The water poured down, and the pedestrians wore cloaks to cover the rain, but they were inevitably blown by TTT+ a gust of wind, bringing up a pool of rain, and people had to hide under the eaves of the shops on the side of the road in embarrassment, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow flashing at the entrance of the alley opposite, blinking, but there was nothing, only a carriage slowly walked in front of them, and thought they were dazzled

Minna rushed into the alley, her cloak flipped up with the wind, she pressed the clasp at the neckline, and the cloak stuck tightly to her skirt, blocking the oncoming rain, no longer flying indiscriminately, she ran faster and faster, and ran directly to the other end of the alley

This alley is not so much an alley, in fact, it is more like a sandwich between two buildings, the width is only more than one meter, the ground is very clean, there is no debris blocking the road, probably the people of the security department have cleaned the two walls in advance, and the windows are all tightly closed, Minna is secretly glad that she is acting in the rain

After running for three or four minutes, she saw the end of the alley, where there were several large wooden boxes on the ground, covered with burlap bags, and another alley was lying in front of it

She stopped, hid behind the wooden box and observed that there was a turn about ten meters in front of the alley in front of her, which was probably the direction in which the carriage was coming

Minna took a closer look at the terrain, then looked at the wooden box in front of her, and through the gap in the plank, she could see that it was empty, was this what her colleagues had left her to cover?

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the muddy water gradually spread on the hem of her dancing shoes and skirt, and the rain on her face and hands dispersed to both sides under the effect of the water avoidance spell, but the placket of her clothes was already wet, and she did not move, but held her breath and listened carefully to the wind and rain, and faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves and wheels turning

Minna immediately turned her clothes into the same face as the wall, and hid behind the wooden box and stared closely at the turn in front of her, and after a while, a carriage appeared

The all-black body, dark gold trim, the carriage is inlaid with the logo of the Noga royal family, and a coachman in a full dress sits at the front of the car, and on the wall in the upper left corner, a brass oil lamp for rainy days hangs

Minna began to understand why Leonard and the others chose to do it in this place, when the carriage turned a corner, the car would completely block the view of the carriage behind it, until the carriage behind it also turned a corner, although it was less than ten seconds, it was the best time to get into the carriage

She took a deep breath and blended her body into the wall as much as possible, and the first carriage drove in front of her, and she clearly saw the bright glass windows on the carriage and the white sheer curtains behind the windows, which obscured the figures inside, and then, the second carriage came, and she soon saw the third carriage following behind

Like the two carriages in front, the appearance was only hanging on the oil lamp, and a strip of white cloth was tied to the ground, and there were two coachmen sitting at the front of the carriage, seeing that the carriage was getting closer and closer, the coachman on the left suddenly said something to his companion next to him, and then he bent down, as if he had noticed something wrong with the axle, and the other coachman turned to look at the wheels of the left car, and then the carriage happened to come to the entrance of the alley

This is the moment!

Minna jumped on the side of the door, twisted her hand on the pedal slightly, and the door opened, and she flashed in and closed the door gently

The fourth carriage turned the corner and followed, and the third carriage came to the ground, and the two coachmen straightened up and looked ahead again

There was silence in the carriage, only a slight snoring sounded, two middle-aged men sat opposite each other, one wearing a Nogar dress, the other wrapped a Wisa tiedi headscarf, and held a small box in his hand, both of them fell asleep, and behind the latter, two small yarn bags filled with spices hung on the wall of the car, exuding a rich fragrance

Minna smelled the ** magic smell in one of the sachets almost the moment she came in, and the corners of her mouth curled, and she checked the two secretaries to make sure that they were both asleep, and then gently turned up their clothes

But after searching the bodies of both of them, she found no target documents, so she set her eyes on the small box in the arms of the Weisha man

The chest is very delicate, I don't know what kind of wood it is made of, it looks rather heavy, the box is carved with a traditional Wisa pattern, and there are three locks, although not large, but all made of the strongest steel

Minna carefully broke the Weisha's hand and tried to bring the box over, but he suddenly moved, yawned, smacked his lips, and hugged the box tighter

The car body suddenly shook a lot, and she hurriedly reached out to hold the wall of the car to stabilize her body, but her heart hung in her throat, what happened?!

There were several arguments in front of the convoy, and the sound of the rain covered the content of the speech, so that the people in the carriage behind could not know what was happening in front, and they all came out and asked Minna in a loud voice Minna was lying in the carriage, and heard the driver in front of him seem to jump out of the car and run to the front to ask, at this moment, a man's muttering came from her side: "It's noisy, what happened..."

The Nojia man woke up probably because the sachet was too effective, and he was still a little dazed and not very conscious, so he casually pulled the car window and shouted, "What's the matter?!" The coachman outside squeaked, but soon someone came running back from the front and replied, "I'm sorry, sir, it's an old lady Esther who fell in front of her, couldn't get up, and almost hit our horse, and the matter will soon be settled." The man got into the driver's seat of the carriage and sat down again, and whispered to the other coachman

The Nogar cursed in a low voice, and suddenly a gust of wind blew in with the rain, wetting his face, and he shivered, and immediately sobered up, and was about to close the window, but suddenly heard the Duke of Jada ask in the carriage in front of him: "Preth, is there any problem with you over there?" ”

"No problem, Your Excellency, everything is fine!"

"Then close the windows, and do not leave the carriage without my command, nor open the windows or doors."

"Yes!"

The Nogar man retracted his head, and before he could turn back, he suddenly smelled a fragrance, and a strong sleepiness came over him, and he shook and fell down

Minna carefully held him, quickly reached out and closed the window, then let him lie down against the back of the chair, and shook the sachet under his nose several times to make sure he was dead before wiping the cold sweat from his forehead

Just now, she almost thought she was going to be exposed

The carriage was moving again, Minna looked at the scene flashing outside the window, and knew that she had to speed up, no one knew if the accident like that just now would happen again, and she had to get her hands on it as soon as possible

Since you can't take the box with you, let's open it here

She pulled out her wand and pointed at the rain on her body, and the droplets slowly gathered and drilled into the keyhole of a steel lock with the direction of the wand, and then, gradually filling it, it condensed into ice

Minna carefully turned the ice "key", because the keyhole was too small, the "key" was very fragile, she used a reinforced spell to make the "key" turn smoothly, and with a "click", it opened

Minna was overjoyed, and hurriedly used the same method to open the second lock, and just as she was about to open the third lock, she suddenly heard the driver in front of her say: "It seems that there is still more than 20 meters to turn, do you want to slow down?" Then came the voice of another coachman

She couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly quickened the movements of her hands

The lock was opened, she lifted the lid of the box, and clearly saw that there was a stack of papers inside, and the top was a letter, she quickly pulled out the letter and glanced at it, and saw that there were several seals underneath, so she threw the thing into the ring, and put the letter that Meloni had given herself into the box, and closed the lid, and before she could hang the lock back, the carriage began to turn

Minna didn't care about tidying up her things, so she immediately opened the car door and got out, and took away the problematic sachet body to block the view of the carriage behind, but no one knew if the people in the carriage in front would find her She closed the door tightly, and as soon as she saw the alleyway, she jumped over and ran forward as fast as she could

The alley was very narrow, it seemed to be narrower than the one just now, and the left and right turns made her run extremely hard, but when she saw the gorgeous carriage parked at the exit on the other side of the alley, her heart was relieved, and joy came up

As soon as she got into the carriage, the carriage ran forward, and there was still a person sitting in the carriage, it was Glori, he smiled and handed over the dry towel, and asked, "Wipe the water, it's going well, right?" ”

Minna gasped and handed him the letter, "Is this it?" Time is too tight for me to be sure."

Melori opened the letter and read it, with a smile on her face: "This is it!" Did you take only this letter? Nothing else? ”

"The thing was in a box, and there were a lot of documents, but I didn't have time to see what it was, so I didn't take it" Minna was a little worried, "Did I do something wrong?" ”

"No, it doesn't matter," Melori smiled as she put the letter in the inside pocket of her dress, "just have this letter and we'll take care of the rest."

Minna breathed a sigh of relief and began to use her wand to clean the muddy water from the hem of her skirt and dancing shoes

As the carriage passed in front of a small building, it stopped and gave Minna a gentle hug, saying, "Have fun tonight, you are the best, child!" ”

He left, Minna was in a very good mood, looked down and saw that her cloak and skirt were still plastered, so she simply turned the latter into a bright red se, but the yarn at the hem of the skirt was black, and the cloak was also black, and when she saw a bouquet of dewy red roses in the corner of the carriage, probably left by Lorri, she took one of them, put it on her head, and put on the Sea Flame earrings that Alex had given her

When the carriage came to the large square in front of the palace, it slowed down, and then followed by a long carriage to the main entrance, where the soldiers stepped forward and opened the door, and Minna took a deep breath and stepped out of the carriage gently

It was not her first time at the palace, and she quickly found the hall where the ball was held, and handed the invitation to the official who sang at the door, who immediately announced in a loud voice: "Minna Shaw, daughter of the Viscount of Merton... Miss Cardo to..."

A dark blue figure walked out of the hall, and when she walked over to her, Minna smiled when she saw it: "Alex! You're here! ”

Alex smiled: "Such an important ball, even a teacher, will attend, of course there is no reason for me to stay in the academy to do hard labor" He looked at Minna, with surprise in his eyes: "You are very beautiful tonight, sure enough, it is still the red se that is the most suitable for you" He looked at her earrings, and the smile deepened

Minna was slightly embarrassed, but her cheerfulness prevailed: "Really? Thank you" Alex stretched out her arm, and she grabbed it and followed him into the hall

In the hall, everyone was dressed in gorgeous clothes, gathered in twos and threes to whisper, and there were several long tables on the side of the hall, covered with white tablecloths, on which dozens of delicacies were placed, the court attendants were still serving food, several attendants carried a few boxes of wine, and there were beautiful palace maids carefully placing crystal wine glasses, white porcelain tableware and flowers

On the other side of the hall, there were a dozen or so sofa sets, separated by lace curtains for people to talk privately, and now quite a few people were sitting there, and Minna could see at a glance that several cousins and cousins were sitting there

Felder spotted her and ran over happily: "Cousin Minna! It's been a long time since you've been looking for me, what have you been up to lately? Running to him, he found Alex standing next to Minna, and felt a little confused: "This is..."

"This is my friend Alex" Minna turned to a friend, "my little cousin Felder, he is my uncle's youngest child"

Felder struggled to put on an aristocratic face, just as he had when he first met Minna

Alex just smiled kindly and stretched out his hand: "It's nice to meet you, Xiao Xiao... Mr. Cardo, I'm Alex Mandhelning."

Felder blushed, trying to maintain his aristocratic demeanor: "Fortunately, I'm Feldshaw... Cardo" and then reached out and shook Alex's head, his eyes lit up and he immediately became excited

This new friend treats himself as an equal with adult males, and does not treat himself as a child like everyone else! He was the first to do that!

Felder felt that he liked the guy with the surname Mandheling, even though he knew that his father had a political rival with the surname Mandheling, and he pestered Alex to ask questions, from how he met Minna, to the books, food, games... and the current level of magic, and then compared with his eldest sister, he said: "You are better than Beryl!" It's amazing! ”

Alex smiled and glanced at Xiao in the distance... Sister Cardo: "Did your sisters quarrel?" They don't seem to be in a good mood."

Minna looked at it when she heard this, and saw that this was indeed the case, and hurriedly asked Felder what was going on, and the little boy sighed, and said, "Manda is sad every day, because everyone says that the second prince will definitely be engaged to Princess Noga, maybe it will be announced tonight, if it weren't for her mother's insistence that she come, maybe she would rather stay at home tonight."

Beryl has been weird lately, I don't know what she's doing, and she's always losing her temper with us."

Minna frowned, and whispered to Alex: "I'll go over to accompany them, you go and talk to friends" Alex shook his head: "Where are the friends?" I'll come with you," Minna agreed, after a moment's thought, and then took Felder and walked towards Manda

At that moment, the king's family appeared on the throne at the front of the hall, and the celebrant immediately rang the golden bell to signal the people to be quiet

King Valfred III stepped forward, smiled and looked around at the crowd, and said, "Thank you for coming to my birthday ball, and now please come in with distinguished foreign guests."

Applause erupted, and from the main entrance of the hall, the crowd slowly parted to clear an aisle, and members of the legations from various countries entered one after another, came to the throne, and bowed to Valfred III

First came the Fan'a Mission, then the Shaonan Mission, and then the Nuojia people

Minna clearly saw that Duke Jada, who was walking in front, still had a somewhat smug smile on his face, and when he saluted the king, he only bent down slightly

She raised an eyebrow and wondered: Hasn't he noticed that the letter has been dropped?

(On the last day of the long holiday, very much... I seem to have caught a cold and then turned around on the road again... For the hair, for the hair... ）