A frozen face was tilted upwards to face the roof, and the closed eyes made the face look much more peaceful, although it could not be said to be asleep, but at least it was much more pleasing to the eye than the old man next to him who seemed to be staring at the murderer and cursing silently.

Alexander sat in his chair and stared at the face for a long time without speaking, even though Sister Alfurt had been lifted out of the box and placed on the bed beside him, but he still did not look at it.

The manuscripts in German were indecipherable in many places, except for a few typical Latin phrases, but the name was familiar to him.

Now the young man's name is only Martin, and even if he is connected to the last name after him, few people know who he really is.

But in another 15 years, he would be famous throughout Christendom for a magnum opus that shook the continent of Europe.

In a few years, he will become a representative of the times, a standard-bearer, a spiritual leader and a guide.

The already crumbling Christian world will be completely divided by his voice, and this time it will be even more profound and impactful than the great division between East and West in the first place.

Because it will completely tear the entire Christian world represented by the Vatican into two halves.

Protestantism, a sect that claims to be the Reformers, will abandon the Vatican's authority altogether, and will lead nearly half of Europeans to a very different world of faith.

Along with this new idea and the old faith will be a terrible religious civil war, cruel, ruthless and barbaric even more terrible than the war with the infidels.

All this came from the young man who was now lying on the ground, and if I remember correctly, he should have only been 18 years old by now, and the first 18 years of his life would have been a dreamlike dream for him for decades to come.

When he was old, he even once told his friends that his youth was spent in complete numbness, because at that time, he could not distinguish between faith and truth, ignorance and reason.

But now, he was lying on the floor alone, his body had gradually stiffened and cold, and his young but lifeless face was covered with a terrible layer of death.

Alexander scrutinized the face, as if to make sure that this man was indeed the "Martin" he had imagined.

But he really couldn't think of anyone else with this name other than that man, Martin Luther, and maybe there was indeed someone with the same name and surname, but this young man was a seminarian, and it can be seen from his manuscript that there were various graffiti notes, and the manuscript clearly written the words "Austin Seminary" indicate the fact that this young man came from that Electorate of Saxony far north.

Alexander didn't remember exactly where Martin Luther had spent his early years, but he did know that the Austin Seminary had played an important role in his life.

Martin Luther once saw his experience of seeking refuge in Santa Anna, the protector of the common people, in fear in the midst of a terrible storm, as a turning point in his life's convictions, which he mentioned more than once in his own accounts and those of others, and which became a very mystical page in his legendary life.

Although many opponents suspected him of being a lie or even a lie, the subsequent participation in the Austin Seminary did pave the way for Martin Luther's later ideological changes.

Only now that all of this was gone, and whatever he had been through, and whatever revelations he had received on that stormy night, he was now a dead man, and he had been killed by two pirates standing beside Alexander who didn't seem to take it seriously.

Alexander wanted to tell the two men in front of him, "Congratulations on changing history," but then he could only let out a wry smile.

Even if he were alive, it seems very vague whether the future Martin Luther would still be able to articulate his shaking 95 theses and trigger a religious schism.

The German princes were now and historically distinct, and they became less dependent on the wings of the Reich, or as they grew in power, they could even speak differently to Vienna.

All of this was backed by a powerful economic pillar called the Free Trade Alliance, which gave the German aristocracy a stronger determination and self-confidence than it had ever been.

In fact, the ultimate goal of the religious war is still profit, perhaps for the small nobles and the lower people, it is a battle of faith, but for those big nobles such as the Elector of Saxony, it is just a means for them to solidify people's hearts.

So, without the guidance of a priest, would there not have been the great earthquake that shook the faith in Europe?

Alexander did not seem to doubt this, and even without the 95 theses, he did not fear that history would stand still, because in its place was the wealth that made countless people more coveted.

The German aristocracy had long been dissatisfied with Maximia's rule, especially with the entry of trade alliances, and the huge conflict of interests had made this discontent even more intense than the later conflict of faith in the Martin Luther era.

Alexander's real headache now is not Martin Luther, who has not yet become a legend, but the hapless Grimalo.

After listening to James explain the cause and effect, Alexander felt that this was a truly speechless result.

The dignified chief senator and the chief leader of the Judah Congress was so inexplicably killed by bumping into two pirates, and by the way, he also ruined a figure who should have been in the annals of Liu Ming's history, Alexander couldn't say whether it was a coincidence or providence, but when he heard James mention Sister Alfret's so-called prophecy in his mind, he had to start thinking of a way to solve the trouble he was encountering.

But how could these two men be together, shouldn't Martin Luther now be studying in the monastery of his hometown in Saxony?

Alexander stood up and walked around the three corpses, noticing the old clothes that Grizaro had apparently put on to avoid attracting attention, leading him to suspect that the member of Judah might have crept out to meet the two men himself, rather than on the orders of Don Juliomando.

Or even if he was appointed by the chief patriarch, he didn't want to be discovered by others when he looked sneaky.

In that case, things are much easier.

Although there is some regret about the deaths of these three men, it is more the troubles that come with the troubles that follow, and there are already too many terrible things in this era, and it is not long before more and more Protestants will flee abroad for fear of persecution with the outbreak of religious civil wars on the continent.

This would be one of the driving forces that would lead to a flourishing Age of Discovery, but with this vibrant tide would be a nightmare for the natives of the New World, and that would last for centuries, and the deaths of these men would be nothing compared to them.

"Find a way to hide their bodies, and we can't stay here long," Alexander looked at the room, which was a very ordinary house, with no furnishings, and the bed was a bare wooden bed, with no furniture other than an old chest of drawers.

The windows were closed, but it was clear from the mottled curtains that the owner of the house was not wealthy, and that this was not a place frequented by the aristocracy, but more like a place where Judas, an underground organization tryst was always in the dark.

So Alexander was a little worried that someone would come to the door, maybe these people were just using it as a temporary stop, but maybe it was also a meeting place.

"What about this woman, adult?" Rosacea asked tentatively, since he knew that their "client" was the Duke of Thesia, he had been particularly enthusiastic.

He had seen the Columbus brothers meet with the Duke in Malaga, and as one of the few capable men at James's side, he also knew more or less that the Duke had a lot to do with the Columbus brothers' generous recruitment of crews in Malaga.

It was a great opportunity for Rosacea to be able to serve the Duke himself, especially after seeing the beautiful face of Sister Alfurt.

"How is she?"

Sure enough, the Duke finally noticed the groggy nun, and watched Alexander walk to the side of the bed and look down at Sister Alft, who seemed to be unconscious, and rosacea wanted to say something, but was interrupted by James on the side.

"This woman is a witch," said James with some trepidation, "and she must have cursed it." ”

"If you could be careful, you wouldn't have these troubles," Alexander shook his head, he felt that James was really a little nervous, but for the sake of him bringing Sister Alfret, Alexander still comforted him, "Be careful, everything will be fine next, I will arrange for someone to send her away, as for these people......"

At this point, Alexander paused to look at the three corpses lying in the room, and then suddenly waved his hand.

"Just leave them here, and put their things back where they are, and leave them untouched," he said, shoving the manuscript book he had found from the young Martin into James's hand, and then said to the two men who were a little puzzled, "as long as there is no trace of what might find you, leave nothing untouched." ”

James nodded silently, although he didn't know what Alexander was going to do, he knew that he must have his own purpose in doing so.

"And what about this woman?" James asked again.

Alexander looked at Sister Alft on the bed.

The hangover nun in bed looked very special, her closed eyes seemed to be constantly struggling to open, but because of the strength of the rum made her dizzy, so only the fanning but blurred vision from time to time made her look weak and helpless, and a layer of abnormal flush appeared on the slightly dark skin, which was due to the heat caused by alcohol.

This made Alexander wonder, maybe Queen Maria of Portugal was drunk like this.

Looking at the drunken young nun, Alexander suddenly smiled.

This Sister Alft, of course, was a priceless bargaining chip for Don Bavi, but it didn't really have much value to him.

However, if it is used well, it is not necessarily useless.

At least he let James do his best to get the woman away, not just to keep Don Bavi in a corner.

"You take a good look at her, maybe it will be useful soon." Alexander glanced at the three bodies that had been moved to the corner, then let out a soft sigh and led Sher out of the house.

Alexander walked down the street, the autumn afternoon sun still hot, but he didn't care.

Martin Luther, the man who started an era, died inexplicably, which is comical to think about, but Alexander doesn't think much of it now.

He wondered how Grizaro could have ended up in that house, and what his relationship was with the dead Martin Luther.

Although he did not believe that Martin Luther was also a member of Judah, if you think about the events that happened in later history, Alexander could not help but feel that it was not impossible.

Whether or not he was the cause of it, there is no doubt that Martin Luther was the cause of the Great Schism in Christendom in the 16th century, even if the seed had already been planted, but it was he who dug the first shovel of soil for the breaking of the seed of division.

Thinking of this, Alexander suddenly had an inexplicable thought in his mind, and although it was only fleeting, he seemed to grasp the key to solving the problem that had always bothered him.

Alexander hurried back to the Gantt Palace, and the thought loomed in his mind, making him unable to grasp the context and key for a while, until he met the Pope, he finally vaguely sorted out the clue.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say to you."

"I have something to say to you," the Pope looked a little excited, he rubbed his hands and walked over, stood in front of Alexander and looked at him, and then the Pope stretched out his hands and hugged his son-in-law's arms hard, "You are doing a good job, that Don Juliomando has taken the initiative to hand us an olive branch." ”

"Really?"

"Yes, he was obviously concerned about Ferdinand's support for me, so he has offered to provide me with a very large sum of money for my villa in Valencia."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty," laughed Alexander, who had let the Pope's treasurer deliberately create the illusion that the funds for the construction of the villa came from Ferdinand, not to extort a bribe for the old man, but to make the nobles of Toledo aware of the importance of Alexander VI.

And now a new plan was slowly brewing in his heart, which made him feel as if the Pope was not important enough.

"That's exactly what I'm telling you, there are some things I want you to know that there may be a lot of facts that are hard for you to accept, but I'm sure you can understand how important it is to us."

Alexander's words made the Pope look at him stunned, but it was only for a short while, Alexander VI stretched out his hand and motioned to his son-in-law to accompany him and slowly walked towards the courtyard: "Okay, tell me, what other secrets do you have besides being the illegitimate son of Enrique IV, don't worry, even if you tell me that you and the Sultan are brothers, I won't be surprised, so let's say, what?" ”

Several bodies were found in a house in the city of Toledo that had been dead for a long time, and surprisingly Gresaro, the secretary of Chief Senator Don Juliomando.

This made the Chief Senator furious, and while he strictly ordered that the murderer must be caught, he couldn't help but wonder why Grizaro had died in that house.

To the chief senator's surprise, the young corpse of the other two found a manuscript that seemed to have just been written.

Although these manuscripts were completely different from the other documents he carried, the contents of them made everyone who saw them stunned by surprise and shock.

"1. When the Lord Christ Jesus says, 'A man shall repent of his sins,' he means a lifetime of repentance."

"2. This confession does not come from a confessional, i.e., it is not a ceremony presided over by a priest."

"3. The power to forgive sins can only come from the Lord, not from men, so the Church represented by the Pope and its priests have no right to forgive......"

Paragraph by paragraph, as they saw what was listed in the manuscript, anyone who saw the contents of it could not help but be dumbfounded, and even terrified with fear.

Even with the unrivalled prestige of the royal family, the influence of the Church in Iberia over the years was still far-reaching and enormous, which is why Ferdinand still used Alexander VI's sermons to create doubts about Juana's rule in order to create momentum to establish the legitimacy of his future Castilian regency.

But now, a swaggering these-style interrogation has appeared in front of the people, and all those who see the contents of the manuscript cannot help but feel unspeakable fear in their hearts.

Such a deviant and shocking article had something to do with the secretary of the chief senator, and even just thinking about it was enough to cause a huge uproar in Toledo.

Don Juliomando was also genuinely frightened when he saw the contents of the manuscript, and he even heard the sound of the Archbishop of Toledo trembling like a drum beating on the ground with the staff in his hand in anger and hesitation.

The manuscript was like a red-hot iron in everyone's hands, and everyone was eager to get this terrible thing into the hands of others as soon as possible.

And when people were panicking, the appearance of the Pope made this embarrassing and even somewhat terrifying scene even more intense.

Alexander Six took the pile of manuscript paper from the hand of a trembling auxiliary bishop, and he squinted his eyes and put the manuscript paper very close to look at it carefully, while his lips moved slightly to read the contents of it.

Everyone, even the Chief Senate, remained silent, looking nervously at the Pope's face, but they didn't see the expected anger, on the contrary, the Pope seemed to be interested in what was in the manuscript.

"Look at this passage," said the pope to Alexander, who was beside him, "'The pope cannot forgive any sin, but can only declare and affirm that the debt has been forgiven by God.'" He may certainly forgive him who is left for judgment. If he crosses this pool, the debt of sin remains,' and I said, can any of you tell me what he means by this? ”

The cunning words made everyone present look uneasy and look at each other.

For the first time, the arrogant Toledo nobles bowed their heads before Alexander VI.

"And this," Alexander VI said, holding the manuscript high and raising it with his forehead, and then read aloud vigorously, "if there is anyone who is exempt from all punishment, it is only the most complete, that is, the few, who are exempt from all punishment, so that the majority of people are inevitably deceived by this indiscriminate and exaggerated promise of exemption from punishment." ”

At this point, he paused to look at the silent people standing around.

The Pope's eyes were calm and not angry, but at this moment no one dared to meet his gaze, and everyone lowered their heads in fear, even the guards who were far away quietly retreated into the distance because of the suffocating atmosphere.

"I will say that this is an essay which I do not know what words to use to evaluate, and from this way we might call it a doctrinal thesis, but I shall say that it is the most terrible and evil text I have ever seen, and every word in it is made vivid by its wickedness," Alexander VI said unhurriedly to the people in front of him, and his tone was not higher than usual because of anger, but still calm and peaceful, Just like the exiled pope when he first arrived in Toledo, the extreme anger and blood-stained coldness of his words made no one doubt that a terrible storm would break out that could engulf Toledo, and then Castile.

"Where did these things come from?" The gaze of the Great Pressure Mountain VI swept over the archbishop of Toledo, who was standing not far away with a panicked expression, and noticed the bishop's eyes looking at Don Juliomando, and he looked at the chief senator again as if he was a little surprised, "I think you can tell me." ”

Don Juliomando met Alexander VI with a blank face, as if he was just inquiring, he believed that the Pope should have known what was going on here before he came here, but now he was forcing himself to admit that these terrible things were related to his dead secretary in front of everyone, which made Don Juliomando feel like he had sent his head under the butcher's knife raised in the air.

"I beg your pardon, is that German?" Alexander, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, finally spoke, he took the manuscript from the Pope's hand, flipped it a few times, took out a few manuscripts with different handwriting, and looked at them: "It's a pity that I don't understand these words, but I believe that this should be in German, so the person who wrote these things is from the north?" ”

Alexander's words made Don Juliomando seem to grasp the lifesaver at once, and he even grabbed the manuscripts a little impolitely and kept flipping through them, and then took out more German manuscripts from them, and at the same time kept saying: "Yes, yes, this is German, God knows what these things are written, go find someone who can understand, we need to know where these heresies come from!" ”

Someone who knew German was soon summoned, and as the manuscripts were translated, it was finally learned that these things might have come from a monk named Martin Luther in the Austin Abbey in the Electorate of Saxony, and everyone was relieved and then enveloped by a greater mystery.

"Dear Don Juliomando, I believe in your piety and sense of justice, and I believe that you will never allow such a thing to exist, but we all know that this is not a trivial matter, especially since it also involves a country of electors, and you must know that it is a place ruled by the emperor, and as far as I know, it seems that the emperor's son Philip is in your hands, so this matter is ......"

Seeing the chief senator's expression gradually turning pale with his words, Alexander VI, who was expressing sympathy and understanding, let out a chuckle, and then, accompanied by Alexander, walked slowly through the people who were bent over and bowed around.

Don Juliomando looked at the back of the pair of sons-in-law with a hesitant expression, and he only felt a chill on his body at this time, and sweat slowly ran down his forehead.

In front, Alexander was whispering in praise of the old man's performance.

"I'm amazed at you," Alexander whispered, "not because of your attitude toward them, but because you were able to write such a good thesis." ”