Chapter 31: The Courtyard at Night
Along the trail, the night breeze brought the fragrance of grains from the fields on both sides, and there were several ponds scattered on one side of the fields, and the croaking of frogs came from the ponds, but the night seemed more quiet. www.biquge.info In the middle of the road, a small river crosses diagonally, a wooden bridge spans the river, stepping on it and gently swaying, next to the wooden bridge a waterwheel stands on the river surface, slowly rotating with the thin water, making a creaking and creaking sound.
Walking to the end of the trail, what you see is a courtyard full of local atmosphere, but the courtyard is very large and occupies a fairly wide area. Passing through the courtyard gate and over the stone courtyard wall, you are greeted by an emerald green bamboo forest, and a path winds through the bamboo forest to a deeper place. Behind the bamboo forest is an artificial lake, with a man-made rockery standing in the middle of the lake, and several green unknown plants dotted on the rockery. The trail skirts the lake from the side, leading pedestrians to a lighted room.
"Who the hell is inside. Catherine asked the question for the third time, confused: "Why are you both so mysterious?"
"Heh, you'll know when you go in. Pannis pretended to smile mysteriously and said, "Anyway, I have completed the task and brought you in smoothly, and with Maya and the girls here, it is impossible to be driven out again, so the rest is none of my business." As for who's inside, of course, it's none of my business, and I haven't been in, by the way, Maya came out of it, she must know who's inside, you ask her, hehe. ”
"It's a human being. The winged girl also seemed to be deliberately helping Pannis hide it, and said vaguely: "Human, in our eyes, it's almost the same, and I can't tell who he is, by the way, if you recognize it, you must notify me, so that I can also know who he is." ”
"You two ......" Catherine gritted her teeth, puffed up and looked at the two demigods beside her who were deliberately pretending to be stupid, snorted heavily, turned her head and said angrily: "Forget it, I won't ask you, Pannis, you wait, hum." ”
"I'm innocent, I'm not in the know. Pannis was not frightened at all, and smiled and defended, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted from the room by another crisp female voice: "Haha, as soon as you get closer, I hear that Brother Kyle is making a fool, you guys are so slow, why are you just coming over now, Dili Dili, go and open the door for them." ”
"Are you stupid? let Lao Tzu open the door for you, be careful that Lao Tzu bites you to death. Although the manticore Dilly's voice became a little old, it was still full of momentum: "Which manticore lion have you ever seen that will open the door?
"Haha, aren't you amazing, why can't you do this little thing. "It's just that yesterday a certain lion said that he could do anything. "And he also boasted about the deeds of writing novels with a pen in his own hands. "Actually, you know that little Kra helped you write it. "Yes, yes, you don't actually know how to use a pen at all. "Yes, yes, a certain lion thinks no one else knows. "Actually, everyone in the Yara world knows about it. ”
Inside and outside the house, the two same voices launched a continuous attack on the poor manticore, alternating sentences as coherently as a person, making the two speak as if they didn't need to breathe and pause at all, the crisp voice, the rapid speed of speech, people had no chance to interject and refute. So, after a dozen seconds, a lion's roar ended the Winged Twins' verbal offensive, and the room resounded with a burst of slapsticks and crisp laughter, and there was no doubt that the two had completely forgotten about who would open the door.
However, if you look closely, you can hear that in the midst of the chaos, there is still a sound of footsteps gradually approaching the door, the footsteps sound heavier, not as light as a professional, and should belong to an ordinary person. Heavy footsteps walked up to the door, squeaked, and the door, which looked like it was decades old, slowly opened. As soon as the door opened, the light-feathered Maya flapped her wings and squeezed in from the person who opened the door, and eagerly joined the sister's war with a certain demonic beast, leaving only the five members of the party and the person who opened the door to look at each other at the door.
The moment she saw the person who opened the door, Catherine's gaze cut like a knife in Pannis's face, but Pannis was prepared, looking up at the eaves overhead, as if there was something very worthy of study on the eaves.
"I remember you. Catherine gritted her teeth, lowered her voice and threatened, then showed a perfect smile, and gently took Pannis's arm, as if she were not in a small courtyard full of rustic atmosphere, but at a banquet, and in the unexpected but unsurprising snickering of Vivien and Freya behind her, she saluted with aristocratic etiquette: "It is an honor to meet you, Lord Marquis Snape, and I am very happy to see that you are still so healthy." ”
Inside the door, the bald and white-bearded old marquis stared at Catherine expressionlessly, as if looking at a stranger, and the strong pressure in his eyes made Catherine, a legendary professional, unable to resist, and after being stared at for a moment, she had to lower her head and whisper: "Okay, okay, Grandpa Snape is good." ”
The indifferent old marquis disappeared in an instant, in exchange for an old man with a smug smile on his face, every wrinkle on the old man's face was full of smiles, even the top of his bare head seemed to light up, and he couldn't close his mouth and said: "Little Catherine actually took the initiative to come to see me, hahaha, what an obedient good boy." ”
"Hehe, hehe. Catherine only bowed her head and chuckled embarrassedly, but it was evident from Pannis's expression as if she had suddenly been stepped on in the neck and her stiff and trembling arms that the knight maiden's heart was clearly not as gentle and amiable as she appeared now.
The old marquis took the initiative to ignore Catherine's fingers pinching Pannis's arm very unsympathetically, and stepped forward to touch the head of the female knight dotingly, Catherine's legs were slightly bent without a trace, so that the old marquis could successfully touch the top of his head, but his mouth reluctantly complained: "Grandpa Snape, I'm not a child anymore, don't always touch my head." ”
"Hahaha, okay, okay, don't touch it. The old marquis was in a very good mood, and he rubbed it vigorously a few times before letting go of the female knight's head, greeted the three girls behind her, turned around and gave Pannis a grateful look, took Catherine's hand and turned his head and walked into the house: "Come in, come in, hahaha, little Catherine took the initiative to come to see me, Linda, Linda, don't be lazy, go and take out the blue wine box in my secret room, and celebrate it today." (To be continued.) )