"Mom, I'm going out."
Bota carefully closed the door, let out a light breath, and suddenly relaxed.
Not long after his genius dawned, he left home early on the pretext of helping the church so he could catch up with the loading and unloading at the dock.
Although the "Barrel" winery where he works is in Talis Parish, most of the brewing process is completed in factories across West Asia. This winery in the capital is more like a large store. and a display center for the latest brewing techniques.
There are other reasons for loading and unloading at dawn - loading and unloading cargo is a matter of seconds. Ports often have strict berthing area regulations for each cargo ship. If it is the off-season, it will probably be able to park for a long time. If it catches up with the busy time of the port, it is often You have to race against time to get the cargo - otherwise, you will face fines from the port and be ordered to sail to a more remote area, where it will be much more difficult to unload the cargo.
"Mr. Gu?"
Contrary to his expectation, there were usually no people on the street at this hour, but now a figure was standing quietly outside his house, smiling and waving to him.
Unmelted snowflakes were still falling on his shoulders, and his hair was a little wet.
But this is Unit 1 that can sleep on Bailan Mountain, so this level is nothing.
"Sir, I-we made an appointment tonight, didn't we?"
As Bota spoke, he tightened his scarf and sniffed: "How long have you been waiting? But I have to go to work now and can't entertain you. Mom hasn't woken up yet..."
"Going to work so early?"
Han Dongwen raised his hand to signal that Bota didn't have to stay here: "I have a few small questions, let's talk as we go."
Bota nodded, and the two of them immediately walked towards the port through the street lights that had not been turned off.
"What do you want to know, sir?"
Bota breathed heavily and took out two slices of bread from his arms, with a somewhat hesitant expression on his face: "Have you...have you had breakfast?"
Han Dongwen nodded expressionlessly: "Is this what you eat in the morning?"
"It's going to be strenuous work for a while, and I can't stand it on an empty stomach."
Bota didn't say much. He really needed the energy of these two pieces of bread, and he also knew that it would be inappropriate to give out such a shriveled piece of bread, and the other party would probably not like it either.
After a moment of silence, Han Dongwen said: "Bota, I have roughly observed your mother Lorith's condition yesterday. To be honest, the situation is not optimistic."
Bota's steps slowed down a little, and he turned his head and looked at Han Dongwen in disbelief: "How, how could it be possible? Mom, she has gotten better these days. She couldn't even get out of bed before. How can this not be optimistic?! "
Han Dongwen raised his hand to signal him to calm down: "Don't worry, I mean, the medicine she took was very, well, she took a very effective medicine. After taking the medicine, she should have fully recovered by now, but She's obviously still a little weak now and we need to find out why."
He paused for a moment and asked seriously: "Bota, what medicine did your mother take during this period of illness?"
In fact, Chi Hanqing must have asked this question. When getting to know the patient, in addition to the symptoms, he will also understand his medication status.
Sure enough, Bota shook his head: "When I first started in the church, the church distributed some medicines, but later there was no improvement. In fact, I only used some cough medicines. That, that princess knew that."
Chi Hanqing knows...
Han Dongwen pondered for a moment, and a bold and chilling idea came to his mind.
"The cough medicine is also distributed by the church?"
Bota nodded, Han Dongwen swallowed and asked a question to which he could already guess the answer.
"Is it because the church prescribed cough medicine to your family and told you it was a clinical trial that you understand what this means?"
"Y-yes...sir."
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Taishu Pavilion.
Wen Yongxing sat quietly in front of the desk, which was piled up on both sides.
"You take a break."
Zhong Lilin pushed the door open from outside the pavilion and walked in, took away some written posts, and said with concern.
Wen Yongxing showed a tired smile and nodded lightly.
"Tai Shu Pavilion has not been so busy for a while."
He was telling the truth. Ever since Han Dongwen "succeeded", Taishu Pavilion has been a leisurely and almost boring place all year round. Every year, he only serves as a messenger for the National Military Department and prepares for the New Year's Eve Ceremony.
In the past few months, so many things have suddenly happened.
"The documents from the National Finance Department have not yet been approved, and the West Asian Commercial Tax..."
He seemed to be checking and counting the unfinished work one by one. Zhong Lilin immediately said: "Teacher, please feel free to hand it over to the students for the first batch. You have been busy for many days."
"It doesn't matter, just work on it for a while and it will be done."
Wen Yongxing meant that he didn't want to rest. Zhong Lilin thought for a moment, turned around and respectfully took out a box and put it on the table.
It was a black box with the marks of a long sword and a shield outlined in gold lines.
"What is this?"
Wen Yongxing asked.
Zhong Lilin lowered his head slightly: "Teacher, this is what the Chief Secretary of the National Law Department brought to Your Highness from the West Asia Principal Bus when she went to the Principality of West Asia to inspect the five border cities."
"Has Mr. General Secretary of National Law been here?"
Zhong Lilin nodded: "I came here earlier. I think Mr. Souji didn't want to stay in West Asia for too long. He came back very quickly. He only left this box at Taishu Pavilion and left."
After Wen Yongxing stroked his long beard and listened, he nodded slowly. After being silent for a moment, he asked: "Did the Chief Minister of National Law come alone?"
"this……"
Zhong Lilin was stunned: "No, Mr. Liu Cheng of the National Finance Department came with her."
He paused and asked curiously: "How do you know?"
Wen Yongxing looked at the expression of the apprentice in front of him and showed a helpless smile: "Look, you still think too little. The things that the Grand Duke of West Asia handed over to His Highness were handed over by the Department of National Law. Of course, there must be someone to witness them. He won’t be caught by his enemy, the National Defense Department.”
"I see……"
Zhong Lilin nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "Then please ask the teacher to present this item to His Highness. The item has been inspected and there is nothing wrong with it."
Wen Yongxing looked him up and down, and realized that this disciple was asking him to get up and move around and take a rest, so he did not refuse and stood up to stretch his muscles.
Several of the servants who were waiting at the side and were serving as book boys hurriedly came forward, supported him, and walked out of the attic with the box.
"Just give me a rough review first, and wait until I come back to take a look."
"Teacher, please rest assured."
Zhong Lilin respectfully saw him off from Taishu Pavilion.
The box was not locked or closed in any other way.
It seems that Tilda never worried about anyone peeking at this thing when she took it out - this is a natural thing. After all, it will be delivered to His Highness, and it will naturally have to undergo multiple inspections for safety.
When the box was handed to Han Dongwen's hand, Han Dongwen immediately smiled.
Am I still unable to see things that Unit-00 cannot see?
Wasn't this delivered to me obediently?
After thanking Wen Yongxing, Han Dongwen thought about what would be in the box, and he eagerly placed him on the desk in the dormitory and slowly opened it.
Inside the black box is white silk stuffed with sponge, just like jewelry, but there is an object made of wood lying quietly in the middle.
This is……
"Buddha statue?"
Han Dongwen waited for a moment before reaching out and taking out the wooden Buddha statue. After taking a closer look, he realized something was wrong.
This wood-carved Buddha statue is lifelike. What is engraved is that an unknown Buddha is sitting on the lotus platform, holding the Shiyi Seal in both hands, and the Dharma Palace...
The appearance of the Dharma is not solemn.
It would be better to say that this Buddha statue has no Dharma image at all.
Is this actually a wood-carved faceless Buddha?
"WTF?"
Han Dongwen muttered to himself in confusion. He thought that the things sent by Grand Duke Tilda would be of some use. Doesn't the Grand Duke look like a woman who likes to joke?
He held the Buddha statue in his hand and was about to take a closer look when suddenly there was a crisp sound in his ears. When he looked down, the Buddha statue and even his arm holding the Buddha statue suddenly looked like broken glass. Cracks opened!
"Snapped!"
There was a crisp cracking sound, and the cracks were not only all over his hands and the Buddha statue. It even spread to the air. The floor tiles behind the hands, the tables and chairs——
Rather than saying that there were cracks on his hands, it was better to say that the cracks appeared in front of his eyes.
It was not like he had never seen such a scene before.
In an instant, the mirror shattered and gray mist filled the air.
"Han Dongwen."
A strange yet somewhat familiar voice sounded from top to bottom, like a god.
"His Royal Highness Prince Gao."
Han Dongwen was not surprised and raised his head slightly.
Yes, this is the place I saw when I was working in West Asia last time.
The state of the Seven Consciousness Heart King.
This time he calmed down quickly. After looking around, he discovered a vague figure on the left not far away. Judging from the figure and long hair, he was obviously Grand Duke Tilda.
"You are amazing."
Han Dongwen's words were not all compliments, but his tone was really a bit sour - Gao should have returned to Taka by now. He was really capable of making long-distance calls like this with a small Buddha statue.
"It's just you this time."
Although Gao's expression could not be seen, his tone was as relaxed as last time.
Han Dongwen shrugged: "It seems that there is no more, even if there is..."
He wanted to blurt it out, but even if he did, it would be a different person. Suddenly he remembered that the two people in front of him could not be trusted, and it was better for the other party to know less.
After being a Hunjun for so long, he has finally learned to be more careful.
"What?" Tilda's voice was emotionless.
"nothing."
Han Dongwen quickly changed the subject: "Your Highness, the thing you gave us to contact us must have instructions?"
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