"Why are you here?"

"It's been a mess in the city for the past two days, don't come out, stay in the store, don't run around."

"Ah, yesterday I said I was going to see you, and I was arranged...... It's ...... to meet you here."

"Mr. Si Gengs, Mr. Si Gengs, take a few people and send the old grandmother home."

Jo jumped off his horse, strode to the side of the road, opened his arms, embraced old lady Mary vigorously, and then put his hands on her shoulders, and made a hurried, babbling noise.

Old Lady Mary smiled unusually brightly, and her face was wrinkled and cracked like a chrysanthemum.

Ferdinand was in the special prison car when he saw Joe hugging Old Lady Mary with open arms. His eyes widened, and his eyeballs almost jumped out of his deep sockets, and the whole person fell into a strange state of confusion and doubt about life.

"I ...... He...... She...... Oh...... Damn Muteste ......"

"Oh, it's alright, Joe. This is Hydrderabad, even if it's a little messy, isn't it great now? Old Lady Mary smiled brightly, and she raised the bamboo basket in her hand: "I am very smart, I know that there is chaos in the city, and many people will not go out these two days." ”

"So, I made a lot of buns and stewed a lot of sauerkraut sausages, so that the girls and boys in the store, as well as myself, went out to sell them together."

"As I expected, business is good. The bread and sauerkraut sausages that can usually be sold for half a month in the food street were sold out this morning. Moreover, the customers were very welcoming, and they tipped an average of three percent more. ”

Old Lady Mary smiled very happily.

"Oh...... So, how many more are here? Joe lifted the small quilt on top of the big bamboo basket, and it was divided into two compartments, left and right, and on the left there were seven or eight buns that smelled sweet with milk, and on the right were five or six suerkraut sausages that were still a little hot.

Joe licked his lips: "Then, you go back and rest, I want all these buns and sauerkraut sausages...... You go back and rest, you keep the account for me, and I will go to the tavern to see you in two days, and then we will settle the bill together. ”

Joe grabbed the bamboo basket.

Old Lady Mary rolled her eyes: "Ah, you little bastard, return the basket to me, I am going to come out to sell it twice more in the afternoon, this is a good time to do business." ”

Jo shrugged his shoulders, took Old Lady Mary's hand, ran to Ferdinand's special prison car, opened the door, pulled out the bread and sausages, and placed them on the small square table in Ferdinand's hand.

Old Lady Mary leaned half of her body into the car door, and looked curiously into the carriage, especially at Ferdinand.

Ferdinand smiled and nodded to Old Lady Mary with the demeanor of a crown prince.

"Oh, this old fellow, I can tell at a glance that this is a naturally bad embryo......"

Old Lady Mary pointed at Ferdinand very unceremoniously and said, "Joe, is he your friend?" ”

Joe hurriedly shook his head, "Oh, I'm not so lucky to be friends with him...... Well, to be exact, he's one of my bosses. ”

Old Lady Mary nodded seriously: "Boss? That...... You have to be careful, some villain bosses will only cause trouble to their subordinates, you have to be careful not to be spoiled by him. If you look at his face carefully, I have lived for so many years and seen so many people, I can see at a glance that this is a naturally bad embryo. ”

Ferdinand's face tensed, and he blinked desperately, staring at Old Lady Mary.

Old Lady Mary raised her head proudly, snorted coldly, grabbed the bamboo basket in Joe's hand, turned around and ran away with small steps: "Alright, alright, Joe, you don't have to worry about my side, this is Hyderabad, there are occasional small messes, but they can't hurt me...... Well, you have to be careful, you have to be careful. ”

"Especially, that bastard boss of yours, I can tell, is the kind of natural villain who has a habit of causing trouble and causing trouble when everything happens, a bastard in his bones...... Be careful, he will definitely get you in a lot of trouble. ”

Mrs. Mary jumped across the road where construction was under construction and soon disappeared around the corner of the street.

Joe coughed lightly, he looked at Ferdinand, and said slowly, "Old Grandmother Mary, she is a ...... with a straight heart"

Ferdinand waved his hand, he exhaled heavily, and leaned back on the saddle weakly: "Oh, don't worry, Joe, am I such a cautious person?" Will I retaliate against someone because someone scolds me? Oh, I'm not that kind of person. ”

The four Hydra guards looked down at their toes with expressionless faces.

Hehe, Ferdinand's character and discipline......

Of course, he would not take revenge on Old Lady Mary, there was no doubt about that...... Finding death isn't that way, is it?

Ferdinand grabbed the sauerkraut sausage on the small square table next to him and took a big bite of it.

He chewed a few times and muttered vaguely: "Hmm, it tastes really good, the purest sauerkraut sausage taste in my memory...... There have been, haven't eaten it in years. ”

Joe shrugged his shoulders disapprerovingly: "Of course, you...... There are too many delicacies of the mountains and seas that can be enjoyed, and things like sauerkraut and pig intestines are originally the daily life of our people. ”

Joe grabbed two sauerkraut sausages, slammed the car door shut, jumped on Xiaobai, and continued to move forward.

Ferdinand took another bite of the sauerkraut sausage and scolded in a low voice: "Little bastard, what do you know? I haven't eaten this flavor of sauerkraut sausage in decades...... It's because, at that time, she didn't have time to cook for us to eat. ”

"Hmm, delicacies from the mountains and seas? Bastard, when I was a child, I also had a hard time...... At that time, the empire was almost bankrupt by the damned grandfather Duolun, and the entire empire was about to end, and a sauerkraut sausage was also a very luxurious delicacy...... What do you know? ”

Ferdinand cursed under his breath, opened his mouth, and quickly ate the sausages and bread of the small square table.

A cold tear slipped from the corner of his eye, and before it could hit the ground, it completely evaporated in the air with a 'snort'. Ferdinand raised his head, glared fiercely at the four Hydra guards who were silent, and snorted softly.

"If she has time to cook us more...... Perhaps, Doran and I won't get that far, you say? ”

Tiny cold sweat oozed from the foreheads of the four Hydra guards, and they remained motionless and silent.

"Look at you cowards." Ferdinand shrugged his shoulders, turned his head to look out the car window at the street scene, and whistled softly...... It is a nursery rhyme that has been circulated in several ancient provinces of the Deren Empire and has a history of hundreds of years.

In the oldest provinces of the Delen Empire, the old Deren who profess themselves to be the 'purest imperial people', almost all of their childhood fell asleep with this nursery rhyme.

After blowing half a song, Ferdinand suddenly muttered, "Ah, I'm going to find two hot girls...... Can any of you, lend me a little bit of the insignificant gold mark? ”

The southwest corner of Hydra Palace, in a luxurious mansion.

In the huge study, the Grand Duke of Portland, who is nearly forty years old, stands behind the floor-to-ceiling windows, his nose pressed against the windowpane, quietly looking at the snow-covered yard.

The Grand Duke of Portland was red-haired and blue-eyed, and quite handsome.

Although his height is not as astonishing as the average height of nearly seven feet like the royal family of the Delun Empire, he is also six feet one or two inches, and among ordinary people, he can be called tall and tall.

Dressed in a tight-fitting white hunting suit, with black riding boots on his feet and a scarlet coat draped over his shoulders, the Grand Duke of Portland's appearance was clearly worthy of the high title he had inherited from his father.

Beside him, behind a floor-to-ceiling window, behind an antique desk in yellow rosewood, a man with blond hair, blue eyes, a handsome face, and a little lipstick on his lips sat in an office chair, unscrupulously flipping through the papers on the desk.

The blonde man looks like he is in his early twenties, and it is the time of youth.

It's just that between his gestures, there is a bit of feminine softness, and with the lipstick on his lips, the blonde man gives people the feeling of ...... It's kind of weird.

And the clothes on him......

Pink shirt, fiery red tuxedo with turquoise stripes.

It's hard to describe this guy's outfit with frivolity and fancy, anyway, in the conservative and traditional aesthetics of the people of the Delun Empire, this is definitely an indecent and obscene color.

Of course, the identity of this blonde man, Edward, is actually quite serious.

The third secretary of the Vice-Embassy of the Ice Sea Kingdom in the Delun Empire, in charge of his correspondence and personal correspondence, as well as in charge of some intelligence work, Edward can be regarded as the real official of the embassy.

The Grand Duke of Portland didn't say a word, and Edward found an annual report from the pile of briefcases on his desk.

He carefully flipped through the annual report, and then whistled vigorously: "It's really amazing, Your Excellency, your industry actually made so much profit for you last year?" ”

"Ah, as far as I know, now, in the Duchy of Portland, the Grand Duke of Portland, who sits on the throne of the Grand Duke, has less tax revenue in the whole Duchy than you alone earns in a year...... Rich and rival the country, Your Excellency, you are truly rich and rival the country. ”

The Archduke of Portland's calm face finally moved, and he snorted softly: "Those rebellious ministers and thieves...... Sooner or later, they will be punished as they deserve......"

Edward put down the annual report in his hand, crossed his legs, and leaned back in his office chair.

His gaze was a little sticky, staring at the back of the Grand Duke of Portland: "I heard that you have received a promise from a certain hydra. Once they've reopened the Rhine Corridor, you'll be able to form a legion and, with their cooperation, reclaim the Duchy of Portland? ”

The Grand Duke of Portland turned around and looked at Edward with a deep gaze: "You guys are very well-informed. This is the opportunity I have been waiting for for 30 years. Those rebels and thieves, they have been stealing the throne for thirty years...... Thirty Years ......"

"When I was seven years old, I witnessed my father and mother, as well as my brothers and sisters, being chopped off like chickens by those rebels and thieves on the guillotine."

"Every night for thirty years, I have relived that horrible and tragic scene in my dreams."

"I remember the kindness of the Ice Sea Kingdom for helping me escape to the Delen Empire...... So over the years, I've done a lot for you, and I've even given you a huge amount of money for your ambassadors. ”

"The Lanyin Corridor is about to be reopened, and the voice of the Delenn Empire will once again sound in the center of the continent, and their will will once again envelop Medland's heart...... Portland, must be reassigned to his true master. ”

"Edward, please tell everyone behind me that this is the last time I will serve the Ice Sea Kingdom."

Edward frowned, and he shook his head slightly: "This, is it appropriate?" ”