Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 601 History
Liang En and the others were extremely shocked by the news, not because of the heir or something, but because they had always thought that there should be some differences between Joan of Arc as a historical follower and ordinary people.

In particular, Liang En and the others had repeatedly determined that Joan of Arc was suddenly transferred to this world by some force, and was embedded in this world almost flawlessly, so it is obviously not normal to suddenly say that Joan of Arc has relatives here.

"Yes, I know it sounds strange, but I am indeed your cousin." Mr. Du Lisi said with a smile, "I must thank the gods for allowing me to meet you in the last few years of my life .”

For an aristocratic family with a long history, passing on the family is a very important thing, even more important than the life of any family member.

Mr. Du Lisi had been very upset before, because he had no children and no suitable relatives, so he couldn't find a suitable heir. This meant that once he passed away, this ancient family would disappear completely.

You must know that although the ancient Salic law on which European aristocratic inheritance is based has loosened after entering the 20th century, this title will still disappear without close relatives and direct descendants.

That's why he was so excited. After all, now that he can prove Joan's identity, he will be able to pass on the family smoothly.

For Mr. Du Lisi, as long as the family doesn't fall into his own hands, that's enough. That's why after confirming the identity of Joan of Arc, he immediately contacted Liang En and the others and talked about it face-to-face.

"This matter is too important, so I can't respond to you for now." After a few minutes of silence, Joan looked at Mr. Du Lisi and said, "Please give me some time to think about it."

"It's okay, you have plenty of time to think about it. Because I know this matter must be very important to you." Mr. Du Lisi said with a smile.

"However, if you have time, I would like to introduce you to the situation of the Dulis family, so that you have enough information to help you judge.

"I think I have plenty of time now, Mr. Doris." Jeanne smiled and said, "If it's convenient for you, I'd be happy to hear you tell me about the history of this family."

"Then let's go to the next door." Mr. Du Lisi smiled and said, "I put the information about the family in the reference room next door. It should be more convenient to talk about it if there is information for comparison."

Soon, several people came to an iron door at the end of the corridor, and then Butler Lubzon took out a key and opened the door of the room.

Different from other ornately decorated rooms, the inside of this room looks very plain, with only iron shelves full and various documents on the shelves, which doesn't seem to match the overall situation of the house at all.

However, it can also be seen from this point that the design of this archive room is very professional. At least they have cleaned up all the flammable items that can be cleaned up as much as possible to avoid problems such as fire.

"This is the beginning of our family's becoming a nobleman. The earliest title of earl was conferred by King Charles VII of France." After entering the room, Butler Lubzon opened a safe in the corner, and then Mr. Du Lisi took out a wooden box.

Soon the wooden box was opened to reveal an ancient scroll of parchment inside, and then Butler Lubzon stepped forward and unfolded the scroll little by little with Mr. Du Lisi.

"That's right, this is the handwriting of Charles VII." As the scroll was unfolded bit by bit, Joan of Arc immediately recognized who the signature that was first revealed was from.

After all, this king was once the object of her allegiance, and she had received warrants signed by Charles VII many times before, so it is naturally impossible to admit mistakes in this regard.

Soon, this obviously worn scroll was completely opened, and the content on it showed that it was a canonization book used to confer hereditary nobles in that era.

"—Pierre Darc!" When staring at the name of the canonized person, Liang En and Joan of Arc felt extremely shocked at the same time, because this name was the name of Joan's brother.

"Yes, you read that right, we are the descendants of Brother Joan of Arc." Mr. Du Lisi thought that Liang En and the others recognized the name because they were scholars, so she said proudly.

"In the early morning of July 1429, 7, Charles VII was officially crowned king in Reims Cathedral, and at that time, the king planned to confer the status of the sister of our ancestors, also known as Joan of Arc.

"It's just that Joan rejected this reward at the time. She only asked the king to exempt the village where she was born from taxation. So until the sacrifice of our ancestor, he was just a commoner."

"However, when Joan of Arc's crimes were finally cleared, in order to express his apology and play a role in stabilizing people's hearts, the French king at that time chose to canonize our ancestor, the brother of Joan of Arc."

"But there is a problem here." After listening to the other party, Liang En suddenly asked a very important question. "If I remember correctly, Joan's surname is Darke, but why is your surname Duris?"

"Actually, our middle surname is still Dalk." Mr. Du Lisi smiled and said, "As for the current surname, it was given to us by the king."

"This surname means lily in French, and it is also a symbol of the French royal family. Therefore, for the French king at that time, giving us a surname was equivalent to accepting us into the French aristocratic circle."

Unlike other countries in Europe at that time, because France had been a powerful continental country for a long time, the aristocrats were also very conservative, and there was even a huge gap between domestic civilians and aristocratic workshops.

Therefore, even if a person from a purely commoner background becomes a noble because of his merits, he will often be rejected. Only a very small number of people can cross this big gap.

And one of these very few methods is that the king confers a surname. As long as the king confers a surname, it means that these people have been accepted by the noble family and have become real nobles.

Obviously, as a famous national hero and even the person who saved the national destiny of France, Joan of Arc was recognized by many people, especially during the war, Joan of Arc met many people, and there were many nobles among those people.

So under such circumstances, many of Joan's comrades-in-arms were willing to provide enough help in this regard, so although Joan's brother was a commoner, he still integrated into the French aristocratic circle.

In the following hundreds of years, the Du Lisi family has always appeared in history as the king's most loyal ministers, until the French king disappeared completely.

"So I hope you can become the heir of this family and inherit the glory of the family." Having said that, Du Lisi smiled and looked at Joan of Arc and said.

"After all, our family comes from a legend, so it is very valuable to maintain this family from any point of view, so I hope you can seriously consider my request, please."

　The foreshadowing buried at the beginning is finally filled.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)