Du Yuqi listened to Earl Latnis's narration, and his face was a bit weird, and he showed a look of disdain at the back. He couldn't help frowning and looked at Earl Latnis. He had only heard of nobles before. I didn't expect to say it from the old man's mouth at this time, and only then did I know that the life of the civilians on the Arad continent is also so difficult.
The story that Earl Latnis told is related to the most notorious right of marriage owned by the nobles. Simply put, the rights of all unmarried women in the noble territory belong to the sacred and inviolable rights of the lord. The groom can only take a backseat. If he wants his wife not to be taken over for the first time, he must either marry an ugly wife or have body odor, bad breath, etc., and let the lord voluntarily give up, or pay for a redemption.
Although Earl Latnis is also lustful, but after all, he is in his late teens, and he is powerless to deal with his family. This right of independence has not been exercised for a long time. Even if he publicly said that he would exercise it occasionally, it was just a deliberate intimidation. The groom has money and just wants to make a fortune.
However, when he returned from hunting a year ago, when he walked to a town near the city of Shatley, he suddenly discovered that a family was holding a wedding.
While hunting, Earl Latnis drank more than half a bowl of deer blood, and ate hot food like roast venison. Although the bride looked ordinary, she only had very plump breasts, and she was wearing a tight wedding dress. , suddenly attracted the eyes of the old guy, Earl Latnis, and for some reason, he felt a long-lost heat coming out of his dantian, so he moved his index finger and lived here that night. Touching the past and secretly exercising his right to freedom.
This incident was not a big deal at first, because the rewards of Earl Latniss afterwards were also very generous. Even though the bride and groom were helpless, they could only bear with it, thinking they were unlucky, and even Earl Latnis I forgot about it myself.
Unexpectedly, in the past two or three months, Earl Latnis had returned from hunting again, and he habitually ate in the "Windmill and Mill" tavern in the north of the city, and saw the bride again.
At this time, Earl Latnis had no feelings for the bride, and wondered why he wanted to have sex with her so impulsively. However, at this time, the baby boy Paul in the bride's arms attracted him, because this Although the baby is young, its appearance is about 90% similar to Earl Latnis's when he was young, even the mole on his nose is exactly the same!
Obviously, no identification is needed to know that this baby is the illegitimate son of Earl Latniss.
Why did the family want to raise it even though they knew it was a bastard from outside, but it was because the family background of the bride and groom was very average, so they realized that Earl Latnis was spending a lot of money, so naturally they wanted to make a fortune.
There is a saying that a tiger's poison does not eat its son. Although Earl Latnis is cunning and cruel, he can't do nothing to his son.
However, he already had three grown-up sons, and the oldest one was in his fifties. The three sons had already made a fuss over the matter of inheritance, and they were all wolves, tigers and leopards. If they knew that another illegitimate brother had suddenly appeared, they would definitely join forces to kill the younger one without saying a word.
Therefore, Earl Latniss didn't tell anyone about this matter, and one night he took his closest servants and quietly went to the illegitimate child's home, and gave them a huge amount of wealth for ordinary people. And told them about the powerful relationship, and told them to move away quickly and find a place to live the rest of their lives.
The family secretly investigated and knew that what Earl Latnis said was true, so they obeyed his words and prepared to leave. They are not the abject poor class, but at least they are the subsistence class who own a house and a few acres of land. When selling the house and land, they refuse to sell it at a low price. They always want to get a good price, so they procrastinate.
Not long after Earl Latnis gave the money, he accidentally contracted pneumonia. He was in his seventies and eighties, and he was seriously injured many times on the battlefield in his early years. I have thought about all the ways, but I can only linger until now.
Right now, all the men of the Latnis family have been wiped out, and there is only one person left who can have the blood of the Latnis family and have the right to inherit the title of earl. Instead, it is the most inconspicuous illegitimate son, Paul, Latnis The Earl never thought that his impulsiveness would become the last hope for the continuation of the family bloodline!
And after Earl Latnis said this, Du Yuqi knew that it must have something to do with his illegitimate son, and he was naturally relieved, because it was not too difficult after all, but he suddenly remembered something He frowned and said:
"It's okay for me to protect your illegitimate son, but it's impossible to guarantee that he can successfully inherit the title. You have to figure it out. Although I come from another world, I also know that the relationship between a great nobleman and a king like you has There are irreconcilable contradictions, and being able to take back your territory and turn it into the land directly under the king's jurisdiction is what the king wishes for! I can't compete with the king of the country of Delos!"
Earl Latniss showed a weak smile when he heard Du Yuqi agreed to the matter:
"It doesn't matter. At the beginning of the empire's founding, my ancestors paid blood and sacrificed for the establishment of the country, and now they have the royal power that is now high. Even though the king is high, even if there are internal strife and even blood feuds before the nobles, but all the nobles are here. When it comes to the demise of a certain family, they will directly form a group to unite with the outside world and fight for reason. This aspect is a forbidden area that the king dare not touch, because once his behavior is misunderstood as taking some measures to take back the nobles fief, then what awaits him is a civil war initiated by all the nobles!"