Chapter 100 Green Manor
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Shui Shen Zhi Feng
Chapter 100 Green Manor
Diagon Alley, Coach Station.
Daphne took out her wand and pointed to the sky, the tip of the wand flashed brightly at a certain frequency.It didn't take long for Xie Lin to see a luxurious carriage decorated with golden streamers in the sky, led by two Thestrals, descending from the sky, and landed steadily in the alley.The carriage is inlaid with the family crest of the Greengrass family, and a six-pointed star surrounds the imprint of Pegasus.
The curtain was lifted, and a well-dressed middle-aged man came down.With a goatee, he walked up to the two of them, bowed slightly and said, "Sirs and ladies, please."
Daphne took a look at Xie Lin, and got into the carriage first, and the other three followed her.
"The one driving the car is our housekeeper, Morgan, who has served in our house for nearly 20 years. Father trusts him very much." Daphne briefly introduced.
Astoria also helped to introduce: "My mother passed away when I was very young, and there were only my father and our three sisters in the whole family. Uncle Morgarden helped my father a lot, and he loved us very much when we were young." Then they began to talk about the situation of Greengrass Manor.
Greenglass Manor, also known as Green Manor, is located in the Cotswolds (Cotswolds) in western England.The Cotswolds are roughly located in a rural area west of Oxford and north of Bath, about 160 kilometers from south to north.Hundreds of ancient and elegant classic villages are perfectly preserved here. They are famous for their elegant colors, tranquil atmosphere, elegance and uniqueness, and traditional classics. Together with Provence in France and Tuscara in Italy, they are known as "the three most beautiful villages in the world".
In the wizarding world, because of the beautiful scenery here, many wealthy wizards also choose to settle here.There are also many magical creatures living here, attracting many wizards to sketch and paint here.The most famous of these was the 1799th-century Gurndoline Oliphant, an expert troll who, ironically, was struck to death by a troll's club in [-] while sketching.
(Note: Greengrass means green grass)
About half an hour later, the carriage landed on the ground.
What appeared in front of Schelling's eyes was a vast and boundless manor.In the middle of the manor is an old and stately mansion. The size of the mansion is about the same as that of Malfoy Manor, but compared to the splendor of Malfoy Manor, Green Manor is undoubtedly much more low-key and simple, with a kind of leisurely and elegant country style.
After the few people entered the mansion, a middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing saw them. He stepped forward and greeted them cordially: "Hello, this must be Mr. Malfoy, right?"
Knowing that this group of ancient families valued etiquette the most, Schelling introduced himself without daring to neglect: "Sheryn Malfoy greets you, Mr. Greengrass."
The middle-aged man was very satisfied with Schelling's etiquette and attitude, and replied, "Welcome, Mr. Malfoy. I am the father of Daphne and Tori, and also Mei's new godfather—Gareth Greengrass. Just call me Uncle Gareth."
Several people walked into the living room, where there were several immaculate white unicorn leather sofas, and then they were seated in turn by the host and guest.After the two dignified young maids served tea, Mr. Greengrass took the lead in chatting. Of course, the topic mainly revolved around Schelling's fame at Hogwarts in the past three years.
Due to the astonishing achievements of Schelling, Gareth originally had some doubts about Schelling's strength, but after he saw him in person, all doubts disappeared.
Although the face of the young man in front of him is still immature, but his words and deeds are decent, mature and stable, he has unique and sharp insights into the current situation and magic, and his words reveal an indestructible self-confidence. This kind of self-confidence is not something that can be easily seen in the dandy children of pure-blood families. It can only be cultivated after seeing the real strong and experiencing real tempering.
The reason why Gareth personally received Schelling was not only because of Schelling's own family background, but also because he often heard about the young man's deeds from his three daughters, and he knew that all three daughters had a crush on this boy.Now it seems that the daughters have a good vision, and he himself is quite satisfied with Schelling's current performance.
The so-called sacred [-] pure-blood families, in fact, many have withered in the past half a century, such as the Gunter family, Black family, Shafik family and Crouch family, either completely wiped out, or the population is so thin that only one seedling remains.
The rest of the pure-blood families are mainly divided into three factions: the pure-blood supremacists are dominated by Malfoy, Black, Carlo, and Lestrange, and most of them have participated in the Death Eaters or are more or less involved; while the pro-Muggle pure-blood traitors are dominated by Wesley, Prewett, Longbottom, and Shacklebolt, and most of them have participated in the Order of the Phoenix against the Death Eaters.
Greengrass belongs to the pure-blood neutral faction. Families like it include McMillan, Abbott, Crouch, Ollivander, Slughorn, and so on.
They remained neutral in the First Wizarding War.When the war broke out, most of the family's direct descendants fled abroad, wisely protecting themselves and preserving their strength during the war.Although neutral families also have a sense of superiority of pure blood, they will not oppress or discriminate against Muggle-born wizards. Compared with blood, they value personal talent, character and etiquette more objectively.Horace Slughorn, the potions professor in the original book, is a prime example.
In the past few years, Lucius has visited the Greengrass family frequently, intending to win them over to form a new interest group, but Mr. Greengrass is well aware of the character of the Malfoy family, and he does not want to be dragged into this troubled water or used as a weapon, so he has always politely kept his distance from the Malfoy family's overtures.
After he found out about the daughters and the young master of the Malfoy family, it really troubled him a lot.He was worried that he would get involved with the Malfoy family and be dragged into the dispute between the pure-blood supremacist faction and the pure-blood traitor faction.
Therefore, he wanted to take this opportunity to find out what Xie Lin was like, and the attitude of the family behind him.When he heard Schelling's disapproving voice when he talked about the concept of pure blood supremacy, and the great achievements he made when he set off the reform of Slytherin in Hogwarts, he was shocked by the determination and courage of the young man in front of him.He also understood from this that the Schelling and Malfoy families might not be in the same camp.
That old fox Lucius, is he going to hedge his bet?Gareth wondered.
While the few people were chatting speculatively, Schelling deliberately brought the topic to the blood curse of the Greengrass family.
Although it was not a very glorious thing, Gareth still told this old story frankly.
It turned out that this happened a century ago. When Daphne's grandmother was traveling in Borneo in Southeast Asia, she was once targeted by a group of black wizards. Some of them were extremely dangerous people who wanted to kidnap her for unknown reasons.
Although the grandmother and the bodyguards around her were repelled in the end, but the grandmother did not know when the curse was planted by the other party.What is even more unexpected is that this curse is actually the notorious blood curse, which has been passed down from generation to generation in the family.
Schelling began to pay attention to the place of Borneo. The book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find It" once mentioned that the eight-eyed spider is a magical product of a black wizard and comes from Borneo; similarly, Nagini in the Fantastic Beasts movie is also from the tropical rainforest of Borneo, and followed the Acanus Circus to Europe.
If even the blood curse of the Greengrass family came from there, it means that that place is not simple, and there should be a group of underground dark wizards who are proficient in species modification and blood curse.
Hearing this, Schelling said modestly to Gareth that since he knew the curse on Astoria, he has been investing a lot of research on the blood curse.During the recent summer vacation, he finally had a breakthrough, which may solve the problem that has plagued Astoria for many years.
As soon as these words were said, the audience was shocked, and everyone fell into silence.
Gareth stood up, with a very serious expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Malfoy, this matter has extraordinary significance to me and Greengrass, so I hope you were not joking about this matter just now." It can be seen that if Schelling really made a joke about this matter, he would definitely be kicked out of the manor on the spot.
Schelling was already mentally prepared for his reaction, and said calmly: "Uncle Gareth, Tolly is my important friend. They all know that I won't make fun of such things. Since I dare to say it, I am naturally more than [-]% sure. Besides, don't you know if I try this kind of thing? Even if I fail, I can guarantee that Tolly will not suffer any harm."
Gareth's expression was full of excitement and disbelief.
For so many years, they gathered the strength of the whole family and tried countless methods, but they couldn't get rid of the shadow of the blood curse.So when Xie Lin said that he had a solution, his first reaction was not to believe it, but the three daughters swore to guarantee Xie Lin's personality, so he couldn't help but believe it.
"Mr. Malfoy, do you really have the means to deal with the curse of our family?" Gareth Greengrass stared at Schelling with fiery eyes.
"Well." Xie Lin nodded and said, "But I can only seal it, not eradicate it. The only way to eradicate this curse is to go to Borneo to find the caster or his heir."
"Just seal it, seal it..." Gareth obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and then he turned to Mogaton and said, "Notify everyone in the family to treat this distinguished guest with caution, and don't slack off in the slightest. Let the house elves prepare for it. Tonight's family dinner must be in accordance with the specifications of a top-level feast, and then we must prepare the most advanced suite for this distinguished guest."
There are two house elves in Gareth's house, one is from the Greengrass family, named Tiva; the other is brought by Meredith from Shafik's old house, named Dino, since Meredith lives here, let him help take care of the green manor.
After ordering everything, Gareth showed a kind smile, "Uncle has some connections in the Ogden Distillery. Not long ago, I received a bottle of 82-year-old limited-edition Flame whiskey from them. Tonight, uncle will taste it with you."
Dinner.
Xie Lin was born in the noble Malfoy family, and he has enjoyed expensive dishes since he was a child. His knowledge is not comparable to that of Wesley.Not to mention, he is a frequent visitor to those high-end restaurants in the British wizarding world, and he also holds a VIP black gold VIP card.But he was still amazed by the luxury of the meal, many of the dishes on the table were unheard of to him.
"Try it, Sherin. This is a dragon steak made from Australian egg-eyed fire dragon cubs," Gareth pointed to a sizzling sizzling steak. "As you know, dragon meat is tough and not very tasty, so this dish must be cooked at high temperature in the pure black gold stew pot of the Wizard Stew Pot Company.
"The seasoning is also specially made. I bought the recipe from the famous Italian wizard chef Guratello Marchesi. This old guy's cooking skills are really amazing. Although the purple mushroom in this sauce has a strong taste, it will not cover up the deliciousness of the meat. It is a pity that he has decided to retire and live in the Muggle world. I heard that he has the reputation of being the 'father of contemporary Italian cuisine'. Fortunately, he sold all his recipes to me exclusively before he retired, hahaha."
"Come on, Schelling, try this again—maybe we should have a glass of fire whiskey first—this dish is anchovy chicken, a guinea fowl mixed with the blood of the phoenix, which has the effect of healing and health... This dish is even more powerful. I guarantee that Lucius' stingy fellow must have never tried it. It is a fire crab from Fiji, but this is a newly bred alien species called crystal fire crab. Its meat is particularly plump, juicy and sweet..."
Schelling smiled. Lucius wasn't really stingy, but he didn't have much interest in food and entertainment.In Schelling's view, his greatest hobby is collecting black magic items, and trying every means to fight Dumbledore and the Weasley family.
In contrast, this Uncle Gareth obviously knows how to enjoy life better.Schelling appreciated this very much. If it wasn't because he was born in the Malfoy family, why would he have to wade desperately into the muddy water between Voldemort and Dumbledore now?
After enjoying dinner beautifully, Xie Lin walked around Diagon Alley with his girls for a day, and then he was exhausted after traveling and chatting with his elders. He was indeed a little tired, so he took a good night's rest in the VIP suite without respect.
Gualtiero Marchesi (1930-2017), the founder of modern Italian cuisine, added many French elements to traditional Italian cuisine, bringing Italian cuisine to new heights.Many younger celebrity chefs such as Carlo Cracco and Davide Oldani have received his guidance and support.
(End of this chapter)
Diagon Alley, Coach Station.
Daphne took out her wand and pointed to the sky, the tip of the wand flashed brightly at a certain frequency.It didn't take long for Xie Lin to see a luxurious carriage decorated with golden streamers in the sky, led by two Thestrals, descending from the sky, and landed steadily in the alley.The carriage is inlaid with the family crest of the Greengrass family, and a six-pointed star surrounds the imprint of Pegasus.
The curtain was lifted, and a well-dressed middle-aged man came down.With a goatee, he walked up to the two of them, bowed slightly and said, "Sirs and ladies, please."
Daphne took a look at Xie Lin, and got into the carriage first, and the other three followed her.
"The one driving the car is our housekeeper, Morgan, who has served in our house for nearly 20 years. Father trusts him very much." Daphne briefly introduced.
Astoria also helped to introduce: "My mother passed away when I was very young, and there were only my father and our three sisters in the whole family. Uncle Morgarden helped my father a lot, and he loved us very much when we were young." Then they began to talk about the situation of Greengrass Manor.
Greenglass Manor, also known as Green Manor, is located in the Cotswolds (Cotswolds) in western England.The Cotswolds are roughly located in a rural area west of Oxford and north of Bath, about 160 kilometers from south to north.Hundreds of ancient and elegant classic villages are perfectly preserved here. They are famous for their elegant colors, tranquil atmosphere, elegance and uniqueness, and traditional classics. Together with Provence in France and Tuscara in Italy, they are known as "the three most beautiful villages in the world".
In the wizarding world, because of the beautiful scenery here, many wealthy wizards also choose to settle here.There are also many magical creatures living here, attracting many wizards to sketch and paint here.The most famous of these was the 1799th-century Gurndoline Oliphant, an expert troll who, ironically, was struck to death by a troll's club in [-] while sketching.
(Note: Greengrass means green grass)
About half an hour later, the carriage landed on the ground.
What appeared in front of Schelling's eyes was a vast and boundless manor.In the middle of the manor is an old and stately mansion. The size of the mansion is about the same as that of Malfoy Manor, but compared to the splendor of Malfoy Manor, Green Manor is undoubtedly much more low-key and simple, with a kind of leisurely and elegant country style.
After the few people entered the mansion, a middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing saw them. He stepped forward and greeted them cordially: "Hello, this must be Mr. Malfoy, right?"
Knowing that this group of ancient families valued etiquette the most, Schelling introduced himself without daring to neglect: "Sheryn Malfoy greets you, Mr. Greengrass."
The middle-aged man was very satisfied with Schelling's etiquette and attitude, and replied, "Welcome, Mr. Malfoy. I am the father of Daphne and Tori, and also Mei's new godfather—Gareth Greengrass. Just call me Uncle Gareth."
Several people walked into the living room, where there were several immaculate white unicorn leather sofas, and then they were seated in turn by the host and guest.After the two dignified young maids served tea, Mr. Greengrass took the lead in chatting. Of course, the topic mainly revolved around Schelling's fame at Hogwarts in the past three years.
Due to the astonishing achievements of Schelling, Gareth originally had some doubts about Schelling's strength, but after he saw him in person, all doubts disappeared.
Although the face of the young man in front of him is still immature, but his words and deeds are decent, mature and stable, he has unique and sharp insights into the current situation and magic, and his words reveal an indestructible self-confidence. This kind of self-confidence is not something that can be easily seen in the dandy children of pure-blood families. It can only be cultivated after seeing the real strong and experiencing real tempering.
The reason why Gareth personally received Schelling was not only because of Schelling's own family background, but also because he often heard about the young man's deeds from his three daughters, and he knew that all three daughters had a crush on this boy.Now it seems that the daughters have a good vision, and he himself is quite satisfied with Schelling's current performance.
The so-called sacred [-] pure-blood families, in fact, many have withered in the past half a century, such as the Gunter family, Black family, Shafik family and Crouch family, either completely wiped out, or the population is so thin that only one seedling remains.
The rest of the pure-blood families are mainly divided into three factions: the pure-blood supremacists are dominated by Malfoy, Black, Carlo, and Lestrange, and most of them have participated in the Death Eaters or are more or less involved; while the pro-Muggle pure-blood traitors are dominated by Wesley, Prewett, Longbottom, and Shacklebolt, and most of them have participated in the Order of the Phoenix against the Death Eaters.
Greengrass belongs to the pure-blood neutral faction. Families like it include McMillan, Abbott, Crouch, Ollivander, Slughorn, and so on.
They remained neutral in the First Wizarding War.When the war broke out, most of the family's direct descendants fled abroad, wisely protecting themselves and preserving their strength during the war.Although neutral families also have a sense of superiority of pure blood, they will not oppress or discriminate against Muggle-born wizards. Compared with blood, they value personal talent, character and etiquette more objectively.Horace Slughorn, the potions professor in the original book, is a prime example.
In the past few years, Lucius has visited the Greengrass family frequently, intending to win them over to form a new interest group, but Mr. Greengrass is well aware of the character of the Malfoy family, and he does not want to be dragged into this troubled water or used as a weapon, so he has always politely kept his distance from the Malfoy family's overtures.
After he found out about the daughters and the young master of the Malfoy family, it really troubled him a lot.He was worried that he would get involved with the Malfoy family and be dragged into the dispute between the pure-blood supremacist faction and the pure-blood traitor faction.
Therefore, he wanted to take this opportunity to find out what Xie Lin was like, and the attitude of the family behind him.When he heard Schelling's disapproving voice when he talked about the concept of pure blood supremacy, and the great achievements he made when he set off the reform of Slytherin in Hogwarts, he was shocked by the determination and courage of the young man in front of him.He also understood from this that the Schelling and Malfoy families might not be in the same camp.
That old fox Lucius, is he going to hedge his bet?Gareth wondered.
While the few people were chatting speculatively, Schelling deliberately brought the topic to the blood curse of the Greengrass family.
Although it was not a very glorious thing, Gareth still told this old story frankly.
It turned out that this happened a century ago. When Daphne's grandmother was traveling in Borneo in Southeast Asia, she was once targeted by a group of black wizards. Some of them were extremely dangerous people who wanted to kidnap her for unknown reasons.
Although the grandmother and the bodyguards around her were repelled in the end, but the grandmother did not know when the curse was planted by the other party.What is even more unexpected is that this curse is actually the notorious blood curse, which has been passed down from generation to generation in the family.
Schelling began to pay attention to the place of Borneo. The book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find It" once mentioned that the eight-eyed spider is a magical product of a black wizard and comes from Borneo; similarly, Nagini in the Fantastic Beasts movie is also from the tropical rainforest of Borneo, and followed the Acanus Circus to Europe.
If even the blood curse of the Greengrass family came from there, it means that that place is not simple, and there should be a group of underground dark wizards who are proficient in species modification and blood curse.
Hearing this, Schelling said modestly to Gareth that since he knew the curse on Astoria, he has been investing a lot of research on the blood curse.During the recent summer vacation, he finally had a breakthrough, which may solve the problem that has plagued Astoria for many years.
As soon as these words were said, the audience was shocked, and everyone fell into silence.
Gareth stood up, with a very serious expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Malfoy, this matter has extraordinary significance to me and Greengrass, so I hope you were not joking about this matter just now." It can be seen that if Schelling really made a joke about this matter, he would definitely be kicked out of the manor on the spot.
Schelling was already mentally prepared for his reaction, and said calmly: "Uncle Gareth, Tolly is my important friend. They all know that I won't make fun of such things. Since I dare to say it, I am naturally more than [-]% sure. Besides, don't you know if I try this kind of thing? Even if I fail, I can guarantee that Tolly will not suffer any harm."
Gareth's expression was full of excitement and disbelief.
For so many years, they gathered the strength of the whole family and tried countless methods, but they couldn't get rid of the shadow of the blood curse.So when Xie Lin said that he had a solution, his first reaction was not to believe it, but the three daughters swore to guarantee Xie Lin's personality, so he couldn't help but believe it.
"Mr. Malfoy, do you really have the means to deal with the curse of our family?" Gareth Greengrass stared at Schelling with fiery eyes.
"Well." Xie Lin nodded and said, "But I can only seal it, not eradicate it. The only way to eradicate this curse is to go to Borneo to find the caster or his heir."
"Just seal it, seal it..." Gareth obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and then he turned to Mogaton and said, "Notify everyone in the family to treat this distinguished guest with caution, and don't slack off in the slightest. Let the house elves prepare for it. Tonight's family dinner must be in accordance with the specifications of a top-level feast, and then we must prepare the most advanced suite for this distinguished guest."
There are two house elves in Gareth's house, one is from the Greengrass family, named Tiva; the other is brought by Meredith from Shafik's old house, named Dino, since Meredith lives here, let him help take care of the green manor.
After ordering everything, Gareth showed a kind smile, "Uncle has some connections in the Ogden Distillery. Not long ago, I received a bottle of 82-year-old limited-edition Flame whiskey from them. Tonight, uncle will taste it with you."
Dinner.
Xie Lin was born in the noble Malfoy family, and he has enjoyed expensive dishes since he was a child. His knowledge is not comparable to that of Wesley.Not to mention, he is a frequent visitor to those high-end restaurants in the British wizarding world, and he also holds a VIP black gold VIP card.But he was still amazed by the luxury of the meal, many of the dishes on the table were unheard of to him.
"Try it, Sherin. This is a dragon steak made from Australian egg-eyed fire dragon cubs," Gareth pointed to a sizzling sizzling steak. "As you know, dragon meat is tough and not very tasty, so this dish must be cooked at high temperature in the pure black gold stew pot of the Wizard Stew Pot Company.
"The seasoning is also specially made. I bought the recipe from the famous Italian wizard chef Guratello Marchesi. This old guy's cooking skills are really amazing. Although the purple mushroom in this sauce has a strong taste, it will not cover up the deliciousness of the meat. It is a pity that he has decided to retire and live in the Muggle world. I heard that he has the reputation of being the 'father of contemporary Italian cuisine'. Fortunately, he sold all his recipes to me exclusively before he retired, hahaha."
"Come on, Schelling, try this again—maybe we should have a glass of fire whiskey first—this dish is anchovy chicken, a guinea fowl mixed with the blood of the phoenix, which has the effect of healing and health... This dish is even more powerful. I guarantee that Lucius' stingy fellow must have never tried it. It is a fire crab from Fiji, but this is a newly bred alien species called crystal fire crab. Its meat is particularly plump, juicy and sweet..."
Schelling smiled. Lucius wasn't really stingy, but he didn't have much interest in food and entertainment.In Schelling's view, his greatest hobby is collecting black magic items, and trying every means to fight Dumbledore and the Weasley family.
In contrast, this Uncle Gareth obviously knows how to enjoy life better.Schelling appreciated this very much. If it wasn't because he was born in the Malfoy family, why would he have to wade desperately into the muddy water between Voldemort and Dumbledore now?
After enjoying dinner beautifully, Xie Lin walked around Diagon Alley with his girls for a day, and then he was exhausted after traveling and chatting with his elders. He was indeed a little tired, so he took a good night's rest in the VIP suite without respect.
Gualtiero Marchesi (1930-2017), the founder of modern Italian cuisine, added many French elements to traditional Italian cuisine, bringing Italian cuisine to new heights.Many younger celebrity chefs such as Carlo Cracco and Davide Oldani have received his guidance and support.
(End of this chapter)
