Chapter Seventy-Five: The Envoy of Lance (I)

"Hey, big brother has found something good!" The tall, thin man tried to keep his voice as low as he could. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The meaty guy pushed through the grass, and he saw the sleeping woman in front of him.

"Hehe, it's still your kid's sharp eyes. "The vicious man with a meaty face drooled from his mouth, it's not easy to do 'business' in this wilderness, and today a woman finally bumped into his hands.

"I know what you're thinking, don't worry. With your boy's share, don't alarm them first, let's brothers have a good time first. ”

"It's still the eldest brother who is righteous enough!" the tall and thin man showed a mouthful of yellow teeth, and his underneath him was already stoned, and he wished he was riding on the woman's body now.

'Let me enjoy it!' The two robbers from the sperm brains quietly approached the sleeping girl.

The woman slept soundly on the grass, and her white clothes outlined the grace of the woman's body well. The woman's eyelashes on the grass moved, and she seemed to sense something.

The tall and thin man and the vicious guy with a fleshy face could no longer hold back the heat in their hearts, and their pants had already been taken off. One after the other, two figures were about to hold the woman down.

"Phew. The vicious man with a fleshy face heard something, and he subconsciously looked at his neck.

'Hmm, is this, is this blood?'" Before the vicious man with a fleshy face could figure out what was going on, his head had already been separated from his body.

"Hell!" the tall and thin man saw with his own eyes that the woman who was still asleep just now suddenly got up, and then, immediately after his eldest brother died like this?

The tall and thin man swallowed a mouthful of spit, and the sudden situation made him lose his weight for a moment, so that he did not think to know his companion in the first place.

The tall and thin man's body was trembling, his legs were weak when he tried to escape, he wanted to shout for help from his companions, but he just couldn't get out. A great fear struck the tall and thin man's body, and this fear was only because of the look of the woman in front of him.

"Hmm? My head is a little groggy. Belinda opened her hazy sleepy eyes, and the overnight rush made her very tired, and she finally took a break, but she didn't expect to meet two Xiaoxiao.

"Ahh Belinda was still a little sleepy, and she just instinctively killed the vicious man who wanted to approach her from behind.

"There's another one?" Belinda slowly walked towards the tall and thin man not far away, she was still sleepy-eyed, Belinda was still a little curious, why didn't he choose to run away? Isn't this terrifying? However, with Belinda's strength, if the tall and thin man really wanted to escape, then he would never have the slightest chance of surviving.

Forget it, what's the use of thinking about it. Belinda stretched her back, her sword still dripping with blood.

"Do you have horses?" Belinda's sword rested on the neck of the tall, lanky man who couldn't move in fear.

"What?" the tall and thin man fell to his knees, and he felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to breathe in the face of such indifferent pupils.

Belinda moved her shoulders, she was really a little tired, but it was her unintentional action that made the tall and thin man wake up all of a sudden, and he could feel the strong smell of blood on the woman in front of him.

"Yes, yes. The tall and thin man nodded hurriedly, he had no room for resistance in front of this woman.

"It's over there. The tall and thin man hurriedly pointed out the direction, and he only begged this indifferent woman to be merciful and spare him a small life.

"Thank you. Belinda's sword subconsciously went further, and blood was already flowing from the thin man's neck.

The tall and thin man's heart was beating fast, he was ready for death in the next second, well, in fact, he wasn't ready, his soaked lower body had already betrayed himself. He touched his neck in disbelief, and it turned out to be just a shallow scratch.

"I'm alive! I'm alive!" the tall and lanky man was a little stunned, it all happened so fast that he didn't even understand how the indifferent woman had changed her mind. But before he could feel the happiness of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, the tall and thin man ran away in a panic. For he heard the wailing of his companions, and he heard the neighing of horses. He had been running wildly, and he was afraid of the woman in his heart, and it was not until the next day that he mustered up the courage to return to the thieves' camp. The tall and thin man looked at the broken corpses, he couldn't help but vomit, everyone died too miserably, too miserable!

This scene was forever seared in the mind of the tall and thin man, who had been doing this for several years, but the cruelty of the minced meat was so chilling that the tall and thin man decided to wash his hands after vomiting. He foamed at the ground, this line of work is too dangerous!

"I'm not going to be a bad guy anymore. "The tall and thin man burst into tears, not because of his conscience, but because of fear, and he concentrated on burning the minced meat, not knowing that her unintentional actions had completely frightened a thief and set him on a path to being a 'good man'.

"Uhhhh

Stupid and poor thieves, they just drew their weapons at Belinda, and then they were reduced to minced meat.

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The streets of Sintra have returned to their former bustle, with merchants selling their wares on both sides of the main road, and if it weren't for the uneasiness on the faces of the pedestrians, you wouldn't have imagined what the day before yesterday had been.

In two days, Sintra has basically restored order, the old duke is continuing to recuperate, there are still residual toxins in his body, and I am afraid that it will take a period of rest to fully recover. During this period, Her Royal Highness Juana took care of the city for the old duke, and Her Royal Highness quickly restored order in the city with her iron blood, which made her increasingly popular among the people.

"Your Highness. The mayor of Sintra handed over a stack of papers.

Juana looked at it page by page, during this period, she humbly asked the mayor if she didn't understand, Juana had never had any experience in the internal affairs side, but now that the old duke is sick, everything is basically piled up with her, and Juana has to learn little by little.

"Are we still financially adequate?" said Juana, seeing the tax on the paperwork, and it seemed that the figure was still considerable.

"Your Highness, to tell you the truth, although the figures on the financial statements are quite good, the real amount of money needed to spend money is far greater than our taxes. The elderly mayor looked at Her Royal Highness carefully, and it was the first time for him to serve the royal family. Because according to the class division of the kingdom, the mayor did not belong to the aristocratic class, and he was not qualified to meet Her Royal Highness. To put it more clearly, mayors are usually appointed directly by the nobles of the fiefdom, while the king's direct domain is appointed directly by the kingdom, and they are more like the personal butlers of these nobles (kings).

"What do you mean by that?" Juana only saw that Sintra's taxes were far higher than the expenses, and that she still had too many things to sort out.

"Your Highness, our army used to be funded by the central government, but now we are on our own. "The old mayor singled out one of the most obvious, but in fact there are many more such things, water conservancy projects, the maintenance of fortresses, the supply of grain and grass, all these things will become a heavy burden for the local government without the central government. Therefore, even the private soldiers they maintain are limited, after all, if you are not prepared to rebel, the cost of the army alone will make you unable to make ends meet.

Juana listened attentively to the mayor's words, and she touched her forehead.

"Well, these financial statements or something, to be honest, I still don't know the doorway, old mayor, you told me that if we are spending now, we can last a few years at most?"

Now it was the turn of the old mayor who was stunned, how could they hold out for a few more years? If they lost the support of the central government, Sintra, a city built purely as a fortress, would probably not last for a few months!

"Well, we can still..." The old mayor had some desire to say something, he still couldn't figure out the temper of His Royal Highness, if he really reported it truthfully, would His Royal Highness be angry and cut himself?

"What's wrong with you?" Juana looked at the old mayor's forehead that had been sweating, and she took out her handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat for the old mayor.

Lao Tzu let go, and the old mayor's heart was horizontal. "Your Highness, our finances will be in deficit in less than two months, and if it drags on for three months, we will be completely bankrupt. ”

What the old mayor said was the real situation in Sintra, and what he said to His Royal Highness was already the most optimistic estimate, if there was a war, Sintra would enter a state of no money in less than a month. He said it so happily because he felt that Her Royal Highness was a kind girl, and secondly, he felt that even if he didn't know what he said, someone would soon tell the truth. So it's better for him to say these things himself.

"How much food do we have?" Juana didn't know about internal affairs, but she still knew the most basic common sense, and she asked the question she was most concerned about now.

"A year. The old mayor gave an affirmative answer, and it seemed that the question of grain and grass was the only good news in this series of bad news.

"Hmm. Juana then looked down at the document, which she had signed on the back after reading them all.

The old duke watched quietly outside the door, in fact, he was not weak enough to handle government affairs, the old duke just wanted to accelerate the growth of His Royal Highness Juana in this way. In the same way, Juana understands that she needs to become a 'qualified' heir to the throne in the shortest possible time.

"Lord Duke!" a knight trotted over.

The old duke made a gesture of boos, he didn't want to interrupt Her Royal Highness, who was seriously handling government affairs.

The knight understood what the old duke meant, and he knelt on one knee and whispered an important message to the old duke.

"It's finally here. The old duke's eyes sharpened, and he pushed open the door to Juana's room.

"Your Highness. The old duke bowed slightly, and Juana motioned for him not to.

"Then the old minister will make a long story short, please prepare quickly, Your Highness, and the Duke of Burgundy will ask for an audience. ”

Juana put down the papers in her hand, she felt very unfamiliar with the title, it didn't seem to be a nobleman in the kingdom.

"Grand Duke of Burgundy of the Reims Empire, Charles Navarre de Bourbon. The old duke looked at Juana's confused look and reminded kindly.

"Charles, Navarre, Bourbon?" Where do you seem to have heard the name?

"This, this is!" Juana sat up quickly, she had not heard of the Duke of Burgundy, but Juana had heard the awesome name from the mouth of her teacher, Prince Eugen.

One of the strongest in the West's Big 6 is Charles Navarra Bourbon.