Chapter 572, The Attic and the Playboy
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It sounded like just an old castle, and there was a cellar under the castle that had been neglected by the owner, but in the end it turned into a confusing thing, and this change made Xiao Yan feel a little uncomfortable.
He could guess that there must be some secret hidden in this castle. And this secret is mostly related to the passage underground with no end in sight. I just don't know what the purpose of piling up those whiskeys in such a passage? Dissemble? Or maybe there wasn't any whiskey in those barrels? In addition, does Martin, who is known as a whiskey merchant, also have something to do with this castle? Theoretically, a whiskey merchant marries a woman in order to plot the woman's niece's daughter's castle a few years later, which sounds more like a fantasy. However, Xiao Yan has experienced more bizarre things, and this kind of thing is not strange at the moment. It's just that Xiao Yan really can't imagine what Martin's motive is if that's the case? It's definitely not for a castle that has to be repaired every year, it's mostly related to the passage under the castle.
So, everything went around and how did Martin know that there was a passage under the castle? It all came together and looked like a lot of trouble. The point is that Xiao Yan has just recovered from the repeated battles, and now he wants to take a good rest rather than let himself be involved in this matter that has nothing to do with him.
Because of this, Xiao Yan was reluctant to get involved too much, and only interrupted Tristina's words, after which if the female designer was still the same, she wanted to tell her aunt about the underground passage. Xiao Yan will definitely not continue to participate.
Fortunately, Tristina is not a little girl who is not in the world. I just talked to my Aunt Fei Lan about this. Just because he was excited, once he passed this juncture and saw Martin present, he naturally had no interest in continuing to speak. After letting Aunt Ferran and Martin go to the castle's dining room, Tristina stepped out again and helped Xiao Yan start laying the carpet and sofa. When the passage of the castle was finally blocked by the sofa, the black cat, who had lost its position, came from the side and jumped on the sofa again. It doesn't matter how much dust there is on the couch for a black cat. It just sneezed and fell down.
"Oh, I hope it doesn't scratch the surface of the couch, which is also registered with the municipality, and if the surface is scratched by a pet, I'll have to pay a very expensive fine."
Hearing Tristina's complaints, Xiao Yan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Hey, this is a free country. ”
Tristina turned her head to look at Xiao Yan and said, "I don't want to discuss this with you. What I need to think about is how to keep this castle in my hands. That's all. ”
"Impossible," Xiao Yan said bluntly, "unless you have a million pounds, this castle can't be saved by you." We all know that this repair can only last for ten years at most, the question is, what to do after ten years? Or are you putting all your money together just for repairs in 10 years? And after that? Don't you think about marriage, don't you think about offspring? If you don't have descendants, what's the practical use of owning this castle now? ”
"Of course I know that!"
Tristina looked at Xiao Yan and asked in a low voice, "Yes, I know this, the question is, what can I do?" ”
Xiao Yan nodded slightly and said, "Okay, you can go and accompany your aunt first, and I'll clean it up here." ”
The female designer looked at Xiao Yan with some disappointment in her eyes, but she quickly calmed down, nodded and said, "Haode, I'll go prepare dinner, speaking of dinner, what do you want to eat?" ”
Xiao Yan smiled and said, "As long as you eat better than Hannibal, it's enough." ”
At Xiao Yan's words, Hannibal, who was still spinning around at the female designer's feet, raised his head and yelled at him twice, and then ran up with a purr in his mouth, holding Xiao Yan's trouser legs, looking like he was going to fight with Xiao Yan's pants.
Tristina looked at this and laughed, and said, "Well, I can guarantee that you will be able to eat better than Hannibal." ”
Watching the female designer return to the restaurant, Xiao Yan squatted down and whispered, "Okay, don't make trouble, Hannibal, that Martin just now, do you think there is a problem?" ”
The Ulu Ulu sound in Hannibal's mouth suddenly stopped, and although he was holding Xiao Yan's trouser legs, his eyes were already twisted in the direction of the restaurant, and his nose seemed to sniff. After a moment of silence, Hannibal sneezed as well and resumed his grip on Xiao Yan's trouser legs. This time, the puppy used all the little paws of the meat pier, just to tear off Xiao Yan's trouser legs.
This action looked extremely clumsy, and even the black cat on the sofa seemed to let out some kind of "whirring" laughter. Of course, this laughter is more like conveying its disdain, but I don't know if this disdain is aimed at the chubby Hannibal or the squatting there confused.
Turning his head to look at the black cat, Xiao Yan always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this, but now there was too little information in his hand, so he couldn't make a proper judgment at all. It seemed that the black cat seemed to know something, but with the bad attitude just now, Xiao Yan could hardly imagine that this black cat could provide more cooperation.
Just as he was about to get up from the ground, Xiao Yan's eyes swept to the carpet under his feet, and a familiar pattern made the corners of his eyes jump suddenly. That's the pattern of the Anderth circle, and it's very standard. But this pattern is hidden in the longer pile of the carpet, which can only be spotted unless you squat in this position.
Xiao Yan picked up the corner of the carpet and looked at it, it was a machine-woven wool carpet, not worth much, it was estimated to be only a few decades old, and some places on it began to lose hair. However, this discovery shocked Xiao Yan even more, the machine weaving meant that the lines of the Anderth circle were not pre-existent, but were drawn by a mage after purchase. If this conclusion is correct, then it means that there must be an Awakened One who is familiar with the Anderth Circle, and there must also be a gem that can only be possessed in the Shijie Tree system. And that Awakened One should be Tristina's ancestor, who was still alive on this shijie decades ago.
Could it be the drunken grandfather Fei Lan said before? If that grandfather was an Awakened One, it would explain that Weishenme's father didn't know there was a cellar. As an awakened person, you can completely make the sofa move silently. The question is, will Weishenme an Awakened stay in this castle?
Also, if Tristina's grandfather was really the Awakened, he could have made the family very wealthy, but this is not the case. What is it that makes this castle and this family what it is now? Also, How did the Awoken die? Or rather, where did the Awakened go?
Xiao Yan found that the more he wanted to get out of this inexplicable whirlpool, the more he fell into this whirlpool. If Tristina was a mortal before, she would not care so much. So the current discovery shows that this castle has been related to the Awakened, and it is impossible for Xiao Yan, as a trialist, to sit idly by and ignore it.
Turning his head to look at the black cat, the black cat had already buried its head in its arm, as if it was really asleep. Xiao Yan smiled and whispered, "Hey, Hannibal, are you free tonight?" I feel like I need to take a good look at this castle. ”
If there really was an Awakened in this castle, there would never be just such a relic, and maybe something similar could be found somewhere else.
Hannibal paused again, then purred again against Xiao Yan's trouser legs, only this time the puppy's tail waged happily, and he seemed very supportive of Xiao Yan's suggestion.
Dinner at this castle is simple yet hearty, with Scottish meat rolls, salmon, boiled mussels, and mashed potatoes as a main course. Of course, Scotch whisky is indispensable, which comes from the back compartment of Martin. Xiao Yan didn't have much interest in spirits like whiskey, and of course, with his physique, he also had a high resistance to alcohol, so he couldn't talk about getting drunk. Martin, who was driving, didn't drink, but Fei Lan had a lot of alcohol, and a few people chatted casually at the dinner table for a while, and then stopped.
Because Aunt Ferran came too quickly, Tristina didn't make any preparations, and the guest room was not cleared, and she and Aunt Ferran made an appointment to live in the castle the next day, and then watched Martin drive away from the castle.
Xiao Yan tried to close the first iron gate of the castle, but he was a little surprised. The hinge of the iron door has been very badly corroded, and the weight of the iron door, whether it is to open or close the iron door, it takes considerable strength, although the Martin looks strong, but to open such a door, especially the first time to push open, I am afraid it is still quite difficult.
Based on Xiao Yan's body, which has not yet obtained specific parameters, it took a lot of liliang to push the iron door back, and it is estimated that Martin's liliang is probably bigger than the visual ......, and it is more like a trialist.
Xiao Yan closed the door quietly, and then said goodnight to the absent-minded exchanging goodnight, and returned to his attic alone.
When the clock downstairs struck 11 o'clock, Xiao Yan suddenly sat up from the bed, and Hannibal, who was pretending to sleep beside him, was also in good spirits and jumped out of bed quietly.
"What are you going to do? Throw yourself into my bed at night? ”
Behind Xiao Yan, who was tiptoeing downstairs, Tristina's voice suddenly sounded: "I don't know, you are still a playboy who only dares to speak and dare not take responsibility." (To be continued......)