Chapter Ninety-Three: Don't Ask About the Future
Both Baird and DeWitt knew that Li Zijun was not perfunctory, and he had actually agreed to their request by saying this. After thanking them for their kindness, they got up together to say goodbye to Li Zijun.
Li Zijun still gave enough respect to the two caravan owners, and he politely sent them all the way to the door of the small courtyard where the caravan lived in Colby.
DeWitt greeted Li Zijun and Baird respectively, and left first. Baird didn't leave in a hurry, he pulled Li Zijun at the door of this small courtyard, and chatted all over the world.
Li Zijun noticed the whole chat, and although Baird's face was always smiling, his eyes were full of worry. Li Zijun knew that Baird must still have something to say before he could say anything, and he was very curious about what made this largest slave trader in the Tibetan Empire so embarrassed?
Baird dragged until there was no one around, and then he quickly took out a small paper bag from his arms and quietly stuffed it into Li Zijun's hand. Baird's action was extremely secretive, and no one saw it except Li Zijun.
After Baird completed this action, Li Zijun clearly felt that he was relieved.
"Mr. Nan Guo, this matter involves the lives of hundreds of people in my family! It's just that you should never mention this matter to the second person again!Please!" Baird bowed to the ground for a long time, until he saw Li Zijun nodding slightly, and then turned away worriedly.
Li Zijun saw that Baird said so seriously, and knew that the contents of the paper bag must be widely implicated, and he did not dare to slack off easily, and immediately received the paper bag into his personal arms.
After returning to the room, Li Zijun closed the doors and windows, and then secretly opened the small paper bag that Beldessay gave him. There were only two items in the paper bag, a gold card with 50,000 gold coins on it, and a small note with five names written on it.
Baird's meaning was very simple, buy these five people for 50,000 gold coins!
Under normal circumstances, all the slaves in the Calby caravan together would not be able to sell for this price. Of course, this is the pre-performance estimate of "Liang Zhu", and at present, the price of Kaul than the caravan slave has not only increased fivefold, but even higher! This price is absolutely unprecedented, and it should be regarded as a peerless price, and it has completely lost its reference.
Baird's statement when he left is also very interesting, as long as Li Zijun is willing to keep this secret, even if he can't save these five people, Baird is still willing to give this huge amount of money with both hands.
Although Baird is a little different from ordinary businessmen, he is still a businessman in the final analysis. He actually gave up such a large sum of money so easily, Li Zijun was very suspicious of the origin of this money.
The most important thing is the performance of Baird Zuihou. Li Zijun felt that Baird didn't particularly care about whether he could rescue these five people! Baird's actions just now were more like completing a ritual, and he was actually worried about the adverse effects that this matter would bring to him once it leaked out.
Baird's backers were very strong, otherwise he would not have been able to hold the top spot in the slave caravanserais. In such a situation, Baird was still so worried, and Li Zijun judged that his fear should come from the backers behind him.
Following this reasoning, Li Zijun came to a conclusion: Baird is threatened!
But who is the person who threatens Baird, and what is the purpose behind this person? Li Zijun drew countless question marks in his heart. He repeatedly recalled Baird's expression just now, and he Zuihou actually came up with an answer that even he doubted at first: the person who threatened Baird was DeWitt!
If it weren't for that, there would be no need for the two of them to visit him in a row, and wouldn't it be easier for Baird to come over alone!
DeWitt must have caught some shady evidence in Baird, which forced Baird to comply. And Devitt did not dare to make a direct request to Li Zijun because he was worried that Li Zijun belonged to a hostile faction. If that's the case, if he opens his mouth rashly, not only will he not be able to save his target, but he will probably also be put into it himself.
And DeWitt doesn't need to worry about using Baird to intervene, and since those people are all slaves in Baird's hands, it makes more sense for him to come forward.
After thinking everything through, Li Zijun picked up the small note with his name written on it again. Whether it was to confuse Baird or avoid his own suspicions, all five of them could not have been DeWitt's targets. Li Zijun wanted to find out the person DeWitt was most concerned about from this list, after all, because of the ancient Moses, he was not ignorant of the Baird caravan.
But when Li Zijun saw the list clearly, he was still disappointed! He had almost never seen any of these five people, let alone had any impression. In desperation, Li Zijun had to take the list to Camilla's room.
Seeing that there was no one in the room, Li Zijun handed the list to Camilla's hand, and then told Camilla in detail what had just happened. zuihou, Li Zijun summed up his speculation and judgment on this matter.
"Auntie, who do you think is DeWitt's real target, and should we lend a helping hand to them?" Li Zijun said, pointing to the list in Camilla's hand.
"Of course, I'm only seventy percent sure of convincing Heller at the moment, and I don't dare to make any guarantees about this!"
Camilla did not answer Li Zijun immediately, but took the list and studied it carefully for a while.
"Ellebella is DeWitt's ultimate goal!" Camila said as she returned the list to Mr. Lee.
"Weishenme?" asked Li Zijun, looking at Camila with some surprise.
"I've always suspected that DeWitt is Lev's subordinate, and seeing this list, coupled with your analysis, it's not difficult to come to such a conclusion!"
"To tell you the truth, before I came to you, I also inquired about these five people on the side. Three of them were from Lev's house, the other two were Lev's concubines, and Ellebella was only a high-ranking maid. The identity of the other two people is far above Albela, and you Weishenme will judge that she is the target of DeWitt?" Li Zijun really couldn't understand that Camilla Weishenme would come to such a conclusion.
"First of all, although Ellebella is only a maid, you don't know that she is Lev's personal maid, and Lev loves her so much that he even wanted to turn her into his own wife and concubine at one point. It's just that because of some things later, this matter was put on hold for the time being. ”
"Secondly, DeWitt is related to Ellerbela, and he can become the owner of a slave caravan, which has a lot to do with Ellebela. ”
"Zuihou, and most crucially, the first one, is that Ellebella is pregnant! According to the calculation of time, the child in her womb should be Lev's child. ”
"Lev's other children have all been killed, and the child in Ellebela's womb is likely to be Lev's only bloodline!"
"Ellebella is pregnant? Baird Weishenme didn't find out?" Li Zijun looked at Camila with a look of disbelief.
"You should also notice that Baird takes special care of the 'noble' slaves in his caravan, not only gives them enough respect, but rarely allows them to show their faces, and they are also very different from ordinary slaves in terms of food, clothing, shelter and transportation!"
"This is actually where Baird is smart! Although the families of these 'noblewomen' have fallen, many of their relatives and friends are still on stage. Baird didn't want to cause himself too much trouble, so he took this approach. ”
In addition, Ellebella is extremely slender, and it is close to the middle of winter at this time, and the thick clothes on her body have become a natural cover for her. Coupled with the fact that she tightened her belly with a strip of cloth and the cover of Lev's two concubines, it was not so easy to detect that Ellebella was pregnant. ”
"How rare are the two concubines willing to cover for her in such a situation, but how did you find out that Ellebella is pregnant?"
"A few days ago, by chance, I felt a lot of life in Albela! I'm sure you'll feel the same way I did in the near future, so I easily found out about her physical condition. ”
"Although Lev is a tyrannical and murderous person to the outside world, he takes special care of his family. You would never think that Lev is a rare good husband and father!"
"It's so surprising that Lev still has such a warm side!"
"I think it's for this reason that his two concubines are willing to take the risk of helping Ellebella hide her pregnancy, and they both want to keep Lev's roots!" Camila said with a deep sigh.
"Hearing you say that, I already have the answer to my question just now!" Li Zijun looked at Camila and smiled.
"But do good deeds, don't ask about the future! As long as it doesn't have much impact on us, we can still help!"
"Auntie, I feel more and more that you are more and more merciful than those archmages!" Li Zijun said with a hippie smile.
Camila knew that Li Zijun had roughly guessed her identity, but no matter how Li Zijun tried to knock on the side, she always responded with this expression - laughing and not answering!
After getting the answer from Camilla, Li Zijun immediately entered the specific operating procedures, and he took the opportunity to set up the venue to ask to see Heller Bixia.
Li Zijun also had some luck, Heller was in a good mood during this time, and he personally met Li Zijun. While reporting to Heller that he had prepared a total of three plays, Lee also reflected to him the difficulties of lack of manpower.
Heller already knew about Baird and DeWitt's visit to Li Zijun, and he was also very aware of Li Zijun's purpose in asking for more manpower at this time. But in order to show his generosity, and in order to convince Li Zijun to lose, Heller finally agreed to Li Zijun's request. He never believed in his heart that Li Zijun could still create a play as wonderful as "Liang Zhu", but he also had some hopes that Li Zijun could complete this impossible task. For this reason, he is ready to give Li Zijun the greatest tolerance.
After obtaining Heller's permission, Li Zijun rushed back to the station almost non-stop.
Time is pressing, and Lee is ready to listen to Camilla and Colby's opinions before picking out the right people in Baird and DeWitt's caravan as soon as possible.
But as soon as Li Zijun returned to the station, he was pulled by Colby and Camilla to the reception hall of their caravan.
Li Zijun saw that there was an unusually handsome man sitting in the front of the reception hall at this time, and he saw the three of them walking into the hall and stood up with a smile.
This man is about 1.85 meters tall, and he shows Li Zijun a perfect body proportion. His skin was fair, delicate and elastic, which would definitely make many young women feel ashamed of themselves when they stood in front of him.
The flawless facial features were carefully placed in the most suitable position by the creator, and even the man Li Zijun couldn't help but take a few more looks.
Li Zijun could feel that the muscle lines of the man in front of him were also extremely smooth and smooth, and his muscles would not look dull because they were particularly large, nor would they feel weak because they were too slender.
This man's gestures are full of aristocratic atmosphere, and every movement is so appropriate. No matter where such a person goes, he will firmly attract the attention of the people around him, Li Zijun has never seen such a perfect man!
Fortunately, this man behaved very modestly, and when he saw the three of them enter the room, he actually stood up from his seat with a smile.
This person was definitely born in an ancient aristocracy, and only an ancient aristocrat can have the bearing to stand up for a commoner, and can cultivate such an outstanding talent, Li Zijun saw him for the first time, and he already had a good impression in his heart.
"This is the Marquis of Jays, the concubine of Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess!" Colby saw Li Zijun's puzzled face, and hurriedly stepped forward to introduce.
Hearing Colby's introduction, Li Zijun hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Jaes.
Jia Aisi quickly stretched out his hands to support Li Zijun's arms, and the speed of his shot made Li Zijun feel shocked, and he almost reacted instinctively in self-defense. But then he thought that Camila was standing behind him, and he would not watch himself be hurt, and he immediately relaxed himself and let Jaas grab one of his arms.
Li Zijun noticed the moment Jia Aisi grabbed his arms, and a trace of extremely imperceptible bewilderment suddenly flashed in his eyes. And almost at the same time, Li Zijun felt the coldness of Jia Aisi's hands through several clothes. This Jia Ace exuded a demonic aura everywhere, and Li Zijun immediately raised a strong guard against him.
"I wish I could be friends with you and Master Camilla, wouldn't you seem too out-of-the-box like this!" Jia Ace said as he laughed, Li Zijun sat down on the chair next to him, and naturally gave up his position.
Jays wasn't in the right seat, and Camilla and Colby weren't in that position, and they both sat across from Jays.
"Tomorrow is the day when the Caravan of Calby moves to my house, and the princess and I have prepared a separate courtyard for the caravan and the whole of the caravan, and I think it should be no problem for you to live in it. I'm here today to hear if you have any other requests, so that the princess and I should get ready as soon as possible. Jays said very politely. Although he seemed to be speaking to the three of them, his eyes never took away from Camilla's body. He seems to be very scruptuous, which makes Li Zijun even more curious about Camilla's identity.
"As we will be preparing three productions at the same time in the future, there is a significant shortage of manpower. To this end, Mr. Nan Guo has submitted to Heller Bixia for approval, and we will send ten men each from the caravans of Baird and DeWitt to assist us in the performance. I'm afraid that their accommodation problem will have to be worried about by Hou Ye!" It was inconvenient for Colby and Li Zijun to speak at this time, and Camilla looked at Jia Aisi and said.
"The princess and I have already taken into account the possibility of an increase in the number of people when we were preparing for your accommodation, and it should be no problem for twenty or thirty more people to live in the courtyard we prepared before. ”
"It's just that we didn't know that there were three more plays at first, and we only prepared two rehearsal rooms. But rest assured, at this time of day after tomorrow, you will have at least two rooms for rehearsals. ”
Next, the two sides communicated in some details, but in the process of this communication, Jia Aisi kept holding Li Zijun's arm affectionately. His palm seemed to have been unintentionally attached to Li Zijun's vital point several times, as long as he exerted his strength at this time, Li Zijun would almost definitely die!
But only almost!
Since Jia Aisi's arm and Li Zijun have been leaning together, Li Zijun has secretly probed a wisp of true qi into Jia Aisi's body. Although Li Zijun talked and laughed on the surface, he did not have the slightest defense against Jia Aisi, but in fact, he never relaxed the monitoring of Jia Aisi's internal vindictiveness. Once Jia Ace wants to make any changes, the first unlucky thing will definitely not be Li Zijun!
The four of them chatted for a long time, and then Jays got up to say goodbye.
After sending Jays away, Colby is responsible for arranging and coordinating everything for tomorrow's move. Li Zijun and Camilla immediately rushed to the other two caravans, and they wanted to pick out the slaves needed for the show as soon as possible.
Li Zijun and Camilla selected a total of twenty slaves, which was also the maximum authority that Heller gave Li Zijun! Impartially, they selected ten slaves from each of the two caravans to bring back to the station of the Calby caravan.
In the process, Li Zijun also played with his wrist a little. He and Camilla first went to the Baird Caravan to select men, and then brought them to DeWitt.
"This Ellebella could have been considered a good seedling, but, hey!" Li Zijun took advantage of Camilla's selection of personnel and sighed quietly in DeWitt's ear.
When DeWitt heard Li Zijun say this, he looked at Li Zijun in surprise.
"But for your sake, let's use it alive!"
Li Zijun's words made DeWitt break out in a cold sweat, and he looked at Li Zijun and didn't know what to say for a while.
"Remember! You owe me a favor!" Li Zijun saw that Camila had finished choosing, smiled and patted DeWitt on the shoulder and left.
Looking at Li Zijun's almost scoundrel smug smile, Devit couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, he really didn't understand how something he thought was seamless was noticed by this 'master' so quickly.
"I'm very proud that I can buy one thing twice!" Camilla said after handing over all the slaves to Colby, and looked at Li Zijun, who couldn't help but smile.
"You can hear such a small voice, what kind of ear are you!" Li Zijun didn't want to hide this from Camilla, and when he heard her mention it, he didn't deny it, but just sighed at her ear.
"Do you think DeWitt will take this favor to heart today?"
"We've already done it anyway, and Weishenme doesn't try to get it back! But from the fact that he is willing to take the risk to save his husband's bloodline at this time, I think this person is at least somewhat honest. ”
"Therefore, I think DeWitt will remember this favor of mine, especially when I need him to remember!" Li Zijun smiled meaningfully.
"Oh, I forgot you can still threaten Devit with this!" Camila's tone was already tinged with mockery.
"Threats are just a means for zuihou, and mutual benefit will build a real bridge of communication!"
"The Seine Peninsula and the Tibetan Empire are separated by the Turk-Hungarian Empire, is it suspected of wasting resources if you lay out so early?"
"I just plant a seed there, and as for when to let it germinate, it's all up to me when I water it. In the process, I just bent over slightly, and there was no waste at all. ”
"And don't you think that resources are wasted? Ordinary people live in houses where it's hard to even turn around, while we people can be boating on the lake at home. It's a waste in itself, and it's ridiculous that it's a bunch of us who end up wasting it, don't you think that's ridiculous!"
"Let's stop talking about this boring topic, who the hell is this Jays? How do I think this person has an evil spirit from top to bottom!" Li Zijun didn't want to let himself and Camilla get caught up in that infinite discussion about class, and he duly moved on to another topic of interest.
"This Jays is the youngest son of Grand Duke Elvis, and is known as the 'first beautiful man' of the Monlin Empire! ”
The eldest princess Jima was also attracted by Jia Aisi's appearance at that time, and deceived the queen mother into making a personal decree under the pretext of being pregnant before marriage, ordering the two to get married immediately. ”
"After the two got married, the queen mother knew that she had been deceived, but at this time, the two of them were already in a boat, and the old lady had no choice but to accept this fact!"
"After getting married, Jia Aisi is still stubborn, not only has not stopped his amorous nature, but has a tendency to intensify, and he even extended his claws to those married ladies in the capital!"