An Long and Dora in the house looked surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug her: "Minna! You're back?! An Long also asked: "The task is complete?" Isn't it going well? ”

"It went well, and I solved another extra task," Minna whispered close to her father's ear, "Dad, I met one of the Hedda sons"

"Heda? What is his son doing in Shaonan?! An Long was a little stunned, "Could it be that they are playing some tricks again?" I knew that there were no good people in his family except Etta! ”

"Etta isn't a good person either" Dora dropped a sentence disdainfully, turning back and calling out to the babysitter, "Winnie, Winnie! Minna came back and brought an extra breakfast up."

Winnie's answer came from the kitchen, and then the fat nanny ran out with wet eyes and an apron: "Oh, Miss Minna, you're finally back!" You okay? It didn't hurt, did it? Hungry? Cold or not? Tired or not? Do you want to take a shower first? Look how thin you've become, and you're so tanned..."

Minna was busy stopping her snort, in the past three years, she had long been afraid of Winnie's "concern": "It's okay, I'm fine, I'm not hurt or tired, I came back from a shower and the sun is much more sunburned, and my skin will inevitably be darker, and when I have time to recuperate at home for a few months, I can come back in vain I'm starving, Winnie quickly bring me something delicious."

Winnie was still wiping her tears, as soon as she heard her words, she hurriedly jumped back to the kitchen and looked at her parents with a smile, and sat down at the table with a helpless face, Minna said to her father: "The son of the Heda family should not play tricks, he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, not much older than me, it seems that he was abducted by slave traders with the daughter of another declining nobleman, and he just arrived at me, and asked me to help them by the way, so that they would not suffer by the way, and now they are all back to their families."

"That's good" An Long breathed a sigh of relief, "Although the Heda family is our enemy, Etta has finally been friends with me for a few years, and his brother has an accident, and I can't bear to ignore it" After a pause, he was a little curious: "Speaking of which, where did you go on a mission?" How do you deal with the slave traders? Are you investigating the trafficking case in Shaonan? ”

Minna stretched out a finger and "shh

An Long was speechless, he knew that the Security Department had confidentiality rules, but if his daughter didn't tell him, this "colleague" might also be revenge for hiding his family's work for the Security Department, so Xiaoxiao stopped mentioning it

Winnie brought a large plate of food, and in addition to bread, eggs, and milk, there were also several small round meals, urging Minna to eat more, drink more milk, and gain a little more weight

Minna looked at the plate of things, and then at her parents, and saw that they were all eating with their heads buried in their own food, and did not mean to help, so she raised a big smile and said to Winnie: "Thank you, Winnie, but I always eat bread as dry food on the road, and I have long been tired of eating it, and I can't stuff it so much, or else... Will you make me a big meal tonight? ”

Winnie's eyes lit up: "That's right! I'm going to the market, do you want to eat chicken thighs or short ribs? ”

Finally sent away, Winniemina turned her head and glared at her parents with a snicker, looking at the large plate in front of her in distress

Dora coughed lightly: "Okay, Winnie also feels sorry for you, you are indeed too thin, eat more"

Minna pouted: "I'm not thin because I'm weak, I'm in good health, Teacher Sauron has given me a lot of magic pills that are good for my body, and I'm even stronger than my dad now!" Speaking of Sauron, she remembered something: "By the way, I got a lot of precious materials for this outing, and I will send them to Teacher Sauron later."

"No way!" Dora's face sank, "You went to him, it must have been another whole day!" Aren't you tired when you go out for half a month? I'm going to stay at home and rest today, I'm going to see your grandfather tomorrow, he's going back to Matt in a few days, and I'm always thinking about seeing you again, you go and accompany him, as for Professor Soren, I'll go back when I'm free."

Minna folded and turned her head to look at her father, but An Long peeled the eggshell without squinting, as if he was holding not an egg but a work of art, and she had to be silent

When she was in the magic capital before, Dora met Sauron as a parent, and always felt that the other party was not very good-tempered, and sent Anlong to seek medical treatment three years ago, because Sauron did not allow the untrained Dora to take care of her husband personally, and her words were also very sharp, and there was a conflict between the two, although Dora did not stop her daughter from continuing to learn from Sauron, but she never had a good face

Therefore, as long as Dora brings up the topic of Sauron, as long as it is not in front of Sauron himself, it is best not to refute it, otherwise you must be mentally prepared to withstand the storm An Long, who has been with his wife day and night for the past three years, knows this point best

Minna ate breakfast quietly, and after a while, she pretended to ask casually, "When Dad took the knife and fork, his hand was very steady, is it completely healed?" ”

Speaking of this, An Long couldn't stop the joy in his heart: "It's Ai who has fully recovered, and yesterday that kid from Harpy was looking for me to compete with the sword, and I almost beat him to tears" Dora on the side also smiled

Minna opened her mouth wide: "Harpy is looking for you to compete with swords?!" ”

Harpy, who has only learned a little fur from the third-rate splash, usually likes to find someone to compete with swords, but this time he actually dared to challenge An Long, who had been guided by Xiao Tianjie, the number one master in the mainland, and he really didn't have the courage to shoe, but Minna couldn't help but tear up a tear of sympathy for this old friend who had known him for many years, looking at his father's satisfied look, Harpy must have been beaten very badly, right?

"It's going to be busy today, so I'll send a few more bottles of wounds tomorrow," she thought to herself, a little unconscionable

After breakfast, Minna chatted with her parents for a while, and wanted to go to Sauron, but was stopped by Dora again, she had to say, "I went out this time, and drank a lot of magic leaves that changed my appearance, I don't know if it will be harmful to my body?" I want to ask the teacher to take a look, and by the way, I will ask him to give me a few more bottles of supplements, so that my father and I can recuperate."

Dora thought about it, and then relieved, but still complained a little: "That kind of magic flaw shouldn't have been drunk in the first place!" Don't drink it again in the future," Minna spat out her little tongue, packed up her things and went out

When he came to Sauron's residence, he had already gone to Minna to walk around, so he naturally picked up the magic materials and processed them, saw the two pots of magic leaves on the stove, judged the type, and helped adjust the heat

Sauron returned to the room after class, and when he saw this scene, his original anger was slightly reduced, but he still habitually scolded: "Come when you love, leave if you want to, you dare to say that you are my student?!" Can a demon learn with such a rash attitude?! If you don't really want to learn the land, get out of here! ”

Minna lowered her head and obediently listened to the training, and when he finished scolding and wanted to drink tea and take a breath before scolding, she hurriedly sent the materials she had prepared: "This is the material I found on the road, which contains golden se, foxtail seeds and the snake tail bone of the black bone snake, haven't you wanted these two things for a long time?" ”

Sauron was suddenly moved, snatched the package and looked at it carefully, and after making sure that the place was indeed what he wanted, he let out a long "um", and immediately put the thing in a crystal bottle, forgetting what he was going to scold

Minna breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, so she asked a few questions about the magic fray, and seeing that Sauron was in a good mood, she boldly said: "Teacher, the effective time of the transformation water you helped me improve last time has really become longer, and I have been changing for almost half a month this time!" If you add a little more durable agent, can it be changed for a month? ”

Sauron's face suddenly darkened again, Minna secretly said in her heart that it was not good, and sure enough, she heard the other party scolding: "Are you in the water in your brain?!" Think you're actually a boy?! It's not enough to change for a few days, you want to change it for a month?! I've said a long time ago that you're underage, and at times like these, you're always changing around, and it can cause great damage to your bones! I don't care what you're going to do in front of my eyes! ”

Minna shrunk her neck and was scolded, and after ten minutes of not daring to say another word, Sauron finally scolded enough, and then threw her a bottle of scolding: "Drink!" The eyes were vicious, as if to say that if she didn't drink, she wouldn't see the sun tomorrow

Minna shivered and hurriedly poured it down, so cold that a spirit on her body rose from her lower abdomen, and then the bones of her whole body seemed to be soaked in warm water, warmly, the faint pain after drinking the recovery water completely disappeared, and the whole person was in good spirits, and she looked at Sauron with some excitement: "Teacher, this is..."

"Humph!" Sauron didn't answer, but casually pointed to the corner of the room with his wand, and a large cooking table appeared there, "Two recipes, you must learn them for me today!" Otherwise, you won't be allowed to leave! With that, he picked up a few books and went to class

Minna walked over and took a look, the two magic recipes were unlearned, and the method was very complicated, one was a supplement for physical strength, and the other was the "bone protection water" she had just drunk She remembered the blood tonic and poison relieving agent that Sauron was forced to learn last time, and understood that although he didn't say anything, he consciously taught her some life-saving pills, and couldn't help but be a little moved, and was busy processing the materials according to the requirements of the formula

By the time she finally succeeded in concocting a water that could be approved of by Sauron, it was already evening, and Sauron threw her a book and waved his hand: "Let's go, go back and finish reading the book, and when you come back next time, if you can't answer my question, you can peel that vat of slugs for me!" ”

Minna remembered the live slugs that filled a large tank of water, shivered again, and hurriedly took the book and said goodbye

On the way home, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't gone to see her grandfather, so she turned a fork in the road and walked towards the local store opened by Zhu Fa's family, but it happened to be the house of the Xiao family's branch in the past

Viscount Zhu Fa is nearly sixty years old this year, tall and thin, gray hair, but mentally strong, physical strength is also very good, he is well-informed, courteous, cheerful temperament, although there is always a little estrangement between him and his son-in-law, but he loves his granddaughter very much, and when he sees Minna, he smiles: "I am thinking about you, come and let my grandfather see"

Minna smiled and curtsy to him - grandpa likes elegant and polite girls - and threw herself over and hugged him by the neck, coaxing Viscount Zhufa very happy: "You child, you haven't come to see grandpa for so long, your father always says that you go out to play, you say that you are a child, why do you always go out alone to your father is so irresponsible"

Viscount Zhu Fa didn't know about the "side business" of his son-in-law and granddaughter, and Minna couldn't say anything, so she had to put her arms around his neck and said, "Grandpa, why did your mother say you were leaving?" When will you be back? ”

"What are you doing here? Isn't your dad already well? I'll be back home soon, and you'll come to Matt to stay with your grandfather for a while, okay? ”

Minna thought about it, then smiled and nodded in agreement

The grandfather and grandson talked for a while, and Viscount Zhufa said: "Over there in Encore City, Father Riddle sent a letter and a few children, I asked the steward to ask, they all know how to write and calculate, and the person is also very clever and let people arrange it, you reply to the priest and tell him to rest assured."

Minna was overjoyed: "Really? That's great! Thank you grandpa! ”

Viscount Zhu Fa smiled: "It's nothing, anyway, the store and the fleet need manpower, but there are more and more children on his side, after all, my needs here are limited, even if I trust friends I know, it is impossible to arrange every child, I said, your father still refuses to contact over there?" If you can inherit a part of the Xiao family's firm, you won't need these."

Minna pouted and said: "The Xiao family firm is different from before now, only half of the shops are left in the hands of my uncle, and two percent are in the hands of the stewards, and the rest of the land belongs to other people's families, even the branch here in the City of Magic, wasn't it bought by you, grandpa?" Uncle and steward are fighting fiercely, they never take my dad seriously, why should we bother with them?! ”

Viscount Jufa sighed: "It's okay if you ignored it before, you have already inherited a fortune anyway, but now, even if I can help settle the orphans on Father Riddle's side, what about Marshall's side?" I don't have much influence in Ito Castle."

It's a problem, Minna couldn't help but frown

Grandpa Marshall was no longer fit to be a housekeeper because he had lost his memory, and he wanted to stay in the temple, but he was not a monk, and he was embarrassed to stay there, so he could only help with some chores, so Minna didn't want to see him suffer, so she came up with an idea to let him follow Father Riddle's example, to set up an orphanage, provide food and beds for homeless orphans and street children, teach them to read and count, so that they could find a proper job to earn a living, Freedom from being bullied by hooligans on the streets, Marshall loved the job, and it was not a big problem at first, but as the number of children increased, the funds and manpower were not enough

Later, An Long took out a sum of money, and the Security Bureau also took a large amount of money, and also arranged for the families of some staff, such as the Morris family, to help, and the problem was solved, but it was indeed not easy to arrange the whereabouts of the children

Viscount Zhu Fa saw that his granddaughter was troubled, and his heart softened, so he said: "Forget it, I have recently made a big business, and the profits are quite rich, so I will donate 20% to the orphanage and do good deeds."

Minna happily kissed him a few times: "Thank you, grandfather" Viscount Zhufa happily touched his granddaughter's head

Minna asked with some curiosity: "Grandpa, what kind of big business have you done?"

"It's a thousand kilograms of high-quality spices, sold to Nuojia, the customer heard that it is a big nobleman, and the money is very refreshing, and the full amount is paid after the goods are inspected, and we don't need to transport it."

"A thousand kilograms?!" Minna's eyes widened, "What is he buying so many spices for?!" ”

"Who knows?" Viscount Jufa didn't care, "Maybe it's some important celebration, right?" However, the escort seems to be a Weishadi, probably people from both countries, I actually think it is a little strange, they don't look like merchants at all, they walk in a very strange posture, and there is a peculiar smell on their bodies, my subordinates even suspect that they buy spices for their own use, but since Van A opened the country to allow caravans to pass, business has become more and more difficult to do, it is rare to have such generous customers, I don't care so much" He actually doubted that it would be his peers who took the opportunity to buy goods and sell them at a high price after returning to China. But he didn't care about being taken advantage of

Minna felt that something was wrong when she heard it, but she couldn't tell where it was, and was thinking about it when she was gently knocked on the head by her grandfather: "Aren't you hungry?" Come and eat! I asked the chef to make your favorite grilled chicken thighs and drizzled them with fragrant mushroom sauce."

Minna suddenly smiled, and secretly apologized to Winnie in her heart, I'm afraid I'm going to be sorry for her dinner tonight

After dinner and chatting for a while, Minna said goodbye to her grandfather and walked home on the road, greeted by a cool breeze, mixed with the fragrance of flowers wafting from the garden of a nearby family, and her mood became relaxed

It was quite late, there were no pedestrians on the road, Minna quickened her pace, and as soon as she turned, she caught a glimpse of a black shadow flashing in the corner of her eye, and the black shadow suddenly rushed towards her, she hurriedly jumped backwards, her hand shook, and a slender ice arrow was already in her hand, and the cold was shining

She stared at the dark shadow and asked, "Who are you?!" ”

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