Chapter 270 She is my wife, and I am the Duke!
Famine has been a problem that has plagued the Midgard Continent since ancient times.
The poor do not have enough to eat, the banquets of the nobles are still luxurious, and the upper class's pursuit of delicious food has reached an almost fanatical level.
Quoting the famous saying of Epicurus, the "school of hedonism", the root of all good is the pleasure of eating and drinking. Cooking, celebrity chefs, banquets and other things are of great significance in Zhongting Continent, and the status of a gourmet chef is not inferior to that of an alchemist.
On the day of the wedding banquet, Silver Birch Manor.
In the evening, the afterglow shines on the lake where swans patrol, and water lilies sway gently in the wind.
In the pavilion by the lake, Yeats looked at the wedding menu that Crane had obtained from somewhere, and saw that it listed: sage wine, grilled pike in white wine sauce, chicken in red wine sauce, and wheat milk. Porridge...
"It is said that Colin specially hired a famous chef from the Kingdom of Roland to host the banquet."
Clan smoked his pipe and looked very interested in the wedding banquet. Said:
“This celebrity chef is famous for his entertainment meals between banquets. He once cooked a huge pie with a twelve-person orchestra hidden under the pie, and a hundred live animals. Pigeons, cut the pie and all the pigeons will fly out.”
Yeats complained: "This is a whole circus stuffed into the pie."
Clan shrugged:
"The emperor Frederick of the current empire has banned luxury goods." Order, but it doesn’t work, you have to waste it anyway... This is a world where the rich eat too much and the poor starve to death. "
Gluttony in the Seven Deadly Sins refers to overeating in a narrow sense, but in fact it has a different meaning. The extended meaning of extravagance and excessive pursuit of pleasure.
Yeats glanced at Crane and said that you are also a rich man, so you can't speak too harshly.
"But it's very valuable that I can realize this, what do you think?" Crane said with a smile.
Yeats was noncommittal, glanced at the sky, and cut to the chase:
"The Duchess of Suffolk will also attend Colin's wedding banquet. The interior of the manor is empty, which is perfect for digging into the tiger's den to collect evidence... When the sun sets, we will set off invisibly."
Klan nodded, holding the pipe, staring at Yeats with some admiration in his eyes:
"I was still hesitant, if I told him. You, I suspect that the Duchess is the Blood Spider, do you think I am crazy... I didn’t expect that you and I would have the same guess.”
"Because Colin looked at the Duchess in the wrong way that day. The two people have a close personal relationship, and the Duchess can get side information about the royal family through Colin. In addition, if the Duchess is the Blood Spider, with her level of six rings, she wants to It is also easy to cover up the realm of the soul..."
Yeats slowly explained the reasoning process and said that finding the real Duke of Suffolk was a top priority.
Klan nodded frequently.
While walking with Yeats, you will always encounter powerful enemies, such as the terrifying giant evil eye, but there is no doubt about Yeats's ability and courage, and he insists on justice. Crane is very fond of this friend. value.
"According to your statement, His Majesty the King knew that the wedding banquet was easy to be ambushed, but he still put himself in danger, intending to use the sword in the stone to attract the Blood Spider Lord?" Kelan asked.
Yeats nodded and said: "The Blood Spider must have been prepared for a long time... It depends on the game between her and His Majesty, who can be better."
Klan sighed: "There is no ordinary person in the Sixth Ring Master. The means will not be easily known to outsiders, so we should do things within our capabilities."
Yeats agreed.
As the sun set, the two set off.
The banquet is in full swing at South Bank Castle.
White linen is placed on the U-shaped angular dining table. Guests are seated according to their rank. On the raised platform in the center, there is the main seat. Colin is wearing a red cloak and silk robe, and his expression is far from happy. Or depressed, calmly entertaining guests.
Beside each guest's table, there is a piece of large round bread. The bread cubes serve as dinner plates for the guests to eat dishes. When encountering delicious dishes with rich soup, together with this " "Plate Bread" can also be eaten together.
There is also a "finger washing bowl" beside the dining table, which contains lemon, myrtle or nutmeg-flavored finger washing water for guests to use to wipe their fingers.
Beside Colin stood a dignified lady with a slightly old-fashioned temperament. She had a reserved and distant smile, luxurious clothes and arrogant eyes.
She is the biological mother of the Duke of Cornwall and Colin's new wife.
The two stood together like strangers.
But this marriage was arranged by Lionheart King, and no one would ask for trouble. They all praised the groom and the bride for their perfect match.
Hundreds of servants dressed in family colors shuttled through this grand wedding banquet. Carefully decorated cakes, fish wrapped in puff pastry, roasted suckling pig with apples in the mouth... delicacies were presented one after another. At the wedding reception, the orchestra played melodious wedding music.
For this lively scene, Colin looked on with cold eyes, as if he was an outsider at his own wedding, his soul and body were divided into two, there was still a smile on his face, but his heart was numb, and he just wanted to hurry up End this farce.
At this time, a figure arrived belatedly. Mrs. Lee Matilda is wearing a fiery red dress, her black hair hangs down on her white jade-like snow neck, and her gem-like blue eyes contain a shimmer. She never applies powder, but she is so white that all the female guests are ashamed.
Mrs. Lee Matilda apologized softly to the guest at the table, then sat down at her seat, without looking at Colin the whole time.
However, Colin felt that this black and white wedding banquet suddenly became brightly colored. Only her skirt was red, like flowing flames, which made the blood in his veins flow faster and the memories in his mind became vivid.
Ke Lin came from a humble background and suffered humiliation in his childhood. He once competed with hounds for food. Although he was strong and strong, he was sensitive and had low self-esteem. After lighting up the Ring of Life, he devoted himself to cultivation, and was unexpectedly spotted by the Lion Heart King, who accompanied him in battles. From then on, his strength increased rapidly and he became the top Sixth Ring Master in the mainland.
Colin is an extremely pure knight. Apart from the sword, there is no room for love in his life. It is like a piece of cold iron, until he meets Mrs. Lee Matilda.
This woman, whose fingers are painted with bright red impatiens juice, is like a fire when she is passionate, and like distant clouds when she is distant. She is aloof and commanding, giving orders to the knights, but Colin is allowed to do it. Fascinated.
Sometimes, Colin also thought that he was not in love with the Duchess, but a phantom in his imagination - he projected the beautiful qualities of this phantom onto Matilda, so when he courted, In fact, it is to love the self that longs to be loved.
And now, Colin is about to marry a strange woman. He would not resist the orders of the Lionheart King, because without the Lionheart King, there would be no current knights. However, there was a faint hope in his heart, hoping to see even a trace of wavering in the eyes of the Duchess.
But no, the Duchess was chatting and laughing with the guests at the table, without even glancing at the whole process. This made Colin worry about gain and loss, and even gave birth to a trace of hatred for Matilda. He didn't understand that it was obviously his own wedding. The happiness is still hers, leaving the pain entirely to herself.
Colin's heart became as hard as iron again, and he kept a straight face and refused to look at her.
All these changes in micro-expressions all fall in the wise blue eyes of Richard the Lionheart.
Colin was Richard's friend, knight, confidant, and even his adopted son.
Richard understands how remarkable it is for Colin to grow from a street boy to a master of the Sixth Ring, but he also knows that no matter how high his status and honor are, he cannot erase the inferiority complex left in his childhood. and loneliness.
Therefore, Richard will not blame Colin, his real opponent has already attended the banquet.
Life is cruel, the female spider will devour the male spider, and now, there is a bright red blood spider weaving a gentle and large web, and Colin is the prey on that web.
Lions have been fighting all their lives. Even when they are old and facing young and powerful foreign lions, they will not escape the fight.
The old king narrowed his eyes and glanced at Mrs. Lee Matilda. Slowly, the king stood up and all eyes focused on Richard. He picked up the wine glass and said slowly:
< br>"Today is Colin's wedding day. I am very happy to see my most loyal, bravest and most trustworthy knight complete the transition of his life stage..."
The Lionheart King stared at Colin's eyes moved slightly, with sincere tenderness on his face, and he smiled:
"Kelin, when life shows its cruel side to you, it is not far away from when it smiles at you—— "
Ke Lin was stunned in place. He vaguely felt that His Majesty had noticed something. He felt a little ashamed in his heart and opened his mouth.
However, they saw that the Lion-Hearted King raised his wine glass and said loudly:
“Come, let us drink wine together, to the God of Wine, and to youth!”
Everyone raised their wine glasses and chanted in unison: “Toast! God, respect youth!”
Colin couldn’t remember how many glasses of wine he drank.
This wine is called [Dragon Blood Wine]. It is a treasure of the royal family. It is not real dragon blood, but is made from the bright red sap of the dragon blood tree. It is hot in the mouth and has a strong alcohol content. It is said that even giants can The dragon will get drunk.
Colin was a little reserved at first, but then he opened his mouth to drink. When he came to Mrs. Lee Matilda, she frowned slightly and said softly:
"Today is your wedding day...drink less." "Point, do you understand?"
Colin could only smile bitterly.
It would be nice if feelings could be as pure as swords.
He cannot distinguish between falsehood and sincerity in people's hearts. Colin's only pride is his Dawn Swordsmanship, which is the best in the continent. "You..."
Kelin was already drunk, his face was red, and he was hoarse and called:
"Are you related to the vampires?"
Kelin is not stupid, Yeats and others People have speculated that the true identity of the Blood Spider is Matilda. How could the majestic Sixth Ring Master not guess it?
He just doesn't want to admit the truth. After all, lies won't hurt anyone, the truth is the sharpest knife.
"You are drunk, let your wife help you go back..." Mrs. Lee Matilda sighed softly, "Also, we are here, and we can no longer be like before."
Until the conclusive evidence was presented in front of him, or he heard her admit it personally, Colin didn't want to believe that he had helped the evildoer for so long... But fortunately, he was drunk, and his judgment while drunk was wrong, which was reasonable.
Colin staggered away, still thinking about King Richard who was also drunk. The old king was lying on the main table, with pale temples and red and swollen drunken eyes, showing his fatigue.
There is an exquisite scabbard on his waist, and the hilt of the Sword in the Stone has a beautiful shimmer.
Once upon a time, Lorraine pulled out the Sword in the Stone from the King's Stone, formed the Knights of the Round Table, and established a majestic empire across the continent. Later, the Sword in the Stone was broken in a duel. This broken sword remains the same. It has become the symbol of the Golden Lion King in the past dynasties.
Among the three greatest treasures of the Golden Lion, the Great Seal, the Black Prince's Ruby, and the Sword in the Stone, the Sword in the Stone ranks first. There are even rumors that the Sword in the Stone is the key to the fairyland [Avalon]!
Mrs. Lee Matilda stared quietly.
She is waiting.
Waiting for the crowd’s exclamations.
Just as she expected.
Not long after, the pungent smell of sulfur floated in the air, and the crowd fell into panic!
“No, it’s on fire!”
“Ahem, what’s going on? This flame can’t be extinguished at all!”
“My God, this is Alchemy created 'fire and brimstone'! "
"Genesis" Chapter 19 records, 'Destroyed those cities and all the plains, all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the land', 'That There was thick smoke rising from the ground, like the smoke from a kiln.' What is depicted is the alchemical creation, fire and brimstone!
This kind of flame can ignore armor and barriers and directly burn the human body. Once it is touched by sulfur fire, it will eventually turn into a handful of charcoal!
Even a five-ring hero will change his face when talking about fire and brimstone, not to mention that most of the people here are low-ring heroes and mortal servants!
For a time, the banquet fell into extreme chaos. The guests covered in brimstone fire instantly burned into skeletons, and wailing and screaming occurred one after another!
The raging sea of fire surrounded the hall, and Lee Matilda walked towards the drunk Lionheart King. When Colin saw this scene, he clenched his fists tightly and said hoarsely:
< br>"It's really you..."
"What?" Matilda stopped and looked at Colin with a smile.
“You are the Blood Spider.”
Matilda shook her head: “I am not.”
“Even now, you still want to lie to me. ?" Colin pressed the hilt of the sword with a look of pain in his eyes, "I have been deceived by you for so long!"
Matilda tilted her head slightly: "Maybe... I just pretended to be Li Ma. Tilda’s vampire?”
Colin was stunned, and the hand on the sword hilt kept shaking.
However, at this moment.
A sharp sword light swept across, Matilda quickly avoided it, the sword light cut a marble column in the hall into two pieces, there was a loud bang, the boulder collapsed and raised dust!
The Lionheart King held a bright and shining stainless steel sword in his hand. His drunken demeanor was gone. He stared at the woman with black hair and red dress and said solemnly:
" I’m still alive and I will never allow you to act arrogantly here.”
The aura of the Duchess was revealed, and the pressure of Master Sixth Ring swept through the hall like a violent wind. The aura was gloomy, bloody, and vicious. The femme fatale raised her passionate eyes and sneered at the corner of her lips:
"You think I am Can’t you see this is a trap?”
“But you’re here anyway.” Lionheart narrowed his eyes, “You must be ready to die!”
The Duchess smiled. He stood up, looked at Colin, and asked, "Are you going to attack me?"
There were three six-ring masters present, and Colin's choice could almost determine the outcome!
Lionheart also looked at Colin. He didn't say anything, but just stared at him closely.
No one can help me make a major decision in life. The only person Colin can rely on is himself!
Colin gasped for breath and felt a spasm in his stomach. Unlike the king who pretended to be drunk, he was really drunk. Colin could only smile bitterly in response to such a stupid self.
However, he must make a decision.
"Poor child." Mrs. Lee Matilda said pitifully, "Maybe you can do nothing, just stand there and wait until the battle is over."
"Colin!" Lionheart roared, "Recognize yourself!"
Colin was stunned, recognize myself?
At this time.
On the outside of the sea of fire, two figures rushed towards me.
Lionheart King and Blood Spider Lord both looked at the person who came. He was wearing a white robe and had an outstanding appearance. He was accompanied by a bearded man who was carrying a sack and panting.
Yeats Berandi!
Yeats glanced at the stalemate of the battle, and thought that it was just the right time. He cleared his throat:
"Your Majesty, the real Duke of Suffolk has been found!"
He winked at Crane, who understood and threw the sack on the ground.
The people in the sack were still struggling. When Crane opened the sack, an ugly face with a bruised nose and face appeared in front of everyone.
Colin's eyes widened, and he was surprised to find that he was quite familiar with this person!
It’s actually the janitor of the Duke of Suffolk’s family, that ugly lame man!
But what did Yeats mean by "the real Duke of Suffolk"?
Ke Lin was puzzled. Lionheart King's eyes showed approval, and Blood Spider King raised his eyebrows lightly.
The gatekeeper was bald and had yellow teeth. He grabbed the ground with his head and cried bitterly:
"Spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"
The battle fell into a stalemate for a moment. The Lionheart King glanced at the Blood Spider Duke warily, but saw that she actually looked interested, so he said in a deep voice:
"Yeats, here comes What's going on!"
"Back to your majesty, scarlet fever can devour leprosy strains, but it cannot cure the disability."
Yeats glanced at the janitor who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy and said. ：
"This man is greedy for life and afraid of death. He was promised the benefit of curing leprosy by the vampire clan. After becoming a vampire, the leprosy was indeed cured. From then on, he swore allegiance to the Blood Spider Lord."
"Your Majesty, you said before that the real The Duke of Suffolk has practiced Furnace Fighting Qi since he was a child, and Furnace Fighting Qi can only be mastered by those with physical disabilities. This person not only possesses Furnace Fighting Qi, but also disguises himself as a gatekeeper. Just now, Baron Crane and I sneaked into the manor, thanks to Baron Crane's carefulness Rufa, let us successfully discover a secret room underground."
"There are a large number of torture instruments hidden in the secret room, and even well-preserved human skins and skeletons, which exactly match the information on the missing victims that I ordered. "
"While Baron Crane and I were collecting evidence, this man appeared and tried to plot against us." Yeats glanced at the gatekeeper and snorted, "But I am the champion of the tournament appointed by your Majesty. , even if this person has the Furnace Fighting Spirit and is a strong man with five rings, how can he be my opponent?"
Klan wiped his cold sweat and remembered that in the battle just now, Yeats used the Medusa Shield in one hand and the other in his hand. The scene in Pan's Flute - the equipment is crushing it, even if the five-ringed hero refuses to accept it!
Lionheart King's eyes shot out a cluster of light, and he nodded repeatedly.
He thought that Yeats could complete the task, but he never thought that this task was completed so well!
However, under the mask of the Duke of Suffolk, there is actually this inconspicuous gatekeeper... Even the Lionheart King was also a little surprised.
The king scolded:
“Tell me again, who are you!”
The porter cried bitterly, knelt on the ground, pointed at Mrs. Lee Matilda and said:
"She is my wife! I am the Duke, I am Suffolk!"
Yeats: "..."
Why does this word sound so familiar?
(End of this chapter)