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However, the town of Sutri was still decorated, and the bigger reason was that he had the upper hand in the negotiations with Henry the Fifth, Pope Owen Seth. Eugene was in a particularly good mood at this time, and he was often surrounded by a group of cardinals, strolling through the sunny courtyards and chatting, and they were already discussing how to count the future of the monasteries of the Church in Germany, who had been sent to be Henry's fifth patriarch, and so on.

"Go and tell my boy Henry [Heinrich] that in three days I will enter the city of Rome with him for his great coronation." The Pope, wearing a beautiful crown, smiled and said to the new palace deacon Anselm.

As Anselm bowed and prepared to leave the courtyard to inform Henry, the Pope suddenly said to him with a sinking face, "I remember that I had warned Gawain of Tarsus beforehand to guard the existing borders and not to persecute Emperor John of Constantinople, but he had done so very badly, very badly. I have received more than one impeachment, notably Sambel of Jerusalem and Morris, the new patriarch of Antioch, who have been particularly vehemently accused. Anselm has a great future ahead for you, and I'm afraid that if Gawain insists on going his own way, it's not just him who will be hurt, but you will also be affected badly. ”

Anselm was so shocked that his eyes were almost full of tears, and he bowed deeply before the Holy See, saying that it was all his responsibility to continue to persuade him after leaving Tarsus, "Leave it to me at ease, I can go directly to Anatolia as your envoy and order Gawain to withdraw his troops." In the next three years, I will also seek to bring into your hands the right to appoint bishops throughout Asia Minor. ”

The Pope laughed again, raised his scepter, and said a few words of relief to Anselm, who was "obedient," and told him to go as soon as possible.

Anselm, dressed in an earth-colored burqa with a placket, quickly and nervously climbed onto the back of a donkey in front of the courtyard door, and then galloped all the way to the camp of Henry's army five centuries away, and because of his excitement, Anselm's bald top was covered with sweat when he arrived at Henry's tent, and the little hair he had left was wet and raked on the back of his head, and the oil was visible.

At this time, Henry Fifth was still pacing about his tent, and it seemed that he had not yet made up his mind because of his extreme anxiety.

"What are you hesitating about! Could it be that you still want to do it again at the coronation? Anselm, who had broken in, looked at Henry, and then at Echard and a few other close ministers of the king, and shouted proudly.

Henry looked at him distressedly, "To put it lightly, it was not you or Gawain who immediately made a move on the Pope. In the unlikely event that I am destroyed, Gawain's ship will not be able to accommodate me! ”

Anselm took out the secret letter from his clothes, "This is the oath that Gawain gave you, and the fingerprints and engraved seals on it are always unforgiving. You can do it boldly, after you get Constantinople, Gawain will be the Roman Emperor in the east, you will be the Roman Emperor in the west, I will be the new Holy Seat, and the city of Rome or something can go aside. ”

"It's crazy." Henry muttered to himself, he probably needed to calm down, and strode over to the table in the tent, where an attendant in an amphora hurriedly handed him a glass of wine, "I want it chilled!" Henry shouted.

So he received a glass of wine with ice cubes in it, and it rattled and rattled, and this midwinter was enough to take this entrance, but Henry drank it all, felt that his whole hair was frozen, and then sprayed a cloud of white aerosol and frost, turned around and stared, "Isn't Gawain afraid of excommunication, isn't he afraid of suspending the sacramental decree, isn't he afraid that the Pope will mobilize many countries to conquer him?" ”

"For a long time, the Holy See has boasted that he has been inherited by St. Peter, and that he has been given two sharp swords, one spiritual and the other secular. If I become the Holy See, I will return the latter sword to you, nay, now. Anselm also went crazy, staring directly at Henry's agitation, "As long as you and Gawain ascend to the two supreme thrones of the east and west respectively, how can any country be able to win the two of you?" On the contrary, if you don't do it, you won't be able to return to the land of Germany in the future, so how can there be a place for you in the whole world, as Your Majesty said, even Gawain's ship can't accommodate you. As for the excommunication of the sacramental decree, rest assured that Gawain was not afraid of the city of Rome in this respect, and I know better than anyone else about it, having been the patriarch of him for many years. ”

"Do it, Your Majesty!" With that, Anselm screamed, and the hairs on his bald head stood on end.

"Do it, Your Majesty!" In the same way, Echard and several monks and ministers who accompanied him also marched forward arm in arm.

Henry's fingers rubbed against the icy glass, and there was a neighing of men and horses outside, which was the request of all the vassals and bishops to confess the contents of the agreement they had made with the Pope before the coronation, which was an obligation of any soon-to-be-fulfilled monarch under the Imperial Charter of Germany.

"Bang!" Henry slammed his glass on the wooden table, then dressed up and walked out.

The sun was unrestrained on his face.

Soon, Henry gave everything out of the tent in front of all the Imperial courtiers outside the tent.

Angry cries rang out, and the archbishop of Bremen directly scolded the Pope as "they are doing this to take back the bishopric of all Germany, and then sell them like a usurer for money, this filthy snake of Rome!" ”

Henry's eyebrows twitched, and the agitated reaction of everyone was in his eyes, if he didn't change his attitude at this time, he would be the first person to be torn apart.

At this moment, the secret agreement with Gawain, the cold and stubborn aunt of Kanosha's trip, and his father's past were all swirling in his mind.

In the end, Henry's arms suddenly raised and he clenched his firm fists, "If we don't go to the city of Rome, can't the holy Roman emperor even control his own coronation?" I'm in Sutri, right here, take my crown! ”

All the vassals cheered, and they embraced Henry on their horses, led their troops, and rushed out of the camp with a thunderstorm of battle flags, and swooped down on the city of Sutri.

When the cardinals in the city received the news, they immediately became chaotic, some running around in the gardens, others in hiding, but soon all the streets, churches and towers of Sutri were occupied by Henry's men, and the soldiers went around in droves carrying spears and swords, claiming that the Pope must obey the laws of the Imperial Charter and crown their king unconditionally.

"Your Majesty! Henry suddenly turned his face and forced us by force! Anselm, who rushed into Eugene's house, crawled and then grabbed the other party's drape, and was terrified.

"Quick, run away with me, Anselm, and head north, where Matilda's Canossa Castle is." The Pope, too, was full of uneasiness and pulled Anselm by the shoulder.