Chapter 540: Escape by feigning death
“It’s so rare to be confused...”
Frederick sighed under the moonlight, behind him the two former princesses hugged each other and howled, and now they were crying loudly. hoarse.
The two of them sealed off the memories of the cruel mental torture they experienced, leaving only the instinct of obedience.
As a result, Frederick gave them mushroom tea to enhance mental and physical excitement and sensation. Under the strong stimulation of scratching the soles of their feet, the shackles of this painful memory were broken away.
From the perspective of the parties concerned, this is the most cruel punishment.
Frederick kept scratching his head, feeling a little sorry for them.
The two cried until they were tired at the end, so they lay directly on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
The weather was still cold at night, so Frederick helped them cover themselves with quilts and went to another room.
At dawn the next day, the two of them had already woken up.
They recalled the experience of being sent to Hanma City and the punishment that Frederick inflicted on them, and they immediately shivered under the quilt.
At this time Frederick came in with breakfast.
"It's time for breakfast. I made it for you to see if it suits your taste." Frederick put the low table on the bed and set up the breakfast.
Breakfast is very simple, just milk oatmeal, fried eggs and grilled sausages.
He felt sorry for what happened to these two people yesterday. Not only did he make breakfast for them today, but he also helped them comb their hair and get dressed.
Frederick had combed Maria's hair a lot over the years, and his skills were no worse than those of the maids. He gave them a hairstyle that was popular last year - the hair was first tied into several braids on both sides, and finally formed into a braid at the nape of the neck. braid.
The clothes are no longer the coarse clothes and skirts of the past, but the cotton clothes and trousers and silk outer skirts obtained from Hanma City overnight last night.
Frederick also collected two sets of jewelry from Casimir for them to use.
The two former princesses have not enjoyed this kind of princess-level treatment for a long time. Coupled with the painful experience last night, symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome began to appear.
Frederick didn't know this. He was just reflecting on whether there was anything wrong with his past actions.
To him, the willingness of the two former princesses to make demands was good news among the bad news, as he had previously feared they would turn into lunatics.
But they no longer think about the past, nor do they need to go back to their previous names. They continue to call them "banana" and "watermelon".
They also felt that Casimir might not let them go.
After having a deep talk with them, Frederick said: "Let's do this. You will accompany me to Lugang first, and then I will take you to Citrus Island in the Kingdom of Sardinia."
"Now there is United Fruit Company, where you can work.”
"I will arrange for you to fake your death in Lugang or a port in the Kingdom of Gaul, and then write to Casimir so that he will no longer target you."
Banana excitedly held Frederick's left hand and said : "Master, thank you so much!"
Xigua also held his right hand and said with tears: "Master, you will always be our master from now on."
Frederick's heart I think I have become their long-term meal ticket.
At this time, someone rang the bell outside the door, and Frederick went out and took the person to the study.
The person who came was the captain of the guard arranged by the Dawn Chamber of Commerce. He was a veteran who participated in the Six-Day Defense War and the Battle of the Elbe River. After retiring, he worked in the chamber of commerce.
He whispered something to Frederick.
“Are you sure?” Frederick frowned.
The captain of the guard answered affirmatively: "That woman has been wandering around the manor, claiming to be a refugee from the Kingdom of Danma. She knows how to mend clothes and wants to find a job as a mender here."
"I chatted with her for a while and found that her accent was deliberately disguised, and some details accidentally revealed flaws. She must be a spy from the Piast Kingdom."
Frederick thought for a while, and it seemed that the two sisters were very important to Casimir, and spies were sent.
"Then arrange for her to come in and have a look." Frederick curled his lips, "If there are any older bachelors in the village, arrange it seriously and see how she reacts."
< br>The current manor can be said to be a closed entity. There are very few outsiders. All external marriages are done with nearby manors. When there is no shortage of people, an outsider wants to come in. In addition to craftsmen such as blacksmiths, carpenters, and tailors, the same is true. One of them.
But the person who came was a woman. Generally speaking, you can only marry someone to enter the manor, and someone with skills is no exception.
The village chief of this manor quickly arranged for the girl to settle here. However, the village chief was fooled and did not arrange a bachelor for her. Instead, he promised her to spend a month choosing here. young man.
According to common sense, a fleeing woman has no room for bargaining when she comes to a place to settle alone. Marrying is not a problem in the face of life and death.
Love has nothing to do with refugees.
This further confirmed the identity of the other party's spy.
Frederick told Banana and Watermelon about this matter. The two sisters looked at each other and seemed to have made some kind of decision.
Banana said: "Master, Casimir may want to get the location of the Amber Forest from us."
Xigua continued: "He may have discovered that the location we left before was just a small mining area."
Frederick understood somewhat.
Amber has always been an expensive decorative material. Its main production area is in the Kingdom of Piast, and its value is higher than gold mines. Casimir's reforms in recent years have required the import of large quantities of tractors, improved seeds, fertilizers and other industrial products from the Principality of Wesson, requiring a large amount of capital.
Compared to agricultural products and minerals, luxury goods such as amber are more valuable.
Now it seems that the two sisters control a large-scale amber production area and deceived Casimir.
Whether Casimir realizes that he has been deceived now or not, it is only a matter of time before he finds out.
Wherever there are mines, Weisen's army will automatically spawn, and amber mines are also mines.
But this can’t be done now, we’ll have to discuss it later.
Three days later, Frederick held a barbecue outside the house. He did it himself and accidentally burned a small hole in his clothes.
It happened that the tailor in the house had gone home the day before, and the new tailor was brought to the house to mend clothes.
After the clothes were mended, Frederick was very satisfied with the tailor's workmanship and called her over to reward her with two gold coins.
During the reward time, Banana sat on the sofa and used her thighs as a pillow for Frederick, while Watermelon beat his legs. The tailor could see their faces clearly.
After the tailor left, the three of them found a place without outsiders to discuss.
"She is from the Lewandov family." Xigua recognized the other party, "I have never seen her, but I have seen her mother, and they look very similar."
Banana added: "Baron Lewandoff was originally just an ordinary knight who was appreciated for saving Casimir on the Elbe River."
Frederick remembered this surname and said: "Lewandoff My husband died of food poisoning in the dark place in the north."
"It seems that she is of some use, so take her with you when you leave the day after tomorrow."
The next day, Frederick's wife. The men began to pack their luggage. Butlers, guards, servants, etc. filled a passenger ship for the nobles to travel. The new tailor was also pulled on board just in case.
As soon as the passenger ship sailed to Lukang out to sea, Banana and Watermelon immediately developed severe symptoms of seasickness.
The others were not much better, half of them were dizzy.
Two days later, when the ship docked, many people helped each other get off the ship, and bananas and watermelons were even carried off on stretchers.
Misfortune never comes singly. On the second day after arriving in Lukang, the group began to suffer from vomiting and diarrhea. This time it was true.
Fortunately, there is a local prescription for treating acclimatization. Boil herbal medicine in water and add ashes from burned reeds. Drink a large cup and it will get better in one day and take effect in three days.
But Banana and Watermelon failed to survive, and they left that night. A simple memorial ceremony was held in the church the next morning, and then they were buried.
On the river embankment, Frederick asked Count Todt, the deputy head of the Royal Mage Corps of the Rhine League, who was in charge of the Lukang swamp reconstruction project here: "Todt, what is the situation with the two corpses?"
He originally planned to use an empty coffin to contain stones, but Thoth brought two young female corpses of similar stature.
The origin of the corpse must be clearly stated, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble.
Thoth said: "Principal, please first rule out that I killed the person intentionally."
Frederick said calmly: "I can clearly see the strangulation marks on the neck of the corpse. .”
Toth immediately said: "A big case happened in Amstel some time ago."
"These two women hooked up with a businessman a few years ago and became his mistress."
"They agreed at the time that the businessman would give her a large amount of money when she leaves in a few years."
"The businessman has made a fortune recently, and the two women will also make a fortune this year. They wanted to leave, but the businessman refused. "
"A quarrel ensued, and the two women tied the businessman's hands and feet to the legs of the bed while he slept and suffocated him with plastic bags. "
"Later the housekeeper reported it to the court, and the two women were sentenced to death by the court."
Frederick understood and just shrugged.
Hanging is not suitable for women, because women nowadays basically wear skirts. The church thought that it was immoral for them to kick their legs on the gallows, so they replaced it with a rope wrapped around their necks and tightened.
As for the corpses, family members who had family members collected them, and those who didn’t were taken to the edge of the cemetery and buried casually.
There are very few people who work as mistresses and sweethearts with their real identities, so don’t expect to find family members.
After Thoth learned of Frederick's plan, he gave the tombkeeper some money, saying that it was the family of the deceased, and he dug out the body overnight, packed it in a box, and transported it back.
The death row prisoners are very dishonorable, and it is not uncommon for family members to secretly collect their bodies, so the gravekeepers do not pay attention.
This matter of exchanging the fake for the real was done by Thoth and other magicians from the Royal Mage Group personally. The reason given by Frederick was that the two of them were undercover agents who had completed their latent mission.
So these uncles promised not to reveal it. Some people poured some mud on the corpse, saying that the bacteria in the mud can accelerate the decomposition of the corpse, and soon no human shape will be visible.
Who knows where they got their experience in handling corpses.
"This matter is over." Frederick stopped mentioning it, "Now tell me how the progress is here."
"There is going to be a fight over in Hanma City, you have to go there , the work in Lugang has to stop.”
(End of this chapter)