As soon as Minna saw Pedica, her heart burned up, and after being abandoned by him, although she didn't suffer anything, and she met Father Riddle and Uncle Vasily because of this, and she also indirectly got involved with the Security Service by mistake, but the feeling of being abandoned with all her thoughts was too bad If she hadn't been lucky at that time and met a good person, what would have become of her today? Can you go back to Mom and Dad? In those years, human traffickers were rampant, and if she accidentally ran into a noble girl who didn't know how much she would have to endure and became demented after being trafficked, she shivered, and looked at Potika, and added a trace of resentment to her eyes

Alex sensed something sensitively and asked softly, "What's wrong?" Minna shook her head, just staring at someone getting closer and closer

As soon as she arrived at the gate of the palace, she saw the eldest prince standing there with a tired and trembling horse, with bandages on his feet, and the guard next to him had a pale face and sunken eyes, and he was obviously very tired, while a pair of young men and women on the opposite side were dressed ordinarily, but they were in a good mood, chatting with the eldest prince, and the woman was glaring at her with a displeased face, which was so rude! He didn't understand why the eldest prince suddenly broke away from the brigade sent by the palace and came back with two guys who didn't look like nobles at all, wasn't the eldest highness still injured? These two people instigated him to take such a risk, did they have some kind of scheme?!

Thinking so, he had an idea in his heart about the two young men, and after respectfully saluting the eldest prince Heyat, he complained, "Why doesn't Your Highness let Herbie follow you?" Bringing only one person from Tours who is too dangerous for you to leave the Cavaliers and come back alone, is someone encouraging you to do so? Your Highness, you have always been kind-hearted, but you should be clear about who can be trusted."

Hayt frowned and said, "Before I made this decision, it was after careful consideration, Mandheling Magician and Xiao... Miss Cardo is a trusted friend of mine, and I have received their help countless times since my injury, and I believe that it will be in my safety to come back early, and as it has been proven, I am not standing in front of the palace now

"Isn't it?" Minna said coolly: "If you continue to stay in the team, I don't know what will happen, you are the chief of the palace guard, right?" I've heard that you sent out that knight after a lot of choices, but you were too careless, and although you always think you are cautious, you should know who you can trust."

Pedica's face sank: "Xiao... Miss Cardo? What do you mean by that? He thought to himself about Xiao... The situation of the Kajia family, the two young ladies have seen it, could it be that this one is from Merton's side?

Minna would never let go of any opportunity to ridicule the other party: "Among the sixty people, at least two are spies, and I don't know who they colluded with to cause His Highness to be in danger several times, why did you send them out without first determining whether those people were reliable or not?" And Hebby, he's only scratched a little bit along the way, but his highness has been injured and injured, are you sure he's really reliable? His Royal Highness went on the road with us, only brought an escort, nothing happened on the road, unlike the original in the convoy, two days actually encountered five robbers, by the way, now the people in the convoy don't know what's going on, you'd better send someone to pick it up, those guys who intend to sneak attack the ground, think that His Highness is still in the carriage, I don't know what to do to them! Herbie is probably useless, and there are enemy spies in the team, and the captain alone is really amazing

Purdica's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and she immediately turned to Hayat to verify: "Is this true?" Your Highness! Is it true that a member of the Cavaliers has leaked your whereabouts? Have you been attacked? Hurt

Hayt glanced around and lowered his voice: "It's just a minor injury, let's go back and talk about it"

Purdica also reacted, and hurriedly called several subordinates to help Heyat, who wanted to refuse, but as soon as he raised his foot, there was a pain in his inner thighs, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Recently, Queen Lorna has caused a storm in Ito, and he is also clear... So he personally stepped forward to support Hayat, didn't care about Minna's head, and walked away

Minna pursed her lips, she was not angry with what she had just said, she was a little disappointed, and when she saw that there was nothing to do with herself, she simply turned around and led the horse away

Alex hurriedly followed and looked left and right, then approached and whispered, "You seem to hate that guard officer, why?" ”

Minna snorted coldly: "That's right! I hate the kind of guy who treats good people as thieves at every turn! I didn't protect people well, others helped them, they still treated people as bad guys, hum, in fact, they were just covering up their incompetence! ”

Alex deduced that she was probably angry with Potika because of Herbie's attitude, but after thinking about it, he felt that she seemed to know the latter, and he was a little unsure of the situation, so he said: "Actually, those royal guards are also frightened by endless intrigues, so they will suspect others at every turn, as if everyone wants to be unfavorable to the royal family, but..." Whether you hate them or not, it's better to have something to say, and though I don't like them either, this kind of man who is trusted by the king and holds power is narrow-minded, and it is not good for you to offend them."

Minna glared at him unhappily: "I'm not afraid of them!" ”

"I know you're not afraid," Alex laughed. But there's no need to trouble yourself, Ito is different from Maiton, you can do whatever you want in Maiton, but you have to be cautious in what you say and do here, you were still a child, even if you got into trouble, others don't blame you, and at that time, there was a security bureau to support you, and now you are an adult and have already left the security department, if someone wants to give you a little hardship, even if you have the ability, you will have a headache here, not to mention that your father is still a border lord, such an identity needs the king and the nobles to trust you the most… Think of it for the sake of your parents."

Minna knew that Alex was better at these things than herself, and since he said that, he must have a reason, so although she was reluctant, she nodded: "Okay, it's really troublesome..."

Alex smiled bitterly: "It's because of the trouble, I don't want to stay here longer, there is no way, who let us all be nobles, and we are middle nobles, if it is a famous family like the Chulov family or a powerful family like Duras, there will not be so many worries"

Minna snorted, a little disapproving, although the Goodwin of the Chulov family was annoying and decent, but I heard that most of the members of his family were the kind of people who were the eldest aunt Lilith, arrogant, indifferent and snobbish, and thought they were noble; The daughter of the Duras family was abducted, and she rescued them with the help of the security department, and their family did not dare to retaliate against the traffickers, saying that they were afraid that the matter would be made public, what happened? The young master and young lady from a famous family are more despicable than the commoners, so what's the use of being powerful? Even her family can't protect her, she would rather come from an ordinary background than fall to the level of those people

Alex saw that her face was full of anger, and guessed most of her thoughts, so he had to keep silent, and when he saw the figure rushing in front of him, he immediately changed the topic: "Who do you see who is that?" It's like someone from the Security Agency."

Minna followed his finger and saw that Sweeney was riding towards her and jumped off the horse, and said excitedly, "Minna, when did you arrive?" Why don't you say hello beforehand? If it weren't for the informant who saw the report, the department wouldn't have known! ”

Although Minna hated Mallory and was wary of the Security Department, she still couldn't bear to be cold to the elders in the Department who watched her grow up, so she said a little uncomfortably: "Uncle Sweeney, I just thought it wasn't necessary..."

"What do you say?!" Sweeney glared, "You want to send His Highness back secretly, why don't you tell the Central Intelligence Division?" When I arrived in Ito, I didn't come to the office, did I become a noble lady and dislike us? ”

"Of course not!" Minna hurriedly denied, "I... I just think... I—" She squeaked a few words, and simply lashed out: "I just don't feel safe!" Before, the Central Intelligence Department brought people from the Knights over, but there were spies in it, and we suffered several losses for fear that the news would leak out! They sent people there without confirming it, but they were wrong! ”

Sweeney was stunned, scratched his head, and said, "Really? Then I will definitely report it and let the director scold them, but to be honest, the people are sent from the palace, and it is inconvenient for the Central Intelligence Department to change people, so don't be angry with them" He turned his head and smiled at Alex: "Young Master Alex is also back?" I'll just say that you two good friends are always together," he squeezed his eyes, and a look of "you and I know it".

Alex nodded calmly: "It's been a while since I left home, so I have to go back with Minna, at least the road won't be boring."

Sweeney knew what to expect, and without saying much, he stretched out his hand and went to Lamina Dima: "Let's go, as soon as the department receives the news, it will start to prepare, you still live in the previous room, okay?" Mrs. Ponnat has got you a new bed, and Mallory said, "Tonight, the three teams of the Operations Division will go to the best restaurant in Ito with the Intelligence Section, and give you a pick-up."

Minna was smiling at first, but when she heard it, her face drooped, and she rubbed for a while before she whispered, "I'm not going..."

"Why not?" Sweeney was surprised, "Everyone misses you very much, especially Melori, he always says that the current newcomers are far worse than you, if only you were still in the department"

Minna's face had completely sunk, and although she had promised her father that she would no longer resent Melori, she became angry again when she heard this

It turns out that Melonory misses herself because she didn't use her more stupidly and better subordinates?!

She said stiffly: "Dad said, let me go to Ito, I'll go to my uncle, I'll go to Kaduo first!" Glancing at the disappointed Sweeney, she added in a whisper, "I'll look for you again when I'm free."

Sweeney felt a little strange, he had been staying in Ito as an outreach specialist, and he didn't know much about the local affairs in the war, but Minna's reason was very good, she had been separated from her relatives for many years, of course, she should visit first, and she came back very suddenly, many companions were still on the mission, so it was good to find a time to meet again, so he nodded and smiled: "Okay, then I'll send you to Kado, how about it?" You don't know the way, do you? ”

Minna didn't refuse again, she turned around and invited her friends to go with her, but Alex shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not good for me to go to your uncle's house like this, I'd better go home first, I'm also tired, you have a good rest, let's go to Ito City together another day, I'll give you a direction."

Minna smiled and said, "That's it!" You're going to have a treat."

Alex waved his hand, got on his horse and turned around

Minna, accompanied by Sweeney, walked through the streets to the foot of the hill south of Ito Castle, where the Kadoka mansion was located

This manor with more than two hundred years of land does not enter from the right side of the avenue, and it takes a kilometer to reach the gate, and the bronze gate is crowned with the golden Kajia family crest, and the wall hole on the left side of the gate is engraved with the dragon-shaped family crest of the Xiao family, but the gray is not very inconspicuous Minna looked back and forth at the two family crests, and felt a little strange in her heart

Entering the gate, there is a straight and wide road, hundreds of meters long, lined with strict and neat flower beds and bushes, there is a fountain on the left and right, and the two swan sculptures in the middle correspond to the male servants in uniform who run out of the mansion, respectfully but with a hint of arrogance, bridge Minna's horse, and slowly walk forward, one of them stopped Sweeney, asked him for his identity, and wanted to invite him to the living room, but Sweeney waved his hand, smiled and said goodbye to Minna, and left

Minna was very uncomfortable riding on the horse, and was led to the mansion, and an old servant came and lay down on the side of the horse, as if she wanted to serve as a dismounting stone or something, Minna stared at his back in amazement, and quickly dismounted from the other side, threw the whip to the old servant, cleared his throat, and asked, "Are your aunts and uncles at home?" I think someone has already informed me of my arrival, right? ”

"Of course, my niece" A richly dressed middle-aged woman appeared on the steps in front of the door, raised her head proudly, looked Minna up and down a little critically, then covered her face with a fan, and coughed: "Why are you alone?" What about your servants? Could it be that Anlong and Dora just let you come alone? Tianai, you are also a young lady now, how can you be so reckless? ”

Minna resisted the urge to pout, and according to the aristocratic etiquette taught by her mother, she saluted the woman very elegantly: "Good day, aunt, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are still... It's as beautiful as ever" It was extremely difficult for her to say this, but it seemed to work well, and it seemed that she could still pretend to be a competent lady if she wanted to

Lilith seemed quite satisfied with her words: "The little mouth is so sweet, it seems that your mother has not forgotten the aristocratic tradition in that kind of country place"

Minna sensibly told herself not to care about her words, "What about Beryl and Manda? Aren't they home? ”

"Yes, we're all here!" A beautiful round smiling face appeared behind Lilith, it was Manda: "Minna! I heard you were coming, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly! She happily ran over and took her cousin's hand: "It's great that you can come!" ”

Beryl walked out of the door lightly, nodded at Minna, only said "welcome", and then turned to talk to her mother: "Mother, I'm coming back later tonight, and I'm not going to eat at home."

"Okay, you go, be careful on the way," Lilith was very kind to her daughter

But Manda's face suddenly changed: "Sister, Minna came to our house for the first time today, do you want to go out too?!" ”

Beryl glanced at her sister expressionlessly: "It's been decided in advance, of course you can't miss the appointment"

Manda bit her lip, a hint of hatred burst out of her eyes: "You're so urgent? For the sake of your date, you don't even care about your sisters' families?! ”

Minna frowned, between the two sisters, it seemed that something had happened

(**Why smoke before zero...) ）