Chapter 122: Earl Houghton
However, this time Zhang Hu didn't get angry when he heard this, he just raised his hand and touched his beard, and then turned his head to Cheng Ying and said proudly, "Hehe, it's a pity, have you ever seen the chief eunuch with a full face of scum?" And with my body and physique, no matter how you look at it, it can't be related to the eunuch, if you want me to see it, I am still the most suitable to be the commander of the guards, but you kid is suitable to play the role of a eunuch based on your appearance, as for Xu Hui, play the maid of Princess Zheng Xuan, He Fei is also simple, he will lead the three newcomers behind him to be miscellaneous servants. ”
However, Zhang Hu was stunned after saying this, and then continued: "If you want me to see, in addition to you Cheng Ying, we have a suitable candidate here to play the chief eunuch." ”
But Zhang Hu didn't say the following words, but careful people will notice that Zhang Hu said that at the same time... The corner of his eye involuntarily skimmed to Zhao Ping, who was walking on the right side...
Along the way, Zhang Hu and Cheng Ying were arguing with each other, but what everyone didn't notice was that Zheng Xuan, who was walking in the front at the moment, had already frowned, and he was not at all as calm as when he talked to the soldiers at the door before...
Yes, Zheng Xuan, who was walking ahead at the moment, had a vague feeling of chills all over his body... And it was about the house in front of it, and the cold feeling became more and more intense... This kind of cold is not really cold, but the cold that comes into contact with her heart or sixth sense, so it also gives her a bad premonition, but one thing she can be sure of...
The skeleton ghost... Absolutely hidden in that house!
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In just a minute or two, the 300-meter distance was covered by the reincarnations, so naturally there was a big house in front of this manor.
Just when everyone hesitated to knock on the door, the next moment, the door took the initiative to open, and then a middle-aged man walked out of it, this middle-aged man had a forked beard and was dressed in very luxurious clothes, and behind him came an old man who was nearly 60 years old, but judging from the dress, he should be an old housekeeper.
After the middle-aged man saw the people in front of the door, his eyes were fixed on Zheng Xuan who was standing at the front in the next second, and then he asked in an uncertain tone, "Are you Princess Zheng Xuan?" ”
Of course, not only the middle-aged man, but also other people, including Zheng Xuan, vaguely guessed who this person was after seeing the middle-aged man, so the next moment Zheng Xuan's face showed a smile, and at the same time he made a classical Chinese blessing ceremony to the middle-aged man in front of him.
"Your Excellency, hello, I am Zheng Xuan."
Seeing that the beautiful woman in front of him was the same as he guessed, and saluted himself, the earl immediately hurriedly took a few steps forward and gave Zheng Xuan a standard European gentleman's salute, and at the same time lowered his head and grabbed the back of Zheng Xuan's hand and kissed it.
After saluting each other, the earl said to Zheng Xuan with a smile on his face, "Haha, although I have never been to China, I am fortunate to meet the princess of the Qing Kingdom today, by the way, my name is Elzer, Horton, and I am the owner of this manor and this land." ”
"I am traveling to your country with my retinue, and I wonder why Earl Houghton invited us to come?"
Just when Earl Horton wanted to continue greetings, he didn't expect that Zheng Xuan would directly ask the key to the matter, so in the next second, Earl Houghton's smiling face began to become a little unnatural, and it seemed that there were really some things that were difficult to say.
However, just when the Earl of Houghton was embarrassed, the old butler behind him relieved the siege of the master in time, only to see that the old butler first bowed to Zheng Xuan, and then said to Zheng Xuan, "Dear Royal Highness Princess, some incredible things have happened in our manor recently, so the master can only turn to Her Royal Highness the Princess for help when he has nothing to do." ”
After the butler's words were finished, Earl Houghton seemed to react, but then said to Zheng Xuan with an embarrassed face, "Your Royal Highness Princess, as Alpha said, some bad things have indeed happened in the manor recently, and they have also caused me great trouble... Ah, by the way, the welcome feast is ready, let's go inside. ”
The earl made a gesture of invitation to Zheng Xuan, seeing this, Zheng Xuan nodded, and then led the way by the old butler named Alpha, the earl and Zheng Xuan walked in side by side, of course, the reincarnators behind Zheng Xuan could only follow behind.
After a group of people entered the house, the first thing that caught their eyes was the formality and the previous one in the video of the first carriage, the living room or the hall is very wide, and it is also very luxurious, the floor is covered with luxurious carpets, and all kinds of carved cabinets and all kinds of artworks are placed on it, and there are four painted pillars in each of the four directions of the hall, which makes the whole hall full of a classical style, and there is a very luxurious rectangular table at the front of the hall, The table was full of food, and there was a row of maids with various cutlery standing next to it.
But none of the above are what Zheng Xuan and the other reincarnations are most concerned about, because in addition to these, they also find... The walls around this hall are lined with or hung with a lot of ... Mirror!!!
Looking at the mirrors, the reincarnators couldn't help but think of the skeleton ghost they saw in the video before, a ghost who can shuttle between the mirror and reality, and at the same time a ghost who can kill!
In addition, I have to say that Earl Houghton's reception banquet was very grand, but from this point it made Zheng Xuan a little uneasy.
But then Earl Houghton turned his head to the staircase on the second floor, and he nodded to a maid beside him, and the maid walked towards the second floor.
"Your Royal Highness, please be seated."
After Earl Houghton walked to the table, he sent an invitation to Zheng Xuan, Zheng Xuan nodded and walked over, so the guests and hosts sat opposite each other, but when Zheng Xuan sat down after passing, Zhang Hu on the side also raised his foot and planned to walk over and sit down, but then one hand grabbed the clothes behind him and didn't let him move.
Zhang Hu turned his head back in confusion, and then saw that the person dragging him was He Fei, but He Fei shook his head slightly at Zhang Hu...
(This is the 19th century, and it is a very hierarchical Europe, and you dare to sit at the same table with the princess and the earl to eat, you think this is the 21st century!) )
Not long after the Earl and Zheng Xuan were seated, there was a sudden sound of footsteps from the stairs on the right and three people walked down, a woman in her 30s and dressed as a noblewoman, a boy of about 11 or 2 years old, and a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old.
After seeing the three of them coming down, the earl hurriedly introduced to Zheng Xuan, "This is my wife Mary, this is my son and my future heir to the title, Ram, and this is my daughter Grace." ”
When it came to Grace, all the reincarnators, including Zheng Xuan, looked at the girl, because the girl's quest had mentioned that there would be additional survival points to protect her from death, but to the surprise of the reincarnators... The young girl doesn't seem to be in a good mental state...
"Hello Your Royal Highness, I am deeply honored that you and your entourage can come to our manor."
"Hello Countess, I hope our arrival has not disturbed you."
Zheng Xuan immediately greeted the Countess as soon as he got up from the table, and then greeted the Little Earl Ram.
"Sister Princess, you are so beautiful, are the princesses of the Qing Kingdom so beautiful?"
Hearing Ram say this, Zheng Xuan smiled and touched the little earl's head and said to him, "What's the matter, your mother is more beautiful than me." ”
At the same time, Zheng Xuan's words also made the countess on the side full of joy.
But when Zheng Xuan greeted Grace, Grace didn't say a word... just glanced at Zheng Xuan with a pair of blue eyes.
The scene was a little embarrassing, so in order to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere, Earl Houghton, who had been sitting at the head of the table, hurriedly said to Zheng Xuan, "Haha, this girl hasn't slept well lately, princess, don't pay attention to her, come on, let's all sit down and eat." ”
After all the guests were seated, the old butler, who had been standing behind the Earl of Houghton, walked up to a maid, took a bottle of red wine from the maid, and then filled the glasses in front of the table in the order of the guests and the hosts.
The next moment, Lord Burhorton raised his glass and said to everyone at the same time, "Come, let's toast to the princess of the Qing Kingdom from afar!" ”
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After the welcome banquet, the Earl of Houghton began to instruct the old housekeeper to arrange rooms for everyone, and also said that in the past few days, please live in peace, if you have any requirements, as for the things to be discussed, he will discuss with Zheng Xuan in detail in the evening, so I hope that Zheng Xuan and those people can have a good rest in the afternoon, and then Zheng Xuan and others went to the third floor under the guidance of a maid, there are a total of 7 rooms on the third floor, although the princess can live in a room completely alone, but at Zheng Xuan's request, in the end, Xu Hui and Zheng Xuan lived in one room. In addition, He Fei lives in one room with Zhang Hu, Zhao Ping lives in one room with Xu Chao, Chen Yongming lives in one room with Liu Hai, and Cheng Ying lives in a separate room because he wants to be clean.
In addition, the previous meal was very restrained, but it was only for Zheng Xuan... As for the remaining 8 reincarnators... That's even more uncomfortable than restraint... Because when eating, as 'subordinates', they can only stand obediently behind Zheng Xuan and watch others eat.
So at the end of the banquet, when the earl's family also returned to the second floor, Zhang Hu strode impatiently downstairs, and then he saw that several maids seemed to be cleaning up the table, seeing this, Zhang Hu hurriedly ran over to stop the maids, and then he did not hesitate to reach out and grab a piece of duck leg on the plate and gnaw it fiercely, while gnawing and saying...
Damn... Starve me to death...!
To be continued...