Chapter 521 Servant (1800 plus)
villa.
Zhong Shenxiu returned to the study and told the housekeeper Old Brown: "Go and prepare an apartment. It must be quiet and in good security. A young lady will move in soon, and prepare a sum of cash for her to use."
"Your will will be done."
Old Brown bowed, retreated, and closed the door.
Half a minute later, Zhu Qingliu's figure appeared in the illusion, staring at the direction the old butler left: "Is he trustworthy?"
She thought that the other party might be the pagan Li Wei developed.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a tacit understanding and we wouldn't even ask.
"No...he just thinks that I want to keep a mistress..."
Zhong Shenxiu shrugged his shoulders and said: "Single living alone, beautiful women, and occasionally need secret trysts... I am afraid no one will believe me if I am not a mistress, but this is very common in Carleston, and it is not worthy of attention..."
Zhu Qingliu suddenly wanted to kill this disgusting Westerner with a sword.
Their concepts, their thoughts, are simply disgusting to the extreme.
However... thinking that the other party had easily taken away her hair just now, she still forced herself to endure it.
"Very well, calmness is an essential quality for successful people."
Zhong Shenxiu applauded: "You make me feel that my investment can yield a good harvest."
"what do you want?"
Zhu Qingliu took a deep breath, finally calmed down, and asked solemnly.
This Westerner actually risked being wanted by a kingdom to save her. His plan must be big!
"cooperate!"
Zhong Shenxiu smiled and said: "It was intelligence at the beginning, and there may be some joint actions in the future, um... targeting the Kingdom of Clement."
This is actually a lie.
He just casually supported a few monks he liked.
The more they make a fuss here, it is obviously a kind of rear operations, which may be of some help to the Yanhan battlefield.
Of course, just a little bit.
"Which god do you believe in?"
Zhu Qingliu asked again.
She was still worried that the other party was pretending to be an enemy of the kingdom, trying to trick her into revealing the possibility of more people behind her.
"A hidden being whose name you shall not know for the time being."
Zhong Shenxiu smiled and said: "I know you are still wary and doubtful, but time will prove everything..."
…
The Kingdom of Clement uses a special new calendar, which changes the calendar every time there is a major event that affects the country.
For example, now, it is the Falling Star Era, 27 years, which means that 27 years have passed since the last huge meteor fell.
Recently, there is a debate in the parliament that a new calendar will be adopted next year, called - the year when the black fog dissipates!
In a daze, months passed.
While Zhong Shenxiu studied the "Secret Ritual of Sacrifice" and modified some rituals that pointed to the 'Lord of Shenxiu', he occasionally maintained trysts with his mistress, ahem, no, Zhu Qingliu, a female swordsman named Anna now every few weeks. .
This female cultivator was still wary of him and only contacted him alone each time, but she had already leaked some information.
For example, she was not the only Eastern monk lurking in.
After suffering a lot, and through some of the mysterious knowledge and intelligence they captured, they quickly adapted to anti-divination operations and became difficult enough to deal with, and fewer and fewer people were caught.
But Zhong Shenxiu knew that it was just that they were not dangerous enough.
Otherwise, if the kingdom uses a truly powerful cursed object, or directly uses a semi-god-level extraordinary person to take action, I am afraid it will suffer another heavy blow.
Now the two parties only communicate through Zhu Qingliu, which is a good firewall.
this day.
Breakfast time.
Zhong Shenxiu was cutting the pork sausage while reading the newspaper.
In addition to some advertisements and ordinary things, the biggest content is the description of news about the battlefield in the East.
As an official mouthpiece, it will obviously not reveal where the battle was defeated or how much was lost.
Everything described looks like flowers, and it seems that the kingdom has won one victory after another in the ancient eastern land.
But smart people can read some bad things from it.
"This style of our side wiping out 100,000 enemies and successfully transitioning in... is really familiar..."
Zhong Shenxiu put down the newspaper and sneered secretly.
It seems that the Kingdom of Clement has suffered a defeat in the east, and the Lightning Corps may have been wiped out.
Because behind the newspaper, the prices of various strategic materials are rising rapidly.
The mobilization and system of total war are profoundly affecting everyone's life.
"Master... there is news that Carleston will implement a rationing system, so I would like to apply for a sum of money to purchase corresponding living material reserves."
Old Brown took a step forward and whispered.
"Okay, I'll give you a thousand pounds to buy food, medicine, coffee, wine... Well, plus a thousand pounds more budget, we also need guns..."
Zhong Shenxiu pretended to think for a moment and replied happily.
"After all...if rationing is really implemented, the price of food on the black market will skyrocket..."
…
After breakfast, while enjoying the coffee that was said to be royal style, he watched Old Brown bring in a young man dressed as a valet.
"Mr. Levi..."
John saluted smoothly, and it was obvious that he had practiced this action many times.
"Congratulations on your graduation, John."
Zhong Shenxiu put down the coffee cup and asked with a smile: "Are you satisfied with this job?"
"Thank you, sir, for rescuing me from the hard work at the dock..."
John replied very appropriately: "I don't have any extravagant wishes."
"Then... I still need a personal valet, so I'll let you take the job first." Zhong Shenxiu said nonchalantly.
John suddenly raised his head and saw the unsurprised look in Old Brown's eyes and the jealous looks of several male servants.
A valet must be the master's confidant!
They can be entrusted with important tasks and even be promoted to become deputy stewards, or actual stewards.
This is a position that all servants who are determined to climb up must strive for!
And Zhong Shenxiu also felt that if he never had a valet, he would look very strange and unusual in the social circle.
So I just randomly ordered one that I liked.
"Sir...although I have only completed the elementary course, I will work hard to study hard."
John's voice became a little louder unconsciously.
"A big taboo in the workplace... don't say you will study hard. Why should others spend time teaching you? Instead of teaching someone to learn, why not just hire a skilled person?"
Zhong Shenxiu took a sip of coffee: "Now... go and organize my study!"
"OK!"
Realizing that he had said something wrong, John quickly bowed and backed away, went to the study room, and tidied up the somewhat messy desk.
Immediately, he saw a book that seemed to have an antique flavor, lying quietly on the table. With his poor vocabulary, he could only barely make out the meaning of 'sacrifice'.
'A book involving the occult? ’
John's heart was pounding, but he didn't dare to look through it. He could only carefully place the books back to their original positions one by one.
When cleaning the desk, he could also see some spread out white papers recording the owner's essays.
'Most of the sacrifices...the objects are questionable...must be chosen carefully...'
'The four righteous gods are the best targets...but there are too many people praying to them, and they may not get a timely response...'
‘In addition to the four righteous gods, there are too many dangerous people hidden in the hidden existence... So, how to distinguish the danger? Find the most worthy object of faith? ’
The uncovered handwriting made John glance at it unconsciously and remember it deeply.