Becoming a qualified Scottish sword dancer is not an easy task, and of course, at Estina's age, she is no longer a girl. Fortunately, Tristina is indeed a native of the Scottish Highlands, and she is no less familiar with sword dancing than the profession of costume design, which makes her study a lot less troublesome. But even so, it was still very difficult to get a real Scottish sword dance in three days.

"Her studies can't be seen by others."

Aunt Fei Lan looked embarrassed and said to Xiao Yan: "I'm sorry for this situation, I'm not very willing to let her leave you at this time, but, you see, Martin thinks she is very suitable for this position." And she seems to like this too. ”

Xiao Yan smiled and nodded, and said, "No, that's nothing. By the way, does the Scottish sword dance have any special meaning? ”

Aunt Fei Lan shrugged her shoulders and said, "Well, of course there are many meanings, a long time ago, it seems that a married woman could dance this kind of dance in front of her husband, pure or firm, who knows." This dance may be performed before the husband goes on an expedition, and the woman expresses her loyalty to the man in this way. I don't know what those scholars mean. But now this dance is not so meaningful, and unmarried girls can also participate, but their hair still has to be coiled. ”

Aunt Ferran made a gesture of bundling her hair into a saucer, and said, "Tristina does love sword dancing, she's always wanted to be a sword dancer, but you know. This kind of thing is not something that can be achieved by thinking. ”

Xiao Yan smiled slightly. "It's great," he said. Isn't it great to do what you love? ”

Regarding Xiao Yan's statement, Aunt Fei Lan was somewhat relieved and said, "I thought you would be more picky about this kind of thing, but it seems that the big family's requirements for these aspects are not so terrible. Tristina is married to you, and she shouldn't suffer any mistreatment. There's one thing you don't have to worry about, though. Tristina's birth is very noble, she has royal blood, and even if she marries you, she will not bring your family's reputation to shame. ”

Xiao Yan smiled bitterly and said, "I don't really care about things like bloodlines, as long as she can live happily." ”

Looking at the back of Tristina as she departed happily, Aunt Felan nodded and said, "Yes, I'm sure she must be happy now, that's enough, thank you very much." Parin. You gave her a new tomorrow instead of struggling in your own castle. ”

Xiao Yan nodded. After thinking about it, he asked, "It's okay to let my puppy follow Tristina, right?" ”

"The sword dance is only learned by outsiders, and as for the puppy, hey, Hannibal, why are you stealing bacon again? Oh, what a naughty child, don't run, Hannibal, don't run so fast, the bacon is going to fall! ”

It seems that Hannibal's future does not need to be arranged by Xiao Yan at all, and when the two of them have no time to pay attention to other places, he sneaks into the small kitchen of the container, and Du Ruoxi has no appeal to please its bacon cured meat. Relatively speaking, the place where Aunt Ferran stood, there was a special smell that made it miss, it was the smell of his mother, and nothing made Hannibal miss it more than this.

It felt it in the castle, from Tristina, and it felt it in Aunt Ferran, a small, shriveled woman. As a descendant of the Shijie Masters, Hannibal can clearly distinguish between what kind of affection is sincere to it and what kind of performance is false to it. For example, the kind of trust and friendship between Xiao Yan's friends, such as the kind of doting on it by these two women in the real Shijie, these feelings are real, unpretentious, and never ask for anything in return.

Hannibal didn't want much, he already had it all now, and in that case, what else could make it unhappy, unhappy? Stealing bacon from Ferran's kitchen and playing with Trictina is Hannibal's favorite thing to do right now. Sure, Aunt Fei Lan might be scolding it in the back, but so what? Everyone knows that that kind of scolding is actually an expression of pampering.

Hannibal happily took the bacon in his mouth, snorted and jumped to Estina's side, shouted twice as if to show off to the female designer, and then lowered his head and picked up the bacon that had fallen to the ground, wagged his tail, and walked happily to the side.

Tristina was also a little apprehensive about suddenly becoming a sword dancer, and the fact that a puppy was by her side at this time reassured her a lot. As for whether Hannibal stole bacon from Aunt Ferran, it was nothing to her.

Watching Tristina's back fade into the crowd, Xiao Yan let out a long breath, then turned around and walked to the back of the container group. This meeting place is on a gentle hillside, and after walking up the container group, you can basically leave this meeting place and reach the top of the hillside. Although it is the end of autumn, the location is now close to the sea, so the temperature is not too cold, and the vegetation has not yet withered. The ground is overgrown with weeds, and the rustling of individual low shrubs in the wind, combined with the occasional sound of bagpipes on the hillside below, creates a feeling of high sky and wide clouds.

Of course, these long grasses and bushes may serve a different purpose in the evening, and perhaps someone will rush to use it in the afternoon. But it's just noon, and the Highland Games have only been going on for a few hours, so unless it's already hot, it's at least normal for now.

Xiao Yan walked all the way to the top of the mountain, and Xiangxia overlooked, the competition venue of the Highland Games was on the other side of the hillside, closer to the direction of the ocean. There are a lot of wooden poles erected there, and some strong men can be seen throwing iron blocks into the sky. The crowd erupted in cheers and applause, looking more engaged than the players.

Taking out his mobile phone, Xiao Yan dialed Lilia's phone, and on Lilia's side, the voice was very noisy, and it sounded like she and Du Ruoxi had lingered. I just don't know what they'll end up buying without Ennuen around.

"Is it out?"

Hearing Xiao Yan's question, Lilia waited there for a while, seemingly looking for a relatively quiet place, and then replied on the other side of the phone: "Yes, I found some interesting places." In the current list of municipalities, Fort Fenaton, the castle owned by Tristina, has no entry for a basement. However, we have checked the previous records, and the castle was first recorded in 1933, with a major renovation in 1947 and a second inscription. In both cases, it is clearly stated that the castle had a cellar, yes, not an underground passage, but a cellar. However, these two records are now incomplete, and the number of pages does not match at all, so we have not found a record of the castle's underground passage at that time. In 1966 the castle underwent a second major renovation and in the same year a new canonization was carried out, in which there is no record of the cellars. We don't know exactly what happened in the first place to make such a big omission in the two lists, but the most recent revision since 1987, which is what we now have on the list. Since then, the castle has been in a state of low tinkering until now. ”

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, and asked, "Where did you get the records before 1966?" ”

"The archives are not easy to talk about, but they are not difficult to talk about, but it is really troublesome to find. A lot of ancient materials are piled together, and it is difficult to say whether it is a human or historical problem. ”

Xiao Yan nodded, and asked again, "Is there any progress in the castle?" ”

"The survey of the interior of the castle is not in my charge now, you should look for Du Ruoxi, and now the team she hired from Paris is in charge of all this. Wait a minute, Du Ruoxi has already come over, you can talk to her directly. ”

"I'm Du Ruoxi, please say."

"Is there any news from the castle?"

"Nope."

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, and asked again: "No news?" ”

Du Ruoxi's tone was still calm, and he responded: "Yes, there is no news, and there is no bad haode." A few of the people who went down today may have suffered misfortune by now. ”

Xiao Yan frowned, looked at the scene under the mountain, and asked, "What jihua do you have?" ”

"Underneath the castle, there may be a very powerful enemy who can wipe out those trialists in a very short time. I've been in touch with the Asian Council, and the European Council will be sending staff, but we can't continue to invest blindly. The Asian Council meant that when Tristina left the castle and arrived in Paris, she would not return to the castle for a major survey in the short term. Otherwise, in the short time now, there will be no answer at all. ”

"Three days later?"

"Yes, in three days."

Xiao Yan let out a long breath and said, "I told Lilia before that someone might be secretly watching this castle, but there is no conclusive evidence. Today, the officials of the Highland Games Organizing Committee approached Martin and persuaded Tristina to leave through Martin, saying that there was a lack of a woman in the sword dance performance at the closing ceremony. ”

"What a coincidence."

Xiao Yan agreed with Du Ruoxi's statement, saying: "That's right, there are so many Scots and so many Scottish women in the whole assembly place, but they just found Martin, and Martin happens to have a suitable choice." It's just the right coincidence. (To be continued......)