Dressed in the Nogar formal suit specially prepared by the butler, Minter stepped into the Nogar capital city of Nomonka for the second time, but the feeling was completely different from back then

The streets were still very lively, and there were rare shops opened by foreign merchants, which could be said to be thriving, except that occasionally there were scenes of nobles or military officers bullying the common people, and when Minte reached the mountain where the palace was located, he met Sanzong, but the butler who saw the way did not do anything other than to glance contemptuously, and Minter had to press it down, telling himself that those were the people of the enemy country, and he could not control it

The palace of Noga was built on the mountainside - more precisely, from the halfway point of the mountain, half of the mountain is the confines of the royal palace The royal family of this country seems to be very fond of building houses on the hill, and the same is true of the castle of the Jada family, and on the way they pass by the castle of Uncle Jeda, which is also built on the hillside

The whole palace is like a huge stone fortress in the shape of an oval, with three thick walls around it, and many tall buildings can be faintly seen in the middle, and there is only one gate in front of it, and the road leading to the bottom of the mountain is paved with gravel, the road surface is not spacious, and there are tall bushes on both sides, and Mint recognized this as a special plant called "hook thorn", with barbed thorns on the branches, and people will be stabbed when they touch it, and it is often used as a defensive plant in the garden, but like this, most of the hillside is planted, It was the first time he had seen him

The barbed spike is very sharp and hard, and when preparing the magic fowl, if its thorn is used, it usually has to be cut with steel scissors, and it seems that the defense of the Noga Palace is quite strict, and such a terrain, even if you want to attack the palace, it will be greatly restricted, whether it is a person or a horse, you will be stabbed by the hook thorn

Riding a horse to a place about a hundred meters away from the gate of the palace, there was a sentry box, after being searched by the sentinels, Minter and the butler dismounted and walked, and when they came to the first city wall, he was surprised to find that the inner wall of the gate was actually made of magnets?!

Build a magnet wall in such a place, aren't they afraid that the guards will not be able to pass?

The butler seemed to see the question in Minte's heart, and explained softly: "The guards in the palace and outside the palace... Not a system..."

Minter immediately understood, however, that the suction of the magnet could prevent people from carrying weapons into the palace but it was ineffective against the items in the storage ring, and that someone with storage equipment like Jada could easily enter the palace with a weapon, so what was the point of this line of defense if others did the same? Perhaps, just to prevent the entry of large groups of armed forces?

The two major gates in the back are normal, after passing, it is the main hall of the palace, and the surroundings are quiet, and you can only see many figures in the local government offices on both sides, and the housekeeper can not look around in a low voice, Minter has to lower his head and observe the terrain with the corner of his eye

Bypassing the palace, they came to a secluded two-story building, and the butler stood respectfully in front of the door and said, "Your Excellency, we are coming."

The door creaked open, and Jada walked out and smiled at Minter, "Are you here?" How have the past few days been? I've been staying in the palace and haven't taken care of you, please don't be angry."

Minter smiled, of course, he was not angry, but in order to make the other party believe in himself, he still showed a little uncomfortable, full of ambition, climbing up to the ground, and the young man couldn't hold his breath: "No... How so? But... What the hell is the Duke doing these days? ”

Jada smiled imperceptibly at the corner of her mouth, and then said with a wry smile, "I really want to thank you for going through the triple pass, and it was you who persuaded me to make a detour and we could get back to Normonka in time, don't you know?" Those people..."He glanced at Chao Min and said: "I don't know what method they used to persuade the guards, they actually came back only a day later than us, as soon as Lawler knew the news, he immediately went into the palace to complain, fortunately, I reported to His Majesty in advance before I suppressed the matter, but Lawler's side refused to let me go, and invited the Queen Mother to come forward and punish me, I was locked up in the palace for ten days, I couldn't go anywhere, and I couldn't communicate with my family, until today, I finally came out, I immediately called someone to inform you, you didn't wait, right?" ”

"No, I'm still familiar with the other warriors," Mint comforted the other party, but scolded in his heart: Who are you fooling? If you really cut off the relationship with the outside world completely, how did those demons get in?

Jada didn't know what he was thinking, and said with an apologetic smile on his face: "Now that I have finally officially turned against them, I'm afraid that life won't be easy for you here, you'd better be mentally prepared, don't fall into their place, and be those people... People from the south always have bad intentions"

Minter paused and said respectfully, "Don't worry, I know what I have to do."

Jada nodded with satisfaction, and motioned for him to follow him: "I'll take you to His Majesty, come with me."

The butler had quietly retired, and Minter followed Jada back to the back of the palace, and climbed the steps from the small garden to the palace built on the hillside

The royal palace of Noga has many long corridors, and the outward side is a large open window, although it is early summer, the wind blows in the middle of the mountain, and the inward side is quite cool, and the inner side is a wall, decorated with ancient armor, swords, weapons and large frescoes

These paintings are quite ancient, the style is very different from the painting style of Esther and Shaonan, with se bold and dignified, the brushstrokes may be slightly rough, but it gives people a rough and wild impression of the content of the painting, there are ancient times when the Norvi royal family worked hard to attack the city and plunder the land, there are also the scenes of the previous kings leading the army, the most prominent of which is that Nicotymus the Great is riding on a tall white horse, holding a horsewhip and pointing forward, his eyes are sharp, and behind him is a heavy ironclad soldier and a crimson eagle-headed lion winged beast flag, Under the horse's hooves there were the remains and bloodstains of the flags of East and Shaonan, and even a fragment of an eight-pointed star pendant

Mint's eyes shrunk, he sneered in his heart, and walked under the painting in disregard

Walking slowly up the hill along the promenade, soon you came to a palace with a special sense of solemnity to the building, which Minter guessed was probably the residence of King Nogar, but why did Jada take him directly to the king's bedchamber?

He followed Jada into the palace, and almost immediately, he noticed that it was very different from the place he had passed before

It is also a long corridor with one wall and one window, where the windows are hung with dark green velvet curtains to block the cool mountain breeze, and the paintings hanging on the wall are more beautiful flowers and figures, there are a corner of the garden under the sun, there are children whispering under the flowers outside the palace ball hall, there are pure white long-haired cats napping under the windowsill, there are maids in the palace dressed up in the festival flowers, and there are villagers who are busy dragging their children to the market during the autumn harvest of the rolling mountains, endless fields... Minter was suddenly moved, he seemed to see an ordinary and peaceful Noga, no ambitious royal family, no snobbish and greedy villagers, no blood, no war...

Don't know who painted these paintings? He only found that five or six of them were masterpieces by famous artists of ancient times (the paintings were signed on them), and the others were not signed, and these paintings, although not perfect, made people feel very warm

Jada noticed that he stopped in front of the paintings and looked at them, so he looked back and smiled, "It's a good painting, isn't it?" Do you know who painted the ground? Minter shook his head and asked curiously, "Who is it?" Jada smiled mysteriously and beckoned him on

A pair of neatly dressed middle-aged men and women stood outside the tall door, and when they saw Jada coming over, the man immediately stepped forward and saluted: "You are here, Your Majesty is already waiting" He looked at Minter with some joy: "This... That's what you said..."

Jada nodded, turned around and whispered, "Come in with me, pay attention to keep quiet" and strode forward, the middle-aged woman curtsy, and glanced at Minter with grateful eyes, Mint's feet paused, and the middle-aged man had quickly opened the door and let them in

The room was very large, the light inside was a little dim, the curtains were closed, the lights were lit in the room, most of the furniture looked at least a hundred years old, and you could see the luxury of the past, the floor was covered with a soft and thick fur carpet, and unexpectedly, there was a fire burning in the fireplace in the corner of the room, and there was a heat in the air

Minter followed Jada around the curtain and came inside, where the furnishings were much more modest than the outside, and they looked like old things, and on the bench by the window, a man of about forty or fifty years of age was lying in a pile of cushions, looking at something in his hand

His face was pale, his body was a little fat, his hair had fallen to the top, his lips were long with two curled beards, his round face was full of kindness, he smiled and stretched out his hand when he saw Jada come in: "I'm waiting for you to come and sit."

Jada smiled and bowed, then took his hand and sat on the stool next to the bench, asked a few words about his physical condition, and then introduced Minte: "This is the magic master I mentioned to Your Majesty, and the herbs you have drunk in the past few days are all prepared by him."

"Oh? Younger than I thought," the middle-aged man, Gale II, watched with some curiosity as Mintmint hurriedly stepped forward to salute him: "It's my honor to serve you."

Gail II seemed to be in a pretty good mood, smiling all the time and asking about Minter's age, his parents, his hometown... Just like Minter, who is like a family, has already made up his life story before he comes, and he has dealt with it without leaks

After half an hour, Gail II took a sip of tea with satisfaction, no longer asked, and turned to the topic: "A few days ago, Jie asked someone to send you a cup to come, I tried it, the effect of the sleeping water is very good, I have slept for more than four hours at night these days, you know, I haven't slept a good night for three years, yesterday I also tried your physical strength supplements, I feel that the spirit is very good, and the meal is more than usual."

"It's great that those water can help you, if you need any other water, please just say it, as long as I can do it, I'll do it as soon as possible," Minter replied with his head bowed

Gale II smiled and pointed to the other chair next to him: "You sit over here" Mint glanced at Jada and sat down as he said, only to hear Gale II say: "Actually... I don't know what I need, since you've learned it, help me see it."

Minter was a little surprised, he was not a doctor: "You think too highly of me, I just have a good foundation in magic, and I happen to know some useful recipes for water, there is still a distance from the real magician According to my teacher, I am at most a trainee magician, I don't have the ability to see people, maybe, you can ask the palace doctor to take a look, I can prepare some water"

"Oh?" Gale II was a little disappointed, but quickly smiled sarcastically, "yes, you're still a child," he nodded to Jada, who got up knowingly, pulled out a small clay box from a decorative clay pot on a nearby shelf, and handed it to Minter

Minter took the box, and said with some inexplicable wonders: "It is not practical to see a doctor, all the court physicians have the same conclusion: excessive sorrow, emotional instability, headache is very serious, as well as hallucinations and victim illusions, the mental state is no longer suitable for dealing with political affairs, you need to be quiet and recuperate, try not to let outsiders disturb you" He sneered as he spoke, with a hint of mockery on the corner of his mouth

Minter heard that there was something hidden in it, and he didn't say anything, but lowered his head and opened the box, and found that it was a crystal bottle, and there was a small half bottle of thick liquid of water red se, which was swaying gently

"This is..."

"Your Majesty is the culprit of the present disease, although on the surface, it is just a bottle of headache," Jada replied through gritted teeth, "Do you remember the place where we first met?" It's the magic master in that tent, I heard that he is very capable, so I asked him to match His Majesty, but I didn't expect him to do tricks and feet in the water! Your Majesty drank the last bottle only to find that there was a problem with the water, if it weren't for that bastard's inability, and the effect of the recipe was insufficient, I'm afraid Your Majesty would have been..."Turning his head to look at Gail II, his eyes were a little red: "Back then... Or I'm going to find him to match... It's all my fault..."

Gale II smiled: "You are also here to help me, it is not your fault, it is the fault of those who do bad things in secret"

Minter was already stunned by the sound, he stared at the bottle, and suddenly thought, the water in this bottle could be the pot he did back then?

(I've commented so much lately, everyone, isn't there really anything worth discussing about the plot?) ）