A "magic button" when I was a child, when I grew up, it no longer had practical meaning.

But because of the nineteen years of separation, Lou Shang regarded an ordinary heart-shaped button as a treasure. ，

Even the one that disappeared from the fifth summer's hand had a completely different meaning.

Lou Shang and Lou Xia, for a button that disappeared eighteen years ago, returned to Brünsweig Castle.

This is the place where Lou Xia lived before he was thirteen years old.

Not unfamiliar.

It's not familiar.

It's not any emotion, either.

Every time before this, the fifth summer returned to the castle, except for the cold and heartbroken.

Only this time, she felt a fire burning in her heart.

Warm.

Scorching.

Fill the entire atrium and illuminate the darkness of childhood.

The haze is gone, and the clouds are not coming.

Niu Niu has a doll's button around her neck.

In the world of slugs, there are long-lost crybags.

The originally eerie castle has become an existence that carries memories because of the arrival of his brother.

Lou Xia took Lou Shang to visit the room where she lived when she was a child.

Lou Xia's room, on the fourth floor of the castle.

It was an attic with a sloping roof, and it was the most sunny room in the entire castle.

No amount of sunlight can dispel the darkness of the room itself.

The furniture inside is old and huge.

It's not a room for kids at all.

Even the bed was high above, and I didn't think about how a small child would get on and off at all.

Either you can't climb up, or you sleep until you fall.

For a whole year, Lou Xia slept directly under the bed.

In the narrow space, Lou Xia listened to his breathing and prayed that the sun of the next day could take away the darkness of the night.

The first thing Lou Xia did when he returned to his childhood room was to ignore the dust on the floor, and go directly to the bottom of the bed where he prayed for the dawn when he was a child, looking for traces of buttons.

Something she cares about very much, but doesn't exist at all and remembers, is most likely left in a corner in the year when she prayed under the bed.

"The ground is dirty, you get up first, and my brother will help Niuniu find it. Lou Shang didn't know the "origin" between Lou Xia and the bottom of the bed, just watching Lou Xia go in like this to find it, he couldn't do it in distress.

Under the bed of the fifth summer, in addition to dirty, there are also cobwebs that spread to the outside of the bed everywhere.

Because Lou Shang failed to hold Lou Xia, he was full of self-blame, and went directly to the ground, ready to replace Lou Xia.

The "spider bed" is tall and heavy, but the bottom of the bed is low.

The fourth-year-old Fifth Summer can come and go freely, and the adult Fifth Summer can only move in little by little.

Although Lou Shang looks thin, the skeleton of a boy is not the same as that of a girl.

Lou Shang wanted to pull Lou Xia out and couldn't pull it, and he couldn't get in if he wanted to.

In the end, I could only take out my mobile phone, turn on the flashlight, and help Lou Xia light up, so that Lou Xia could see more clearly.

Lou Xia searched under the bed for a while, checked every corner, and found no trace of red buttons, and finally slowly retreated.

Lou Xia came out from under the bed, his clothes were black, his face was black, and his hands were black.

Lou Shang has not been lying on the ground for as long as Lou Xia, but his image is not much better.

Lou Xia's clothes today are dark, but Lou Shang is wearing a white pleated top that Miyake is wearing in one piece.

What is otherworldly, what is not eating the fireworks of the world, at this time, has become the main humorous hot pot base.

Compared with the heaviness of the clothes, what is even heavier is Lou Shang's heart.

When my sister was young, she lived alone in such a room.

Her sister was born timid.

Not only afraid of the dark, afraid of pain, afraid of heights, afraid of mice, afraid of cockroaches, afraid of all things with a sense of age, but also wild imagination.

In the eyes of Lou Xia before the separation, all toys are alive, and so are the furniture.

As long as he sees something with a sense of age, Lou Xia will make up a picture with a little horror in his brain, and then he will be scared by his imagination and dare not sleep.

Lou Shang gently helped Lou Xia pat the dust off his body.

patting and patting, Lou Shang's self-blame in his heart was a little more.

Lou Xia, who is afraid of everything, how can he grow up in a room full of age?

has long passed the age of a boy who loves to cry, but after being called a crybaby by Lou Xia for a day, he returned to the period of sentimentality.

Lou Shang tried hard to control his emotions, he didn't want tears to burst at this time, and the time he didn't do crying was longer than the time when Lou Xia didn't do slugs.

Xu discovered Lou Shang's strange appearance, and Lou Xia opened his mouth to divert Lou Shang's attention: "Brother, big cat." ”

After speaking, he used his dirty hands to scratch Lou Shang's face twice.

On the left, on the right, it was very symmetrical to help Lou Shang put on a flower cat makeup.

Fifth Xia's playful appearance like when she was a child successfully distracted Lou Shang's attention.

After a moment's hesitation, Lou Shang gave his own response: "Sister, little flower cat." ”

Lou Shang gently scraped the bridge of the fifth summer's good-looking nose and scraped off the dust on the tip of his nose, as a "revenge" for Lou Xia to turn him into a flower cat.

Lou Xia didn't care, she originally grew up in a castle full of dust, and the cleanliness of the coquettish enchantress was the habit that the fifth summer was most unqualified to have.

Fifth Xia spread his hands, and his tone was full of regret: "I didn't find it." ”

She had just searched all the "worlds" in the world under the bed, and found no trace of heart-shaped buttons anywhere.

"If you can't find it, forget it, Niuniu now has the protection of the magic necklace, and the magic bracelet completed the historical mission of protecting Niuniu as early as eighteen years ago. "Lou Shang didn't want Lou Xia to continue looking like this.

Even if it's just dirty, Lou Shang can't stand it.

Lou Xia is a girl, she should be like literature and art, be a delicate little princess, how can she crawl forward in the thick dust.

But but, but.

It's all here, just give up like this, it's not the character of the fifth summer at all.

Fifth Xia thought about it seriously, in addition to the fact that she may have inadvertently lost the "magic bracelet", it is also possible that when she was hospitalized, someone put it away.

If the bracelet was not returned to her, it was most likely given to her legal guardian at the time, Yellowonis.

Hierónimis may not take a button bracelet seriously, but he doesn't think he will throw it away.

Fifth, Natsu decided to look for a room she had never been in.

Lou Xia pulled Lou Shang and returned to the first floor of the castle, where the room of Jeronymis was located.

Hieronymis was the last heir of the Brunschweig family, but his room, inside the castle, was in relatively poor condition.

The lighting is not good, the floor is not good, and the size is not good.

Compared to the upstairs room, this place is simply like a place for people to live.

In fact, this room, hundreds of years ago, when the castle was first built, was indeed occupied by the butler.

Closest to the gate and most convenient to go out and open the door for the host and guests.

The reason why Hieron Nimis stayed in this room is also because it is the easiest place to get in and out.

Centuries-old castles do not have modern facilities that are disabled friendly like elevators.

Except for this butler's room, it was impossible for Jeronimis to go up to any room in the castle.

Because of the long-term "guarding" of the gate by Geronimis, when Lou Xia was young, he even climbed the window to enter and exit the castle to go to school.

Fifth, Xia Da was afraid of the withered and strange-looking Teronimis.

Not to mention entering the room of Jeronis, even if it is just passing by, it is necessary to take a detour.

Time has passed, but with an extra brother by his side, everything has become completely different.

Without a hint of fear, Fifth Summer walked in, a room she had never explored, and had no interest in.

Because this room was originally prepared for the housekeeper, the furnishings inside are much simpler than the bedroom of the fifth summer.

There are no complicated decorations.

A table, a bed.

All the facilities have been made on the premise that it is convenient to use the Teronymis.

In the room, the most abrupt "furniture" is related to wine.

A barrel full of age.

The barrel has a watermark on it.

Because of the baptism of the years, the watermark has become less clear.

If you read it carefully, you can still tell that it is written Sauternes.

This watermark appears on the barrels of the Brunschweig distillery and is not only obtrusive, but also out of place.

Fifth Xia stared at it for a long time, and she didn't know what the watermark on this barrel represented.

None of the more than six hundred barrels of whiskey that Hieronimis had left her had such a watermark on it.

Lou Shang saw Lou Xia's puzzlement: "Sauternes is a place name, twenty-five miles southeast of Bordeaux, France. Sauternes Chinese translated by many names, Sudena, Sutern, Sudai, Sodian...... The most common is translated as Sauternes. Sauternes is famous for its noble rot wine and is one of the world's top three noble rot wine producing regions. ”

Lou Wine Encyclopedia Shang gave an answer in a timely manner.

The fifth summer of noble rot wine is known.

The nobility of wine.

Production is scarce and expensive.

Because the alcohol content of the wine is "poor", the fifth summer, which has always drunk only the strongest wine, is not interested in the "nobility of wine".

But but, but, but.

The doubts in Fifth Xia's heart did not become less because of Lou Shang's explanation.

Whether it is a noble or a poor person in wine, the noble rot wine of the Sauternes region has nothing to do with the whiskey of the Brunschweig family.

The warehouse of the Brunschweig distillery has an endless supply of whisky casks.

However, Hieronymis chose a barrel of aged noble rot wine to put in his room, which became the only furniture that was not necessary for life.

It's hard not to get the attention of Fifth Summer.

Doubts to doubts, Fifth Summer did not forget that the real purpose of entering Jeronis's room was to find the lost "magic bracelet".

Looking around, Jeronis's room has only four drawers that come with the table, which can be used to "hide" things.

The fifth summer opened three of them very smoothly.

Nothing.

The last one left, the drawer under the table top.

Largest storage space in the entire room.

Fifth, Shara did not pull twice.

With the strength of her hand, she didn't pull it, so it was sure that it was a locked drawer.

Lou Xia now has two options:

1. Use brute force to open drawers.

2. Do not use violence to open drawers.

The fifth summer is between these two options, oscillating.

When the elder sister hesitated to come and go, the elder brother found a key in a gap in the lady's wine barrel.

Lou Xia's problem was then solved.

When I opened the drawer, I was greeted by some messy documents.

The fifth summer, who did not forget his original intention, rummaged through every corner of the drawer, but still found no trace of the heart-shaped button.

But unexpectedly found two file bags that were the same as the will documents.

The law firm that helped the Brunschweig family with wills was specialized in making wills.

The documents locked in the drawer, since they were covered with the law firm's file bag, meant that they were originally in the will, and they were later taken out.

The genealogy and investigation report of the Hieron Nimis Bar have been given to the Fifth Summer, what else can't be seen by the Fifth Summer?

Before opening the drawer, what made Fifth Xia's heart swing was whether to break it violently.

After opening the drawer, what made Fifth Xia hesitate was whether to open the hidden will document.

The fifth summer, which is as crisp as a small biscuit, rarely has such an indecisive moment.

After two seconds of thinking, Fifth Xia threw the two document bags to Lou Shang intact.

Just like before, he threw the official will document onto Lou Shang's bed.

are already people with elder brothers, how can there be a reason to hesitate alone when encountering things?

The more Lou Xia looked, the more at ease he became, and even the parabola drawn by Lou Shang with the document bag became extremely beautiful, and the landing point was extremely perfect.

Lou Shang stood beside the lady's wine barrel, without moving a bit, and with a slight stretch of his hand, he caught the first document bag that Lou Xia threw over.

has been separated for so long, but the tacit understanding between brother and sister is still like a shadow.

Lou Shang didn't need Lou Xia to open his mouth, he understood what his sister meant, and opened the file bag directly.

Lou Shang looked at it for a while, and his expression began to become a little solemn.

This document is a bit informative.

In exchange for being "permanently removed" from the Scotch Whisky Association, the association did not release details of the deaths of Westwood Brunschweig.

According to the results of the official investigation, the elder brother's family died of alcohol poisoning.

Alcoholism is not a rare occurrence.

Saying that things like drinking too much alcohol and going to the hospital for gastric lavage happen every day, without the slightest exaggeration.

But alcohol poisoning to direct death is not so common.

Most cases of alcohol poisoning are not fatal.

What's more, a family of nine died of poisoning at the same time.

No one would have believed that such a poisoning incident would be a simple accident.

Yellownemis, who has a disability but no problem with his brain, will certainly not believe it.

The day of the incident was the eighteenth birthday of Westwood's youngest son.

Eighteen is the legal age for sale in Scotland.

Until the age of eighteen, you can only drink alcohol under the "guidance" of your parents.

The eighteenth birthday is especially important in the Brunschweig family.

At the age of eighteen, he is an adult in the sense of both the law and the winery.

To celebrate his youngest son's coming of age, Westwood opened a barrel of his own favorite Brunschweig whisky a month ago.

The whole barrel of whiskey was transferred to the oak cask containing the wine of the Sauternes noblewoman, which was lying in the room of Jeronimis at the moment.

As soon as Lou Shang looked at it, he said that the family tree of the Brunschweig family had a secret about whisky making, and he was actually talking about this action.

The Brunschweig family's biggest secret in whisky-making – casks.

American bourbon, when aged, is made in brand new oak barrels.

Scotch whisky is aged in sherry casks or bourbon barrels after it has been made.

Ageing in oak barrels filled with other spirits is a tradition of Scotch whisky, and it is an industry norm that everyone does it, and it is impossible to be a secret.

Casking, and aging in old oak barrels, is not the same concept.

Every heir of the Brunschweig family is a master brewer.

Every brewing master will create his own winemaking method in the process of practice.

Westwood Brunschweig regarded the barrel as his contribution to the family and wrote it directly on the title page of the hand-copied family tree.

Cask passing, the original technique of Westwood's Master Distillers, is the final addition to the Brunschweig whisky before bottling.

Brunschweig whisky aged in old casks such as sherry casks and bourbon casks is poured out before bottling.

Pour into another oak barrel filled with a completely different type of wine.

In this way, Brunschweig whisky can have a richer taste than traditional Scotch whisky.

Passing the barrel is only two simple words, but the execution is unimaginable for ordinary winemakers.

To make a simple analogy, the result of mixing two completely different perfumes together, although there may be surprises, but more, is certainly a fright.

Westwood has tried countless oak barrels, rum, Madeira, port, Malaga......

There are spirits, and there is wine.

There are old barrels of wine aged in oak barrels, and Westwood has tried them all.

Barreling is a technology with unimaginable technical content.

The slightest mistake can ruin the original quality of the whisky.

Not only will they not complement each other, but they will also degrade the quality of the original sake.

The contrast is too great, the barrel is too long, and the original characteristics of the whisky cannot be suppressed.

If there is little deviation, it will be far from the expected result.

or excessively sweet, or too fruity, or with a conflicting finish.

Casks that don't know the essentials often make it difficult to eat an otherwise good whisky.

Westwood failed countless times before finding Sauternes Wine Oak barrels.

After finding the Sauternes Sauternes Wine Oak casks, Westwood slowly found his groove and figured out the best time to cross the barrel.

Westwood knew that it was only in the tenth year of his inheritance that he had mastered the technique of barreling.

Brunschweig whisky, since this year, has sprung up and become invincible, attracting countless distilleries to "steal teachers".

Before the eighties of the last century, before vodka took Scotch whisky by surprise.

Westwood is not against stealing from such a teacher, he is proud and conceited, and enjoys the feeling of being imitated all the time, never surpassed.

After the market share of Scotch whisky was squeezed by vodka in the eighties of the last century, distilleries closed one by one.

For the sake of the future of the Brunschweig distillery, Westwood began to apply for a patent for "barrel passing".

Scotch whisky was the most difficult time, but it was also the most prevalent time for casks.

At that time, the current popularity of single malt was only a vague and non-existent concept.

There is no market for ordinary whisky.

Westwood's patent, once successful, will be further squeezed by other distilleries, which are already extremely small in terms of living space.

The day of Westwood's youngest son's birthday is also the day of the "barrel" patent.

Westwood can be a masterpiece of its own over barrel to celebrate.

But after the celebration, the group was poisoned, and a family of nine died.

According to the results of the investigation, the culprit lies in the process of "passing the barrel".

The cause of death was methanol poisoning.

The scientific name for alcohol is ethanol, and methanol is the brother of ethanol.

The chemical formula for methanol is CH3OH, which is the culprit in counterfeit alcohol deaths around the world.

Methanol itself is not toxic to the human body, but in the process of methanol decomposition, formaldehyde and formic acid will be produced.

Formaldehyde sounds horrible, but it is still not the cause of death caused by fake wine, but formic acid, which sounds relatively harmless, is.

Formic acid damages the central nervous system, liver, and eyes.

Ingestion of doses up to body weight can lead to poisoning, and in severe cases, blindness.

If the ingestion level reaches 0, it may be directly lethal.

Methanol is more common in industrial alcohol.

It stands to reason that methanol, as the "standard" for fake wine, cannot exist in large quantities in serious Brunschweig whisky.

Scotch whisky is all aged in old oak barrels.

Instead of being transported one by one, the empty barrels were dismantled into planks and transported in a more space-efficient way.

Once at the destination, the right size pieces are selected and assembled into oak barrels for aged Scotch whisky.

In the Westwood family's death investigation report, it is clearly written which link went wrong.

There were testimonies from several workers.

Because I don't want the imitator to know which cask he used to complete the final process.

Westwood was transporting the planks of Sauternes noble rot barrels with other cargo.

Westwood required additional sterilization of the planks to complete the final assembly.

After this request was issued, the workers found the most common disinfectant in the goods that arrived at the same time as the wooden planks - industrial alcohol.

Logically speaking, it is impossible to disinfect the wooden board with which the wine has been filled with industrial alcohol.

It is also logical to say that the barrels that are usually used to age whisky, even if they are sterilized with industrial alcohol, will have a series of high-temperature operations to remove formaldehyde and formic acid after the decomposition of methanol.

It still stands to reason that even if the previous procedure went wrong, there will still be a standard test when the final bottling is made.

But "passing the barrel" is a technology that Westwood does not pass on, and after getting the patent, it must be covered tightly.

The Sauternes Noble Roderick Oak Boards went straight to Westwood's hands after the first sterilization.

If you brew it yourself, you can drink it directly from the barrel, and there will naturally be no final testing link.

missed three "logically speaking" links, which eventually led to the tragedy of the Westwood family of nine.

As soon as he got the patent for "passing the barrel", he killed his own family of nine.

This is ironclad evidence of the Brunschweig Distillery's violations, as well as evidence of Westwood's "innocent death".

Hieronis, who originally wanted to protest against the removal of the Scotch Whisky Association, did not want his brother to be reviled after his death, so he chose to accept the results of the permanent removal from the association, and as the heir of the Brunschweig family, he gave up the patent for "barreling".

After the patent was not protected, casks became all the rage in the Scotch whisky world.

After reading this document, Lou Shang was surprised - even if the disinfection was improper, resulting in methanol residues on the wooden boards, it would not be possible to achieve a lethal measurement.