Duke Lorraine: Cobwebs
The next morning.
The crystal ceiling of the ceiling of the restaurant reflects the brilliant colored light like a dream, Cappelolin sits alone in the main hall, bored and flipping through the books in her hand, the black tea on the table has been changed three times, but she still has not drunk a sip, and the desserts on the delicate plate have not been touched at all, today is the twenty-third day, and Cappelolin will wait here every morning, and during this time, she is the only guest in the entire restaurant.
Still haven't you come today?
Cappelolin sighed faintly, put down the book in her hand, took a sip of black tea, cold bitterness filled her mouth, Cappelolin couldn't help frowning slightly, but at the moment she was in no mood to blame the maid, and when she got up and was about to leave, the doorbell of the restaurant behind her suddenly rang.
Jingle ......
Capellerine's body froze on her seat like an electric shock, this restaurant is the property of the Capet family, and it is only open to nobles on weekdays, and recently it has all been closed in the morning, not accepting outsiders, and the guards are waiting outside the store, unless it is her who comes, this door should not be pushed open.
"Sister Yueyong?"
Lorraine slowly put down the teacup in her hand, and her voice trembled a little.
"Lorraine?"
The gentle and familiar voice came from behind herself, Luo Lin bit her lip stubbornly, quickly wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, turned around and smiled sweetly at Yue Yong, and said coquettishly, "Sister Yue Yong, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for a long time, how do you say to compensate me?"
"There was an accident, can you forgive my sister?"
Yue Yong smiled softly, but somehow, she just stood in front of the door, without the slightest intention of coming in, her slightly pale face, the hand holding the corner of her skirt, and her erratic eyes all no longer revealed Yue Yong's uneasiness at the moment.
"Sister Yueyong, what's wrong with you, are you uncomfortable?" Lorraine's little face was full of doubts.
Yue Yong's heart can be said to be entangled to the extreme, she tried to tell Lorraine loudly, let her run, run quickly, but this word could not leave her throat no matter what, she couldn't say anything, the puppet's methods and Lan Dumu's strategy made her like a puppet and couldn't help herself.
"Sister is fine, it's just a little boring here, why don't we go out for a walk." Yue Yong suggested.
“...... Good. Lorraine muttered for a moment, but still responded.
After leaving the restaurant, at the request of Yue Yong, Lorraine did not let the guards follow, and the two walked slowly along the street one after the other towards the sea cliff trail on the west side of Lomé City, not very far away, Mo about twenty minutes later, the ears were no longer noisy human voices, the refreshing and humid sea breeze was blowing on her cheeks, the palm tree on the left side was gently shaking, and under the sea cliffs, the waves were beating layer by layer, beating against the reef day after day.
In the morning, the sea cliff path was deserted, and some idle nobles only walked here after six o'clock in the evening, so there were only two people in this pleasant place at the moment, Lorraine and Yueyong.
"Sister Yueyong, tell me, who is the other party?" Lorraine stopped first, Yueyong's unusual performance may not be seen by others that there is anything wrong, but it is impossible to hide it from her.
Then why did you come along?
Why don't you let the guards come along?
Lorraine has always been very smart, and her cleverness makes Yue Yong feel distressed, and in the face of this kind of questioning, she can only shake her head bitterly, repeating 'I'm sorry' in her heart over and over again.
"It seems that she is not lying, love makes people get carried away, and she dares to come alone knowing the danger, she is so, and you are too, it is touching, but this love drama is over here, Duke Capet, please come with me, don't worry, as long as you are willing to cooperate with me, I promise not to let the two of you be hurt in the slightest, after the fact, you plan to continue to stay in Nanyu Kingdom, or elope, you can do whatever you want." ”
A man dressed in black and wearing a mask jumped up from the steep sea cliff on the right side of the path, his voice hoarse and unrecognizable, and the cold long knife in his hand had already indicated his intention.
"In broad daylight, you know my identity but still dare to attack me, are you really not afraid of death? I will only give you one chance, let Sister Yueyong go, and then get out immediately, I can act as if nothing has happened, otherwise, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, Aunt Mill will let you be caught, skinned and boneless, and thrown into the deep sea to feed the fish. ”
Lorraine said the most terrible words with a calm face, but no one would think she was joking, Kapemir is such a terrible person, her cruelty and ruthlessness have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in the Southern Jade Kingdom, no one can offend Kapemir, you can only stay away, this is almost the consensus of all aristocratic classes.
"I just say it once, come with me, otherwise your sister Yueyong will die in front of you now, as for your aunt, you don't really think that she cares about your life or death, isn't the Duke of the Capet family a puppet in her hands? One is dead, and then another is it, in this situation, do you think she will go to great lengths to track down the murderer for you? Just find someone to blame, and kill a few incompetent guards, just get by on the face, this is the reality. ”
The man in black said every word, he was right, as long as Capemir was alive, then the nominal duke of the Capemir family had no status at all, his father was like this, and he was the same, it may not be appropriate to say that he was a puppet, he was now more like a child disciplined by adults, and he had a certain degree of rights and freedom, but this freedom was only established within the scope of Capemir's permission.
"Well, you win. Lorraine smiled self-deprecatingly.
How many emotions are contained in these five short words, Yue Yong doesn't know, the only thing she can do now is to pray that Lan Dumu and the puppet will not hurt this girl, pray that they can keep their promises, let go of themselves and Lorraine, and completely stay away from this place of right and wrong, what family, what war, it doesn't matter, she just wants to take Lorraine away, wherever she goes.
......
Cappelolin didn't know where she was going, her head was covered with a black cloth, her hands and feet were all tied up with ropes, the only thing that was certain was that the person did not leave the way she had come, but jumped off the cliff with her arms in her arms, accompanied by a strong sense of weightlessness and falling, and after a while, the waves wet her dress, and the wooden planks that swayed and creaked when she stepped on, but even so, she still did not show any panic, but kept comforting Yueyong.
About thirty minutes later, Lorraine heard the sound of ropes and the slight collision of ships, and soon she was carried onto another ship, and after following the wooden ladder into the cabin, the black cloth covering her head was finally removed, and the white mask on his face was even more frightening by the dim oil lamp, and the wall on the right was covered with various torture instruments.
"Let's be straight, what is your purpose?"
Cappelolin was forced to sit on a chair by another masked man, her hands and feet were also tied to the legs and armrests of the chair with ropes, she only felt a little funny, she was already in this place, did she need to be tied so tightly?
"In seven days at most, the envoys of the Northern Ye Kingdom will arrive at the border of the Southern Jade Kingdom, and at that time, this negotiation about the war will take place in the White City of the Southern Jade Kingdom, if I am not mistaken, the representatives of the Southern Jade Kingdom in this negotiation should be Foreign Minister Hansen and your aunt Capemir, Cappelloline, I just want to ask you one question, do you understand the significance of this negotiation?" Lan Dumu asked in a deep voice.
"What if you understand, what if you don't, does all this have anything to do with me? You should go to my aunt instead of me. Cappelolin scoffed.
"Kapemir killed your father, have you really forgiven her? For the sake of the family, for the sake of the Nanyu Kingdom, for the so-called order, this woman can do anything, don't you hate her? I know that you want to escape, leave the Nanyu Kingdom, give up this so-called duke title, you want to escape from Capemir's control, since it has come to this point, why don't you cooperate with me?"
Lan Dumu walked to Cappelloline's side step by step, and whispered in her ear, "I can help you kill Capemir and make you the real ruler of the Capetian family, as long as you agree to cooperate with me." ”
"It's ridiculous, you suddenly jumped out and kidnapped me, and now you want to kill my aunt, you call this kind of thing cooperation? Even if you take 10,000 steps back and say, what if I promise you, you can kill my aunt with people like you? Don't make me laugh, Aunt Mir killing people like you is no different from crushing one or two bugs, what kind of thing are you, and you deserve to talk about cooperation with me?"
"What am I?"
Lan Dumu slammed Capelloline's neck, the strong feeling of suffocation suddenly made Cappeloline's cheeks red, she wanted to struggle, but her hands and feet were tied firmly, one was unstable, the whole person fell to the ground along with the chair, the damp and cold planks against her cheeks, she could even smell the fishy stench and the smell of rotting wooden boards.
"Are you pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid, Kapemir, Mr. Xiu, the Moon Sect, the Divine Presence, the New Clan, the Soul Crystal, how is it, Lord Duke, do you have anything in mind?
Lan Dumu looked coldly at Cappelolin who fell to the ground, and had no intention of helping her up, he bent down, grabbed her hair, and said coldly. If the situation is allowed to develop, the result of the negotiations after seven days will inevitably be war, you don't care, but I care, with the lives of tens of millions of soldiers and hundreds of millions of people in the Southern Jade Country as a springboard, your aunt is really completely betrayed, saying that for the sake of the family, for the sake of the Southern Jade Kingdom, for the sake of order, but in the end, it is not on the side of outsiders, I will say it again, help me, no matter how you win or lose, where you like to go afterwards, I don't care, don't help me, I will cut off your hands and feet now, and throw them into the sea to feed the fish!"