This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 269 The right to make friends
When Alizee came out of the house, there was a little golden monkey on her shoulder, which looked like a cute Q version.

Lu Sen is practicing the Zhan family's swordsmanship in the yard, because he recently acquired a special ability related to swords, so he will take some time every day to practice swordsmanship.

Not to mention how proficient and powerful it is, but at least when you really fight with people, you can swing it a few times to buy yourself some time.

Of course, with the improvement of the level and the enhancement of attributes, the small goal of gaining time should become 'the other party should not lose too quickly'.

Alizee walked to Lu Sen's side and said happily: "Mr. Sir, thank you for your gift, but I always feel guilty like this. I didn't do anything, and I got such a big reward. How about I serve you?" You, you won't tell the eldest mistress."

In the eyes of others, she has a lot of capital, whether it is her own ability, appearance, or even financial resources.

Don't underestimate Alizee, she has saved a lot of money during the two or three years in Bianjing City and more than a year in Jiaofang Division.

It can be said that Alizee is one of the small group of women standing at the top of the pyramid.

But she knew that in Lu Sen's eyes, that was all.

Lu Sen rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Even if I find a woman, Jin Hua won't say anything, so you can gossip here, go and do what you should do. "

Alizee covered her mouth and smiled coquettishly. After all, this kind of coquettishness is natural for a woman who has been in the green willows of the city all year round.

Then she happily left the manor and went to find Assassin in Venice.

After all, based on her understanding of Hassan, it was impossible to send only Theodore and Assassin over, and there must have been other personnel following.

After all, Alizee doesn't know many Assassins, but if the contact information remains unchanged, she is confident that she will find everyone.

As for whether she can fight well... She was not afraid of Theodore who was ranked ahead of her before, not to mention that now that she has the fetish given by the gentleman, her strength has greatly increased, and it is not easy to deal with several assassins!

Unlike Alizee's activeness, Lu Sen was extremely low-key.

In the eyes of the people of the Roman Empire, a nobleman who only stayed in his own manor, had a regular schedule, did not invite friends, did not 'speech', and did not engage in any parties, was almost inconceivable.

This is already the level of the legendary hermit sage.

So after two days, Domenico came again and Lu Sen touched him with some honey water and fruit.

Alizee just didn't go out at this time and continued to act as an interpreter.

Eating fruit and drinking honey water, Domenico suspected that what he ate before was fake, but then he thought, 'Lu' is a great nobleman from the East and a mage, with some strange abilities, he got a lot of strange It's not a strange thing.

"Your Excellency Lu, there are still a few days before the banquet, can you provide some of these fruits and honey water for us to enjoy?"

Lu Sen shook his head: "Very precious."

"I can exchange it with money!" Domenico made an exaggerated gesture: "A lot of money."

Lu Sen said with a smile: "Leaving aside the fruit, the honey water you drank just now used about a quarter of a bottle to make it, and in our Song Dynasty, this thing is worth twice as much gold!"

Domenico froze for a moment, then almost spit out the honey water that was still in his mouth, he swallowed the sweet water in his mouth hard, and then showed an unbelievable expression: "Your Excellency Lu, you This is a joke."

"Not at all!" Lu Sen said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you practice swordsmanship, you must have some scars on your body, now you take off your clothes and have a look!"

Domenico was stunned for a moment, with some doubts, he did so, and then he was taken aback and asked, "Is this the legendary elixir?"

Lu Sen nodded with a smile.

He didn't bother to talk about the effect of Western elixir, but now he said that this thing was an elixir, and that was an elixir.

"No wonder." Domenico understood how precious this thing was, and then he asked, "Your Excellency Lu, can you sell me some."

Before, he thought about buying some to put at the banquet for everyone to taste, but now he saw the price and the effect... Who would be so stupid to buy it to share with others, it would be considered good if he could buy it himself.

After gently waving his hands, Lu Sen said, "I won't sell this thing."

Domenico felt very lost, and then a little anxious. He was about to speak, but Lu Sen stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Your Excellency Governor, don't worry." Lu Sen said with a smile: "After collecting the information I need, I will not only give you ten bolts of silk, but also a bottle of pure honey elixir."

Domenico's hands trembled subconsciously, and asked anxiously: "Really?"

"There's no need to lie to you." Lu Sen said with a smile: "Although this thing is precious, it's still worth giving a bottle to a friend once in a while."

"Then I would like to thank Your Excellency Lu."

Previously, Domenico was only generally concerned about intelligence gathering.

But now, the matter about Lu Sen is even more important.

Lu Sen took a sip of water, looked at Domenico's blushing face due to excitement, and asked, "Your Excellency Governor is here this time, there must be other things."

"Indeed." Domenico found that Lu Sen seemed very smart and could always guess many things: "There will be a banquet in a few days, and the royal family has arrived. It is a prince and a princess. Princess Theodora Want to meet you!"

Lu Sen was stunned for a moment, he seemed to have heard the name Theodora somewhere, as if it had been in some work.

No way, he doesn't know much about the history of Eastern Rome.

Moreover, although the names of many Western celebrities appear in some literary and artistic works, he does not specifically look them up and memorize them.

"Why does she want to see me?"

"Maybe he is curious about the appearance of Orientals." Domenico thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "The prince's name is Michal. It doesn't matter if you see him or not. He is just one of Queen Zoe's many adopted sons. Now Zoe Queen Yi has passed away for several years, and he has become nameless. But this Princess Theodora is very unusual, and she is not someone who can be underestimated easily."

"Is it great?" Lu Sen asked.

Domenico nodded: "Although she was exiled in the monastery, in fact, more than half of the noble families in Constantinople secretly supported her. If nothing unexpected happens, she will probably become the new queen."

Lu Sen was a little surprised.

In fact, the word Theodora means, in Greek, 'gift of God'.

She is a legitimate descendant of the Roman Empire royal family.

Birth is the ultimate nobility.

To be honest, Lu Sen doesn't support such things as blood, and even wants to laugh a little!
He thinks that the Central Plains is better, the emperor takes turns to sit at my house this year!

But he thought about it, this Theodora has such power in the Eastern Roman Empire, so it should be met, after all, if you need information, this Princess Theodora should also be able to help.

"I'll be here for a few days. If the princess wants to see me, just let her come over."

Domenico wanted to say, you should go to see him.

But after he thought about it, he felt that the oriental people should honor him more than himself, and this man was a great nobleman in the east and a mage who was good at mysticism. It didn't seem too rude to let the princess come to see him.

So Domenico bent down, saluted politely, and left.

Because she didn't know when Theodora would be, Alizee also planned to stay in the small manor these days.

But fortunately, Theodora came the next day.

An old woman in a silk robe!
Lu Sen always thought that the princess should be young and beautiful no matter what.

But this Theodora, by the looks of it, was at least in her early 50s.

Lu Sen clasped his fists to salute her, and said with a smile, "A direct bachelor from Longtuge from the Song Kingdom, a fifth-rank civil servant, Lu Sen! It's a pleasure to meet Your Highness the Princess."

Then Alizee on the side directly translated Lu Sen's name as 'Grand Teacher'!
At this time, Domenico, as the local host, was naturally on the sidelines.

He turned pale when he heard the word 'Grand Master'.

This is a position unique to Byzantium, and its status is almost at the level of the Pope.

And Lu Sen's 'Longtuge direct bachelor' is already the highest honor a civil servant can get, and the title of 'Zhongnanshan real person' is the highest Taoist 'title', which can be compared to the pope.

Theodora in front was also surprised.

Although she is already old, but looking at her current face shape and temperament, it can be seen that she was definitely a big beauty when she was young.

"Is it really a nobleman at the level of an archbishop?" Theodora turned to look at Alizee who was in charge of the translation next to her: "Girl, as a translator, you have to translate the meaning of the other party completely and accurately. To scare people, just make up an identity for your master."

Alizee bent slightly at first, and then said neither humble nor overbearing: "Respected and holy princess, I have heard your reputation since I was a child. I spent the first four years in the Eastern Song Kingdom, and I have enough knowledge of that country." I understand. My master has always been an official of the Song State, a high-ranking nobleman who participated in state affairs discussions, the highest leader of the Song State sect, and the strongest mage. He is recognized as the "Great Teacher" by the Song State. Of course, the title may be different. But the meaning of status is the same!"

Lu Sen was listening to Alizee chattering with the old lady, then the old lady princess turned her head, looked at Lu Sen in surprise for a while, and said, "I never thought that your identity would be so So honorable."

She cared more about Lu Sen's status as "Grand Master", but didn't have much feeling for Lu Sen's title of "Mage".

As a member of the royal family, she has seen too many ghostly things.

And... the Eastern Roman Empire itself was a state system in which theocracy was united.

She is well aware of the so-called 'dirty' under the theocracy.

Lu Sen laughed and said, "In our east, the word honor doesn't mean much. Time will erase all distinctions. Please sit down, Your Highness."

"Your words are very strange. Is this an oriental philosophy?" The old woman princess sat down, her blue eyeballs were slightly cloudy, and she was obviously old: "It is true that human life is not eternal. There is no honor or inferiority. But your bloodline will continue to be noble and continue, and the descendants and grandchildren will remain unchanged forever."

Lu Sen didn't refute.

In the Eastern Roman Empire at this time, the theory of blood was very popular.

Rather, the theory of blood in the Western world has never changed.

Even though they put on the cloak of democracy later on, they still have the blood-supremacy thing inside!
But Alizee on the side understood what Lu Sen meant.

She also felt more and more that the Song Kingdom was much more 'civilized' than the Roman Empire.

"Your Royal Highness, please find me at the banquet, what's the matter?" Lu Sen asked.

"I heard that you sent a roll of silk to Governor Domenico?"

Lu Sen turned his head and glanced at Domenico, then turned his gaze back, and said with a smile, "That's true, what does Her Royal Highness mean?"

After Domenico got the silk, he started to build momentum, otherwise he would not have such a big face, and invited all the famous nobles from the entire Eastern Roman Empire.

"Sell me a roll!" Her Royal Highness said proudly, "You can decide how many gold coins you need. The banquet is about to begin, and I must have a new silk dress to match my identity."

Although Theodora was also wearing silk, she had been wearing it for more than ten years.

The silk from the east is generally digested halfway along the Silk Road, and the Eastern Roman Empire is almost the end of the Silk Road.

The silk that can come here is not to mention expensive, and the quantity is very small.

The silk robe she was wearing for more than ten days was made by patchwork for several years.

Lu Sen smiled and said, "Since Your Royal Highness has spoken, I will naturally give you one."

After all, Lu Sen took out the silk from the system backpack.

The sudden appearance of silk startled Theodora. She stood up abruptly, looked at Lu Sen, and asked, "Are you really a mage? Or, a sage?"

Lu Sen nodded slightly: "That's about it."

"The legendary snake's forbidden fruit that can restore youth, have you ever seen it?" Diodora asked anxiously.

Lu Sen shook his head.

Theodora thought that Lu Sen hadn't seen it either, and was about to get discouraged.

At this time, Lu Sen continued: "In my country of Song, it is not the forbidden fruit of the snake that can restore youth, but the flat peach!"

Then the word 'flat peach' was translated by Alizee into 'spiritual fruit of the kingdom of heaven'!
Because there are no peaches in the West at this time.

"Then do you have it?" Theodora asked expectantly.

The older you are, the more you are afraid of death, especially women!They would rather have a shorter life span than regain their youth.

Lu Sen shook his head.

He doesn't want to present these things to Westerners, so as not to cause too much trouble.

However, Alizee pursed her lips slightly at this moment, and Theodora saw this small movement.

But Theodora didn't say anything at this time, she asked Lu Sen: "Your Excellency Lu, how many gold coins do you need for silk?"

"Give it to Her Majesty the Princess." Lu Sen said with a smile, "It's time to make friends first!"

Friends, I need help with things in the future, right?

(End of this chapter)