European Emperor Cultivation System

Chapter 61 Strange Requests
The body that had faded from the enthusiasm seemed even more exhausted, and Li Peijun fell asleep under the backlash, but this morning Li Peijun was not woken up by someone as usual, but by the sound of the system releasing tasks.

"There is a mission, inspect the territory."

By the time Li Peijun got out of bed, everyone had already gotten up to take care of everything, and the maids had already started their day's work.

Originally, people in the Middle Ages only ate two meals a day, lunch and dinner, and basically did not eat breakfast, but under the strong request of the lord Li Peijun, the maids also made do with a delicious breakfast.

Due to the lack of material conditions, there are only coarse and refined bread on the table, as well as grain, wine and fruit stuffed by commoners and nobles.

Li Peijun didn't ask too much. After all, the king's life at that time might not be as good as that of the fourth-rank officials in Song Dynasty on the other side. The lack of panic, the ingredients are all luxury goods, most of the fish is grilled half-cooked and eaten directly, few people go to study cooking skills.

After what happened last night, Li Peijun and Catherine naturally sat down to eat together, but pushed Bernard's three bachelors to the other table.

The two of them didn't look embarrassed. They exchanged glances with each other from time to time, and sometimes secretly intertwined their fingers under the stage. Bernard's and others' eyes were wandering, sometimes looking at the maid next to them, and sometimes looking at the ceiling. , and finally the three of them started to discuss today's weather.

According to today's plan, everyone is planning to go to the lord's own fiefdom to inspect the situation. There are only five of them in the group. It's not that they don't want to bring a escort, but there is no one to bring them.

Originally, Li Peijun wanted to keep Catherine to watch the house, but the eldest lady's stubborn temper finally followed her along.

After the former lord was killed in battle, the men under his command also disappeared. Maybe they were killed in battle or went to other lords. Anyway, no one can be found now. Li Peijun can be said to be a poor commander.

Fortunately, Possang had asked a lot of information before. This honest and honest second son of a merchant family couldn't hide any secrets from his mouth. After a few polite words, he told Li Peijun everything he wanted to know.

The lord's own fiefdom is not adjacent to the vassal's territory, but is located alone on the outskirts of the city, which is the periphery of the city wall that Li Peijun complained about.

In addition, the nobles have only a few dozen people under their command, so it is impossible to go all out, and it is impossible to join forces in a short period of time. According to Harfleur's configuration, Li Peijun's five-man knights can already be regarded as the first echelon of combat effectiveness. , Run or run away, Li Peijun is confident to go out of the city swaggeringly.

For those medieval nobles who often lived in the castle, they have nothing to do. After all, the outside world is so chaotic, whether it is a pariah, a bandit, or a serious bandit, maybe they will meet a pirate who happens to come ashore to eat meat, so when it’s not a big deal Generally, they spend their youth recklessly in the dark castle.

The firs and oaks on the outskirts of the city are interlaced, and there are many farmlands scattered during the period. Although the area is not vast, it is also a hundred acres of good land. Most of them are in a fallow state, and only a small part of the land has sprouts. The rest is bare fertile soil.

After walking for a long time and not seeing many people, Li Peijun had a feeling that he had entered a ghost village.

"Where have all my leaders gone?" Li Peijun wondered inwardly.

When we were approaching the manor, we finally saw an old man driving out with a young couple. He looked very anxious. He lowered his head in panic and bumped into the horse. The frightened horse roared and almost hit the old man's head. The heart attack came out, and the person leaned back and sat down on the ground.

"Old man, are you okay?"

The old man who came back to his senses saw that these people in front of him were wearing armor and carrying horses, and the shining sword flashed coldly from the shawl from time to time, so frightened, he immediately fell to the ground with a plop. He also grabbed the clothes of the two couples behind him and pulled them to kneel down together.

"My lord, it's Xiaomin's fault. It's because I don't have eyes when I walk. I beg you, please let me go, regardless of the fault of the villain."

After all, war horses were a rarity at that time, and a five-man knights group suddenly appeared in the small place of Harfleur. At least it was a lineup for a small nobleman to go hunting.

"I am the newly appointed lord, Viscount Bruno. You don't have to be like this. Get up first." Li Peijun did not show off, his tone was very calm, and he did not have the airs of a lord at all.

After hearing this, the old man hesitated for a while, and then was helped up tremblingly. He almost buried his head in his collar while trembling, and did not dare to make a sound. The two young couples behind him also remained silent when they saw this. It was deathly silence.

"Hey, it's so embarrassing."

Looking at this posture, Li Peijun also coughed twice to brew his feelings.

"You don't have to be cautious, what do you dare to call."

The old man looked around and lifted his buried head a little, but he still didn't dare to meet Li Peijun's eyes.

"My name is Opazi Weiner. He is the administrator of the estate appointed by the previous lord. These two are my son Opazi Seken and his fiancée, Julie."

"We are planning to go to the monastery today to let the priest and the Lord Lord be your witnesses. I didn't expect you to come here suddenly today. I am really disappointed." Weiner's tone was full of apology, and the words were intermittent.

"The tax...hasn't been collected yet...can...could you give it a little more time."

"Good guy, no wonder you're so scared. It's just that the mission has not been completed."

Li Peijun finally knew why this guy had been so afraid of him from the beginning until now.

"Okay, okay, it doesn't matter, how long it will take, you can just let it go." Li Peijun was also straightforward, and he didn't embarrass others in the slightest.

Weiner snapped his fingers and stretched out two fingers, "It will be delayed for about two weeks."

"Two weeks? It's almost May, but it's useless if we are pressed for time. It's better to win people's hearts."

Li Peijun weighed the pros and cons and agreed.

Hearing Weiner let out a long sigh of relief, Li Peijun himself felt relieved. He had just come here, so he should find a way to quickly build a team of people loyal to him. Weiner was hesitant, trying to say something he couldn't say. look.

"Xiaomin has a request, and I hope the lord can grant it." After thinking for a long time, Weiner decided to speak out.

"But it's okay to say." Li Peijun pretended to be listening.

Weiner paused for a moment, as if he had made some major decision.

"I hope the lord can help and help purify Julie."

"Purge?"

The second monk Li Peijun couldn't figure it out, and he was not a magician, what the hell was purification. Through further conversations, Li Peijun quickly understood that the purification Weiner talked about was the first time to dedicate Julie.

"It's a damn bad habit."

Li Peijun secretly despised in his heart, while on the other side he was quickly thinking about how to reject this strange request.

"A mission appears, help Weiner."

"What? What the hell? What a rotten system?" Li Peijun's inner universe almost ran out of swear words, "Isn't this obviously pushing myself into the fire pit?"

Li Peijun glanced at the crowd secretly. Except for Catherine, who looked a little disappointed, Julie and Seken were not alike at all. There was no anger or embarrassment in their eyes, and there was even some expectation.

"Damn it, I'm in trouble now." Li Peijun's mind was spinning rapidly, and he kept chanting silently like a law.

"Yes." Li Peijun showed a smirk.

"What's the matter? My lord, are you okay?" Seeing that Li Peijun had remained silent, Weiner asked.

Li Peijun reached behind his hand, pulled off a corner of his shawl, took out his dagger, lightly cut his thumb and wrote a letter in blood.

"Add all skill points to foreign languages." Li Peijun, who was at a loss for words, hurriedly used the system to help.

"Skills upgraded successfully, current foreign language LV3."

"Okay, this is purification, you take it to Father Marcel, he will teach you how to do it."

Li Peijun handed the scribbled but still recognizable cloth leather to Weiner, and then sucked back the spilled blood.

"I dare to ask, what is this... what is written here? I am illiterate." Weiner looked at a piece of heavenly book and could not understand the content.

Li Peijun specially wrote a blessing mixed with the characteristics of French grammar and Norman sentences, and wrote a code in Latin that only the clergy could understand, and finally wrote his own native language—Chinese.

Several different languages ​​​​are arranged on the same piece of leather. Even for nobles, it is a sacred book, let alone a commoner who cannot even read a single big character.

"You see, this sentence means that your wife has been purified to become a pure person, an angel from heaven who fell into the mortal world."

Li Peijun compared the sentence pattern of the first sentence mixed with French and Norman, and explained it to Weiner one by one.

"The second sentence follows the meaning above. Pious believers will be protected by God, and pure people should enjoy God's grace." Li Peijun continued to talk, and almost deceived himself into it.

"My lord, then these words are..." Weiner looked at the last few big square characters, as if he had never heard of it.

"This is the truth of the earthly order, and the code of the wonderful heaven."

Li Peijun suppressed his seriousness and looked at the four characters "Gong Xi Fa Cai" on the leather, smiling without saying a word.

　The concept of the right of the first night was first mentioned in the novels of the French lawyer and writer Jean Papon in the 16th century. It was later promoted and widely circulated by Voltaire. There is a lack of research on whether it actually existed. However, the medieval lords had the right to treat their vassals. Life and death have a certain limit of discretion, and it is also said that only nobles and clergy can purify women's bodies. In history, there are indeed many nobles who have the experience of forcibly taking civilian women as mistresses.

　　
　
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