Minna and Vasily stayed far behind the thief, watching him walk into a dark street, turn into a bungalow not far from an alley, and quickly closed the door. There was a man walking opposite. He wandered over and hummed a tune in front of the door.
Vasily pulled Minna over, hid behind a broken wall outside the alley, and carefully looked at her.
This area is an area where poor people live together. The houses are dilapidated and people's clothes have a lot of patches. But when Ming Na sees it, she feels that they are living a much better life than the poor people in Anke City. Judging from their faces, , at least they had food and clothing, and there were no hungry and half-clothed beggars lying on the street, but there were quite a few sneaky people walking by in a hurry. Ming Na could tell at a glance that none of them were engaged in decent professions, and at least three of them were thieves.
Vasily glanced at Minna uneasily, feeling that a little girl was not suitable to be in a place like this, so he whispered: "How about I send you back first? Their lair should be here anyway, I'll come back later It’s the same thing when you come back.”
Ming Na shook her head: "If they run away, where are they going to find it? Moreover, what if they sell your things during this period? Don't worry, I've long been used to this kind of place, it's nothing No big deal, Xueli and the others have done this before, so I’m not afraid.”
Vasily then remembered that many of the children at Father Riddle's place were really from such a mixed place. He smiled and said no more. At this time, the thief came out of the house, chatted with the man guarding the door for a few words, and then left together. Vasily quickly assessed the surrounding terrain, avoided others and sneaked into the open space behind the bungalow, and Minna followed closely.
There was a window on the back wall of the bungalow, but it was locked, leaving only the two small exhaust windows at the top open. Vasily looked at the size of the exhaust window and was considering whether he could get in through there. Minna pushed him away and said, "Get out of the way." She whispered a spell to the window, and the lock opened with a click.
"Wow." Vasily screamed strangely. He stretched out his hand and opened the window. When he heard that there was no one in the room, he squatted down slightly. Minna understood and jumped in, stepping on his legs. Vasily turned around and looked around, and heard Minna say, "There is no one in the room. You can Come in." Then he climbed through the window and entered.
It was quiet in the house, with three rooms in total, front, back, left and right. No one is there. Minna turned around, but couldn't find the things she and Vasily had lost. It was a little strange. The thief just came in with something and left empty-handed. How could the things be missing
Vasily knocked on the wall, and Minna suddenly realized it, so she kicked up and down on the floor. Suddenly she found that the color of the floor in the corner of the room was darker than that in other places, and she stepped on it. The voice was also different. He quickly looked up at Vasily, who happened to be looking over as well, and they looked at each other. The latter immediately turned around and went behind the door to get a shovel.
At this time, Mingna suddenly heard footsteps and hurriedly shouted: "It seems that someone is back!" Vasily listened carefully: "Two people. One behind the other, the one in front is the person who stole the thing." He pulled Ming Na to hide behind the door, while he jumped onto the cabinet on the other side with the shovel, holding it high. Ming Na broke out in a cold sweat and felt a little pity for the person who was about to enter the door.
The thief who entered the house first saw that the situation inside the house was different from usual. He felt alarmed and took a step back, just in time to avoid the shovel swinging over his head. But he didn't avoid the kick that came towards him. He yelled and fell on his back. The people following him saw something bad. She turned around to run away, but Ming Na threw a chair at her and hit her on the head. Stars flashed across her eyes and she collapsed to the ground.
Vasily clicked his tongue a few times: "It hurts so much, so pitiful." Minna rolled her eyes at him, acting as if he hadn't hit anyone.
Ten minutes later, one big and one small had tied up the two thieves and interrogated them clearly. These two people are habitual thieves. They have the habit of hiding things in this house and selling them at low prices on the same day. They went out just now to contact familiar buyers. Mingna was secretly glad that she had not listened to Vasily before.
Vasily learned from the thief the correct way to open the secret compartment on the floor. He had already taken back his and Minna's belongings, and then looked through other stolen items. As he went through them, he sighed: "Look at this money bag. I know that the master is definitely not a rich man, but you are so outrageous that you don’t even spare the poor... Huh? This is a business contract, right? And this is an IOU... I said why didn’t you pick and choose in advance? ? If you steal something like this back, it will be of no use to you at all, but the person involved will be very troubled."
"Put it together with the money. We took it back together when we stole it..." The thief shrank his neck and muttered in fear.
"There is actually a letter?!" Vasily didn't listen to what he said at all and turned it over to himself, "You opened it and read it? It's so unethical, huh? This person's name is quite familiar. Could it be that I recognize... " He suddenly closed his mouth, opened his eyes wide and read the words on the envelope from left to right over and over again. He suddenly turned his head and stared at the thieves: "Where was this stolen from?!"
The thief was even more frightened: "This... this is from a noble gentleman... I look like a noble... I just stole it this morning. Is there anything wrong?"
The expression on Vasily's face changed, and Minna looked strange. She was about to ask him what was wrong, but she saw him suddenly stuffing the letter and several other things in the same bag into his bag, taking out only a few He also tore off the gold brocade cover of a notebook and threw them together to the thieves, saying: "If I were you, I would take these valuable things away right away." Sell it, and if anyone comes to ask, just say that the other items are useless and throw them all away. Never say that you have read that letter, understand?!"
The thief swallowed: "Then, is there anything wrong with that letter?"
"No problem." Vasily said calmly, "But if you want to survive, it's best not to tell the truth." After saying that, regardless of the pale faces of the two people, he pulled Minna and was about to leave, but suddenly he seemed to remember something. Then he turned around and found documents and other worthless things among the stolen things, and took them away in a flash.
When Ming Na saw him walking to a secluded place, she lit all those things on fire, including the IOUs and contracts he just mentioned. She couldn't help but frowned: "You're not saying these things are useless to us. But the person involved will Are you troubled? Why do you want to burn it?"
"If you want to hide something, you have to sweep your tail clean." Vasily glanced at her and smiled. "The owner of Xindi will definitely find those thieves. Even if we have asked, if they find that all the other worthless things are there and only theirs is missing, they will definitely become suspicious. It is better for me to take the initiative to eliminate all these traces."
Ming Na nodded instructed, and suddenly leaned forward curiously: "What was written in that letter?"
Vasily was stunned for a moment, with a wry smile on his face. He touched the bag containing the letter and hesitated for a long time. Then he said: "Mingna, I remember the priest once mentioned to me that two guests asked him about you. He felt that the two people looked familiar. They were probably the East nobles he had met before, but he didn't dare to Definitely. Have you seen these two people? Can you describe them?"
Ming Na was a little strange, and after thinking about it, she said: "Those two people, one is in his forties or fifties, and the other is in his twenties. They both have chestnut hair, they are a bit fat as they are, and they have a big belly. The young one is very thin. His hair is curly... By the way, he has a mole on his face as big as a fingernail! Also, when his eyes look at me, I always feel like I have hair on my body."
Vasily breathed a sigh of relief: "It is indeed them, Fox and his son... I should have thought of it earlier. They suddenly appeared in Weisha. They must have some purpose. They just happened to meet..." After a pause, he asked again: " Minna, do you remember what they said? Did they mention the reason why they went to Weisha?"
Minna tilted her head: "It was the priest who received them. I don't know what they talked about. But later, the old man asked me if my name was really Sarah, and if she escaped from the slave traders in the aggressive oasis. Come out. He and the young one both kept staring at me, which was really weird."
Vasily caught a name in her words: "Sarah?"
Ming Na was a little embarrassed and said: "At that time, I didn't want the priest to recognize me as my grandfather's granddaughter, so I borrowed the name of a girl I met in the oasis. Her name was Sarah. By the way, she also said that she was a Where is the princess?"
The expression on Vasily's face was very complicated. He wanted to be serious, but he couldn't help but laugh. Ming Na looked confused: "What is going on?"
"Ahem." Vasily coughed lightly, "Mingna, in fact, Sarah is the name of our first princess in East. The one you know is indeed a princess." Minna opened her mouth wide, but soon Then she closed it: "I should have thought of it a long time ago! When she spoke, the pronunciation of the word "we" was different from mine, but her accent was exactly the same as my father's! My father is from Ito!" Thinking of the hateful guard captain, she His face darkened: "There is a man named Perdicadi. Who is he? He clearly promised you to take me with you, but he left me at the door of the temple. When I see him when I go back, I will definitely kick him a few times." foot!"
"Perdicka, the captain of the royal guard, is a close confidant of His Majesty the King." Vasily said with a faint smile, "He just thinks too much, as if everyone is going to be detrimental to the royal family, and wishes the king and his family could stay here all day Don’t even see any outsiders in the palace, so as not to be harmed.”
Ming Na was still angry: "Humph, I didn't want to harm Sarah. I only approached her to find someone to take me home! Why did he treat me as a bad person? What other reasons did you deliberately approach His Highness? I I won’t pursue it anymore, it really pisses me off!”
"Don't be angry. He did go too far and asked his subordinates not to disclose the matter. It was one of his subordinates who felt it was inappropriate and quietly mentioned it to us. We only found out about it and disapproved of his approach. But he insisted , we thought that you had gone to Father Riddle's place and there should be no danger, so we didn't care about it." Vasily gently touched Minna's head, "If we had known it was you, we would have definitely I'll pick you up right away. Your father has been sad for a long time because of you. He almost stopped working. Your mother is also seriously ill. I heard that they also fell out with your uncle and aunt. It seems that For your sake."
Minna's eyes were red: "Uncle Vasily, it turns out you really know my parents. Is my mother okay now? How are she and my father doing?"
"I haven't heard from them for a long time. They should be pretty good. Don't worry, hasn't the priest already sent a letter? We will reach Yitong in about ten days. They will be very happy to see you."
Minna nodded vigorously, raised her sleeves to wipe the tears on her face, and suddenly felt something was wrong: "Uncle Vasily, you said... Sarah and Perdika were still with you later? Why? You are not a mercenary "?" She stared at him closely: "I just asked you what was written in the letter, why did you ask about the father and son instead? Also, does Sarah have anything to do with this matter?"
Vasily blinked: "Huh? Didn't you succeed in cheating?"
Minna almost choked on her saliva, and immediately greeted her with her fists. Vasily begged for mercy: "I'm sorry, I'm just joking, I'll just say this..."
"Princess Sarah's whereabouts are secret and cannot be known. If anyone knows, the king will be in big trouble. That's why Perdica refused to take you with her at that time. However, later someone heard the news - it was the couple Fox and his son, they are the subordinates of a bad guy - they rushed to inquire about the news. I tried my best to stop them at the time, but unfortunately I couldn't stop them. I thought they would definitely join the gang, but I didn't expect that they suddenly stopped investigating and left voluntarily. I always felt Strange, now it seems that they must have found out that a little girl named Sarah escaped from the Duli Oasis and hid in the Little Temple Orphanage in Anchor City. They thought she was a princess, but when they saw her, they realized that she was not. I thought I made a mistake. Tell me, isn't this a mistake?"
Ming Na suddenly realized that she had used a fake name and actually deceived the bad guy by coincidence. She couldn't help but laugh. However, seeing Vasily's smiling face, she suddenly straightened her face: "After all, you are still You didn’t tell me, what was written in the letter?! Also, why are you with Sarah Perdica and the others?”
Vasily sighed. Looking at Ming Na's expression, he knew that he couldn't get through it, so he had to give a brief summary: "The letter was written by a foreigner to a noble in our country. The Foxes and his son are the messengers. Anyway, the letter is written by a foreigner to a noble in our country. It's not a good thing. I want to take the letter back and hand it to the director..." He paused and glanced at Ming Na: "Honestly, I can tell you the next words, but you have to promise that you will never do it. Disclose it to anyone, including the priest and those closest to you.”
"Can't Mom and Dad be the same?" Ming Na was puzzled. What's so mysterious
"Your father knows, your mother... it's best for your father to tell you. It's very likely that she already knows." Vasily said, "Actually, I don't agree with this kind of rule in the department. Even if it's for confidentiality, at least let The closest family members know the true identity of each member. You don’t have to tell the specific things you did, but you should at least have an understanding of your loved one’s mission so that there will be no misunderstandings.”
"In the department?" Ming Na blinked.
Vasily nodded slightly: "This letter has something to do with your father. If I hand it in directly, he may not be able to see it. You can tell him the matter. There are some dangers. You should avoid it as much as possible. After all, he has a wife and children, unlike us singles."
Ming Na suddenly had a bad premonition and hurriedly stepped forward: "Please tell me, I will never tell anyone."
Vasily smiled and touched her head and looked around: "Let's find a place where no one can eavesdrop."
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