Chapter 83: Majestic Faces (3)
After a brief silence, the crowd erupted not with anger and accusations, or heart-wrenching exhortations, but cheers, not because of joy or happiness, but just cheers, but these voices all meant the same thing to Randy.
"It's noisy!"
Randy sighed softly and turned to scan the audience with disgust, looking at Joan of Arc, who was inexplicable and had no idea what was going on.
"It's a parting gift!"
"You idiot." Joan of Arc couldn't help but laugh, and then as if the tear ducts were collapsing, the tears couldn't stop flowing.
Randy still wants to kill her, but Randy still loves her, and even dares to show this love in front of everyone.
Joan of Arc was a little stupid for a while, obviously this practice didn't do Randy any good, as long as he buried this feeling in his heart and thought about it in his spare time, as a memory, why did he do it?
"Because I like you." Randy completely ignored the voices around him and replied directly.
Joan of Arc felt that she had died without regrets.
Eventually, Randy kisses Joan of Arc's face again, as if to keep her in her heart forever.
2:00 p.m.!
Randy sighed, turned and stepped back, setting the wood on fire.
The flames were lit, and the priests and nobles finally calmed down, watching the flames burn upwards little by little, gradually approaching Joan of Arc, and after seeing this scene, the cheers of the people intensified, and Randy took out his pocket watch for the last time.
Afternoon, 2.01 min......
As if he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, Randy turned away.
The flames were getting closer, and it seemed that from the pain of being burned by the flames, Joan of Arc groaned as she began to pray, trying to ignore the pain, for Joan of Arc felt that this was her last prayer in this life.
But the pain, the suffocating feeling, the temperature that seemed to swallow everything, Joan of Arc groaned, coughed violently in the thick fog, and the whole person seemed to disappear into the fire and smoke, except for the faint sound of prayer.
Randy couldn't bear to look at it anymore, turned his height and raised his hands, shouting, "God! All-knowing and all-powerful Lord! If you have mercy on your children, save us. ”
After saying that, Randy got down on one knee, held the silver cross given by His Majesty the Pope in both hands, and began to pray aloud.
November 6, 1102 at 2:03 PM CE......
"It's time!" Randy chuckled inwardly.
"What's going on?"
"It's changed!"
"God is angry!"
"Oh my God! How so? ”
The crowd erupted in numerous cries of panic......
At this moment, a few seconds after Randy's prayer fell, an extremely surprising thing happened at this moment, huge dark clouds converged from all directions, and the whole heaven and earth instantly became as dark as night, and the people were extremely surprised, not knowing what happened, a large number of snowflakes would fall in the sky, like goose feathers.
However, the heavens still don't seem to be satisfied, as if a mental patient suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder can't wait to drop a large number of dense snowflakes, and those snowflakes don't even have time to fall to the ground, they turn into blood balls in the air, crackling and hitting people's faces, and the beating hurts.
Under the power of heaven, human beings are completely unable to face it, fragile as ants and insects, and have no idea except panic and wail.
"God's will, it's a miracle!" Randy stood up and shouted, and under such a heavy snowfall, the flame that had just risen was quickly extinguished.
All the people present, whether they were clergy, nobles, or commoners, all bent down and knelt on the ground, ignoring the bitter chill brought by the cold ground and the heavy snow, and kept prostrating, prostrating, chanting the name of God, and fanatical piety to the extreme, this is a miracle!
Such a miracle, regardless of status, had to fall to the ground.
Treat all equals before God!
Whether it is a pope or a serf, they are God's people, there is no difference.
Of course, although God is fair and selfless, there will be one or two mortals who are more favored by God, like Joan of Arc who is now being burned in flames, and when he is about to be burned to death, it suddenly snows heavily, and no one else can refute Randy's words, saying that it is a coincidence?
No way! Could it be such a coincidence?
Could it be that the woman really a saint?
So the previous human and material evidence all became a joke at this moment.
After kneeling down for a long time, they remembered that Joan of Arc was still tied to it, and someone hurriedly ran over to untie Joan of Arc's rope, and Randy himself took her hand and walked down from it.
Joan of Arc's face was a little dirty because of the thick smoke, so Randy very thoughtfully took out a handkerchief and wiped it clean with snowflakes.
"Is this a miracle?" Joan of Arc asks Randy with an incredulous look.
"Yes!" Randy nodded.
"I don't have to die?"
Randy then nodded.
"That's ......"
Joan of Arc felt like she was lost, but she also had an indescribable feeling, like jumping off the Alps, thinking she was going to die, but in the end she was unexpectedly rescued!
A little bit of rejoicing......
A little scared......
A little bit of gratitude......
"Thank God!"
Joan of Arc drew a cross on her chest very religiously, knelt down on one knee, closed her eyes and prayed, and Randy draped her silver-white fox cloak over Joan of Arc, trying to hold back her laughter, and also knelt down on one knee.
All the people in the hall knelt in the snow and prayed as if their heavenly Father had prayed devoutly, and the aristocratic priests who had framed Joan of Arc were even more terrified and begged God for forgiveness.
In this way, the messengers, clergymen, nobles, and commoners who witnessed this miracle spread this miracle quickly across the continent, and in this age of scarcity of entertainment, a real miracle was enough to be exciting, and to be discussed for a long time, even after a month, in a tavern in a small town.
"Since such a thing has happened, then Joan of Arc must be a saint!"
"That's not right! Wrong! At the last moment, it was the prayer of His Majesty the King that caused the snowfall, so the saint should be His Majesty the King. ”
"But if that woman is really a witch of the most sinful sins, then God can't have sent down a lot of snow to save her life."
"No, His Majesty is saying please save your children, that is, he and Joan of Arc are both blessed by God."
In this way, Joan of Arc's life is temporarily saved, temporarily saved......
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Just eight days ago, when Randy was leading his army to Normandy, Aurora came to Randy's room to chat as usual.
As for Aurora's purpose for doing this, Randy also guessed, feeling that the person who recommended himself for the pillow seat may have the biggest surname, and at the same time, Artoria was not around during this time, Randy was a sperm worm for a while, and he had also hit Aurora's idea, but after only saying a few words in this regard, he was despised by Aurora.
So Randy also completely gave up, cutting off the last bit of lust and delusion in his heart, and now looking at Aurora, it is no different from the mountains, rivers, fields, and stones, anyway, he can't reproduce, even if he looks beautiful, what's the use?
Randy responded to Aurora's words without saying a word, but was thinking about something else.
For a while, I thought of Pomerania, and wanted to completely unify the Baltic Sea and ascend the throne as emperor.
For a while, I thought about the Eastern Roman Empire, and how I could effectively control the expansion of the Eastern Roman Empire so that it would not develop into the difficult state of the Germanic Middle Ages.
Immediately afterwards, he thought of starting a trade with the East to increase his income.
There is also the Eastern European steppe, if you don't hurry up, once Lithuania really becomes a climate, it will be troublesome.
In this case, Randy didn't listen to Aurora's talk about the weather.
It is true that he and Artoria are married, and the Norman kingdom also includes the British Isles, and Randy is also half British, but Randy really doesn't care too much about the weather.
Randy is not a science student, the kind that studies climatology, belongs to the mediocre talent who does not know astronomy and geography and Qimen Dunjia as Zhuge Liang said back then.
Although Randy spends 99% of his energy on future strategic layout, he still focuses 1% of his energy on talking to Aurora, although most of it is Aurora talking.
"Speaking of which...... When are we back in Gothenburg? Aurora asked.
"What's the hurry? I'll have to wait until Artoria comes back! She wrote yesterday saying that she would stay in Ireland for a while and would not come for half a month. ”
"Is that so?"
"That's right! Can I help you? ”
"If you don't hurry up and go back now, you won't be able to go back in seven days."
"Oh? Why? ”
"Because in seven days there will be a snowstorm that will sweep across Europe, and you won't be able to leave if you want to."
"Blizzard? How big is it? ”
"Very big! From Brittany, it spread throughout Europa, covering almost everywhere. ”
"Is it violent?"
"Of course it's violent! The snow flakes will condense into snow blocks in the air. ”
"In that case, the plan to hunt in the suburbs won't be carried out......" Randy suddenly remembered that the same was the case when he attacked Stockholm, and the oil canister thrown by the counterweight catapult almost flooded the entire city, and the flames steamed like hell, and the snow was gone at the end.
This is the end of the memories......
It was only now that Aurora realized that she had been cheated by Randy.
Especially when Randy comforts Joan of Arc, you have to stay strong. Later, Jeanne d'Arc was arranged to rest, and apologized to the nobles and priests who had come from afar, announcing that a banquet would be held in the evening to show his apologies to everyone.
Completely ignoring Aurora's visceral disdain and gaze, Randy talks and laughs at the banquet, and even invites Joan of Arc as a guest, dressing Joan of Arc like a hostess, and wearing the same style of clothes that Randy gave her back then.
Very stunning!
Seriously, Joan of Arc's appearance should be similar to Artoria's, and it doesn't quite fit the mainstream European aesthetics, but Joan of Arc has two bonuses.
The first was her saint's flag, which was much better than Artoria's always cold-faced and frightening face.
The second is Joan of Arc's C+ breasts, which are much better than Artoria's flat plates, coupled with the law of clothing and the makeup skills of court maids, Jeanne d'Arc looks as charming as a blooming lily.
The guests didn't feel wrong with Randy's approach.
In this era, although under the mainstream of monogamy, every nobleman has at least one or more lovers, and some have even developed to the point of being announced to the public, and they are in and out of the same place, similar to real couples, it is unbelievable that a young and promising king like Randy does not have a lover.
There are even people who privately doubt Randy's abilities, especially Artoria doesn't seem to be able to have children yet, which makes people even more anxious, what if Randy dies? Wasn't the Norman kingdom extinct?
And an Aurora!
Look at this urine, Aurora may be able to become Queen Noman, which is also the reason why some people try their best to marry Aurora, but so far no one has succeeded, all the aristocratic men who proposed to the eldest princess were strongly despised by Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and there were not a few who committed suicide by taking poison for this, after all, not every man is as shameless as Randy and can calmly face contempt, especially the contempt of beautiful women.
So when Randy announced in public that Joan of Arc, a respected and favored maiden, would become a nun and spend all her time praying for the faithful, everyone was surprised.
Although OOXX nuns are a very fashionable thing in this era, just like the Chinese OOXX Taoist or nuns in the same period, they can make people have a special spiritual pleasure, as someone said, the more sacred things are, the more defiled they are, but it is a pity that those bearded people in the Islamic world will not have female religious roles because of absolute male supremacy, so Muslims are missing this benefit.
But Joan of Arc is a saint, a saint!
Isn't Randy afraid of God's damnation for doing this?
Forget all the mess before, and dress up this girl as a nun again, is it to OOXX in the church?
Randy's behavior makes people feel inappropriate, but the Holy See has something to ask Randy, and other countries are either afraid of Randy, or they are also asking for him, and no one dares to raise objections, especially Randy has to run to the Papal State envoy with a smile on his face and ask: "After this matter is completed, can the Holy See canonize me or something." ”
The papal envoy was so embarrassed that he had to excuse himself: "Canonization is generally a reward for the ancient sages, and as for the people of the present world...... This ......"
It means that the title of saint is basically only worn by the dead, and it will be said after you die! After all, the Holy See is not stupid, or this group of gods in the name of God is smarter than ordinary people, and the profession they are engaged in let them know that the horror of believing in this kind of thing, how troublesome it will be for a living saint to appear, if that living saint is still a king with real power, then the priest will soon be finished, so no matter how Randy persuades, the pope's envoy will bite the bullet and not let go, and he will not let Randy canonize.
Randy shrugged indifferently, he himself understood how vexatious the proposed conditions were, but any priest with a normal IQ could understand how much harm a **** force would bring to the Holy See after it appeared!
So Randy didn't take this matter to heart, he just wanted to disrupt the emissary's thoughts and use it as a bargaining chip.
That's right, it's a bargain.
Just after the previous envoy left, the Papal States were attacked by the Eastern Roman Empire again, which would not be as simple as before, the Eastern Roman army with a total of 20,000 people besieged Rome, the capital of the Papal States, for nearly ten days, and finally retreated because of the full assistance of Milan and Venice, which scared the Papal States half to death.
This is not the same as before, those Germanic people of the Holy Roman Empire, even if they conquered the Papal States, they only exiled the previous pope and set up a new pope
If the Eastern Roman Empire had broken the Papal States, there would have been no more Papal States!
The Pope would be executed for heresy by the Eastern Holy See, the entire Vatican would be purged and brought under the Empire, and the religious system would become Orthodox with bishops sent by Patriarch Constantine.
Destroy the country and extinguish the species!
This is how the Eastern Roman Empire dealt with this group of treacherous traitors!
(End of chapter)