Chapter 556 The Secret Person
In the silence of the village at night, the screams of mice were heard from time to time. The lynxes raised by the villagers only caught but did not eat them. They took the carcasses of the mice to a corner of the village square and laid them out the next day. You can eat more delicious food.
Frederick stayed at a farmer's house. The accommodation fees from merchants were the family's biggest income besides growing potatoes.
At midnight, the wooden bed beside the bed made two gentle noises. Frederick opened his eyes, then opened the window and jumped out.
A figure galloped ahead, like a black owl, silently climbing over the village wall and disappearing into the nearby forest.
Frederick followed, stopped in front of the invisible woods, and walked in as if running.
When he stopped, the black figure was kneeling on the ground with his head lowered.
"Queen Anna's Blade, Xiao, greets Grand Duke Wesson."
The person who calls himself "Xiao" has a hoarse voice and sounds like a middle-aged man with a medium build. He is somewhat thin, and his whole body is wrapped in a black cloak and mask. The mask has dark lenses on the eyes, making it impossible to see the eyes.
Frederick knew about the situation in some departments of the Osmaga Empire. This person should be from the "Emperor's Blade" secret service organization that is rumored to be only loyal to the emperor. The world only knows that there is such an organization. I don't know anything more specific.
"Is something wrong?" Frederick's mouth curled up slightly. He originally wanted to ask if he missed himself, but then gave up.
Although this person spoke with a man's voice, he could confirm through body proportions and other factors that this "Owl" was the maid who searched him every time he went to see Ferdinand.
Now that she is hiding her identity, let’s see through it without telling her, so as not to cause her to have her year-end bonus deducted for no reason.
Furthermore, Frederick thought of many things. Anna was indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Xiao said: "I was ordered by Her Majesty the Queen to secretly remove the emissary sent by the city of Venice to have a secret meeting with Your Excellency."
Frederick thought that this was indeed the case, and said calmly: "Tell Anna, I don't know about this, and I have never seen any emissaries."
"I have a kind heart, and I hope not to injure innocent people. ."
Xiao just replied: "Yes."
Frederick nodded and said, "I will go back if there is nothing else."
Xiao. Saying that nothing happened, Frederick turned and left, and she disappeared into the forest.
The night was uneventful, and at dawn the next day the two teams said goodbye and went their separate ways.
Frederick was sitting in the passenger compartment, concentrating on some issues, while Sister Renee was reciting scriptures beside him.
Frederick remembered that when Anna came to the Principality of Wesson, there were almost no reliable people around her, either undercover agents or informants.
Now it seems that the truth may not be as simple as it seemed at the time. Those people may have been exposed long ago, and Anna deliberately showed it to Frederick.
Frederick judged that Anna's situation was difficult, but not as serious as shown, and the purpose of doing this in front of him was to show weakness.
After all, the size of the Osmaga Empire is not comparable to that of the Wesson Principality. If Anna wants to lower her guard and seek cooperation, she can only lower her profile.
Frederick thought to himself, wouldn't it be better if he revealed the identity of the owl last night, to remind Anna not to do those little tricks in the future.
The convoy traveled without incident for a few days. Seeing that the journey was coming to an end, many people became excited.
On the way, Frederick performed another "miracle" and cured a deaf landowner's silly child.
This time Frederick really didn’t know what to say. This child had a bad habit. He liked to pick out his ears randomly, which resulted in cerumen embolism and made him unable to hear.
The lord of that family was also uneducated. He didn't even check his son's ears and would only pray in the church.
Frederick made a guest appearance as an ear-picker, and had a meal of roasted whole donkey.
But Fontana and Lowe didn't know that, and they worshiped in front of Frederick again and again.
On this day, the convoy arrived at Fontana's hometown. Frederick declined their brother's invitation to live in the castle and spent the night in a hotel in the town after the banquet.
There is a valley on one side, and a long and narrow lake in front of it. The wind is very strong, and the castle is in the wind. The flag on the flagpole is blown almost parallel to the ground.
At midnight, the window of Frederick's room rang again. This time he did not go out, but left the window half open.
Soon after, Xiaoxiao knocked on the door and came in, carrying a wooden box.
"Sir," Xiao Xiao presented the wooden box to Frederick, "this is a gift that the Venetian emissary wants to give you."
Frederick asked: "The man has been solved ?”
Xiao replied: "He rolled down the stairs after drinking and hit his head."
Without any expression, Frederick opened the wooden box, picked up the gift inside, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
The Venetians seemed to have spent a lot of money. They actually gave away several large plates made of aluminum. The small gem particles inlaid in each plate formed a painting, which were the Six Days of Defense of Frederick. Paintings of riding alone into battle, breaking out of 100,000 soldiers from 800 on the banks of the Elbe River, killing the Dharma God with a glass of wine in the battle to regain Constantbul, rescuing the crown prince by riding alone in the Kingdom of Kush, and strategizing in the battle of the trade routes.
Not to mention that aluminum is extremely expensive nowadays, and the polishing and piecing together of the gemstones used for painting is also very labor-intensive.
Such an expensive plate is naturally not used to hold dishes, but is placed to praise virtues.
Frederick was not interested in these plates and said to Xiao: "These are for you."
Xiao was obviously stunned for a moment. Although Frederick couldn't see her face behind the mask, he could feel it. The other party's surprise.
Frederick smiled and said: "We started getting acquainted in front of the late Emperor's bedroom. I don't know if we can meet again in the future, so just think of it as a gift."
He said After finishing, the other party's body trembled, obviously he didn't expect that he would be recognized.
Xiao's mind was spinning quickly and he immediately asked: "Do you have anything you want me to bring to Her Majesty the Queen?"
Frederick replied: "Let her pay attention to her health and have a good rest."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and said: "Someone is coming, please leave."
The hotel late at night was very It was quiet, and the sound of footsteps on the stairs was noticeable to them.
As soon as Xiao left, someone hurriedly knocked on the door of Frederick's room.
Frederick opened the door and found Fontana, and asked: "What's the matter?"
Fontana said a little anxiously: "Sir, there is a priest who wants to see you and would like to ask you to do a favor."
Frederick thought for a while, maybe it was related to the so-called miracle again, in the middle of the night It must be an urgent matter to find him, so he said: "Let's go and see what's going on."
As he walked, Fontana said: "It's Father Lawrence. He used to be in our church here, and then he went Bern."
"This time he went to the mountains to find a count who was famous for medicine. He passed by us when he came back, but he fell ill."
"He was in a coma for three days. I just woke up and said I had to rush back to Bern for something important.”
"He said it very urgently. His life is at stake. He must go back overnight. I can only take the liberty of troublesome sir."
When Frederick heard this, he probably wanted to deliver medicine. People who are weak these days don't dare to walk at night. road, so I found myself.
"I think it's no problem." He said, "I can make a trip if necessary."
Saving people is more important, running errands is no problem.
The church and hotel are only two minutes away, and Frederick met Father Lawrence here.
Lawrence looked so weak that it was difficult to even sit up and down on the bed.
After Fontana sent Frederick to the room, he withdrew. This matter seemed to involve a big shot, but he still did not participate.
Frederick announced his home, and Lawrence's eyes lit up after hearing this. He took a ring from the necklace around his neck with trembling hands and handed it to him.
(End of this chapter)