The third army of the southeastern part of Erathia, the province of Camillo, the capital city of York, and the third army of Shante, has occupied the city for more than three years, and with the assistance of the Catholics, the main forces of the fifth theater of Arad have been wiped out, and the remaining remnants, led by Field Marshal Simeone, have gathered at the place where the northern forest states meet in Erathia, about 100,000 men! Shante and Kolenwa did not want to exterminate them, but due to the complex terrain and the fact that the Fifth Theater of Operations could hide in the forest country at any time when the war was unfavorable, Shante could not cross the border to fight and cause the two countries. disputes, trouble for yourself, trouble for Catherine, so, for the time being, Simeone's fifth war zone has no temper.

There is a money bank in the city of York, which has been operating here for more than two years, the province of Camillo is not rich, people are not very willing to deposit gold coins in the bank during the war years, and for religious reasons, the security conditions here are not good, so the business is bleak, and the day is not enough!

"How the hell do you work?" Jimmy Sola, the treasurer, angrily pointed to the dilapidated crate of gold coins and yelled at his fellows, "Look, what is this? ”

"Mr. Shopkeeper, we don't know what's going on, the vault has never been in or out without permission, and we really don't know what's going on with the damage to these boxes!" Business is not good, Jimmy Sola sent her anger out on the guy, but the guy didn't buy it too much, and said: "Since there is no shortage of gold coins, let's just find someone to customize a batch of boxes, why care?" ”

"That's nice, whose loss is this?" Jimmy Sola sneered, "Who is responsible for the construction of this vault, it must be because the construction is not good, it is damp, so that all the chests are broken, go and find him, I want to ask him, do I give him less wages, and the money bank in Fuxing City also dares to cut corners?" ”

The guy had no choice but to find Charles, who was in charge of building the bank's vault, and Charles explained with a smile in the face of Jimmy Sola's questioning: "Mr. Shopkeeper, no matter how bold I am, I don't dare to cut corners on the treasury of Fuxing City, unless I don't want to have any business dealings with Fuxing City and your bank!" ”

"In this case, why is it that not long after the beginning of spring, these boxes are damp, and the other vaults of Fuxing Qianzhuang will not be like this!" Jimmy Sola asked, "You have to give me a reasonable explanation!" ”

"Soon after the beginning of spring, the return to the south has not yet arrived, how can it be damp?" Charles said with a smile, "The construction of the vault is completely made of moisture-proof materials, and the money box is also placed on the shelves, and there is no direct contact with the ground and walls, and there are also dry bags filled with quicklime stored in the vault, which can absorb moisture, how can it be damp!" Mr. Shopkeeper, please see, if it is damp, the box should be damp, even if it was damp last year, there should be damp mildew spots on the box, but now the situation of the box is not at all! Mr. Shopkeeper, let's think about whether there is something wrong with other management! ”

Jimmy Sola approached the box and took a closer look, and sure enough, as Charles said, it didn't look like it was damp at all, more like it was being gnawed by something, but the vault was so heavily sealed that it was impossible for cats and dogs to enter it.

"I see!" Charles suddenly said, "Mr. Shopkeeper probably hasn't been out for a few days, right?" In the past few days, the streets are full of abandoned furniture and clothes, most of which have been bitten by rats, and some houses in the city have even been eaten by rats and collapsed! I think it must be a rat plague! ”

"Nonsense!" Jimmy Sola said, "What rat can gnaw a house down?" ”

"Mr. Shopkeeper, it's true!" The guy hurriedly said, "Now it is rumored that it is a rat plague, it is said to be a very big mouse, even bigger than cats and dogs, no one has really seen it yet!" ”

"Are you going to put together a fire to amuse me?" Jimmy Sola was simply angry, "And a mouse bigger than a cat or a dog?" ”

"Sir, don't believe me? Now the Marshal's Mansion of the Third Army has issued an inscription notice, offering a reward for anyone who catches such a mouse, whether they live or die! Charles said, "Mr. Shopkeeper, the building of the vault is different from other places, and I think if the vault really has a rat plague, it will be easy for rats to get in, but it will be difficult to get out!" It is better to send someone to check the treasury, it is better to have no rats, if there is, kill or capture alive on the spot, wouldn't it not only deal with the bounty notice of the Marshal's Palace, but also publicize the reputation of the bank? In any case, if something like this happens, the shopkeeper must check the vault! ”

"Well, that's right!" Jimmy Sola said, then beckoned his fellows, immediately started the process of opening the vault, and personally brought seven or eight guys to investigate!

Due to the poor business of the bank, there are not many boxes of gold coins in the vault, and there are no miscellaneous things to store, so it is not difficult to investigate. Just light the candles, light up the whole vault, and check the storeroom, every corner of the shelf, nothing can be hidden.

"Oh my God, old ...... Old...... Rats ......" one of the fellows yelled incoherently, attracting everyone's attention, and everyone rushed towards the storeroom where he was.

"Whatever you shout, the rats can scare you like this, it's really useless!" Jimmy Sola grunted, pushed aside the men who were shouting at the door, and looked into the storeroom.

There were no gold coin boxes in the storeroom, just a few empty shelves, and under the bright candlelight, the shadows of the shelves were reflected on the walls and floors, and in the dark corners, three huge rats were jumping around without their heads, trying to escape from this place.

Jimmy Sola herself was speechless, the three rats were huge, even bigger than a normal house dog! Two yellow, the largest one, but pink, hairless, with a long nose, a silver horn on the head, a pair of tiny wings, and a long tail, because the wings are too small, the body is bulky, it can't fly at all, and can only assist the body to move forward quickly.

But to be honest, except for the mouth and tail that are similar to a mouse, the other body parts are not the characteristics of a mouse, and Jimmy Sola really can't see why, this disgusting guy will be called a "mouse"!

Everyone looked at the "weapon" in their hands - the broom, and then you looked at me, I looked at you, I didn't know what to do at all, the rat was in a hurry but it would bite, who would dare to take the broom and provoke these three rats the size of a dog?

"Call the guards!" Jimmy Sola immediately said, "Block the door, don't let them escape!" ”

Although the number of these guards has been greatly reduced after the security business of the money village was handed over to the thieves' guild, the security conditions in York City are worrying, and the escort force sent by Fuxing City cannot be revoked for the time being. Usually the guards were not allowed to enter the vault, and Jimmy Sola didn't care so much, and when seven or eight daring guards heard that the vault was plagued by rats, and that it was a rat as big as a dog, they immediately came to arrest them with curiosity.

Several people carried shields, the mouse slowly approached, the frightened mouse jumped up even faster, among which the pink mouse jumped high, wanted to run out of the door over the crowd, but just fell and did not land, but was caught by the huge net, the mouse immediately tore the net, the net made of rope immediately bit to pieces, trying to escape, the two guards who held the mouse couldn't hold it, and immediately beat the body of the mouse with the back of the knife, and the huge mouse in pain made a huge squeaky scream, and finally was beaten to the point of bleeding, and one was whirring.

"Caught, caught, two alive!" The people inside shouted happily, I don't know who found the iron cage from where, several guards actually used their shields to drive the other two yellow rats into the iron cage, the fooled rats were about to rush out, several guards immediately stepped forward to block the door of the iron cage with their shields, and then slowly lowered the iron door, and put on two huge iron cables, and finally completed the task of catching rats.

Jimmy Sola finally breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked people to withdraw from the vault, and then said, "Send someone to uncover the inscription of the notice immediately!" ”

York City is now under military control, and the inscription notice of the Marshal's Mansion is equivalent to the inscription notice of the government! Soon after returning from the notice, the Marshal's Mansion personally sent a general with dozens of personal soldiers to Fuxing City Qianzhuang, accepted the huge rats that were two alive and one dead, and cashed the bounty on the spot......

"Lord Bishop, the Marshal's Mansion has already caught three proboscis rat monsters, and our plan needs to be advanced!" Tolstoy, a Catholic dressed in a priest's attire, said.

Tolstoy, the priest who killed his bishop and successfully seized the position of cardinal in Camillo Province, led millions of believers to assist Shante in seizing Camillo Province, and his reputation soared to the sky, and he was successfully promoted to cardinal.

Although promoted to cardinal, Tolstoy was not here, he was brewing a bigger conspiracy, secretly enveloping a group of cronies, and began to promote his Protestant doctrines, because his followers were actually Catholics, Tolstoy's Protestantism did not change too many doctrines, basically copied the doctrines of Catholics, and believed in the city in the sky, but this doctrine was more radical than the original Catholic doctrine, and more in line with the psychology of Catholics who had become fanatical.

One of the most important and fundamental doctrines is that religion is greater than government, that is, the government should be established under the leadership and guidance of the sect, and the government's actions must conform to the teachings of Protestantism. More directly, that is, the status of the pope, in fact, is above the queen, the so-called divine right of kingship, the pope represents the divine right, the queen is only a monarchy, any king who has not been crowned by the pope is a pseudo-king, and the believers will never admit it. In Camillo, a hotbed of religion, the new doctrine conformed to the beliefs and desires of the vast majority of fanatics, and Tolstoy's popularity soared, and millions of his followers clamored for the administration of Camillo Province, and even began to form a general trend of confrontation with the pope in Zorma City.

Shante's Third Legion also had a headache, the double-edged sword of religion, if used well, it is a sharp sword, and if it is not used well, it is a flood beast. It's a pity that he realized it too late! Tolstoy seemed to have become the emperor of the province of Camillo, and even Shante, who controlled the army and held life and death to seize power, began to ignore it and secretly make small moves. Although he doesn't dare to blatantly provoke Shante at present, if he goes on like this, something has to happen!

"Hehe, the legend says that the proboscis rat monster is the son of the demon Satan!" Tolstoy laughed, "Now that Marshal Shante has captured the proboscis rat monster, then without further ado, start the Demon Son Project immediately!" ”

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