Frido turned his head uncomfortably: "What's so weird?!"
Minna no longer dwelled on this issue and said: "Their eldest son Esparo is the culprit who caused my father to be seriously injured! He actually escaped! How could I let him go?! So I chased him all the way. I saw him enter the entertainment oasis with my own eyes.”
Frido was surprised when he heard this: "Really?! Ziya probably doesn't know about this. With the grievances between the Heda family and Earl Xiao, it is impossible for her to receive the Earl's enemies in her own place!"
This time it was Mingna's turn to be surprised: "Why do you say that?"
"She has been calling herself Earl Xiao's widow in the past few years. She regards everyone who has offended the Earl as her enemy, and her style of doing things has also changed a lot. The Heda family originally had some property here, but she was forced to make it impossible to run it. Go down and everything is closed. If she knew that was the eldest son of the Heda family, it would be fine if she didn't ask someone to chop him a few times, how could she possibly invite him as a guest? "
Ming Na pondered for a moment and said: "Even so, I don't want to confess the matter to her. Let me tell you honestly, there is a force behind Esparo, and that force is closely related to Mrs. Ziya. I just want to find out The people behind Esparo want to take him back again because they don’t want to alarm others.”
Frido leaned back in his chair with a relaxed look on his face: "Oh? So you want me to enter the entertainment oasis and you want to take the opportunity to investigate? Let me tell you, people are not casual. If something goes wrong with you, I will be responsible. Yes. I know you have other intentions when you go there, why should I help you? Mrs. Ziya is my ally. And you... are not even my friends. Now that Earl Xiao is gone, I don’t need to be afraid of you. .”
Ming Na blinked, knowing in her heart that it would be troublesome for her friend to have trouble, and she wanted him to agree to her request. In addition to telling the truth, you also need to use some tricks. Rolling her eyes, she smiled: "Frido. You said Mrs. Ziya is your ally, is that true? Why do I think...you are more like her servant?"
Frido's face darkened: "Be careful what you say, you are not a child anymore!"
"Just because I'm no longer a child, I can understand many things." Mingna stretched her hands and feet and said casually, "Just now outside, I saw a man being very rude to your clerk. Listen. He is said to be Mrs. Ziya's bodyguard? How much do you want to give him? But look at his appearance. He was sent to deliver messages, so he doesn't seem to be a valued subordinate, but he dares to treat someone in your store People yelled and complained that you took a long time to write the letter, but no matter how they looked at it, they didn't take you seriously. Did Mrs. Ziya really regard you as a true ally when she sent such a person to deliver the letter to you? "
The more Frido heard, the uglier his face became, but he did not deny it. When Ming Na saw this, she added fuel to the fire: "I saw that your store has been renovated. It is more beautiful than before, and there are many more clerks. There are many places to accompany you while drinking. Why is the waitress so old? When I came here before, I clearly remember that the girls here were all young and beautiful. Even during the day, there were many customers. Now it is night, and there are only four or five tables of people sitting outside. It’s not as lively as before. But I’ve just been to the Entertainment Oasis in the past two days, and the bar business there is very good. I heard that many waitresses were recruited from Mengli. The bartender also has an intelligence business. This is not yours. Are you good at what you do? Isn’t it very kind of Mrs. Ziya to do this? "
"That's enough!" Frido stopped her. "Ming Na. You used to be a pure and kind child. Such words are not what you should say!"
Minna rushed to him: "What do you mean you shouldn't say anything? Frido. You are smart and capable. I have never seen anyone more knowledgeable than you in my life. But those people look down on you. I don't know. What's precious about you. I'm your friend. I'm complaining for you. Why are you stopping me?!"
Frido stared at Minna. He said sternly: "Friend? If you were still a child, I might believe it. But what you said just now, you just want to deliberately provoke it, right? In order to achieve your goal, do you not hesitate to use tricks? You do this. How dare you? You say you’re my friend?!”
"Why don't you dare?" Ming Na raised her head. "If these words are fabricated by me and hurt you, I am not worthy of being your friend. But these things, do you dare to say that they are not true? Since they are true, why can't I say it? True friendship will not It changes because of other people's instigation. Only false friendships will be exposed by the truth!"
Frido gasped for air. His eyes became more and more fierce. Minna saw this. He softened his tone slightly: "Don't be angry, Frido. Even if I said these words on purpose, my request will neither hurt you nor Mrs. Ziya - as long as she is not the same enemy as my family. . I just want to go into the entertainment oasis to find someone. To investigate. But I don’t want to deal with Mrs. Ziya. At least I don’t want to go with my real identity! She was my grandfather’s mistress in the past. Facing her, I will think of my miserable grandmother. ." She grabbed Frido's hand: "Please. Are you really unwilling to help me?"
Frido shook her hand off. Sit back in the chair. Calm down. He returned to his lazy expression: "You want me to help you. Yes. What's the benefit of me? You know. I never do business at a loss."
Minna blinked: "Frido, you don't seem to be short of money."
"There is no shortage, but I can't just help you in vain just because I don't lack money, right? Don't say anything about friends. I treat all my friends the same way now. Transactions are OK, but help is unnecessary. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, I Instead, I was scolded!”
It sounds like he suffered a lot because of this. Ming Na thought for a while and said: "I don't have much money, but I have some gems and potions. Other than that, there is nothing else I can do to help you. But... I feel that you may want a position of power more, and I am not Weishaar, I can't give you this. If it's in East, it would be different." After a pause, she gave a high-five: "That's right! Freedo, come back to China with me! We just need it. Teachers like you!" Ms. Lea complained more than once that the department had insufficient training teachers.
Frido drawled his voice: "You - you -? Why do I feel like you missed something important and didn't explain it clearly?" He didn't believe that as an information dealer, he would be a suitable candidate for the noble lady's tutor. . Although this lady is not a lady now.
Ming Na looked at him and surrendered immediately: "Okay, okay, let me be honest, I occasionally help the Security Agency with small tasks. You are buying and selling information, so you must know where it is." She leaned closer to Fu. Rideau: "The department trains new and old employees every year. They need teachers who can teach various dialects, local customs, and knowledge from all walks of life. But it is not easy to find so many teachers. In order to hire knowledgeable teachers, People. The agency is even willing to apply for noble titles for them! Even so, they can't always recruit good places. If you go, you can solve this problem immediately! The Weisha people don't know how powerful you are, but you are in Ito You will be very respected!”
Frido paused and didn't speak. After a while, he suddenly smiled: "Are you kidding me? Xiao Mingna. I am from Weisha. It is impossible for any country's intelligence agency to truly trust a foreigner. .”
"You are going to be a teacher. You are not a spy. Why don't you believe me?" Ming Na disagreed. "This kind of job will not involve any secrets, otherwise we would not recruit people from outside. We have several foreign teachers. "Then she lowered her voice: "What's more, are you really from Weisha? I remember you were born and raised in Mongli, and this is not Weisha's territory!" In fact, it is a three-no matter area, three countries They all hope to have absolute influence here, but they have failed to establish government agencies here.
Frido tapped his fingers on the table, and after a long time he said: "Forget it. All my property, career, and friends are here. If I leave, I have to start over again, so I might as well stay." He smiled at Minna. Smile: "But thank you for your kindness. If I need it in the future, I will look for you."
Ming Na nodded regretfully: "Okay, actually it's still intelligence work, but it's much better at the Security Agency than here." She took out a few vials from the ring and handed them to Frido. The latter asked curiously: "What is this?" "Magic potion." Minna showed him a bottle, "This is a detoxification site. Ordinary poisons. As long as they don't kill people immediately, they can be detoxified. The others are to replenish physical strength. Yes. Your body is not strong enough. This can help you. You need to drink three bottles in total, one bottle every three days. After nine days of drinking, you will be as strong as an ordinary person."
A flash of ecstasy flashed in Frido's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it: "Why are you giving me this?"
"This is the reward." Ming Na smiled, "Didn't you say you won't do loss-making business? These are all good things, and you may not be able to buy them with money."
Frido nodded very solemnly, put away the medicine, and when he sat down again, he stared at the ring around Minna's neck with some curiosity. He seemed to have seen her getting something from here just now
Ming Na hurriedly stuffed the ring back into her collar: "This is a storage ring. It was made by the alchemist master in Shaonan, so I can't give it to you. But I know people who can make it. Now Shaonan prohibits the sale of this ring. If you really If you want, I can help you ask, but you have to pay for the materials."
A flash of light flashed in Frido's eyes, and he asked with a smile: "When do you plan to enter the entertainment oasis? If you use your current appearance, I have a few suggestions. What do you think?"
Two hours later.
When Ming Na looked at herself in the mirror again, she could hardly recognize her. In fact, Frido didn't do much to dress up her teenage appearance. He just taught her a few male postures and speaking habits, and then asked her to change her expression, pretending to be silent, and her eyes were gloomy. Her overall temperament It's completely different.
Frido made up a whole set of stories about her life experience, told her a few dialect habits, and played with the accessories on her clothes. She looked like a young swordsman who had just come out of the countryside in the southwest of Weisha.
Finally, Frido added: "You are already acting like a girl like this, and most people will never be suspicious. But Ziya is very good at looking at men. No matter how much you act like a girl, you are still a girl at heart. I advise you, if you want to To hide from Ziya, it’s best to treat yourself as a boy from now on, forget all girls’ words, actions, habits, and even ways of thinking, and face other people as a man.”
Ming Na responded solemnly: "You are right, I will temporarily forget that I am Ming Na, I am now the young swordsman Minter."
Frido looked up and down and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay. It's getting late today. You can go back first and come back early tomorrow morning. I will take you there." After a pause, he added: "Find a way Give yourself some scent. Male and female body odors are different.”
Minna, no, it's Minte now. He nodded solemnly and walked out of the room. Frido saw him off. On the way, he met the middle-aged clerk who had introduced him in before. He respectfully stepped aside and looked at Minte with fear in his eyes. Frido was a little curious: "Why is he looking at you like this?"
The corners of Minte's mouth curved slightly: "It's nothing. He showed a bit of murderous intent when he came in. He was probably frightened."
"Murderous intent?" Frido was stunned.
Minte blinked: "Yes. I am also a master now. It's normal to have murderous intent." Seeing Frido's face turn red and white, Minte couldn't help but smile: "What are you afraid of? I'm afraid of you again." I won't do anything to you, old friend!" He patted Frido on the shoulder, and was amused to find that the other person's muscles were stiff.
When they returned to the Information Station Leather Boot Shop, the brothers almost thought he was a customer and said that the shop was closed and they would come back tomorrow. Minte was angry and funny and asked them to take a closer look. Only then did they realize that this was a colleague who had gone out in the afternoon. Luma was amazed at the effect of his makeup and learned that it was Frido who helped. He said, "If we can confirm that he is reliable, it would be great if he can be brought back to our agency. He is a talented person."
Min Te smiled and said: "I have already asked him. He is a little interested, but he is still reluctant to let go of his career here. Let's see if there is an opportunity in the future."
Luma nodded and asked again: "Are you brewing a magic potion? What are you doing?"
"Just to add a bit of a manly flavor." Minte carefully poured the freshly brewed concoction into the crystal bowl, blew on it, and drank it in small sips.
It doesn't taste very good, though. Drink this. His body will emit an almost inaudible smell of sweat, making him more like a man. Because I am afraid that too much body odor will be detrimental to covert operations. He only took a few sips. As soon as you wake up, the results are immediately visible.
Early in the morning, he went to find Frido, and the two rode horses to the entertainment oasis to ask to see Mrs. Ziya. After many rounds of notifications, someone was finally sent from the main tent to take them in.
Minte quietly looked at the surrounding situation all the way. The guards were really tight. There was a person standing guard every ten meters. Just from the entrance of the main tent area to the front of the main tent, which was a short distance of less than 100 meters, there were two Level, is it necessary to reach this point
When passing the checkpoint, you will also be searched. Frido glanced at the big man in charge of the body search, and glanced worriedly at Minte. The latter barely endured it and stood there with a straight face, his body constantly exuding cold air. Those big men were all people who had seen masters. They were shocked by Minte's momentum and did not dare to mess around. They hurriedly searched and let them pass.
Arriving in front of the main tent, Frido was about to walk in, but was stopped by the handsome young man guarding the door: "Madam is meeting guests, you go to the tent next to her and wait." He felt angry in his heart, just thinking that he had been involved in many things. They were all restrained by Ziya, so they could not bear to walk into the small tent on the roadside. When he saw Minte following him, his mood suddenly improved, and he desperately hoped that this former child could teach the woman who looked down on him a lesson.
After waiting for a long time, Friedo asked several times, and the answer was always, "Madam is meeting guests, please continue to wait." His face became more and more ugly, and Minte watched his reaction carefully, He smiled bitterly and said: "Your guess is right. I helped her with advice and solved several major forces in Mengli, making her the real underground king. But now she is looking down on her. In the final analysis, it is because I am not strong enough." "
"You are strong, Freedo." Minte whispered, "The so-called strong is not just in terms of force."
Frido smiled, took a deep breath, and continued waiting.
When dinner time came, the maid brought a simple meal. The two of them had not eaten for lunch and were very hungry. They were about to take action when they saw a guard walking in and said: "Madam wants to see you, hurry up."
Mint put down the food and stood up. Seeing that Frido was still sitting still, he gave him a gentle push. Seeing him getting up with a dark face, he patted his shoulder and walked out of the small tent with him. Just as he was about to enter the big tent, Minte caught a glimpse of the guest who had just left looking back from the corner of his eye. He quickly turned his head, feeling awe-inspiring in his heart.
Isn't that Esparo? Was he the guest that Mrs. Ziya entertained for most of the day? It seems that there really is some secret between them.
Minte narrowed his eyes, this time he really wanted to find a way to stay.