Minte followed Jada into an alley, and with the dim light coming from the windows of the houses in the alley, he looked at the low buildings on both sides of the road, the smelly debris in the corners, and the men gathered together in twos and threes. He felt a little uncomfortable. Good feeling.
As I turned a corner, I passed a dilapidated hut, and there happened to be two men whispering at the door. With sharp ears, Minte vaguely heard what they were saying about the entertainment oasis fire, the rich man's disappearance, whether he was going to do anything next, and who he wanted to get money from, and he couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart.
It seems that today's so-called "accident" was indeed not innocent, and there are not many people in Mongolia who took money to cause trouble like this. Even if Fana knows the truth, what can he do
Thinking of this, he felt a little heavy.
"What's wrong?" Jada noticed that his pace had slowed down and turned around to ask. Min Te hurriedly said: "It's nothing, I just feel strange... Do you really live in a place like this these days?" He is a real duke of a country, a nobleman of the royal family!
Jada smiled, did not answer, and just continued to lead the way. After a while, they reached the end of the alley, walked around the wall, and their eyes suddenly opened up. It was a large open space. After passing through the open space and entering another secluded street, the environment was completely different from before. There are only thirteen or four houses here. They are not luxurious, but they are not simple either. They are generally very clean and tidy. They all have small courtyards, and some of them are two-story buildings. Minte noticed that the place he passed just now was the Weisha residential area, but it was located right on the edge of the Nuojia residential area. There was a large circle of seabuckthorn forest outside, which made it quite quiet and secluded.
Jada walked outside the two-story building at the end of the street, opened the courtyard door and walked in. She knocked lightly on the door a few times. A woman's timid voice soon came from behind the door: "Who is it?"
"Me! Open the door quickly." Jada looked around and answered in a low voice.
The door opened quickly, revealing the face of a beautiful girl full of joy: "Jie! You are finally back!" She threw herself into Jieda's arms and held him trembling: "How could you leave me? You don't know that I have How scared..."
A hint of helplessness flashed across Jada's face, and she pulled away and asked, "Where's Shade? Is his injury okay?"
"Fortunately, the fever has subsided. But he is still unconscious. Jay, if a bad guy comes while you are away, what should I do?" The girl approached him again.
Minte looked at Jada with a somewhat amused look on her face, helpless but unable to refuse. He recognized it. This girl was the one they rescued from the traffickers. I remember her name was Junia. It seems to be Jedda's fiancée. Jada is as cunning as a fox. I didn't expect that I would be so helpless. Because they were blocking the door. Mint couldn't get in. Just fold your arms and stand by the door. Watch Jada's rare depressed expression.
Junia complained for a while. Only then did he realize there was a stranger standing by the door. I couldn't help but scream. Take two steps away. Hide behind Jada. Both hands were still holding his arms tightly: "Who are you?! Why are you here?!"
Jada hurriedly said: "This is Minte. I specially asked him to come back to help. He is going back to Nomonka with us. Don't make a fuss. I want to go see Shade first. You can come too."
Junia glanced at Mint secretly. Minte smiled at her. She quickly calmed down her face and panicked. Put on a proud and upright expression. Look at him lightly again. Then he helped Jada up to the second floor.
Mint entered the house and closed the door. Look carefully at the situation in the house. The furnishings here are simple. But still comfortable. Everything has a slight Noga style. It looks like it has some age. I don’t know how Jada obtained this residence. He looked around the rooms downstairs. I found two rooms on the first floor each with three single wooden beds. A little crowded. But the ** floor quilts are basically exactly the same. Then he looked in the kitchen. He also discovered that the food stored here was all dry food. Hanging along the wall were a dozen and a half old water bags. All the same size. Couldn't help but frown.
Could this be the foothold of Noga's secret location? or. Is it Jada who purchased the land privately? It doesn't look like it's been a year or two. Why did he arrange such a place a few years ago? It seems that the personnel of the Security Agency's intelligence station in Mongli have never discovered this place. It seems. It is necessary to inform them. Let them pay attention to the people coming and going here from time to time.
Minte suddenly noticed something was wrong, and quickly turned around and found a man in his forties or fifties with a very thin face but huge eyes standing by the door, looking at him quietly with strange eyes. He couldn't help but grab an ice dagger in his hand. after awhile. When he saw that the man was still silent, he was about to ask the other person's intention first. The man suddenly said: "You are wandering around, what do you want to do?!"
Minte narrowed his eyes, but before he could answer, Jada's voice came from upstairs: "Minte, Minte, are you there?" He called as he walked down the stairs and frowned when he saw the situation at the door of the kitchen. Mei asked: "What happened?"
"He's sneaking around! He must have bad intentions!" the thin man said first.
Min Te replied calmly: "Every time I go to a new place, I always make a habit of asking about the surrounding situation first, so as not to make mistakes due to unfamiliarity with the terrain when I need to escape. But this... seems to have misunderstood , treating me as someone with ulterior motives. To be honest, I haven’t dealt with you twice, and it was you who invited me to go north in the first place. Logically speaking, you should know that I am a talented person. If you really treat me If you have any doubts, would it be better to make it clear as soon as possible? I will leave immediately without any further entanglement."
Jada hurriedly said: "It's okay. Since I invited you here, I will never doubt you for no reason. Even if I had doubts before, once you join us, you will become one of our own. Don't worry. "After a pause, he smiled and said: "You are very serious and careful in your work. It seems that I really did the right thing by inviting you here." He whispered a few words to the thin man, who looked at it doubtfully. Minte glanced at him for a few seconds, then turned and left. Minte noticed that he was actually sitting behind a high cabinet by the door, holding his breath. If he didn't know in advance, no one would notice his presence when he entered.
"Come up here and see Shade. He is one of our companions. He was slightly injured. He used your potion and seems to be much better. Can you help us see what medicine he needs to take?" Jada asked Minte waved, and Minte followed him upstairs.
The man named "Shade" was lying on the bed and had just woken up from a coma. His reaction was still a little slow, but his eyes were already quite sharp. He first glanced at Minte unexpectedly, and then looked at Jada with disapproval. The latter smiled casually: "Minte is very good at potions. Half of the potions you took before were prepared by him. ." Xie De seemed to understand something when he heard this. He didn't object.
Minte had some epiphany. It seemed that there was an important reason for Jada to invite him so eagerly. Does anyone need magic potion? It seems that there is no similar news from the intelligence station. He felt as if he had grasped an important clue.
Taking advantage of the time to inspect Shade, Minte carefully looked at the opponent's height, body shape, and the thick calluses on his hands and between the tiger's mouth. He was 70% sure that this was the black man who had been following Jada. The shadow swordsman in clothes seemed to have been tracking him alone last night. It was quite troublesome to fight back.
Checking again, Minte said to Jada: "His external injuries are not serious. He drank the medicine. He will be fine tomorrow, but the poison is a bit troublesome. The treatment was too late, and he exercised strenuously, and the toxin has penetrated deep into the body." If you want to completely remove it from your body, it will take at least two to three months, and it will be difficult to return to your previous healthy body. If you take good care of it for a few years, you may be able to retain 80% of your original strength."
Xie De fell silent for a moment. Jie Da was also a little sad after hearing this, and comforted Xie De in a low voice: "It doesn't matter, I will definitely cure you. Just rest in peace and recuperate."
"It doesn't matter, my subordinate." Xie De said hurriedly, "Your Excellency, you should return to China as soon as possible. The people there already know that we were responsible for what happened last night. If they drive us back to Nomonka first, we will report to Your Majesty and the ministers. Complaining will be very detrimental to us."
Jada's eyes flashed: "Huh. It's not that easy!" He softened his tone and advised Xie De: "You can rest peacefully and recuperate, at least until the trauma is healed. Besides, without you, the journey back to China may not be possible. It’s safe, although I’m pretty skilled, but I still have Junia.”
When Xie De heard this, he said nothing more. Junia, who had been standing quietly beside her, was not happy: "How can you say that to me? I have suffered a lot and am no longer a delicate girl. Even without you, I can still take care of you. Be good to yourself!”
Jada smiled: "Yes, you are right." But she no longer agreed. Junia was not satisfied. Just as he was about to say something, Minte interrupted: "You don't actually need to argue. I said it would take two or three months to completely remove the toxin, but I didn't say he couldn't move. I know the formula of a medicine and give it to him to drink. The forced march can last for at least seven days. As long as he is no longer injured, it will not affect his body, but he must take a good rest afterwards."
Hearing this, Jada said in surprise: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?! Go and match!"
Minte raised his eyebrows, looked at him deeply, then walked downstairs, found an empty room, took out the potion workbench and other items from the storage ring, and prepared it. When others were not paying attention, he secretly wrote a few lines on a piece of paper with special potion, stuffed it into his arms, and then went out of the window under the pretense of splashing water. He quickly looked outside and spotted the young man walking past the hospital. .
That was someone from Frido's shop who had been sent to find out where Jada was. Fridolf had promised two of his cronies that he would pick them up when he established a foothold in East, so Fridolf's clerks accepted the dispatches of people from the intelligence station with peace of mind.
Knowing that his people knew where she was, Minte hurriedly concentrated on preparing the potion. After setting it up, it was almost midnight. Junia couldn't stand it any longer and went to bed. Jada was still with Shade. When she saw Mint coming in, she hurriedly greeted her.
After Xie De drank the medicine, he felt completely different. Even the pain was relieved a lot, and he fell into a deep sleep not long after. Minte whispered to Jada: "Just wake up. If you are really in a hurry, you can leave tomorrow."
Jada breathed a sigh of relief and said to Minte very sincerely: "Thank you very much. I think being able to pull you over is the most correct thing I have done in my life."
Minte smiled and said: "Don't be too busy saying this. I have a small request. I don't know if you will agree to it."
Jada was a little surprised: "What request? If it's a monetary reward, as long as it's not too excessive, feel free to ask for it."
"I'm willing to join you, not just for the money. Don't forget that you promised to give me a chance to get ahead." Minte said, "I'm just because I've used up all the potions in my hands and I'm afraid there will be dangers on the way. I encountered something unexpected, so I wanted to make more and take it with me. But I don’t have much materials left on hand, so I need to go out and buy them. Do you feel free to let me go?"
Jada paused, stared at Minte carefully, and smiled: "Are you testing me? Well, you can go, but remember to come back quickly, but..." He put away his smile, "I trust you You, I hope you won’t betray my trust.”
"Of course not." Minte smiled and thought: As much trust as you have in me, I will be as loyal to you. Neither of us owes the other.
He turned around and was about to go out, but he heard Jedda calling him from behind. He thought about it and said, "It's already midnight now. Why don't you go buy it tomorrow? The janitor downstairs is very powerful. You can take him." Bring it or carry the package for you." After a pause, Jada asked with a smile: "You don't mind someone following you, do you?"
How could Mint not know his intentions? The corner of his mouth curled up: "It's nothing. Although I hope to gain your trust, this kind of thing obviously only comes after getting along for a long time. Now I am still half a stranger to you. If you are even aware of this, None, but I think you are not worthy of my trust."
Leaving Jada with a changed look on her face, Minte walked out easily. The thin man followed him from a distance, watching him go to other streets, knocking on the doors of several families, and Either scolding or receiving warm reception, he bought a dozen large packages of materials and threw them all to himself together with the bills. Then he returned to the small building and got into the empty room where the workbench was placed to start tinkering. At daybreak, he handed Jada, Shade and Junia a few bottles of potion with red eyes, then saddled up his horse and followed them on their journey north.
Jada looked at the yawning Mint thoughtfully, and recalled the report of the janitor. The other party was not suspicious at all, and he was very active in doing things. All his thoughts were based on his own interests. It should be possible to do it competently. However, the other party does not seem to be very ambitious. But he quickly thought, who said anyone would show ambition? If Minte had no ambition, why would he work so hard to help himself make medicine? Thinking of this, he felt that he had thought too much, and his attitude towards Minte became more cordial.
Jada looked at the yawning Mint thoughtfully, and recalled the report of the gatekeeper. The other party was not suspicious at all, and he was very active in doing things. All his thoughts were based on his own interests. You should be able to do the job. However, the other party does not seem to be very ambitious. But he quickly thought, who said anyone would show ambition? If Minte had no ambition, why would he work so hard to help himself make medicine? Thinking of this, he felt that he had thought too much, and his attitude towards Minte became more cordial.
Leaving Mengli and heading north, they didn't go very fast because they were worried that there was an injured Shade and a weak girl named Junia in the team. It took five full days before they reached the serial checkpoint, which was already the hinterland of Noga. They stopped a hundred meters before the southernmost checkpoint.
At the checkpoint ahead, a large, gorgeous carriage blocked the entrance. A dozen followers beside the car were arguing with the soldiers stationed at the checkpoint. It sounded like they did not have passes, so the people in the checkpoint refused to let them pass. .
At the window on one side of the carriage, a pair of jade arms lifted the gauze curtain, revealing a beautiful head covered in red gauze, looking around. Minte immediately recognized that it was Namu who was taken away from the entertainment oasis by the Noga people. So, this is the team that was the guest of Nuojia? Why did they stop here
But...a pass? Minter immediately turned to look at Jada and found a sly smile on the other person's face.
(I revised it again and again to come up with this chapter...)