The Glorious Summoner

Sitting in Mrs. Catelyn's carriage, Xia Pingan looked at the continuous manor outside the carriage, thinking in his heart...

Mrs. Caitlin's manor is too big, but the farms and vineyards outside the manor cover an area of ​​more than 4,000 acres. Mrs. Caitlin's manor occupies a large area of ​​hills and flat land to the east of Keland. The golden wheat waves are in the fields. The middle ups and downs, the windmill of the mill is slowly turning, and the neat grape trellis on the low hills, everything in front of you is pleasing to the eye.

The golden carriage was driving on the road of this manor in a hurry. It felt like the lord was patrolling the territory. Many people working in the fields would temporarily stop when they saw the golden carriage passing by. Live, salute the carriage, those carriages and ox carts pulling the goods, see the golden carriage coming, they will take the initiative to park the car on the side of the road, the driver takes off his hat, and respectfully gives way out.

Xia Ping'an could see that those who worked in the manor had sincere respect for those in the carriage.

Mrs. Catelyn, who was sitting in the carriage, stroked the head of the black dragon crouching in the carriage, and seemed very interested in the black dragon.

"Madam, I can see that the people in this manor like you very much..." Xia Ping'an said.

"Wealth doesn't mean much to me. The wealth I have now can't be spent in ten lifetimes..." Mrs. Caitlin raised her eyes, glanced at Xia Ping'an, and replied slightly lazily, "I have every year I will distribute 20% of the income in the manor to the following people. I originally thought that this would slow down the growth of my wealth, but I didn’t expect that the more I share, the more I get. The harvest has already exceeded the portion I divided..."

"Ma'am, don't you have any children?"

Mrs. Caitlin shook her head, "I had a child with my first husband, but the child died when he was very young, and then my husband passed away, and I have not been pregnant since then... "

Xia Pingan smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Margaret didn't tell me about this, and I don't know much about your personal situation..."

"It doesn't matter, it's been a long time since this happened, and I'm not sad anymore. Now the whole Koland knows that I'm a black widow, a woman who can't have children but can make every husband of her life short-lived. Many people say I'm a black widow. After a vicious curse, he will die alone with a pile of gold coins..." Lady Caitlin's face showed a self-deprecating smile, "How many people covet my current wealth, but are afraid of my bad luck, I My life is full of hypocritical flattery and pretentious greed and reserved hypocrisy. I'm used to it. Compared to some of the upper circles of Coland, I actually prefer to associate with people in Margaret's circle. They will be simpler, we can talk about flower arrangements, cooking, beautiful dresses, jewelry, beautiful men, sorry, I don't know why I'm talking to you today, I don't feel like you and those people The same, you can trust..."

In order to find out how Mrs. Caitlin was poisoned, Xia Ping'an agreed to Mrs. Caitlin's visit to her manor. Before coming here, Xia Ping'an knew that he still underestimated the wealth of this woman, such a widow , it is estimated that the second can not be found in the whole of Koland.

Seeing the huge manor in front of him, Xia Ping'an also vaguely knew why this woman was poisoned.

Except for Xia Ping'an and this woman, no one knew the purpose of Xia Ping'an's visit to the manor this time, not even Mrs. Caitlin's driver. Mrs. Caitlin only said to invite Xia Ping'an to the manor for a two-day vacation.

After a while, the carriage stopped in front of a pool in front of a beautiful building. A servant came up and opened the door. Mrs. Caitlin was the first to get out of the car, and then Xia Pingan followed. Heilong also got out of the car.

Minaret-style roof, white walls and gray tiles, huge fountain and sculpture in front of the door, in front of the pool and sculpture, is a large manicured open garden, on both sides of the garden are patches of vineyards, along which vines are erected. The pergola climbs up to form a shady grape promenade surrounding the manor. The swirls of fibrous roots on the vines extend and grow everywhere. Standing in front of the manor, you can smell the fruity aroma of the surrounding grapes. Mrs. Caitlin's castle-like manor covers an area of ​​more than 50 acres, luxurious and elegant, full of wealth.

"Wangwangwang..." Heilong, who got out of the car, suddenly shouted in one direction.

Xia Ping'an glanced at Heilong, and Heilong stopped calling. Then an old man in his fifties, wearing a black tuxedo with a straight waist, walked over from a distance. The old man was bald, a little fat, and looked kind. Harmless to humans and animals.

"Madam, you're back..." The old man came to the carriage and bowed slightly to Lady Catelyn.

"Natas, this is Xia Ping'an, my friend, and will be my personal fortune-teller in the future. I want to take a two-day vacation at the manor. You can arrange a room for him..." Madam Caitlin ordered directly, the old man smiled Greeting Xia Ping'an, his face was as usual.

Mrs. Caitlin introduced the old man to Xia Ping'an again, "This is the housekeeper of my manor, his name is Natas. If you need anything here, you can tell him!"

Xia Pingan also looked at the old man and nodded.

"Okay, Natas, go get ready for today's lunch, I'm going to take my friends to visit the manor!"

"As you wish, ma'am, where would you like to eat?" the butler asked thoughtfully.

“Just in the loft restaurant!”

After instructing the housekeeper, Mrs. Caitlin took Xia Pingan directly to visit the vineyards in the manor.

The vineyards in the manor are very large. The wine and some other fruit wines brewed in the manor are important income of the manor. Walking in the vineyard, Xia Pingan saw that many people working here were summoned by summoners. farmer.

"Madam, there are many summoned farmers in your manor. Do you have a summoner here?"

"Oh, there are no summoners in the manor. Many farmers in the manor are bought from the outside summoner market. Natas said that buying farmers summoned by these summoners is much more convenient than hiring servants and workers. , It can save a lot of cost in labor every year. Natas originally planned to replace 80% of the people in the manor with farmers and craftsmen summoned by the summoner, and fire the others, but I think such a manor Lack of anger, I still prefer a little more people, there is no need to save this cost..."

The Summoner Market is where the Summoner makes money. A Summoner can summon various characters, such as farmers, craftsmen, doctors, servants, cooks, even warriors or various pets in the market. Summoners can get Money and various rewards, but they have to hand over the right to use these summons for one year.

The Summoner Market in Koland is opened every three months. Every time the Summoner Market is open, it is very lively and attracts a large number of people.

"How many farmers are the summoners purchased in the manor now?"

"Not much, only less than a hundred, probably less than 20 percent of the workers and servants in the manor..."

Xia Pingan nodded.

Mrs. Caitlin took Xia Pingan to visit a circle of vineyards, then visited the wine cellar, and waited for a walk outside. It was noon, and the two returned to the manor for dinner.

The dining restaurant is located in a loft on the top of the manor. This loft is the highest place in the manor, with windows open on all sides, where you can see the scenery of the entire manor. Small Restaurant.

Xia Ping'an brought the black dragon here, and Natas, the housekeeper of the manor, looked at the black dragon beside Xia Ping'an, and reached out to take the black dragon away.

The black dragon bared his teeth at the housekeeper Natas again.

"Madam, this dog is not very etiquette here. I can take this dog to another place first, so that it won't affect your meal, Madam..."

"It's okay, I really like this dog, just let it stay!"

As soon as Mrs. Caitlin spoke, the housekeeper Natas stopped insisting, and let the black dragon also enter the attic restaurant.

Soon, trays of lunches were served by waiters in the manor, and Tas personally served them here. For each dish, he took out the test needle for testing before bringing it to the table.

Lunch is very rich, beef fillet with foie gras in oil, seafood platter with caviar, vegetable bisque, cheese and fruit salad with plum sauce, steak with noir mushrooms, seafood tomato gravy rolls, simmered silver cod fish in chicken sauce, plus Serve dessert, and a few wines...

Heilong was extraordinarily well-behaved at this time, he squatted beside Xia Ping'an, and he didn't cry anymore, he just shook his tail.

Mrs. Caitlin's favorite is vegetable soup and beef fillet with oil-soaked foie gras. The vegetables on this table, and the beef fillet with foie gras, are all produced in the manor's farm. They are specially designed for Mrs. Caitlin on the farm. reared.

Xia Pingan calmly~www.readwn.com~ finished lunch with Mrs. Caitlin.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Caitlin took Xia Pin to visit the farm in the manor.

After visiting the farm, the two strolled along the riverside of the manor. At this time, there was only Mrs. Caitlin beside Xia Ping'an. Xia Ping'an finally said, "Ma'am, I think I already know how you got poisoned?"

"Ah, how did I get poisoned?" Lady Catelyn suddenly stopped.

"The meal we ate at noon today was actually poisonous!"

"Didn't you also eat the food at noon, and you still eat it if you know it's poisonous?"

Xia Pingan shook his head, "If it's just a meal, it doesn't really matter, because the amount of poison is not enough, and it has no effect on me, but Madam, you live here and eat in the manor basically every day, day after day. As the days accumulate, those poisons will accumulate in your body, and it will be different."

Mrs. Catelyn's expression finally changed, "Who did the poison?"

"It's your housekeeper Natas!"