Chapter 16: It seems to have lost control
Ten minutes ago, Caroline led the Marlowe knight to Zhang Feng's residence.
Along the way, though, Caroline wasn't in a good mood because she heard some rumors.
The reason why Momiji City became like this is because of Caroline!
The previous city lord was choked to death after eating a meal, and the previous city lord came to Red Leaf City for three months, and the Red Leaf City ran quite well, but because he married a Caroline a few days ago, in order to please Caroline, he went to hunt bears in the Sunset Mountains, and then he also died.
A lot of people threw the pot on Caroline.
Say she's a disaster, say she's a kefu!
What's more, she is a witch!
You must know that in this world, if you are recognized as a witch by the church, you will go to the gallows!
Naturally, the Marlowe knight punished the few who chewed on the root of their tongues in the back, but it was useless, the rumors had spread, and Caroline's reputation was minimized.
This made Caroline very uncomfortable, she obviously worked hard to contribute to Momiji City, but those ignorant civilians couldn't see it at all, and instead blamed Caroline for all this.
All the way to Zhang Feng's residence, Caroline's face was not very good.
However, today's main target is not these civilians, but Zhang Feng, the city lord, and Caroline naturally can't go in with a straight face.
She brewed outside the door for a while, and since she was a child, she was exposed to aristocratic education, and she quickly changed her face and tried to show a charming smile.
Caroline cheered for himself in her heart: Caroline, you can do it!
But......
"It smells so good!"
A seductive scent disrupted all the momentum she had managed to lift!
"It's from the city lord's house!"
Marlowe also smelled it, and he immediately locked on the source of the scent.
"It smells of meat!"
Caroline's eyes lit up, she hadn't eaten meat for a long time.
Meat has always been the food of the nobles, and commoners rarely have the opportunity to eat meat, although there are some animals in the Black Rock Forest not far from Momiji City, but this is a hunting ground belonging to the lord of the castle, and if there is unauthorized poaching, it will be hanged.
The current situation in Red Leaf City is a bit special, there are only two knights left, plus some soldiers, and it is barely possible to protect Red Leaf City, but it is not possible to go hunting, besides, you have to have the approval of the city lord to hunt.
Now there is not much food in Red Leaf City, let alone meat, and even if they are the few remaining high-level personnel in Red Leaf City, they don't have much meat to eat.
Especially now, in the case of taking the lead in frugality, the daily food is black bread without adulterants, which is a little better than that of the common people.
Caroline took a deep breath, discarded some other thoughts, and knocked on the door herself.
Knock knock.
Originally, she was ready for a protracted battle, if Zhang Feng didn't open the door, she wouldn't leave, but she didn't expect that just after knocking on the door, before she put her hand down, the door opened.
Caroline quietly lowered her hand, her face slightly embarrassed.
However, seeing this particularly good-looking new city lord again, Caroline breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as she is willing to communicate, even if the city lord is dissatisfied with herself and wants to show her face, but for the sake of Red Leaf City, she can only admit it.
It's just that Zhang Feng, the city lord, did not have the anger and unkindness he imagined, but instead had a bright smile on his face.
"What's the matter?"
"Have you eaten breakfast? Do you want to be together? β
Breakfast?
What do you mean? Morning meal? Still need to eat in the morning?
In this world, they have always eaten two meals a day, lunch and dinner, they do not have the habit of eating breakfast, of course, more often than not, for many people, even if they eat one meal a day, as long as they do not starve, it is good.
But now it's not the point of discussing whether breakfast is early, but the city lord inviting her to join us?
"Gollum~"
Smelling the fragrance emanating from the room, the sound of swallowing saliva was exceptionally clear.
Zhang Feng suddenly understood, he didn't say anything more, and directly led Caroline into the house.
Instead of following up, Knight Marlowe stood straight outside the house, acting as a doorman.
As soon as she entered the door, the rich fragrance came directly to her face, and Caroline, who had not been used to eating breakfast, suddenly felt as if her stomach was screaming.
"I've seen the lord of the castle!"
Caroline only reacted at this time, and hurriedly saluted Zhang Feng.
Zhang Feng knew that this was the rule here, and as the city lord, he accepted it calmly.
"Sit."
Zhang Feng pointed to the dining table, and then went to re-wash the dishes and plates.
said that it was casual, Caroline naturally couldn't sit around, the main seat was Zhang Feng's, and she sat under Zhang Feng.
Since she didn't know what the temper of the new city lord was, Caroline naturally carried out the city lord's orders absolutely, and sat obediently on the chair like a good student.
"It's so clean and doesn't smell like a thing!"
Caroline muttered to herself.
She knew that most people lived in the same room with livestock, and the smell was hard to describe. It was the first time she had seen such a clean place, except for the castle.
Soon, Zhang Feng took a clean dinner plate, small bowl and spoon and placed them in front of Caroline.
Then a small pot was brought to the table.
"This is rice porridge?"
Looking at the white rice porridge in the pot, Caroline subconsciously licked her lips.
The staple food of most people in this world is bread, and due to the climate here, the yield of polished rice is very low, which makes it very expensive, and only a few nobles can afford to eat polished rice.
Caroline had eaten it a few times a long time ago, and the taste was so different from bread that it was nostalgic.
As a nobleman, she knows the value of polished rice, and this small pot of polished rice porridge can definitely be exchanged for 100 kilograms of rye! Not to mention, there is a strong aroma of meat in the pot, which is really greedy.
"What is the identity of this new city lord......
Zhang Feng, bathed in the early morning sunshine, seemed to be covered with a veil of mystery.
Zhang Feng naturally didn't know her careful thoughts, he brought four steamed buns and four eggs, and put two steamed buns and two eggs on each person's dinner plate.
In fact, steamed buns and eggs were only enough for Zhang Feng to eat, maybe because of the crossing, his recent appetite has changed a lot, but since people are here, he can't be stingy, it's a big deal to drink more porridge later, anyway, it's a big pot.
"Lord Castle, this isβ"
Caroline looked at the white scary steamed buns on the plate and asked with some confusion.
"Well, this is steamed buns, which you can understand as an alternative bread."
Zhang Feng explained briefly, anyway, they are all made of noodles, and it is said that it is bread...... bar.
But it's okay not to explain, but an explanation startles Caroline.
"Such white bread, even the queen's bread is not so white!"
The staple food of the nobles and commoners in this era was almost all bread, but the commoners ate black bread, and the nobles made white bread made of flour filtered countless ways.
But when it comes to white bread, that's only relative to black bread. In fact, it is still dark yellow, and such a white "bread" is placed in front of Caroline, this visual impact can be imagined.
As for eggs, Caroline is much calmer, after all, although eggs are also considered a luxury, but for nobles, they can still be eaten all the time for a little money.
"Eat, you're welcome."
Zhang Feng personally served Caroline a bowl of porridge, which made her a little flattered.
Caroline didn't know what was going on with her, she obviously came to apologize and ask Zhang Feng for forgiveness, but why was she sitting at the dinner table now?
Looking at the rice porridge in front of her, Caroline swallowed her saliva, whether to eat or eat.
Zhang Feng didn't care about her, he tasted it first, and the taste was not bad, although there was less preserved eggs, but it had little impact on the taste.
Seeing that Zhang Feng had already moved, Caroline seemed to have lost control of her body, and her slender white fingers picked up the spoon, scooped a small mouthful of porridge and handed it to her mouth.
In an instant, Caroline's eyes widened.
Wow!
This taste!
Is this rice polishing?
How spicy is this meat!
How can it be spicy and delicious!