After the "bacteriological fuel" was successfully developed, Todd immediately called in Monk Joe and old Aiden. Ignoring the experimental part of the ability research, they only briefly explained the principle of combustion, hoping that they could design a "biothermal energy kiln" that can be used for metallurgy and calcination.

Todd drew a very simple sketch of the design, the principle of which was somewhat similar to the "biogas digester" in his previous life, and finally emphasized the flammable and explosive properties of this gas, and told the two to pay attention to safety.

While Todd was busy climbing the microbial tech tree, several major events occurred in Taylor, the distant capital of the Papal States.

The first thing is the ecumenical council of the Church of the Father.

The Ecumenical Council (also known as the Sanhedral Council, the Ecumenical Council, or the Ecumenical Council) is a synod of bishops of universal significance in the Church of the Father, which mainly deliberates and votes on important ecclesiastical and catechical disputes.

The most famous ecumenical council in history is the Great Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches in 1054 A.D. Since then, the Most Orthodox Church (i.e., the Eastern Taylor Church) has not recognized the unilateral "ecumenical councils" of the Church of the Father.

The Ecumenical Council must be convened by the Pope, who also has the right to preside over the meeting (preside in person or to appoint representatives), to decide on the matters to be discussed in the Council, the procedure to be observed in the proceedings, the place of the Council, and to adjourn and dissolve the Council.

The decisions of the Ecumenical Council must also be approved and published by the Pope. Cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and decontors have the right to attend and vote, and the theologians or judices invited to the meeting can vote for their advisers.

The Council was presided over by the reigning Pope Alexander III, and in addition to the discussion of ecclesiastical affairs and catechesis, three major resolutions were agreed and announced.

1. With regard to the military dispute between the Holy Acropolis and the Silver Ring in the diocese, the Church will send a mission to mediate, hoping that the two sides will immediately stop the war and return to the negotiating table.

2. The growing power of the infidels in the south directly threatens the security of the diocese and the Holy City, and the Church reminds the kingdom in the diocese to guard against possible attacks.

3. In view of the growing ties between the pirates of the Northern Isles and the northern barbarian tribes, the Church intends to establish a fourth order on the basis of the existing three Holy See Knights, whose full name is "Knights of the Monks of the Blessed Harbor of the Father", which will be mainly responsible for garrisoning the western coast of the diocese.

With regard to the third resolution, Pope Alexander III took five minutes to introduce the Grand Master of the Order, Todd Fischer.

In the introduction, he describes Todd as a knowledgeable and dedicated monk who joined the Church at the inspiration of his Heavenly Father. He was a good soldier and had a commanding men, personally leading the Church army, defeating pirates several times as many, and unearthing the art of making relics of the Ancient Taylor Empire in the northern islands, which he donated to the Church for free.

Finally, Alexander III read in public the edict of the Holy Congregation established by the Knights of the Dusk, and announced that it would be distributed to all branches of the diocese.

As for the Knights of Twilight, due to the uncertainty of the situation in the north and the escalation of border conflicts, the Pope finally decided to appoint a mission to the town of Twilight.

As for the second major event in the capital of the Papal States, it begins on the morning of the third day after the end of the Ecumenical Council.

Royal Academy of Taylor, 22 October 1170, 9:30 a.m.

"Mr. Terrence, the people from the First Inquisition are here!"

The sweaty brown-haired young man rushed into the academy classroom and shouted to the old man on the podium with a gray beard hanging down to his chest in front of a room full of students.

The old man stood there for a moment, slowly put down the book in his hand, and asked in a deep voice, "Where have they been?"

"They just arrested Mr. Adriano and his students in the planetarium!

Terrence turned to the brown-haired young man, "Ulysses, you immediately rush to my room with the students, and there are all my manuscripts under the bed. Oh yes, and the microscope! Take it all! Find the guy I mentioned to you, he knows what to do!"

The young man said anxiously, "Teacher, come with us!"

The old man shook his head: "I can't go, you should understand that the person they are really looking for is actually me." Only if I'm here will you have a chance to escape. ”

Listening to the dense footsteps coming from downstairs, Terrence widened his eyes and blew his beard: "Ulysses, what are you still doing in a daze?!

Whispered cries were heard from the crowd, and the students took one last look at the teacher and left the classroom.

Half a minute later, looking at the red cross on the clothes of the intruder at the door, Terrence straightened his clothes and said in a mocking tone, "What is it that makes your steps so hurried? Is it the fear of the truth?!"

On October 22, 1170 in the 1170 calendar, an event later known as the "Plague of Truth" took place. The First Inquisition of Taylor City suddenly broke into the Royal Academy of Taylor and arrested well-known scholars from the continent, including the master of physics Terrence, the master of astronomy Adriano, and the master of mathematics Morego, as well as their 259 students.

In the following nearly six months, the royal family of Taylor lodged many protests with the church, and dozens of secular nobles led by the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of the Palm Seal began to actively mediate.

The last thing, compared to the first two, seems a little insignificant.

A week after the Scourge of Truth, the Secular Court of the Papal States faced a seemingly mundane case in which two young nobles got into a jealous fight, one with his eye socket broken and the other bruised in the jaw.

The only thing that is incredible about this case is that the two nobles are fighting over a man, probably a man to be exact.

Dion de Beaumont, the third child of the Bomont family, a family of judges, unlike his eldest brother who chose to become a lawyer, attended the Royal Academy, where he studied for several years, became fluent in more than a dozen languages, and possessed superb swordsmanship. At the recommendation of his family, he entered the secular government office, and at the hands of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he became a trainee secretary at the age of 17, and was awarded the title of knight of the "Royal Knights" by the royal family with excellent results.

But such a good young man, people talk about it the most not his knowledge, nor his swordsmanship, but a strange question - gender.

The second child of the Beaumont family, a girl, died at the age of five. After that, Madame Beaumont was often sometimes sober and sometimes confused, and many times wore the clothes belonging to her sister on Dieng, who was only 3 years old, and allowed her son to continue this life until the age of 8.

After that, things got a little out of hand. The young Dieng, who is beautiful, fair-skinned, short in height, coupled with the long-term influence of women's clothing, has met a group of aristocratic ladies and ladies, and gradually goes further and further on the road of women's clothing. In normal times, he usually wore civilian clothes at the academy or when he was out, and when attending court balls and parties, he preferred to wear fancy clothes and go out in the social world as a woman.

And all of this changed after the Plague of Truth.

Many of Dion's former teachers and classmates have been arrested in the Inquisition and secretly arrested on ridiculous charges.

Enraged, Dieng used his interpersonal resources in the circle of aristocratic women to unite with other secular forces to collectively pressure the church to immediately release the imprisoned teachers and students.

The First Inquisition was also troubled by the 17-year-old troublemaker, and arrested him several times for storming the sanctuary. But every time, a bunch of young male aristocrats broke their heads and rushed to rescue Dion.

Therefore, in the large square in front of the church headquarters, such a scene can be seen recently: a young girl with red lips and white teeth and picturesque eyebrows walks in the front, and behind him there are always a few jealous young nobles.

Heavenly Father Church Headquarters, Cardinal Hermeneutical Church.

Tristan lifted the curtains, looked at the elegant figure in the square, sighed, and shifted his gaze to the old man at the table.

Cardinal Arrborough wore crystal lenses, carefully read the paper in his hand, and then he took off the lenses, pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "All the people on this are arranged?"

Tristan nodded, "There's a hidden place outside the city, and I hid those students there. ”

"What about the manuscripts?"

"There was a student named Ulysses, a disciple of Terrence, who had all the notes and drawings of the master in his possession. Tristan said this, and asked with some concern: "This Inquisition's operation, before this, did not reveal a single bit of information......

Arrborough stretched out his hand to stop the other man's words: "I know what you want to say, but things are not as bad as you think, just some common balancing power techniques...... More than that, I'd like to know, how are you going to get these students through the layers and get these students to Twilight?"

Tristan touched the top of his head and said in a somewhat inquiring tone, "Didn't this ecumenical council say that a mission was going to be sent to Twilight? ”

When the old man heard this, he immediately laughed: "Only you can think of such an idea. ”

After a while, his expression became serious, and there was no smile on his face: "You went to Twilight Town this time, tell Todd that kid, don't make any more trouble! I have already done all the lies that should be rounded and the holes that should be filled, but after all, the fewer such things, the better." ”

Tristan nodded yes, and then he asked, "So, what should we do about Master Terrence and them......?"

Yarborough sighed and leaned his back back: "Their affairs, I'll figure it out, you keep in touch with the secular royal family, and you must put enough pressure on the inquisition." ”

When the old man said this, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, these students have arrived in Duxi Town. Who are you going to contact for?"

Tristan, who was standing by the windowsill, turned his body sideways, cast his gaze back to the distance of the main square, and said slowly: "I have a candidate, it depends on whether he will agree......"

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Fifteen days later, a delegation from the Papal States arrived in Twilight.

Todd saw Tristan again, looked at the "woman" behind the other party, dressed in a simple women's dress, and tied her long pale blonde hair into a twist hanging on her chest, and asked in a low voice, "This knight is a woman?"

Tristan coughed unnaturally, "No, he's a man. ”

After saying this, he turned his head to look at Dion again, and then said uncertainly to Todd, "It should be a male ......"