Volume 3 The Walker in the Dark 92. Aftermath (2)
When the crying was over, Minna wanted to ask what was going on, but Marshall couldn't remember clearly, only that he had a very serious head injury, it seemed that he had been hit by a carriage, and was sent to the Temple of Light as a dead man, and it happened that there was a Father Luke here in the temple who knew him, and found that he had not lost his breath, and it took a lot of effort to heal his injury, but I don't know if it was because of the head injury that was too severe, and he didn't remember anything before, and now he only knew what Father Luke told him about his origin
As he spoke, Father Luke, whom he had seen that day, also came in, listened to Minna's words, looked at her carefully, and then smiled: "You were the one who hid in the temple that day, right?" Are you Lady Dora's daughter? When the Marshalls just woke up, because I don't remember what had happened, I asked someone to help me look for you, but I only found your house, which has been sealed, and the neighbors say that your father was involved in a big case, and I don't know where you and your mother have gone, and it's great that you can find you."
Minna thanked him heartily: "If it weren't for you, Grandpa Marshall would not have survived, thank you" After a pause, she added: "Mom and Dad are fine, Dad is innocent, he was injured, and now he is going to the Magic Capital with Mom to heal his injuries" She put her arm around Marshall: "Grandpa Marshall, I'm going to see Mom and Dad in a few days, can you come with me?" ”
"The Magic Capital?" Marshall was a little surprised, "Isn't that far?" Forget it, I'm almost sixty years old, I was injured and hit a bone before, and now it's not very convenient to walk, so I'm not going, will someone accompany you? ”
"Yes, yes," Minna flattened her mouth aggrievedly, "But I want to be with you...", but what Marshall said also makes sense, if it is to go by boat, it is not a big problem, but Melory seems to have mentioned in passing that the people of the Security Agency go to Shaonan by land, because it is faster... In this way, the old man can't stand it
Marshall smiled and touched Minna's head: "It doesn't matter, kid, I'm fine here, you have someone you can trust to escort, let's go with them"
"But... If you go to the Magic Capital, I can ask the Master of Magic to prescribe a dose of Herb for you, and you'll be all right, and maybe you can remember what happened in the past! ”
Father Luke chuckled kindly on the side: "Child, the Marshall Church is now completely healed from his trauma, as long as he recuperates quietly, it is not suitable for long-distance travel as for the devil... It can restore the memories of people who have lost their memories, but as far as I know, there is no such thing."
Minna bit her lip, knowing that he was telling the truth: "Or... How about Grandpa Marshall and I go to see a physician? I know a very good doctor, let her help you take a look, right? She was a little suspicious, the Cult of Light's healing techniques were good at treating external injuries, but they were afraid that they would have little effect on internal injuries in the body
Father Luke just smiled and said nothing, and Marshall was coquettish by her for a while, and finally agreed
Minna happily walked out of the main hall with Marshall's arm in her arms, her steps were brisk, she smiled and talked about the past, and when she turned her head by chance, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure walking towards the main hall at the gate, and couldn't help but stop
Before she could decide whether to avoid or greet her, the other party had already spotted her first: "Mary? Why are you here? "It turned out to be the old gardener of the Hedda family
Minna was a little uncomfortable, and stammered to him, and the old gardener looked at Marshall, and said, "Is this your grandfather?" It turns out that you are with your family, and I still want to go to Meiatte with you, Mrs. Except for a few little young masters and young lady's wet nurses, only Wally is left, and she needs people very much."
"Huh?" Minna was surprised that Meiat was the original territory of the Hedda family, a large plain near the Arora Forest, but now only about a quarter of the land was controlled by the Hedda family, nominally managed by the Francis family
It turned out that Mrs. Helen and the others couldn't wait for the queen to make a move, so they had no choice but to obey the king's order to go back to the territory to make money, but most of the servants were scattered, and many of them, such as Dorothy, took advantage of the chaos to take away some of the master's jewelry or private money, although these noble ladies and young masters and ladies were angry, but for fear of attracting the covetousness of others, they did not dare to make a noise, and hurriedly packed their luggage and planned to leave, but there were too few servants, and they felt that it was inconvenient, so they had to find those old servants who had worked for them for decades
The old gardener sighed: "The two little young masters and the little young lady are sick, the third young master is even sicker, he has lost a lot of hair, he is also thin to a handful of bones, he can't sleep at night, and he always has a drunken madman to take care of the little young master, and he has no time to pay attention to him, and the third young master's wife... I'm actually planning to divorce him! Is the Hedda family really going to end? ”
It's good when it's over, Minna thought angrily in her heart, she actually knew in her heart, these young masters and young ladies would give birth to platinum eighty percent of their own hands and feet work She rolled her eyes and asked, "Madame, are you okay?" If you're too tired, it's not good to get sick."
The old gardener sighed, "Isn't it?" I see that Mrs. has a very bad face, but she can barely make money, but the two young ladies said that they are also sick and refuse to take over the affairs of the family, and Mrs. is really hard"
Minna lowered her head and approached Marshall: "I'm sorry, uncle, I'm going to find my parents and can't go with you"
"Really?" The old gardener felt a little sorry, "Then forget it, you are such a young child, you should indeed be with your parents," and then walked towards the temple gloomily
Marshall listened a little nonsense: "Have you ever been a maid for someone else?" Father Luke didn't mean you were a child of a noble family."
Minna hurriedly "shh ”
"No, let's go" Minna hurriedly helped Marshall into the car, and after the car started, she whispered everything about what had happened these days, even the secret poisoning of Heda's people
Marshall frowned: "Why did you poison them?" You're there to find out, right? ”
"That's because they killed you," Minnadi's voice grew quieter and quieter
If it was because she hated the Etta family that they killed Marshall and Vasily and framed their father, then now that their father is out of danger and Marshall and Vasily are safe, what reason does she have to take revenge on them?
Minna was speechless, and Marshall sighed when he saw this: "I don't remember what happened before, and I don't know where you learned these poisoning methods, but this is not something that a child should know, and no matter how much you hate a person, you can't poison someone's whole family, how do you know that you won't hurt innocent people?" ”
Minna muttered, "None of their families are good people...", but if you think about it, there may be innocent people like those underage children, although they are also annoying in their arrogance, but they are indeed innocent
She bit her lip: "I'm sorry, I knew it was wrong..."
"It's not just a mistake, kid," Marshall said earnestly, "I won't do irremediable things out of anger or resentment in the future, and even if I really die this time, I won't take revenge on you for me, before you hurt the enemy, you will hurt yourself first, don't forget what really matters because of hatred."
Minna bowed her head to be taught, and Marshall asked if the poisons could be cured, and she said: "I have two kinds of poisons in the flower tea, the portion is very light, and they don't drink much, and they will get better in a few days... I'm only drinking in Eta's wine, he drinks too much, it may be a little troublesome, as long as he doesn't drink anymore, and drinks licorice soup for a few more days, it should reduce the effect of the licorice and solve the problem, I won't do it..."
Marshall was not satisfied, but after learning what the Hedda family had done to Anlong and another member of the Security Service, he didn't say much, but asked Minna to find a way to detoxify Etta
Minna agreed with a bitter face, but she was very embarrassed in her heart, she didn't know if her identity was exposed, and how to send the things?
Glancing at Marshall secretly, she pursed her mouth aggrievedly Grandpa Marshall used to love her and her father the most, but now that she has lost her memory, how did she become harsh?
The carriage drove to the Department of Security, and Minna quickly brought Marshall before Mrs. Ponnart, who listened to her, gave her a funny look, threw a pamphlet to her, and asked Marshall to lie down for a diagnosis
Minna opened the pamphlet and found that it was the "Regulations of the Doctor's Hospital of the Security Department", which mentioned that the medical hospital was for the internal personnel of the Security Department who were injured and sick in the line of duty, and they could only receive treatment from the doctor's hospital unless they were close relatives of the personnel in the department and had no other way to seek medical treatment
Does that mean Marshall can't be ruled here? So why can she treat her foot injury here herself?
Minna asked Mrs. Poonat, but the other party kept looking at her with a smile on her face, and could see that she was hairy: "Madame, what's wrong with you?" ”
Mrs. Bonnat coughed lightly: "It's nothing, I just think your kid is very cute" She helped Marshall sit up: "The one who used the healing technique for him is quite capable, he has no external injuries, but he is a little weak, he needs to recuperate, eat more nutritious things, but the head trauma, I can't help it, I have only heard of the water that makes people lose their memory, but the one who reverts to the memory, really no, I don't think you have to bother, the old man is old, his memory is poor, and it is normal"
Minna's unspeakable disappointment in her heart: "Can't you recover?" But I can remember it..."Feeling, Grandpa Marshall, who has lost his memory, is not the same as he used to be
Marshall smiled kindly at her, but not as kindly as before, and Minna was a little sad
"Aunt Bonnie, change the leaves!" A female voice came from the doorway, and Minna turned her head to look, almost recognizing it as Veronica
Veronica lost a lot of weight, her face was pale and white, hanging on her arms, and there was faint blood in the crook of her arms, and the whole person looked very weak and delicate Minna reflexively wanted to call a "fierce woman", but when she saw the other party's Nirvana, she thought that she was injured like this in order to protect her parents, so she didn't want to speak again, just nodded and said hello, then turned around and picked up Marshall: "Let's go back"
Unexpectedly, this weak version of Veronica didn't intend to let her go, and directly blocked it: "What are you doing?" I won't eat you again! What are you doing running so fast? I ask you, don't you come back until the National Day? How did it end up here? And Uncle Marshall, I asked someone to look for you, and they all said that you were missing, where the hell did you go?! ”
Marshall was a little nonsense: "I'm sorry you are..."Veronica's eyes widened: "Uncle, are you old and dizzy?" Can't even recognize me? ”
"Grandpa Marshall bruised his head, and I don't remember anything before," Minna hastily explained, not saying anything else, she didn't like this woman in any way
And Veronica obviously didn't have a good impression of her: "While you're here, I have something to ask you, what's going on with your grandfather?!" Did he die or did he go somewhere? As soon as she said this, almost everyone around her turned their eyes, and even the wounded who were walking outside the door curiously leaned in this direction
"My grandfather didn't die!" Minna said angrily, "He's just going back to his hometown!" He went back because his grandfather's parents were sick, and I watched him go, and he definitely didn't die! Will be back sooner or later! ”
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but be a little inexplicable, Mrs. Bonet coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "Everyone is very concerned, because the rumors outside are spreading too much, and the only one who knows the truth is that you have been missing, some people say that he saw Count Xiao leave this world with his own eyes, it seems that this is also a rumor."
Veronica interjected, "It can't be a rumor, right?" Didn't Melori investigate? The isolated island where Count Xiao disappeared, no ship has ever left, he disappeared on that island, even if there is a mechanism on the island, it is impossible to leave that sea area, right? ”
Could it be news from Corbyn? Minna frowned and said: "I guess who said that rumor, but he is not right, my grandfather left through a magic circle, so except for me, no one saw that person just hiding nearby and eavesdropping, grandpa said, he will come back, it may come back from the island, it may be back to the Yaluo Forest, or it may appear somewhere else, he will come back anyway!" ”
She said it categorically, everyone believed it, and they continued to do their original work, only Veronica relaxed on her face, and said coldly: "Even if you want to leave, you should say hello, because of the rumors, how much trouble has been caused to our department!" With that, he walked into the small room next to him on crutches and waited for a change
Minna pursed her lips and helped Marshall to leave, the latter insisted on going back to the temple to earn money, although Minna was unwilling, but she also knew that her two houses were inconvenient to live in, and she still borrowed the dormitory of the Security Bureau, if she was not even allowed to treat the disease, let alone borrow it, thinking that Marshall was doing well in the temple, she no longer stopped her, but she would bring him good food every day
Several times to visit Marshall, he urged her to find a way to send Xie Bao to Etta, Minna grinded for a long time, only reluctantly in the name of visiting the "old master", sent some food and "mending" to the Hedda family, by the way, put on a small dagger to defend herself, but then did not see anything unusual about the other party, she was sure that her undercover identity was not exposed, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and sent Mending Fu twice to see that the children of the Heda family gradually recovered, and Etta no longer lost her hair, so she no longer touched them
The wife and children of the Heddah family dragged on for nearly a week, and finally died of the queen's heart, and the wife who left Ita did not go with her, nor did she stay with her husband, but after completing the divorce procedures, she returned to her mother's house, and the verdict of the false accusation case also came down, and Anlong regained his innocence, while Eta, who lost the title of knight of the only remaining land, was exiled to the mines on the northern border
On the hillside on the western outskirts of Ito Castle, there is a large green meadow, surrounded by a low stone wall, in which rectangular stone monuments are erected, which is the cemetery of the Security Administration
Today was the day of the burial of the sacrificial horse, and Minna came with the crowd, and she only learned to this day that his name was Elsis. Morris, forty-three years old, although the undercover identity is a horse, is actually a retired officer, her father once followed her grandfather Xiao Tianjian to participate in the war more than 30 years ago, unfortunately died, his son inherited his father's business to join the army, never fought a battle, but died in the peacetime "war".
At present, what is even more surprising is that his son, a fourteen-year-old boy, originally thought that Ni was in the first year of high school, studying accounting, had just finished the summer vacation, and had already walked home, but was urgently recalled by his family, only to know that he had lost his father
But instead of complaining about the Security Department, he said loudly to the director, Ms. Leah, "Please take me!" I want to join the Security Agency too! Do things for the country like Daddy! Please take me! ”
Lady Leah looked at the two Maurice in amazement, the older one was about to faint: "Don't... Stop talking nonsense! Will! Apologize to the Director! ”
"I'm not talking nonsense!" The young man said, "Grandpa died for the country's conquest, and Dad sacrificed himself to eradicate the traitors to the country, how can I be like a coward, hiding in Yini and learning to settle accounts?!" Grandma, our family has been a soldier for generations, and I can't lose the face of my grandfather and father! I'm sorry, please forgive me! ”
Old Mrs. Morris looked disgraced, but the young man's mother nodded and said, "Good boy, ambitious" but added: "But what do you want to do at your age, let's talk about it when you graduate."
The boy wanted to say something more, but Leah asked Mallory privately, "What should I do?" ”
Melori didn't move her eyebrows: "It's okay to take it, let him continue to go to school in Yini, and just collect some gossip when he has time" Ms. Leah looked at him deeply, and then called the young Will to whisper, Will seemed to resist a little, but finally nodded
Minna saw this scene with some emotion in her heart, but caught a glimpse of Mallory making a gesture to her, and hurriedly walked over to help him to the side and sit down
Melori smiled and thanked him, and asked casually, "Has the foot injury been healed?" You're leaving tomorrow, right? ”
Minna nodded vigorously, a hint of joy on her face
Mallory handed her an envelope and said, "I have a letter for your father, you can carry it for me, it's about your ring."
"Rings?" Minna was puzzled
"There are a few confidential documents in the department that have been lost, all of them were left in the early days of the establishment, I remember that your grandfather has a copy there, it should be in the ring, some precious herbs and magic crystals, which are also very important to our wounded, I can eliminate your father can promise to take out these things, the documents are useless to you, and other things, we are willing to pay a high price to buy this matter is not in a hurry, your family should discuss it well"
Minna suddenly had a good impression of Mallory's words, he could have asked her to take it out now, but he had to get her father's consent first, and it was really too far from Yutankobin and the others, so she hurriedly agreed
Melori looked very happy and said, "One more thing... I can discuss it with your family, yes... About your "I? ”
"Yes, you," Melori stared at her, "you are very se, you may not be outstanding, but you are full of physical strength, flexible and responsive, and, at a young age, you have a broad understanding, and you act calmly than your peers, I think... Maybe you'd like to be one of us and help us with some small tasks once in a while? ”
(Big Chapter...) It's been a long time since I've written such a big chapter, and today I'm in a bad mood first, and then I'm getting better, is that what motivates me? Vote for me