Chapter 24: The Great Gift
There was a soft knock on the door, and a timid voice said, "Young Master, there are already guests here, Madame asks you to hurry up." ”
Du Ang opened the door, and outside the door was the begging girl Lilia he had brought back from the Polan Street, she was wearing a black maid uniform, and her little face was clear and delicate, very good-looking, but because of the long-term nutrition could not keep up, her body looked very thin, and her hair was a little dry, which could not be relieved for a while.
When he saw that it was her, Du Ang felt a very cordial feeling in his heart. It was at this moment that he felt that Lilia was very much like himself, a helpless wretched creature who was dominated by the fate of the dog. Du Ang smiled: "Why are you here?" How is your brother? Is it better? ”
"Thank you, young master, for saving my brother's life." As soon as she mentioned this, Lilia was about to kneel down and kowtow to Duang. That day, when Du Ang asked Lao Piping to buy bucktooth flowers, he also bought a lot of dead leaves and sent them directly to Lilia, so that she could wash the bedsores on her brother's body after she cooked them. As the so-called medicine cures what disease, the effect of wiping the water of the withered leaf grass is immediate, and the bedsores on the little boy's body will soon be cured, and he can eat well in the Earl's Palace, and his mental head is completely different from the previous situation of malaise and waiting for death.
Duon hurriedly asked Lilia to get up, this little thing was just a gesture for him, and it was not a big deal at all. But Lilia insisted on kneeling, and Duang didn't take it seriously, but it was a lifesaver for their siblings. Du Ang couldn't resist her, so he had to stand there and suffer her three rings, Lilia had to continue to knock, Du Ang asked helplessly: "Lilia, if you continue to knock, I won't have time to wash my face and change clothes, hurry up, my mother is still waiting for me in front......"
It had been fourteen years since Du Ang came to the Bauhinia Empire, and he was used to many things and customs here, but he still couldn't swallow the so-called traditional aristocratic dress here, and he had a headache when he thought about it. Two rows of shirt-like robes with horizontal buttons, pointed collars, a double-split swallowtail behind the buttocks, long, thin pointed-toe shoes slightly rolled upwards, a bunch of trinkets hanging from the waist, and a large feather hat in the shape of a shovel in front of him. The nobles of the Bauhinia Empire thought it was handsome and tasteful, but Du Ang felt that dressing up like this was no different from a rooster in heat, and he really couldn't accept it.
In the past, when he attended the banquet, Du Ang had no choice but to pinch his nose and put this kind of rooster robe on his body, if he didn't wear it, otherwise it would be a big faux pas. But now, he has an official status as a magician, and is no longer a simple ordinary nobleman, he can wear magic robes to banquets, and it is not rude to wear a hat. So this time Duang didn't change his clothes, he just washed his face a little, and went out of the room with Lilia.
The hall in front was already full of high-ranking friends, and there were many gentlemen and ladies of noble status gathered together in twos and threes, chatting while toasting, which was very lively. Most of them didn't know Duang, they hadn't even heard of their names, and when they met, they only smiled and said hello, but when they saw Duang, they all showed an extraordinary enthusiasm, and they congratulated him on his life, and praised him for becoming a magician.
This is a bit too much, it stands to reason that Duang is a hairy child who has not even grown hair, he has just turned fourteen years old, and he has not done any great things, so he can't afford to deserve this kind of praise, but who made him the only son of Count McNuss? This is the merit, this is the status, others see him, not close to the fake kiss, not close to the fake close, especially a few with Du Ang acquaintance, is even more enthusiastic to the point of hard to attach, among them there is a Mrs. Brian, quite old and a motherly look, after seeing Du Ang, he hugged him very affectionately, held his face and admired: "It's only been more than a year since I saw it, my little Du Ang has grown so tall, tsk, you will definitely be as powerful and handsome as your father in the future." ”
Count McNus is physically strong, born as a military general, and his might is powerful enough, but thinking about his formidable beard, Du Ang felt a chill in his heart: "Handsome? How do you see that? ”
This is Du Ang's birth banquet, and it is also his coming-of-age ceremony, in the Bauhinia Empire, fourteen years old is considered an adult, that is, from today on, Du Ang can drink openly.
Since they are here to congratulate, gifts are naturally indispensable, and one is more expensive than the other, there are Noras special water soft mutton fat jade, there is a limited edition red wine produced in Chuck Town fifty-eight years ago, there is a pair of blue feather parrots that can imitate the master's speech, there is a pair of bracelets that have been personally blessed by Pope Plato of the God of Light Religion, and the most eye-catching of them is undoubtedly a title deed sent by His Majesty Charles XVI, Emperor of the Bauhinia Empire.
The person who came to deliver this title deed was Nikolai, the chief of the palace guard of the Bauhinia Empire, who congratulated Duang on behalf of His Majesty Emperor Charles XVI, as a coming-of-age gift to Duang, and in order to thank Count McNus for his hard work in defending the country and the frontier for decades, His Majesty Charles XVI decided that from today onwards, the Ruhr Farm in the northwest of Yanjing will be assigned to Duang's name, that is, although Duang has just reached adulthood today and has not inherited the title of earl, he is already a person with land and real estate.
This is a big gift, and the countess also felt very unexpected, but she quickly understood what His Majesty the Emperor meant, Du Ang has a little hairy child, and he can't live and say that he has a half-dime relationship with His Majesty the Emperor? The reason why they sent such a heavy gift was mainly because of Count McNuss.
Now Count McNus has 300,000 heavy troops in the foreign garrison, sleeping in the open air, and working hard, for such a general, of course, His Majesty the Emperor must be heavy to end his heart, and reward to hide his will, otherwise, if he comes to a bad mood and rebels, it will be completely bad, but now the title of Count McNus has come to an end (the imperial regulations are not royal, and the highest can only be made an earl), and the position is also the second-in-command of the military department (the first leader is a prince), there is really no promotion, there is no reward, If it were according to the style of some emperors in ancient China, such a courtier would have been given to death by a cup of poisoned wine or a white silk stick, but after all, this is the Bauhinia Empire, and the customs are different, and now the northwest barbarians are violent, and there is really no shortage of such a big Dinghaishen needle as Count McNuss, so through the reason for Duang's life, His Majesty Charles XVI sent such a big gift, the purpose is to let Count McNus know that you are now at the end of your life, and I can't reward you, But I know the credit for your deeds, and you see, I have given the good to your son......
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