Chapter 322: Intercepted

From the evidence available to Father Boniface Thomas of his involvement in the rebellion, Isabel Walton, the Duke of Richmond's lordship as executor, could have taken the arrest decree issued by Henry VIII and rightly ordered the Duke's sergeants to arrest the priest immediately and throw him in prison.

Such painstaking use of fishing law enforcement to arrest the priest only shows that Isabel has her own reasons. First, the priest is a suspect in treason; Second, the evidence she had of that the priest led the people of the county into a rebellion was insufficient; Third, the priest's status among the tens of thousands of rebels was not very high, not even the leader of the rebellion; Fourth, she wants to use this mass arrest to announce her personal vendetta and slowly torture Father Thomas to death by legal means; Fifth, she is not a federal law enforcement officer, and she would love to try out how federal law enforcement officers enforce the law.

In '09, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives launched the largest firearms fishing operation ever, codenamed "Fast and Furious". As a result, this "long-line fishing operation" became the "most unsuccessful fishing operation" in the history of the United States.

When the elaborate fishing operation failed and more than 2,000 "bait guns" were unaccounted for or in the hands of drug dealers, Ms. Isabel, who was 13 years old at the time, saw the news on the TV of a small-town convenience store.

As a young citizen born and living in Texas, which has the highest percentage of legal gun ownership of any federal state, Isabel Walton felt that the law enforcement officers at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were idiots, wasting more than 2,000 firearms.

While watching the news, I naively fantasized about waking up one day, and suddenly found a large package of pistols, semi-automatic rifles, and shotguns on the lawn of my house. Then, her first instinct was to carry the bag of firearms home immediately. Then, after working all night in the bar, he called his mother, who had been lying down to sleep after working all night at the bar, and excitedly shouted with a Glock G18 pistol in each hand: "Mom, we are going to become rich!" ”

The mother finally opened her eyes slightly, glanced at the two G18 pistols in her hands, and said unhurriedly: "Baby, what are you going to do with the gun at home?" If you want to rob the trust bank in town, I think you should also put on another ski mask. ”

After her mother finished speaking, she turned over and went back to sleep, and 13-year-old Isabel threw two pistols on the floor with a bitter face and kicked them under her mother's big bed. When he walked out of his mother's room, he looked back at his mother and muttered, "We have never had such a pistol in our house." ”

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Isabel just looked at the people in the school yard and said, "You and your companion follow the priest in the direction of the village of Katrick, and you must not let the priest find a horse to ride." Well, I'll bring someone to the county border to intercept the priest right away. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"Let's go, don't lose it." Isabel gave orders to the Black Friar, who was dressed as a farmer.

"Yes, Your Excellency." The Black Friar turned and walked away quickly.

At this time, Sir Alex Ferguson had assembled the would-be lancers and sergeants on the school grounds, and Isabel walked up to the front of the procession and glanced at the crowd and said aloud, "Ladies and gentlemen, His Majesty has issued a decree for the arrest of the leader of the pilgrimage. From now on, follow Sir Alex Ferguson's orders to arrest the nobles, gentlemen, yomans, priests and outcasts who had taken part in the pilgrimage in the county. ”

When they had agreed, Isabel said to Sir Alex Ferguson, "Give me a few men, and I will get Father Thomas back who has escaped." ”

Sir nodded and said, "Your Excellency, what should I do if the nobles, squires, and priests to be arrested are not the leaders of the rebels?" ”

Isabel sneered, pulled out another piece of letter from the boot of her right leg, and handed it to him: "This is a list of nobles and squires in the county who have participated in or supported the pilgrimage movement. ”

"That's easy, Your Excellency."

"Act now, don't let these people run to neighboring counties."

Fr. Thomas and the young clergy are preparing to travel to North Arleton, an important town in northern Yorkshire, where he will meet with several local priests and priests who have participated in the pilgrimage. After that, he found a few horses and rode to the cathedral of the Archbishop of York, and went into exile in Europe through the power and position of the Archbishop of York.

Although there were other priests and ordinary clergy in Richmond County who had participated in the rebellion, Father Thomas could no longer care about them at this time. The main reason was that he did not expect that Henry VIII would suddenly turn around and arrest all the nobles, squires and clergy who had participated in the pilgrimage. There was also a reason why Henry VIII's arrest decree would arrive in Richmondshire so quickly that he would not have time to inform the other clergy to escape.

Richmondshire's border with northern Yorkshire is outside the village of Cattrick, Sir Alex's domain, and the only major road in the village leads to the town of North Arlleton. Therefore, Father Thomas and the priests had to pass through the village of Cattrick.

Isabel knew the priest's escape route very well, and since the priest and the priest did not have time to escape on horseback, she took four quasi-lancers and rode out of Nottingham Castle in a hurry.

It took at least nearly 2 hours to walk from Nottingham Castle to Cattrick Village, and the young priest was a little overwhelmed after more than an hour of walking with the priest. The priest looked at the large fields on both sides of the road and said to Father Thomas, "Father, why don't you go find two horses to ride, so that you can get to North Arleton sooner?" ”

Father Thomas raised his head and looked at the priest with his face under the hood: "Compared to the Lord Jesus, who fell to the ground for the first time due to the exhaustion of his physical strength, you are sheltered. So, now you should recite the fifteen stations of the Cross with me, okay? ”

At this time, two black friars, dressed as servants and keepers of the official register, were agitating the priest, and the "servants" pretended to be pious and said: "Father, it is the time of Lent to recite the fifteen stations of the Cross. The road in front of us is like a cross in the day, which often makes me and my partner breathless, and makes me and my partner irritable and complaining. This path is the perfect time for us to show our Christian faith. ”

The priest smiled and nodded, and as he continued walking, the young priest awkwardly replied, "Yes, Father." ”

Two clergy and two disguised Black Friars chanted the fifteen Stations of the Cross in the direction of the county border. Just as everyone looked at the first Yorkshire village outside the county boundary, a quasi-lancer soldier squatting at the county boundary immediately turned his head and shouted at Isabel who was not far away, "Your Excellency, the priest is here. ”

Isabel nodded and said, "Two men went to the back to cut off the priest's path, and the others followed me." “