In a side building of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Art waited quietly with Stanley and Matthew, while a religious boy of the church carried a tray and put a small plate of mixed vegetables and fruits on a wooden table in the corner, made a gesture of please to Art, and then exited the door.

Stanley walked over to the wooden table, picked up the bottle, poured a glass of wine, and brought it to Art. Art took the glass, took a sip, and put it back on the wooden table.

Art is still a little uneasy in his heart, this is Notre Dame Cathedral, he is also the first time to contact the Inquisition, the Inquisition in his memory is a place that no one wants to approach, even if he comes in the capacity of justice, his heart is still inevitably nervous.

Creak~

There was a knock on the wooden door of the room, and Father Robert pushed open the door and walked in, Art suppressed the anxiety in his heart, walked up to Robert and asked, "How is it?"

Robert was a priest with a divine character, so he had a higher status to the church than the secular aristocracy of Art.

This is also why Father Robert should be at the forefront of the market in the most serious holy garments and holding a cross, in addition to creating momentum, more importantly, it is more appropriate for the clergy to annihilate the heretics and fight heresy, as for Art, it is more suitable to be a devout believer standing behind God with a sword.

Robert went to the wooden table in the corner of the room, poured himself a glass of wine, took a long sip to moisten his throat, and replied, "My lord, there is basically nothing wrong with this matter. The archbishop of the Inquisition and several archbishops personally questioned me, and I told all the bishops what we had discussed before, from the time the Dean family sent the Assasin killers to assassinate you and show your tail to the time we followed the tail to Thorne City to annihilate the Assasin organization, I skipped some of the inappropriate processes in between. I made it clear that the city of Saône was the fief of the Count of Bernard, implying that Bernard had an inescapable relationship with these pagans, consciously or unconsciously. ”

"The Bishops are outraged, especially the Archbishop of the Inquisition, who has never had such a serious incident of heresy since he took over the Inquisition, and I suspect that he will make this the first major case to be decided by the Inquisition under his jurisdiction."

"But the bishops are reluctant to involve Bernard in this heresy, perhaps because they are reluctant to involve a high-ranking secular nobleman."

"But rest assured, that such a terrible thing happened before Christ's Mass, and now that the whole city of Paris has spread the word, the Church will not sit idly by in any way. The Dean family will never be able to escape. ”

The scene from the pier to the church this morning was clearly well prepared.

After five days of drifting along the Jonah and Seine rivers, Father Art and Robert were on the boat trying to figure out how to turn the Dean family's pagan cult into a heretical killer organization.

After careful consideration by the two, this method of creating momentum and expanding influence was adopted.

When the Jonah arrived in Paris, he found a warehouse near the nearest pier of Notre-Dame to rest and hide, and Art asked Ron and his men to find a carpenter's shop, make two crosses, put them on the carriage, and wait until the street was crowded with two pagans to swagger through the city.

While Robert and Art swaggered through the city, Ron and Dawson mixed in with the rest of the crowd, and spread around the taverns and inns to spread the word that an extreme pagan organization had emerged in the Count of Burgundy, which had not only assassinated a nobleman, but also planned to continue to build up the power to annihilate all believers step by step.

It is even rumored that the ultimate goal of these Assasin heretics is to storm Paris, burn down the Notre-Dame Cathedral, and assassinate all the clergy above the bishop who can communicate directly with God......

On the occasion of Christmas, there are infidels who dare to invade the Holy Land of God, and the anger of the people is quickly ignited, and the accumulated anger of the loss of the Holy Land of the East is still held in their hearts, and now the infidels have hit the door of their homes, and the believers are no longer willing to bear it.

On the way from the pier to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de la Cité, believers on both sides of the road kept throwing rotten leaves and rotten eggs at the infidels who were tied to the crosses, and the agitated believers directly grabbed the human and animal feces on the ground and threw them at the infidels, and some extreme believers even carried up the bricks and stones of the walls to greet them, and the soldiers of the Paris Guard and the religious guards in the cathedral had to do their best to stop the indignant believers from being beaten to death before the men in the carriage reached the Inquisition......

"Two infidels and one Assasin assassin have been imprisoned in the religious prison of the Inquisition, and the seven or eight charges have been handed over to the Inquisition, along with five or six heads and palms with pagan coats of arms behind their ears."

"There are still many believers outside the church who have not left, and it seems that there are more and more people around the church. They demanded that the Inquisition immediately burn the infidels and demons at the stake. ”

Robert said a lot in one breath, and had to stop to take the large glass of wine handed by Stanley and drank it in one gulp, "The archbishop will let you go for questioning in a moment, you have to think about what to say." ”

Art lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "We must strike while the iron is hot and let the Inquisition focus on the Dean family." ”

"Stanley."

Stanley walked over to Art.

"Ron, they should still be in the crowd outside the church at the moment, you go out quietly and tell Ron in a while, let him build a momentum in the crowd outside the church, in addition to burning the infidels, and let the church severely punish the devil behind the heretical organization."

"Yes, my lord, I'll do it immediately."

After a while, one of the deacons of the Inquisition knocked on the door and, in a thick Parisian accent, said to the room, "Which is Baron Atwood Wells?" ”

This guy is just a small deacon, and his rank is one level lower than Robert's, but he has seen many powerful people in the religious centers of the empire all the year round, so naturally he will not take a little baron from the poor countryside of Burgundy too seriously.

"I am." Yate didn't have any emotions when he heard this, this is someone's territory, so he couldn't help himself, so he quickly got up and answered.

"Baron Art, Lord Archbishop, please come to the court of the Inquisition for questioning." The deacon made a gesture of please to Art.

Art glanced at Robert, nodded, took off the sword at his waist, tidied up his clothes a little, and followed the deacon out of the side courtyard.

As he passed the square in front of the church, Art saw hundreds of worshippers still standing around and refusing to leave, and the church's religious guards armed with spears to separate the crowd.

Most of the people outside the church just shouted a few words about burning the infidels to express their absolute loyalty and love for God.

From time to time, a few slogans such as "Eliminate the infidels, severely punish the Dean family" and "Burn the devil, burn Dean" sounded in the crowd.

Art turned his head to look at the crowd outside the church and followed the deacon on.

When I first came here, I didn't have time to take a closer look, but at this moment, under the main hall of Notre Dame Cathedral, Arte felt how great the people of this era were, but Arte was taken into the side hall by the deacon before he had time to take a closer look.

"Your Excellency, aren't we going to the main hall?" Art believed that the high clergy, such as the archbishop and archbishop, should be in the main hall.

"Lord Arte, the dome of the main hall is still decorated with paintings, and it cannot be settled for the time being, so the bishops are performing the priesthood in the apse."

Art turned his head to look at the main hall, and sure enough, there were rows of scaffolding on each side, and a dozen or so craftsmen were painting iconoscopic frescoes on the dome, and occasionally some paint fell off.

Art said no more, and followed the deacon around the main hall and walked back.

Entering the side door, following the side hall full of exquisite sculptures and portraits and expensive utensils, the deacon pushed open two oak doors with carved patterns, "My lordship, Baron Yat has arrived. ”

"Baron Art, please come in." A majestic voice came from the apse.

The deacon pushed open the door and made a gesture of invitation to Art behind him.

Art took a light breath and walked into the temple.

This apse is not very large, and it is a place for the inquisition to judge the proceedings, so the temple does not have too many ornate decorations and objects, but it is more solemn than the main hall.

On the platform of the apse sat several bishops of different ranks, the one in the center was dressed in a dark purple dress, wearing a high crown, holding a scepter in his hand, his face was grim and unsmiling, and the bishops next to him also had solemn expressions. Come to think of it, at such an important festival time, the bishops of the Inquisition would certainly not be happy to have such a serious heretical incident.

Art slowly walked to the center of the hall, knelt down to the purple-clothed bishop who was sitting on the throne, and bowed his head, saying, "Holy and noble patriarch, your servant, Artwood Wells, a devout believer of God, has come to be inquired about your will. ”

Several bishops on the platform nodded slowly, it seems that this little nobleman from the poor countryside still knows some of the most basic etiquette, and is not a barbarian.

"Get up." The purple-clothed cardinal, who sat on the throne, raised his arm and heard a loud voice for Art to get up.

Art stood up slowly, but didn't stare at the top of the temple.

"Robert has already told me about the cause and effect of the matter, and we won't ask any more questions. I have heard that you are a frontier baron in the Count of Burgundy, and you are willing to swear to God and the Inquisition by your nobility that every word and accusation you say is true? "The Purple Bishop has learned from Robert the general beginning of the matter, and he summoned Art to the audience only for the final confirmation, after all, this heretical incident involves not only a dispensable little knight, but also a secular earl, and they have to be cautious.

"I swear to God, to pledge my honor and my life, that every word I say and every accusation I make with Father Robert is based on facts and truth." Art looked up at the bishops on the throne.

The purple cardinal nodded and said, "Your accusation against heresy has been received by God and the Inquisition, and once it is verified, we will give the heretics the most severe and just punishment."

After the purple cardinal finished speaking, the deacon standing under the temple walked up to Art with a tray with quills and a few pieces of parchment, "Baron Art, this is the list of witnesses and physical evidence that you have submitted to the Inquisition of Paris, as well as the complaint of you and Father Robert, please sign your name." ”

Art glanced at the writing on the parchment, and it was basically fine, so he picked up a quill and signed "Atwood Wells" after Father Robert's name at the end.

The whole thing has been explained clearly by Father Robert, and Art's role is to confirm it carefully, and the rest of the matter is the responsibility of the people of the Inquisition, and it is not the turn of a small border baron to intervene......

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Chapter 261: Inquisition