Heart of the Castle

Chapter 264 Poisoned Alcohol and the Decision to Return
Although the knight qualification examination has ended, the joyful crowd has not dispersed, it is still early, and their excitement has not yet been vented. "Bring the wine, bring the barbecue!" they shouted cheerfully, calling out to the vendors with baskets or wine bags on their backs.Not only the well-to-do do it, but even the shabby poor, who dangle the last copper in their pockets without thinking about what life will be like tomorrow.

Let the rare joy numb the hardships of life.

Li Wei struggled to squeeze through the crowd. These people were not only a little over excited, but also many of them had drunk alcohol, which made them more courageous. They held up wooden and clay wine glasses and shouted at Li Wei. blessing words.Levi responded at first, but soon found himself struggling, making it difficult for the crowd to move forward.

There was a sense of irritability in the black nightmare's consciousness, and Li Wei hurriedly comforted it. If the black horse suddenly showed its power, the crowd would probably disperse in an instant, but the ensuing stampede tragedy was also inevitable.

That was something Levi absolutely didn't want to see.

After finally squeezing through the enthusiastic crowd, Levi found a place where there were not so many people, and waited for Wilpus to appear.Looking back, there was a sea of ​​people surging behind him, and Wilps could not be seen at all.

"Young hero, take a look at this!" A voice sounded from Li Wei's side, "Here is the best wine, the best nectar! Look at this, the most suitable shochu for warriors, dragon's breath, you can drink it Let the blood of the whole body burn!" The wine seller came to Li Wei holding a sheepskin wine bag, and holding a small wooden cup in the other hand.

"Look, shochu!" The peddler said with a smile on his face, and poured the clear liquid in the wine bag into the cup, and suddenly there was a strong aroma of wine, which was indeed shochu that had been distilled many times. "Taste it, it's as sweet as water, as sweet as honey, and it's like fire in your throat!"

If you are a guy who is addicted to alcohol, you will definitely grab the cup at this time, even ordinary people will take the cup to taste it, but Li Wei was just aroused by the strong aroma of the wine. A bad memory .

"Ah, thank you, I don't drink." Levi declined.

The peddler suddenly puffed up his eyes exaggeratedly, and shouted in a voice that could be said to be frightened. "Don't drink, benevolent father, Morata, the protector of merchants, what have I heard? A knight who doesn't drink shochu, how can you use a knife? You are simply not a qualified knight!"

Just as Li Wei was about to say something, a sharp and thin voice came from beside him, "Great, I found you!" Babrupa's funny head squeezed in from the side, and he wiped his face With the sweat on his face, he nodded and bowed to Li Wei and said, "Master Li Wei, we all cheered for you just now. It's really great, good swordsmanship, cut that big man down at once Already!"

The wine peddler opened his mouth in surprise when he heard Babrupa's words.

"Are you the young hero who defeated the examiner just now?" The peddler hurriedly bowed like every farmer who saw a nobleman, bending his waist so low that his head almost fell below his belt. "It's too disrespectful, Lord Knight, this kind of slop can only be fed to pigs, it really doesn't deserve your status."

As the peddler said, he poured the shochu in the cup on the ground, and the aroma of the wine overflowed, causing Babrupa to cry out in regret.But then the whining turned into a grunt of surprise.

Another sheepskin wine pouch was placed in front of Li Wei, and the peddler rubbed his hands with a proud smile on his face. "This is the best summer red, made with the best cherries, honey plums and black grapes, and aged for a full ten years in barrels made of oak wood that is hundreds of years old, every drop is precious! Look! On it..." He pointed to the small wine glass brand on the top of the wine bag and said, "The gold cup logo of the Conrad family, you can't find a better wine than this on the entire northern border."

The saliva in Babrupa's mouth was about to rush into a river, "My kind father, listen to this eloquent mouth, it's almost as if his drink is the life essence in the silver cup of Goddess Elara!" He stretched out his hand, trying to take the wine bag from the peddler, but the peddler pushed it away.

"This wine is for the knight master. It's good enough for a drunkard like you to drink it." The peddler said, and stuffed the wine bag containing the soju to Babrupa. Brupa would have happily drank from the wine bag, but now his attention has been completely attracted by the bag of wine that has been described as fascinating.

An angry expression appeared on Babrupa's round face, and he threw the wine sac containing the soju on the ground, "Don't try to fool me with this, you just said that it's slop for feeding pigs!" He accused and looked at the peddler , "I have to taste the wine in this bag now, or is there something wrong with this wine?"

The corner of the peddler's eyes twitched imperceptibly. He looked at Li Wei's expression. The young knight didn't seem to have any strange reaction, and he didn't seem to stop Babrupa.So the peddler sighed, and unscrewed the stopper of the sheepskin wine bag, and a fresh and sweet aroma of the wine immediately diffused out, with a little aroma of oak and berries.

"Smell the aroma, Master Knight." The peddler smiled again, and took out another small pottery wine glass from his side, and filled two glasses of wine.He poured and served the wine very carefully, not a drop spilled on his hands. "Look at the color, my lord knight, this sweet and rich wine, every drop is the color of ruby. Now taste it, and tell me if this is the best nectar you have ever tasted."

Babrupa impatiently took the two glasses of wine, his eyes narrowed into a line. "Master Li Wei," he said, handing one of the cups to Li Wei, "you may as well try it, this smells really good."

"Thank you, but I don't want to drink now." Li Wei replied, "If you want to drink, I will give you two glasses."

"How dare you?" Babrupa shook his head, half-pushed the two glasses of wine to his mouth, "But that's fine, let me, a master wine taster, taste the taste for Master Li Wei first. ?” The short, stubby guy spoke brazenly, and drank one of the glasses of fine wine in one gulp.

The sweet wine slid down his throat, and Babrupa's eyes lit up immediately, "This is good!" He muttered, and then poured another glass of wine into his throat.

Although the smile on the peddler's face was still on his face, it looked slightly deformed. "Master Knight, don't you want a drink?" He asked tentatively, while holding up the sheepskin wine bag full of fine wine.

Li Wei's expression suddenly became a little strange, his eyes flashed a strange light that made the peddler feel a little uncomfortable, and then he pressed his right hand on the hilt of his waist. "This wine, would you like to have a sip first?"

"Hey?" The peddler's face was full of fine beads of sweat, "I'm not worthy of drinking such a precious wine, let alone...you see, isn't your companion drinking very well? ?”

The peddler pointed his finger to the side, and when Li Wei's eyes turned slightly to Babrupa, he suddenly picked up the wine bag and threw it at Li Wei, then turned over and ran back, disappearing into the crowd in the blink of an eye.

Although Li Wei had been prepared for a long time, he was still taken aback. He sideways avoided the wine bag, and then the long sword was unsheathed with a clang. The back of the peddler chased after him.

"How are you, Babrupa?"

"Me? I'm fine, I'm...well...well, Master Li Wei, why are you floating?"

Li Wei looked at Babrupa who was standing there shaking, and shook his head with a wry smile, a ball of white light shrouded his head.

Just as Li Wei imagined, Babrupa quickly sobered up under the white light, "There is something wrong with the wine!" After waking up, the well-informed liar immediately yelled angrily, and stretched out his feet to think Kick that bag of wine far away.

Levi stopped him from doing so.

"These wines must be destroyed, otherwise what will happen if they are picked up and drunk by people who don't know?" Levi explained.

"Ordinary people are fine after drinking it. There is no ordinary poison in this wine." Frowning, Babrupa picked up the wine bag, dipped a little red wine syrup in his hands, and carefully identified the smell. "Well, it should be this, and Xiaoyue Ninghua is mixed in it."

"Xiaoyue Ninghua?" Li Wei frowned, the name sounds quite beautiful.

"Well, this is it. It's very rare, very valuable, and it's as sweet as water. It doesn't leave a trace when it dissolves the fighting spirit." Babrupa licked his tongue and said, "As long as such a small drop, put it in ordinary wine , you can turn decay into magic and create the most wonderful nectar in the world."

"Melting grudge? What a vicious thing!" Li Wei was taken aback, and his eyes became vigilant when he looked at the wine bag in Babrupa's hand.

"It can't be said to be vicious. This thing can only be made by the children of the forest, and for them who have no fighting spirit, this is a rare and precious potion." Babrupa looked at the wine bag in his hand with some confusion. , the indescribably clear wine aroma is emanating from it, with the taste of special berries grown after fully absorbing the sun.

"Drinking this will make you dizzy for a while, but the taste..." Babrupa swallowed, re-stuffed the wine sac, and then wanted to hang it on his belt.

Before he could carry it out, a large hand snatched the wine bag away, and Wilps' stern voice came from behind.

"Master Li Wei, we must leave here immediately, Dirk City is no longer safe."

(End of this chapter)