Du Dian was a little moved when he heard it. The monthly salary of the knight is not low. It is estimated that it is more than the combined monthly salary of the Jura couple. The most important thing is that he can be named as a knight in the establishment of the Ryan family. , it will be able to make the vast majority of civilians look up.
However, he didn't agree right away. He understood that the higher the reward, the more dangerous it would be to pick up waste outside the giant wall. Other dangers, otherwise, there would not be such high returns.
"I'll think about it." Du Dian pondered.
Flynn Lane smiled slightly and said: "When you think it over, you are welcome to join at any time. Besides, you probably haven't found a place to live during this period of time. If you don't mind, there are still a few vacant houses in our Lane family. .”
Du Dian declined: "Thank you for your kindness. I will go to perform the task in seven days. During this time, I will go home to visit my parents. I will not live in the commercial area for the time being."
"Well, if you need anything in the future, just come to me."
"I will."
After the conversation, Flynn Lane left here, went to the center of the banquet, and chatted with other nobles.
Not long after Flynn Lane left, several nobles approached Du Dian one after another and began to discuss with him, but the conditions proposed were not much different from those of Flynn Lane, and were all declined by Du Dian one by one.
At this time, halfway through the banquet, the melodious music stopped suddenly, and a loud applause came. All the nobles in the hall who were chatting or eating and drinking looked over.
The person who clapped his hands was a middle-aged nobleman in his forties, with a stalwart figure and a full stomach. Seeing everyone's eyes gathered, he showed a gentlemanly and modest smile on his face, and said, "Welcome everyone to participate in the establishment of the Mellon Consortium." The eighth party, I hope you all have a good time, in addition, today happens to be the birthday of the little girl Melshaya, I hope everyone here can give my little girl a blessing, thank you!"
As he spoke, a girl in a dark red dress slowly walked out from behind a high platform leading to the second floor in the center of the hall. She was around twelve or thirteen years old, with delicate cheeks and elegant attire. She stood there gracefully, Bowing slightly, he said, "I've seen all the uncles and aunts."
There was a burst of warm applause among the nobles present.
Du Dian's heart moved slightly. After he returned to his accommodation, he inquired that the Mellon consortium was composed of more than a dozen aristocratic families of different sizes. Among them, there were only two aristocrats with the right to speak, namely Mel family, and the Bron family. And this girl is obviously a member of the Mel family. He had heard the name of this family when he was in the Meishan Orphanage.
Moreover, the Knight of Light who judged the alchemists in the desert three years ago, who called himself Melk, was obviously also a member of the Mel family.
It can be seen from this that the influence of the Mel family covers a wide range.
"This is a small gift prepared by our Bailan family for Miss Shaya..." At this moment, a young man among the nobles spoke out, holding an exquisite red gift box in his hand, and gently opened it. Inside was a pair of snow-white silk gloves, made of Extremely delicate.
Melshaya's eyes brightened slightly at the top of the steps, and said: "This is the craftsmanship of Master Sydney, thank you, I like it very much."
The young man smiled sassyly, and handed the gift box to the servant who came to receive the gift.
At this time, other nobles presented gifts one after another, and also sent congratulatory words.
"Miss Shaya." A young man in a brown gentleman's suit in the crowd smiled and said, "I have always heard that you like poetry. I specially asked Master Taiza to write a short poem. I hope you like it."
"Poetry?" Melshaya's eyes lit up, a little delighted.
The young man smiled slightly, put on a shelf, and sang softly: "There are tears you shed on the stone, and those hesitant eyes filled the dusk, who leaked your inner sadness..."
After a while, after reading a poem, he said: "This poem is called "Girl's Sorrow", and it is for Miss Sha Ya."
The audience burst into warm applause immediately, and some nobles applauded loudly on the spot.
A happy smile appeared on Melshaya's face, and she said: "As expected of Master Taizha's poem, I like it very much, very moved, thank you!"
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By the window sill, Du Dian felt a little helpless when he heard the cheers. He didn't bring anything with him. I hope those people won't notice him, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble again.
"If it doesn't work, just take out the poem that my sister used to read all the time to fool me." Du Dian thought to himself, suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure running past the manor outside the window sill, and suddenly his heart moved, secretly Call yourself stupid, don't have anything to give, why don't you sneak away first
He looked at the nobles. At this moment, their attention was focused on Melshaya above. It was a rare opportunity. He immediately opened the window and looked outside. The height was about two meters. Without hesitation, he turned over and jumped out, like a nimble cat, landed lightly, then pulled down the window, and quickly left along the path outside.
In order to avoid running into the servants, Du Dian went around to a more remote place. There were no lights here. At this moment, only the stars and the moon were shining, shining coldly on the stone path, surrounded by neatly trimmed ornamental trees. Not long after, he saw It was a small pavilion, and I wanted to sit there. It would not be too late to go back after the banquet was almost over. Anyway, I was a small character and would not attract too much attention.
Rustle~!
Suddenly, there was the sound of leaves being shaken.
Du Dian's face changed slightly, and he shouted: "Who!"
The surroundings were quiet, but Du Dian knew that it was definitely not the sound of the wind blowing just now. After all, after three years of training as a scavenger, if he still couldn't distinguish between objects and the sound of wind touching leaves, he would have been eliminated in the practice test.
"Come out, I know you're here!" Du Dian said coldly.
Not long after, a slender figure moved out from behind a pruned tree that was round like a ball. Du Dian looked at it through the moonlight, and was stunned. The figure he saw earlier.
Du Dian breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Come out, I have no malicious intentions, everyone is out to hide from the limelight, I will not inform you, you'd better not inform me, otherwise it will be no good to everyone."
The girl was dressed in a white floral gauze dress, and she was a little nervous at first. When she heard Du Dian's words, she couldn't help being surprised and said, "Hiding the limelight? You, aren't you sent by my father to tell me to go back?"
Knowing that she had misunderstood, Du Dian shrugged and said, "Of course not, I don't even know you."
The girl looked at him, and seemed to understand that she was thinking too much. She breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest and said, "Scare me, by the way, you said to hide from the limelight, why hide from the limelight? You have an enemy?"
Du Dian said unhappily: "I can have any enemies, don't everyone not bring gifts, come out and avoid it."
"Ah?" The girl seemed to suspect that she had heard it wrong, and suddenly thought of something, she burst into a smile and said, "Yes, which family do you belong to? Don't you know today is Miss Mel's birthday?"
"Don't you know?" Du Dian shrugged and said, "As for the identity, it's better to keep it secret."
The girl walked to the pavilion along the stone slab, and immediately saw Du Dian's attire, and said in surprise: "Your uniform, are you a scavenger?"
Du Dian's face turned black immediately, and he said with a straight face: "Yes, but you'd better not go out and talk nonsense, and I won't talk about you, it's fair."
"I won't tell." The girl giggled and said, "My name is Jenny, what's your name?"
Du Dian thought for a while and said, "Du Dian."