Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 50 Negotiations

   Winters had nothing to do with this unreasonable female lunatic. This time, the fingers of the woman in black were tightly bound by Winters to ensure that she would not secretly escape the **** for the second time.

   pushed the door out, and Winters found Elizabeth lying at the door eavesdropping.

   "You're too bold." Winters felt a little scared, what if he just failed to subdue the woman in black and let her meet Elizabeth.

   "Let me talk to her?" Elizabeth said confidently: "You and she are just yelling at each other, I'm sure I can ask more things than you."

   Then Elizabeth was locked in her own bedroom by the arms of Winters.

  …

  Antonio, who had sent the sheriff away, listened to Winters with a blank expression about what had just happened and the ins and outs of the whole thing. How to deal with the woman in black finally had to be decided by the parents, and this matter was out of the scope of Winters' personal affairs.

   "You mean she might be Lavoisier's daughter?"

   "From all indications, but no real evidence."

   "What do you think?" Antonio asked out of nowhere.

"If she is really Antoine Laurent's daughter. The Lavoisier family has suffered too much, and Antoine Laurent's orphan should be treated well. But she is now... a lunatic, completely unreasonable." Tess is also in a mess now, he instinctively wants to rely on his trusted adoptive father: "I don't know what to do, I will listen to you, uncle."

   "Listen to me?" Antonio's eyes were cold: "Then let's take her to the suburbs and shoot her down, and then dig a hole and bury her."

   "Isn't that so?" Winters was stunned.

  Antonio is a gentle husband and a kind father in Winters' eyes, which makes people subconsciously forget his other identity. This is the first time Winters has seen his ruthless side.

"Son, this is the solution once and for all. Antoine Laurent's daughter and notebook, do you know how much trouble will be involved? When someone knows that you hold this notebook, Nakesa and your sister live in She is in danger. Whether she is Antoine Laurent's daughter or not, we will punish her first and then silence her. We will deal with only one note left." Antonio sighed: "But you don't. I'll say yes, your sense of justice hasn't been rubbed off. Come on, let's go meet this lady together."

   After saying that, Antonio went up the stairs.

   Winters recovered from the shock and whispered after Antonio: "As long as Lieutenant Colonel gives your order, I will go to prepare the horse immediately."

   "See her first, I hope you don't have to go that far." Antonio said without looking back.

  …

   pushed open the door of the guest room. There was an unexpected person in the room. Elizabeth was sitting by the bed chatting with the woman in black.

   Seeing her father and brother entering the room, Elizabeth explained to the two: "She is Sophia, and she wants her father's relic."

   Winters was shocked, he even knew his name? Is there any special way of communication between women and women?

   "Ella, go back to your own room." Antonio ordered his daughter slowly.

  Although Elizabeth never listened to Antonio because of his doting, but at this moment she also saw that the atmosphere was becoming chilling, and she walked out of the room obediently.

  Antonio sat on the chair by the bed, and Winters stood behind his adoptive father, holding a steel cone in his hand - the pointed one.

   "I'm Antonio Seretti, what would you like me to call you?" Antonio greeted politely.

   The woman in black who seemed to be chatting with Elizabeth just now snorted coldly, but didn't answer.

   "Who are you, General Antoine Laurent?" Antonio said straight to the point.

   "What does it have to do with you?" The tone of the woman in black was very rude.

   "Because if you are the daughter of General Antoine Laurent, you are the guest here."

   "It looks like you like tying up guests?"

   "Release you, can you promise not to use force again?"

   "I'm not crazy."

Antonio said to the woman in black seriously and seriously: "Ms., please listen carefully. Antoine Laurent is a soldier and scholar I admire. His family and my wife's family have a little blood relationship. That's why I treat you as a guest.

  I understand your hatred, but please remember that it was the Interprovincial Republic that executed His Excellency Antoine Laurent. This is the Republic of Veneta, and our family is Veneta. The injustice of Antoine Laurent has nothing to do with us Veneta.

   I have finished speaking. This is my home and I will not tolerate any threat to my family. So if you act violently against my family again, no matter who your daughter is or what secrets you have, I will kill you immediately. "

  Antonio's tone was not fierce, but as calm as an old shepherd counting his sheep, but no one in this room would suspect his threat.

   After he finished speaking, Antonio took out a small knife and first cut the rope on the woman in black's leg, and then cut the rope on the woman in black's hand.

   Winters held the steel cone tightly in his hand, and did not dare to relax his vigilance for a moment. He had already made up his mind that as long as the black-clothed woman did anything to hurt Antonio, he would use the arrow technique to drive the steel cone into her skull.

   Fortunately, the worst did not happen. The woman in black just moved her wrist and silently removed the rest of the bindings. The woman in black who regained her freedom did not violently hurt anyone, but just sat quietly on the bed.

  Winters was angry and funny, he couldn't help thinking: Does this woman eat hard or not? Or did Elizabeth cast some magic on her?

   "It seems that we have reached an agreement for the time being." It seems that the woman in black did not take the opportunity to hold him hostage, which seems to make Antonio a little regretful: "Can you please explain why you are visiting the humble house in this way tonight?"

   The woman in black pursed her lips and said nothing.

  Antonio also stared at each other closely.

Elizabeth pushed open the door again: "Dad, you can't ask this. You speak the same language, but you speak two languages. Sophia wants her father's relic, and doesn't want her father's killer to occupy her. Father's property, that's her purpose."

   "Is that so?" Antonio asked the woman in black.

   The woman in black, who Elizabeth called "Sofia", nodded.

   "That's very simple. As long as you can prove your identity, the notebook can be returned to you immediately. Neither Winters nor I have any intention of occupying your father's property."

"I have a birth certificate, a baptism certificate, and letters, seal rings, jewelry, and documents that I brought from home to prove my identity." The woman in black finally let go, and no longer disdainful of asking her to prove her identity. Gu. But she pointed to Winters and said: "But my father's notes have been burned by him."

"Ms. Sophia, you're thinking too much, the book is actually very difficult to ignite. Even if it does, it will only burn the outermost part in a short time, and the inside will not burn through. The contents recorded in your father's notes are not lost. Too much. I burned mostly leather covers." Winters felt compelled to defend himself.

   "Wrong, brother." Elizabeth gently pulled on Winters' sleeve: "The notebook itself is her father's precious relic. I think... Sophia should not care about the content..."

  Antoine Laurent's notes are worthless, but Antoine Laurent's notebooks are valuable, this weird idea makes Winters speechless.

   However, Antonio on the side asked coldly: "Ms. Sophia, don't you think you are also responsible for the burning of this notebook?"

   "Why should I be held responsible?" Sophia laughed angrily.

"If you hadn't sneaked into my house tonight with a weapon, wouldn't that notebook have been burned? You threatened Winters' life, then any reaction he made was reasonable, and I wouldn't blame him if he killed you directly. If you ask him openly and honestly with documents that can prove your identity, will this be the result?"

   "Will he give it to me if I ask him?" Sophia was furious.

   "I will," Antonio replied lightly.

  Sophia was blocked by Antonio for a long time and was speechless.

"But as the person who burned the notebook, Winters also has to take some responsibility. As compensation, I have a proposal." Antonio changed the conversation and said in a deep voice: "I can help your father vindicate and help the Lavoisier family recover. Reputation, and hold those responsible."

Sixteen years ago, Antoine Laurent was executed for treason in a secret trial, his property was confiscated, his statue was torn down, and his contribution to the war histories was kept silent, until today, one of the alliance spellcasters. The father was also not restored.

  Antonio's words made Sofia, who was in a state of anger, stunned, but she quickly regained her clarity and asked with a sneer: "Help my father restore his reputation? Is it up to you?"

"Of course I can't do it alone." In the face of Sophia's rude questioning, Antonio was not angry: "But your father's research notes are fine. The Military Council and the Supreme Five will be happy to help General Antoine Laurent Rehabilitation in exchange for this note."

   Sophia screamed, "I'd rather die than let the Alliance take over my father's work."

"I have already said that it was the Union province who executed your father and have not vindicated him yet, but this is the Republic of Veneta. Your enemies are the Union province, not us Veneta. You should not put the Union Hate as a whole, if you regard human beings as a whole, wouldn’t all human beings be the murderers of your father?”

   "You said that this is Veneta, why did Veneta overturn the judgment of the province?" Sofia softened her attitude, but still refused to believe Antonio.

"Antoine Laurent's treason was detained by the inter-provincial republic, but we can overturn this judgment from the level of the alliance. After all, the Senas alliance has five member countries, as long as the three parties vote in favor, it can be at the level of the alliance. Rehabilitate General Antoine Laurent. The province may not accept it, but Antoine Laurent will no longer be considered a traitor outside the republic. Believe it We Veneta can still do it."

  Sofia seems to be a little moved.

  Antonio persuaded: "And we don't need the original of this note, we only need the contents. The original is still owned by you as a precious relic of General Antoine Laurent."

   "I have to think about it again." Sophia shook her head without making a decision.

"Ms. Sofia, this is just a proposal, you can consider it yourself." Antonio said softly, "but our previous promise is still valid, as long as you show the documents that can prove your identity, the original of this note can be returned to you. But Winters should not take any responsibility for tonight's accident. The original burned is your fault. If you really value the commemorative significance of the original, even the burned original is a precious relic."

   After being silent for a while, Sophia opened her mouth and asked, "Then how do I get the documents to prove my identity? Will you let me go?"

"I'm afraid not, I won't let you go, but I won't leave you in my house either. I hope I can invite you to take a break at the Third Legion's station. Give me an address for the documents you need, and I can send someone Go get it." Antonio replied politely, returning to the tone of the party.

   Sophia snorted in dissatisfaction: "Then what if I can only get my documents? What if my documents are in Guitu City?"

"Then I can also let you go, but I can let you go after I hand over this note to the Military Council. The rest is up to you and the Military Council." Antonio's answer was watertight: "I'm sorry. , This note is of great importance, and even letting outsiders know that this note has appeared in this house is a threat to my family."

  Antonio paused and said heavily: "Please understand that you are involved in us, and I have maintained the greatest respect for you."

   Sophia looked at Antonio, then at Elizabeth, her ferocity dissipated. Sophia said a little discouraged: "I have to reconsider your proposal. The documents that can prove my identity are in St. Jane's Convent. You go to Mother Teresa to get my personal belongings deposited with her."

  The Convent of St. Jeanne is located on a hill in the southwest of Hailan City, about half a day away from Hailan.

   "You can't stay here, I would like to invite you to stay at the third legion's quarters, okay?"

   Sophia nodded silently.

"Before escorting your soldiers, your freedom of movement needs to be temporarily restricted, because the two ladies in this house are not your opponents, please forgive me." Antonio stood up and announced the end of the conversation: "Wen Tess, please tie up Ms. Sophia again, but please try to make Ms. Sophia as comfortable as possible."

  Antonio assured Sofia: "I'll release you as soon as I get the documents."

  Sophia didn't resist or sneer. It seemed that she easily accepted Antonio's reason to "protect her family". Her body language was submissive, but her eyes kept staring at Winters.

   Winters did not expect to bind a woman three times in a row in one night. He nodded apologetically, but the steel cone was not put away, and was still in his hand.

   It was because Sophia gave him too much psychological shadow, and he didn't dare to relax his vigilance for a moment.

   This time, he didn't tie his hands backwards, he just tied his hands. Then Antonio took Winters and Elizabeth out, leaving Sophia alone in the guest room.

  Antonio was still worried, he asked Kesha to take Elizabeth and Marita Mammy to the neighbor's house for a while.

   There were only Antonio, Winters and Sophia in the guest room alone in the house.

   "Do you think she is Antoine Laurent's daughter?" Winters asked Antonio.

   "Before meeting her, I was only 30% sure."

"now what?"

"Now? Eighty percent now! That Sophia eighty percent is Antoine Laurent's daughter." Antonio poured some spirits for his nephew and himself: "If she wants to get the documents by herself, it means she doesn't care at all. This notebook. She chose to stay, and she seems very confident. But it may also be a deception tactic, so it should not be taken lightly."

   "I stayed in the guest room to watch her?"

"No, there are still things for you to do. You also go to the neighbor's house now to protect your sister and Kesha. Bring a pen and paper, and copy down the rest of this notebook. I'm going to the legion station now to transfer troops. ' Antonio calmly assigned Winters the task.

   "Aren't you going to give her the notes back?" Winters said bitterly.

   "The original can be returned to her, but Antoine Laurent's research notes are an important asset to the Republic of Veneta, and your personal honor and mine are not worth mentioning in front of Veneta's interests."

   "Just leave her alone in the guest room?"

   "It would be better if she escaped!"

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   (end of this chapter)