Chapter 57: The Richest Widow in the Empire

Du Wei thought for a moment.

This Marquise Liszt, Du Wei had heard of it. This marquise is not a hereditary title, but a lifetime title. Such a title can only be held while the person is alive, and cannot be inherited by future generations.

This Marquise Liszt was originally a widow, and her husband was the youngest uncle of the current emperor of the empire, Augustin VI, a duke. However, the subtle thing is that the Duke is ten years younger than His Majesty the Emperor...... In a large royal family, this phenomenon is not surprising.

Mrs. Liszt, born into a family of famous maritime merchants in the Empire, was born beautiful like a flower from a young age, and at the age of fifteen like flowers, she married His Majesty's uncle, the Duke in his forties. Unfortunately, at the age of twenty-two, she became a widow.

The Duke was too weak to be called by the grace of the Lord before he was fifty years old. After the death of the Duke, His Majesty the Emperor granted the poor widow a court title...... Marchioness. According to imperial decree, this title for life could not be inherited by hereditary.

Since then, it has been rumored that His Majesty Emperor Augustine VI has a bit of an unsuitable idea of this young and beautiful aunt. A few years ago, when this kind of rumor became more and more noisy,

As a result, the thirty-year-old marquise moved out of Dìdū and lived alone in an ancestral house in the northern province of Eleng to avoid the disturbing scandals of Dìdū.

After becoming a widow, the marquise reverted to her marital surname, Liszt. And the richness of this Marquise Liszt, in the aristocratic circles of the Empire, is also quite famous!

Although she could not inherit the title of the dead duke, the dead duke had no heirs and left a large amount of the inheritance to his young wife. Moreover, Mrs. Liszt's father, the great merchant of the maritime trade, also bequeathed his daughter an astonishing fortune!

Even in aristocratic circles, this lady had an unsightly nickname: the richest widow in the empire.

This is all that Dewey knew about the Marquise de Liszt.

"Oh, Marquise Liszt. I've heard the name of this lady. Du Wei asked in as casual a tone as possible: "Can you take the liberty of asking, the honorable Marquise, what strange disease she has?"

At the mention of this question, Dardanelles and the others immediately showed extremely indignant expressions, and it was Dardanelles who spoke: "Alas, this matter is simply a great shame for the Liszt family!"

Still, he told the truth.

The Marquise, who is now Chinese New Year's Eve three years old, seems to be particularly favored by the bright woman, giving her a green chūn beauty that others can hardly imagine. Although Du Wei had never met this lady, he had heard of her fame.

Legend has it that this marquise had delicate skin that could hardly be matched by a young girl, her skin was as delicate and smooth as a cow, her eyes were as beautiful as sapphires, and her hair was as dazzling as the golden sunlight of the Lancang Canal in Xiarì...... It seems that the years can't leave any marks on her body!

Such a woman, when she was dìdū, once charmed a large number of nobles, no wonder even His Majesty the Emperor had a heart for her.

The marquise, who returned to her hometown to live in seclusion in order to avoid the scandal, still can't avoid the trouble brought to her by Hongyan. Just two months ago, the Marquise, as usual, was walking in the suburbs with her retinue when she met a disciple.

To be precise...... That Dengzi is an old bastard!

According to Dardanelle's description, the old fellow was wearing a green sè robe and holding a green sè flute in his hand, and as soon as he saw the marquise, his eyes lit up at once, and he came forward to entangle, not only praising the marquise's beauty with very frivolous words, but also asking that he must play a song for the marquise.

At that time, this bad behavior made the marquise's retinue very angry, and in the hearts of the retinue, the beautiful marquise was as noble as a goddess......

"If it weren't for the old man's robes, which looked a little like a magician...... We're going to throw that old bastard into the river in the morning!" Dardanelle scolded.

"Magician?" said Du Wei frowned.

"No, I don't think he's a magician. Dardanelle shook his head: "The style of that robe is very similar. But I've never seen a magician in a green robe. Mr. Harry Potter, you are a magician...... Excuse me, which level of mage in the Magic Guild is wearing a green robe?

After a pause, Dardanelle continued, "It's not like we didn't dare to teach that guy a lesson because we suspected him of being a magician. It's really Madame, she is soft-hearted. You know, that day with the lady, there was also a holy knight from the Temple of Light, a real great knight, Lord Gofitt! Lord Gofet is a great knight, and his martial arts are very famous in dìdū. It was to thank the Marquise for her large donation to the temple and to thank her on behalf of the temple. With Master Gofit by his side, let alone the fake magician, even if it is a real magician, Master Gofit can clean it up. ”

Du Wei didn't say anything about this.

The great knight is already the top figure in the knight circle, and he is also the holy knight of the Temple of Light! Du Wei knows that the holy knights of the Temple of Light are more powerful than ordinary knights. Because the weapons and equipment on those holy knights are all blessed by the divine magic of the light system, and they have some special potencies. Even some high-level holy knights can use some magic skills!

A great knight, who is also a high-level holy knight, also has a chance to win against an ordinary magician.

"The Marquise had a good heart and did not embarrass the fellow, but the fellow pestered him again and again...... Results ......"

The result is simple.

That Goffett, apparently also a proud fellow, as a knight, under his own eyelids, saw a beautiful noble lady being molested, and his knight god Jīng of course had to show it well.

As a result, Mr. Knight took action to "teach" the fake magician in the green robe.

It's just that, according to Dardanelle's description, it seems that the knight did not take advantage. Because the fake magician escapes quickly.

However, before leaving, the fake magician who couldn't flirt with him dropped a sentence fiercely: "If you offend me, you won't end well." Wait for my curse! You are beautiful, but I will make your beauty permanent...... It's like a stone!"

Speaking of this, Dardanelle's face was gloomy: "Although that guy doesn't look like a magician, his curse seems to be real." ”

Three days later, the Marquise fell ill. Some of her skin began to harden, petrified little by little! first a small part, then gradually spreading......

The Liszt family panicked, searched all the doctors to no avail, and finally found hope under the answer of a magical apothecary: it could be a petrification curse. It's not an ordinary petrification technique, even a magician can't undo it.

The curse must be lifted unless the spell is cast by the person who cast the curse. Or......

"Or, it should also be useful to go to the frozen forest and find a magical beast called the Golden-eyed Python, take its eyeballs and bring it back. Dardanelle looked resolute: "The Marquise is the goddess of the Liszt family! Every honorary knight of the Marquise is willing to die for her! ”

Du Wei sighed, but his heart was not as calm as it seemed!

Curse spells?

It seems that this Dardanelle really doesn't know much about magic!

That green-robed guy must be a magician! and a very powerful magician!

Curse is a very advanced spell in magic! something that even some high-level magicians can't learn in a lifetime!

Du Wei thought for a moment and looked around, and the old magician didn't know where to go. However, Du Wei believes that if he wants to go home, he will most likely be arrested.

Because the old guy said before he left that he would come back to him......!

"Okay. Du Wei sighed: "It just so happens that I'm also going to take a look around in the frozen forest, so why don't I stay with you." Maybe I can help. ”

He said this, but in his heart he thought, "That old guy must be watching me in secret, and with him, there will be no danger in thinking about it." ”

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The medicine that Du Wei gave to Dardanelles was very effective, and soon, under the urging of the magic potion, the wound muscles on Dardanelle's leg began to heal, and the wriggling growth of the granulation that could be seen by the naked eye was very amazing.

But the scimitar warrior was not so lucky, the venom of the carrion monster could only be expelled by going to the temple with the magic of the light system, so after some discussion, it was decided that Dardanelles and Du Wei would continue to search for the golden-eyed python in the woods alone.

The other two wounded left for home.

Next, Du Wei did something strange to the Liszt family: he took out an empty bottle from his baggage, then walked over to the charred corpse of the carrion, carefully collected some venom from the carrion, and put it in the bottle.

These decaying and corrosive venoms may be useful in the future, Du Wei thought.