Opening his eyes, Rosen heard Irene calling for food downstairs, which meant that the pot into which the potion was dripped had been used to cook food.
Rosen immediately sat up from the bed, hesitated for a moment, and then climbed down the stairs. On the first floor, he saw hot steam coming out of the large iron pot in the kitchen, and a pot of porridge had been cooked in it.
Their family was relatively poor, and it was good to have enough food and clothing. Even if there was a bug mixed into the pot of porridge, Irene would not be able to abandon the whole pot of porridge. If Rosen said that Zeno had poisoned, Irene would probably not believe it.
, Zeno would even take action to murder Rosen. Rosen was not afraid that Zeno would cause trouble for him, but at this juncture, he would always look for a suitable reason to expose Zeno.
Are you saying that you can use the vision of the blood bat to see Zeno poisoning? It is not a wise move to expose the blood bat. Saying that you saw Zeno poisoning? Johnson and the others went out with him, and he has an alibi, how can he
See?
No matter how he explained it, Rosen could not clearly explain that he knew that Zeno poisoned the pot.
When it came to the dining table, Rosen was sitting, and Irene had already served him a bowl of porridge. The steaming white mist was steaming up, making his cheeks a little moist and hot. Rosen was not sure whether there was anything in the porridge.
There would be poison ingredients remaining, and he had no way to verify it.
Before Rosen sat down, the children had already come to eat. Jenny, who was opposite Rosen, was scooping up the porridge with a spoon and sipping it. Even though the effect of the medicine was still there, it had been diluted dozens of times and it was probably difficult to produce any obvious effects.
effect.
"Zeno knew there was something wrong with the porridge, but he still drank it?" Rosen then saw Zeno picking up the bowl and taking a sip. In other words, did he take the antidote in advance?
According to Mede's description, this potion developed from extracts from succubus has a strong charm and can easily control the spiritual will of a first-level magic swordsman. This control includes the controller and the controlled person.
, how did Zeno ensure that he was the controller and the others became the controlled?
This is the crux of the problem. After everyone drinks the porridge contaminated with magic potion, how should the identities of the controller and the controlled be confirmed?
"Could it be that Zeno had taken another magic potion in advance?" Rosen quickly figured it out.
There must be a controller potion that Zeno took, and the potion taken by the controller was in the food in the pot.
Looking at the steaming porridge in the bowl, Rosen frowned. He just hoped that the potion would be completely washed away, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. Of course, he had lost the idea of drinking porridge.
"Rosen, we have to go to the farmland with Zeno to harvest some wheat later. If we don't eat something, we won't have the energy to work later." Seeing Rosen not moving the spoon, Irene reminded him, thinking that he had no appetite.
There is a public field in the village far away from the black forest. The village sows the seeds uniformly, and the villagers take turns to take care of it every day. The harvest period has recently come, and it happens to be their turn to harvest today. One-tenth of the harvested crops will be taken.
As the family harvests, the remaining crops are confiscated. This has always been the rule of the Kane Kingdom.
Of course, this kind of policy is beneficial to families with a larger population and can receive more food. Of course, families with a larger population also consume more food.
Only then did Rosen think of this problem, and just as his belly made a protest, he was indeed hungry.
Rosen had no choice but to bite the bullet and take a sip. After all, he was not sure whether the food contained toxins, so he was inevitably cautious.
"If you are a man, just take a big gulp of porridge and finish this bowl of porridge just like me!" Ada said in a demonstration. The previous performance of Rosen and Johnson in the testing room made Ada feel a little guilty.
"Drink porridge, drink porridge, drink big!" Zeno picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
The children also drank the porridge, and even Jenny put down the spoon in her hand and sipped one mouth after another.
Putting down the empty bowl, Ada burped: "I didn't know before that Uncle Zeno is actually a bit handsome, especially the mustache on his lips, which has some personality."
When Ada said this, everyone at the table looked at Zeno's face. Rosen only felt that the feeling Zeno gave him was a little different, as if there was a little more intimacy, but after looking into it in detail, it was not obvious.
Know what's going on.
"So, after cleaning it for more than a dozen times, the potion still hasn't been completely removed?" Rosen couldn't help but belched, and thought to himself, "It's bad."
According to what Blood Bat overheard Mede revealed, this potion is very powerful, and even a small amount of it will cause obvious changes. Their current reaction should be regarded as having some changes.
Looking away from Zeno's face, Rosen felt a chill in his heart. Zeno seemed to have to be eradicated as soon as possible, otherwise one day he would become blind and recognize a thief as his father.
"I always feel a little tight in my chest." Erin pulled down the front of her clothes, revealing a piece of flawless white skin covered with a layer of fine sweat.
Zeno looked at everyone's changes after finishing the porridge with a stern look on his face. His face already showed some complacency. His expression was seen by Rosen, and the murderous intention in his heart became even more intense.
"There is still a lot of porridge, drink more, you will have more energy later." Zeno helped fill Irene's empty bowl with porridge water, then looked at it, and saw that Jenny's bowl was also full, and then swept it away
He glanced at the three Rosens: "You can just continue it yourself, I won't do it for you."
Rosen glanced at the steaming pot, then looked at the empty bowl in front of him, and actually had a desire to have another bowl.
This kind of desire is like being actively kissed by your little girlfriend when you first fell in love, and you really want to do it again.
Suppressing this inexplicable impulse, Rosen stood up and left his seat: "I'm full."
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The public farmland is to the northwest of the village. They need to go through the entire village. As long as they return home before it gets completely dark, they can avoid the Minotaur that invades the village at night. In addition, there are also temporary overnight rooms near the public farmland. If
It's getting late, so you can spend the night there temporarily. The area is quite safe at night, at least the Minotaur can't penetrate that far.
There is a main road in the center of the village that leads to the neighboring village. The Bode family's caravans often pass through it, exchanging goods between the two villages. Along this road, you can see many homeless people. Every day
Once when Rosen passed by this road, he would feel disgust for the Bo family. This is a road to wealth, and it is also a road for ordinary people to lose everything.
The caravans were carrying cars back and forth. From time to time, young girls would stick their heads out of the car windows. There were traces of dried tears on their expressionless faces. Collars were put on their necks, and their hands and feet were bound with chains to prevent them from being transported during transportation.
Escape.
On the one hand, the Bordeaux claimed that these girls came from the slave market. In fact, the Bordeaux were the largest slave manufacturers in the area. The biggest slave-making industry was gambling. The Bordeaux made their fortune in gambling in the early years, and now they are one of them.
faucet.
In the neighboring villages to the west, there are large and small casinos everywhere, all of which are owned by gamblers. Some bad gamblers gather here, and even settle down for a long time, gambling all day long. After they lose all their money, they steal, cheat, and rob.
If they have the opportunity to obtain gambling funds, those people will always appear in the casino.
These rotten gamblers are also one of the main sources of income for the Bode family. The Bode family makes loan sharks for them. Those who can't repay them will sell their wives and daughters to Bode. The beautiful ones among these women will be kept by Bode and become luxury houses.
The maids in the house were responsible for the daily life of the Bode family, while the worse-looking ones were really treated as slaves and sent to more peripheral villages to work as coolies.
The young girls being transported to the Bode family in the carriage in front of them all have a father who is a bad gambler. Their mothers may have been sold away long ago, or they may be trying hard to dissuade them at home, but in the end their fate is either to be sent to the Bode family or to the Bode family.
He left his hometown and traveled all his life.
When Rosen made eye contact with one of the girls, the other girl's eyes were dim and there was no reflection of the outside world, as if she was a walking zombie. Rosen noticed the girl's bitten lip. They resisted before being imprisoned, but in the end they were still unable to resist.
A trick of fate.
Zeno whistled and winked at the girls in the carriage. None of the girls noticed him, but Zeno felt bored.
Zeno said: "I have also been to the casino in the west village. I have to say that it is quite lively. It is common for a family to be destroyed in one day if you are unlucky."
Irene took the children's hands and moved aside to avoid the carriage, while speeding up. She was also disgusted with the Beaude family's caravan.
The public farmland is on the edge of the West Village, where you can overlook the large and small casinos in the distance and hear the sounds of gambling coming from the casinos.
"These girls are so pitiful. One day when I become an adult in the village, I will definitely punish the Wover family's caravan first!" Johnson said indignantly.
"Do you think your growth rate is comparable to the growth rate of the Bauder family?" Ada shook her head and said: "When the Bauder family rose, you were still nursing. Sometimes you have to admit the fact that the cruel world is
It's the truth."
Ada became unusually deep.
Rosen knew why he was so worried. He remembered that there was a girl from a neighboring village when Ada was eight years old. She was a good friend of Ada. She never appeared again. Ada then guessed that the girl had been abducted by the Bo family.
After leaving, it can be said that among the few people, the one who hates the Bordeaux the most is Ada.
"I believe in Johnson's talent. He will be promoted soon after joining the guard. If he can become a first-level magic swordsman, he will be the second patron saint of the village. He will not dare not give face to his family. Right,
Uncle Zeno?" Jenny said firmly with a small face, and finally asked Zeno for his opinion.
"You are too immature. The escorts are short-lived these days. They may be gone one day. They will die in the battle against the demons. The strength of the merchants is rising, and the demon-slayer swordsmen will eventually become lonely." Zeno
A deep emotion to let the children know the current situation of the world: "If you have the opportunity, going into business is your best choice." Zeno told many lies, but this sentence is true.
It is generally accepted that the swordsman has died and the merchant has risen.
"Once the demons invade, the fastest escapers will be those greedy businessmen!" Johnson said disdainfully.
"I somewhat support Uncle Zeno's views." Ada pondered for a while and then said: "If I have a chance, I mean if I am not selected into the guard, I want to try to become a businessman."