With the advent of Lent, the people living in and around Nottingham Castle are forbidden to entertain and abstain from eating meat, and they are constantly reflecting and repenting to commemorate the martyrdom of Jesus three days before Easter. At this time, the church of Nazareth was filled with people who had come to reflect and confess, and Father Boniface Thomas, standing in front of the main altar, was reading a prayer.

The priest led the crowd in reciting the Lord's Prayer and then the Blessed Virgin. The church was silent, and the few freelance farmers (yomanon) sitting opposite the main altar, as well as most of the bookkeepers, leaseholders, and hired laborers, almost bowed their heads and reflected on their sins.

The priest was pleased with such a scene. When his emotions were almost brewing, he began to recite the Book of Repentance: "My Lord God, I repent of my sins with all my heart, and instead of living according to your word, I do things that make you sad." Now I have decided to change my ways, hear my prayers, forgive me all my sins, pour out your love into my heart again, and help me to be reconciled to you and my brothers and sisters and live a new life, Amen. ”

"Amen." The people present recited in unison in a solemn and dull voice.

"God Jesus, Killistus, I am a grave sinner, and I have sinned against God; Now for God, and for the love of God above all things, I repent of my sins with all my heart; Concentrate on not daring to offend God again; May God forgive me my sins. Amen. Father Thomas was the first to recite the Minor Penitential.

"Amen."

As Father Thomas was about to continue with the recitation of the Superior Pention, a young man dressed as a servant appeared on the right side of the main altar. The young man glanced at the people who were reflecting and repenting, and then called out to the main altar in an extremely weak voice: "Father, Father Thomas. ”

The priest heard the call, but still said to the crowd: "Now, please recite the Superior and Inferior Penitential Prayers together." ”

After the people followed the priest's instructions, Father Thomas quietly walked towards the right side of the main altar. When he came to the young man, he said solemnly, "What is it?" ”

"Father, you told me to keep an eye on His Highness's Privy Counsellors, didn't you?"

"This is a merciful, pure, good, and complete God who forsakes every sinner."

"After lunch, a royal postman and a few people dressed in royal guard costumes look like they are supposed to deliver a letter to His Highness."

The priest did not answer, but stared at the young servant with those alert eyes. Then the servant continued: "Soon after the men left, I saw His Excellency the Adviser carrying a letter in the direction of the guards. ”

"Do you know what kind of letter she's taking?" The sanctimonious priest finally stopped spitting scriptures, but he spoke a sinner's worldly word.

"I don't know. Father, you should know that when His Highness and Miss Isabel are talking, neither of them can be present. ”

From time to time, the priest turned his head to look at the people who were meditating on the scriptures and casually said, "I know." What else do you see? I mean, did any of His Highness's retainers or anyone else talk about on the way to the Guards station? ”

"No, Father. However, the adviser's face looked very good, and he walked in a hurry. ”

"Fill the hearts of believers with the Holy Spirit, O God, and give us the light of the Holy Spirit, increase in wisdom and enjoy constant peace through Christ our Lord. Amen. ”

When the young man saw that the priest had returned to his form as a servant of God, he quickly left the vicinity of the main altar. At this time, Father Thomas

As if he had received God's mercy, he returned to the people who had finished his meditation. He looked at the crowd solemnly and said, "Now, please recite the Confessional in silence. ”

When the crowd began to meditate: "I confess to Almighty God and to the faithful my faults in thought, word and deed. My sin, my sin, my grave sin. For this I beseech the Virgin Mary for life......"

Father Thomas quietly left the main altar again and walked towards a small door located on the left back side of the main altar. When he came to the room where a row of priests lived, he said to a young priest standing in the hallway, "Are you ready?" ”

"Yes, Father."

"Alright, now get out of here and go to the cathedral."

A few moments later, two monk-like men wearing hoods and carrying backpacks appeared on the road leading to the gates of Nottingham Castle. However, the whereabouts of the two monks had already been targeted by two people. One was the young man servant who had previously secretly reported to Father Thomas the movements of the Privy Counsellor, while the other young man, dressed in a bookkeeper's peasant attire, stood a few steps away from the servant.

When the two men hid in an alley opposite the church until they saw the monk leave the church quickly, the servant-like man whispered, "Go and report to Your Excellency, that Father Thomas is about to leave His Highness's castle." ”

It turned out that the two young men were two members of the "Black Friars" that Isabel had seconded from within the security forces. When Father Thomas was forcibly taken from Yorkshire to the county to be guarded in the church, Isabel had one of the Black Friars disguise himself as a Catholic servant and approach the priest.

After gaining the priest's trust with a large amount of real news mixed with false news, he took the initiative to act as an eyeliner for the priest to monitor his whereabouts. To put it simply, the Black Friar played the role of a law enforcement officer in a law enforcement trap (fishing enforcement) throughout the surveillance process.

In many cases in the United States of America, the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives), which is affiliated with the U.S. Department of Justice, has deliberately allowed gun shops in Arizona and other places to illegally sell guns to track the circulation of firearms, in order to combat the drug trade of Mexican gangs and infiltration into the United States.

The young man in the official register was staring at the two monks, nodded and said, "Okay, you follow these two monks, and I will report it immediately." ”

In the garrison of Nottingham Castle's guards, Sir Fergelin laughed and said when he heard Isabel's words: "Your Excellency, do you suppose the baron, his wife, and children will scream in fright when they see me, the knights, and the sergeants breaking into his estate?" ”

"Maybe. Sir, His Majesty's decree only calls for the arrest of the leader of the rebels. Therefore, you and your men should try not to encroach on Lord Haswell's family and servants. ”

"I understand, Your Excellency."

Just as Isabel followed Sir Alex Ferguson to the school grounds to urgently gather the rebels, a young man dressed as a farmer found her, led by a sergeant. Isabel recognized at a glance that this was the second intelligence agent she had sent to spy on Father Thomas, and after giving the young man a look, the two walked to the side of the schoolyard.

The young man glanced at the would-be lancers and sergeants gathered on the school grounds, and then said to Isabel, "The priest has gone fishing." ”