Chapter 04: The Fish Is Hooked
According to his memory, Luther learned that in general, a sumptuous banquet required ten or more dishes, and that the whole cow and sheep were more generous, and although he was not prepared to do so, he was prepared to change it.
Less and more fine was his original plan, anyway, there were only two people, and the main thing was right, so he couldn't eat much at all.
But considering the decency of the nobles, he still agreed with the butler's admonition after dinner last night and added a whole sheep.
It was already the next morning, and Luther was relieved that the castle guard, who had gone to deliver the invitation, came back and said that the baron would be there for sure.
It's one thing to look down on the title of a baron, but he is really worried that the other party will look like a down-and-out nobleman and can't make excuses, but fortunately, he is an earl, and he still has a bit of weight.
"If you dare to lie, young master, I have to whip you. ”
Luther said as he followed behind Cyr, who was followed by two guards, who were now walking in the forest outside the castle.
Yesterday morning, when installing the toilet, Luther inadvertently asked the two thugs, Ciel and Lupin, if they knew what they ate would make their stomachs bloated and want to go to the toilet, or they could have diarrhea.
As a result, the sneaky Cill came back afterwards and said that he had something to ask to see him, and to Luther's surprise, he was right to tell him that there was such a thing.
"It's really young master, I used to eat it by mistake when I was hungry and couldn't find anything to eat, and I ended up having diarrhea, and the effect of that thing is very fast, and it will react within half an hour. ”
After finishing speaking, Cier turned around and secretly looked at Luther's reaction, originally he was going to come and find it by himself, but he didn't know why the young master said that he wanted to come together.
The reason Luther came was to test the fruit that Sil had mentioned, and to let the guards see if there was any fish or game nearby, and the main reason was that he was too bored.
Now everyone in the castle except for him, who was the servant and the guard, went out to be busy, and after he stayed for an hour, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the guard out to find Cyr.
"Found it, found the young master. ”
"I found the fruit, young master, I'm here. ”
Luther kicked his ass to get out of the way, and then he crouched down and looked at a three-foot-tall plant on the grass, the black-brown long, flattened fruit was not large, about the length of a thumb, and it was not very full.
The amount of this thing is really troublesome, Luther rolled his eyes and then bared his teeth at Sil and smiled: "Sil, do you want to earn 50 copper?"
As soon as Cier saw the fruit that the young master was taking, he knew what the other party meant, but the temptation of 50 coppers instantly defeated the fruit in front of him.
Seeing Syr's heroic expression, Lu De guessed that this guy must have eaten a lot last time, and it is estimated that the consequences will be miserable, so he has this expression.
"How much did you eat last time?"
After asking, Luther saw that the other party weakly stretched out 5 fingers, and said secretly in his heart, 5 small fruits are so effective?
"50 ......"
The corners of Luther's mouth twitched, and he looked at Sil in disbelief and said, "50 of them, are you sure you remember correctly?" There are only about 30 of them, and 50 of them can you eat?"
"Bought it...... I did eat it as a meal, and I ate one at the time and waited for a while to see that there was no reaction, so I picked a little more, and you see that there are traces of me after I pulled it out.
At that time, I wanted to dig up both plants and plant them, after all, it was too far to drive back from the village, and it was easy to encounter wild beasts......"
Saying that, Si'er ran a few steps and came to a clearing not far away to look for it, and then pointed to a trace of the land being turned over, but his voice became smaller and smaller, because he saw that the young master's expression was very strange at this time, and he immediately panicked, could it be that he shouldn't dig that one?
Actually, Luther thought again, is this the prototype of what can't be eaten and walked around?
"Take five and tell me how it feels. ”
After Luther finished speaking, Ciel swallowed 5 pills without hesitation, and then chewed and said, "Young master, I feel that this thing tastes really good, sweet and sour." ”
"Shut up, wait quietly, and let me know later if you want to go to the bathroom. ”
Luther felt that if the effect of 50 pills was so strong, then even if it was only half, more than 20 pills would be enough, so now let Ciel take five pills and try it first.
After waiting for more than forty minutes, just when Luther was waiting impatiently, there was a grunt from Sil's side, and then a pop sound, Luther covered his nose and hurriedly took a few steps back and said, "How is it?
As soon as he finished speaking, Sir quickly squatted down in the distance, and then shouted to Luther with a long sigh of relief: "Young master, I feel it, but the effect is not comparable to the last time, I think it may be over after pulling it once." ”
It's enough to pull it once, young master, I will eat it when the time comes, you two hundred and five really want to pull the young master to death?
......
Then Luther rewarded Ciel with 50 copper coins, and returned to the castle with the guards, both of whom were old men in the castle, and after several changes they both stayed, and they were the most loyal ones, so Luther could trust them.
The two were knights before, and they were the kind that officially took the oath, but since the two changes, they can only become guards due to the lack of personnel in the castle, and sometimes act as Luther's bodyguard.
Baron Corsel arrived in Searsburg in a carriage on time, and the butler was already waiting at the door to pick up the Baron, and according to the rules, Luther, as the lord of this place, only needed to go out to greet him when he was facing his peers.
When the arrivals entered the castle, Luther greeted them with a smile. The other took off his top hat and bowed gracefully, and then handed the top hat and coat to the servant next to him.
Corsel looked to be in his mid-20s and 30s, not very tall, with a faint scar on his forehead, not long, and looked like he had been hit.
"Welcome, Baron Kossel has heard of it for a long time, and I have heard that you have privately rebuked the fools who talk about Searsburg in private, and I have asked you to thank you this time. ”
Luther was not talking nonsense in what he said, this news was indeed told to him by the old butler, but that was also five years ago.
Cosel was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting that it was because of this incident, he did have this incident in his memory, but it was also because his opponent casually said big things that happened to Searsburg.
And this time he accepted the invitation, he thought that the young earl was trying to blackmail him, and he thought that if the other party was not very excessive, he could support the other party, after all, he heard that the previous generations of his family, the Sears family, were also a little related.
Among the noble families, especially those with a long heritage, they are basically related to many families, after all, there are so many marriage partners who attach to the identity of the local people.
It wasn't until later that people realized that after the marriage, I couldn't seem to find an excuse to grab my in-laws' territory and resources, and then people set their sights on other regions, thinking that they could not only pull an ally, but also think about their own future.