Chapter 12 The Temptation Before the Banquet

Just because he was going to attend the banquet in the evening, Qin Weijie had fully experienced the tedious preparations for the banquet of the nobles and gentlemen in England.

At ten o'clock in the morning, two etiquette teachers broke into the study room. Under Qin Weijie's repeated objections, they forcibly dragged him away from the desk, and began the brutal etiquette study.

"Mr. Foley, keep your back straight and never lean on the back of the chair..."

So tell me, what is the back of the chair used for?

"Mr. Foley, you can't bend down when eating... let alone pick up the plate..."

In addition, in his previous life, he had almost eaten for more than 30 years. Today, he was told that he could not eat, and Qin Weijie's psychological shadow area doubled.

"Mr. Foley, you're holding the cane wrong..."

"Mr. Foley, your hat is askew..."

"Mr Foley, you need to keep smiling..."

Where's my wand, where's my wand! ? I must invite these two etiquette teachers to eat a big melon! ! !

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Qin Weijie was exhausted.

Mrs. Carter finally informed him that he could take a break and go to try on clothes.

Qin Weijie thought it would be easier, but in the end he slapped him hard in the face.

Don't say anything else, just say one data.

In the next two hours, Qin Weijie changed nearly a hundred suits, which were all banquet suits that looked the same, and changed every one and a half minutes on average.

Let you change clothes for two hours, just ask you if you are happy? Qin Weijie swore that he might never want to wear clothes in his life, it would be nice to be naked, and he could still walk the birds.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, a carriage stopped at the gate of Fuli Manor, which was here to pick Qin Weijie up to Fuli Castle.

In fact, to say it is a carriage may be an insult to this car, because Nima pulling the cart is a unicorn, or a unicorn with wings.

Yishui's white unicorns have a streamlined and well-proportioned body, and each one is about the same size as a head. There are eight such magical creatures in total, and they are all just for pulling carts.

The carriage is even more nonsense. The body of the carriage is carved from white marble, gilded (Qin Weijie later found out that it is all pure gold) edging, the wheels are inlaid with precious stones, and the side of the carriage is also inlaid with gold on the white marble. A golden lion relief.

It is said that the golden lion is the family crest of the Fuli family, symbolizing the wealth of the Fuli family.

Qin Weijie firmly believes that this symbol is by no means the wealth of the Welfare family, but the prodigal family of the Welfare family.

The interior of the carriage is even more luxurious. The seemingly small carriage has a space of nearly 300 square meters when entering the interior.

The entire interior of the carriage is covered with soft carpets. Although he doesn't know what material it is made of, Qin Weijie knows that it is by no means cheap, with solid wood furniture and expensive sofas.

What's even more ridiculous is that there is a wine cabinet with a height of four or five meters in it.

...

At 5:30, the official departure, eight winged unicorns soared into the sky, and the carriage flew into the air without any bumps, and flew towards the southeast.

The speed of the carriage was extremely fast, and after less than 20 minutes of flying, Qin Weijie finally arrived at the Castle of Welfare.

Foley Castle is located in a forest near Southampton. It is protected by magic. Generally, Muggles cannot see the castle, which is similar to Hogwarts.

Although he has not seen Hogwarts yet, Qin Weijie asserts that Foley Castle is at least comparable in size to Hogwarts.

Foley Castle is a typical Gothic-style castle, with towering spiers and tall buildings reaching into the sky, made of black and gray boulders, which looks extremely depressing and solemn.

Only at this moment did Qin Weijie understand what Mrs. Carter said, that the Welfare Manor in London was too simple.

As for the luxury in the castle, there is no need to describe it, it is full of the stench of copper from the big capitalist family, it doesn't matter if you don't mention it or not.

Under the arrangement of an old butler who called himself Tosta,

Qin Weijie did not directly enter the banquet hall, but was sent to the study in the Welfare Castle.

In fact, Qin Weijie felt that this could no longer be regarded as a study room, it should be called a library.

In the circular hall, there are quaint bookshelves on the inner three floors and the outer three floors, and each bookshelf reaches the roof. It should be seven or eight meters high by visual estimation.

The books on the bookshelf should have been carefully arranged, and there are many hidden numbers on them, which should be convenient for finding books.

At this time, the old Marquis Foley was sitting in the center of the library... study room, a space at least half the size of a basketball court.

Entering the center of the study, Qin Weijie looked at the gloomy old Marquis Fuli with some embarrassment across the five-meter-wide desk.

"I heard that you are teaching yourself magic recently?"

"yes"

"how?"

"I have already taught myself all the spells in the first-year Charms and Defense Against the Dark Arts courses. It is not difficult and can be used flexibly." Qin Weijie replied truthfully.

The old Marquis Fuli's eyes lit up, and then he continued to sit upright.

"Sit down." Old Foley said, pointing to the sofa beside him.

Qin Weijie sat down and continued to wait for the old Marquis to speak.

After a long time, the old Marquis said to Qin Weijie, "Do you know who the person who assassinated you a month ago was?"

Qin Wei thought for a while: "It should be the Church of the Goddess of Death."

The Church of the Goddess of Death is a heretical church with a long history. Its activities are held all year round in mainland Europe, but it is rare in the British Isles.

The deity they worship is rumored to be the goddess of death, or death itself.

Believers include both wizards and Muggles. Believers wear strange clothes all the year round, and like to wear some masks that symbolize death.

This group of believers is extremely good at hiding, and they are very low-key on weekdays. They only occasionally accept some assassination missions to supplement the operation of the church.

But twenty years ago, this church did something that both people and gods hated, and was eventually uprooted by the Ministry of Magic.

"But I remember that this church was eradicated by the entire European Ministry of Magic, together with the British Ministry of Magic, twenty years ago. It seems to be related to the Spanish flu that ravaged Europe that year."

"It seems that you have indeed put in a lot of effort this month." The old Marquis said gloomyly.

"I can't help it. Two days in a row, two assassinations, I can't stand it." Qin Weijie shrugged.

"In recent years, the Church of the Goddess of Death has shown signs of resurgence, but the people who want to kill you this time are not them, they are just hired killers."

"Then who is going to kill me?"

"I don't know. I have already contacted the Selwyn family. Their underground business is all over the world, but even they don't know about this assassination, and the most important point..."

As he said that, the old Marquis Fuli stopped, looked at Qin Weijie, and continued after a while

"You are the only one who was assassinated..."

"What do you mean?" Qin Weijie was confused

"I think you've also heard about what happened to the Fuli family over the years?" The old marquis narrowed his eyes, as if he wanted to see through Qin Weijie.

"I have paid attention to it. Except for you and me, all the direct blood of the Fuli family have been killed."

"That's right." The old Marquis Fuli stood up with his scepter in his hands, and looked at Qin Weijie with a ferocious and suspicious expression: "And you are the only one who was assassinated! The rest of them died of that weird... black magic, weird Black magic! How do you explain that?"

"Only I was assassinated?"

Qin Weijie's face changed suddenly, and he felt that everything was confusing.

But at this time, Old Foley's expression was obviously a bit scary. Qin Weijie felt that Old Foley was suspicious of him, because all the descendants of the Foley family died strangely in the past ten years, and only Qin Weijie survived. From this point of view, Qin Weijie is the biggest beneficiary.

Secondly, all the descendants of the welfare family who died died of black magic, and only Qin Weijie survived.

Again, no one was attacked or assassinated, only Qin Weijie was assassinated twice, and both times were unsuccessful.

On the day of Diagon Alley, when all the attackers went to Ollivander's Wand Shop to assassinate Qin Weijie, Qin Weijie left there by coincidence and went to Gringotts, which was the most closely guarded and safest place in Diagon Alley.

To sum up, old Fuli inevitably has doubts in his heart. Qin Weijie may be the mastermind behind the scenes, or the mastermind behind the scenes wants Qin Weijie to become the heir of the Fuli family.

"You look suspicious of me?"

Qin Weijie's expression was indifferent, but in his heart he kept thinking about how he should go down. If he couldn't explain it well, he might have to explain it here today.

Qin Weijie wanted to give up the inheritance rights of the Fuli family and simply go back to Huaxia, but looking at the expression of the old Fuli at the moment, Qin Weijie knew that if he didn't explain clearly today, he might not be able to leave this study.

Even though his heart was full of waves, Qin Weijie's expression remained calm.

Is this the one in the legend, with a smile on his face, and his heart is full of criticism.

"Otherwise, how do you explain that only you are alive, only you were assassinated, and you survived the two assassinations by coincidence?"

Old Fuli questioned Qin Weijie loudly like a raging lion.

"What's my motive? Why should I do this?" Qin Weijie didn't hesitate at all, and looked up at the old Marquis Fuli's eyes.

At this time, you must not show a trace of guilty conscience, you must be positive and tough~

"In order to inherit the wealth of the welfare family!"

"You must be sick, old man!"

Qin Weijie suddenly burst into anger and cursed in Chinese.

here we go! here we go! For a long time after that, Qin Weijie regarded the next words as his acting highlight, and he handled the emotions of unwillingness, anger, and grievance very well. Coupled with the stubborn expression of the young man, Teacher Jin would give one: perfect

"Before I came to the UK, I didn't know that the Foley family was rich, and I never heard of the wizarding world. I didn't even hear of the Foley family until I was nine years old, let alone that my mother was British. I always used my I am proud of being a Chinese, but in the end you sent someone to tell me that I am a bunch!"

"You want me to explain to you, and I still want you to explain to me. Do you know how I came to England from China? I almost died on the road in seventeen months. I was sick and tortured myself. Do you want to play a bitter scene for you?"

"Also, I almost died the day I arrived, okay? If my master hadn't brought me an amulet, I would have died almost that day!"

"On the day of Diagon Alley, it was obviously Ollivander who proposed to go to Gringotts. How could I know that Gringotts is the safest place to go? It was only the first day that I found out how good the wizarding world is!"

"Don't you want to explain, let me explain to you why I was not attacked by black magic..."

Speaking of which, Qin Weijie slapped his magic wand on the table: "This is the reason!"

"What do you mean?" Old Foley was puzzled.

"Huaxia's dragon wood, warding off evil spirits, and the scales on the core of the staff have the same effect, and even blocked Tom's mistaken magic. The day before Diagon Alley, I should be protected by that scale, this is you I need an explanation!"

Old Foley was still thinking, obviously he didn't react.

"Okay, since you think I'm greedy for your wealth, then you send someone to send me back to China now! As a Chinese, I am willing to face the disaster of war with my country!"

Saying that, Qin Weijie turned around and was about to leave.

three two……

Qin Weijie muttered in his heart as he walked.

"Okay, stop pretending, come back!"

Old Fuli called to stop Qin Weijie, Qin Weijie stopped, but did not turn back, at this moment Qin Weijie needed an explanation from Old Fuli.

"To be honest, I did doubt you a month ago. So I gave myself a month to investigate. After the investigation, I gained a new understanding of you and dispelled a lot of doubts."

"You are a smart child, very similar to Diana, that is, your mother. It's just that she was too obsessed with the East, and eventually died in the land she yearned for."

What Old Fuli said was very sad, Qin Weijie couldn't help frowning, feeling a little sour in his heart.

"Hey, let's get down to business. After a month of investigation, I found that the weird black magic has enveloped you almost since you were born, but it has never hurt you. This makes me very puzzled. Until you show it I got your wand, and I think I've found the answer I was looking for."

"Mysterious eastern power, I believe it is the only one that can protect you. But right now there is another problem that I can't figure out."

Qin Weijie turned around at this moment and asked, "What's the problem?"

"Why does this kind of black magic turn around and hurt those who attacked you after it can't hurt you? It looks like... like, that power is protecting you." Old Foley said, with a smile on his face. Out of the deep old.

"This..." Qin Weijie was also lost in thought, and then simply told Lao Fuli about the uncle who fell to his death, William who went to China to pick him up, and the Spanish officer who kindly took him in.

"You mean, those three people who helped you also have that kind of black line? It seems that after the weird black magic can't harm you, it will randomly search for people around you to attack..."

Old Foley murmured.

"It seems that I am really an ominous person. If you want to live a few more years, old man, you'd better have less contact with me. If it doesn't work, just send me back to Huaxia." Qin Weijie said.

"No, it's too dangerous there now! Jinling has fallen, and the army of the Rising Sun Empire is overwhelming. For at most three months, Huaxia will be incorporated into the territory of the Rising Sun Empire."

The old welfare attitude is very tough, the current international situation is extremely chaotic, the Muggle world is already in chaos, especially in East Asia.

The Rising Sun Empire has broken through Jinling, the capital of China, and carried out a three-month bloody massacre of Jinling City from the end of last year to February this year.

Listening to old Fuli's words, Qin Weijie clenched his fists, and his emotions were on the verge of collapse. Even in the next century, the Chinese people would never forget the unspeakable crime of the Rising Sun Empire. The memory of that period of humiliation and hatred is deeply rooted In the hearts of the children of China, the children and grandchildren of later generations have never dared to forget.

"Fart! The little devil still wants to annex China? Old man, you really don't understand the Chinese nation. 'It is better to fight to the death than to be a subjugated slave'. When this nation is driven to a desperate situation, he will let you see the real' "Dragon Slaying Technique'."

Although Qin Weijie's voice was immature, it was resounding.

If Master hadn't repeatedly reminded himself not to intervene in China's situation, Qin Weijie wished he could fly back to China right now, holding a magic wand in his hand, and gnawing big melons at the crowd of little devils.

"With your current ability, I will never rest assured that you will leave the UK. Unless you obtain the title of great magician, I will never let you go back."

"Is it magic power above the seventh level?"

"That's harder than you think." Old Foley sighed, "Although we guessed that the weird black magic would randomly select people around you to attack, in order to make sure that the guess is correct, I still think it is necessary to send someone to It’s best to investigate and verify... But now that China is in chaos and Spain is also in civil war, I’m afraid it will take a lot of time.”

"You can do whatever you want~"

Qin Weijie began to think about a way to quickly increase his magic power. He had to find another book "The Source of Magic Power" by Duka Stephen. I don't know if he could find it in the old Fuli's study. If there is none here, then you can only hope in the Hogwarts library. After all, as the only magic school in the UK, it has collected many books on magic theory for many years.

While thinking about Qin Weijie, he looked around Lao Fuli's study, and planned how to quickly find that copy of "The Source of Magic Power".

"Okay, get ready to go out, the guests should be almost here. Tonight's banquet, you are the protagonist." Old Fuli patted Qin Weijie on the shoulder, stretched out his hand to hold Qin Weijie's little hand and said.

"I am the main character?"

"As a descendant of my Foley family, in the future you will be one of the most honorable people in the magic world in the UK and even in the world, and tonight is your first step into the magic world. I will announce your orthodoxy at the banquet." As the heir, I will also introduce you to people from the other three families." Old Foley said

"Isn't it the Holy Twenty-Eight Family? Why the other three families?"

"The twenty-eight holy clans are just some families who put money on their faces and want to climb the dragon and become the phoenix. Remember, in the eyes of the Fuli family, there are only three families that can make friends with us."

"Selwyn, Crouch and Lestrange?"

"That's right, these are the Four Great Saint Clans in the magical world, the undisputed Four Great Saint Clans."