Chapter 68
After getting married, Wood's life changed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Now he no longer spends seven or eight hours a day carving in the workshop, but is busy at home in the morning, or walks with his wife, and only goes to the workshop in the afternoon to work, and then comes home early in the evening. The neighbors near the workshop could no longer see the lights that often lit up in the workshop at night, but they saw that Wood's face was becoming more and more radiant, and his smile was much more vivid, and he no longer had the feeling of being rejected from thousands of miles away as in the past.
Everyone is very happy about this.
Even the north wind is no exception.
Of course, she was happy for a different reason than others.
Others are happy because Wood is more energetic, and she is happy because Wood has revealed his flaws.
When we first met, Wood was a cautious person, even in the face of his companions from his homeland, he seemed cautious and did not show the slightest flaw. But after getting married, he is obviously much more relaxed, and the flaws in his ordinary life can be seen everywhere, which can be said to be like two people.
If Beifeng wanted to kill him, he would already be a dead man.
But the North Wind didn't want to kill him so soon, she was currently unfamiliar here, at least she had to borrow Wood's connections and put down roots in Pyroxene City.
When she is fully familiar with the situation in Pyroxene City, that is, the death of the betrayer!
It's just that as the days passed, she became a little confused.
Wood doesn't really look like a betrayal person.
Not to mention anything else, if he really betrayed, why would he honestly live a stable married life with her, without the slightest secret?
Isn't he afraid that the secret of his betrayal will be discovered?
He just underestimated himself so much?
Beifeng felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Being underestimated is actually a good thing for spies. If the enemy underestimates you, it is easy to show flaws and make mistakes at critical times. Therefore, the spies are all masters of pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, and they are all good at hiding their strength.
But...... Being underestimated by "companions" makes people unhappy.
Especially Wood!
When North Wind first became a spy, he heard the story of Wood. He once played the role of a court bard, stirring up conflict among the Thunder Duke's royal family, successfully sparking a small rebellion that sent the most talented son of the Thunder Grand Duke to hell and removed the potential threat.
He had also traveled thousands of miles alone, traversing the entire primeval forest with his pursuers on his heels, delivering an important piece of information from the Land of a Thousand Springs. He was so badly wounded that he almost died, and even the priest was amazed, praising him for his spiritual transcendence of the body, otherwise he would have died on the way.
He is a figure admired by the younger spies, and the North Wind is no exception.
So when Beifeng was selected to be the executor of this mission after rigorous training and repeated screening, she was shocked when she learned the content of her mission before setting off.
How can it be!
Why did Wood betray?
After calming down, she thought about it and secretly rejoiced.
If Wood really betrayed, as a junior who once admired him, it would be a rare honor for him to be able to carry out the punishment of him with his own hands.
Albeit...... She didn't want the glory at all.
When she arrives in Pyrstone City, she actually meets Wood, only to find that the former ace spy seems to have weakened a little.
It's not that his strength is weak, his strength is not weak at all, and even stepped into a high-level level the day after marrying her, becoming a figure who can hold his head high and have a face even if he enters and leaves the king's court.
The "weakness" that North Wind felt was that Wood's ability as a spy had weakened.
He was still able to gather information, but he was less sensitive to it, less alert to danger, and less like a spy and more like a real artist.
These changes only slowly appeared after he got married. Although it is only a few signs, for the observant north wind, what these signs predict can be taken as fact.
Such a Wood is not the one that the North Wind imagined.
She had imagined that she would fight with the other party, and that she might have to fight hard to eliminate them, she had imagined that her mission would be easily exposed and then killed without any defense, and she had imagined that Wood had not betrayed him, but that everything was just a misunderstanding...... This last imagination is the most.
Unfortunately, all imagination is wrong.
Wood really betrayed, and then, getting weaker and weaker, he no longer had the sharpness and vigilance that an ace spy should have.
Seeing him like this, the north wind was both happy and angry.
Naturally happy because the task will be easy to complete, but angry because I see my former idol willing to fall.
Who is Wood? He is the best spy of the Secret Tower Federation of today, and the idol of these younger spies!
How could he be so weak! How could he lose the sharpness and vigilance of a spy!
Being underestimated by him like this made her even more angry, and she almost wanted to roar.
She, a good spy who is always keenly and vigilant, would be looked down upon by a waste who is becoming more and more careless, sluggish, and less vigilant!
Damn!
But the north wind could not be attacked, not even the slightest sign could be revealed.
Wood did get weaker, but that didn't mean he was really a wreck. On the contrary, he could pick himself up again at any moment and become as sharp as a cat, cunning as a fox, and as fierce as a wolf.
In any case, his strength is here, and his past achievements are here.
People who dare to underestimate him either have problems with their eyes or their brains!
Beifeng has normal eyes and a normal brain, so she definitely doesn't dare to show the slightest suspicious trace, and honestly plays the image of a "junior sent to assist Wood's work".
If Wood hadn't betrayed, this would have been what she would have done.
So she did it very well, and there was no problem at all.
About half a month later, Beifeng began to engage in education according to the original plan.
She rented a room, cleaned it up, and at Wood's suggestion, rounded all the sharp wooden objects in the room, and wrapped them in soft cloth to ensure safety.
Then, she modeled a much larger painting studio and purchased a large number of simple painting materials.
When everything was ready, she began to spread the word, inviting families in Pyroxene City to send their children to learn to draw.
In this regard, the residents of Pyroxene City were a little confused and worried at first.
Painting is too lofty. The inhabitants of Pyroxene City don't have much upper-class background, and for them, "painting" is a bit too far away.
But there is no parent in the world who does not want their children to learn useful skills, and there is no parent who does not want their children to be positive, even if they can't enter the upper class, it is good to learn some skills in the upper class!
So when they learned that the cost of learning painting here in the north wind was not high, they dispelled their worries and rushed to send their children to study.
In any case, she is the wife of the great artist Mr. Wood, even if she is not as good as Mr. Wood, at least she is an artist!
What a face-saving and honorable thing it is for one's own children to be taught by an artist!
It would be even better if I could go further, learn some real skills, and become an artist in the future!
Beifeng didn't expect so many families to sign up, and he was a little busy for a while. Fortunately, Wood had money, and immediately spent money to recruit a lot of helpers, so as to prevent her from making mistakes and poking out any leaks.
"I really didn't expect it!" After the busy school opening period was over, Beifeng said with some emotion, "The people of Pyroxene City are so keen to let children learn to draw! Although my tuition fee is not high, it is not low! Two gold coins a year, which is equivalent to the money that an ordinary farmer can save for a whole year!"
"Two gold coins are not much. Wood said, "How do you feel about the prices of Pyroxene and the Northwest Republic during this time?"
"The stuff here, a little bit pricey. Beifeng said, "Two copper coins can buy a chicken in a small city of the Federation, and it costs about three copper coins to the Supreme Tower, but in Pyroxene City, you actually need four, and when you go to Void City, don't you need five?"
"Almost. It's a remote place, and most of the supplies have to be transported over thousands of mountains. Chickens and ducks, which can be raised by themselves, are still relatively cheap. Wood smiled and said, "But people here also have high incomes. With Void City as the core, the inhabitants of the Northwest Republic have much higher incomes than other places. For the people here, two gold coins are nothing more than the cost of the whole family to go to Void City. If you want to eat something special and play something interesting there, it will cost you more. ”
"Pyroxene City is the second most prosperous area in the Northwest Republic, and every family here can easily come up with hundreds of gold coins, and families with a middle income or above can even save such a sum of money in two or three years. So for them, spending two gold coins a year for their children to learn to draw is actually not an unacceptably high price. ”
The north wind was silent for a long time, and sighed softly.
These days, she's been working hard to gather information, and she feels that she knows enough about Pyroxene City - whether it's the layout of the city, the residences of the big guys, the pattern of the city's defense soldiers, or the route of the city's guards, she has almost figured out the route of the city's guards.
But now she realized that there were still a lot of things she needed to know, and she was actually just a layman for Pyroxene City and the Northwest Republic!
Wood is one of the best spies of the Mystic Tower Federation in recent decades, and even though he has gradually become sluggish and unalert, the knowledge he has accumulated over the years, and his knowledge of the Northwest Republic over the years, is still an astonishing asset.
If he could be brought back to the Federation, the wealth would go to the Federation......
She thought so, but immediately warned herself not to be cranky.
In the face of a supreme powerhouse like Wood, if you are not careful, you will be worried about your life, it would be good to be able to kill him smoothly to complete the task, don't think more!
However, she just couldn't help but think about it.
After a few days, she finally couldn't hold back and tentatively asked Wood if he had any plans to return to the Mystic Tower Federation.
Wood's eyes widened as he listened, his face full of surprise, and he asked aloud, "Is it really possible?"
"Probably yes...... Now we have two people here, and one of them is away for a while, as long as it doesn't take long, it should be fine. ”
Wood jumped for joy: "Great! I'm going to pack my bags! I'll leave tomorrow morning!"
“...... You don't think about it anymore?" Beifeng frowned secretly and couldn't help but ask, "It's not okay to make a hasty decision." ”
"What's the 'rush' about this?" said Wood with a smile, "I've been thinking about it for a long time! You've just arrived here, and you don't understand my feelings! For a long-dormant person, homesickness is like a poison that goes deep into the bone marrow, and you can't help but think of the grass and trees in your hometown...... For a while, I dreamed of the Supreme Tower, of its majestic main gates, of its towering towers, of the southern-style snack bars in the living quarters below the towers, of the apprentices of magic, who had no identity, and who had been entangled with the grocers for a silver coin for half a day...... I'm not afraid of your jokes, I miss every tree and even every weed there!"
"I remember when I first set off, my superiors told me that this time the incubation work might be longer. I only thought it would be about two or three years, but who knows three years and three years, three years and three years, three years and three years...... More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye. He looked up to the sky and sighed, his voice full of sighs, "More than ten years! How many years can there be in life!"
(Is that the reason for your betrayal?)
Beifeng didn't say anything, just complained secretly in his heart.
"I also said in the report that I had been away for too long, and I had been lurking here for too long, and suggested a change of person or something, but it was all rejected. Wood sighed and said, "You know, sometimes I even worry that my superiors have forgotten about me?"
"Sometimes I even have the ridiculous idea that they will simply destroy my file and let me be an honest woodcarver in the Northwest Republic?"
Wood sat down and shook his head with a wry smile, "I was really frightened when that thought came up. I almost left everything behind and ran back to ask what was going on. ”
"You're really thinking too much. Beifeng said.
"yes, I'm thinking too much. The family didn't forget me at all - it was just that my thinking was against my superiors, so I was treated coldly. Wood smiled a little vicissitively, "But that's okay, it's really okay." I don't care about meritorious service, I've done enough of it. I just want to come home alive, preferably at home. ”
His face lit up, and his eyes lit up: "I thought, when I'm old, I'll buy a house in a small town near the Tower of the Supreme, get a small bookstore, and sell some books like travelogues." I would sit between the shelves every day and watch the young people walk around and introduce them to my books – oh, and my carvings, of course. ”
Beifeng looked at his excited appearance, but he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
The feelings may be real, but for a betrayed spy, these are nothing more than fantasies.
(This guy probably wants to go back to the Federation and be a double agent, right?...... Stop dreaming!)
She lowered her head and used the smile on the corner of her mouth to hide the coldness that flashed in her eyes.
(To be continued.) )