The sun is shining high, and the cold autumn wind mixed with sand and dust hits people, taking away any trace of warmth brought by the sun.
A group of more than ten people were galloping on horseback on the mountain road. Everyone was wrapped tightly from head to toe in thick cloaks. Only when the strong wind blew, and the corners of the robes were lifted, could you vaguely see the East-style costumes under the cloaks. .
It was almost noon, and the two people at the back of the team came close to each other and whispered a few words. One of them hurried to the front and said to a masked man wearing a dark blue hooded cloak who was running at the front: "Master Xiao, We adults would like to ask if we can find a place to eat and rest? Everyone is hungry."
The masked man pulled down his hood, revealing a girl's face, and said a little embarrassedly: "Just call me by my name. There is a forest ahead. Let's go there to rest."
The man smiled and said: "Let's call you Master Xiao. Anyway, we know who you are. If we call you by name, I wonder if it is your real name or Mary? If Ms. Liya hadn't confirmed it herself, we wouldn't believe it. , the Security Department is really amazing, what method did it use to turn the boy into like this?"
The masked man laughed a few times, turned around and put on an expression of concentration on his way.
She was originally a girl, but her hair and eyes were changed to the most common flax color and slightly modified. When passing through the ruins of several Noga towns before, she could still see dilapidated wanted posters, which showed that this modification was necessary. She just didn't quite understand why Mallory made up the name "Xiao Minte" people
The magic potion that can change gender has always been a secret in the Security Agency. Only a few senior personnel, as well as some elites or spies have access to it. Others have only heard about it, but it can change the color of hair and eyes. The potion is used more frequently. Therefore, within the Security Agency, there must be no more than twenty people who know that Ming Na and Mint are the same person. Some staff who did not know the inside story had worked with Ming Na and "Minte" one after another. He also joked that they looked so alike, were they brother and sister
It was probably this kind of words that caused Mallory to have some idea. Since last year, he has deliberately recorded all the tasks Ming Na completed in the name of "Mint" in a separate book, and created a fictional Mint boy. The background information includes that his father is the unknown illegitimate son of Earl Xiao, his parents are both dead, he was adopted by the Security Agency when he was a child, and he became an elite of the Security Agency when he grew up and performed countless missions, etc. Even the proof of education in school, the identity of the nanny and the doctor's diagnosis when he was sick as a child are all backed up. If you don't know the truth, anyone who reads that document will think that such a person really exists.
Mingna didn't see that document until a few days ago, and she was shocked at that time. She really didn't understand, what was Mallory's intention in doing this
The group came to a small forest, dismounted and rested for a while. Ming Na ate some dry food with plain water, and saw the middle-aged man across from him swallowing wheat cakes with some difficulty. Smile slightly.
This time the special envoy sent by the king was his second secretary. Odolf Mandheling. Over forty years old. Thin body. The slightly curly hair is mixed with silver strands. Small round face. Small Eyes. Wearing a single-sided glasses with a thin silver chain. Although the smile is gentle and harmless all day long. But the occasional glimmer of goblin in his eyes still hinted at his dungeon mansion.
This secretary has been serving as the second secretary for more than ten years. Because the respected first secretary is old and sick. In fact, he holds the position of two people simultaneously. Very popular with the king.
Originally, Mingna was a little worried. His last name was Mandheling. Will he be hostile to himself? But after getting along. Only then did I realize that these worries were unnecessary. Oudorff once confessed to her. He was born into a branch of the Mandheling family. Regarding the dispute between Earl Xiao and the Mandheling family. Have your own opinions.
At first the two families had a feud. It started with Miss Elena joining the temple because of her failure in love. In fact, the marriage of aristocratic children. How many of them are united by love? Political marriages account for the majority. Almost every noble daughter has one or two sweethearts when she was young. But when it comes time to get married. Who to marry. I will still marry you. Back then, Earl Xiao was the dream lover of millions of girls. If everyone wants to stay married forever just because he gets married. Isn’t this world in chaos? Elena ignored her responsibilities to her family. Abandoning his family to serve the God of Light. This is the wrong approach. But her father and brother did not recognize the fact. Instead, they focused their resentment on the Xiao family and the Cardo family. Caused all kinds of disputes later. As a result, the development of the descendants of the family's descendants has been restricted to this day. It can be said that mistakes are added upon mistakes. These collateral descendants cannot resist the orders of the patriarch. But on major matters related to the fate of the country. He would never betray the king's trust because of other people's words.
Ming Na didn't completely agree with what he said. But I was also happy that the two of them could live in harmony.
The wind blew harder. Minna looked up at the sky. They found a dark cloud slowly approaching them. The sky gradually darkened. He hurriedly said to Oudorf: "It looks like it might rain. Let's hurry up."
Ordolf squeezed his sore thigh: "Can't you find a place to take shelter from the rain? Or..." He swallowed, "When it rains, even during the day, the monsters will come out?!"
Ming Na smiled and said: "Warcraft may also appear during the day, but their abilities will be weakened and they are easy to deal with. I asked everyone to hurry up because I am afraid that rain will hinder our journey. We must reach a safe place before dark , otherwise it will be very dangerous.”
After hearing this, Oudorf hurriedly stood up with support on the tree trunk and asked: "How far away is the safe place you mentioned?"
"It takes about more than four hours. If we move faster, we may be there in less than four hours. It's on a mountain and the security agency has set up a temporary station. It's very safe."
Ordolf hurriedly asked his entourage to pack their things, and the group was soon on the road again. In less than half an hour, it started to rain heavily. Heavy raindrops hit their heads and bodies, making them almost unable to open their eyes. Mingna used magic to hold up a thin protective shield for everyone, and tightened the cloak, so that she could barely hold on for most of the journey. Everyone finally arrived at their destination despite the rain. By this time, it was already dark.
The temporary residence of the Security Bureau is just a few cabins hastily built on the mountain, but for Ming Na and her party who were soaked with ease: .Cn sorted by mobile phone, it is no different from Ito's mansion. After washing his face with hot water and changing into dry clothes, Oudorf hurriedly said hello to Faith, who came to welcome him, and then went into the room to rest. He was already exhausted. I didn't even bother to eat dinner.
Mingna smiled helplessly at Faith, looked around, and asked, "How are things going recently? Why don't you see Alex?"
Faith looked at her with some surprise: "Do you know Alex? Are you also from our security agency?"
Ming Na blinked and immediately realized that she was now in women's clothing, so it was normal for Faith not to recognize her. He had no choice but to cough lightly: "I'm Minte. I'm pretending to be like this so that I can move around in Noga more easily."
Feisi's expression became even more surprised. He looked her up and down, left and right for a long time, and then said: "I have long heard that you are related to Xiao Mingna of the Anlong family. It's true. You look like this, are you? Drinking the rumored... Okay, no need to shush, I know it’s confidential. I won’t ask.”
Ming Na put down her hand and returned to the original topic: "Where's Alex? He should have returned from his break, right?"
"I've been back for a few days, and I was here just now. Why is he missing now?" Faith called a subordinate and found out that Alex had just changed shifts and went out with a team.
Minna had no choice but to go back to her room to rest. She got up early the next morning and was about to say goodbye to everyone and set off. She heard that Alex had just come back and had fallen asleep. She had to give up this idea and led Oudorf and others on the road again.
Left the Southeast region. It's much safer on the road. In order not to attract attention, the group pretended to be businessmen on the road, walked through the streets, and finally arrived at Nomonka a few days later.
At this time, Oudorf clearly stated his name as a missionary. The soldiers guarding the city gate checked the customs documents and let them in without any difficulty. However, they stared at Minna with a strange look for a long time and murmured in a low voice. Why is there a maid in the mission
Ming Na knew that what they were thinking must not be a good thing, so she could only lead everyone to the place mentioned in the letter by the mission. The two parties meet. There was some pleasantries at first, but during the introduction, Goodwin suddenly stared at Ming Na and frowned: "Ming Na? Why are you here?"
Minna was speechless, and Oudorf smiled and said: "This is Minte. He is also the grandson of Count Xiao. I heard that he looks quite similar to his cousin. Mr. Chulov has met that girl." Child?"
Goodwin narrowed his eyes: "Another... grandson?"
Ming Na smiled stiffly: "Hello..."
"Minte is from the Security Agency and once performed a mission in Nomonka. It is not convenient to appear in public." Ordolf was a little anxious. "How is the recent situation? His Majesty the King asked me to bring the latest decision."
Goodwin looked solemn and said, "Let's go into the room to talk." After that, he and the envoy took him into the room, and Minna followed. The former glanced at her without stopping her.
As soon as everyone sat down, Goodwin said seriously: "The situation has changed again. Now Gael II has the intention to form an alliance, but there is a strong voice of opposition among the Noga nobles."
It turned out that a few days after they sent the letter, news came from the western border area that Warcraft had appeared in the area, causing many civilian casualties. Rumors began to spread in Nomenka, and the market was not very calm, but the nobles still did not take it seriously.
A nobleman wanted to find out more about the situation, so he sent a letter to his relatives living in the west. However, when the messenger arrived, he found that the relative's family, including servants and guards, had all been killed by monsters, and the mansion was filled with people. *Aura, the village outside the mansion was also in deathly silence, and the three monsters who were the murderers were sleeping in the basement at that time.
The messenger had a younger brother who had participated in the Great War of Xiko, so he had some understanding of the weaknesses of Warcraft. He suppressed the fear in his heart, quietly exited the gate, and then quickly escaped on horseback, only to bring the news back.
When the news came out, the nobles of Nomonka really began to panic. If even nobles living in heavily defended mansions will become victims, will they also meet the same fate
Duke Jedda ended his house arrest and was sent to the west to fight against the monsters. Then rumors about moving the capital began to spread in the capital.
The nobles in the north believed that the mountains and mountains in the north were safe enough, while the Wangshu faction in the east believed that the north was too cold and poor, and that the east was more suitable to become a temporary capital, so the two factions fought together. As soon as Gael II summoned the East envoy to talk about the alliance, the two factions came together to stop it. They all thought that East could not be so kind to help. There must be some intention. East's envoy repeatedly explained the necessity of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but they were still procrastinating in raising conditions, some asking for money, some asking for land, which made both the envoy and deputy envoy Goodwin half-dead angry.
Zhengshi sighed: "There were several times when I wanted to leave them alone and just go back to the country. But thinking that Nojia is an important barrier for us to face the Demon Realm, I had no choice but to stay."
Goodwin turned to Oudorf: "Since His Majesty sent you here, you must have some instructions, right?"
Ordolf nodded: "His Majesty has stated that he can provide them with food seeds in exchange for horses, cattle, sheep and animal skins, and give tax incentives to Noga merchants. After the alliance is formed, they must send troops to resist the invasion of the Demon Realm. , we are just providing assistance from the side. But the most important thing is that they must sign an agreement to ensure peaceful coexistence with our country after the war. They are not allowed to invade any piece of land in our country. These terms also apply to Shaonan, and your Majesty has confirmed it with Shaonan ”
Goodwin nodded: "This is already a very good deal. I hope they are smart enough. Don't delay it any longer."
However, to their dismay, there are not many smart people in the world. The conditions proposed by East indeed made many people excited, but not everyone could see the benefits of these conditions to Noga.
The faction headed by Luther is entangled in the fact that East will definitely send troops to enter the country; the northern noble faction believes that East cannot do anything detrimental to their country, and there must be some trap waiting for them; while Uncle Wang's side, He believed that the conditions in East were too harsh and was suspected of indirectly controlling Noga's people's livelihood and economy. If the king who succeeded East in the future used food seeds as a condition, he would force Noga to agree to certain unreasonable demands. What should Nuojia do
The three factions quarreled and failed to reach an agreement. Ming Na (Mint), who had turned into a boy and dressed very inconspicuously, hid in the entourage of the East Mission and frowned at the chaotic scene in front of her.
Sitting at the top, Gale II lowered his head and coughed non-stop. He looked very haggard, and the obvious dark circles under his eyes hinted at his poor sleep. However, except for the palace steward standing outside the door who repeatedly looked at him with worried eyes, the Nuojia people present were only focused on making noise with themselves and did not notice the king's pale face at all. Minte quietly withdrew from the entourage. Gale II approached from the edge of the room, took out a bottle of magic potion and handed it over, frowning and said: "Your Majesty, didn't you take your medicine on time?"
Gale II was startled and looked up at him with complicated eyes: "It's you..." After a while, he sighed and took the medicine bottle: "I was so upset that I forgot about it for a moment. Thank you." After drinking. medicine. He felt better. Then he smiled at Minte: "I have heard from Jida about Xi Ke. Thank you for saving him. If it weren't for you, maybe the 30,000 troops would never be able to come back."
Minte smiled and turned to look in the direction of everyone: "Are you just going to watch them quarreling? When we came, many people were dead in the southeast area. There was not a single Nuojia soldier there. We only relied on us for safety. The people in the department are hunting monsters to save people. Your Majesty, I know it’s not easy for you, but please cheer up for the sake of the people.”
"But they don't seem to be able to hear me. Maybe to them, I'm just a puppet." Gale II looked very discouraged. Without supporters, it would be difficult for him to do anything he wanted to do.
Min Te was unwilling to give in. He traveled such a long way to come to this city again not just to listen to people quarreling. He didn't know where he got the courage. He stepped forward and said loudly: "Stop arguing! Do you know how many Nuojia people die at the claws of demonic beasts every day? The demonic realm is about to attack. You But you only care about fighting for that little benefit, don’t you feel blushing?!”
As soon as his voice came out, everyone fell silent, but they could not accept his accusation. Immediately, a noble jumped out and scolded: "Who are you?! Why are you talking here?! Get out of here!"
"Why do you tell me to get out?" Minte sneered, "Even if I am nobody, I went to twenty-seven of the thirty-four towns in the southeast region, and I went to one hundred and eighty-six villages. One hundred and forty-one. I hunted hundreds of monsters there and rescued more than a thousand Noga people. Together with the more than 3,000 people rescued by my colleagues, they are the survivors of the entire southeast region. You guys These ministers of Noga should know how many people there were, right?!"
Everyone was shocked and then became speechless. Minte took another step forward: "Why are you arguing here? Are you fighting for that little benefit? Or do you think we East will take the opportunity to invade your territory?! Don't be ridiculous! In the southeast region now, a soldier There is no trace of them, we are rescuing your citizens! If you think that it doesn’t matter even if you are killed by monsters, and it doesn’t matter even if your country is invaded by monsters, then keep arguing! I hope you will die at the mouth of monsters in the future. Don't regret that you ruined your country for a small gain today!"
Luther felt a little unconvinced: "Who said we would definitely ruin our country... The Demon Realm can't rely on Warcraft to govern the land, right? They... they always need agents, just like Esparo..."
Minte gave a sarcastic smile: "Really? Then can I understand that you, the descendants of Nicodemus the Great, are willing to bend your waist in front of the monster and obey its servitude?! I I thought you had self-respect!”
Luther blushed, but Minte ignored him and continued: "Maybe you are just worried that East will take the opportunity to annex you, but to be honest, even if our country does this, at least we are still human beings and can If you understand your plea, you still have a chance to live. Even if you die, you will be buried in a grave! But if the invader is a demonic realm, do you think those demonic beasts can understand your plea for mercy?! Wait for your wife When your children, grandchildren, and grandchildren are all killed under their claws, will they show any mercy?! When your bodies are torn into pieces, who will save your souls?!"
Everyone stared at him, speechless.
Min Te thought of the victims he saw during the rescue process, and suddenly felt like crying. He just held it back and said: "Everyone, please stop arguing and make the right choice. This is not just for The civilians of your country are also doing it for yourselves. Even if you have to consider future interests, you must... ensure that you have a future first!"
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