500 Books Fireballs and Poison
After Zhou Shu returned to Baiyue Kingdom, he directly received a fatal task, but fortunately, the sick princess who issued the task did not remember to let him be busy, so Zhou Shu ushered in a rare rest.
Visiting Midali was purely idle. Ula Mystery volunteered to return to the Book of Summoning, much to his frustration and guilt for his girlfriend. In recent months, Zhou Shu has basically not had the so-called private time, and he is surrounded by a large number of people every day, and he is no longer used to being alone. Therefore, it was a bit embarrassing to let him live alone in a small hotel, and he had to catch up with acquaintances when he was bored.
Midali appeared in a tattered carriage, and the difference between the eldest lady from a mercenary family and the real rich lady is quite big. Although Midali went to the city this time to do some shopping and buy herself some beautiful little things to satisfy herself, she did not choose the luxurious carriage she had used to meet the royal ministers before.
She, the commander of the legion, went into the city this time to buy a lot of gemstone ornaments, she didn't buy them for the sake of smelly beauty, she just wanted to find a way to spend money, she was so rich now that she didn't know where to use them.
The scale of such a thing as the mercenary corps is limited by the state, and it is impossible for the state to allow the private army to be too strong in combat, and the number of the Falconry Killer troops can only reach 13,000 at most, including logistics personnel, of course, this is already a lot, and the Falcon Killer has also reached. After the team reached its maximum, Midali, the commander of the legion, couldn't think of what to spend the money on, so she began to squander it at will.
Midali was in a good mood after the consumption, although she basically didn't use the things she bought. On the way back, she saw Zhou Shu, and she was in a better mood.
You must know that the money in Midali's pocket is basically the profit from selling those jelly beans in Zhou Shu. than to sell to soldiers who need to face war. Letting them keep their lives alive with jelly beans, Midali finds it more lucrative to sell these things to those vain Arena Knights.
The Cavaliers often play in front of large crowds. Among these audiences are their feudal lords, their relatives and friends, there are people they want to please, there are people they don't want to lose face in front of them, and there are people they like. This directly leads the knight to value vanity and victory above all else. It was also a catalyst for knights to hone their martial arts.
With selfish desires to promote human civilization, Midali very cunningly began to secretly peddle these drugs that can increase combat effectiveness. The knights were so eager for this kind of thing that Midali's purse was so full that it almost burst open.
The reappearance of Zhou Shu meant that the jelly beans that were not enough in quantity could be replenished, which made the fire-eyed lady, who had become coppery, very excited.
She greeted Zhou Shu in front of her with a smile, and just wanted to say hello, when she suddenly saw the other party rushing towards her with a gloomy face like a killing god. Midali thought that she had encountered an assassin pretending to be Zhou Shu, so she decisively grabbed her sword and prepared to fight back, but she was held in Zhou Shu's arms and rolled on the spot. Get out of the way.
Midali is a martial artist who specializes in lower limbs, and she is particularly shocked to find that she can't run past Zhou Shu. The more shocking thing was behind, and not long after rolling on the ground, she felt the ground rumble and shake, and then she didn't know anything.
Zhou Shu saw a fireball appear out of thin air in the sky from a distance, the size of a bathtub, which was not the same as what he had conjured, and this fireball was more yellow in color. It seems to be very solid.
This attack was obviously aimed at Midali, and Master Zhou was not ready to harvest another corpse when he met with his old friend, so he went all out to save Midali. It's just a pity that the location of the scroll is not very good. Somewhat similar to a rocky beach, the back of Midali's head was smashed before it rolled twice, and the person fainted.
Master Zhou pinched out the jelly beans and directly inserted the jelly beans into this guy's throat with his hand against the jelly beans. When Zhou Shu first got the Book of Treasures, he also saw that the great man did this to Sister Ariel, one of the twin sisters, and now that I think about it, that fat guy seems to have a life for this kind of thing.
Midali's head was not badly injured. Jelly Bean's stomach quickly brought him to his senses, accompanied by a violent cough.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem, can you be gentle when you give me candy!" Midali grumbled, breaking free of Zhou Shu's arms to hold her. The moment she passed out, she had already understood that she had been attacked, and this old friend who had been reunited for a long time had saved herself.
If someone else did this kind of thing, judging from the current Midali who is corrupted by money, it is very likely that he is making a show to win his favor, and the purpose is likely to be the money in his hands.
In recent times, she has been one of the celebrities, hanging out around a large number of knights. These people are either handsome guys or beautiful men, or the prodigal son with a unique male taste, anyway, she has seen any man now, and has been pursued a few times, so she has a strong immunity to men.
Few of the people chasing her had good intentions, and they all came for the jelly beans, at least Midali thought. This mode of thinking makes her less trusting of men, except for Zhou Shu.
Although Midali had never asked about Zhou Shu and the sick princess during the period when she was in the Defeated Soldier City, she was afraid that she would be wiped out by the royal court if she knew too much. However, even the most mentally handicapped person knows that this alien is ambiguous with the sick princess, and Midali believes that she is not as attractive as the sick princess, so she completely trusts Zhou Shu.
After Master Zhou put down Midali, his eyes kept staring at the ground where the cobwebs were cracked by the fireball. In the face of such an attack, he didn't know what to evaluate, so he had to turn his head and smile bitterly at Midali, "Who are you messing with, eldest sister? ”
"Magician. Midali said without even thinking about it, "This fireball appeared out of thin air, it is not a gunpowder weapon, it must be the trouble caused by the magician." ”
What kind of magician is in the White Moon Kingdom, Zhou Shu is not very clear for the time being, he has only been in contact with the magician of Idreni so far. However, he didn't think that the magician's attack meant that Midali's enemy was a magician, "I don't know who bought the murder, anyway, you're lucky enough, just in time for me to come back to be sought revenge." Do you feel anything unusual around you for a while?"
Midali's coachman and a few of the guards were running over at this point. Panickingly asked if their legion commander was still alive, and they were also stupefied by the scene of fireballs falling from the sky.
As a soldier. They had barely seen a magician. Magicians on the battlefield are almost non-existent, because becoming a magician basically gives you the status of a nobleman, and it comes with rare and protective attributes, and will not lead the soldiers to charge into battle like ordinary noble children.
"I'm fine, you go back first. My friend and I followed. ”
Midali gave a casual order, drove his subordinates away, and then glanced at Zhou Shu and said, "When did you come back from a murderer, and where did you go for so long?"
"Murderer?" If it weren't for seeing Midali today, Zhou Shu would have forgotten that he still had such a nickname. He also smiled slightly at the question of the red guy in front of him, "State secrets, are you sure you want to know?"
"What do I want to know?" Midalie pretended to be stupid when she heard the words state secret. "Aren't we talking about what we should have for dinner?"
Zhou Shu is not a detective, he is not good at solving crimes, and he has no idea who is sniping Midali with a fireball. As the most basic means of attack, the fireball can be said to be completely featureless, if it is a poisonous mist to attack, it is basically Idreni who has not run, but the fireball is ......
Midali, who knew a little about magicians, didn't know who it was from, and she didn't even know who she had provoked.
"To speak of the enemy......
Zhou Shu and Midali had already walked back to the Falcon Slayer's camp at this time. Along the way, the wilderness didn't encounter any other troubles.
In Midali's big tent, Zhou Shu sat on a wicker chair, and in front of him was the Fire-Eye Legion Commander who was wandering around in the tent and thinking about problems.
"Zhou Shu, I ask you. Is it possible that those children of aristocratic families who have been rejected by me have hatred for me because of love and find someone to plot against me?"
Zhou Shuhan said, "When did you become so narcissistic." ”
"It's been a few months. Midali spread her hands to express helplessness, "To be serious, I did refuse some male overtures with more fierce words. Probably didn't take into account their decency. ”
Zhou Shu didn't want to listen to the guy in front of him boast about his charm, so he decisively cut off the topic, "You can think about it in a different direction, why don't we have dinner first, I'll have some bread and cheese today." ”
Midali has already asked people to cook, and when they come to the White Moon Plains, the variety of food is much richer. There are only potatoes, potatoes, potatoes on the side of the cold defeated city, and if you want to improve your food, you can only eat some meat, meat, and meat. Even when the lord of the castle treats guests, the salted fish will be placed on the wooden table as a dish, and there are some sausages and other goods next to it, which is quite pitiful. Now it's easy to get to the plains, at least peas can be seen in the potato soup, not just carrots.
Midali didn't think she was being plotted because of relationship problems, she thought about it for a while, and it seemed that she had other places that were very mocking.
"Could it be that my money was revealed when I bought something just now?"
Zhou Shu asked, "What did you buy?"
Midali clapped her hands outside the tent and shouted, "Send me my purchases." Soon two soldiers entered with a box, put down their things and left without squinting.
In the box are some clothes, jewelry, crafts and other things, which are not practical.
Zhou Shu shrugged, summoned his treasure chest, and grabbed a pure gold table candlestick from it and placed it on the table. "This is for you, so let's treat it as a local product. Anyway, what are you buying these things for?
Asked about her pain, Midali complained, "Zhou Shu, I'm probably sick. If you don't spend a little money on something every day, you're going to die?"
"Shopping addiction is so fashionable. Zhou Shu looked at the value of the things in the box, in his opinion, these were all rags, and there were some in the treasure of the dragon, so pick them up casually. "These things shouldn't make the magician do anything to you, right?"
"It's hard to say. Midali hesitated: "The country is in chaos right now, and everyone is worried about their livelihoods. ”
"What's the mess?" Zhou Shu wondered. "I've been home for the past few months, and the situation here is completely unclear. ”
"Actually, it's fine. Midali replied, "The sick princess is missing, the Grand Duchess Sophia of the Red Moon Country is missing, and the princess Fuhu is missing." There were problems in the operation of the trading company, and the sea and land transportation were not smooth, and prices began to rise. The military and the royal court believe that the disappearance of the three princesses is a good thing done by the country of Mori. It seems that the forest country has developed a new gunpowder weapon, and is clamoring to tear up the peace treaty. ”
That's all that is said and done. The red-eyed legion leader looked in the direction of the south again, "Now something more troublesome has come out, the country has a large number of ownerless lands for nothing, and there are already some lords whose territory is on the seashore who have declared that they own the newly appeared land, while other lords disagree with their statement. I'm afraid that there will be new civil strife again. ”
Zhou Shu listened with his eyes closed, and after Midali said a rough word, he began to explain in detail the troublesome things for a while. Among them, the most fatal ones are probably the Lantern Region, which is constantly in civil strife, and the Red Moon Principality, which is also in civil strife.
"After the previous turmoil, the new lord Louyle inherited the duke and lordship. However, this little girl seems to have little to look forward to, and all three cities under the jurisdiction of the Lantern District have declared their secession, and the area around the Lantern City is also full of rebels. ”
"It's even more chaotic on the side of the Red Moon Principality, the female Grand Duke has disappeared for a few months, if the Grand Duke doesn't appear again. The lord is about to be replaced. Since Grand Duke Sonia has no heir at all, the lordship may have to be fought for by the size of a fist. To be honest, I've also received an invitation from the nobles of the Red Moon Principality, and they asked me to destroy their opponents, which means that war has officially started between them. ”
Zhou Shu didn't feel worried about the matter of the princess, after all, now that the family had returned to their places, Zhou Shu felt that with that woman's head skills, there must be a way to quickly calm down these troubles. As for the lantern area......
Zhou Shu knew about the affairs between the fourth princess, the Iron Princess, and her boyfriend. You can guess with your nose that they must have instigated these unrest. I believe that this kind of thing will not be messed up for long, because the sick princess needs a lantern area to support her as a politician. I believe that she will secretly intervene to make some moves soon, but this should be after she retrieves the Ultimate Summoning Magic Array.
The most troublesome problem now, to put it bluntly, is still a matter of the sea receding. The people of the White Moon Kingdom attach great importance to history, so they know that a long time ago, Baishui was actually thousands of kilometers behind now, and now someone should be able to guess that the area of land drilled out from under the sea water this time will definitely not be small.
What Zhou Shu wants to do most now is to find a bed and get a good night's sleep. Nothing. He was tired of thinking, because every time he thought about it, the answer seemed to be bad news, or at least it would make the mood worse-
Why was Midali attacked, the two did not discuss the appearance of a chouyin. When it was dark, the royal capital garrison of White Moon City came and asked about the situation when Midali was attacked.
That's right, Captain Midali called the police. It was the first time Zhou Shu had seen someone call the police for this kind of thing, in his world, being bombarded with fireballs could only swallow his anger or solve it himself, looking for the police was looking for trouble, and at the lightest he would be ridiculed as a neurotic.
The captain of the garrison is also an ordinary human being, not a martial artist, so it can be seen that the martial artists have really all entered the army and become commanders.
Midali spoke back and forth to the man 10,000 times, only to be asked the same question by the captain of the guard for the 10,000th time. Zhou Shu had also been brutalized in this way by a group of state secret agency clerks before, and he wondered why these people liked to ask questions in this way?
When everything is done, it will be dark, and Zhou Shu will be able to eat at this time. I have to say that it was a failure for him not to bring some chicken essence and MSG back from home, and the food in the army was really uncomfortable.
Midali was eating bird meat and munching on an unknown fruit the size of an egg, looking like she was enjoying it.
Zhou Shu kindly reminded: "Eat the fruit half an hour after the meal, otherwise it will be easy to indigestion and stomach pain." ”
"Really?!" Midali, who has no common sense of life at all, was also shocked, "I said why I've been having a bad stomach lately." ”
"Stomach pain?!" Zhou Shu suddenly dropped the spoon in his hand when he heard this word, "I'll wipe Midali, don't you pit me, you haven't been chronically poisoned in your meal, right?"
"Wouldn't it?" Midali looked a little dumbfounded as she chewed on the food in her mouth. She couldn't afford to be horrified that someone could poison her own food.
Secretary Zhou had to have the leftover jerky from a few months ago in his space belt, and he decisively gave up the food in front of him to eat these dry goods. The more Midali thought about it, the more scared she became, grabbing a large bag of Zhou Shu's rations and stuffing them into her space belt.
As a result, that night, Zhou Shu and Midali both had stomach problems. It has nothing to do with poisoning, it should be that this jerky is spoiling. Generally speaking, there will be no bacteria in the space belt, but a few months is too long to say anything, and it should be bad or bad.
Early the next morning, the two of them blushed as the mercenary who killed the falcon took away the bucket he used to defecate and emptied it. Midali came to the doctor early in the morning to check for signs of chronic poisoning.
After the urine test, the answer came out quickly.
Strictly speaking, the medicine of this world is not very good, and it is still in the stage of practical science like Chinese medicine. Since there is no understanding of the microscopic world, the concept of bacteria and viruses is not available to doctors here. They don't even know why the medicine works, so it's no wonder that their medicine works.
Although Zhou Shu despises the world's medicine, he admits that it is capable of certain aspects, such as toxin testing. I don't know how many years of experience those doctors have spent accumulating to come up with a set of methods for testing toxins, which seems to be very scientific.
Midali's test report was terrible, which meant that she was really chronically poisoned......