With the fall of Lorrainburg, the Duke of Lens won a great victory in this war, and in the castle of Lorrainburg, the nobles sang and danced, ate wine and food to celebrate this glorious moment.

And Count Lens is also smiling, he has fought with Count Lorraine for so many years, but he has never been able to take Lorraine Castle, and even most of the time he returns empty-handed, after all, in this era, a castle is too strong, even if the soldiers are many times the other party, it may not be easy to take.

"Cheers to this moment!" Count Lens stood up in a rare gesture and raised his glass to his vassals.

"Cheers!"

The nobles also responded to their earl, this time the war was won, and they were also indispensable, even if they couldn't get a fief, they could still get some rewards.

As the biggest contributors to this war, the Karl family themselves were invited, and they were also very happy, holding up the wine in their hands, and responding warmly to the Earl of Lens.

At this time, the palace minister Klaman walked in quickly, whispered a few words in the ear of Count Lens, and Count Lens's face changed, but he saw the vassals looking at him puzzled, and quickly calmed down.

"Guys, I have something important to deal with, you go ahead, I'll be back soon." The Earl of Lens greeted the crowd and quickly left with Klerman.

"What is this?" The nobles looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, but from the change in Earl Lens's expression just now, they knew that it was definitely not a trivial matter.

The banquet, which had been quite lively, became a little deserted with the departure of the Earl of Lens.

"Karl, do you think this time the Earl will directly reward you with a barony, and then canonize you as a baron?" Pine quipped.

Karl was stunned for a moment, and said modestly: "Haha, I haven't made any contributions, everything is considered by the earl." ”

It's just that the slightly raised corners of his mouth that can't be suppressed reveal the pride in his heart.

"Hey, you kid stealing fun." Pine punched Carl lightly.

Carl scratched his head and quickly changed the subject, otherwise if he laughed too happily, he would be proud if he was not considered a little accomplished......

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At this moment, in the central castle of Lorraineburg, an envoy closed his eyes slightly, as if waiting for something.

It didn't take long for the figures of Count Lens and Klaman to enter the castle, and the eyes of the three converged.

"Valiant warriors, faithful believers in God, great ruler of Lensburg, Lord Earl of Lens, I salute you." When the messenger saw Count Rens, he quickly stood up and saluted.

"Your Excellency's Messenger, excuse me, and please pay my highest respect to the Duke and my lord on my behalf." The Count of Lens also replied, but he was keenly aware of one thing, that is, when the envoy called him just now, he was only called the ruler of Lensburg, and Lorrainburg did not mention it at all.

If it were an ordinary person, it might not be able to see the difference, but in the ears of a human like Count Lens, it means a lot.

"I will, Lord Earl, I think Lord Duke will be very happy." The messenger nodded solemnly.

"The envoy has traveled thousands of miles, but unfortunately I have just ended the war here and occupied Lorrainburg, and I have nothing to entertain, I am really ashamed." The Earl of Lens sat down slowly, and he bit the word "occupation" very hard, as if to remind the other party.

The messenger's eyes flashed a little different, then he smiled bitterly, and shook his head secretly, he knew that things were a little tricky, the task given to him by the Duke was simply a hot potato, if Count Lens was good at talking, he might be able to handle it easily, but depending on the current situation......

But also, if Count Lens was the kind of existence that could be dealt with so easily, then his frontier territory would have been wiped out by the Flo people a long time ago, instead of the current mix, even the Flo people would not dare to make any ideas.

"Lord Earl...... This Lorraine Castle has always been the territory of the Liman family, and now that the Duchy has been invaded and plundered by the Florians, it really shouldn't be a private war, and after all, the Count of Lorraine has also contributed to the Duchy and guarded the people......" The envoy said cautiously, as if he was afraid of angering the other party, after all, the Earl of Lens was not a weak nobleman, and the Earl of Lensburg, who controlled the two major castles, namely Winterburg and Lensburg, was very jealous even if he was an earl.

But even the messenger's gentle words made Count Lens squint slightly, and his brows furrowed together, forming the word "king", only to quickly stretch out again.

"So what does the Duke mean?" Count Lens asked casually as if nothing had happened.

"The Duke wants you to stop the war, withdraw from the county of Lorraine, and return Lorraine to the Earl of Lorraine." The messenger said.

"Click......"

A crisp sound appeared suddenly, but it was the Earl of Lens, in a fit of rage, who broke a small piece of wood on the handrail.

The messenger was startled, and looked at Count Lens with some fear, as if he was deeply afraid that Count Lens would do something to him.

"Hehe, that's interesting, Mr. Emissary, the war has come to this point, I have already won, and you are now asking me to stop the war, withdraw from Lorrainburg County, or even return Lorraineburg? Are you joking......" Count Lens chuckled, but the smile was demonic in the eyes of the messenger.

"How much did I pay for this war, even borrowing money from those merchants! And now a fluttering word will let me bear it in vain? The Count of Lens laughed genuinely, but not with joy, but with rage.

"No, no, no, Lord Earl, you have misunderstood, Lord Duke means that he can compensate you for the money you paid, and I just hope you can stop this." The messenger hurriedly said.

Count Lens did not speak, neither agreed nor denied, but just looked at the other party quietly, scaring the other party into a cold sweat.

Seeing this situation, the envoy knew that it was not possible to solve the problem in harmony today, but fortunately, he was heartbroken, and said: "Lord Earl, now that the Flo people are rampant, as a border uncle, you should know better, we need peace in our country, too many private wars will only weaken our strength, Lord Duke does not want to see such a thing happen in the territory, and Archbishop Mecaine also thinks that the war has brought him too many refugees and affected the holiness of his bishopric, I hope you can live together peacefully!" ”

Hearing this, Count Lens's eyes narrowed even deeper, as if he wanted to study the other party thoroughly inside and out, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

"Are you threatening me?" Count Lens tapped lightly on the table, and the messenger was already sweating.

"No, it's not a threat to Lord Earl, it's just that that's what happened." The messenger hurriedly said.

"Lord Duke seems to be the one who bought the church, it's really ......" Although he is tough on the outside, Count Lens has already been a little shaken in his heart, Duke Rizland and Archbishop Macaine are not easy for him to deal with, and if he really refuses, then he will be convinced, and the Chris family will be spurned by other nobles.

For a while, since he was in a dilemma, he did not want to let go of the Count of Lorraine, the Count rarely occupied Lorrainburg, that is, occupied the entire county of Lorraineburg, in this era, occupying the most important castle in a county, it was almost equivalent to occupying this county, all that was missing was to issue a notice. Under such circumstances, how could he be willing to send Lorraineburg, which he had so hard to get his hands on, back like this?

Just don't send it back...... Count Lens thought of the threat of the Duke of Rizland, and his face turned pale for a while.

After a long time, the Earl of Lens said slowly, "The manor and the village...... All the estates and villages in Lorrainburg are mine, and if we agree, then we can continue to talk. ”

The envoy was stunned and wanted to refuse, but when he saw Count Lens's expression, he knew that this was already Count Lens's bottom line, otherwise it would be really excessive.

"Yes!" The messenger figured it out and nodded.

"I still need a ransom, and the Count of Lorraine wants to rule this castle again, and he can't do it without giving him enough ransom to redeem himself." Count Lens said coldly.

"This ...... You can also. The messenger hesitated, but agreed.

"Can you take the place of the Duke?" Count Lens asked with a frown.

"Of course, Lord Earl, Lord Duke has completely entrusted this matter to me, and I am Lord Duke's seal." The messenger took out a small seal and said.

"Oh? Hehe, that couldn't be better. Count Lens nodded, he didn't expect that Duke Rizland, something as important as the seal, would actually hand it over to an emissary.

......Seeing that the other party agreed, the envoy finally breathed a sigh of relief, although it did not meet expectations, but after all, it was considered to have taken back Lorrainburg, and on the whole it barely met the requirements.

"Why don't you stay? We are holding a banquet. "Earl Lens invited, now that the business has been completed, it is almost time to win over the feelings.

"No, thank you for your kindness, it's just that the Duke is still waiting for me to go back to restore my life, I'm afraid I won't be able to participate." The messenger shook his head and politely refused.

"In that case, then I won't stay any longer, go slowly." Count Lens nodded, and let the other man go.

"Lord Earl, this is too much! Why did the Count of Lorraine, whom we had worked so hard to protect, return to them like this? When Klaman saw the other party leave, he immediately cried wolf.

"So what else can I do? Are you going to deal with the sanctions of the Duke and the Archbishop of Macaine? Can you stand it? Count Lens frowned.

Klaman was instantly dumbfounded, the wrath of the Duke and the Archbishop was not something he could bear.