Queen and Her Duke

"They told some funny things about you at sea,"

Vicia's tone was indifferent, and she couldn't hear anything unusual.

Her eyes flickered for a while, but Wen Lin didn't think much about it. Erbo and the others had already developed a certain tacit understanding with him, so they shouldn't expose suspicious information in front of Vicia.

Wen Lin's bedroom is on the top deck of the ship, with her deliberately remodeled ceiling overhead.

Looking at the darkening night outside the window, Wen Lin pulled Vicia to stand up, walked aside and pushed the wooden board away.

The mechanism on the wooden board was connected to the wooden ceiling above her head. When Wen Lin exerted her strength, the ceiling above her head slowly retracted to the sides, revealing the transparent glass skylight close to the shell.

Immediately above the head, a bright starlight appeared, twinkling and complementing each other.

Compared with modern times, the stars here are more brighter and more beautiful.

Across the transparent glass, a Milky Way runs through the sky.

Pulling Vicia to sit down again, Wen Lin looked at the top of her head and sighed, "The starry sky at sea is more beautiful, like His Majesty's eyes,"

Vicia turned her head to look at her, Wen Lin's expression was resolute and quiet at this time, her slender and thick eyelashes trembled slightly like fragile cicada wings, her nose was straight, and down there were soft red lips that were slightly hooked.

Wen Lin's lips tasted very good.

This thought suddenly popped out of Vicia's mind.

Recalling Wen Lin's revenge-like kiss that night, Vicia's mind moved, her white fingertips touched Wen Lin's cheek, and then she slid to her chin and slowly lifted it up.

Under the fingertips is the delicate and smooth skin, Vicia slowly rubbed it, and slowly approached her under Wen Lin's dazed eyes.

The cold fragrance that was getting closer and closer diffused from the tip of the nose, and the breathing became urgent and short involuntarily.

At this time, Vicia is gentle and affectionate.

A sense of dryness rushed up from under Wen Lin's neck in an instant, and their lips could fit together with just a tiny gap.

Wen Lin could clearly feel the warm breath and the cool temperature on her red lips.

She closed her eyes abruptly, withdrew her hand with great strength, quickly pressed it on Vicia's shoulder, and pushed her away.

"Your Majesty," the voice was hoarse and a little helpless.

In a moment of stupor, Vicia was stunned for a moment, then blinked her eyes, and quickly recovered her clear eyes to cover up the flash of loss well.

She stretched out her hand, landed on Wen Lin's shoulder, and then took down a leaf, as if nothing had happened,

"Your Excellency, you have fallen leaves in your hair,"

Watching Vicia's turbulent expression, Wen Lin pursed her lower lip, and pretended to be calm and backed away a short distance.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, it's time for me to go back to the village, and it's time for you to go back to the royal court,"

After a long silence, Vicia nodded very slowly. She looked at Wen Lin with gentle and focused eyes, and then whispered,

"Your Excellency the Guard Officer, don't forget to return to the royal court tomorrow at noon to formally award the honor,"

She was a little embarrassed and embarrassed by Vicia for no reason. Wen Lin nodded hastily, stepped up and pushed the door open and walked out.

Wen Lin's back outline gradually blurred in the darkness, showing a sense of escaping in a hurry.

Vicia smiled silently, Wen Lin's reaction was unexpectedly innocent and childish, like the mist that wafted over the mountains in the morning, waiting for people to take a closer step to outline and explore.

Elbo and his party were waiting on the deck.

Wen Lin took a few deep breaths, and after she calmed down completely, she stepped into the light from the dark place.

"Everyone, I'm back,"

Everyone gathered around in tacit understanding, Wen Lin briefly described the current situation, and asked people to take out the oilcloth and the gold coins in the box from the warehouse.

Wen Lin didn't look in the direction of her bedroom until she got off the boat.

After gradually walking away, Erbo and his party began to discuss,

"Young Master, are you planning to lurk beside Queen Vicia, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge?"

"Even if you have gained the trust of Queen Vicia for a short time now, once she knows your true identity, she will never show mercy."

"Benevolence has been engraved in the blood of the royal family of Plantagenet,"

"We have to find a way to find allies, to overthrow her, to overthrow the Plantagenet royal family,"

"…"

Everyone, you talk to me, talk non-stop.

Wen Lin smiled helplessly, condensed a stern and majestic momentum, and raised her voice,

"Everyone, she's not Henry VIII, don't implicate hatred on her prematurely, I will take revenge, after finding out the truth of the year,"

"At least, our biggest enemy at the moment is the Holy See, and Queen Vicia will be our faithful ally against the Holy See,"

Everyone suddenly fell into silence, and they looked at each other strangely. From the moment the young master on the boat took Queen Vicia's hand and approached the cabin, they felt something was wrong.

No, it should have felt strange from the moment the queen came to find them.

The queen who is aloof, unexpectedly friendly and friendly in front of them.

Like a conspiracy.

Pete irritably tugged at his curly hair and retorted, "Are you also conquered by the charm of Queen Vicia?"

Wen Lin didn't answer, but began to rationally analyze the current situation with them.

The Sutherland family's hatred of the Plantagenet royal family originated from Henry VIII, but no one knew the truth back then, but more clues now point to the Holy See.

The royal family played more of a role in fuelling the flames.

Wen Lin guessed that it was because Mrs. Gunneville exposed something or ability that the Holy See crazily coveted, and then intimidated the Golan royal family.

"Everyone, shouldn't our ultimate goal be to wash away the stigma on the Sutherland Lion Flag?" Wen Lin suddenly said solemnly,

"I hope we can all be above and beyond

back to that homeland,"

"And Queen Vicia, she can help us,"

The crowd fell into silence.

For the Sutherland family, known as the Great Wall of the North, treason is a great irony.

They are sharp knives against foreign enemies, and they shed their blood for the Golan royal family. However, the tragic situation and the news of the duke and duchess sinking to the bottom of the sea have made them dare not hope to be able to wash away their crimes.

Thirty years, it turns out they have waited so long.

Wen Lin suddenly mentioned it, and everyone's eyes lit up quietly. Erbo suddenly rubbed Wen Lin's shoulder, which was unusually heavy and decisive.

"You are the only blood Sutherland has left, and we will follow you forever, and we will wait for the day we return to the North,"

Looking at the group of people in front of her, Wen Lin suddenly turned her head away, hatred and loyalty to Sutherland had allowed them to persist until now.

But they are old, really old, their young and strong bodies are getting old, and everyone has gray hair on their heads.

Wen Lin thought, since they can't be driven away, let them spend the rest of their time peacefully under her protection.

After a half circle around the village, Wen Lin brought Elbo and his party to the entrance of the village.

Brown has chopped the branches and is waiting for Wen Lin to come back.

Seeing Elbo and his group behind Wen Lin, Brown's eyes flickered a few times, but he didn't ask any further questions.

"Your Excellency Wen Lin, the branches have been cut, what should I do next?"

Bach and Bam, who were holding the tarpaulin, motioned to come forward, Wen Lin said warmly, "Fix the branches to the stone fence around the house, cover it with tarpaulin, and build a few more fires so that it won't get cold at night. now,"

In the case of heavy rain at sea, Wen Lin would instruct the crew to put up tarpaulins. The crew who knew what to do consciously picked up the branches and started to build a simple shelf.

Brown's eyes rolled and turned, and he quickly guessed a little about the identity of Elbo's group.

Her Excellency Wen Lin came from the east by boat. I heard that her ship and crew were detained by Her Majesty Visia before. These should be the crew of Her Excellency Wen Lin.

But why are the crew members of Your Excellency Wen Lin all familiar with the appearance of Golan people?

Brown, who couldn't think of a clue, didn't even think about it, it didn't matter.

He picked a few more people and went with the crew to build the scaffolding.

Tear a piece of paper from the parchment book, Wen Lin bent down and started to write something on the stone.

Brown's work efficiency was very fast. When Wen Lin finished writing and looked up again, the tarpaulins were all laid out.

Everyone in the village stood or sat, all facing Wen Lin's direction, watching her quietly.

Hand the paper to Brown and signal him to read it to the crowd.

Wen Lin clearly wrote down Wen Lin's rights, the obligations that the residents need to perform, and the arrangements for the territory and residents for the next two months.

The tarpaulin that was put up behind to keep out the wind and keep warm was obviously Wen Lin's order.

The gladiators who could only sleep in the wild were impossible not to be grateful. In the eyes of the vast majority of nobles, serfs and slaves were human-shaped livestock, and they would not care about their lives at all.

Originally, there were some gladiators who despised Wen Lin's female identity, so they sat upright involuntarily.

"…"

"Everyone can get their own land for free. In the first year, the lord will rent out the seeds, farm tools, and livestock they need, and use 10% of the harvested grain as rent."

"When working for the lord, you can get five to thirty copper coins a day as a reward,"

"…"

"Strong young adults also need regular military training to protect the lord's territory,"

"…"

"In addition, within five years, all land rent apportionment tax, mill tax... and a series of taxes and license fees will be abolished, and only 20% of the grain tax will be charged,"

Reading this, Brown was stunned in disbelief.

From the first article, his heart skipped a beat. This is the normal relationship between the lord and the lord. Your Excellency Wen Lin is too kind.

To do this is simply to waste a lot of gold, how can 20% of the grain make up for the previous cost.

Brown wasn't sure whether it was Lord Wen Lin who was too rich, or whether she didn't know what the 20% grain tax represented.

Really unheard of.

Brown turned his head and stared blankly at Wen Lin, trying to confirm whether she wrote it wrong.

The people in the village also looked at Wen Lin in disbelief, and the whispers suddenly made the village noisy.

"Free allocation of houses and land farming tools, did I really hear it correctly?"

"Can you get paid for cultivating the land for the lord?"

"There's no need to pay miscellaneous taxes, just 20% of the grain tax is enough?"

"God, we're not dreaming, isn't this heaven?"

"…"

The shock was followed by uncontrollable ecstasy. It was not uncommon for low-level commoners and slaves to be recruited by nobles to work as coolies. If they could eat two meals a day, it would be a great thing, and now there is still a reward.

Turning a blind eye to Brown's scorching gaze, Wen Lin looked indifferent and raised her hand to signal, "Continue reading,"

The village fell silent for a while, Brown frowned, and finished reading in a choked breath.

After everyone calmed down from the ecstasy, emotions that both hoped and couldn't believe quickly surged.

Wouldn't this be a deliberately concocted lie to keep them sincere?

After thinking for a while, everyone overturned this possibility. They had nowhere to go and could only wait to die in the arena. There was no need for the lord to deceive them.

But even the most naive children can't believe it.

As if she knew what everyone was thinking, Wen Lin stepped forward and said,

"Tomorrow I will arrange

Come and sign a deed with you,"

Once the deed is signed, everything Brown just read becomes legal.

Although Wen Lin has absolute judicial power over everything in the territory, if she signs a contract under the witness of the Star Chamber Court, once Wen Lin violates the contract, even a noble will be severely punished.

Elbo turned back to the direction where Wen Lin was standing. He calmly accepted everything that seemed absurd in front of him, and couldn't help muttering,

"It's like, it's like, this is the real aristocratic demeanor, I seem to have seen the Duke and Duchess,"

Someone nearby echoed Elbo in a low voice, "Yeah, the Duke and Duchess of that year were also so kind. Our young master is a natural leader just like her father."

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