Chapter 14: The Perfect Scam

During this time, Li Zijun deeply experienced the meaning of this sentence. For the newly formed coalition army, the Hou Mansion had to pay a large amount of money almost every day. If it weren't for the Count of Acheson's accumulation of some belongings, and Li Zijun's extortion of a large sum of money from the nobles of the Seine Peninsula, he would now be worried about the problem of eating the coalition army.

When Wells met, he claimed that he would support Li Zijun, but in the end, he just sent someone to send Li Zijun away with 10,000 gold coins!

Although after a while, there will be a succession of income in the Seine Peninsula, but there is still a big gap between these and the figures that Li Zijun needs. Making ends meet and relying on others is not a long-term solution, self-sufficiency is the last word in development!

In recent days, Li Zijun's head is full of thinking about how to make money, but he, a liberal arts student, has never thought of any good way.

On this day, Li Zijun returned home a little earlier than usual, looking at the empty Hou Mansion, he remembered that the eldest sister and the third sister had been gone for almost half a month. And during this time, he didn't seem to see his second sister Jenny much. Thinking about what happened to Jenny, Li Zijun sighed and walked towards her room.

Jenny was not in the room, and the Xiangxia people inquired about her whereabouts, and Li Zijun felt a burst of sadness and guilt! During the time Jenny came back, she would get up early every day, and then run to the water pavilion in the backyard of the Hou Mansion in a daze. She stayed until sunset before she returned to her room to rest. This is where Jenny and Dick first meet, and it seems that Jenny still hasn't recovered from the loss of Dick. The servant also said that after Jenny returned to the city of Salat, she always had little appetite, and in recent times, Jenny has lost a lot of weight. In the days when they returned to the city of Salat, Li Zijun and Caroline focused on how to deal with the nobles of the Seine Peninsula every day, and they both ignored how Jenny felt after returning to the Hou Mansion!

After listening to the narration of his subordinates, Li Zijun walked towards the backyard of the Hou Mansion. From a distance, he saw Jenny sitting alone at the water's edge, her back trembling slightly from time to time, and she also had a letter in her hand, which Li Zijun recognized at a glance as a letter from Dick's family. Li Zijun once understood the content of this letter, and the other party said very politely, in addition to informing Jenny Dick that he had been buried, he made it clear that he refused Jenny to go back. Although the people in the Hou Mansion understood that this was just the other party's momentary anger, for Jenny herself, this matter was no less than making matters worse! Jenny had not yet come out of the pain, so Jenny was hurt even more! But in the face of the other party's criticism, the Hou Mansion could not show any dissatisfaction, and could only let Jenny bear the anger of the other party alone.

With a deep sigh, Li Zijun walked towards Jenny. Hearing the voice behind her, Jenny hurriedly wiped the tears from her face and slowly turned around.

"Ed, why are you back so early today?" said Jenny, pretending to be calm, but her red eyes betrayed her movements.

Looking at Jenny's extremely haggard face, Li Zijun's heart seemed to have been hammered hard, and he felt extremely painful.

"Second sister, if you want to cry, you can cry out happily!" Hearing Li Zijun's words, Jenny was slightly stunned, but she immediately turned her head to the lake again.

"I'm fine! I just got a grain of sand in my eye!" Jenny thought she still had tears on her face, and she tried her best to put on a nonchalant smile, hoping that Li Zijun would be reassured.

"Second sister, there are just the two of us here today, you can cry out loud. But don't suffocate yourself!" Li Zijun stepped forward and sat down next to Jenny, also looking at the lake, but his eyes were also red.

Hearing Li Zijun say this, Jenny couldn't hold back anymore, she hugged Li Zijun and cried loudly. Everyone who heard her cry would feel related, and Li Zijun couldn't help it and cried with Jenny.

After a while, Jenny gradually became tired of crying, and she actually fell asleep with Li Zijun in her arms. Li Zijun couldn't support Jenny's weight at all, so he had to summon someone from afar to come over and help and carry Jenny back to his room. Jenny was so tired during this time that she didn't wake up after such a toss.

Li Zijun also felt a little tired, so he arranged for two maids to take care of Jenny and went back to the room to rest.

The next day, Li Zijun rushed to Jenny's room early. Although he felt that Jenny had released all the depression in his heart, he was still a little uneasy and wanted to see Jenny's condition.

When Li Zijun walked into the room, Jenny had just woken up, and Li Zijun took the water cup in the maid's hand and handed it to Jenny.

"How did I get back?" Jenny asked a little embarrassedly when she saw Li Zijun and remembered her performance yesterday.

"I had you carried you back, you're too heavy! I can't lift you alone. Although Jenny still looked haggard, her spirit was noticeably better, and there was a little more light in her eyes. Seeing Jenny's change, Li Zijun also became relaxed and joked with Jenny.

"It's that you're too weak, what does it have to do with my weight!" Jenny glanced at Li Zijun and said, but then looked at him and asked nervously.

"Ed, is the second sister really heavy?" It seems that no woman would not pay attention to her weight.

"A gust of wind is about to blow you away!Don't think nonsense!How about it, would you like to eat with me?" Li Zijun smiled and gestured to pull Jenny up from the bed.

"Miss Ben is in a good mood today, so I'll make an exception to accompany you today!" Jenny sat up with a smile, got out of bed and cleaned up briefly, and walked towards the dining room with Li Zijun.

"Second sister, there's nothing going on in Sarat City during this time, how about we go out for a walk?" Seeing that Jenny finally got rid of her pain, Li Zijun wanted to accompany her out for a walk and let her completely return to normal.

"Don't fool me! There have been so many things in Sarat City recently, can you go away? I really don't know what the eldest sister thinks, such a big thing will be lost to you!" Hearing Li Zijun's proposal, Jenny was also a little moved, but she was worried that it would delay the affairs of Sarat City.

"Everything is already on the right track, there is someone in charge, but I have nothing to do!"

"Are there any dangerous characters in Sarat City lately?" Jenny was most worried about Li Zijun's safety, and she asked a little nervously.

"In recent times, the city of Salat has been very calm, and there have been no strange faces. I think that when they saw that I had returned safely to the city of Salat, they should have given up their assassination of me. ”

"If you're still not at ease, we can announce to the public that I'm in retreat to practice magic, and then we'll quietly leave Sarat City so that no one will disturb us. ”

Jenny thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with his proposal.

After a few days of preparation, Li Zijun and Jenny disguised themselves as ordinary rich people and quietly left the city of Salat in a carriage.

No sooner had she left the jurisdiction of the city of Sarat, and Jeanne switched horses. For her, she prefers to ride on horseback and enjoy the scenery along the way, which makes her more free. Looking at Jenny's happy appearance, Li Zijun was happy from the bottom of his heart, but at the same time he was a little lost. He also wanted to ride on a horse and see the scenery like Jenny, but now he had a problem even sitting on a horse, let alone galloping.

The Youlan Continent is a pure land that has never been destroyed by modern civilization, and the Seine Peninsula has not had a large-scale battle for many years, and everything here seems so simple and fresh. Looking at the scenery in front of them, Li Zijun and Jenny both felt a rare tranquility in their hearts, and Jenny's occasionally tightly knit brows gradually and completely relaxed.

The siblings were not in a hurry to leave, and stopped and stopped along the way, until it was close to evening, when they came to the resting place of Jihua, the town of Suke.

This place leads to the sea, and there are those who sell seafood to come and go, and when they see the fresh seafood, Li Zijun and Jenny feel a little hungry, they look at each other and smile, and walk towards the inn together.

Li Zijun and Jenny had just walked to the door of the inn and were about to walk in, when there was a burst of angry scolding from the inn, and before they could see what was happening, a fleshy guy was thrown out of it and fell directly in front of Li Zijun and Jenny.

Seeing this, the guards of the Hou Mansion immediately surrounded Li Zijun and Jenny, and watched the surroundings vigilantly, especially the person who was crawling on the ground. The outermost guards even had their arms on the hilt of their swords.

"You idiot! I'm still thinking about that woman! If you dare to see her again, I'll break your legs!" A very exaggerated dwarf big fat man appeared in front of the restaurant, pointed at the man who had just fallen to the ground and scolded angrily, and then he glanced at Li Zijun and the group, and left with a few men.

The man on the ground was very similar to the fat man who had just left, and even fatter than the previous one. He was just taken a bit, but he didn't hurt anything, and he staggered to his feet, and a small thing fell off him.

Seeing this thing on the ground, Li Zijun immediately felt that his eyes lit up. In his memory, this thing should not have appeared in the Youlan Continent yet, how could there be a model of this thing on this dwarf fat man, he ordered the guards to pick up this thing. The guard handed the model to Li Zijun's hand, and sure enough, it was what he wanted, and he pretended to be casual and played with the model at will.

"You made this thing?" Li Zijun asked, pushing away the guard in front of him, looking at the dwarf fat man.

"I made it, can you give it back to me?" the dwarf fat man said timidly as he looked at the guards behind Li Zijun.

"Can you tell me what this thing is for?" Li Zijun saw that this thing in his hand was still a model, and he was a little worried that the design of this thing was not yet fully mature.

"This is what I designed for fishermen, it prevents the big fish in the sea from overturning the fishing boat!"

"Does this thing really work?"

I've been experimenting on land many times without any problems. It's just, it's just," the dwarf fat man hesitated embarrassedly.

"It's just that it's hard to pull away, isn't it?" Li Zijun heard that this thing had already been shiyan, he began to get excited, he tried to keep himself calm, but he still couldn't hide it from Jenny, who knew him.

"How do you know? I haven't let anyone else see it!" asked the dwarf fat man, puzzled.

"What the hell is this, Ed?" asked Jenny in a whisper.

"Second sister, I'll tell you more later, we have found a treasure this time!" Li Zijun whispered in Jenny's ear.

"I'm a little interested in this thing in your hand, would you like to talk to me?" Li Zijun asked with a smile as he looked at the dwarf fat man.

"I'm not a toy, what do we have to talk about?" the dwarf fat man said with some disapproval as he saw that Li Zijun was still just a child.

"We're willing to pay a lot of money for this thing of yours!" Jenny said when she felt Li Zijun's pleading gaze.

"What you said is true?" asked the dwarf fat man, looking at Jenny in disbelief.

Jenny didn't answer the dwarf fat man directly, but took ten gold coins from the guards and handed them to him.

"You talk to him, what he says is what I mean!" Jenny and the other dwarf fat men took the gold coin and pointed at Li Zijun and said.

"Hear my sister's words!How about it, can you talk to me this time?" Li Zijun asked, ignoring Jenny's playful eyes, looking at the dwarf.

The dwarf hesitated, but Zuihou followed Li Zijun into the Suke Inn.

The Suke Inn is a small wooden three-story building, the first and second floors are places to eat, and the third floor is all guest rooms. Although it is not very big, it is very neat and clean inside, and it makes people feel very warm, and you can see that the owner here has some business methods.

But now all Li Zijun's attention was focused on the dwarf fat man, and he didn't notice the surrounding environment at all, and followed the guards upstairs directly.

Long before Li Zijun and Jenny arrived here, Brenda had already sent someone over in advance to book all the rooms above the second floor. As soon as they walked into the hotel, they were immediately taken upstairs to their rooms where they were eating.

In order to make the dwarf trust himself more, Li Zijun pulled him to the table where he and his sister were eating.

"This gentleman, my name is Ed, what should I call you?" At this time of serving food, Li Zijun wanted to inquire about the origin of this dwarf.

"Master Ed, don't be so polite, you can call me Bingham, our family has lived here since my father's generation. Bingham cautiously answered Li Zijun's question.

"If you don't mind, I want to know that person treated you like that just now? I think you look alike, you can't be relatives, right?" asked Li Zijun curiously.

"You read that right, that man was my own big brother just now, but I don't blame him for this matter, it's all my fault!" Bingham said this, his face turned red, and he was embarrassed to continue.

Seeing Bingham's appearance, Li Zijun didn't urge him, but just asked the guards to take a bottle of liquor below and put it in front of Bingham.

Bingham hesitated a little when he saw the liquor in front of him, and finally couldn't resist the temptation of the liquor and poured himself a drink. After a few glasses of wine, Bingham's sorrow was completely entangled, and he gradually showed a little drunkenness.

"Young Master Ed, I won't tell you, don't look at my down-and-out appearance now, our family was the richest man in Suke Town back then! Don't look at this place, it doesn't seem that there are many rich people here, in fact, since most of the people who pass by here are some fishermen, the fishing business here is promising, I dare to assure you that the rich people in Suke Town are by no means much worse than those old men in Salat City!" Bingham's voice gradually became higher, and the guards tried to stop Bingham from continuing, but Li Zijun and Jenny looked at each other and smiled, and Li Zijun waved his hand at the guards, allowing the guards to sit back in their chairs.

"My father split up before he died, and he favored me and divided almost six floors of the family property in my name. Although this distribution is very unfair, my eldest brother didn't say a word of dissatisfaction, even because of this alone, I also think that my eldest brother is not thin on me!" Saying this, Bingham seemed to think of something, and a cloud of sadness rose on his brow.

"And that's not all! I've always been very interested in making those little things, and I don't like business. Bingham pointed to the model that Li Zijun had placed on the table.

"My eldest brother was worried that my family property would be ruined, so he kept sending someone to take care of my business. Bingham said this, Li Zijun and Jenny exchanged glances, it turned out that this was a story of the eldest brother plotting the younger brother's property, and the two of them thought of it together.

"You must think that the eldest brother cheated me out of my property!hahaha, you are very wrong, the eldest brother never missed it, it is all my fault!" Although Bingham was in Daxiao, the second line of tears was left on his cheeks.

"My eldest brother has always taken good care of my business and has never cheated me out of a penny. Not only that, but when there was a conflict between our business, he always gave me all the business!Big brother, I'm sorry for you!" At this point, Bingham couldn't hold back any longer and cried loudly.

For a while, Li Zijun and Jenny didn't know what words to use to comfort Bingham. Fortunately, Bingham's crying didn't last long, and he slowly calmed down.

"Until I met the most important woman in my life, I was knocked out by happiness during that time! My relationship with my eldest brother was destroyed by me!" Bingham slammed on the table.

"At that time Lisa appeared, she seemed to be an angel into my life, I don't know what words to describe her beauty to you!" At this moment, Bingham's eyes were full of light.

"Is she a dwarf?" Li Zijun couldn't help but ask curiously, Jenny heard Li Zijun's question, and hurriedly glared at him, Li Zijun also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly stuck out his tongue at Jenny.

"Bingham, Ed is still a child, don't worry about him!" Jenny looked at Bingham and explained for Li Zijun.

"Lisa is just like you!" Bingham waved his hand at Li Zijun, indicating that he didn't mind.

"I don't expect her to like me, I just want to see her every day and know that she's happy, I'm happy!" Bingham was once again caught up in the memories of the beautiful haode.

Esmeralda and the bell ringer! Li Zijun really couldn't stop such a picture from appearing in his mind.

"But I really didn't expect her to like me. During that time, I felt like I was living in the shijie of flowers every day! I felt like I was favored by the god of love, and I was the happiest person in this shijie!

"Who is it?" Li Zijun still couldn't suppress his curiosity, and after he finished speaking, he stuck out his tongue at Jenny. Seeing Li Zijun like this, Jenny didn't want to say anything, just watched Bingham wait for him to keep talking.

"Roddy is Lisa's cousin, and the arrival of this ominous person has completely ruined the happy life of Lisa and me!"

"Roddy said he was a viscount and he could help me grow my business into the capital. I don't have big ideals as a person, and I don't pay much attention to what he says. But he later said that although Lisa's family was able to accept that I was a dwarf, she had to return to the capital to live after marriage. This statement completely moved me, and since he was Lisa's cousin, I believed him unconditionally, and I gave him a large sum of money to help me clear my way in the capital!"

"At the beginning, Roddy told me that everything was going well, and he even bought a courtyard with a pond for Lisa and me in the capital, and specially took Lisa back to the capital to take care of our home in the capital!"

Hearing this, Li Zijun and Jenny were immediately able to judge that this Luo Di must be a liar! According to the regulations of the Dongyu Empire, nobles with the title of earl and below are not allowed to own ponds casually, this is a matter of taboo and killing heads! This lie is too easy to debunk!

"Who knew that as soon as Lisa returned to the capital, she fell ill because she missed me, and Roddy asked all the famous doctors in the capital to treat her, and he heard that there was a church that could cure Lisa's illness! But it took a lot of money, and he had already sold the courtyard in the capital, but it was still much worse, and after I heard the news, I immediately sold all my family property and rushed to the capital to pray for the church to cure Lisa. ”

"Didn't your eldest brother stop you at that time?" Li Zijun couldn't help but ask, and this time Jenny also showed an inquiring expression.

"At that time, my eldest brother told me that it was a scam! He strongly objected to me rushing to the capital, but I still don't think Lisa would lie to me. Bingham said firmly.

"Then did you see Lisa after you arrived in the capital?" asked Li Zijun helplessly.

"When I arrived in the capital, Lisa had only one breath left, but the money I brought with me was still a lot short! I had no choice but to beg the archmage of the church, and they were finally moved by my sincerity and helped me save Lisa. But when we got there, they told me that we were too late, and that even if we were treated, it would only last Lisa half a year's life. Lisa's life is priceless to me, even if I can fight for her to live one more day, I am willing to pay my full price! Hearing the mage's words, I immediately fell to my knees and begged them to save Lisa. ”

"What kind of church are you going to, why doesn't it look like the Illuminati Cult in my impression?" Li Zijun asked a little strangely after listening to Bingham's talk for a long time, and he didn't mention the Illuminati Cult.

"It's not the Cult of the Illuminati! They were not in the capital, but in a mountain villa outside the city. ”

Hearing this, Li Zijun and Jenny's faces changed, and a common name appeared in their hearts -- the Dark Moon Divine Sect! They had always been excluded from the Dongyu Empire, how could they possibly set up their own base near the capital? However, the Dark Moon Divine Cult, like the Light Divine Cult, was the official religion of the Youlan Continent, and it was unlikely that they would do such a thing, and this matter was getting more and more complicated!

"Was Lisa rescued later?" asked Li Zijun quietly.

"I saved, but she was only with me for three months!" Bingham lamented with infinite regret.

"Weishenme, won't she be able to live for half a year?" this time Jenny couldn't help but ask.

"She wants to be with her parents in Zuihou, and she says she wants to keep the best in my heart and doesn't want me to be sad for her by watching her leave. This is her zuihou's wish, how can I refuse her, I zuihou returned to Suke Town alone, and continued to make these little things every day with the help of my eldest brother to pass the time. But the other day Lisa's family informed me that she had passed away. I hope my eldest brother will lend me some money, and I want to go to her grave to see it again. My eldest brother couldn't understand me, so he threw me out of here. At this point, Bingham couldn't help but burst into tears again.

Scam, perfect scam! Both Li Zijun and Jenny made such judgments. But in this case, the Cult of the Dark Moon God appeared, and this thing was a little weird! They became very interested in this matter.