Volume 2 The Northward Journey of the Yiren Chapter 23 The Old Wine Barrel
"Well, it seems that this duchess has quite a knack. Alwyn quipped, "I looked at the territory of the Duchy of Tilaire, and it was much larger than the Duchy of Burr. ”
"Why, do you mean by that, to see if the Duchess will be interested in your skin?" said Onieen, turning her face and looking at Alwyn with interest.
"Ahem," Alwin couldn't help choking on a sip of black tea when he heard this.
Chi Yan was also stunned for a moment when he heard this, he had always been unsure of the relationship between Alvin and the girl next to him, he didn't know if it was a lover or a husband and wife, but he still spoke out to dissuade him: "Your Highness, your idea is quite dangerous. ”
"Hahaha... Hear me, that's a dangerous idea. Onien covered her mouth and laughed, and then simply lay on the table, holding her stomach and laughing wildly, and from time to time she pounded the table with her little fist.
"Why? What do you mean?" Alwyn said angrily to Chi, "Is there a problem with my appearance?"
Only then did Chi Yan realize that it was Onian who had misinterpreted his meaning, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, I'm not doubting Your Highness's appearance. I mean, that duchess is dangerous. ”
"Oh, what do you mean?" said Elwin, intrigued.
O'Ann also raised her head and listened to the slack.
"In the years since Duke Sloane's death, the Duchess has found dozens of lovers," Chi said and glanced at Alwin, "and they didn't end well. ”
"Huh?" Alvin wondered.
"This duchess likes the new and hates the old very much, and once she gets tired of any man, she will mercilessly torture and cripple people, and then throw them out of the duke's palace. Chi Yan whispered, "Actually, it may be a good end if she is disabled, many of her mistresses were directly abused to death, and then they were buried in a random place." ”
"So brutal?" said Alwin, stunned, "Her principality ministers were also tortured by her?"
"Not really," said Chi Li, "the young and handsome men she tortured were from the common class. She hadn't gotten mad enough to attack the nobles. ”
"Oh ... Alwyn sighed and nodded.
"She, like Your Highness, loves to draw. Oh no, she just likes it, Your Highness, you should be a painter, otherwise the Ecumenical Church wouldn't ask you to paint that dome painting. "The young men she fancied were all complacent to work as mannequins for the Duchess at first, but they didn't know what would happen so badly." ”
"But even so, there are still people who come forward to capture the heart of this cold-blooded beauty. Chi Yan sighed when he said this, "Being able to climb on her bed can be regarded as a step to the sky." After all, the temptation of a life of fine clothes and food is still great for those of us who were born poor. ”
"Alas~" Alwyn sighed after a moment's silence, and then flew a glance at Onian, "Beautiful woman, always more dangerous than you think. It's a pity that men just don't understand this truth. ”
Onien nodded happily when she heard this.
Then I heard someone's "hiss!", gasped, and his face contorted.
It turned out that the girl nodded lightly on her toes, and an ice blade hit the shin bone of Alwin's calf directly, and it seemed that her anger had accumulated to a certain extent.
For an archmage of Onian's level, instantaneous magic doesn't have to be done with hands.
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"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Chi Xuan's martial arts cultivation was estimated to be worse than that of Chen Zhu and the like, and when he saw Alwin bending down and touching his calf and screaming in pain, he thought of looking under the table. But the girl's jade feet in the high heels were very quiet, as if she was laughing at how Chi Qi could suspect them. Only then did he realize that the girl beside Alwin was not just good-looking.
"It's okay, it's okay. Alvin sorted out his expression, and said to Chi Yan with a "calm face", while still stroking his calf, "Kicked the table leg, kicked the table leg, it's not a big deal." ”
"It's dangerous. Chi Xiao muttered and swallowed. He began to feel a little sympathetic to Alwin, thinking that what Alvin had just said was from the bottom of his heart.
Alwyn glared at O'Ann angrily.
"I ran into Rusty Philodi today, do you know this man?" said Alwin. He didn't want to ask Chi Yi directly about the Philodis family, it seemed too deliberate.
"Rusty Philodí, the Rusty Philodi of the Philodí family?"
"I guess so. Alvin nodded.
"He's the eldest son of the old barrel McNee Philodí, and manages a lot of the Philodí family's business. He's come to Zantz?" he wondered, "Hey, how did you meet him, Your Highness?
"The Ecumenical Church was introduced by the Elder of Ria. Alwyn wasn't going to hide anything, because he wanted to ask Hen about Ria.
"That's interesting. Chi said with some surprise.
"How?" said Alvenci.
"Your Highness, don't you know?" Chi Yan paused, glanced at the somewhat dazed Alwin, and continued, "Most of those who believe in this universal religion are ordinary people, and at most there are some declining nobles. How could the Philodian family, who are rich in armor, have anything to do with the universal religion? This is very reverie. ”
After he finished speaking, he began to have some doubts, he felt that Alwyn seemed to know very little about the situation of the three major churches.
"You mean to say that a big family like Philodi should be closer to the Holy World Sect or the Xindu Sect?"
"This... Chi Yan glanced at Alvin in surprise, his brain was also spinning very fast, and he instantly figured out something, "Your Highness... You're from the South, aren't you?"
Chi thought to himself, no wonder he hadn't heard of such a number one person as "Alvin Ferley". After he woke up last night, he carefully read it in his mind a few times, and he really hadn't heard of this person. Now that I think about it carefully, all kinds of signs indicate that the two people in front of me who have noble status but unknown names can only come from the south of the Great Mountain Range.
"What do you mean?" Alwyn smiled sheepishly to hide his embarrassment.
"Your Highness, this Holy World Sect is the most disgusted by these new nobles who only have gold and silver, and have no background. How could the Philodis family get involved with the Holy World? "The implication of Chi Xuan's words, this is common sense, you don't even know this, it must not be a northerner.
When Alwyn heard this, he secretly scolded Ria, blaming the old guy for not mentioning these details to him, and blaming himself for not asking clearly. But if you think about it carefully, there are some things that are inconvenient to say, after all, people are the retreat of the universal religion
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Fr. Hugh, and he is the kind of person who is not obscure, and it is unlikely that he will make irresponsible remarks about other churches behind his back. But Alvin finally understood why the Holy Religion was in decline.
"That's right. Alvin had recovered from his embarrassment, nodded solemnly and said, "What about the New Crossing Sect?"
He's going to get to the bottom of the conversation.
"The Shindu Sect is actually quite different, and their followers are all aristocrats who boast of loving art and having refined sentiments. But in my opinion, they are all vassals and elegant people. Chi Yan said with a little contempt, "Let's put it this way, the followers of the Xindu Sect look down on the old nobles who have no artistic flavor in the Holy World Sect, and they also look down on the common people in the Universal Church. However, the Xindu Sect did not resent these new nobles with deep pockets. ”
"So, isn't the Xindu Sect quite suitable for a new aristocrat like the Philodius family. So how is it that now, the Philodius family will get together with the Ecumenical Church?" Alwyn asked.
"That's why I'm curious. "No, Your Highness, you have taken me so far, I haven't had time to ask in detail, are you from the south?"
"You say yes, yes. Alvin said with a smile.
Chi Yan is still very sensible, looking at Alvin with a smile on his face, in fact, he has no intention of explaining his identity, so it is inconvenient for him to ask too much. After all, he also knows very well how to deal with nobles. And the one in front of him, he still has the will to follow, so naturally he won't offend in a daze.
"You just mentioned that 'old keg' McNee?" Alwyn asked, turning around.
"Your Highness, this old barrel McNee, patriarch of the Philodys family, and the leader of the Tyrell Wine Chamber of Commerce, is now the hottest figure in the Duchy of Bernie. Now the little children in the street are all shouting that the old barrel sneezes and the Marquis of Eru in Newfando will tremble. Chi said with a smile.
"So exaggerated?" said Alwin, but he didn't care much about it. After all, he had also seen a figure of Prince Ressa's level, and it was really difficult to show much interest in this so-called rich man.
Chi Yan nodded his head twice to emphasize, "The low-to-mid red wines produced in Tyrell are well sold throughout the Northern Continent. The Philodius family's Silver Oak Winery is one of the best in the wine business. ”
"I thought they were the Wine Merchants, but I heard you say it again, it's the Tyrell Wine Merchants, right? That means they have other wines?" Alwyn asked.
"There are some white wines, some brandies, but the Tyrells are actually famous for their low-to-medium red wines. "And the so-called wine merchants, who nominally have several other wine-making families, are actually the Philodi family. ”
Alwyn nodded, not asking more about the Philodis family.
After what they had just said, Alwin and O'Ann's reactions confirmed the conjecture in Chi Yan's heart about the extraordinary identities of these two people. Because of the indifference on their faces, it really made Chi Yan very incomprehensible. After all, it was the unbridled contempt on the faces of the nobles in Zantz City that he was used to seeing when it came to the new nobles of Tyrell.
"And what about Count Onein in this city? You know a lot, right?" said Alwin, raising an eyebrow, and teased pointedly.
Hearing this, Chi Yan was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to answer for a while.
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