With the fall of Lorraine Castle, the Duke of Lens ended the war with a great victory. In the castle of Lorraine Castle, the nobles celebrated this glorious moment by singing, dancing, and eating wine and food.

The Earl of Lens also had a smile on his face. He had fought with the Earl of Lorraine countless times over the years, but he still could not win Castle Lorraine. He even came back empty-handed most of the time. After all, in this era,

A castle is too strong, even if the number of soldiers is many times the opponent's, it may not be easy to capture it.

"Cheers to this moment!" The Earl of Lens stood up and raised a toast to his vassals.

"cheers!"

The nobles also responded to their count. This time the war was won, and they would benefit from it. Even if they could not obtain a fief, they could still get some rewards.

As the biggest contributors to this war, the Karl family themselves were also invited. They were also very happy. They held the wine in their hands high and responded enthusiastically to the Earl of Lens.

At this time, Palace Minister Claman walked in quickly and whispered a few words into the ear of Earl of Lens. Earl of Lens's face changed, but he saw the vassals looking at him in confusion.

He quickly calmed down.

"Everyone, I have something important to deal with. You continue, I will be back soon." Earl of Lens greeted everyone and left quickly with Klarman.

"What is this?" The nobles looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what had happened, but from the change in Earl of Lens' expression just now, one could tell that it was definitely not a trivial matter.

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

"Karl, do you think the earl will directly reward you with a barony this time and then make you a baron?" Pine joked.

Karl was stunned for a moment and said modestly: "Haha, I haven't made any achievements, everything is for the earl's consideration."

It was just the slightly raised corners of his mouth that he couldn't suppress no matter what, revealing the pride in his heart.

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

Karl scratched his head and quickly changed the topic. Otherwise, if he was too happy and laughed out loud, he might not be proud of being felt that he had accomplished something...

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At this moment, in the central castle of Lorraine Castle, a messenger closed his eyes slightly, as if waiting for something.

Not long after, the figures of Earl of Lens and Claman walked into the castle, and the three people's eyes converged.

"Brave warrior, loyal believer of God, great ruler of Lensburg, Lord Count of Lens, I greet you." When the messenger saw the Count of Lens, he quickly stood up and saluted him.

"Your Majesty the Duke's envoy, without courtesy, please also pay my highest respect to Your Majesty the Duke, my lord." The Earl of Lens also responded, but he keenly discovered one thing, that is

When the envoy addressed him just now, he only referred to him as the ruler of Rensburg, but Lorraine Castle did not mention it at all.

An ordinary person might not be able to detect the difference, but to the ears of a man like the Earl of Lens, the meaning is significant.

"I know how to do it, Your Majesty the Duke. I believe Your Majesty the Duke will be very happy." The messenger nodded solemnly.

"The envoy has come a long way. It's a pity that the war here has just ended and Lorraine Castle has been occupied. There is nothing to entertain. I really feel ashamed." The Earl of Lens sat down slowly. He emphasized the word "occupied" very hard.

The weight seems to be reminding the other party.

A strange look flashed in the envoy's eyes, and then he smiled bitterly and shook his head secretly. He knew that things were a bit tricky. The task assigned to him by the Duke was simply a hot potato. If the Earl of Lens was easy to talk to, he might have been able to handle it easily.

But looking at the current situation...

But yes, if the Earl of Lens was the kind of person who could be dealt with so easily, then his border territory would have been wiped out by the Flor people long ago, instead of still doing well now, even the Flor people wouldn't dare to fight.

idea.

"Your Majesty the Earl... this Lorraine Castle has always been the territory of the Liman family. Now that the principality has been invaded and plundered by the Flor people, there really shouldn't be a private war. After all, the Earl of Lorraine has also contributed to the principality and protected it.

With a people..." The envoy spoke carefully, as if he was deeply afraid of angering the other party. After all, the Earl of Lens is not a weak nobleman. He controls the two major castles, namely Winterburg and Rensburg. Even though he is the Earl of Lens,

The earl was also very afraid.

But even if the messenger tried his best to use gentle words, the Earl of Lens still narrowed his eyes slightly and frowned together, forming the character "王", but soon relaxed it again.

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

"The Duke hopes that you can stop the war, withdraw from the territory of Lorraine County, and return Lorraine Castle to the Earl of Lorraine." The messenger said.

"Click..."

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

The envoy was startled and looked at the Count of Lens with some fear, as if he was deeply afraid that the Count of Lens would do anything to him.

"Haha, it's so interesting, Mr. Messenger, the war has reached this point and I have won the victory, but now you ask me to stop the war and withdraw from Lorraine Castle County or even return Lorraine Castle? Are you kidding..." Lun

Earl Si smiled lightly, but that smile looked like a devil in the eyes of the messenger.

"How much have I paid for this war, and even borrowed money from those businessmen! And now I have to bear it in vain with a light word?" Earl of Lens really smiled, but it was not a smile of joy, but an extremely angry smile.

And laugh.

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

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

Seeing this situation, the envoy knew that trying to solve the problem peacefully today would not work. Fortunately, he was relieved and said: "Your Majesty, the Flor people are rampant now. As a border official, you should know better.

, We need peace in the country, too many private wars will only weaken our strength. The Duke does not want to see such a thing happen in the territory, and Archbishop Mecaine also believes that the war has brought him too many refugees and affected other people.

Holiness of the Diocese, I hope you both can live in peace!"

Hearing this, Earl of Lens narrowed his eyes even deeper, as if he wanted to study the other person thoroughly inside and out, and the atmosphere suddenly became silent.

"Are you trying to threaten me?" Earl of Lens tapped the table gently, and the messenger was already sweating profusely.

"No, this is not a threat to the Earl, it is just the way it is." The messenger said quickly.

"The Duke seems to have bribed the church. It's really..." Although he looks tough on the outside, the Earl of Lens has already been shaken in his heart. Neither the Duke of Rezland nor the Archbishop of Mecain can be easily dealt with by him, and if

If he really refuses, then he will live up to his words and the Chris family will be despised by other nobles.

Since he was in a dilemma for a while, he did not want to let go of the Earl of Lorraine. It was rare for the Earl to occupy Lorraine Castle, that is, he occupied the entire Lorraine Castle County. In this era, he occupied the most important castle in the county.

, which is almost equivalent to occupying this county. All that is missing is to issue a notice. Under such circumstances, how could he be willing to send back the Lorraine Castle that he had finally obtained?

But if he doesn't send it back... Count Lens thought of the threat from Duke Rizland, and his face turned blue and white.

After a long while, the Earl of Lens said slowly: "The manors and villages... all the manors and villages in Lorraine Castle belong to me. If you agree, then we can continue to talk."

The envoy was stunned and wanted to refuse, but seeing the look on Count Lens's face, he knew that this was the bottom line of Count Lens, otherwise it would be really too much.

"Okay!" The messenger nodded after thinking about it.

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

"This... is also okay." The messenger hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

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

"Of course, Your Majesty the Duke, Your Majesty the Duke has completely entrusted this matter to me, and this is Your Majesty the Duke's seal." The envoy took out a small seal and said.

"Oh? Haha, that's perfect." Earl of Lens nodded. He didn't expect that the Duke of Rizland would hand over such an important seal to an envoy.

"Huh..." Seeing that the other party agreed, the envoy finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although it did not meet expectations, it could be considered as getting Lorraine Castle back. Overall, it still barely met the requirements.

"Why don't you stay? We are holding a banquet." Earl of Lens invited. Now that the official business has been completed, it is almost time to build up some feelings.

"No, thank you for your kindness. It's just that the Duke is still waiting for me to come back and resume my duties, so I'm afraid I won't be able to participate." The messenger shook his head and declined politely.

"In that case, I won't stay any longer and walk slowly." Earl of Lens nodded and allowed the other party to leave.

"Lord Earl, this is too much! Why should the Earl of Lorraine, whom we fought so hard to capture, be returned to them like this?" Klarman immediately began to howl after seeing the other party leave.

"Then what else can be done? Are you going to deal with the sanctions from the Duke and Archbishop Mercaine? Can you bear it?" Count Lens frowned.

Klarman was speechless for a moment. The anger of the Duke and the Archbishop was more than he could bear.


Chapter completed!