It’s already a bit hot in Jinling in early summer, but it’s not yet to the point where you need to turn on an electric fan or air conditioner.
"Ta Mo, go to the edge."
Zhu Lingjing was flipping through today's newspaper, while a lion cat with white fur and black claws was lying on the table, just pressing another newspaper.
Lion cats are produced in Linqing, Shandong Province. They originated in the early Ming Dynasty. They are a hybrid of Persian cats brought by Arab traders and local civet cats. They have a lot of hair on their bodies and stand like little lions.
Pure-colored lion cats are already relatively rare. Some lion cats have one yellow eye and another blue eye, which are called "mandarin duck eyes." This is even rarer. Zhu Lingjing's cat is like this, but it has four legs. The hair is black.
At this time, Su Yiyi, who was holding the teapot, slowly walked in, put it down and said: "Your Highness, there is news that someone from Zhou is suffering from tuberculosis and has asked for leave to go to France to recuperate nearby."
Zhu Lingjing was considering the Jinling Morning News' wording and attitude towards the Taiyuan demonstration, and thought she had heard it wrong.
Someone Zhou? tuberculosis? France?
She asked in surprise: "There are many people named Zhou, which one?"
"Zhou Changfeng."
"Um???"
Because this situation was too outrageous, Zhu Lingjing immediately frowned.
Isn't this unreasonable? That guy is not a weak nerd. Qiu Ba, who is in good health and has such a strong resistance, why did he get tuberculosis inexplicably?
"Is it serious enough to require separate treatment?"
"We did not study it in detail. The news sent back from the embassy only said that his condition was not serious. After being diagnosed by a hospital in Paris, he would need to take medicine and recuperate for half a year."
With a suspicious look on her face, Zhu Lingjing put the newspaper in her hand back on the table, then stared at the tea leaves floating in the cup and began to think carefully.
It's unreasonable. Tuberculosis is a chronic disease. It's only been a few months. How could it be so serious?
She thought back to Zhou Changfeng's appearance the last time they met. How could there be any sign of a consumptive ghost?
"You have someone make another trip to find out the cause and effect of this incident."
"yes."
On the one hand, Zhu Lingjing does have medical knowledge. Although her pathology degree certificate is not lacking, at least her common sense and sensitivity in this area are far beyond that of most officials and ordinary people.
On the other hand...it may be a sixth sense unique to women.
At noon, the sun is shining brightly in the sky, and the temperature is gradually rising.
Holding the folding fan, she was about to get up to have lunch when she heard footsteps approaching from far away.
"Come in."
Su Yiyi, who looked strange, walked into the room, and then reported to Zhu Lingjing exactly.
This is information obtained from the reports of the personnel of the Ming Dynasty military expedition team who stayed in Barcelona and the records of the embassy in Paris, from the time when they first arrived in Spain until Zhou Changfeng left for Paris.
“...They were ambushed by the Italian army on the way from Guacheng to the front line. The other party escorted them to a nearby village in an attempt to interrogate the military situation and took the local people as hostage. However, they refused to tell them and the other party massacred all the people in front of them... "
"Wait a minute." Zhu Lingjing blinked and said thoughtfully: "Are there any other details about such an encounter?"
"Well..." Su Yiyi thought for a while and replied: "The other party claimed that our country is just a shameless war monger, and that this trip to Folangji is also for profit. In addition, there are some similar rhetorical humiliations."
"Oh, go ahead."
"...The war situation changed drastically. They encountered a rebel air attack on their way out of Guacheng, so they opened fire in self-defense..."
"Is the rebel plane headed for them?"
"It was not stated clearly, only that 'the road was full of refugees, and rebel fighter planes strafed and bombed the military vehicles there, causing a large number of casualties and threatening the safety of several of them.'"
"Then...when was he diagnosed with tuberculosis?"
Su Yiyi shook her head, "I didn't say clearly, but two days after that, he took a bus to cross the border to France."
At this point, Zhu Lingjing's expression suddenly changed.
Grass! Is this guy probably pretending to be sick because he was angry? Then he went to France to claim he wanted to recuperate nearby, and then returned to Spain to vent his anger?
"I'm afraid he lied about being ill and then secretly returned to Spain to join the war."
"Your Highness, this..." Su Yiyi was greatly surprised when he heard this, and then suddenly thought of something, and said with some confusion: "Britain and France have always insisted on abiding by the principle of non-interference, and the Spanish government has also publicly announced that it will no longer recruit foreigners to join the army. .”
Therefore, even if he returns to Spain, people still don't want him, which is very strange.
It turns out that Su Yiyi's imagination is limited, and she didn't think about it at all because it was too outrageous.
But Zhu Lingjing was different. When she heard this, her hand that was holding a folding fan suddenly froze.
The Spanish regular army no longer accepts foreigners, but there is a unit participating in the war that is basically composed of foreign volunteers.
It’s over, it’s over, isn’t it?
Zhu Lingjing kept telling herself that she was probably overthinking this, because a normal person would definitely not lie about being ill and then secretly join such a special unit, and the motive was just to vent their anger?
This is equivalent to being scolded while walking on the street, and then having to spend the rest of your life squatting in a cage to kill someone in the street.
However, if he did not go to the Spanish Regular Army or the International Brigade, where else could he go? Could it be that after hitting a wall, he returned to the place where he was recuperating and continued to pretend?
"Are there any of our people around Paris lately?"
"I'm not sure. You'll have to ask to find out. But the Toulouse consulate must have it."
"He went to recuperate, and the embassy didn't send anyone to follow him?"
"You know, they are just a bunch of people who are just messing around. They neglect their jobs, so naturally they are too lazy to take care of them."
"Send a message to the people at the Consulate in Toulouse to look for him in the so-called sanatorium. No matter whether he is found or not, he is not allowed to say anything."
Zhou Changfeng reported that the health resort he went to was in Carbonne, which is only fifty kilometers away from Toulouse.
After a transoceanic telegram was sent to Toulouse, at dawn, two figures hurriedly left the consulate and drove straight to the outskirts of the city.
The next evening the telegram came back from the consulate.
The local nursing home did have Zhou Changfeng registered and showed that he was admitted, but other patients had never seen him in the past month!
After learning about this situation, everyone in the know was stunned. Did something like this really happen?
"You really don't know if you don't check, and you will be shocked if you check." A middle-aged man muttered: "There is still room for maneuver in this matter, just let him return to the place of convalescence before others notice."
"But we don't know where he is now. The whole area of Folangji is in a mess. How can we find a needle in a haystack?" someone beside him said helplessly.
"Those volunteer troops only have a few brigades in total. Let's search them one by one from large to small." Although Zhu Lingjing looked calm, she gritted her teeth and spoke, "Inform his fiancée about this, and the plan will be She took her to France!"
However, no one proposed to make a clean break and give up directly. On the one hand, it was because too many resources were invested in Zhou Changfeng, and on the other hand, Zhu Lingjing's face was taken into consideration. After all, she selected the person herself.
"It's not good to know people well." She couldn't help but sigh.
I thought I picked up a big leak, but I didn't expect that what I picked up was a troublemaker!
(End of chapter)
