sleep forever

Horses from the sixth district walked on the streets paved with bluestone slabs, and the sound of wheels rolling over the road was steady in the silent night.In this era, most cities have curfews. Ordinary people cannot go out at will. Only special personnel such as nobles, fighters, magicians, and the army will not be restricted by this ban.

The Lord's Mansion was built on a vertical slope, and most of the upper classes liked to overlook their own territory.The carriage was slowly going up the winding mountain road, it was not the only one lonely at night, there were other little nobles, or the carriages of big merchants before and after.Udyr's carriage moved more slowly, and there was a long line of carriages behind it, each larger and more luxurious than Udyr's carriage.But it is hard that a carriage passes by it.

There is no other reason, because the other carriages are not engraved with coats of arms.The coat of arms is a symbol of status. Only the royal family, nobles above the lord level, servants of the sun god, and soul thinkers are eligible to have this kind of power symbol printed on the carriage.

Among the long carriages behind, one is the most luxurious and conspicuous.There was a young man in his twenties sitting inside. He felt that the speed of the carriage was a little slow. Through the ornate curtain, he asked the driver in front of him what the reason was. After receiving the answer, he said coldly to himself: "Soul Thinker, what a ostentation!" The moving speed of the carriage is really too slow, Chen Xiansong has long been used to new humans getting used to all kinds of magnetic levitation, or the height of anti-gravity aircraft, which makes him feel very boring, if it is not Udyr kept pulling him to talk about the family, otherwise he would have fallen asleep.

Before Chen Xiansong was possessed by the sleepy bug, the carriage finally reached its destination.

Different from the pitch-black environment at the foot of the mountain, the lord's mansion was brightly lit, with large bright candles lit everywhere.When Chen Xiansong and Udyr got off the carriage, a waiter immediately came to greet them.There is no need to think about the guest with the coat of arms engraved on the carriage, he is definitely a big shot, there is no mistake.

Chen Xiansong is very curious about candles. After the new humans established the ammonia-3 base on the moon, they completely solved the energy problem of the earth.Things like candles only exist in electronic history books and museums, and this is the first time he has seen a burning object.

Seeing him like this, Udyr misunderstood him: "My child, I heard that the great nobles of the Cathay Kingdom like to use luminous pearls as light sources. It must be the first time you have seen such cheap things as candles."

Chen Xiansong sighed and said, "It is."

Candles are not cheap at all.Large candles like this one specially used for noble banquets can burn for about three hours, and the price is five silver coins each. In the lord's mansion, at least a hundred candles are lit at the same time, and a batch may have to be replaced midway, not counting other things. The cost of food, drinks, and candles alone may be about a hundred gold coins.It is said that for a normal nobleman to hold a banquet, the minimum consumption is at least [-] to [-] gold coins, while the royal banquet is even more exaggerated, and may reach a high expenditure of around [-] gold coins.

Chen Xiansong and Udyr entered the lord's mansion, and the old lord who received the news came out immediately with his three sons and youngest daughter.The name of the old lord is Torva Bush. He is about 50 years old, with a fair complexion and a noble ruby ​​round brow ring on his head. Seeing Udyr, he laughed and walked up: "Old friend, long time no see, In the past six months, I have held three banquets, only this time you are willing to come."

Udyr stepped forward, hugged Torva, and said with a smile: "There is no way, there are too many things in the association, and you know, I generally don't like too noisy environments."

"Of course I know." The old lord patted his old friend's shoulder vigorously, and then looked at Chen Xiansong: "This handsome little guy should be your heir, um, his eyes are as bright as yours when you were young. My child, I am the master of the Lord of the Black Soil City, Torva. Bush, I am very glad that you can come to my dinner."

Chen Xiansong nodded slightly and said, "You are welcome. I am Chen Xiansong. It is a pleasure to meet you." Next, the old lord introduced his sons and daughters to Chen Xiansong. Xian Song had a direct confrontation. After seeing him, he just snorted coldly and didn't speak again.The second son and the third son are very similar to the old lord in appearance. Apart from a little arrogance, there is no other outstanding place. On the contrary, it is his youngest daughter who stared at him with a pair of beautiful big eyes when she was introduced. Chen Xiansong.

After a few words of greeting, the old lord took his children to receive other guests, and Udyr was also talking with other acquaintances.Guards were not allowed to enter the banquet in the lord's mansion. Chen Xiansong was alone now. He got a glass of wine-like drink from the waiter and sipped lightly while eating the delicacies on the table.

After all, he is a new soul thinker, and his every move attracts attention, not to mention such an opportunity to 'stand alone'.Not long after, a young man approached with a wine glass. His slender eyes stared at Chen Xiansong for a long time as if examining him, and then asked, "I heard that you are the new soul thinker in Heitu City?"

Chen Xiansong looked up at him and said, "It's sort of." Then he continued to eat what was on the table.

"It's very impolite to patronize food at a banquet." There was a hint of mockery in the young man's tone: "Looking at you, you should also be of noble origin, why don't you even understand this? ? Or in other words, people in the Kingdom of Cathay never ate any good food? That’s right, there was a great famine in the Kingdom of Cathay some time ago, and I heard that many people died of starvation.” Chen Xiansong glanced at him, Chewed a few more things in his mouth, swallowed his stomach, then picked up a white towel from the side, wiped his mouth, and finally put the white towel on the hand of the waiter, and then said slowly : "The reason is simple, I'm hungry."

Although Chen Xiansong doesn't know what banquet etiquette is, there are many things in common in the human world.His neither humble nor overbearing attitude, his neither hasty nor slow personality, and his calm expression, to put it bluntly is also a kind of aura, and moreover, as a natural person in the new human era, his knowledge and sentiment are far better than most of this era. people.

So what he said was very straightforward. If other people with a bad temperament or who couldn't control the scene said it, most people would find it funny, but when he said it, it could make people feel very convincing.The young man who came to look for slag was stunned for a moment, but then he said: "Looking at your Excellency, I can imagine the current situation of the Cathay Kingdom. Most of the nobles are too hungry."

Chen Xiansong looked at him for a while and asked, "What's your name, please?"

The young man flicked the pure white men's aristocratic robe on his body: "First Baron, Keane Howard."

Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, male.Baronet is the lowest noble title, but no matter how low it is, it is still a nobleman. "Okay, I have a question, Baron Howard." Chen Xiansong looked at the other party and asked rather puzzled, "Have we met before?"

"no!"

Chen Xiansong continued to ask: "So did we have festivals before?"

"nor!"

Chen Xiansong became more and more puzzled: "Or did I inadvertently offend your relatives or friends?"

"Never."

Chen Xiansong had a somewhat angry expression on his face: "Since we haven't met each other, we haven't had a holiday, and we can't talk about hostility in the third, but you just came up to trouble me, don't you have nothing to do? If it’s really too busy, drink more wine and get rid of your worries. If not, go find a few more women to vent. It’s also said in the book that holding it in for a long time is not good for your body. good."

Then Chen Xiansong waved his hand lightly, as if to drive away a bug: "Go quickly, don't block me from eating, I haven't eaten dinner yet."

Howard's face turned pale all of a sudden, he sneered and said, "To be honest, I think you are a counterfeit, there may not be one soul thinker among 10 people, you are a person from Cathay Kingdom, once you come to us , You actually became a soul thinker, I investigated, when the Akara business group found you, you were dressed like a beggar." "Do you suspect that I am a liar?" Chen Xiansong looked at him and asked.

Howard said: "Yeah, unless you can find a way to prove yourself."

The quarrel between the two attracted the attention of many people, and now they are surrounded by a group of people.Chen Xiansong flicked his fingers, and said with a smile: "Simple, I don't have to prove anything, but for my innocence, it seems that I have to explain..." Chen Xiansong smiled cunningly, and then picked up the A white fruit said: "The duty of the soul thinker is to create and pass on knowledge. This fruit looks very common, but it actually has another name called an apple. Regarding apples, there are many special uses besides eating them. For example, apple cider, apple cider vinegar, applesauce... are all extremely expensive drinks, which can strengthen the yang and beautify the skin, and can also resist aging. It is a special secret recipe that is kept secret among the upper-level clans of the Cathay Kingdom."

Hearing the unexpected useful knowledge, Howard's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Oh, do you know how they do it?"

"Of course I know!" Chen Xiansong was holding the white fruit, seeing Howard's attention had been fully focused on what he said, he smiled slightly: "If you want to make the three drinks I mentioned, you must find Qualified apples..." Howard nodded, not only him, but also the surrounding crowd with bright-eyed expressions.

"Qualified apples are red." Chen Xiansong suddenly changed the subject, and suddenly ordered: "Howard, imagine what a red apple looks like!"

"Red apples... imagine..." Howard was taken aback for a moment, then hugged his head suddenly, knelt on the ground, trembling hard, sweating continuously, this situation was exactly the same as Alex's performance yesterday, but he had to Much stronger than Alex, relying on his own willpower, he struggled out of the imaginary pain, staring at Chen Xiansong angrily: "How dare you rape me!"

Because the word 'Howard' was highlighted in Chen Xiansong's command sentence, the bystanders around him were not affected, but slight pain was unavoidable.

Chen Xiansong looked at him and said with a smile: "I think this method is quite useful to prove that I am not a liar."

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