Chapter 201: A Brother Must Have a Sister (Part II)
"I didn't mean to, the horses were disobedient." Angelica, the female knight, muttered quietly.
"You" Duke Mark was angry, his son often sneaked out into the wild, even if the boy was already difficult to control. But even his daughter is crazy, without the reserve and skill of a noble woman, which makes him very embarrassed as a father.
"You have to remember that you are the eldest daughter of the de Gaulle family, how can you look like a noble lady wearing armor all day long? My God, how could I have such children. ”
"Master, you are discouraged." The Duchess came up to comfort her husband, and then urged her daughter, "Why don't you go and change this broken metal and try to make your father angry?" ”
"Oh~" Angelica pouted and led the horse away reluctantly, not forgetting to peek at Ye Qi before leaving.
"I'm sorry to make you laugh." Duke Mark confessed to the crowd, and then continued to lead the way in the direction of the castle.
It's a Gothic castle that gives the feeling of rising upwards. The whole building has almost no walls, and between the main surface of the skeleton is a tall and large window, and the internal skeleton structure of this kind of building is red and fruity, revealing vertical lines and sharp scrolls, making his interior wide, tall and bright.
The beauty of the Gothic castle also lies in its lavish interiors, which are mainly reflected in these two points - the glass mosaic windows and the sculptures. Glass mosaic windows are an iconic feature of Gothic architecture. As the sun shines through the mosaic windows, the coloured light creates a surprising beauty on the mottled and bizarre walls.
According to Duke Mark, the castle was built three hundred years ago and was bought by his great-great-grandfather from a declining nobleman. Because the castle was built much like a church. Therefore, it has been loved by generations of family heads. Basically every subsequent generation of the head of the family lived here.
Enter the castle. It is a long corridor with dozens of portraits on both sides, all of whom have in common the dress that represents the status of the duke. It is not difficult to imagine that these figures painted in portraits should be the ancestors of the Charles de Gaulle family.
Behind the gallery is a large hall with an arched roof, on which are paintings that can only be found in churches, and in the center of them are the Virgin with a serene face. In her arms was Jehovah, the Son.
In the middle of the hall is a large long table, in the center of which are placed ornaments or candlesticks. This is where Charles de Gaulle's family usually eats or gathers, and the size of the main hall also shows whether the family status is noble.
Ye Qi is the first time to enter this kind of European medieval castle, and the degree of novelty is no less than that of Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. However, his concentration is much stronger than that of Grandma Liu, although he admires the majesty of the building in his heart, he will not show it on the surface.
"I think you are tired from the journey, so I will ask the servant to take you to the room to rest first, and someone will invite you to dinner." Duke Mark smiled and said to everyone.
Su Ziyuan turned to Ye Qi and said, "I still have to discuss something with the duke." Ye Qi, you can take my apprentice and two sisters to rest first. ”
Ye Qi knew that he couldn't get involved in the confidential affairs of Wanhua Valley, so he agreed without any doubts. Then led by several servants of the Charles de Gaulle family. Leave the main hall and proceed to your accommodation.
There are dozens of rooms in the castle, large and small, except for the master's master bedroom. The layout of each room is more or less the same. The rooms that Duke Mark arranged for Ye Qi and his family were all close to glass mosaic windows, which were walled on three sides and floor-to-ceiling glass on the other, with a view of the entire manor.
Looking at the room, it is completely modern, and it makes people feel that they are now in a medieval castle in Europe.
Fan Su and Marceau's rooms were on opposite sides, and Su Ziyuan's room was on the opposite door. This was also specially arranged by Duke Mark, so that several people could communicate conveniently.
Ye Qi stayed in the room for a while, feeling a little dull, and wanted to invite the two girls in the next room to go out for a walk together, but the two girls were already too tired to do so, and they didn't even want to move around again.
In this case, Ye Qi had to travel alone.
Fortunately, the manor was full of servants who had been paid by the Charles de Gaulle family to take care of the estate, and their monthly wages were much higher than the per capita income of Marseille. It is precisely because of this that these people are willing to do some manual work in the castle.
The estate is large, like a small farmstead on the outskirts of Marseille. Except for the Gothic castle, the other buildings here are in the original Mediterranean style, with small wooden houses with red roofs and white walls, which are either used as small workshops for production or as living rooms.
They are built around the castle like courtiers prostrate at the feet of a king.
Before he knew it, Ye Qi came to the back of the castle, where there were no grape trellises, let alone ornamental scenery. There were only some obstacles for training equestrianism, and targets for shooting, and there were rows of weapon racks on the side, on which were placed bows, axes, iron swords, European knights' guns, and so on.
It's more like a training school.
'Hiss~~'
There was a neighing of war horses in the distance, and I saw a man riding over the obstacle and rushing towards Ye Qi's side. The knight on the horse also held a riding spear in his hand, and his majestic appearance was really like a war horse from the ancient battlefield of the Middle Ages.
When the war horse rushed in front of Ye Qi, the knight just grabbed the reins, and the whole group of war horses stood up. The strong wind brought by the momentum swept through Ye Qi's cheeks, blowing his ragged black hair into a flurry.
However, the man under the iron hooves of the wind was indeed not alarmed, and did not even frown, he just moved lightly to the side, and let go of the falling iron hooves without a trace.
The knight dismounted from his horse and took off his helmet, revealing a face as white as snow, with delicate blonde hair and blue eyes, and this person was Angelica, the daughter of Duke Mark.
The little princess of the Charles de Gaulle family saw Ye Qi's miraculous evasion methods, and couldn't help but shine in her beautiful eyes. Coupled with Ye Qi's handsome face, not tall but perfect figure, and that unique hermit temperament, all attracted the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion who had never seen many oriental beautiful men.
"You're my father's guest, aren't you?" Angelica handed the knight's helmet to one of the maids who had followed her, and then came to Ye Qi's side and asked.
"It doesn't matter if I'm a guest of the Duke or not, don't you think what you did just now is too dangerous? If I had been a little weaker, I might have gone to see your Lord. Ye Qi was very unkind to this beauty, this was the second time she had made a mistake today, just now she almost injured Fan Su and the baby's mother and daughter.
Angelica pursed her lips and pretended to be casual: "This is my home, I can do whatever I want." And you stood in my way, and if I hadn't held the reins, the horse would have knocked you away. ”
Ye Qi heard what she meant by this, as if she had made a big mistake, but she had no responsibility at all, this aristocratic woman was really not an ordinary 'educated'.
Just when Ye Qi was speechless for her words, the aristocratic girl who was guilty of princess disease actually came up to her and laughed: "However, your skills are really good, and you are still so good-looking, much better looking than our men in Marseille." Maybe today's encounter is a fate arranged by the Lord, and you and I may have a fate. ”
Ye Qi was stunned at the time, how could the second half of the words sound so familiar? He thought about it for a long time before he remembered that it seemed that El had said the same thing to Su Ziyuan, Fan Su, and Marceau, and the three daughters, and they were still on Azure Sand Island at that time.
If there is really a brother, there must be a sister! (To be continued.) )