Chapter 4: Kante Manor
The castle's stone house was a little empty, the sterling silver lamps on the stone walls glowed with cold light, the floor was covered with thick woolen carpets, colorful beds, velvet bedding, and a painting hung on the fireplace—Judgment Day: Twilight of the Gods, with fruit and a whole turkey on the small round table, but Zhou Han had no appetite.
He pushed open the two crystal windows, and the outside of the house was a vast forest, where the castle was on the edge of the royal palace, and the Klein Forest was outside.
The window is very bright, a bright moon hangs in the sky, let's call it the bright moon, it is really big, surprisingly big, Zhou Han's small half of the field of vision is it, it exudes a blue-purple gradient light, hanging above Zhou Han's head, the surface is full of craters.
This planet must be very close to this continent, at least shorter than the distance between the moon and the earth, Zhou Han thought.
He had seen such a large "moon" before, and when he was a child, during the hurricane summer camp on Europa, the methane rain fell on the porthole of the aircraft, and the figure of Jupiter broke through the clouds and swept before his eyes, overwhelming the world and turning the world upside down. It was June 2119, and he remembered it vividly.
Zhou Han recalled the past, and was distracted, and the forest in the distance shone with a small light, and he returned to reality.
Zhou Han fixed his eyes and saw that there was a big lake in the forest, and there seemed to be big fish jumping in the lake, and the water surface was phosphorescent and shining.
Nothing was said all night.
The next day, Zhou Han followed Harry out of the palace and on his way to the outskirts of Shelley.
There was a manor on the outskirts of Hilda, and she would stay at the suburban manor for a while when she was in the mood, but it had been a long time since she last stayed.
The manor has a name, called Kanter Manor, which is maintained by servants in the manor on weekdays, and Zhou Han can live as soon as he arrives.
Kante Manor is located on the outskirts of the city, except for the inconvenient transportation, the rest can be said to be perfect, the manor covers a huge area, there are more than ten servants, the main body of the manor is a three-storey tower building, a total of seven, around a circle.
Outside the building is a vast meadow, which took three servants two days to mow and a lake that is very large, with small sailboats moored on the lake, and it takes an hour to ride a horse around the lake, and the grass is verdant and the water is cold.
The estate is backed by the Great Forest of Shelley, and if you stand on the tower and look into the distance, you can see the boundary between the forest and the blue sky.
In addition, there are stables in the manor, a martial arts training ground, and even an underground wine cellar, which contains a large number of fine wines in the empire, and the appearance seems simple but reveals the luxury of Her Royal Highness the princess.
Harry's motorcade made its way through the main city of Shelley and headed straight for Kanter Manor.
Entering through the main entrance of the manor, servants greeted him on both sides of the path, led by an old servant, who was the old butler Oude, and the others were grooms, cooks, and others.
Harry had already conveyed the news to Ode, who had already begun to prepare for the meeting.
Zhou Han got out of the carriage, and the lawn was covered with a red carpet leading to the main building.
Oude stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Dear Lord Stephen, please come with me, this will be your new home from now on." ”
The sun is so clear and mellow, and the air exudes the smell of grass, Zhou Han patted his head, everything was like a dream, he thought of the dilapidated rental house, 200 yuan a month, water and electricity are free.
"It's just a good deal. Zhou Han said softly.
The tower's red and black tones, the glittering glass windows embedded in the stone walls, and the entrance opens into a large fireplace, in which the pine wood burns quietly and exudes a faint fragrance, the sofas are soft and the carpets are comfortable.
Zhou Han followed Oude around the tower, there were more than ten bedrooms alone, and there were even more study rooms, almost every building had a study room on each floor, the study room was full of books, the desk was facing the window, there was no trace of dust on the desktop, and people came here to clean it on weekdays.
The largest study room was on the top floor of the main building, and the bookshelves were full of paper books, as well as many parchment scrolls, and the most surprising thing for Zhou Han was that these books had been read! This was the fundamental reason why the top nobles were able to maintain their rule.
Zhou Han sat down at the desk, he leaned back on the leather chair, and when he looked up, he saw a classical oil painting on the bookshelf, on the picture there were five soldiers, wearing silver armor, wearing red robes, holding spears in their hands, no one looked nervous, as if they were discussing something, and made a gesture of wanting to run away under their feet, their background was a stone hall, the stone hall was dilapidated and precarious, and the shadow of the stone hall was like a bloody sunset.
What does this painting represent? I don't know, maybe it's a reflection of Hilda's heart?
Zhou Han smelled a hint of smell, it was the smell of Hilda's survival, very faint and light.
Outside the study there is an open-air balcony from which you can see the Kanter Manor, and at the end of the line of sight is the Shelley Forest, which stretches all the way to the horizon.
"I need a while to think about all this, right in this study, and of course, I need something else to sweep away the gloom from my mind. Zhou Han thought, he wanted to summarize everything he had experienced during this time, the past and the future, everything could be explained, and everything would have a home.
He needs a little time.
"Old butler Oude. Zhou Han shouted loudly.
Oude immediately appeared in front of Zhou Han.
"What do you command, Lord Stephen. Oude said humbly.
"You said before that there are good wines from the Empire here. Zhou Han said.
"Yes, Lord Stephen, there are three hundred barrels in the cellar. ”
"Which is the best?"
"This ...... There is a barrel of 'Tears of the Blue Dragon', which is the most precious wine in the cellar, and Her Royal Highness Princess Hilda is reluctant to drink it, it is a masterpiece that is not much left by the imperial winemakers three hundred years ago, and it is a little less to drink it once. Ode hesitated.
Zhou Han smiled slightly and said, "Take the whole bucket to the study." ”
"Princess Hilda's Palace, she ......"
"She'll agree, and you do as she is told. Zhou Han closed his eyes and said slowly.
When Ode brought the barrel of wine up, he brought a crystal goblet with him.
The wine is served in dark black oak barrels with a gold collar on the outside and a gold tap.
Oude swirled the golden dragon head into the oak barrel, he held the crystal cup in his right hand, and unscrewed the golden dragon head with his left hand, leaving the emerald green liquid gurgling, warm and shiny.
A fresh fragrance came to his face, and the breath of spring burst out from the cup, and Zhou Han felt a feeling of imminent movement in his heart, as if something was taking root.
"This wine is made from jade grapes, which are only grown in the Valley of the Dragon, and after harvesting, they are made after a hundred years due to the master's own work, which shows how precious it is. Ou De knocked on the side, as if reminding Zhou Han of something.
Zhou Han nodded, expressing his satisfaction, and said, "It's so precious, I won't waste a drop." ”
Oude's body trembled and he retreated tremblingly.
Zhou Han smiled, just a barrel of wine, something outside her body, if Hilda really wants to befriend herself, don't say a barrel of wine, even if she drinks her entire wine cellar, she will not have any objections.
For dinner, Zhou Han asked the servant to send it directly to the third floor.
In the evening, it soon darkened, and soon it began to rain, the rain was thin and silent, and there was a chill in the air.
Zhou Han stood in front of the balcony, the rain drifting in front of his eyes, and the eaves at the top of the tower were just enough to cover him from getting wet.
Behind him was the study, orange candlelight shining from the windows on the balcony floor, and the windows of the entire tower were bright.
His gaze fell on the end of the rain curtain, deep in the Great Forest of Shelley.
The rain rubbed against thousands of hectares of trees, rustling, and the whole world belonged to this sound.
A maid walking on the lawn, who had just finished feeding her horses, was walking towards the tower, wearing a black rubber raincoat and carrying a gas lamp in her hand, leaving a series of wet, bright footprints on the grass.
Zhou Han raised the crystal cup and put it in front of his eyes to look at it, in the night, this touch of verdant was even more charming.
"Autumn in a foreign country, this rain, keep it going. ”