"Nonsense!" Clotz crumpled the newspaper and threw it on the ground, and couldn't help but curse angrily: "Evil words confuse the public! ”

Anthony picked up the newspaper and spread it out again, flipped to the end of the headline article, and whispered the author's signature:

"Loyal servant of all the peoples of the Far East......"

Anthony frowned, feeling weird.

The author's self-proclaimed "servant" seems humble, but the servant of "all the people of the Far East" is a different matter, and if he is not in a high position in the provincial government or the church, holding the power to influence the livelihood of the inhabitants of the province, how can he be qualified to serve all the people of the Far East?

"General Krautz, this article...... Could it be that someone deliberately wrote it to frame Archbishop Philip? Anthony asked cautiously.

"Framed?" Klautz sneered, "You think of Philip too kindly, I know his writing style very well, this article is definitely his own handwriting, and the half-concealed signature at the end reveals this person's usual hypocritical style!" ”

Anthony was not surprised by this answer, and said carefully: "I visited His Excellency the Marshal before I came to the Far East, and he reminded me that Archbishop Philip was a member of a radical society within the Church, and told me to be more careful with this person, and to consult you about something, perhaps His Excellency the Marshal was aware of the unreliability of some people at that time......

"His Excellency the Marshal has a very accurate vision of people, and he is indeed not at ease with Philip, so he sent me to the Far East to take charge of the Knights, because he was worried that the military power would fall into the hands of Philip and become the capital of his treason, these so-called 'reformists' are all heretics and ambitious conspirators under the banner of reform!" Krautz's face was full of resentment, "Look at this beguiling article in the newspaper, you will understand that Philip portrayed himself as a revolutionary who trampled on the laws of the empire, a great hero who led the mob in the Far East, he promised all kinds of unrealistic benefits to the mob, tried to buy those short-sighted guys, and the real purpose was nothing more than to use the support of the mob to demand military power from me!" ”

"But I have heard that one of the most powerful armed forces in the Far East is in the hands of the commander of the militia, Rudolf Koras, and that even if the archbishop is in control of the knights and deceives the people of the capital, he will still face the threat of the Kolas legion, and if General Rudolph refuses to support him, he may not be able to control the situation." Anthony said.

"You are new to the Far East, and you don't know enough about the situation in the Far East, in fact, Philip has long been secretly colluding with the Kolas family, the largest warlord power in the Far East." "As soon as I returned to the Fort of Atonement this morning, I set out to investigate the inside story of the unrest, and learned through some old subordinates that the leaders of the mob were under the leadership of a so-called 'Club of the Awakened', which was centered on Rudolph's mistress Yevgenia, and collected profiteers from all walks of life in the province, usurers, editors of yellow tabloids, down-and-out literati, and unscrupulous lawyers...... Philip got in touch with this club of conspirators through his cronies, Janis, the leading thug of the church reformers, and colluded with them to incite the mob with money and efforts to turn the Far East into an independent kingdom, and if this conspiracy was realized, the shameless Philip would proclaim himself the Pope of the Far East, and Rudolph would also proclaim himself king, and the two would join forces to divide the church and secular power. ”

Anthony's hairs stood on end when he heard this, and after a long time, he said worriedly: "The enemy has opened a great net of conspiracy, how do you plan to deal with it, General?" ”

Klautz sighed, his eyes showing exhaustion: "It is my duty to be loyal to my country, and I will do everything I can to prevent Philip and Rudolph from treason, and the top priority is to firmly control the Knights...... Irwin! ”

"General, what do you command?"

"You don't want to go back to the barracks with us, go out of the city to the station overnight, and take over the command as soon as the military train of the Knights arrives, and don't give Philip a chance." He took out a high-grade communication stone from his storage bag and threw it at Erwin, "Take this and keep in touch with Deputy Head Junius at all times." ”

"Yes!" Erwin took the High Communication Stone, jumped out of the carriage and ran out of the city gates, his figure quickly disappearing into the depths of the night.

Krautz's face softened slightly, and he said to Anthony: "There are still five hundred knights left behind in the barracks to ensure your safety, don't go anywhere until the situation in the city calms down, be careful yourself." ”

Anthony nodded: "What else do you have to arrange?" ”

"Let's do it for today, and I'm going to see how many mobs Philip's article will incite in that article...... If the situation gets out of hand, I may be forced to resort to coercive measures against Philip to stop this old fox from muddying the waters even more. ”

Klautz's cold words reached Anthony's ears, which made him shudder, and his heart was bitter, if he had known that the situation in the Far East was so complicated and chaotic, he would not have taken on this fateful errand in the first place.

……

At night, the Fort of Atonement looks different, and the streets are lit up until late at night. If you approach a tavern or any random shop on the street and peek through the smoky glass window, you will see the same scene: people are sitting around the table, at least one literate person is reading the headline "The People's Opinion" with the newspaper just published tonight in his hand, others are listening attentively around the reader, the women are not in the mood to do needlework, the children are not playing, they are listening attentively with their hands on their cheeks, and the men are listening and drinking or lighting a bucket of cigarettes; The newspaper reader couldn't help but stand up and wave his arms excitedly as he recited a large number of sentences criticizing the imperial government, and the listeners nodded frequently and felt deep sympathy.

As the capital of the Far Eastern provinces, the political, economic, cultural and transportation center, Fort Atonement is the only megacity in the Far East with a population of more than one million inhabitants So that these honest citizens were forced to wear heavy shackles from the day they were born.

For many years, Far Easterners have lived in the shadows like this, deprived of the right to participate in the sacraments, unable to enter heaven after death, what is the point of trying to live? This is a question that has left countless Far Easterners in despair, and which has led to the highest suicide rate of any province in the Empire, but few have dared to ask the question of why we should endure such a situation. Is this really fair?