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Volume 3: Stormy France Chapter 147: Equivalent Exchange

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    Chapter 147 Equivalent Exchange

    The dripping blood flowed along Fiora's white silk clothes and moistened Bai Zhou's chest.

    Like a blue lotus, magical yet holy, it blooms on Fiora's body as bright as the moon.

    A faint smile froze on her cheeks.

    ¡°Bai Zhou,¡± he murmured, ¡°you¡¯re such a naughty little guy, you owe me one more time.¡± Then, his eyelids slowly fell.

    "No, I don't want you to owe me, hey, hey, don't sleep," Bai Zhou roared with his eyes cracked.

    Bai Zhou hugged her tightly and placed her behind him.

    "Don't worry, no one will hurt you again." Facing another attack from the assassin, Bai Zhou had no choice but to fall down, barely dodging another disaster.

    Michuan also took out the dagger from his waist and struck at the assassin.

    Thirty covert soldiers drew their weapons and moved forward to protect them collectively.

    Most of Hua Aungfu's soldiers were at a loss, as dumbfounded as their master, frightened and overwhelmed by the violent scene, but there were three attendant-looking guys who showed their fangs and lit up.  Got weapons.

    Michuan's dagger was already close to the assassin's neck, and at the last moment, the guy blocked it with his left arm. Ignoring the pain, he actually pinched Michuan's weapon with his right hand, snatched it away, and then fell to the ground.  The cypress boat was thrown over.

    Bai Zhou could have avoided it, but behind him was Fiora, so he couldn't hide

    This was Bai Zhou¡¯s first reaction, and he subconsciously blocked his vitals with both hands.  Fortunately, the assassin was not accurate, and the dagger missed him and hit the side of Bai Zhou's face.

    Bai Zhou hugged Fiora who made no sound, stood up, took two steps back, and was surrounded by covert soldiers who came forward, looking at the assassin coldly.

    If Fiora had an accident because of him, Bai Zhou swore that he would let the mastermind taste what life was like worse than death.

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    This is not an ordinary assassin. If he misses a single hit, he should choose to retreat. But obviously, he is a dead soldier who just wants to complete the mission, regardless of his own life or death.

    The first best opportunity was blocked by Fiora at the risk of his life, and the second and third times were avoided by Bai Zhou in embarrassment.

    There was no fourth chance, Michuan's dagger stabbed his heart.

    And the assassin who knew he was going to die, until now, still doesn't have a look of pain on his face, but only a kind of terrifying madness.

    The soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty gathered around Bai Zhou, displaying their weapons and shouting in unison. The other three assassins obviously had no chance.

    Those who dare to risk their lives are dead soldiers, but those who rush forward knowing they will die are fools.

    But no one expected that these three assassins were fools. Without any emotion on their faces or making any sound, they raised their weapons and rushed towards Bai Zhou's position like moths to a flame.

    Within a single round, all three assassins fell under Xi Qin¡¯s sword.

    The angry Western Qin people never thought about capturing anyone alive, not to mention that these dead soldiers, even if they were seriously injured, still had to fight to the end, without the possibility of being captured.

    "My lord, my lord, are you okay, my lord." Hua Angfu was timid, but precisely because he was timid, he understood even more what kind of mistake it was for his attendant to assassinate a duke.

    ¡°Maybe, he will become a scapegoat, because no one will believe that he is unaware.

    But in fact, I really don¡¯t know anything.

    With tears streaming down his face, Hua Angfu ran towards Bai Zhou. Before he could reach him, a secret soldier held a knife to his neck.

    ¡°Back off,¡± Mi Chuan said loudly.

    There is nothing wrong with the young master, he was just scratched, but the key now is that they don't know if the other party has any hidden assassins. No one from the Holy Roman Empire, including Hua Angfu, can be trusted.

    "Sir, please listen to my explanation. I don't know what's going on." Hua Angfu burst into tears. The feeling of having the knife held on his neck was not pleasant.

    "Go away" Michuan's patience has worn out: "Now, you are most likely to be the culprit in murdering our young master this time."

    "Sir, I was wronged. I really don't know what happened. Oh, by the way, I remembered"

    Hua Angfu was held by a Western Qin soldier's sword on his neck. He was crying and retreating. Just when he seemed to remember something, an attendant beside him, in the blink of an eye, thrust the sword from behind.??Angfu's body.

    Then, the attendant bit his tongue and committed suicide.  There was no chance for the Western Qin people to catch him alive.

    "Sir, you have to believe me, I am innocent" These were Hua Angfu's last words in the world.

    He couldn't tell what he was thinking of, but probably in his mind, proving that he was innocent was the most important thing. Even if he could not survive, he could not let his family suffer because of this unexplained injustice.  There is no peace either.

    A gust of cold wind blew by, and the smell of blood seemed to be stronger.

    The attendants and guards brought by Hua Angfu were all at a loss. The series of things just now had already stunned them, and the soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty were also staring at them closely. After all, no one knew that these attendants and guards  , there are no hidden assassins.

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    The news of the assassination of the Duke of Switzerland did not cause any waves in the entire European continent, because during this period, everyone was busy fighting, and every day one or two former nobles would die on the battlefield. Now there are really not many  In the mood to pay attention to who a certain unlucky guy has offended.

    Even though this unlucky nation had just defeated the powerful Burgundy, in their hearts, this battle was the result of the entire nation, possibly with the help of Frederick, and had nothing to do with the young Duke.  .  After all, a fifteen-year-old kid must have a regent above him.

    But in the Holy Roman Empire, this news outraged the entire royal court. Yes, that¡¯s right, it was outrage, not simple shock.

    Frederick I ordered Miller to take full responsibility as quickly as possible and thoroughly investigate the assassination.

    ??????????If the safety of a duke cannot be guaranteed within the Holy Roman Empire, then whose safety can be guaranteed?  Moreover, a local noble from the empire was involved.

    Warauf's family and the remaining more than 40 attendants and guards were immediately escorted to Nuremberg. If Miller hadn't suggested that killing them would make outsiders think that the royal family was guilty, and it would be impossible for these old men*  *, I couldn¡¯t see the sun the next day at all.

    After this group of old and weak women and children (Waaof's attendants and guards inherited their master's character, each of them was extremely weak) was examined, the result was that they had no clue. The family members of Woaanfu only said that the adults in his house had received a reception from Frederick.  After receiving Lie's order, they immediately began to prepare to welcome the Duke who came from afar. There was no abnormal behavior at all. Moreover, after identifying the dead guards, they unanimously said that they did not know them and did not know where Hua Angfu came from.  Found it temporarily.

    Miller has no way to ask the dead Hua Angfu now, so he has no way of knowing how these assassins got into his team.

    This Mr. Hua Ang is notoriously timid and fearful. It is hard to imagine that such a timid and cautious guy would select several unknown and unfamiliar people to be his attendants or personal soldiers.

    After the news was reported, Frederick broke seven cups in a row. At first, he asked Warauf to greet Bai Zhou to show that he valued Bai Zhou. He originally planned to wait for Bai Zhou to arrive near Nuremberg before leaving the city in person.  When we were welcoming them, we didn¡¯t expect that such an accident would happen.

    This is not only a matter of losing face, but the key issue is that people all over the world probably think that they did it because they have their own motives - after the Western Qin people captured Switzerland, they were made dukes, and now they have defeated Bo  Gendy, what else do you want to be canonized for?  Moreover, the location of the crime was within the territory of the Holy Roman Empire. If it was not found out who did it, then one can imagine the negative impact it would have on Frederick himself.

    Miller himself knew that he did not participate in the assassination of Bai Zhou. Since he had been with Wolfgang recently and had just returned from Basel, it was definitely not Wolfgang.  Now that my father is so angry again, it's hard to imagine that he ordered this.

    ¡°Furthermore, given my father¡¯s character, he has never disdained the use of such methods.  He came to the throne by fighting all the way, and he killed in a dignified and frightening manner. There was no precedent for assassination.

    Then, Miller returned the focus of the investigation to the small town.

    The entire town was sealed off, and all residents were not allowed in or out. The soldiers of the empire temporarily played a role as criminal policemen in later generations, searching and questioning house to house, but still no clues were found.

    The bodies of the hotel owner¡¯s family of three, who were originally the most suspected, were found in the rubble after the fire.

    But Miller also learned the news that this hotel had just been taken over three days before Bai Zhou arrived. The original owner sold this unprofitable store toA group of outlanders, a family of three who are now corpses.

    All in all, there are still no clues.

    After getting Frederick's consent, Miller still put all the blame on the dead man, Viscount Walton, because no one except the dead man could resist such a big crime.  Besides, this is not petty theft, just fool others. The crime of murdering a duke cannot be casually pinned on a peasant who has faced the loess and turned his back to the sky all his life.

    (Hua Aungfu will not die with eyes closed, because the thing he was most worried about still happened. If he had said something practical before he died, the situation might be completely different now.)

    To this end, Miller went to Bern - Bai Zhou returned to Bern without stopping after being assassinated - to inform Bai Zhou of the outcome.

    Miller knew that the culprit was not Hua Angfu, and Bai Zhou also knew it.  The reason why the dead man was in charge was simply to close the case as soon as possible and minimize the negative impact of this incident on Frederick.

    Miller knows this truth, and so does Bai Zhou.

    Bai Zhou didn¡¯t cry and shout that he wanted to give me justice, knowing that it was unrealistic after all.

    By conducting a strict investigation, Frederick was telling himself that I will make the decision for you, and it was also proving that he was not the killer arranged by me, Frederick.  And as time goes by, if there are no clues, we can't continue the investigation, because the negative effects will be more and more, so we must close the case immediately to show others that I, Frederick, am not that despicable person.  It was planned by some other guys with ulterior motives.

    Bai Zhou has always regarded assassination as a secret war. This thing is like another front.  There are losses and losses on the frontal front, and there are also wins and losses on this side front, and the price of failure is also life.

    Bai Zhou really never thought that one day, he would be assassinated.

    And what troubles him the most is that so far, he still doesn¡¯t know who his opponent is.

    Although there are not many people who want to kill themselves, there are still not many at all. It is impossible to investigate them one by one.

    If it is a real battle with real swords and guns, both the enemy and ourselves are in the open, and each person wins or loses based on his ability, and at most some wisdom factors. But this kind of secret war is really difficult to guard against, because no one knows what day or where it is.  Who ended his life?

    And it is impossible for a person to live under protection all his life.

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    There are two flowers in bloom, one on each side.

    The day after he was assassinated, Bai Zhou left the Holy Roman Empire. When he arrived in Bern, he was even protected by a thousand-man team. At this moment, Bai Zhou knew that those who wanted him dead would not  It's Frederick.

    Perhaps, Frederick also wanted to die, but not now and not at that place.  Anyway, it was not Frederick who took action this time.

    Because, a thousand-man team can completely eat up Bai Zhou and his party without leaving any traces.

    Of course, Bai Zhou is not in the mood to think about who wants his life, because he is trying to save Fiora's life.

    After Fiora was attacked and fell into coma, Bai Zhou sent people to Berne to ask Mr. Li Jin. On the other hand, he asked Frederick to send the best doctor in the Holy Roman Empire to treat Fiora.  At the same time, escorted by a thousand-man team from the Holy Roman Empire, they withdrew back to Bern - Nuremberg was temporarily out of the question.

    Although according to the truth, even if Fiora died, Baizhou could not refuse the king's call, but the truth was the truth, and Baizhou had a very good reason for not following the "reason". He was afraid that there would be an ambush ahead.

    Frederick laughed and approved Bai Zhou's request to postpone coming to Nuremberg, but he didn't know what his "haha" meant.

    Nuremberg is close to the place where Bai Zhou was assassinated, so the imperial doctor of the Holy Roman Empire arrived a few days earlier than Li Jin. Fiora's heartbeat had not stopped yet, so a soldier who had studied medicine for several days prepared the medicine for golden sores.  Applying a few herbs, she temporarily controlled the injury and prevented her from bleeding to death, but her face was still as pale as paper, with no sign of waking up.

    For the first time, Bai Zhou was "lucky" to see with his own eyes the "most superb" medical skills in Europe in this era.

    This imperial doctor seems to be somewhat competent, and his "**balance theory" is also very convincing. At least the doctor next to Bai Zhou, who is a half-time doctor, is stunned for a moment when he talks about it.

    ¡°If it hadn¡¯t been for the fact that the Western doctor actually asked Fiora to bleed her in the end, maybe the half-hearted doctor would have agreed to let him have full power to treat her.

    ¡°Later, it was Bai Zhou who threw and beat him up, and finally got rid of this so-called"The imperial physician" was driven out.

    Until Li Jin came and used several Chinese medicines to regulate qi and blood to stabilize Fiora's weak body. Although she hadn't woken up yet, in the words of the master, it was only a matter of time.

    Only then did Bai Zhou feel relieved.

    At this moment, Bai Zhou finally understood how he felt about Fiora before.

    There is also love, but it is mixed with too many interests and fetters, making him unclear whether he loves Fiora or whether he is gradually getting closer to Fiora because of the profit he has with her.

    Fiora's wealth is rich, and her generosity can be seen from the beginning; her background is so extraordinary that even Frederick sent his youngest son to Liechtenstein to ask for people; she has hundreds of pretty good soldiers under her command, and  A general who is above the passing line in all aspects.

    All this shows that if she is still in Italy, then her marriage must be a political marriage and free love, which is only a few hundred years later.

    And now, slowly, she fell in love with Bai Zhou, and even ignored her own life to block the fatal blow for Bai Zhou. This is enough to show that her love is "more" than her own life.  Be important.

    The moment the dagger penetrated Fiora's body, the heart-wrenching pain made it clear to Bai Zhou that he liked her and was unwilling to let her get hurt at all.

    This has nothing to do with interest entanglements, because when people are in critical situations, everything they do comes from their true intentions.

    Fiora blocked a blow for Bai Zhou. Bai Zhou hugged Fiora and protected her regardless of himself. At that time, life and death were only on a thin line. No one had the chance to think about whether it was worth it or not.  .

    ¡°Fuck the profit, I have love and hate

    Bai Zhou admitted that since he came to this strange era and this strange land, he has taken on a heavy mission. It seems that everything he does is for profit.

    When he first met Fiora, he protected her because she could provide the money that Xi Qin needed most; when he confronted Wolfgang in Liechtenstein, even though Bai Zhou had developed an inexplicable feeling for Fiora at that time, he still deliberately suppressed it.  , refused to let go - it was because he liked her that he refused to let her go, because Bai Zhou believed that he was maximizing Fiora's value at that time. If Wolfgang's chosen strategy was not a threat but  It's an inducement, I don't think Bai Zhou will consider it.

    "However, a person who only knows equal exchange all his life can become a qualified politician or a qualified businessman, but he will never get those things that cannot be measured in money.

    Bai Zhou is not a cold-blooded animal, the kind of animal that can continuously achieve climax by relying on its accumulated wealth or power throughout its life. Bai Zhou is a human being. Although the West Qin tribe is in his hands, there are some things that cannot be  Explained rationally.  .  

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