Chapter 35: Return to the Duke's Palace
"Miss Catherine, look, Momiji County has arrived. Hearing the guide's words, Ouyang Yu poked her head out of the carriage and looked ahead, and a tall and majestic city wall appeared in her eyes.
Ouyang Yu was warmly welcomed by the Marquis of Wright in the royal capital of Higuera, because there was already a messenger who rushed to the royal capital to explain the matter to the Marquis of Wright, the Marquis of Wright was frightened into a cold sweat, now is the critical period of peace, because the opposition of the nobles in Vigel is too great, the Great Makan had to interrupt his revenge plan and send an envoy to negotiate peace, if it is rumored at this time that the daughter of the leader of the Lord and the faction was snatched away by his own son and what happened, the Marquis of Wright's family might as well commit suicide as soon as possible, so that it can end well, otherwise it is definitely better to die than to liveγ
Ouyang Yu stayed at Marquis Wright's house for a few days, so that Dacros could pack up his research materials and personal belongings, and the other five hundred magic crystals were not a small amount, equivalent to fifty thousand gold coins, such a large sum of money Marquis Wright also needed time to raise funds to buy, it took a few days for Marquis Wright to sell some family property and find someone to borrow a lot, and finally raised enough money to buy magic crystals and sent Ouyang Yu away.
Ouyang Yu has not been idle in the past few days, and used the relationship of Marquis Wright to inquire about the situation on the border between Higra and Vigel after the war, and the information he got showed that the border between the two countries is completely different from the kind of bandits that Ouyang Yu imagined, very calm and safe, even the little thieves are almost none, which is completely beyond her previous expectations.
This situation has a lot to do with Ouyang Yu, first of all, she swept countless bandits on the border between the two countries, and even monopolized the Dark Council of Five in the lower city of Soban to force down 20,000 bandits, which is obvious to many people, and secondly, under the instigation of the Dark Council, 30,000 and five bandits attacked Soban City, which deeply stimulated the group of nobles, the city, is the ruling foundation of the nobles, and it is absolutely not allowed to be touched by others, and the number of bandits is as high as more than 30,000 people, many of whom are good, and the nobles feel that their ruling foundation has been shaken, so after the war between the two countries ended, The lords of the six major kiths of Higra jointly wrote to Queen Karen to request the comprehensive extermination of the bandits in the country, Queen Karen agreed to this request, and then sent an army that had not yet been disbanded to start suppressing bandits in the country, in order to avoid misunderstanding, the surrounding countries were also notified, and at the same time, the news that the city of Soban was attacked by bandits on the side of Vigel was also known on the side of Vigel, and the nobles on Vigel's side also felt the same way, and also began to clean up the domestic bandits, and the result was that the bandits in the two countries had almost no soil for survival, and they fled to other countries.
Ouyang Yu was speechless after reading the information given by Marquis Wright, looking up at the sky at forty-five degrees for a long time, for a long time, yes, his army of corpse witches seemed to have no hope in the short term, and at the same time, Dacros asked for a fixed place and a good teaching environment, so she decided to go to Red Leaf County in Weigel to see what she was doing now. How about home, plus Xiao Xiana also needs to have a good growth environment, and Ouyang Yu can't fight with peace of mind with her, so after half a month of travel, Ouyang Yu and Dacro came to Red Leaf City, the county town of Red Leaf County.
Red Leaf County is located in the southeast of the Weigel Empire, is the largest province of the empire, but also the fief of the Victor family, there are many maple trees growing in the county, every autumn the whole county is a fiery red, Red Leaf County is named after this, the county Red Leaf City is very prosperous, with a permanent population of up to 200,000, because the geographical location is good or a commodity distribution center, there is an endless stream of caravans coming and going every day, Ouyang Yu looked at the bustling city scene outside the window and couldn't help but sigh that his cheap father will run the city well.
"Come and buy the freshly baked Han Bao, three coppers and one!
"The best ones sell pears, one copper one!"
"Delicious egg powder!"
"The whole site is cleared, as long as two coppers! Two coppers, you can't buy a loss, and you can't be fooled, the whole audience only needs two coppers!"
The shouting on the street was endless, and a fragrance wafted into the carriage and into Ouyang Yu's nose.
"Goo....... Ouyang Yu's stomach screamed very cooperatively, and Ouyang Yu smiled embarrassedly when he saw Dacro's eyes floating over, "Stop!"
The coachman and guide heard the carriage on the side of the road, and Ouyang Yu got off the carriage with Xiao Xiana in his arms and walked to the stall where he bought Han bags, "Bring me five Han bags." β
"Okay. The aunt who sold Han buns wrapped five hot Han buns with her hands and feet, handed them to Ouyang Yu with one hand and prepared to collect the money with a smile in the other, when the stall owner's aunt saw Ouyang Yu's face clearly, her smile and movements froze, her eyes widened in disbelief, and then her expression changed to horror, and she shouted loudly: "Kai...... Triumphant...... Miss Catherine, Catherine!"
"What?!" The people around who heard the stall owner's aunt's cry immediately turned their heads to stare at Ouyang Yu, Ouyang Yu was still a little inexplicable at the people around her at first, and when she saw the negative expressions on those people's faces, such as horror, disgust, fear, fear, etc., the originally good mood immediately disappeared, because she remembered that Pierre von Rello had told her about 'her' reputation among civilians, it seemed that Pierre was not lying, 'her's' The fame was indeed great, so big that the lively streets became quiet because of her presence.
"Wow...... Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow, ......Wow!"
"Little Nana doesn't cry, don't cry, mom will feed you. Since Xiao Xiana who was about to eat when she woke up broke this strange quiet, since she said that Xiao Xiana was her daughter in front of many people, Ouyang Yu simply recognized her as her adopted daughter, threw a big copper representing ten and five small copper on the stall, and took the five Han bags she bought in her hand, Ouyang Yu couldn't stand the weird atmosphere here, and hurriedly walked into the carriage, "Go to the Duke's Palace!"
The crowd of onlookers took the initiative to give way to a road, and when Ouyang Yu was far away, they began to have a heated discussion.
"Phew, why didn't this kind of woman die outside, I quietly celebrated when I heard that she had disappeared in an accident. β
"That's it, it's been almost a year, we all thought that one of the two major public hazards in Hongye County had died, and that Zhilu Dao hid outside to give birth, which is really shameless, and I don't know whose wild seed Lu Dao is. β
"It's hard time now, I have to tell my daughter to go out less in the future, and she can't meet this vicious woman. β
In a short period of time, the news of Catherine's return and going out to give birth spread throughout the Red Leaf City, most of the people were cursing the ancestors for not letting this scourge die, and at the same time excitedly recounting Ouyang Yu's gossip with their relatives and friends, saying everything, among which the father of the child was the most concerned, some said that he was snatched by a thief outside, and the child must be a thief's, some said that he had been dating several men at the same time before, and he was pregnant and didn't know who the child was, the Duke couldn't afford to lose this person, so he ordered him to go outside and give birth and come back, and some speculated randomly whether it was the child of the old man in the carriage at that time, blah blah blah.
No matter what the outside said, now that Ouyang Yu had come to the gate of the Duke's Mansion in the city, when she stepped out of the car, the few guards guarding the door all had ghostly expressions, and one of them reacted the fastest and hurriedly ran inside, shouting as she ran: Miss Catherine is back! Miss Catherine is back!
When Ouyang Yu walked into the hall of the Duke's Palace, the duke, the duchess, her eldest brother, little sister and housekeeper all came to the hall one after another.
The Duchess, no, it should be the side room, the Duke's main room has long since died, Barbara Moon Victor, a beautiful woman who looks to be only about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and her actual age should be older, rushed down from the second floor, hugged Ouyang Yu, and cried: "Catherine, Catherine, you have finally come back safely, great! Lawrence! Lawrence! Daughter is back! Come quickly!"
The owner of this house, Marshal of the Vegel Empire, Duke Lawrence Moon Victor, also walked quickly to the hall, looked at Ouyang Yu's eyes with a look of love and said, "It's good to come back safely." "The duke is well maintained, and a man in his forties only looks like he is in his thirties.
Ouyang Yu smiled reluctantly, dealing with his cheap parents, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that a group of people had just walked into the hall, among which there was a little girl with silver hair about the same age as her, who had never seen it, and she knew all the other days, it was Andy and the other six who were in Carrington City. "Huh, why is he? And Avril is there?"
The Duke turned to the footsteps and said, "Andy, your sister Catherine has returned safely. β
"He's my brother?!" Ouyang Yu never imagined that the necromancer in front of him, who was suspected of being a traverser, would actually be her cheap brother.
Andy walked up to her and smiled kindly, "Catherine, it's good if you can come back, it's good." β
From this seemingly friendly smile, Ouyang Yu saw not the love between relatives but a faint killing intent, although Andy demonstrated it very well, but Ouyang Yu felt it.
However, when others greeted him, Ouyang Yu didn't want to say it, and replied with the same smile: "Xie Lu, thank you for your concern, my dear brother." β
Andy was about to say something but was interrupted by a shout from the Duchess: "Catherine, whose child are you carrying in your arms?!"
Everyone's eyes were on Xiao Xiana in Ouyang Yu's arms, the little thing had just been full, and she fell asleep with a small mouth that couldn't move.
Ouyang Yu lowered his head and teased twice, revealing a happy expression on his face and said, "This is my daughter, Xia Na." β
"What?!" the whole family was thundered and fell to the ground.