"What? Are you listening to us whispering about these churches behind their backs, and are you playing into your hands?" Alvin teased after the young man named Zhang Yang sat down.
"That's really embarrassing to me." Zhang Yang shook his head and sighed with a smile, "I am a white person, how dare I point fingers at these churches."
As soon as he said this, Alvin became even more convinced that this guy was the same type of person as himself, the kind of people who disdained the so-called faith.
"That's it. It seems that I have to take the liberty to ask, why are you so drunk?" Alvin smiled and turned the topic to the other party, and then he glanced at Chi Hao, "It looks like , it should be related to women, right?"
Onian glanced out the window and looked at the street scene outside.
When Zhang Yan heard Alvin's words, his expression darkened and he was a little surprised, so he looked back at Alvin, and the two conveyed the unique tacit understanding between men when they looked at each other, and Zhang Yan smiled helplessly. .
As for which noble lady he was abandoned by, it's hard to say.
As for why the word "abandon" was used, it was because Alvin had already captured some details from Chi Chan's clothes, and thus deduced that this guy was probably living on the "relief" of women. The coat that was put on Zhang Yan just now was made of exquisite workmanship and luxurious fabrics. It was obvious at first glance that it was expensive. But the underwear I'm wearing now is made of extremely ordinary fabrics. It can even be said to be cheap, and it looks like it hasn't been cared for in a long time. The leather boots on his feet are also very well made and polished to a high shine, but the leather on the edges of the boot cuffs has been severely worn, which shows that these boots have been worn continuously for a long time.
Thinking that Zhang Yan said that he was an ordinary citizen just now, the origin of this coat and leather boots is worth pondering. Alvin knew in his heart that ordinary people could not afford such clothing. Coupled with the fact that as soon as Zhang Yan sat down, a smell of woman's perfume hit him, he became even more convinced of his speculation. Although Alvin, like his father, doesn't usually like to attend dance parties, he still has some knowledge of what kind of perfume those noble ladies would use. The kind of perfume that Zhang San carries on his body is usually from those perfumes. Only older ladies with a certain status would use it.
So Alvin just used the word "woman" directly, and did not say girl or young lady.
Of course, as smart as Onian, she had already guessed everything from the smell of Zhang Yan's body. She was just curious as to why Alvin invited this man to sit over.
In fact, Alvin doesn't dislike these people, and he doesn't have any prejudice, just like he doesn't dislike the female concubines who support themselves in the mansion. The main reason is that Zhang Yan's character is straightforward and smart in his approach. When you make friends with such people, you can always get what you need. Especially after he realized Zhang Yan's general identity, he fell into his trap even more.
He happened to want to find someone to ask about the internal situation of the Boer Principality. What kind of person is the Marquis of Erou, and what is the power structure within the Principality. These questions need to be answered by someone who knows the inside story. After all, These are not things that can be clarified by just picking up a random person on the street. He thought that a lady who could be so generous to her lover must have some background. What is certain is that Zhang Yan's lover, or ex-lover, at least will not be the wives of wealthy businessmen. Businessmen are stingy, and the greater their wealth, the more stingy they become, and their wives are naturally not much better off.
As for why Alvin didn’t ask Elder Ria about this in detail along the way?
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, because he subconsciously felt that there were always some unclear relationships between the church and the nobility. Before clarifying these relationships, he did not plan to ask Riya too much about this aspect. Besides, here in the north, The situation in the church is still extremely complicated. Moreover, Alvin also guessed that it might not be convenient for Riya to reveal too much to herself. After all, the identity of this retired priest is not as simple as it seems.
After a few rounds of drinking, Zhang Yang and Alvin became more and more familiar with each other. Of course, most of the topics the two of them talked about were about Zhang Yan's lover. What Alvin admired very much was that Zhang Yan was quite a gentleman, and he mostly praised the lady. His biggest complaint was that the lady was always bad at him, which made him very melancholy. some type of.
Alvin saw that he was almost done, so he gradually introduced the topic to the Principality of Boer.
So Zhang Yan was opened up to talk bit by bit without realizing it.
Indeed, as Alvin expected, Zhang Yan knew quite a lot about the inside story of the Burr Principality. He even knew some things about the Tiler Principality that bordered Burr in the north.
Through Chi Yan's words, Alvin learned that the Marquis of Elu still controlled the power of the Boer Principality on the surface, but in fact the principality had been divided into two factions, which were in conflict with each other. One faction was the conservative aristocracy headed by Count Aunein , most of them gathered in Zantz City; the other group were members of the Tyrell Wine Merchant Guild, mainly represented by the Philodi family, and were entrenched in Tyrell City. Of course, these two factions still obey the rule of Marquis Elu on the surface.
In general, the contradiction within the Duke of Boer is quite typical, that is, the old aristocrats look down on the new aristocrats.
The new aristocrats who have suddenly emerged in recent years have a lot of runes in their hands, but the old aristocrats who have inherited the title for generations do not think so. They only regard these wealthy businessmen as upstarts with no background, saying that they are "countrymen who only know how to grow grapes."
The new nobles of Tilea City couldn't stand the poverty of these old nobles, so they burst out with an iconic taunt: "The title you have branded on your body, with the gold edge, has already been worn by you." The tattered woolen cloak was exposed."
Alvin couldn't help but laugh when he heard Zhang Yan say this. He thought to himself that this really vividly portrayed the image of those cash-strapped old nobles.
Onian was eating her meal quietly and elegantly on the side, not participating in the conversation, but she was listening with her ears pricked up. When she heard this sentence, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, obviously feeling Tilly's feelings. The humor of the new aristocrats in Ercheng.
When Alvin looked at the half-smile on Onian's face, a thought suddenly flashed through Alvin's mind, and he seemed to have captured the inspiration for the dome painting.
"Your Highness, after talking so much, I still don't know how to address you?" Zhang Yang said after thinking.
"Alvin Felix." Alvin said, filling his glass with wine.
Zhang Yan carefully searched his memory, and it seemed that he had never heard of this name, especially among the nobility he knew.
"Don't think about it, I'm not a noble." Alvin said with a smile. Obviously, he saw through what Zhang Yan was thinking.
After a brief period of disappointment, Zhang Yan found that Alvin didn't seem to care about this at all. The unbridled confidence on his face was something that Zhang Yan had never seen before.
Zhang Yan asked himself that he had also come into contact with many nobles of the Boer Principality, especially the nobles in the city of Zantz, but he did not feel the same.
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With Alvin's unique temperament, the innate looseness and detachment that filled his every move, and the arrogance of not caring about the world, fully proved this person's extraordinary life experience.
Zhang Yan secretly glanced at O'Nian again, feeling more and more that Alvin was teasing him. He thought to himself: "How can he be an ordinary person with a woman of such appearance and bearing? You know, O'Nian Those girls from Earl Neyin's family can't even compare to a fingernail of this woman."
From the conversation between Alvin and Onian, Zhang Yan knew that the relationship between the two was unusual, at least the kind of like-minded relationship.
"Just because he called "Your Highness" so many times, he never denied it." Zhang Yang guessed that Alvin was used to hearing others call him that.
Alvin looked at the unconcealed expression of doubt on Zhang Yan's face and felt funny in his heart.
"I'm not lying to you," Alvin smiled and lifted up his coat, then pointed at the shirt inside, "There really isn't any gilded title in it."
When Onian heard this and saw Alvin's actions, she almost laughed out loud, so she had to cough to cover it up. After glaring at Alvin with a pair of wonderful eyes, she looked away.
Because Onian reacted very quickly, Zhang Yan didn't see this scene.
"Besides, I don't have a rich family like those wine merchants in Tilea City." Alvin continued jokingly, "To be honest with you, I just complained there because I paid He wanted to draw a church painting for the Universal Church, but he didn’t know what to paint, so he kept nagging.”
Zhang Yan now felt that Alvin's explanation was getting darker and darker. Because he felt that Alvin must be relying on something in his heart to be able to put on such a teasing posture. So he firmly held one view: "This person must have a background, no matter how he denies it."
Onian hasn't spoken since she sat down, but the calm look on her face that said "Let Alvin perform freely" just confirms the correctness of his point of view from the side?
Apparently, Chi Yan, whose brain had been washed repeatedly by alcohol, did not think of this.
But in Alvin's own opinion, what he said was indeed the truth.
"Your Highness, no matter what you say, I will definitely make you as my friend." Zhang Yan said with a smile. As soon as he finished speaking, he let out a rather full wine burp. This action either showed that Zhang Yan was completely drunk, or that he had completely let go of his guard and regarded Alvin as a friend. After all, Zhang Yan is also a person who understands etiquette very well. It would be too rude to burp like this at the dinner table.
Alvin smiled and nodded, "I'm just reminding you that now I am really poor and very poor, not much better than you."
Zhang Yan's heart thumped, and he was secretly shocked: "How did he see that I was in a pinch?"
In his daze, Zhang Yan thought of the woman who abandoned him again, so he poured himself another glass with a sad look on his face.
"Just now you mentioned that...the Duchy of Tirel?" Alvin asked after thinking.
"Oh, didn't I just say that the grand duke of their principality is the pretty widow - Duchess Sloan. She is a very charming and charming person..." Before Zhang Yan could finish his words, he drank again. Unable to rest, I lay down on the table and took a nap.
Alvin was still thinking of asking him something about this universal religion, but it seemed he had no choice but to give it up.
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