The little girl looked at Gwen in a daze and asked curiously, "You know my name?"
Gwen smiled and gently touched the little girl's hair. "You seem to know me too."
"You are Gwen, a great hero from a long time ago!" The little girl said happily, but her voice had a trace of hoarseness, which was very different from the clear and melodious voice in the dream world. "Father told me your story before … The maids all said that you came to the castle …"
As the little girl spoke, she couldn't catch her breath, so she stopped and started panting. She seemed to be so excited that she forgot about her body's condition. Seeing this, Gawain hurriedly said, "Slow down. There's no rush. I'll be here for a while."
"Oh my god …" Amber's voice came from behind Gwen. The half-elf's face was full of sympathy and shock. "How could she be like this?"
The maid standing behind the chair lowered her head, looking very frightened in front of Countess Luo Peini. "I'm sorry, Madam, but Miss Patty …"
"I know." Countess Luo Peini looked at her daughter, but her voice was full of helplessness. "Take the young lady back to her room to rest."
Patty immediately tried to raise her head. "But Mom, I want to —"
"Be good, go back to your room and rest." Countess Luo Peini emphasized again, and then looked at Gwen with a little hesitation. Before Countess Luo Peini could say anything, Gwen took the initiative to speak to the little girl. "Listen to your mother and go back to rest. I'll see you later."
"Be sure to come!" Patty blinked her big bright eyes and looked at Gwen. She had no idea that the person in front of her was the 'Uncle Ceci' she had seen many times in the mental network. She was just interested in the 'protagonist' who came out of the story.
Facing the little girl's expectation, Gwen just smiled and nodded.
The maid took Patty away using the specially-made chair that looked like some kind of simple wheelchair. Gwen watched them disappear into the deep corridor of the castle, then turned to Countess Luo Peini. "How did she become like this?"
Countess Luo Peini obviously did not want to talk about this topic. Her answer was very vague. "When she was young, there was a fire."
"Fire?" Gwen shook his head. "Was it Roman? The accident that happened to Viscount Galen … "
Roman? Galen was Luo Peini? Galen's husband, the former lord of Viscount Galen, the young noble who was' crazy, arrogant, cursed 'by the nobles and bards..
Luo Peini's expression was obviously a little stiff, and there was a trace of indifference and alienation in her eyes. She turned to the door of the banquet hall and took a breath. "Your Grace, we should not keep the guests waiting for too long."
"A ball can last until dawn. During the time when the host leaves, the butler will take care of everything," Gwen said faintly behind Luo Peini. "Maybe we can talk about the 'Land Act' and the 'Civil Law of Freedom.'"
Luo Peini stopped and turned to look into Gwen's eyes.
"Let the people inside wait. Their time is not precious," Gwen said faintly.
"I am not interested in the topics you raised," Countess Luo Peini said. "Those are the products of failure and mistakes."
Gwen looked at Countess Luo Peini with a half-smile. "Aren't you curious why your husband failed?"
Luo Peini was silent for a moment. She waved to the butler who had just come to observe the situation outside the hall. After giving some instructions, she looked at Gwen. "We can go to the study on the second floor. But I still want to emphasize that I'm not interested in the things you want to talk about. "
Gwen and Amber followed behind Countess Luo Peini and soon came to the study on the second floor of the castle. In the study, Gwen saw Roman Gentile again. The portrait of Viscount Glen — the smiling young man was sitting in the frame as if he was still working in the study.
But what made Gwen more embarrassed was that Roman Gentile was not only Roman Gentile, but also Roman Gentile. There was another picture hanging opposite Viscount Gentile's portrait. It was him … standing on a high hill with the Sword of the Pathfinder and the Shield of the Guardian, looking ahead with a dignified air. Is this Gwen? The most popular image of Cecil.
Amber immediately poked Gwen's waist from behind. "Hey, look, you're hanging on the wall!"
Gwen calmly dodged Amber's finger and said awkwardly, "I thought after I 'got up', everyone had taken down my portrait from the wall."
"My husband regarded you as his idol," Countess Luo Peini said faintly. "After he left, the study has always maintained its original furnishings."
Gawain nodded silently. He strolled to the desk and gently knocked on it. "Back then, was this where he wrote the Civil Law of Freedom?"
"As I said, it was the product of failure and mistakes. Later facts proved everything," Luo Peini said coldly. "So this is your real purpose here? Not to meet the new neighbors, not to talk about business, but to discuss the mistakes my husband made when he was alive? "
"No, my original purpose of coming here was really just to visit, but after learning a little about Roman Casanova, I was able to find out more about him. After I learned about Viscount Glen's situation, I became interested in his life. But I don't think the word 'mistake' can be used to summarize everything about him. "
Gwen said slowly. What Amber found out about Viscount Glen's situation was in his mind. The history of Viscount Glen slowly took shape in his mind. After erasing the parts that were deliberately distorted and misinterpreted by ignorant people, the image of a pioneer of reform gradually appeared in his mind.
"Prohibit all slave trade, liberate all serfs and slaves in the fief to become free people, re-measure the land, confiscate all the unregistered land that exceeds the limit, and distribute it to the new free people, allow anyone to do business, work, hunt, and reclaim land, and remove the 'Untouchable Law' in the fief, allow the freed slaves to learn the trade and become craftsmen, cancel the privilege of the nobles' children to become knights, so that the commoners and the nobles can accept the knight apprentice selection …"
Gwen said one by one. He looked at Luo Peini. Galen's expression slowly turned gloomy. In the end, he shook his head. "These are all great ideas."
That's right, this was the information that Gawain had obtained after the Military Intelligence Bureau's investigation and collation. Viscount Glen's information.
Viscount Glen was a pioneer who stood up and tried to change this era before Brendel opened his coffin.
Ten years ago, a young noble in the south had awakened. He saw the darkness and filth hidden under the prosperity with a different vision than ordinary people. He realized the backwardness of the current Ansu system and the limitations of the noble system on society. He also realized the unreasonable oppression of various traditional laws on civilians and the wasted productivity in the process of oppression. He might have even realized the power of the people, or at least the "value" of the people.
Then he started the reform with the spirit of a young man.
In the initial stage, the strong authority of the feudal lord and the slow clumsiness of the old noble system allowed him to carry out the reform smoothly. He implemented the new laws in some of his territories and achieved some results.
But the initial stage was very short.
The rebounding force was ferocious. Almost no one could understand what this young noble had done. He was labeled as "deranged", "deviant", and "bewitched by the devil". Almost in the blink of an eye, the young and promising viscount had become a sinful spokesman for destroying the order of the kingdom and corrupting the nobility. Almost half of the southern territory condemned him in speech and in writing.
After that, the records became vague and messy. No reliable words or unreliable bards could describe what happened after that. Amber only found Roman Viscount Glen in a book of poetry that was scattered among the people. Viscount Glen's final fate:
"On that stormy night, the viscount burrowed into his laboratory. He wanted to continue seeking forbidden knowledge to fill his ever-hungry stomach. Fortunately, the gods stopped him in time and sent a holy messenger to put an end to the viscount's madness. A great fire fell from the sky, and the purifying flames shone brightly!"
That book of poetry probably belonged to some daring bard, and such a daring bard … Perhaps he had already been hanged in some square, and it was impossible to find the source of the book.
But what about Luo Peony? Glen still remembered what happened at that time.
"The thugs rushed into the castle. They were wearing the clothes of mercenaries and civilians, and among them were knights and mages with extraordinary abilities. They rushed all the way up the hill, broke the gate, and rushed into the inner hall. The knights and mages who were supposed to protect the castle disappeared at the critical moment. My husband could only face the thugs alone … until the magic power center of the castle exploded," Luo Peini said coldly. "Then, the thugs suddenly stopped, and the 'reinforcements' from the surrounding lords arrived 'in time'. After a chaotic battle, the thugs retreated. My husband was dead, and my daughter was dying …"
Gwen looked into Luo Peony's eyes. "Because the dignity of the nobles had to be maintained, the 'mob' could attack the castle and kill the nobles, but they could never capture the castle or destroy the family name. So the person behind the scenes had to jump out at the critical moment. After the mob finished attacking, he appeared as a messenger of justice to remove all the disgraceful evidence."
"You really have sharp eyes." Luo Peony sneered. "Then do you know what happened next?"
"A settlement and a deal. You expressed your wish to return to the right, and the nobles declared that Roman Guevara's curse had been caused by the curse of Roman Guevara. Viscount Glen's temperament changed because he was cursed by the devil. The rioters who attacked the castle were found guilty, and hundreds of them were hanged on the walls of Glen Castle. The corpses were dried and thrown off the cliff. Justice was served, and order was restored. At least, that's what people think. "
Countess Luo Peony suddenly clenched her teeth, and the muscles on her cheeks trembled uncontrollably. "Do you know who those people who attacked the castle and were hanged?"
Gwen was expressionless. "Those who could be caught and convicted could only be ordinary people without supernatural powers. The Knight and the mage who were mixed in the crowd, those who really 'contributed', had run away at the beginning. So those who were hanged were the serfs who obtained land, the civilians who were allowed to do business, and the hunters and craftsmen who became rich after the new law was implemented. On the gate of the castle, there were not only marks of swords and sabers, but also dents made by pitchforks and hoes. That's conclusive evidence."
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