A new auction procedure began to spread among the aristocratic circles of Speyer, which was welcomed by both the Emperor and the Bishop of Goger. The Emperor didn't want his sister's jewelry to become a plaything to be sold, and the cardinal didn't want the whole monastery to smell of silver coins.

As a result, the gentler and equally more secretive auction process was quickly approved.

Each nobleman who is going to auction must first pay an "entry fee" of 50,000 silver coins to make sure that the nobleman has the ability to participate in the auction, rather than causing trouble. Unlike other auctions, as long as the nobleman does not have access to the library, he can directly take his own silver coins.

In addition to this, the nobles participating in the auction had to pass through the prayer hall and follow the path next to the prayer hall into the back room before entering the library. At the end of this path, guarded by several Knights of the Holy Crown and the Goth Knights, they will find all the nobles who are not devout to the Lord from the nobility that are rushing in, and disqualify each other from the auction.

Lack of devotion to the Lord is just a pretext, if these people are not nobles but commoners, then it is not a matter of disqualification from the auction, and the only way that awaits them is the way of burning at the stake. Bishop Goger did not intend to quarrel too much with the world, and slightly relaxed the power of judgment, which was the only explanation for the survival of the nobles.

Only nobles who are truly devout to the Lord can enter the library, and only such nobles can participate in the auction of princess jewelry.

Princess Lelia touched the Lord through her prayers, and the Lord agreed to her request to allow a women's monastery to be built on this shijie. And the princess herself was willing to give up all worldly possessions. All jewelry is included. to build this monastery.

The process itself is imbued with the smell of holiness. Putting aside the behind-the-scenes dealings, if you want to be a part of this holy process, show your devotion to the Lord by buying princess jewelry, and remember it for future generations, you can only prove your devotion to the Lord by being audited by the monastery.

It turns out that there are not many nobles on this shijie who are truly devout and faithful to the Yang Lord, relative to the Kingdom of Heaven and Judgment. It may be that only the immediate benefits can really make them believe.

On the day of the jewelry auction, there were not many nobles who were allowed to enter the large library of the monastery, only about twenty people. These are a very small number of nobles selected from hundreds of nobles above the viscount, but they have an aura that is more beautiful than other nobles.

They were more religious, and that alone was enough to put these nobles on the moral high ground. Although there was no real morality among the aristocracy, hypocritical morality sometimes played an important role.

It is conceivable that in the upcoming meeting of the nobles, these more pious nobles will have a greater voice, a greater benefit. Those to whom they are allegiated, or to whom they are allegiated, will also receive considerable benefits.

Possess such benefits. Paying 50,000 silver coins is nothing, every donation made by the great nobles to the monastery. will not be less than that. And that kind of donation does not give these nobles such a dazzling aura, which used to be only the bishops in their own domains who confessed their piety, but now, in the presence of the Holy Emperor and the cardinals, to the nobles of the entire empire, who is higher or lower, even the blind can see it.

Otto III and Princess Lelia did not appear in the library, they were standing inside the high monastery at this time, and in the passage above the confessional room, there were several hidden rooms. The emperor stood in front of the hidden window, overlooking the movements of the nobles. After seeing that Henry and his wife had successfully passed the detection and entered the library in the back, Otto III let out a laugh that did not know whether it was sad or joyful.

"What, Emperor Bixia?"

Lelia withdrew her gaze from someone who was walking among the nobles with a hood, and turned to look at her brother.

"Henry and Kongenda's piety is well known, and I have heard that they took a vow of chastity in Munich Cathedral after possessing Agatha. So until now, they have not had any male heirs, and not only that, but maybe in the future, they will not have their own male heirs. ”

"The oath of chastity?"

"Don't you think it's ridiculous? Isn't it ridiculous to take a vow of chastity only after having Agatha? ”

Lelia's expression was a little turbulent, and she tried to ask, "You mean, there's something behind this that we don't know?" ”

"I don't know you, my dear sister, that the Holy See will not allow Henry to have male heirs, for whatever reason. Bavaria is too close to Italy and too far from Saxony. ”

Lelia was not enough to analyze such complex information in an orderly manner, or rather, she subconsciously avoided such questions, because this information would bring her a lot of cognitive subversion. She wanted to say something, but she shook her head and turned her head to look downstairs. It was at this time that new problems arose in the confessional room.

Two counts from Saxony were unhappy with the selection, claiming that they had given a large donation to the monastery in Saxony and that they had usually lived in strict obedience, and that they had not been selected to have access to the library. The sudden chaos caused the entire confessional room to become noisy, and more nobles began to shout and attempt to storm the passage to the library. There were the Knights of the Holy Crown, but in the face of so many Holy Empire nobles, these knights also felt a little helpless. If it were to be done, it would have aggravated the conflict between the Holy See and the secular world, but if this shock was left unchecked, the auction would turn into a farce.

Princess Lelia looked a little bad, and of course she could recognize that one of the counts who had led the troubles was Paktu's father. The man did not bear any resemblance to the young Paktu, and his unkempt beard made the count look more like a dwarf than a human. It is clear that what the father with hatred in his eyes really wants to play is not the role of a pious man, but the role of an avenger.

Two days ago, Paktu was put on trial in public, and his suicide cast a shadow over the entire family. If you are devout enough to the Lord, how can you commit suicide? Nicknames such as "hypocrite" and "hypocrite" were fastened on Paktu's head one after another, and his family suffered along with him. Even though the family did not consider Paktu to be a member of the family from the beginning, when Paktu was thirteen years old, he kicked the former viscount out of the house and went to Magdeburg to become a knight's bodyguard.

And now, Paktu's father was also secretly ridiculed by the other nobles, and even the priests of Speier were wary of the count. There was even news that the abbey in the county would be undergoing another major change.

All this makes the current earl of the county of Volcarbin angry, and he must make a counterattack or his county will soon have a rift. The Archduke of Saxony, to whom he was allegiated, would not allow a hypocrite to exist in his domain, and the low-ranking nobles who were loyal to the count would not remain in the realm of a hypocrite.

And now, it was the time for the Count of Volcabin to make a counterattack, and he was going to make a struggle with such an act, and if the Abbey's selection of the pious was unfair, then the interrogation of Paktou would naturally be problematic, so that the family of the Count of Volcarbin would be able to climb up from the abyss.

Seeing that Princess Lelia wanted to leave, Otto III whispered, "Wait a minute, my sister, this is not your shijie." This place deals with problems and should be left to real experts. ”

Lelia was stunned for a moment, looked at Emperor Bixia's face and asked in a low voice, "Are you talking about little Fleman?" ”

"Not Little Fryman, but Lord Fryman."

Otto III's face was filled with mockery, and he whispered: "I am curious, such a piety, yes, I am talking about piety." How could such a pious lord get the attention of the Lord and even send down miracles because of him. I'm even more curious about how much such a lord will give the Holy See a headache. Sadly, I probably won't live that long to see when this comedy is at its most shocking. Lelia, my sister, you must live, even outlive this lord, and watch it all change. Amen, praise the Lord that I may see some wonderful changes before I am called. ”

Upstairs, while Otto III and Lelia were talking, in the hall of the confessional room, a man dressed in a clerical robe and hiding his face under a hood quickly walked past the nobles. I didn't see him make much movement, but the nobles in front of him and their families were pushed away continuously, and they didn't even have any ability to resist.

As Count Volcabin let out a new roar, Xiao Yan walked to the passage of the library with his hood on, behind him was the Knights of the Holy Crown, whose faces could not be seen, and in front of him, there was a surging crowd of nobles.

"The book of James says that if anyone thinks he is religious, but does not restrain his tongue, but deceives his own heart, then his piety is vain."

Facing the nobles who crowded over, Xiao Yan said calmly. His voice was not loud, but it shook the entire hall, and almost all the space echoed his voice, and the knights of the Holy Crown who heard him say it prayed loudly one by one. And the clergy, they were there to praise the Lord. (To be continued......)