The housekeeper committed suicide.

Zhou Shu wondered, is this old guy poor and crazy, why does he dare to detain anything without permission? Why did he stab himself to death without saying a word after being discovered?

Such a high-risk job, and such a glass heart. Zhou Shu also felt quite incomprehensible that this old man could live to this age before dying.

After meeting Duke Beihai, he found that this guy's few words were basically no different from a mute. His butler committed suicide in front of him, and he only said 'change rooms', and then changed the next room to continue the meeting.

Zhou Shu could hear the sound of the cleaning staff changing the carpet in the next room. He didn't think that the old man's suicide had anything to do with him, and he didn't feel guilty. He pitied the half-burned castle more than this guy. He still has a good impression of this kind of stone building, stone is the best witness of history, and those buildings that remain can remind future generations of human life thousands of years ago are basically all made of stone.

At this moment, the Gray Witch was stepping on the wind and flying down from the sky, that is, reducing her flight altitude, because she was about to arrive at Haiyuan City, and she had even seen the gloomy air in the sky of the North Sea.

She called Zhou Shu a few minutes ago, but no one answered, which means that he is in the office, at least not so free. The Grey Witch stepped on her broom to determine his position, and decided to go directly to him.

In a small room in the City Lord's Mansion, Zhou Shu had already handed over his letter box to the duke, and stared at the duke to read it.

The man of few words did not have any expression when he read the provocative words of the sick princess. Reading the invitation of the soon-to-be-crowned queen, he invited his two children to go to the White Moon region with the person in front of him who had just set fire to the castle. He still didn't have any expression.

Personally, he wanted to laugh about it, and he wanted to laugh out loud. The contents of the letter did work well for him, and he felt that his IQ was being ignored.

Is it in the eyes of the royal family. Am I just an ignorant redneck?

He had never heard of anyone so brazenly demanding the life of a child from a father, believing that having two young sons as hostages would contain the entire North Sea.

It is impossible for the Duke of Beihai to hand over the heir. Even if it is handed over, it is impossible to reconcile with the royal family because of these two children. Those who achieve great things are not informal. Children cannot be a stumbling block on the road to glory in Beihai. In the opinion of this duke. If your own children do not bring prosperity to the family, then it is better not to have children.

Zhou Shu and the others stared at the big man in this region of the world in front of him, reading the letter with an official spirit. Thinking casually about some messy things.

Just as he hesitated for a moment to leave here or go to Kelnan to say goodbye to him, the Duke stopped sitting upright like a dummy, and made a rare movement.

"The letter says that Her Majesty the Princess wants one of my children to attend the coronation in January instead of me, who is unwell......"

Zhou Shu really wanted to say, 'No need'. However, before he could speak, he heard the follow-up speech of the Grand Duke of Beihai.

"This one is fine, no problem. I need some lead time though. I will reply to you at this time in two days. ”

For this answer, Zhou Shu expressed satisfaction. The heart says that after tomorrow you will not be able to say this.

Lord Zhou, who burned half of the castle, was sent out of the city lord's mansion. He could guess that the Grand Duke of Beihai would be very unhappy. Someone burned down the house, but he couldn't attack or retaliate, and he couldn't beat it. You also need to think about the whereabouts of your own children. I don't know if this duke, this father, will feel like a wretch.

As the top leader of the local government, he is still a foreigner in the face of a young man from the central government who acts recklessly. Just using the phrase 'unhappy' is certainly impossible to describe his mood.

Leave the high-walled compound of the City Lord's Mansion. Zhou Shu found that there were about six people who were following him.

It took ten minutes for these people to be thrown off.

took out his mobile phone and looked at it, there was a missed call from the gray witch, so he was in the crowd on the street, and he didn't care about other people's eyes and dialed it directly. With Kellnan's previous experience, Zhou Shu also found that he would at most be treated as a toothache when he made such a call, and he couldn't attract the attention of many citizens.

"Hi, Ash, what are you doing?"

"Don't call me an alien. ”

"Okay, what are you doing, I was a little busy just now, and now it's fine. How long do you have to get to me?"

The Gray Witch said that she is now in Haiyuan City and is shopping. She looked at the tracking device she had placed on Zhou Shu's body, and found that the two were very close to each other, and they were about to meet together. So she commanded Zhou Shu, the bright spot on the mobile phone screen, and asked him to walk along the street, straight away.

Zhou Shu is still very obedient, after all, he called people over to help, so he had to be a little respectful. As he walked, he found himself on a rather remarkable street.

Zhou Shu is quite familiar with things like the slave market, but he doesn't have much in-depth understanding. At this time, he was deep in a large market where livestock and people were mixed and sold, and he also knew that the slaves in Beihai had to be exposed when the buyer inspected the goods in winter, and when no one was looking, they were draped in fast blankets. Although it is the sunniest time in the afternoon, the temperature is quite low. Zhou Shu also sighed at the good physique of these slaves.

The Grey Witch had already spotted Zhou Shu, and this would have gone around behind him, trying to scare him with a surprise attack. Zhou Shu also wanted to pretend not to know, but he reflexively grabbed her hand from reaching out to pat his shoulder.

"You can't cooperate with me a little!" the gray witch complained rather unpleasantly, grabbing her wrist.

"Next time, I promise. Find a place to eat first, and I'll tell you what to do tomorrow. ”

The Gray Witch said that she hadn't shopped enough, and that she had come over for lunch, so she would talk about it while walking down the street.

"Shopping?" Zhou Shu looked around, "Can you go shopping here?"

"Yes. The Grey Witch laughed, "Who doesn't have a time when the desire to shop explodes." ”

"Do you really want to buy something here?"

The Gray Witch gestured with an OK gesture, "I just feel the atmosphere of a slave country." It's a tourist. In the first world, it is impossible to have such a travel experience. ”

Zhou Shu thought that the Gray Witch had encountered something that made him feel bad today, but he followed her all the way down and found that she was really just casually strolling around this street. For a moment, she stared at the slaves who were tied to the pillars with ropes and animals. For a moment, he stared at the passers-by who were buying slaves.

Look at it. Zhou Shu also chatted with her, and talked about these characters on the street with interest.

"Fifty years later, you think. Will it still be slavery here?"

Such a question popped out of the gray witch's mouth, which made Zhou Shu find out that this woman wanted to talk to her about human rights.

Witches are all bad people. There are always people who think that there are no good and bad people in the world, only different positions. This view is very wrong. All people and actions that are opposed to basic human rights can be classified as 'bad', the antithesis of the whole civilization, the villain. Witches don't respect other people's lives very much, and occasionally use them for fun, and they are very problematic from a moral point of view. For society, their survival is definitely not good.

"You're a witch. Why do you ask this?" Zhou Shu didn't understand this guy at all, could it be that he had more contact with me, and his thinking began to jump?

"It's normal to ask, isn't it? It's our world, after all. ”

The evolution of civilization lies in the promotion of universal values, which is not something that can be achieved overnight. Zhou Shu does not intend to interfere too much in the First World in this regard. It's good to let him develop slowly on his own, after all, this is the fate of this world and this society itself.

When most of the inhabitants of this area have the mindset that slavery is bad, all men are created equal, then they will find a way to reform society into a society closer to the first world.

Now the people of the White Moon Kingdom don't realize this at all, so they have no reason to make trouble for themselves. He doesn't have a strong sense of belonging to this world. This is probably because of the fact that there has been a lot of going around in recent times.

Zhou Shu was surprised by the topic raised by the Gray Witch, "You are a witch, you don't want to promote democracy and civil rights here, right?"

"Why do you think this way?!!" The Grey Witch made an exaggerated expression to show that she was surprised now.

"Or else?"

The Gray Witch didn't answer, but asked a question, "What do you think, how is a society like the White Moon Kingdom?"

"Such a general question?" Zhou Shu felt that this was a thesis topic that could be analyzed from multiple angles, not this kind of topic that could be talked about while standing on the street.

"Good and bad. Think so much about what to do. "The Gray Witch hopes that Zhou Shu can make the purest evaluation based on his impression.

"Not good. Zhou Shu shrugged, compared to the first world, he naturally didn't think that there was anything good about the White Moon Country.

"Why is it bad?!" the Grey Witch still looked surprised just now, "This is a slave society, and even human lives can be bought and sold, don't you think such a society is quite free?"

"The first world can also be bought. Zhou Shu reminded this slightly, this statement is naturally in the case of violating the law, but breaking the law may not be punished.

"I can't. I'm governed by the wizarding world, don't compare your secular government's ability to enforce the law with the wizarding world. ”

Witches yearn for freedom, and there was a history of being suppressed by the wizarding world in pursuit of excessive freedom. There is a limit to any freedom, and the witches pursue a state of anarchy, wanting a world where they can be free, and then they are taught a lesson by other magicians.

Now the Gray Witch has come to a world where she can't restrain her, and when she's in a bad mood, she can buy someone to accompany her to relieve her boredom, and no one will have moral concerns if she kills someone. It's a pity that such a world can only last for a maximum of fifty years, and as long as those human rights fighters from the magical world arrive, it won't take ten years for this country to become as boring as the First World.

I don't know much about the witch's sex. He hadn't seen the Grey Witch in a dangerous society until now, and he wasn't even as good as a sick princess in this regard. The Grey Witch had been in trouble with the Iron Princess before, and had almost thrown her from the sky and fell to her death. Although the Iron Princess gained a bit of love because of this, and there was no danger, the sick princess can more or less understand the temperament of the Gray Witch from this story. In fact, she thinks that such people are still quite good, and emotional people are always more easy-going and approachable than rational people. More suitable as a partner.

Zhou Shu was too lazy to talk to the guy next to him about this kind of negative energy, and it took a lot of effort to persuade her to go to a restaurant to eat. The previous arson had cost him too much of his body. Thinking that he was an arsonist, he suddenly felt that he had no position to educate the gray witch, a guy who was genetically distorted.

The day before the selection of the Holy Maiden was no different from the eve of Christmas for Haewon Castle. Because Zhou Shu is an outsider. So it's hard for him to feel the festive spirit. Due to material scarcity. Even the people of Kaiwon Castle are about to lose the festive spirit.

Still, there is a need to do the preparations that need to be done before the festival. In order to prepare for the audition. All families with girls between the ages of nine and twelve close their doors and windows on this day and pray honestly to the god of the sky. It doesn't mean that all people want to be saints, and not all families want to be separated from their daughters for one to three years, but that doesn't affect their desire to praise God.

Zhou Shu and the Gray Witch's work began after the meal. And it really involved the slave market. He paid for a local slave, a young man who had been sold to pay off his parents' debts. There are not many such people in the slave market in Haiyuan City, and most of the slaves are captured robbers, which are very dangerous, so the prices are also cheap.

Buying a slave is really just to ask them some questions, basically about tomorrow's selection process. Unsurprisingly, that so-called shooting arrow into the sky. The ritual of choosing a saint according to the position of the first ray of sunlight is indeed very unreliable.

The young man said that every time the saints were selected, the army carried the clergy to the homes of the chosen saints, and then left with the saints. Nobody knows. The roof of the girl's house was really illuminated by the first rays of the crystal arrows. However, everyone knows that the saint is really from the people, not designated by the city lord, because almost every girl who is selected is from a poor family, and her parents have a history of being poor for three or five generations, and they will definitely not have anything to do with the city lord.

In this regard, Zhou Shu can only think that they have captured a little girl, dressed her up as a saint, and then turned her into a qualified spokesman for God through guò education.

At 1 p.m. on the day of the selection of the saintess, there will be a simple ceremony in front of the city lord's mansion, and the saintess will appear in front of the public for the first time, standing on a high platform to do the handover work with the previous saint. After that, the new little girl will be silent for a month before she will show her face again and preside over something on the anniversary of the god of the sky. She would then attend every religious event and celebration in the North Sea region, almost absent, as if she had never been sick. No saint has been absent from an event for many years.

Listening to it, Zhou Shu felt that this saintess was no different from the chosen Miss World. Get an identity, then go and fulfill your obligations, that's all.

Returning the deed of sale to the slave youth, Zhou Shu and the Gray Witch sat on the flying machine, and in the gloomy sky of the North Sea, there was a plan for tomorrow's work arrangement.

According to the youth, the Grand Duke of Beihai should have chosen one of the poor girls. As for who that person is, there must have been a definite number a long time ago. At least get a girl who looks pitiful and shy, like Kernan's sister.

There are a lot of opportunities to make a move on your side. The Grey Witch said that as long as there was some disturbance on the way back with the army picking up people, it would not be difficult to drop a girl. And causing a riot is exactly what witches are good at.

"What kind of riot is there?" Zhou Shu felt that he needed to listen to it, and the ghost knew if this witch would do something out of line.

"Don't worry, I know it. ”

"Then why don't you just sue me. ”

"I want to surprise you. ”

Zhou Shu rolled his eyes, "Don't surprise me at work!!"

It's not that the Gray Witch doesn't say it, she can't be sure of the size of the escort team, so it's not good to talk nonsense. If it was only a team of thirty or fifty people, she would probably be able to make the group blind for a while. No matter how large the number of people is, it will not work, and some more troublesome methods need to be used, such as calling a few monsters out to distract the attention of the large army.

Zhou Shu was supposed to prepare a speech, a prophetic poem or something like that for the summoned saintess to read out. But he was lazy, so lazy that he forgot to ask the sick princess to help save one, so this link was skipped. When the time comes, he will make his girl put on a frightened look and shout for help to the crowd in front of the city lord's mansion, tell the dragon about it, and announce that the person who killed the dragon will become the savior of Beihai.

Kelnan's sister's prophetic poem didn't mention the follow-up of the hero's prophecy before, so Master Zhou decided to borrow it.

After the discussion, the two men flying in the sky landed on the outskirts of the city, ready to rob a farmer and borrow his home to rest for the night.

On the way to the outskirts of the southern part of the city, Zhou Shu kept an eye on the location of Kyrnan's house. As he flew over his house, he saw that Kernan was still tidying up his courtyard walls. Judging from this guy's priority, it seems that the matter of going to the guard to snatch the body was carried out very successfully.