Chapter 2416 The Fox and the She-Wolf (Part 2)

The place where Georgiana settled is located in a castle on the western outskirts of Brussels. It was built in the 11th century. There are moats and drawbridges around the castle, but the main body of the castle has been remodeled into a Renaissance style, with red bricks for the whole body and a big one. garden.

In the 17th century, it belonged to the Prime Minister of the Principality of Brabantine. When he was still young, his father was killed by the Dutch rebels, and his mother took him to Cologne. When he grew up, he became Spain's special envoy in London. Then he was promoted all the way to the position of prime minister. There is a Brabantine village near this castle. The villagers used to be subjects of his fief, but now they have nothing to do with each other, because the castle has changed hands several times, and the last owner is the church.

If you ignore its past as a shelter for beggars and sick people, the renovated castle is still very comfortable to live in. From the small living room where they live, you can see the moat and garden.

It takes three days to go from Paris to Brussels. It’s the course of the stage horse. How can a person’s legs run faster than a horse?

It is precisely because of this that Wellington miscalculated the time when the French arrived in Belgium and was almost caught off guard.

Georgiana had guessed before why Louis XVI wanted to go northeast. She probably thought too much at that time.

From Paris to Chalons, if you don't stop, you can get there in one day, but they arrived at four o'clock in the afternoon. This is the result of their constant changing of horses, and they are still good horses.

But they still missed the corresponding cavalry. In fact, as long as they leave the French border and reach Austria or even Lorraine, they can set up a new capital there, and then rely on Austria and the royalists to regain the kingship again.

The same thing was done by William V of Orange, who borrowed troops from Prussia and England. However, Louis XVI was unlucky to be stopped in Warren, mainly because of the station guard Jean-Baptiste Drouet.

Legend has it that Drouet recognized the king through coins. In fact, he had served in Versailles and knew the king and many dignitaries. After recognizing the king, he quickly realized what would happen if Louis XVI was allowed to escape. , So I arrived at Warren and told the councilor, who immediately woke everyone up with the fire alarm bell.

He asked people to block the road that must be passed, and then persuaded the owner of the hotel to hand over the king. It was not like what Bertin and Georgiana said, the king persuaded the people, but the mayor and his wife did not allow them to pass. story plot.

Bonaparte had told her that when people gave advice, it was often for their own purposes and interests, and she needed to discern those words.

In fact, France also had cavalry, but when Louis XIV demolished the city walls, he also demolished the horse farms of the lords, which has led to the fact that France still does not have horses like Britain and Germany.

He locked the nobles in a beautiful Versailles Palace, let them rack their brains to please the king, compete with each other, and borrow money from the king for gorgeous clothes and jewelry.

Maybe they can't see through this layer of fog, but they are very good at court battles, Georgiana's maids have all put on new fashions now, only Leila is still the same, she was dressed gorgeously when she first came, and then she looked at the others Dress plainly and change.

Many people get lost easily, and Georgiana didn't want to live in a medieval fortress-style castle, but isn't Hogwarts just a stone castle?

There is a canyon from Hogwarts to Hogsmeade, connected by a wooden bridge in the middle, and you will walk on a path through it. After arriving at the village, there will be an owl post office, honey dukes, and three broomsticks. You can have a butter beer.

She remembered taking Lily and Severus there for a beer for the first time, it was for Severus' birthday, and they both had "mustaches" on their lips after the beer. For these two little wizards from the Muggle world, everything in the wizarding world is novel. She also took them to Honeydukes and bought a cauldron cake as a birthday cake.

She watched Henriette eat cake with ladylike decorum, and it reminded her of Lily. Lily was not as cautious as Severus, seeing the cockroaches piled up this kind of wizard candy and wanted to stuff it in his mouth. Just because that "candy" is in Honeydukes and not in the Mischief Shop doesn't mean it isn't for pranks, Weasleys also have skipping candy.

It is precisely because of safety that it is easy to relax our vigilance. Who would treat cockroaches as delicacies? Not birds and snakes.

She thought again of the bird-snake called Cockroach Pile, which Severus bought as a "Christmas surprise" for her.

She never thought that one day that junior who drank butter beer and had foam on his mouth would actually control her instead.

It is terrible to take a little girl under the age of ten as a hostage and bring her back to France without parental discipline, but if Mrs. Langenhofen is allowed to go to Paris together, then only Langenhofen will be left. Fen is alone, isn't this breaking up other people's families in disguise?

But she had no better solution to the problem, since she hadn't talked to Madame Langenhofen about sending Henrietta to Paris.

After breakfast, the next step is to go to the main square to deliver clothes to Yu Lian. Anyway, today's theme revolves around children.

She let the others get into the carriage first, and went to find Padma by herself. Girls in Gryffindor were still much better than boys, at least they could sit quietly.

When Georgiana walked over, she found that Padma was covering her head, reading the short "Witchcraft Act".

"With regard to the review of evidence, experience or logic must be followed." Georgiana said suddenly, "This bill mentions unnaturalness many times."

"I don't understand." Padma looked at Georgiana, "How can there be such a law?"

"At least it was canceled in your time, but Principal Dumbledore's sister didn't catch up, so his tragedy was inevitable."

"What tragedy?" Padma asked.

"Are you ready? We're leaving."

"I don't want to go," Padma said.

"Why?"

"I have a bad feeling." Padma handed a tea cup to Georgiana, "You'd better not go."

She looked at the tea stains in the cup...

"I have to tell you one thing." Georgiana put down the cup. "This castle once belonged to a judge of an inquisition. The Spanish Netherlands is the place where witch hunting is most rampant."

Padma didn't speak.

"Maybe we will be blocked in the square, and then set up the stake." Georgiana smiled wryly, and put the cup on the table.

"We live so far from Brussels because of this?"

"If you don't tell me, I really didn't expect it." Georgiana whispered.

"I really can't see that he is actually very careful."

Georgiana shook her head when there was another knock on the door.

"Madame, it's time to go," said Bonaparte's private secretary from outside the door.

"In a moment," replied Georgiana.

"Wait, where did you hide your wand?" Padma stood up and asked after her.

Georgiana opened the spring-loaded lid of the Quivering Flower, and the wand popped out.

"Wow." Padma's eyes lit up "Can I have one too?"

"I have jewels there. Pick one up when you come back. I'll find you a pair of long gloves later, and you can hide it in the gloves."