a very bad thing to fall into the hands of someone with bad intentions. Therefore, only by completely destroying it can Lu Ming be able to calm down.
However, although the maximum amount of mana has been eaten, it is also a good thing to be able to catch one of the leaders of the cult Stone, after all, it can make his family and the people in his territory not have to worry about those evil people.
Then Sham suddenly walked in and said to him, "My dear, I'll go out for a while and I'll be back in the afternoon." ”
Lu Ming saw that she had brought the Priscilla short sword, and couldn't help but smile and grabbed her, and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" Who upset you? ”
"......" Sham was silent for a moment before he said, "Muka has come to the Odyssey, and besides, he has been playing in the city for several days. ”
"Hasn't Mom's territory always been in charge of Mom's territory? He came out to play, and it was nothing. ”
"However, this time, not only did he not say a word to me, but he also brought with him a girl from our rival family of the Hatu family! I can't bear it! ”
Seeing Sham's angry appearance, Lu Ming couldn't help but kiss her, and then said with a smile: "Muka is also older and has his own ideas." Besides, he is also a viscount now, so if there are some things, let yourself deal with them. ”
"But ......"
"I think you can't be angry that he came to the Odyssey, so I won't talk to you, right? My lovely Sham~" Stretching out his hand with a smile and scratching Sham's nose, Lu Ming couldn't help but quip.
Suddenly, Sham was so angry that he pressed Lu Ming on the small bed in the study, and began to tear Lu Ming's clothes angrily.
And a female knight of the personal guard standing outside the door completely ignored her lord's call for help, closed the door of the study with a smile on her face, and went to the kitchen of the lord's mansion by herself, ready to have breakfast, and by the way, she had a good chat with Wang Na about the gossip of the lord Lu Ming......
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At noon, Muka and his little girlfriend walked through the industrial area of Odyssey City, asking about the price of some workers and mage apprentices to renovate the city's civilian and aristocratic quarters and install a sewer network.
Although it is said that Mka, who is almost nine years old, is the third richest nobleman in Errepos after Lu Ming and Archduke Raels, the prices quoted by these people are too frightening. Every price makes Muka's young heart beat a little!
It can be said that the price quoted by each of these workers will not be less than seventy percent of his total property!
It's really a little unacceptable to him.
But his girlfriend was beside him, and as a boy, he didn't think much about losing face in front of her, so he gritted his teeth and was ruthless, and signed a contract with a team of workers with a medium price, not too high or low, to renovate the aristocratic and commoner quarters of his city.
As for the industrial and commercial areas, because there is no extra money left, they can only be ignored for the time being.
However, at this moment, a big hand suddenly slapped on Muka on the head from behind, and before Mkka could speak, he heard: "When did the stinky boy come?" Why didn't your sister and I know to come to the Odyssey? ”
Hearing the man's voice, Mka's whole body stiffened. But no matter how scared he is, he can only face it bravely in front of his girlfriend.
He took the man's hand, turned his head, showed a very reluctant smile, and said, "Brother-in-law, how did you come here?" ”
Standing behind Muka, holding his eldest daughter Emma, who is more than a year old, in his arms, Lu Ming patted Muka's head twice and said with a smile: "Okay, don't be afraid." Your sister won't do anything to you. ”
As he spoke, Lu Ming looked at the little girl who was several years older than Muka, but was Muka's little girlfriend.
Seeing Lu Ming looking at her, the little girl immediately introduced herself very nervously: "Lord Viscount...... I am the Tree Viper, Elua of House Swinkath. ”
Hearing the little girl's self-introduction, Lu Ming couldn't help but look at the little girl, and after a while, he asked her, "Elua, did Muka give you the coat of arms?" ”
As soon as she heard this, Elua's face immediately turned red.
Muka on the side also blushed, and said very anxiously: "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about!?" We're still young, so we're going to wear the coat of arms so quickly!? ”
It's a pity that Muka's shame and anger didn't let Lu Ming let them go, but made Lu Ming look at him with great contempt, and said, "Don't give the coat of arms?" Are you going to run away after playing? Tut-tut, I really didn't expect someone like you! ”
Seeing that Lu Ming said this, there were still many people around watching the excitement. There was no way, so Muka had to take out his wasp crest and bring it to Eluya himself. And Eluya can only blush, accepting Muka's wasp crest.
Among the nobility, the man gave the woman his coat of arms, which represented the marriage contract. Although it is an unspoken rule, and unmarried couples do not need to stick to this kind of attention-seeking, it is a way to tell if a woman has a boyfriend or husband. In addition, the giving of the coat of arms is also an expression of the man's trust in the woman, and the woman will receive a part of the man's power after marriage. It's like before Lu Ming got married, the only people who got his coat of arms were Lily, Sham, and Filner. As a result, now they are the top three in the family, and the other wives dare not mess with them. The management of the territory, the command of the army, and the operation of the caravan were also divided among them.
After Muka put on the coat of arms for Elua, Lu Ming smiled amid the applause and cheers of the onlookers around him: "Okay, now, I want to see if your sister has anything else to say." ”
......Hearing this, Muka couldn't help but sigh heavily, and followed Lu Ming home with his girlfriend.
However, he didn't know that what happened to him didn't take long for it to become one of the methods used by many aristocratic families to force their young nobles to refuse to marry. As a result, he was ridiculed by many young nobles, so that he had no way to defend himself.
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Back at the Grand Duke's Mansion, Lu Ming threw Muka and Eluya in the hall and went back to the study to deal with the documents on his own.
Sitting in the hall, both Muka and Eluya were a little nervous, both drinking tea and waiting for the storm to come.
But what they didn't expect was that when Sham saw them, he didn't lose his temper, but chatted with Eluya with a kind face.
But after seeing this scene, somehow, Muka suddenly had an unusually bad premonition in his heart. Because although Sham has the right to manage the territory, the lord of Odysseus is Lu Ming. In the Lord's Palace, Sham is not good at refuting her husband's face, so he can't be angry. But this doesn't mean that she will let Muka go, as long as Muka leaves Lu Ming's lord's mansion, Sham will teach him just a sister and a younger brother. In other words, unless Lu Ming convinces Sham now, he and Elua's departure from the Lord's Mansion will be a 'death'!
There was no way, Muka and Eluya could only bite the bullet and live in Lu Ming's lord's mansion.
However, as if deliberately playing tricks, Miao Na, the maid chief in the lord's mansion, only arranged a room for the two of them, so that the two of them had to sleep in the same bed.
When Muka couldn't resist the pressure and took Eluya back to the room, Sham immediately went to Lu Ming's study, ready to ask what the purpose of asking Muka to give Eluya a wasp crest.
As a result, as soon as she saw the study and locked the door, Lu Ming handed her a document.
When he took it, Sham couldn't help but be startled. The document was a report on the Hunters' investigation into Evenness's secret organization, and it contained evidence that several members of the Tree Viper Sweices family were members of the secret organization.
"Why are you doing this!? You know she's from this tree viper family! How can you push him into the fire pit!? ”
Seeing that Sham was angry, Lu Ming immediately said, "The people in the report are not the main figures of the Swaykes family. Now I think it's likely that these people were spies of the Siegfried Collar that Evennes had planted in Muspelheim. Otherwise, it should be like the imperial capital, where the main members of the family joined this organization to show their loyalty. But the Tree Viper Swaykes didn't do that, which means that their family didn't support Evennes. And we can use the relationship between Muka and Eluya to have the spies infiltrate the Siegfried Territory and capture them all. In this way, the Sweikes family will be burdened by those people, and Muka will have a chance to seize some control of the Siegfried Territory! ”
Hearing this, Sham retorted without thinking: "This is absolutely not good! Not to mention whether this incident will cause any harm to Mukka, just because this incident has dealt a blow to the reputation of our Hatu family, I will never allow you to do this! ”
Sham's angry retort did not make Lu Ming angry, but he laughed. So that Sham was a little puzzled, what he meant.
"I would be angry if you really chose the method I said to fight the Swinkais family, but you chose to refute me, and let me know that my most beloved wife thinks the same as I do. I also don't want the Hartu family to use this method to fight the already declining Sweikes family. Lu Ming walked behind Sham with a smile and showed a letter to Sham while holding her in his arms.
This letter is a distress letter from the head of the Swinkis family, Colmont Swinkess, to Lu Ming. The letter stated that the Swekkes family had now been infiltrated by the men of Evennes, and that most of the power was no longer in his hands. He was now unable to carefully prevent those people from assassinating him, and on the other hand, to prevent the entire family from falling. So I hope that Lu Ming can help him and regain control of the Sweekes family.
"The greedy dragon was tired of greed and degenerated into a serpent in a tree. But this is not a reason for us to sit idly by and watch him be devoured by the dragon that burned the entire forest, and we, as members of the forest, should protect our comrades and the forest from being burned by the dragon. Otherwise, we ourselves will be the next ......."
Listening to Lu Ming's words, Sham was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Could this be a scam?" You know, this Colmont Swinkis is a big liar! My father had been deceived by him several times in the past, which made the previous Grand Duke more and more distrustful of my father......"
"Don't worry, I've already looked into it. He wasn't lying this time, there was indeed something wrong with Siegfriel and the Swinkis family. And, most importantly, he is now seriously ill and has not much time left. There is no need to cause trouble to the family and set up enemies. ”
Hearing Lu Ming's explanation, Sham relieved himself and began to think of ways to help Lu Ming deal with the matter of Muspelheim's Siegfried Collar. In addition, if Colmont, the old soul, could have died before Muka and Elua got married, Muka would not have been able to marry a girl from a rival family. So it's almost time to let him go.
It's just that as an older sister, if you don't teach him a lesson, Sham can't swallow this breath. So Muka is doomed to be unlucky, even Lu Ming can't save it.
In addition, Lu Ming didn't think about saving Muka or anything, as long as Sham didn't do anything ruthlessly, he wouldn't oppose Sham's decision. At the very least, it was a bit too much for Muka to bring his girlfriend to the Odyssey without telling him and Sham.
When everything was discussed, Sham planned to leave, wanting Lu Ming to deal with the documents quietly. It's a pity that he was hugged by Lu Ming and carried to the small bed......
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Lu Ming and Sham didn't mention what they were doing in the study, and at this moment, in the room, Muka and Eluya were staring wide-eyed.
Because there is only one bed and a quilt in the room, it is impossible to make a bunk on the floor. So now both of them are worried about what to do at night, comparing the two of them to have never slept in the same bed with anyone else, and the other person is still of the opposite sex.
However, at the end of the day, they were all just scheming children, and after a while, they began to stuff their clothes into the closet, leave the room, and go to the huge lord's mansion to have some fun.
As a result, the two of them met Kanina and Amelia, who were holding Lu Ming and Mena's two children, halfway through.
"I didn't expect you, uncle, you were still caught by your father in the end!" As soon as she saw Muka and Elua, Kanina couldn't help but quip.
"While my uncle and I are not dead, you two nieces will make fun of it!" Looking at Kanina's look of a joke, Muka gritted her teeth and said.
Seeing this, Emilia, who was on the side, couldn't help laughing, and asked Muka and Elua, "The two of us are going to the study on the second floor to read books, uncle, are you going?" ”
"Study? Are there two dens in the Lord's Palace? ”
"Yes! The study on the second floor is a public study room, who can read a book. But the study on the third floor is Dad's private study, whoever goes will die! So don't go wrong~! ”
"......" Muka, who was speechless, sighed slightly, and then took Elua and followed Kanina and Amelia to the study on the second floor of the Lord's Mansion.
As a result, the two of them were stupefied by the huge study room that could be said to be a library...... (To be continued.) )