Chapter Twenty-Six: Empress Catherine
Wait a minute, Sophia shouted to stop Queen Catherine in front, where are you going to take me
The two women walked one after the other in the deserted streets, and the silence of the late night brought an atmosphere of mystery
I didn't say it earlier, it would be a place of interest to Princess Sophia, and Queen Catherine didn't look back
You have to make it clear to me first, otherwise I will definitely not go with you again, and Sophia's attitude is quite persistent
Your Royal Highness Princess, your stubborn personality is really similar to your father's
My father, Sophia, was stunned
The place you want to go now is related to your father, and the princess wants to come with him, so please take care of yourself
What do you want to make clear...... Hey, wait for me, Sophia quickly quickened her pace to catch up with Catherine, who didn't care about her speed
They walked down the street for another ten minutes without saying a word, and Sophia went from being a trailing to now walking side by side, and she secretly looked at Catherine, the queen was not simple, Sophia thought to herself, people only knew that Queen Catherine was the virtuous of King Duris, who helped her master the way of governing the country and helped her husband to put the kingdom's internal affairs in order, but in fact it may be much more than that
What a daring woman to dare to go out alone in the middle of the night for three nights, and she walked like a gallop for almost an hour, showing no sign of panting and fatigue, which shows that she is not an ordinary aristocratic woman at all, and what secret is hidden in this woman, Sophia does not know, although she had guessed that it might be a trap, but as long as it has to do with her father, she must know—whether it is true or not
Before they knew it, they had reached the door of a church
It was here that Sophia looked at the church, which was a very ordinary church, from the outside it didn't look flashy at all, even a little dilapidated, inconspicuous among the dozen or so churches in Hansea, and a small church like this could only accommodate 2-3 clergy at most, and Sophia didn't understand what Catherine had brought her to this place
Don't speak, just follow me, Catherine commanded, and she knocked on the church door
After a few minutes, a man's voice came from inside, as if he hadn't woken up: Who is it so late?
Priest: I have come to confess, Catherine said through the door
The third watch came to confess in the middle of the night
Yes, there is a sin that must never be brought to the dawn
The wooden door opened a crack, and Sophia saw from the outside that what appeared through the crack was a middle-aged man dressed as a clergyman, with a half-white beard under his mouth, and his robe was draped on his body very casually, apparently in a hurry
No matter how heavy the sin is, it will be forgiven by God in the light, and it will not vary depending on the time, just like Father Rainbow after the rain
I am the one who came on the rainbow, and if the rainbow is bright, it will disappear
The priest's tired face suddenly became energetic, and he immediately opened the door of the church, and saw Catherine and Sophia: Ah, it turned out to be two sisters, Catherine and Sophia entered the church, and the priest looked out a few times, and after making sure that there was no one outside, he turned around and closed the door of the church
Who are you, Father Priest arranges his monk's robes as he looks at Catherine and Sophia
Isn't the code wrong, the priest actually asked who we were, and Catherine asked rhetorically
The code was correct, but it was different from the last visit, and the priest lit the candles in the church as he spoke
Our guys definitely don't splice three times in a row, Catherine said
Having said that, but...... The priest looked at Catherine suspiciously, but let me see your token
Catherine raised a silver coin in her hand, and she didn't know when it appeared in her palm, Sophia faintly saw a male lion head pattern biting a knight's sword on the silver coin by the beating candlelight, Sophia's heart suddenly jumped, this pattern was very familiar, but she couldn't remember it for a while, Sophia's heart was surprised, she immediately understood that Catherine was secretly connecting with someone else
Oh my God, what the hell is this queen coming about
Well, the priest saw the silver coin and nodded slightly, you come with me
The second daughter followed the priest to the altar under the giant cross, only to see him on the altar left and right, and after a few minutes, the altar automatically retreated to the side, revealing a secret passage to the underground, and a light appeared in the secret passage, and then Sophia saw a group of men with torches rushing out of the secret passage
9、10、11...... There were 11 people in all, and if you add the priest just now, there were 12 people hidden in this small church, some of them dressed in the clothes of the clergy, and some of them dressed in the clothes of ordinary citizens
What happened in front of her reminded Sophia of the dilapidated monastery in a small town in the west of the kingdom not long ago, where more than 50 horse thieves loyal to the Inquisition were disguised as ascetics and hid in the monastery;
However, Catherine seemed to have guessed Sophia's thoughts, and the queen reached out to squeeze Sophia's nervous hand, and the temperature from the palm of her hand conveyed a wordless message to Sophia: Don't be impulsive
A man dressed like a merchant scrutinized the two women in front of him: a noble woman in full costume and a very young priestess—with a look of suspicion in his eyes
Is it them, the merchant asked the priest who was standing beside the second daughter
The code words were accurate, and they had tokens on them, and it was probably their priest who replied
But the priest's words did not dispel the merchant's suspicions, and he still stared at Sophia and Catherine, up and down, up and down, and this unscrupulous look made Sophia very uncomfortable
Have you seen enough, Catherine asked
Hearing Catherine say this, the merchant withdrew his rude gaze: I'm very sorry madam, I think your appearance is a little familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere
Of course, any man who wants to invite me to dance with him says that, even if it's the first time they've met, and Catherine smiles
Catherine's words made the merchant a little embarrassed, and he coughed lightly and changed to a stern expression: I don't understand how you can send two women
Oh, looking down on women, Catherine is displeased, and many times women play a greater role than men, and it is when they face men
The merchant hurriedly turned her head to avoid the flattering eyes that Catherine had secretly thrown, and the corners of Catherine's mouth rose slightly, and she seemed to be very satisfied with her little prank
Since you're all here, I don't talk much nonsense, I wonder why you're three days late, understand that those goods are in danger if they stay here any longer
Hearing this, Sophia's heart suddenly tugged again, and she immediately remembered that Dani Mo was kidnapped that day...... But Catherine tapped her on the back of her hand to signal Sophia not to be nervous
Since you know the danger, is it a waste of time, hurry up and take us to check the goods, Catherine deliberately showed anger
Alright, you guys, hurry up and get the tools, the merchant nodded and commanded the others
The backyard of the chapel leads to a cemetery, where cross-shaped tombstones of different eras are arranged in an orderly manner, and the cemetery looks particularly strange in the moonlight, and although Sophia is studying theology, she can't help but feel a little hairy in her heart at this time, and the merchant and his men come to one of the tombstones, and then everyone except him and the priest vigorously swing their shovels, pickaxes, and other tools to dig up the grave
After more than ten minutes of busy work, the coffin buried under the tombstone was finally dug up, and the merchant ordered the coffin to be opened
The lid of the coffin was sled open with a shovel, and in the light of the moonlight, a golden light poured out of the coffin, and Sophia was surprised to find that the coffin was not a dead man, but a full, bright gold coin
Sophia almost screamed—if it weren't for her ability to control herself, she looked at Queen Catherine beside her, who seemed to know a calm expression
See, the goods you want are here, and the merchant said to Catherine
No, Catherine shook her head and said slowly, "Not only that, I want all the goods
The good merchant boldly agreed
With a wave of his hand, the group went to three tombstones to work, and three coffins were dug up one after another, all of which were filled with gold and silver treasures, in addition to gold coins, gold, bricks, diamonds, etc
There is enough money to fund your activities for 5-8 years, and the merchant grabbed a gold coin from one of the coffins and threw it away, but I wonder how you two women managed to carry these four coffins away
Catherine smiled and shook her head: "We don't need to be moved by dawn, and now your mission is complete."
What ma'am, are you kidding, the army has been checking very tightly lately, and it will be troublesome if these goods are found until dawn
Yes, I'm just going to let the army carry it, and Catherine's eyes suddenly burst into a cold murderous aura, and a clergyman standing next to her stepped back a few steps with his hands on his neck, and fell to the ground with a bang, blood flowing out of the cracks between his fingers, and in Catherine's right hand somehow there was a bloody handleless blade
No one saw how Catherine made a move, including Sophia, who was closest to her, because this qiē came too suddenly, the merchant was stunned for a while, and he pointed at Catherine tremblingly: Why kill him
Ask your master, Catherine scolded, and threw the blade of her sword into the sky and at the merchant in one fell swoop
The merchant sideways away from the thrown blade and shouted: Catch them
Ten men lunged at the two women with a loud bang, some wielding tools such as iron picks and pickaxes, while others did not know where to pull out their weapons
Come, Catherine did not panic in the face of a menacing enemy, and she flipped down with her raised right hand, only to hear six strange noises of swish, six handleless blades flew out from under her skirt, and the blades that had been avoided by the merchant also flew into the air, and seven handleless blades flew around in the air as if they had a life of their own
The men besieging them screamed and screamed, and the blades flying everywhere always hit them from unexpected angles
Don't make a fuss, I'll leave it to you behind my back, Catherine said to Sophia, who was in a daze
Oh...... Sophia nodded reluctantly, drew her two short swords hidden in her sleeves, and blocked Catherine in a fighting stance - afterwards Sophia couldn't figure out why she was involved in that battle, and she didn't even know who the enemy was
The two seemingly weak ladies leaned on each other, Sophia concentrating on defending herself against the enemy's onslaught, Catherine kept dancing her jasper-like hands, and her feet were dancing and dancing, and Anado's seven blades swirled in the air at high speed to the beat of her dance, splashing wisps of blood-increasing red in this gorgeous dance of blades
In the graveyard of the night, this dance of beauty and death came to an awesome end, and soon after a breathtaking end—all enemies fell to the flying blades, and the only one still alive was the merchant, who waited for the end of his life with his back against a tombstone, his body slathered by the blade, spreed and bloodied
I recognize...... You...... You're from Duris...... The queen of ...... Catherine ......
It's too late to recognize me now, and to pay for the heinous sins with your death
Catherine raised her finger and pointed at the merchant, and the seven handleless blades shot mercilessly down from mid-air as if they had eyes.......