Chapter 32: The Book of Mysteries
James picked up the quill and beige letter from the ground and was in a daze.
He gritted his teeth unconsciously, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and his mouth was full of bitterness. Ticked it a few times and handed it to Dai Lan casually.
Dai Lan took the piece of paper, glanced at it a few times, and wrote a few lines of small characters in Chinese and English.
“Starter-MainCourse-And-Dessert.”
"Appetizer - main course - dessert after meal."
Here are some of the most traditional ancient British dishes, sirloin steak, salmon, black pepper pudding, York lamb chops......
"Well, the Robertson family is also quite considerate when entertaining prisoners." Dai Lan looked at the entries listed above and was very satisfied.
There are a few dishes that have been lost in the market, and he really wants to taste the legendary delicacy.
The York lamb chops are only mentioned in some very old historical texts. I heard that these raw materials come from the fattest sheep in Yorkshire. Ranchers feed them with local mineral-rich water sources and even train them to run regularly to control their body fat levels.
For the whole sheep, only the third and fourth ribs on the left and right sides are taken, because the meat is the most tender there. In other words, two goats are needed for one person's meal.
Luxury!
After taking the ingredients, it is also necessary to marinate them in an underground ice cellar for a whole day, so that the deep-sea fish oil and Spanish spice are slowly integrated into the meat tissue, so that the final product contains not only the taste of mutton, but also the deliciousness of fish.
After the above treatment, the finest carbon material is taken and fired for a full four hours, and at that time, the lamb is infused with carbon aroma, which is unparalleled.
Before serving, sprinkle with some French small. Pepper, that tastes amazing!
Dai Lan fell from the wormhole to the ancient Middle Ages, and before he had time to eat a grain of food, he consumed a lot of physical energy. Now it's the front heart and the back heart. Seeing the legendary delicacy on the menu, his gluttonous worms all came out.
Without hesitation, with a wave of his big hand, he circled a lot of circles on the paper, checked it again, and then squatted down. He handed the paper out.
The figure flickered, and the menu was taken away in an instant, and the guard let out a mocking laugh as he walked.
Seeing Dai Lan sketching his favorite recipe in high spirits, James, the punishment knight, widened his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him in disbelief.
Immediately, he shook his head, smiled bitterly, and sat on the ground in a daze.
Seeing James's unusual behavior, Dai Lan also sensed that something was wrong. He asked Murray softly in Huaxia, what is the saying in this?
Murray sighed, and a voice like ashes came from the depths of his mind: "Dear Mr. Dai Lan, haven't you heard a word?" This is the Last Supper. ”
"The Last Supper!" Dai Lan was stunned, and all kinds of tastes came to his heart.
Hearing Murray's reminder and looking at James's expression, Dai Lan suddenly brightened. There is only one reason why the Robertson family treats a prisoner this way, and that is that the prisoner will be put to death.
It seems that the ancient Westerners treated prisoners the same way as the East, that is, to make every prisoner a full ghost.
Dai Lan touched her chapped lips, greeted him in English custom, and asked James softly, "Dear knight, how is Emily?" ”
This was the first time Dai Lan had said the name "Emily" from his mouth, and that handsome face as cold as ice suddenly appeared in front of him.
The golden curls, the sparkling sapphire eyes, and the sound of the day.
"Hey—" James sighed, containing countless feelings, and said in a choked voice, "Before you wake up, I got the news, Miss, I'm afraid, I won't survive." ”
By any standard, James is a hard-core fighter. Broad shoulders, strong waist, full of muscles. Legs, full of strength and security.
He's rough. There were scars everywhere on his strong arms, some of which were obviously marks left by untreated wounds, intertwined like a coiled dragon.
It seems that this knight has been through a hundred battles and has been born and died many times for the Robertson family.
With tears in his eyes, James tried to keep it from flowing. In his eyes, you can see the anxiety about the safety of the eldest lady; Self-blame for not protecting the owner.
The only thing that is not is the fear of death.
The knights of the Robertson family, from the first day they became knights, regarded death as their home, and dared to sacrifice their lives for their masters. Of course, correspondingly, the knight's family will receive a supreme honor and a large amount of settling-in expenses.
After James said this, he refused to say more, and his huge hands clung to his head tightly, bowing his head and saying nothing.
"Mr. Dai Lan, it's okay now, we're all going to be finished." Murray, the old butler, was a little discouraged, and visibly reproachful.
Dai Lan, of course, understood what Murray meant, he rubbed his fingers, and said word by word: "You remember, I will never be able to die without saving." ”
"Yes, Mr. Dailan." Murray also realized the inappropriateness of his tone, "Please forgive me for being unreasonable. As a faithful steward and servant, I cannot question your approach. ”
Dai Lan was silent for a long time before he said lightly: "If in the situation just now, in the face of Emily's danger, I can do it without saving me, then what is the difference between me and those walking dead." ”
Dai Lan changed his words and continued to say to the old butler Murray: "Now, let's figure out the situation in this era. Tell me what you know. ”
Ever since Dai Lan fell from that wormhole, he hadn't had a chance to take a closer look at the ancient European Middle Ages, but he had only a little bit of a general understanding of knights and magicians from Murray's words. He didn't even know if the map in front of him was the same as the world 1500 years later.
He only knew that his mission was to go to a place called Bristol and find a man named Bruno, either to save him or to kill him.
Of course, his biggest goal is to find his girlfriend in his previous life, the charming little girl from England, the lovely Joyna.
However, a series of events happened so that he did not have a chance to breathe.
Tang Bohu's pinnacle showdown with Western magicians; wounded by Emily's bow and arrows; A desperate struggle with a trainee magician and an inexplicable capture of this Robertson family prison.
Only now did he have kung fu and Murray. The housekeeper analyzes the situation in front of him.
"Murray. Housekeeper, check my body. ”
After a few seconds, Murray had already done a full examination of him: "Dear Mr. Dai Lan, your arrow is far away from the vital part and has been bandaged in time, I have not detected the amount of tetanus virus in your body, so it should be fine." ”
Dai Lan nodded, and suddenly remembered the martial arts secret book that Tang Bohu worshipped as a god, and he didn't even have time to take a look.
Because he still had heavy shackles on his hands, Dai Lan took a lot of effort to find the book from his back waist.
Fortunately, the Robertson family was concerned about the eldest lady's injury and the interrogation of James, and did not search Dai Lan. Otherwise, the Thor Blade on his body, the Punishment Knight Badge given to him by Arthur, and the Red Lian Grass given to him by Tang Bohu will all be confiscated.
Dai Lan carefully flipped through the book, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.
It turned out to be an anthology of Tang poetry!
It contains poems by the poet immortal Li Bai, the poet saint Du Fu, Li He, Wang Wei and others.
The strangest part is that the blanks in these books are filled with a strange kind of text, as if they were some narration and annotations. In the corners and corners, there are some equations made up of Roman numerals! There is also a very mysterious painting of a wizard on the title page.
"Murray. Butler, do you know what this book is? ”
Through the signal from Dai Lan's eyes, Murray also "read" the book, and he shook his head: "I'm sorry, Mr. Dai Lan, this is the first time I know about this book. I don't know Steven. The intentions of the Golden Alliance Lord. ”
"So, do you know what it's written on?" Dai Lan pointed to the book.
"I'm sorry, I don't know this language either, but by the arrangement of the letters, it's more similar to the ancient Scottish language of the Gailk."
After his reminder, Dai Lan took a closer look. Indeed, in the order and length of the letters, it really resembles the Gerk script.
When it comes to the Gailk language, it was a lingua franca in ancient Scotland, a distant relative of English, which was quite popular in ancient Scotland and Ireland, but in the 21st century, there are very few people who know it.
Dai Lan couldn't read a word.
Carefully putting the book away, Dai Lan's slender fingers kept tapping on the wall, thinking about how to escape from this cell, and fell into deep thought for a moment.
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