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Talking about how much fresh milk his cows produce every day, and how crisp and delicious the fruit trees are full of fiery apples in late autumn, the loyal shepherd dog Irene will definitely lick his face when he sees him returning, and when it comes to dinner, grandmother Catherine will definitely serve her own good dishes: potato stew and fried chicken with lemon juice, and swear that Dongfang Chen must have never eaten such a delicious delicacy.

Dongfang Chen's appetite has increased greatly recently, and when he heard Williams say that he couldn't do without eating, his saliva almost flowed out of the corners of his mouth when he spoke. A little embarrassed, he said to Williams, "That, William, can you let your grandma do more." ”

Williams was stunned for a moment, then reacted and laughed: "No problem, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish it by then." ”

Only then did Dongfang Chen put his hanging heart back in his stomach, otherwise he would have dragged Williams to the kitchen to look for food everywhere after eating, which would be too embarrassing.

When they arrived at their destination in Berkshire in the afternoon, there was no direct public transport for the last stretch of the road, but the two quickly hitched a ride. But this hitchhiker was actually a wooden carriage carrying milk, which made Dongfang Chen very curious, as if he had suddenly returned to the Victorian era.

In the end, almost all of them were country roads, and the chirping of crows and cuckoos accompanied the two of them all the way, which made Dongfang Chen feel inexplicably irritable.

As far as the eye can see, there is a fog everywhere. By the time I could see the fall of the castle in the fog, it was completely dark. After thanking the farmer who drove the carriage, Dongfang Chen and Williams walked towards Fort William with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

From the surprised to exaggerated expression on the face of the old butler, it can be inferred that Williams intends to surprise his family when he goes home this time.

Then the exclamations rang out one after another, and a huge Scottish Shepherd dog barked all the way to Williams from a distance, almost knocking William to the ground.

But Dongfang Chen found that almost all of the people who appeared were female dependents, and there were few male members of the family. When the last plainly dressed white-haired old woman appeared in front of Williams, the audience fell silent, William knelt down on one knee, took the old woman's right hand and kissed her gently, and said in a loud voice: "Grandmother, I'm back." ”

The old woman slowly stroked Williams' blonde hair and said with a smile, "Welcome home, my child!"

Then Williams turned to one side, and the eyes of the whole family turned to Dongfang Chen.

"This is Dr. Dongfang Chen, my classmate and friend in Hong Kong, you can also call him East. He was my guest. ”

Dongfang Chen felt a spicy face, and then stepped forward generously, looking at the old woman with a smile in his eyes.

"East, this is my grandmother, Lady Catherine. ”

Seeing Catherine raise her right hand slightly, Dongfang Chen took two steps to take her right hand, bent down and kissed the back of her hand like a dragonfly, and said in a pure British accent: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Lady Catherine." ”

Catherine's eyes lit up, and then she smiled and said, "Welcome to Fort William, guests from afar." ”

Two hours later, the dinner officially began.

It was the first time in the East to see such an elaborate and palatial dining room in the seemingly old castle, with a sumptuous Victorian style, huge crystal chandeliers, a table nearly twenty meters long covered with scarlet velvet cloths, and a sterling silver candlestick placed on the table every two or three meters, all the snow-white candles were lit, and they and the candles on the other candlesticks around the restaurant illuminated the whole restaurant as if it were day.

Delicate ceramic plates and shiny sterling silver cutlery sit neatly spaced apart as if they had been measured with a ruler. The old butler and the four maids stood by with a smile. All the members of the Williams family in the castle had taken their seats, and the hostess, Lady Catherine, sat on the throne, slowly looking at everyone with a smile in her eyes, nodding from time to time. The atmosphere of the whole dinner was relaxed and harmonious, lively but not noisy.

In fact, the people of the William family had already had a simple dinner earlier, so this dinner was almost exclusively prepared for Dongfang Chen and Williams, and Williams didn't greet the family before going home, so the dinner was prepared in a bit of a hurry.

The main course, of course, was prepared by William's grandmother, Lady Catherine, a whole plate of goulash with potatoes and a large plate of fried chicken, plus a large plate of smoked salmon.

Dongfang Chen generously talked and laughed with the people on the left and right, and from time to time toasted with the ladies present, and occasionally said a few archaeological anecdotes or jokes, which made the audience either exclaim or cover their mouths and chuckle.

But while Dongfang Chen completed the above many tasks, he quietly stuffed the food on the plate into his mouth like water. No one found that much food, but most of it fell into the stomach of this diminutive-looking Oriental.

Ms. Catherine, who was the only one who found the clue, frowned: "Jason, isn't there anything to eat in Hong Kong? (Jason is Williams' first name and his nickname)

After saying this, Dongfang Chen and Williams' faces flushed at the same time, Williams glared at Dongfang Chen angrily, and Dongfang Chen raised his glass and smiled apologetically in return.

After thirty years of wine and five flavors of food, Lady Catherine turned to Dongfang Chen and said, "Dear Mr. East, first of all, welcome you once again to Fort William. The hospitality is not good, please be considerate. Is there anything else we can do to help?"

Dongfang Chen wiped his mouth with a napkin and replied: "First of all, as a friend of William, plus I am on a business trip to Europe this time, I should come to visit your mansion, and secondly, I am also quite interested in the history of William's family, after all, I am a historical researcher. ”

"Oh, so you take those rumors about our family seriously?"

Ms. Catherine's words made Dongfang Chen puzzled for a moment, and he didn't know if the hostess was unconcerned or unhappy.

"It's a fact that your family's ancestor produced an explorer, and his anecdotes and academic circles will take it seriously, how can it be a rumor?"

Dongfang Chen decided to take the initiative.

"It's just a nasty little trick, there's nothing to show off. ”

Catherine easily blocked Dongfang Chen back.

Dongfang Chen wondered in his heart, it stands to reason that in that era of exploration and gold rushing, no one would care about anything out of the ordinary, even if it really dug up people's ancestral graves, as long as it was named scientific exploration, as long as he could bring back a little genuine thing after returning to China, he would be regarded as a hero. It's a matter of great pride that a family has had an explorer, an adventurer, or something like that.

Why could Catherine be so secretive about this part of her family's history? But how could Williams explain that he still wore it around his neck? Could Professor Muk be right in his guess?

Thinking of this, Dongfang Chen felt that one head and two were big, and he couldn't open the graves of other people's ancestors. It seems that William's family came in vain, and this conversation can't go on, in order to avoid embarrassment, Dongfang Chen got up and left the restaurant under the pretext of urinating.

Standing in front of the sink in the bathroom on the second floor, Dongfang Chen was a little depressed, and it seemed that his only real wish to come to Europe was about to go bankrupt.

Just thinking about it, Dongfang Chen suddenly heard a fierce dog barking. It was a small sound, but to his hearing, it sounded like it was coming from a few meters away. Just as he was wondering, the barking of the dog stopped abruptly.

Dongfang Chen's hair immediately stood on end, he became nervous, closed his eyes and felt it, and faintly heard a rustling sound from all directions, extremely subtle, and then carefully felt the position below, and was suddenly shocked.

But Dongfang Chen was surprisingly calm at this time, and immediately got into a bathroom and stood on the toilet and closed the door, his whole body tensed, ready to attack.

After a while, a slight click was heard, and then something came in through the window without a sound.

Dongfang Chen saw a shadow flash quickly through the crack in the door below the bathroom, and then heard the shadow open the door of the bathroom, probably looking out, and then quickly closed the door and whispered: "No. 7 is in place." ”

Dongfang Chen almost laughed when he heard this person's voice, he actually spoke Cantonese. Could it be that his compatriots have traveled thousands of miles to England to fight the autumn wind?

Then I heard someone open the wooden door of the first bathroom next to the door, and Dongfang Chen was in the second room, and his mind was blank at this time.

The moment the door opened, Dongfang Chen completely subconsciously exerted his strength in his waist, and the five fingertips that were close together were like a spear, and they snapped, and the lightning penetrated into the eyes of the person who opened the door. The force is so great that almost the entire palm of the hand is inserted into the opponent's brain, and the fingers feel slippery and greasy, it should be the brain.

The person who opened the door didn't say a word, and he was already angry. Then Dongfang Chen's legs were slightly forced, and he flew towards the person who came and fell forward with him. In the process of falling to the ground, he quickly reversed on the other party's body, crossed his legs and clamped his waist tightly, and strangled his neck with the other arm, only then did he hear a soft bang, and Dongfang Chen hugged the other party's back and landed first.

Except for a small muffled sound when he landed on the ground, the whole process took less than three seconds, and there was no other noise at all, and the person who came was already dead.

Dongfang Chen pulled his hand out of the deceased's skull, and red and white slowly poured out.

Unable to take care of much, Dongfang Chen hurriedly took off his headset and put them in his ears, but there was no sound in them.

Only then did he look at the dead man on the ground: the face of the Oriental man, about the same figure as himself, wearing a black special operations suit, a black bulletproof vest, and a black woolen soft hat, pulled down is the standard bandit hood, leaving only his eyes and mouth exposed, but why didn't this person's hood be pulled down?

They're going to kill them all, and they won't be left alive!

Dongfang Chen was shocked when he thought about it, and his hair stood upside down.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the words in Russian from the headphones: "20 seconds to prepare, report the situation." ”

"No. 2 in place, No. 3 in place...... Number 6 is in place. ”

After waiting for a while, there was no other voice, Dongfang Chen immediately calmly answered in Russian: "No. 7 is in place." ”

According to the number of reports, there should be twelve of them. Dongfang Chen silently calculated in his heart, and then quickly took off the deceased's full equipment and put it on himself, a little brain blood stained on the collar and chest, and wiped it with tissue indiscriminately, put on a hat and pulled off the hood, and began to check and sort out the deceased's equipment and firearms.

The bandits of unknown origin were armed with three guns, one long and two short, all equipped with silencers, and a dagger the length of a small arm. The spear himself is not very good at using it, but the pistol is, Dongfang Chen estimates that his main weapons are pistols and daggers.

At this time, there was an exclamation downstairs, but it disappeared immediately, and it was not known who had been poisoned.

I opened the door of the bathroom and saw a black figure dangling past. Dongfang Chen quickly dodged out, saw that there was no one else on the left and right, and shot him in the back of the head, and then stepped forward and hurriedly supported the person who was killed, and dragged the body into the bathroom.

Dongfang Chen didn't know what was wrong at this time, the more crisis he was, the calmer he became, he first whispered to the police with his mobile phone in the bathroom, and told the police in detail what he knew with his fastest speech speed and clearest logic, and emphasized that the gangsters had heavy firepower and must send special forces to support. Then he came out and locked the bathroom door, and then went downstairs cautiously.

When I arrived at the restaurant, I saw five or six men in black holding guns, staring at William's family who were sitting at the table trembling. Some of them wore hoods and some didn't, so Dongfang Chen was even more sure that the gangsters would definitely kill people mercilessly.

The old butler and the four maids were lying on the ground, and Williams' two cousins were lying on the table, each with a bloody hole in his temple, and blood was gushing out.

A tall, short-haired, middle-aged man in black smiled and said, "Lady Catherine, aren't you going to hand over something?