In early summer, Jinling is already a little hot, but it is not yet to the point where you need to turn on the electric fan or air conditioner.

"Tread the ink, go to the side."

Zhu Lingjing was flipping through today's newspaper, and a lion cat with white hair and black claws was lying on the table, just pressing another newspaper.

Born in Linqing, Shandong, the lion cat originated in the early Ming Dynasty, and was a hybrid breed of Persian cats brought by Arab merchants and local raccoon cats.

Solid-colored lion cats are more precious, some lion cats have yellow eyes and blue eyes, which are called "mandarin duck eyes", which is even rarer, and Zhu Lingjing's raised one is like this, but the hair on the four legs is black.

At this time, Su Yiyi, who was holding the teapot, walked in slowly, and said while putting it down: "Your Highness, there is news that someone in Zhou is suffering from tuberculosis and has asked for leave to go to France to recuperate. ”

Zhu Lingjing was considering the Jinling Morning News's wording and attitude towards the Taiyuan demonstration, and when she heard this, she thought she had misheard.

Someone Zhou? Tuberculosis? France?

She asked in surprise: "There are many surnamed Zhou, which one?" ”

"Perimeter wind."

"Uh-huh???"

Because this situation was too outrageous, Zhu Lingjing immediately frowned.

That doesn't make sense, right? That guy is not a weak nerd, Qiu Ba, who is healthy, has such a strong resistance, why did he get tuberculosis inexplicably?

"Severe enough to recuperate alone?"

"We didn't look into it in detail, and the news from the embassy only said that his condition was not mild, and he would have to recuperate for half a year while taking medicine after being diagnosed by a hospital in Paris."

Zhu Lingjing, who looked suspicious, put the newspaper in her hand back on the table, and then stared at the tea leaves floating in the teacup and thought carefully.

It's unreasonable, tuberculosis is a chronic disease, it's only been a month, how can it be so serious?

She thought back to the appearance of Zhou Changfeng when they met last time, how could there be the slightest shadow of a tuberculosis ghost?

"You ask people to run again and figure out the cause and effect of this."

"Yes."

On the one hand, because Zhu Lingjing does have medical knowledge, although her pathology degree certificate is not lacking in water, at least her common sense and sensitivity in this regard far exceed that of most officials and ordinary people.

On the other hand... Maybe it's a woman's unique sixth sense.

At noon, the sun was shining in the sky, and the temperature gradually rose.

She was about to get up to eat lunch with a folding fan when she heard footsteps from far and near.

"Come in."

Su Yiyi, who had a strange face, walked into the room, and then reported to Zhu Lingjing.

This is a synthesis of the reports of the people left behind by the Ming military expedition in Barcelona and the records of the legation in Paris, from the first arrival in Spain to the departure of Zhou Changfeng to Paris.

“…… On their way from Kuah to the front, they were ambushed by the Italian army, and the other party escorted them to a surrounding village in an attempt to interrogate the military situation, and threatened the local people, but they refused to tell them, and slaughtered all the people in front of them......"

"Wait." Zhu Lingjing blinked and muttered, "Is there any other details about such an encounter?" ”

"Hmm..."Su Yiyi thought for a while and replied: "The other party claims that our country is just a shameless warmonger, and this trip to Francois is also for profit. There are also similar verbal shaming. ”

"Oh, go on."

“…… The situation of the battle changed dramatically, and they were attacked by rebel air raids on the way to evacuate Kuah, so they opened fire to defend themselves......"

"The rebel planes are going for them?"

"I didn't say it explicitly, but it said that 'the roads were full of refugees, and rebel warplanes strafed and bombed military vehicles in them, causing a large number of casualties and threatening the safety of several of them.'"

"And then... When was he diagnosed with tuberculosis? ”

Su Yiyi shook her head, "I didn't say it explicitly, but two days after that, he crossed the border to France by car." ”

At this point, Zhu Lingjing's face changed suddenly.

Grass! I'm afraid that this guy didn't get angry because he deliberately pretended to be sick, and then went to France first to claim that he wanted to recuperate nearby, and then turned back to Spain to vent his anger, right?

"I'm afraid he lied about his illness and then secretly went back to Spain to fight."

"Your Highness, this ......" Su Yiyi was greatly surprised when she heard this, and then suddenly thought of something, and said with some doubts: "Britain and France have always demanded to abide by the principle of non-interference, and the Spanish government has also publicly announced that it will no longer call foreigners to serve in the army." ”

So, even if he goes back to Spain, people don't want him, which is very strange.

It turns out that Su Yiyi's imagination is limited, and she didn't think about it at all, because it was too outrageous.

But Zhu Lingjing was different, hearing this, her hand that was holding a folding fan and fanning the wind suddenly froze.

The Spanish regular army no longer accepts foreigners, but there is a unit that fights mostly composed of foreign volunteers.

It's over, it's over, isn't it?

Zhu Lingjing kept telling herself that this should be too much, because normal people would definitely not do something like lying about being sick and then secretly joining such a special army, and the motive was just to vent their anger?

This is equivalent to being scolded on the street, and as a result, you have to fight for the consequences of squatting in a cage for the rest of your life and killing others on the street.

But if he didn't go to either the Spanish regular army or the Intercontinental Brigade, where else could he go? Could it be that after hitting a wall, he returned to the place where he recuperated and continued to pretend?

"Are we here in the Paris area lately?"

"I'm not sure, I'll have to ask. But the consulate in Toulouse definitely has. ”

"He went to recuperate, and the legation didn't send anyone to follow?"

"You know, it's a bunch of people who go to mess around, and they are all losing their jobs, so they naturally don't bother to take care of it."

"Send a message to the people at the consulate in Toulouse, go to the so-called sanatorium and look for it, whether you find it or not, you can't make a noise."

Zhou Changfeng reported that he had gone to a retreat in Carbonne, which was only fifty kilometres from Toulouse.

As soon as it was dawn after a transoceanic telegram was sent to Toulouse, two figures left the consulate in a hurry and drove straight to the outskirts of the city.

The next night, a telegram came back from the consulate.

The local nursing home did register Zhou Changfeng, and it also showed that he had been admitted, but the other patients had never seen him in the past month!

After learning about this, all the insiders were stunned, did this really happen?

"If you really don't know if you don't check, you will be shocked when you check it." A middle-aged man muttered, "There's still room for maneuver in this matter, just let him return to the place of recuperation before the others notice." ”

"But we don't know where he is now, the whole territory of the Franc machine is in a mess, how can we find a needle in a haystack?" Someone next to him said helplessly.

"There are only a few brigades of those volunteer troops, from large to small, let's try them one by one." Although Zhu Lingjing looked calm, she was gritting her teeth and speaking, "Inform his fiancée of this matter and plan to take her to France!" ”

However, no one proposed to cut it in two and give it up directly, on the one hand, because there were too many resources invested in Zhou Changfeng, and on the other hand, it was because of Zhu Lingjing's face, after all, she personally picked the person.

"I'm not good at knowing people." She couldn't help but sigh.

I thought I had picked up a big leak, but I didn't expect to pick it up a troublemaker!

(End of chapter)