Chapter 249 Transaction (9)
After seeing Dr. Zhang off, Old Man Huvis asked the servant to use a few oranges to squeeze juice according to Dr. Zhang's instructions, and then prepare a straw. After the servant left the room, the old man sat on the sofa with an unhappy look. The sour taste of citrus made him dislike it, especially his teeth became bad, and he didn't like it now.
But the body felt pretty good. Although it was only a while after the injection of the medicine, the old man could also feel a change. Just as he was about to close his eyes, the curtain leading to the balcony shook and a person walked out from behind. The old man was shocked and then saw clearly that the person was Altai. He leaned back on the sofa easily, and the old man asked sarcastically: "Did that little girl hired you to kill me?"
The old customer's problem did not stop Altai. He walked to the sofa in front of the largest noble in Ankara, and then said, "Will she not do this?"
The old man continued to mock him: "Everyone in Constantinople likes to hurt people by arrows, and that little girl is from Constantinople."
"I'm just here to tell you not to attack Hira." Altai told his purpose.
"Oh? That little girl is not your customer?" After saying that, the old man nodded again, "That's right, how could she be able to hire you so poor? I guess the richer people want you to protect her."
Speaking of his judgment, the old man remembered how he had hired Altai. At that time, the old man wanted to get rid of a local noble, so he openly showed kindness to the noble and secretly hired Altai to assassinate the noble. Until now, when the nobleman mentioned that unsolved case, he would say that the old man was pretty good, but he did not take away an important piece of land when the noble family was in danger. In fact, the old man waited for three years and finally got the wish.
Altai thought of the same thing. As an assassin, he didn't care who he was going to assassinate. After taking the money from Europa, Altai would also protect Sheila's safety. He warned the old man again, "Hovis, I have already said that you are not allowed to attack Sheila."
"Don't worry, Altai. I won't attack her. After my illness is cured, please tell me Sheila that I am ready to support her in the election of the veterans of Ankara."
"Why?" Altai was not at all relieved about the old fox.
"I have malaria, I am afraid I can't live long. I must work hard to be elected as a senator for my family. If the doctor is as magical as the legend outside, I began to believe that I could live longer. Sheila is a foreigner and she would not be able to stay in Ankara. The senator in Ankara must be me in the next Senate election."
Altai thought this reason was reasonable, but he was still very wary of the old man. He even suspected that the old man was planning to fight Sheila and Altai together?
Looking at Altai's expression, the old man said in an exaggerated tone of regret, "Altai, you are a smart person. This Senate must be a Colosseum. Those who are above all else put gladiators and beasts into it, serving who can become the final winner. Yes, those who can kill the lions will definitely become heroes. What the audience in the Colosseum may see is the lions tearing the weak apart. I don't want to be a hero, and that little girl Sheila is eager to try. Since she helped me live a few more years, why don't I applaud her struggle in the stands?"
"You don't seem to thank her for saving your life." Altai mocked.
The old man sneered, "Haha, Altai, don't tell that the little girl has the ability to meet such a powerful doctor. She is also using more powerful power. If I really want to thank anyone, I would rather thank the Europa Province, as they are powerful people with strength. I decided to help the little girl they support, which is also a sign of expressing enough gratitude."
As he was talking, he heard someone knocking on the door, and then the voice of the servant came, "Master, the citrus have been marinated."
The old man shouted to the door, "Wait and come again."
Then he lowered his voice and said, "How about it, do you want to have some dessert together?"
Altai stood up and shook his head. He walked to the windowsill. He heard the old man laugh and said, "Please say hello to the people behind Greece on my behalf. If you have the chance, please invite them to visit me."
Altai shook the curtains to cover his body, and when the curtains fell, no one could see any more. The old man leaned on the sofa and sighed, shouting to the door: "Take the things in. This damn weather, this damn malaria. These damn things!"
The treatment effect was very good, and Old Man Huvis' malaria was quickly cured. Although he did not attend the banquet of the Eastern nobles, he asked someone to come to the banquet to inform the nobles that the old man was preparing to rest for a while to recover. He supported Sheila's election as a veteran in the Ankara region.
This news caused a significant impact in Ankara, and the news even quickly reached Constantinople. Sheila's run for election was initially treated as a joke among the great nobles. It was not because of the strong opposition of His Excellency Tiberius. His Excellency Tiberius's practice of not understanding power operation was ridiculed as a laughing stock among the great nobles. The nobles knew that scholars were sometimes strange, but they did not expect that His Excellency Tiberius, who had a famous one, had such a childish side.
The real change started with the dispatch of a female diplomat in the Song Dynasty. Now all the aristocratic groups are talking about this. When the female diplomats in the Song Dynasty, the Queen of the Western Romans, and Sheila stood together and had a friendly conversation, the nobles already felt that things were completely wrong.
In just half a month, the nobles of Ankara, the important eastern town in Ankara supported Sheila. At the tea party of the aristocratic circle attended by the Leo family, many people congratulated the Leo family on their good marriage with a teasing tone. The aunt of Cicelius' fiancée did not want to hear these nonsense. She said: "Everyone, Cicelius has returned to Constantinople and holds the wedding in five days. I hope you can attend."
"Ciselus has already been a military judge. What is the future of this young man?" Some nobles couldn't help asking.
The nobles were silent for the time being. When the Eastern Roman emperor rebuilt the legion, he was quite afraid of the great nobles. He tried every means to reject the power of the great nobles into the army. At that time, no one among the great nobles wanted his children to join the army. The choices of both sides had already shown results. This food crisis directly led to a comprehensive confrontation between the Barcels' legion and the great nobles. Cicelius was obviously standing on the side of the legion, and the nobles knew that. Even so, Cicelius' choice when the contradiction intensified made the nobles feel that this person was much better than those mobs.
Seeing that the other nobles were silent, the lady of the Leo family spoke again, "When I saw Sheila, I was going to tell her that the Leo family was willing to support her."
Someone replied: "But old man Tiberius said that if women are allowed to run for election, he will let the selection committee go on strike." This sounded like a worry, and the unwillingness to participate was also very obvious.
Someone immediately objected, "Tibilius has come up with a plan. Does it have to be done when implementing the plan?"
This view made the nobles nodded in agreement. Old Tiberius hated her in many places, and the fact that she was powerless to stop Sheila also proved that the old man had no real power. As for the claim to stop the selection committee from working, it was even more inexplicable. Does the old man really think that the nobles could be fooled by him?
Finally, the nobles expressed their willingness to attend the wedding of Cicelius, and they were also concerned about whether Sheila would come back to attend the wedding. The noble lady of the Leo family said: "They have a good relationship with brother and sister."
On the day of the wedding of Sicilius of Heila's brother, there was drizzling drizzle in the sky. Fortunately, the cathedral was big enough that although there were many people attending the ceremony, they could barely get in. The bishop asked: "Is anyone opposed this sacred wedding?" The door was pushed open.
This time and the sound of pushing the door shocked many people. This was not something that happened at the nobles' wedding. Some of them were exposed by their husbands or wives because of concealing their previous marriage history, but more were passionate mistresses or lovers who rushed in and scolded the unfaithful. In short, everyone looked at the door. Sheila was wearing a traveling dress, which was wet, with a hood pulled down, and her hair was also slightly modified. The clothes were hurried and looked similar to the wild girl.
But Sheila's face was full of joy. Although she didn't shout after seeing her brother, she waved her hand hard to her. Cicelius on the stage also smiled and waved to her sister. Seeing this performance, many nobles remembered the deep feelings of the brother and sister. Now that the brother is already a judge of the Legion Army, the sister is about to run for the election of the veteran. As a little noble, the marriage between the Claysius family and the old noble Leo family is really interesting.
Seeing that no one came to object, the bishop continued to declare solemnly, "I hereby declare that you have become husband and wife."
Applause rang below, and Sheila applauded enthusiastically, not caring that many people were watching her.
There is a banquet hall for the banquet. When my brother Cicelius appeared with his sister-in-law, Sheila, who had already dressed up, rushed over and hugged her brother and sister-in-law. Cicelius smiled and said, "You finally arrived and saw the most important part. I'm still worried that you can't catch up."
"I'm worried, too. I didn't expect the ship to break down halfway." Sheila said excitedly.
"Then how did you catch up?" Cicelius was very curious.
"A ship came from behind, so I asked the captain to send me a signal to transfer me to that ship."
"What after?"
"Then they set up a crane and lifted me up from the boat."
"Hahahaha," Cicelius laughed: "Well, you've really worked hard."
After talking to his brother, Sheila said to her sister-in-law again: "Sister-in-law, you will take care of your brother in the future."
Looking at the sister-in-law's free and easy appearance, the daughter of the Leo family could only smile and say, "I will do my best."
Of course, the newlyweds cannot let their sister-in-law occupy it alone, and many people are anxious to meet their sister-in-law. So the couple continued to pay tribute to the elders in the depths of the banquet hall. A group of nobles took the opportunity to surround Sheila and start a new conversation.
Chapter completed!