Chapter 20: The Lord's Hospitality x The Sigmar Family
The room of nearly 100 square meters is decorated gracefully and luxuriously, and on the soft carpet of light purple, all kinds of flowers are embroidered with pink and gold silk threads, which are exquisite. The furniture is all made of the most precious red sandalwood of the Lunt Empire, and each piece is priceless, even the curtains are made of green silk brocade with gold edges.
It was the best inn in Jocha, and cost seven hundred silver for a night's stay, and was usually used only to entertain the royal nobles.
Dressed as civilians, Northson and Kembo sat at a rosewood table, looking out of place.
At first, the two of them were still wondering who had "invited" them here, but when they arrived at their destination, they understood that they could casually invite people to a hotel of this size except for the lord of Jocha County.
Northon's impression of the city was so bad that he wanted to leave by airship at once, and he didn't have a trace of apprehension about the upcoming Lord of Jochashire. Kenbo was also like a nobody, sipping Andal black tea on the table.
"Hahaha......" Before anyone arrived, the loud laughter came first, causing the two to look out of the door together.
A tall middle-aged man barged in with a smile on his face: "I'm sorry to keep you two waiting for a long time, the recent government affairs are always lengthy and a headache." ”
The two stood up to greet each other, Kembo smiling all over his face, and Northon barely squeezing out a smile. I also knew with my ass that the person who came was Vio's father, the current lord of Jocha County, Doug Sigma.
Doug is slightly chubby, fair and delicate, with a gorgeous outfit, a perfect interpretation of "pampered", he looks much younger than his actual age, if it weren't for the sparse beard under his nose, saying that he is only three or five years older than Vio, it is estimated that some people believe it.
"What the city lord said, being able to take time out of his busy schedule to visit me, an old man, has made people grateful, but I don't dare to complain anymore." Kembo bowed slightly, which was considered a salute.
Doug smiled even brighter, stroked his beard, swaggered over to the table and sat down, clapping his hands at the door.
Seven or eight girls in pale green dresses, carrying trays in their hands, entered the house one by one, and put the food on the table.
Looking at the dazzling array of meals, Northon had no appetite, especially the plate of golden mullet roe in the center of the table, which made him feel sick inexplicably.
"Mr. Advisor," Doug picked up the glazed wine vessel on the side, poured a glass and placed it in front of Kembo, "You have traveled all the way to Jocha County, and you have traveled all the way to taste the ice wine of the northern part of our empire, although it is not comparable to the wine of the Holy Imperial City and Andal City, but it has a different taste. ”
"Really?" Suspicious, Kembo grabbed his glass and drank it down, the peculiar bitterness of wine made him sigh in disgust, "But that's it." ”
As soon as he put it down, Doug hurriedly poured it up, and said with a smile: "As soon as I saw Mr. Consultant, I was used to tasting spirits, and our ice wine should be tasted slowly, take a sip and turn it on the tip of the tongue......"
Kenbo didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he couldn't wait to take a sip of it, his tongue stirred for a long time before he swallowed it reluctantly, and couldn't help but praise: "The first entrance is bitter and hard to swallow, the more you stir, the more sweet it feels, and when you swallow it, the mouth is cool and refreshing, which makes people have an endless aftertaste, good wine, good wine!" ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, as if they had reached some kind of tacit agreement.
Seeing that he was in cahoots with Doug, Northon felt that he had lost his eyes and went through all kinds of tribulations with him, but he never thought that he was a man who was about to get angry, but he was secretly pressed on the stool by Kembo.
Doug didn't see it, and beckoned to Kembo and said, "Mr. Consultant, you have eaten the famous dish of our county, mullet roe, but it is certainly not as fresh as ours here. ”
Doug expertly picked up his knife and fork, cut off a small slice of mullet roe, and flipped it twice in a sauce-filled pan to serve it to Kembo's plate.
"I'd like to see how fresh it is," Kembo forked it up and put it in his mouth, closing his eyes slightly and chewing slowly, as if enjoying himself, the silky mullet roe overflowing with the freshness of his mouth, "Hmm...... If you want to eat mullet roe, you really have to come to Yocha County. ”
In the process of enjoying himself, Kembo took advantage of Doug's unpreparedness and glanced at Northam.
This was the most complicated and obscure look that Norson had ever seen, and he couldn't guess Kembo's intentions at all, and thought to himself: Doug called him "Mr. Advisor", and it was obvious that he knew his identity, which showed that he was indeed a senior advisor to the Forge Association, which had already been confirmed by Damon.
Jocha County is also a quasi-first-tier city in the Tianfeng Empire, and Doug, who is the lord of the city, is respectful to him, and in his eyes, isn't it just as he said, a "little desert city lord".
It seems that the token of the senior advisor has some weight. Leah, you have to hold on, I will definitely do my best to devour and upgrade and rescue you as soon as possible.
This Douge also seems to have been in officialdom for a long time, but he has nothing to do, and look at what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd?
Sure enough, after going through the process, Doug confidently thought that the consultant in front of him must be a fellow practitioner. While helping Kenbo pour wine, he asked tentatively: "Mr. Consultant, I don't know ...... you are traveling north this time."
Hearing the inquiry, Kenbo pretended to be presentable, immediately restrained his smile, sat up straight, widened the distance between him and Doug, and glared fiercely, although he had no gun spirit, but after all, he was a senior gunsmith, and the aura of the strong man accumulated over the years had not diminished at all, and his face suddenly turned cold, which made Northon and Doug shiver.
"This is the most top-secret news in the association, and few people even know about Andal City, so it's best for outsiders not to inquire indiscriminately." He said awe-inspiringly.
"Is our relationship an outsider?" Doug carefully cut a slice of mullet roe and placed it in front of Kembo, "Rest assured, I guarantee in the name of the Sigma family that there will be no second person in Jocha County who will know." ”
Kembo looked at the wine, then at the mullet roe, and hesitated for a moment. So mysteriously asked Doug to turn his ear over, and the latter leaned over with a smiling face.
Nuo Sen also couldn't help but move his body, he was very curious about why the senior advisor appeared in the border city, and there were too many unsolved mysteries along the way.
In the dark, he always felt that his encounter with Kembo, and all the experiences that followed, were inscrutable with the changes in his family, and he had inquired many times, but Kembo just pretended to be confused and didn't want to reveal it.
"Wait for me outside!" Kembo's imperative tone.
Northen left the table in a huff and walked out of the room.
The inn is located on a high point in Jochashire with an excellent view. When night fell, the lights were on, he overlooked the lights of thousands of homes, listened to the cups and lamps in the house and the laughter one after another, and his heart was full of emotion.
The cool breeze blows on my face, I close my eyes, and my mind flashes like a movie, flashing scenes of fleeing from the surprise attack of my family, and finally freezes in the morning of the Phantom Forest, the sun spreads over Riya's face, covering that innocent and charming face.
"Let's go!" Kembo came out of the house, interrupting his thoughts, the banquet was over, and Doug had left the hotel early.
"Go...... Where? ”