At night, the black screen covered the sky, but it could not cover Pompeii Castle.
Outside the castle, there are many carriages parked with various family crests hanging on the carriages, proving that the owners of these carriages are all distinguished people with noble blood and surnames.
In addition to the carriages, there are also their own guards.
The lights in the castle were brightly lit, dispelling the darkness and illuminating the castle. The male and female servants of the Pompeii family came out in full force, busy.
The guests were all gathered in the hall.
The hall is one and a half stories high and circular. A tall chandelier hangs above, and the snow-white candles on the chandelier are burning. The guests are concentrated on one side of the hall in front of the door, and on the other side is a famous Pompeii specially hired.
pianist playing piano.
The guests were all listening to the elegant piano sound. Even the guests who were not interested in music pretended to be listening to the music.
Making noise at this time is considered impolite.
The male and female servants holding plates with wine, biscuits and other snacks on them were also careful not to make any sound.
Soon after the music ended, the famous pianist stood up and saluted the guests. The guests clapped their hands and applauded like thunder.
Then came the orchestra's performance. At this time, the atmosphere was much more relaxed, and the guests were divided into twos and threes, chatting in whispers.
It can be roughly divided into four circles.
The contemporary noble knights represented by Old Sol, the ladies group represented by Mrs. Sophie, and the girls group represented by the girls. These girls are the protagonists of this banquet. The Pompeii family plans to use these girls to
Picked out for the excellent Mrs. Luther.
The rest are the noble boys.
Although this is a banquet for the purpose of blind date, communication between nobles is also necessary.
Luther, the future head of the Pompeii family, also needed connections. And every banquet was a social gathering of nobles, which was extremely precious.
In the past, Luther would often follow Old Saul to attend such banquets.
Among the youth groups present, there were many friends that Luther had known before.
Old Sol was holding red wine in one hand while chatting with the old guys. In fact, they were not all old guys. In addition to the five middle-aged people standing next to Old Sol, there was also a young man.
This young man is extremely handsome, and his complexion is extremely pale, as if he has not seen the sun all year round. I heard that in the northern capital, it is very popular for nobles to have such a complexion.
Obviously, this young man is a son of an aristocratic family with an extremely distinguished status.
In fact, this is also true, because the person in front of him is Lucy Barton, the third son of Baron Barton.
Baron Barton is the head of the Pompeii family. Pompeii has served Baron Barton for generations. Not only the Pompeii family, but also the five people present who are about the same age as Old Sol are also lords of other knights.
Belongs to Baron Barton.
Lucy, Barton.
This time, Old Sol also invited Baron Barton to attend the banquet. However, Barton had something to do and did not come, so he sent the third son, the lord, to attend.
Although they were only the third son, Old Sol and others did not dare to neglect them, and they were vaguely dominated by Lucy and Barton. During the conversation, they took great care of Lucy and Barton.
However, Lucy Barton seems to be a poor aristocratic child. He mostly just smiles and doesn't interrupt casually.
"I heard that the New Party has become more and more rampant in the royal capital recently. There have even been knights from the New Party attacking the nobles of the palace. Not to mention other parts of the kingdom. These chaotic parties are really everywhere."
A knight lord said.
This knight lord has a very handsome face, but a hooked nose ruins the beauty of his face and adds a bit of vindictiveness to him.
However, those who are familiar with this knight lord know that this lord is a good old man with a good temper.
This man's name is Lipton Sauron.
Baron Barton is a baron who owns a city, many villages and towns. His military strength and fiefdom are quite large.
There are twenty or thirty knight lords loyal to Baron Barton. The Pompeii family is just one of them, and the five noble knight lords present are from knight lord families that have good relations with the Pompeii family.
They can be said to be natural allies.
Lipton and Sauron were especially close to the Pompeii family because his wife was the biological sister of old Saul and the aunt of Luther.
"Yes, these gangsters are everywhere preaching that they are all born equal. The nobles should not be allowed to have such great power. They call on the civilian knights to unite to overthrow the Kingdom of Prussia. They should all be hanged."
A knight lord said very murderously.
"What you think is an abominable gang is precious to me. Although there are traces of gang activities everywhere in the kingdom, the place we are in is too remote. There are no gang activities yet.
What a pity. It would be great if we could kill a few gangsters and show off our martial arts. The glory of the knights needs countless bones to set off."
A knight lord with incorrect views said at this time.
However, this kind of three views is the mainstream among the current knight lords. Not only this knight lord, but the other knight lords including the good old Lipton and Sauron all nodded.
The new party.
This damn group of civilian knights who opposed the nobility should all be hanged.
However, the topic of discussion soon changed, because they all realized that today's banquet was to select the next generation of Pompeii's wife.
It seems that he shouldn't be so murderous.
"Saul, there are some new faces at the banquet today. Apart from us, who else did you invite today?"
Lipton and Sauron looked around the hall and found many unfamiliar faces, so they couldn't help but ask.
There are a total of six knight lords, all of whom are close allies. These families have been married for a long time, and they are more or less blood related to each other.
But it doesn't matter. In their opinion, the purer the blood of the nobles, the better. This kind of marriage should continue to exist. Therefore, the girls present included the daughters, nieces, and other statuses of the other five knight lords.
Old Sol's very rigid face in front of his children all year round softened a lot now. He shrugged in a rare way and said: "You know, there are too many descendants of nobles who have no land in the world, and we have
The nobles in the territory were very popular. Many noble girls dreamed of becoming the hostess of Pompeii. So after I spread the news, many people requested to participate, and I deleted the selection. Some of these girls were scholars.
Daughters, some are officials’ daughters, some are businessmen’s daughters.”
Descendants of nobles are still nobles, but the territory of a noble is only so large, and only one person can inherit the territory. And usually nobles have many children.
These children are all descendants of nobles.
Therefore, the current Kingdom of Prussia has a lot of descendants of nobles.
The Pompeii family, which owns territory, is still very popular even though it is just a family of knights.
Old Sol then said proudly: "My son is very good. So the more girls attending this banquet, the better. Even if Luther can only have one wife, he might as well have more lovers. He can give birth to some
Although an illegitimate child cannot inherit Pompeii's surname, he can still continue Pompeii's bloodline."
Old Sol turned into an old and crooked gangster.
The other lord knights also showed the same expression, which was a bit vulgar.
Nobles, how can any real nobleman not have several mistresses and illegitimate children?