Pastor Gado is the priest of St. Barbara's Church in Buharanse, and although it is said to be named after St. Barbara, the history of this church is not very long.

At the beginning, Pastor Gado's half-brother Mandoza had thought about sending this half-brother to the colony after inheriting their father's property, but under Gado's bitter pleading, Mandoza finally relented, but he couldn't tolerate this younger brother dangling in front of his eyes, so he simply donated a church and stuffed this younger brother into it by the way.

In the first few years, Pastor Gado was quite honest in the church, probably knowing that he would not have the opportunity to live a worldly life in this life, so he gave up and thought about passing the future years by serving God and Jesus Christ, but within a few years, Pastor Gado felt that this kind of life was really unbearable for him.

After trying to convince the priest of the church, Pastor Gado received a letter of recommendation that gave him the opportunity to leave the church of Santa Barbara in Bukhalanse and study at the seminary in Córdoba, so that the people of Bukhalanse did not see Pastor Gado again for the next two years.

His elder brother Mandoza was quite satisfied with the result, and in Mandoza's opinion, he finally got rid of this half-brother, although it really cost a lot of money for it, but at least this incident made him leave a good name with the Duke of Don Bavi, and it was a good deal.

However, Mendoza did not expect that Pastor Gado would suddenly return to Buharanse about half a year ago, but this time he looked completely different, bringing not only the order of the Bishop of Córdoba appointing him the chief priest of the church of Santa Barbara, but also a letter written to him by Tomás Tongomada of Valladode.

In the letter, Thomas Tongomada refers to Pastor Gado as "the Gado brother whom I admire" and also speaks highly of the long pen pal exchanges with him.

It is clear that Pastor Gado was not idle in Córdoba, and his pious and radical remarks eventually came to the attention of Tomás Tongomada, who, after several correspondence with him, decided that the Andalusian priest was the man he needed.

Tomás Tangomada used his influence to show a little concern for Pastor Gado's future in the church in Córdoba, and then found a backer to rise through the ranks, and was finally able to return to Bukhalanse in good clothes.

As for the return of the priest Gado, his brother Mandoza did not pay much attention to the accident, and he thought that this half-brother might have been lucky to meet someone who supported him, but that was all, maybe Gado might become the archbishop of Andalusia in the future, but it had nothing to do with him.

It's just that Mandoza never imagined that not only himself, but even his family would eventually die at the hands of this half-brother, and at the same time, his property would be completely confiscated by the church.

Now Pastor Gado looked at a huge wine glass inlaid with blue enamel on the table in front of him, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The glass was his father's favorite, and he remembered that his father would have the glass taken out of the locked cabinet before it was an important day, and his father would carefully wipe it clean before putting it away.

Gado had been fond of the glass since he was a child, but like his father's other possessions, it later became a mandosa, and all he got was a set of priest's coarse robes to wear for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, he cleverly found a backer, and now he not only returned to Bukharanse to become the chief priest, but also directly avenged the original revenge, looking at the wine glass in front of him, Pastor Gado imitated his father's appearance and poured a large glass of wine into the glass, and then held the glass with both hands and drank it slowly.

I don't know if it's psychological, but Pastor Gado felt that today's wine was much sweeter than usual, so when he drank all the wine in his glass, he was already a little dazed.

However, Pastor Gado carefully learned from his father to wipe the wine glass, and then wandered to the wall and opened the cupboard and put it in, he found one of the keys from the set of keys tied to his belt, locked the door in a daze, and then turned to go to bed.

A very slight sound came, like the door opening.

According to Benedict's canon, priests in churches are not allowed to have their own personal belongings, although this rule has been forgotten over time, but some of the more detailed customs in the canon have been retained, such as the fact that all doors are not allowed to be locked from the inside, because the canon holds that the locking is due to the fact that the occupant of the room thinks that the room is a personal residence, which is obviously against Benedict's traffic rules.

Pastor Gado, though he had drunk too much, still had a sensitive ear, and he turned his head to look at the door.

In the haze of drunken eyes, he seemed to see a dark shadow standing in the doorway, and somehow, Pastor Gado suddenly felt danger, and he blinked his eyes to see the person in front of him, but the last thing that caught his eye was a shining knife raised by the black shadow.

Pastor Gado didn't have time to cry for help, let alone resist, when he was struck by the knife, the first knife was cut off the artery in his neck, and the blood almost splashed out on the wall next to him, and the crucified statue of Jesus on the wall was instantly stained red, and the blood continued to flow down the wooden statue, and finally dripped along the toes of the statue of Jesus and splashed on the ground, forming a deep red.

However, the assassin did not seem to be satisfied, he obviously wanted to make sure that Pastor Gado did indeed go to heaven without concern, so the murderer who raised the knife again did not hesitate to swing the knife again, and in an instant, Pastor Gado's head completely moved.

Then the murderer walked around the room, then opened the door and looked into the hallway, quietly squeezed out through the crack in the door, and closed the door by the way.

Pastor Gado's death was discovered only early the next morning.

When the priests found out that the priest had not attended the morning prayer, a priest urged them, only to find that their priest had moved his head and his body was already stiff.

The pastors were completely frightened by this horrific sight, not to mention the fact that when they saw the blood-soaked statue of Jesus, many of them were so frightened that they almost went crazy.

Within a short time, the death of Pastor Gado and the vision of the image of Jesus Christ spread throughout the city of Bukharanse, and the people were frightened by the creepy rumors that were spread along with the accidental murder of the pastor.

For a time, the people in the city of Buharanse were terrified.

Alexander stayed in a small inn in Bukharanse, and the inn downstairs, half tavern and half stables, smelled very bad, even in the rooms on the second floor.

But Alexander didn't complain, it was almost heaven compared to his days in Caribo, and sometimes Alexander even thought that there could be no worse than those days in the monastery of San Sebarong a few years ago.

Alexander chose to live in Bukharanse because he wanted to know more about Don Bavi's reputation in the land, and although it was difficult for the locals to tell him the truth, he didn't really have to ask the people to tell him anything, most of the time he just had to see how people would react to a person's name, and he would almost know what the image of that person was in the minds of others.

However, so far the reputation of the Duke of Don Bavi seems to be good, although some people seem to be quite jealous after hearing the duke's name, but in general, the duke is not too hated and feared by his people, on the contrary, some people take the initiative to say some good things about him, such as this duke once personally attended the wedding of a couple in the territory, and even drank a glass of inferior wine from the wedding.

This gave Alexander a rough idea of the duke's situation, and although it may be somewhat false, it shouldn't be too much of a deviation.

It was only in this way that Alexander became more interested in the duke.

He remembered the relationship between the revelation of the nun presented to Valladot, whom the Duke of Don Bavi had repeatedly emphasized, and the revelation he had decided to choose Alexander, and thinking of the sensation and impact that he might have caused by saying so, Alexander could not help but wonder what the Duke was up to.

Over the years, as Isabella became obsessed with miracles, churches everywhere were naturally keen to report the so-called miracles that had taken place in their diocese, from a shepherd suddenly claiming to have heard an angel's voice in the morning, to some clergy suddenly going crazy and stripping themselves naked and whipping themselves, and then swearing that they heard Jesus Christ himself whispering to him.

In short, many people are happy to curry favor with the queen with these things, and at the same time, more people take advantage of it by figuring out their intentions.

But Don Bavi doesn't need this, his prestige is enough that he doesn't have to rely on these things to mess with Isabella, so why does this Duke attach so much importance to such a so-called holy miracle, and so deliberately connect this matter with the same thing as many years ago?

Alexander sensed something that was obviously not simple, and thinking about Isabella's frequent use of the preaching of the faith, he vaguely felt that perhaps the Duke of Don Bavi had sensed some kind of crisis.

Alexander never thought that people were stupid at this time, and if Isabella was able to use religion to skillfully meddle in the territory of the nobles, it was not necessarily that no one could find any clues from it.

Only could this person be Duke Don Bavi?

If he did perceive it, how would he react?

Or is the so-called revelation of the Virgin Convent nun his response?

It was at this time of doubt that Alexander heard of the death of the Reverend Gado.

Alexander was very impressed with Pastor Gado, of course, because of the memorable and even disgusting scene he saw on the street.

And because of this, he already knew that the priest was the chief priest of the church of St. Barbara, and from some of the locals who admired the priest, Alexander already knew that the priest was "someone in Valladode".

Although he did not know the origin of this so-called person, Alexander already had some suspicions, he knew that Isabella's enthusiasm for the establishment of the Inquisition was actually more to skip the nobles and directly intervene in the affairs of various places, and now that he heard about the actions of the priest Gado after returning from his seminary in Córdoba, Alexander couldn't help but suspect that this person might be one of the priests who were lined up by Isabella.

So when he heard that Pastor Gado had been killed suddenly, Alexander's first reaction was "Duke Don Bavi has done it".

He thinks this because according to the information he received from the locals, the half-brother of the pastor Gado, Mandosa, is a businessman who serves Don Bavi, and many of Don Bavi's businesses are done through him, and now Mandosa has been burned at the stake, which is not only the loss of a business helper, but also a serious threat to Don Bavi.

For it would be thought that even the Duke would not be able to keep them safe, and the only thing they could do was to submit and curry favor with the priests of the Church and the Church Court sent by the Queen.

As an envoy of the Vatican, it is impossible for Alexander to ignore the death of Pastor Gado, if he could ignore the churches everywhere when he did not reveal his identity before, but now that such a big thing has happened, he must not only come forward, but also have to identify himself, and pay more attention to this matter.

So when Alexander came to St. Barbara's church, the church priests already knew that a Vatican emissary had arrived in Bukharanse, much to the surprise of many, and if it weren't for the death of Pastor Gado, they would have been welcoming the papal emissary outside the church.

But even so, seeing the procession coming from afar, there was still a priest who had been ordered to guide the procession of the papal envoy into the church, but not long after entering, as soon as he entered the corridor leading to the backyard, Alexander smelled the smell of blood, although it was not so thick, but still quite disgusting.

"Your Excellency, you wouldn't have imagined what had happened to the Chief Priest," said the priest who led the way, his lips were a little blue, and his steps were a little flustered, as if he was frightened at the thought of what he saw, "It's a terrible scene, I don't know who can do that kind of thing." ”

To Alexander's surprise, the man sent by the Duke of Don Bavi had arrived.

Seeing Alexander walking into the room, the herald of the Duke of Don Bavi immediately walked over and bowed respectfully, and then stepped aside with a strange look on his face.

Although he had heard a lot about Pastor Gado's death, Alexander was still a little surprised to see the tragic situation of his head moving.

For those who have seen too much tragedy on the battlefield, the sight of the scene does not cause any discomfort, but because the person who was killed was not only a priest, but also a priest of the diocese, it made the whole thing extremely important.

"My lord, the killer is a good man," Schell, who was standing behind Alexander, whispered after looking at the wounds on the head and the headless body on the sideways, "only two, the first one is actually the priest's death." ”

"But even though he was dead, the murderer cut off his head, right?"

"Yes, it seems that the person who killed him must hate him very much, otherwise there is no need to cut off his head again," Schell nodded, but when he inadvertently turned around and saw the statue of Jesus on the wall, which had turned dark red, the Balkan man's face immediately turned pale with fright, he drew a cross on his chest in a panic, and then looked at the corpse on the ground with some fear, "God, this is terrible." ”

Alexander ignored the frightened Schell, he walked around the corpse of the priest Gado, and then looked at the herald who was standing silently: "Does the duke have any orders?" ”

"My lord, the Duke wants me to write down everything I have seen here, and then report it to him," replied the herald carefully, "My lord has sent someone to report what happened here to the Diocese of Córdoba, and I believe that the diocese will send someone soon." ”

Alexander nodded slightly, such a big thing happened, of course, the diocese should be notified as soon as possible, but I don't know who is responsible for the death of this pastor Gado.

The suspicion that I had just heard the news before and intuitively believed that it was Don Bavi's handiwork has changed somewhat, after all, many people know that Mandosa is Don Bavi's right-hand man, and Alexander would not think that even if he was very annoyed with Pastor Gado in his heart, Don Bavi would be stupid enough to take revenge so quickly, and it was such a direct means.

Of course, this does not exclude the idea that the duke thinks that even if he really does such a thing, others will not be able to do it, after all, Duke Parmonide Don Bavi is the most powerful nobleman in Castile.

But if he did this, would it affect him to use the nun of the virgin convent to convey the revelation?

Obviously, Pastor Gado's revenge on his half-brother at this time should not have been expected by many people, so Pastor Gado's own death should not have been premeditated, so would Duke Don Bavi kill Pastor Gado at the risk of destroying his own plan because of this?

Because of this, Alexander had doubts about who the real murderer was.

Alexander crouched down to look closely at the headless corpse, then at the head next to him.

The expression on Pastor Gado's already blue face was slightly distorted, and it was conceivable that it should have been when the fear of death in the last moments of his life was condensed on his face.

"Lost something?" Alexander asked a few priests next to him.

"There are no adults." The priest replied immediately, and when he saw Alexander looking at him, the priest hastened to explain, "Seeing that the priest Gado was killed, we were afraid that the murderer might still be hiding here, so we looked around." ”

Alexander nodded noncommittally, he stood up and walked to the cupboard against the wall, and when he saw the half-open door, he opened it with his hand.

Then his gaze fell on the eye-catching wine glass on the cabinet lattice.

The wine glass was so large that it would take two hands to hold it if it was full, and Alexander felt a slight sigh in his heart as he looked at the glass.

He had already heard about the glass from the locals, and now watching it appear in the room of the priest of Gado, Alexander naturally knew what was going on.

Alexander was just about to turn away when he suddenly noticed something in the translucent glass.

He carefully tilted the cup and pulled out a piece of paper that looked like it had been folded nicely on purpose.

As the paper opened, Alexander's eyes froze for a moment.

On that piece of paper, it was a cross.

It didn't matter, however, as it was a cross he was familiar with, and it was a metaphor for the anti-cross Templar Order that he had spoken to the Brotherhood in Transylvania.