Chapter 35: The Ring
Dai Lan said word by word, asking for something on Emily's body as a reward for healing her injuries.
Our poor eldest lady, the heir to the Robertson family's domain, instantly turned red like a ripe apple, dripping with water.
Her blue eyes were mixed with a hint of complexity, she frowned slightly, and a few thin green fingers tightly grasped the silk cloak covering her body, without saying a word.
"Humph!" When Count Jonad heard this, he immediately showed displeasure, which was very different from the generosity just now, and said coldly, "Blue Knight, please pay attention to your words. You saved my daughter, but you can't be so presumptuous on the territory of our Robertsons. ”
Dai Lan is still so arrogant. This unusually dressed, dirty boy is more like a proud nobleman than Jonad, with grace in his gestures.
He never seems to be in a hurry, he always speaks unhurriedly, his voice is not loud, but his words are shocking.
And, both Count Jonad and Steward Gerald felt deeply that this young man had an unparalleled control over things.
Obviously in his own chassis, he insisted on letting the young man in front of him lead the nose, and no one knew what his next step was.
Dai Lan didn't seem to see the old man's angry expression and Emily's shameful anger, his eyes turned to the small ring next to the eldest lady's pillow, and said lightly, "As a reward, I want that ring." ”
What Dai Lan wanted was a jet-black ring carved with a few round balls in pieces.
Count Jonad was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Dai Lan to make this request, and then shook his head with certainty: "This is definitely not possible!" It is a relic left to her by Emily's mother, how could it be handed over to you! ”
I don't know why, I remembered poor Knightley. Mrs. Robertson, Jonad suddenly became very nervous, but his eyes wandered a little.
Murray came to mind. The butler's voice: "Dear Mr. Dai Lan, I sensed that Count Jonad's inspiration cells were running rapidly, and his heartbeat was speeding up a lot. Seemingly, he was hiding something. ”
Dai Lan nodded, he also felt this way, looking at the old lord carefully, his current expression was definitely not remembering the lady who died early.
Dai Lan was a little helpless, touched his chin, and said, "Since it is a relic of the eldest lady's mother, forget it." ”
Emily smiled at the young oriental boy in front of her.
If there is one beauty that can inadvertently permeate everything in the world, it is Miss Emily's gentle smile. The beautiful eyes are crooked, the lips are stretched, the teeth are white, and everything around them seems to be silent when the eye waves are flowing.
"Every single one of the things my mother left me was priceless to me. I don't know why you want this ring. Emily spoke suddenly, her voice a little weak when she had just recovered from a serious illness, "But, you saved my life, the Robertson family owes no one a favor, please take it." Hope you can keep it well. ”
Emily's warm but somewhat pale little hand held the small jet-black metal ring.
Count Jonad sighed and closed his eyes with a dark face.
Dai Lan took the ring and stroked it gently. Touch. It is made of soft metal, and it does not have a hint of the stiffness of cast iron on skin contact, and there is a warm current.
Murray, who was in his head, had never understood what his master was doing, and didn't know why he was entangled in a ring, so he muttered in a low voice: "Is it special?" ”
"Don't you see?" Dai Lan whispered a quick word, and slowly pointed the front of the ring to his eyes, his thumb slowly and forcefully.
Murray was sealed in the area of inspiration cells in Dai Lan's mind and couldn't see anything. He was like a man imprisoned in a dark tent, and he could only hear with his ears.
However, Murray is different from ordinary people, and he has a particularly sensitive sense. Because he has become one with Dai Lan, Dai Lan's sense of touch can be transmitted to Murray through the cranial nerves, as if the housekeeper in his mind can "see" something according to Dai Lan's sense of touch.
As the nerves of the main body conduct, the lines entered Murray's brain.
In the middle of the ring is a large sphere with glowing lines. Around it, there are five or six small round balls scattered. If you look closely, there is an elliptical line running through each small sphere, and these spheres circle around their elliptical orbits. And the huge sphere in the middle, standing still.
"The solar system! Heliocentrism says! Murray blurted out in surprise, but fortunately, no matter how he shouted, he could only be confined to Dai Lan's mind, "Is this ring related to Copernicus and Bruno?!" ”
Dai Lan's mind was shaken by Murray's shouts, and he grinned. The few people next to him didn't know what was going on, and they looked at him like a monster.
Beautiful Miss Emily, who has been really tossed for the past two days, after the strength of the medicine came up, her two eyelids were heavy, and she fell asleep, and the others quietly withdrew from her boudoir.
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When I sat down in the hall again, the atmosphere was much warmer.
In the celadon teacup of Huaxia Guoyue kiln in front of Dai Lan, there is the best English Imperial Downing black tea, sweet and bitter, but without a trace of astringency, and it is paired with fresh milk from Scotland, the taste is pure and fragrant.
Slowly chewing the finely ground wheat pancakes, it was so comfortable to the bone.
Count Jonad laughed, stroked his golden beard and said, "My dear Blue Knight, your ability is really great and there is no limit!" The miracle medicine made from the bark of the willow tree alone is very useful. ”
After that, he subconsciously glanced at the old butler Gerald beside him.
Gerald cleared his throat and said solemnly and reverently: "With this medicine, the warriors of my Scottish Kingdom and the soldiers of the English Empire will have no worries on the battlefield!" They will be better able to serve God and expel the heretics from the continent! ”
"Humph! It's a pleasure! The James Knight, who sat at the bottom, clapped his hands vigorously and said happily, "This time, I don't have to look at the damn Jacob family again." Let the lads in Dundee City see who is the best pharmaceutical family! ”
Earl Jonad glared at James hatefully, as if his heart had been spoken.
As soon as Dai Lan took a look, he knew the situation clearly.
When he was imprisoned in prison with James, he also generally knew the power of Dundee City. In this small northern city, there are mainly two large families. One is the Germanic Houyi Jacob family, which is dominated by the pharmaceutical industry, and the other is the Robertson family, which is famous for forging swords.
Pharmaceutical, low cost, a million profits. And the iron ore needed to forge the sword was firmly in the hands of the state. By controlling the raw materials, the royal family of the kingdom can get a lot of profits.
The Robertsons are among the best in Dundee, but in the entire Kingdom of Scotland, they are simply not worth mentioning. The family's swordsmithing business was only supplied to cities in the north of Scotland. In recent years, the war has decreased, and business has been getting worse every year.
Therefore, the Jacob family is pressing the Robertson family everywhere.
At this time, it is no wonder that Count Jonad wants to fight the idea of this prescription.
Dai Lan smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Actually, you have also seen that there is nothing special about the prescription, the willow bark is finely ground and crushed, and the juice is squeezed out and shaken vigorously to layer, and the lightest layer of oil is the medicine." However, a good willow tree is only made into a potion. ”
As soon as he reminded him, everyone sighed.
It couldn't be more true.
In Britain, some broad-leaved trees such as Siga spruce, English oak and birch have been planted since ancient times. Willows are extremely scarce. It should be planted now, waiting for it to grow into a towering tree to make medicinal herbs, maybe decades later. At that time, no one knows what the situation of the Robertson family will be.
Dai Lan's words made them even more desperate: "Actually, it was the previous Red Lian Pill that worked. Just avoid sunlight after taking it. The eldest lady was exposed to the sun, so she had a fever and was unwell. All the light was obscured, and it could have been almost good, but the willow potion was just an auxiliary, not so magical. ”
Listening to his words, several people were discouraged for a while.
After a long time, Count Jonad asked, "Blue Knight, what are your plans next?" Where do you want to go? ”
"I'm going to a place called Bristol to do something."
"Bristol, where? I've never heard of such a place. "Count Jonad and Old Butler Gerald looked at each other, not at all like they were lying.
Dai Lan was immediately stunned, and cold sweat flowed down little by little.
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