After leaving Li Xuanying, Odosia continued on her way, and at the entrance of the street in the aristocratic ghetto, she stopped the carriage and walked down.

The two entourages following the back of the car were both temporarily sent by Joanna to escort her, and although they knew her, they were not her own subordinates. Seeing that she suddenly didn't leave, both of them were a little strange.

"Miss, do you have anything else?" One of them asked.

"Yes, there is still something to do, you go first. You don't have to wait for the carriage, just go back. Odosia said.

The two attendants looked at each other suspiciously, and the coachman couldn't help but turn his head and cast an inquiring gaze.

"Miss Joanna, however, has asked us to get you safely to the docks." Another attendant explained, "It's a mess out there right now, so you'd better be safe." Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to deal with Miss Joanna. ”

"Don't worry, I'm not that weak. For the past two years, I have been a loner, and Miss Joanna has long been used to it. "They told her that I thought I had one last thing to do, and that I needed to go to Li's house." She'll understand what's going on, and she'll not embarrass you about it. ”

Several people looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and saw that Odosia had already made up her mind, and estimated that she was not her confidant, and she couldn't seriously persuade her, so she didn't insist anymore. They politely said goodbye to Odosia, and then left together.

Odosia turned her head and walked towards the noble quarter.

It's quieter here than outside. Ordinary thieves generally dare not come to this place. Agitated citizens sometimes rush in and make a fuss. But today, as far as she knew, the most prickly people had gathered in the arena, and she wondered how they would feel after finding out that they had been deceived by Princess Jeanne and the others.

Looking at both sides of the street, there are far fewer guards standing guard. When she passed by Guo's mansion, she found that there was no one here: not only were the guards who had always been lazy missing, but even the horsemen and coachmen who were often moving at the door were gone. Even the roof of the Guo family, which has always been lively in the legend, is empty at the moment. The whole mansion was quiet and scary, and those who didn't know thought something was going on - of course, it was something serious.

Odosia looked at the dark-lit Guo Mansion with a little envy, sighed slightly, and continued to walk forward.

Passing by the residences of several wealthy families, she came to the gate of the Li family.

A few of the Li family's family members recognize her, but for a long time, in the eyes of many insiders, contact with her is just a harmless little problem with the son.

After all, Li Tiance's story was already three generations ago. In the eyes of today's people, she is such a smart and clever girl who can take the initiative to help her son relieve her boredom, but she is quite a cute character, far less terrifying than the family rules that are repeated every day. Therefore, everyone tacitly did not make a noise, feeling that the pressure on the son was so great, and it was not a big deal to play outside a little bit out of bounds.

Today, though, there are no acquaintances here. There are also a lot fewer guards in the Li family, and there is only one person standing guard in front of the door, and a few people are busy in the gatehouse. The atmosphere here also seemed to be a little tense, and when she came alone, the guards standing guard immediately shouted, "What a person! ”

"I'm a friend of Li Gongzi, and I need to see your Li Shangshu immediately." Odosia said, stepping up, taking off the hood of her cloak and allowing herself to appear in the light of the torches.

The guards looked at her twice, and did not recognize her, but seeing that she was alone and did not carry a weapon, he comforted her: "Something happened tonight, we are busy here, and the head of the family has no time to see you." But don't worry, our side is relatively safe, and thieves don't dare to come over easily. ”

He apparently regarded Odosia as the one who had come to seek refuge through his relationship with Li Xuanying. However, it may be that the situation is really urgent, and he did not carefully distinguish between the true and the false, but only pointed to the side of the road and said: "You wait over there first, and then I will ask the porter to bring you a chair, and rest there - oh yes, the son ran out to play again tonight, and he has not come back yet, and the head and wife of the house are in a hurry." Since you are his friend, do you have any news of him? ”

"Yes." Ou Dothea nodded, and took out a jade pendant from the bag close to her: "This is a token of Li Gongzi." I want to see his parents soon, okay? ”

The guards didn't seem to recognize the object. He didn't rush to pick it up, but took two steps back and turned to the porter to call out to someone. Soon, a middle-aged man dressed as a butler hurriedly walked over, asked him a question, took the jade pendant from Odosia's hand, glanced at it, and showed a look of astonishment.

"What's wrong with Childe now?" He asked hurriedly.

"It's very good, I'm making meritorious contributions." Odosia said.

"Then, this girl, ...... you" the butler looked her up and down quietly, as if judging her identity.

"I'm him, a very close friend." Eudosia said, "Shall I go in now?" ”

The butler nodded and led her through the door. But as soon as he entered, a strong woman next to him greeted him. The butler gave her a look, and the sturdy woman stopped Odosia, groped around her for a while, and then followed her.

"Something is wrong with the situation, we have to be on guard, and I ask the girl to forgive me." The housekeeper said, but his expression was very cautious, and he couldn't see a sincere apology at all.

But Odosia didn't bother with it. Following the butler around the vestibule, she saw a middle-aged strong man, dressed in armor. A group of soldiers in helmets and armor gathered around, helping each other and inspecting weapons and equipment. Not far away, there was a middle-aged woman, commanding a few maids to fill a pile of kettles with water.

The housekeeper didn't care about etiquette, trotted over, whispered in front of the middle-aged man, and handed over the jade pendant. The middle-aged man looked visibly surprised and turned to look at Odosia.

"This girl, are you a friend of Xuanying? ...... then," he asked.

"Yes." "My name is Odosia, and I'm his close companion—that's where you want it to go. I'm a theatre actor, and I may have planned a lot of tonight's changes. ”

The amount of information in this passage was so great that everyone was almost stunned. A housekeeper who was drinking water next to him simply squirted out with a pop. The middle-aged strong man at the head, that is, Li Xuanying's father, Li Huawen, the post secretary, did not even get angry, but looked at her with a puzzled look.

And the others, realizing that the situation was not right, took up arms one after another, taking advantage of the fact that they had just put on their clothes. These people were obviously well-trained, and they didn't need to open their mouths to order or organize, and they secretly surrounded her.

The sense of coercion of a large group of armor soldiers is indeed extraordinary, especially in this case of risking their lives. But Ou Doxia still did not hesitate at all, tried her best to stay calm, and even squeezed out a smile, and said: "Everyone, now that the situation is changing rapidly, our Li family has fallen behind, and if it continues like this, it may become more and more passive in the future." But as it happens, I should be one of the people in the city who knows the most about the situation. So, don't you really need me to tell you about the situation? ”

This night, she once again saw everyone looking at each other. In the end, it was Li Huawen himself who frowned and said half-convinced: "Then you hurry up." I don't know how much of a you've blown up, and I don't know how many bad intentions you have. But you'd better save everyone's time - we can solve the problem without the machinations of your Greeks. ”

In the end, Odosia failed to maintain her mysterious and confident demeanor as planned, and let out a long sigh.

"In Greece, if a woman wants to achieve anything, she may have to be a bad woman first." She shook her head and returned to the point: "Then let's get started." ”

******

In the courtyard of the Cao family, everyone was already in chaos.

Mrs. Elena dragged Pronsky to the front of the hall and slapped her in the face twice.

"You're on the move, aren't you? If you are asked to talk about things in most of the capital, you will talk about these things for me? Say, who gave you the idea! She snapped.

"I was wrong, I thought I was doing an acquaintance a favor and making connections...... Pronsky quickly explained.

"Pretend!" Lady Elena's eyes widened: "Things are so big, and the intrigues are one after another, can this be what you came up with?" I don't know your character yet! Who told you this idea, tell us quickly, and there is still some room for immediate action. ”

"It was the dock guild who told me!" Pronsky was also frightened, and hurriedly confessed: "I am talking to several leaders of the guild about business, and I want to sign a larger order with them. ”

"Isn't there another big construction project in Galata recently? Our timber used to sell very well, but on the other side of the docks, someone was jealous of our business and started to stumble us. I just want to negotiate with them as soon as possible, if we can get through the unloading and transportation, then our wood will be unimpeded. ”

"And then, what did they tell you?" Lady Elena continued to press.

"They said it was too far to pull people from my hometown's territory. It's better for the two sides to make an exchange, and I'll help them arrange for them to go in and eat the benefits of the legion. They helped me get things done, and by the way, someone took care of each other. Pronski said: "I was drunk high, and I thought it made sense, so I said yes." ”

"After that, how did Jian'er pick up that garbage?" Lady Elena asked.

"Uh......" Pronsky hesitated in embarrassment, looking back and forth, not daring to make eye contact with her.

At this time, Cao Xun walked out of the side room, and Cao Jian followed behind dejectedly. Lady Elena turned her head and looked at her husband, and said, "You leave him here, I'll ask you clearly." You go get everyone organized—we're all like headless flies now, and we've got to get moving. ”

Cao Xun nodded, turned his head to greet his family, and left Cao Jian here.

Just now, Queen Elizabeth suddenly came to visit in a hurry, saying that she had just received the news that Guo Kang's kid had an accident. And the fuse that caused this series was that the Cao family provided him with a serious problem.

And now, he obviously only has a team of unqualified soldiers who have just been sent, but he has turned the city upside down, and he is still fighting back and forth with people when he is almost surrounded. I don't know where his soldiers came from.

The Queen Mother said that she had just received the news from others, but the other party was on the battlefield just now, so the news should be timely. For Guo Kang's performance, she was not only worried, but also a little satisfied and proud.

- Of course, none of this has anything to do with the Cao family.

Although the Queen Mother did not say it explicitly, the meaning of these statements is very obvious, and anyone with a little common sense can see that she is very dissatisfied with the Cao family's secretly bad behavior. The Queen Mother reminded that some things can be quarreled over after the war, but on such an important matter, which has just been signed and approved by both sides, they do not care about the overall situation and fight indiscriminately, which is probably not a good thing for the overall situation of the world and each family.

She hopes that Cao can deal with it seriously, at least after others react, she will give everyone an explanation. This time, she can only help with this.

After talking about this, the Queen Mother left in a hurry, saying that she would call someone else. And the Cao family's house also fried directly, and everyone was in a mess, and now it has just quieted down.

The two people directly involved, namely Cao Jian and Pronsky, were quickly found. Cao Xun and Yelena, one by one, began to interrogate them separately. And look over there, Cao Jian should have said something about it.

"Then you can tell me." Mrs. Elena pointed at Cao Jian and asked, "How did you think of getting up to pick up garbage and gather these people?" ”

"The merchants in the city told me." Cao Jian admitted: "They told me that the rest of the Cao family is ready, and as long as the Guo Kang brothers start recruiting people, they can stuff their people in." But on my side, I didn't have any preparation beforehand. Even if you want to recruit people temporarily, there is a lack of reliable channels, and you really can't find it. ”

"Then they told me, it doesn't matter, just take people to make do with it. They have always had the organization of guilds, and they have long been accustomed to managing themselves and organizing their own people. I'll make up the numbers of their people first, go back and change them slowly, make sure I have a place and a chance to play. ”

"Look at it." Lady Elena turned to Pronsky: "Everyone has planned it a long time ago, just wait for you fools to touch it!" ”

"If you accept it, you will follow your name and infiltrate into the legion, so as to damage the public and private interests, and it will be up to you to turn back!" "If you find a reason to refuse," she shouted at Pronsky, "they will take advantage of your conflict with the rest of the family to convince you that you will have to rely on the help of outsiders like them to win." ”

"How many times has this kind of thing happened, and how many times the Greeks fought civil wars because of this kind of thing, don't you know?" The lady asked rhetorically, "So you forgot the lesson?" ”

"I actually know it in my heart." Pronsky hurriedly said: "They use me, and I use them......"

"Come on, behind those Rus' guilds and gangs, there are some famous businessmen. What kind of intrigue do you have to compare with the Greeks?! Lady Elena poked him hard in the head.

"Tell me, what are you going to do!" She asked.

After there is a word count requirement, it is really troublesome to think about where to break the chapter. It's a bit difficult to think that I can write a paragraph for exactly 4,000 every time......

Forget it, ask for a monthly pass

(End of chapter)