Chapter 49: Shameless Francisco
"Mother!Mother!" Meryl's words were interrupted by Ariel and Siala, who hurriedly pushed the door in, and Ariel said loudly: "Mother, go to the gate and have a look, Uncle Francisco has stopped Sister Vidnina and wants her to be his personal maid! Sister Vidnina refuses, Uncle Francisco has ordered her to be arrested, you go and save Sister Vidnina!"
"What?!" Meryl was startled and hurriedly walked outside.
Celine followed behind and thought, "It's really the ancestors' blessing, that bastard Francisco finally did a good thing." β
Time pushed forward a little, Ouyang Yu said goodbye to Meryl and slowly walked towards the gate of the manor, Sam, who had been staring outside the house, saw her come out and immediately ran to inform his master.
Francisco, who got the news, took Sam and the other three to intercept Ouyang Yu at the gate, and Sam, who was a dog, walked up to Ouyang Yu with a smile and said, "Miss Vidnina, please let me introduce you, this is the second son of the lord, Francisco Β· J. Springs, a venerable magician lord and future baron. β
When Sam introduces himself, Francisco pretends to be proud, and looks up with his head in a way that he can't beat.
Francisco's name reminded Ouyang Yu of the Francis Drake who almost hung up when she hit her, and when she thought of him, Ouyang Yu's teeth itched with hatred, not only caused her to lose a large number of undead, but also consumed a purple magic crystal card, which is a treasure that is difficult to buy even with money, at least worth 10,000 gold coins.
Because of Francis, Ouyang Yu felt very bad about Francisco, who was only one word different from the name in front of him, and said in a weird tone: "Oh...... Then I wonder what is the matter with this noble magician lord and the future baron?"
"Master Francisco wants to hire Miss Vidnina as his personal lady. Sam said with a look on his face that he would be honored to call you.
"I refuse!" Ouyang Yu said very simply, what kind of joke is it to ask her to be a personal maid, the personal maid is different from an ordinary maid, she can be regarded as a woman who is half a master, if the master needs it, she needs to be bedridden, and the child born has no inheritance, not to mention that Francisco is just a small baron's second son and a magic apprentice in his thirties, even if she is made to be the queen, Ouyang Yu will not be willing.
Hearing Ouyang Yu's refusal, Francisco's face sank suddenly, and Sam, who had been observing his master's expression, saw that his master was unhappy, and immediately said to Ouyang Yu: "You really don't want to be the young master's personal maid?"
"That's right!"
"Hmph, well, in that case, please pay the tax. β
Ouyang Yu asked in surprise: "I am neither a lord of the Baron of Springs nor a merchant who sells goods, what kind of tax do I pay?"
"Ahem. Sam took out a piece of parchment from his bosom and pretended to read it: "According to the order of the lord three months ago, anyone who lives in the territory for more than three days must pay the temporary residence tax, the poll tax, the food tax, the water tax, and the road use tax, because everything in the territory belongs to the lord, Miss Vidnina, the herbs you need to treat your injuries are of course also the property of the lord, and you also need to pay more herb tax. The environmental remediation tax on the pollution of the environment by cleaning gauze, a total of one hundred gold coins. Sam was illiterate, and he memorized everything on the parchment, word by word.
Ouyang Yu was amused by this series of taxes and taxes, I have never seen such shamelessness, herbal medicine tax, environmental governance tax, these people made it up, and it is not the earth with serious industrial pollution in the 21st century, this otherworldly environment with green mountains and grass is so good that there is still any need for governance.
Sam triumphantly continued: "Miss Widnina, please pay the tax, why not, if not, then according to the laws of the kingdom, you will be declared bankrupt and automatically become a slave of the lord to pay off the debt, come on, come and arrest her!"
Sam, who had been talking to himself, didn't care about Ouyang Yu's reaction and asked someone to take her down, and the three members of the town guard behind him immediately walked towards Ouyang Yu to prepare to arrest her.
Ouyang Yu squinted his eyes, his right hand reached into the sleeve robe of his left hand, and he was about to take out the Qingfeng Sword, "What are you doing to my guests?!" Meryl's shout came from behind him.
Meryl ran all the way to Ouyang Yu's side and shouted, "Francisco, what do you want to do to Miss Vidnina?"
"Meryl, it's not that I want to do anything to this Miss Widnina, but that I collect taxes on her on my father's orders. Francisco said lightly, turning his face to the side and pretending not to look at her, but always sneaking a sneak peek at the eyes, his eyes full of possessiveness for Meryl.
"Hah! Collect taxes on a nobleman?Did the Baron really give such an order?Or did you do it yourself?A hundred gold coins?When did you have such an outrageous tax?" Meryl asked sneeringly.
Francisco's face changed drastically, and he pointed at Ouyang Yu and asked loudly, "Could it be that she is a nobleman?"
"Vidnian is the eldest daughter of Duke Victor, Marshal of the Vegel Empire. β
"Gong ...... Duke....... Ouyang Yu's identity was like a bombshell, so frightened that the parchment in Sam's hand fell to the ground, in this remote town, the lord of Baron Springs, was like a heavenly existence to him, and what kind of existence the duke, who was several levels taller than the baron, was an existence that he did not dare to imagine.
"I don't believe it!" Francisco also turned pale with fright, but still said stubbornly: "How could the eldest daughter of Duke Vegel come here, and she doesn't even have a guard, and she needs to draw her own sword and fight the bandits, and she will be covered in bruises?"
"Vidnina took out your ring and showed it to him. β
Ouyang Yu took out the ring with the red phoenix flower mark and displayed it in front of Francisco and others, the noble coats of arms are all with magical security marks, which are difficult to forge, and Francisco had to bow his head in front of the evidence, otherwise a baron's second son forcibly recruited the eldest daughter of the duke as a personal maid and was rumored to be out, and he would be laughed to death in his life.
"Hmph!" Francisco shook his hand and left in a huff, Sam and the others hurriedly followed, Ouyang Yu thanked Meryl and left the manor, everything seemed to be over, but this was just the beginning of a series of things.
At night, Francisco, who couldn't fall asleep angrily, got up and got out of bed, left his stone house with his clothes on, and went to the orchard behind the manor for a walk hoping to make himself feel better, he lay in a hidden grass and looked at the bright double moon in the sky, dreaming that he would become a fifth-level law saint to kill the Quartet, holding Meryl who had been salivating in his left hand, and Ouyang Yu in his right hand, he was named a duke by the king and lay on the big bed in his duke's palace and the two beauties rolled the sheets.
"Alas....... He sat up after the illusion ended, still a magical apprentice in his thirties, and could only inherit his father's barony.
"Your Excellency, you are here. A middle-aged male voice rang out near Francisco.
"Hey, who's going to be here at such a late hour, and who's the manager? There's no such position at home?" said Francisco, quietly pushing aside the grass and looking in the direction from which the voice came by the bright moonlight.
"Commander Bond, why are you here?" said a female voice, the moonlight was bright tonight, and Francisco clearly saw that the woman who spoke just now was his sister-in-law's maid Celine, and the person who spoke to her was a middle-aged man dressed as an adventurer in his forties.
The middle-aged man said: "My subordinates have found that the Puppet Emperor's patrol team has come to Copton City, please tell Your Majesty that you should not go to Copton City recently to avoid being discovered by the puppet Emperor's minions." β
"Well, I got it. Celine nodded and said, "Commander Bond, Your Majesty has met the eldest daughter of a Marshal of the Vegel Empire today, you can relay this news to the Marquis of Stuart to see if he can use this relationship to gain the support of Vigel?"
"Is the eldest daughter of the Marshal of the Empire a red-haired, red-eyed, little girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old?" asked Bond immediately.
"Do you know her?"
"How can you not know that you and Your Majesty have been staying together and are not well-informed about the outside, and now the matter about this young lady has gone crazy, a fourteen-year-old official magician! Victor, who became a new record for magicians at the age of seventeen, but this young lady has always kept a low profile, if it weren't for her mother forcing her to marry her cousin, then no one knows that she is already a powerful magician, where is she now? β
She lived in the church in the town, and a month earlier she had been seriously injured and was found by His Majesty and taken to Father Wood for treatment. Celine briefly told Ouyang Yu about it.
After hearing this, the Bond commander clapped his hands excitedly and said: "Great, Your Majesty has a life-saving grace for that young lady, Duke Victor will definitely support His Majesty's return to the throne, I will go back now and arrange for someone to tell the Marquis of Stuart the news." β
"Okay, be careful not to be discovered, and let me know as soon as you have any news. β
"Well, I'm leaving. β
After the two of them walked away, Francisco came out of the grass, "Celine is Meryl's chief lady-in-waiting, Your Majesty met the eldest daughter of the Duke today, a life-saving grace, then Meryl is the former queen who has been on the run for sixteen years. C. Zeger!"
Sixteen years ago, at the age of eighteen, Riches C. Zeger inherited the throne from her father, who died of illness, but after only three months of reign, she was succeeded by her uncle, Kaul Zegger. C. Zegel ousted the throne in a coup d'Γ©tat and disappeared since, some say that the young queen is dead, others say that the queen has been secretly gathering strength to reclaim her throne.
But the truth is that Riches was found by her uncle's men on the run, and the guards loyal to her were fighting with her uncle's men, she took the opportunity to escape and was rescued by the eldest son of a country lord, and witnessed her mother being killed by her own uncle, and a large number of guards and maids loyal to her died, Riches did not want revenge, she just wanted to live a stable life, she was grateful to the young man who saved her, although this man was not handsome and not very smart, but he was honest and loved her very much, so Riches married the eldest son of the country lord and gave birth to two daughters four years later and six years laterγ
I thought that such a stable life could go on forever, but I didn't expect that my secret was inadvertently learned by Francisco, and Francisco, who was unwilling to be just a hillbilly baron like his father, hurried to Copton City the next day for his own glory and wealth.