Chapter 33: Evidence of Two Hundred Years Late (2)
Darker put down the materials in his hand and said, "Next, let's take a look at the second suspicion, Dracula's bloody massacre of the Holy Cult. According to the church at the time, Dracula was very close to his wife, and rumors led her to commit suicide, and then Dracula went berserk and took revenge on the church. β
Paul took a deep breath, steadied himself, and said, "The evidence is ironclad, and the list of casualties with names and surnames is there, and he can't rely on it!"
"Of course, the casualties are there. But why are more than 90 percent of the victims Hurshites?"
The Huers were a branch of the Illuminati cult that arose among the people at that time, and they advocated simplifying religious rituals, restoring the original purity of the Illuminati religion, keeping only infant baptism in the ritual except for the sacrament; there was no longer a division of classes within the clergy, and the clergy and believers were equal and could receive the sacrament; and the life was simple, and the promiscuous and pleasure was eliminated.
These views, if realized, would be tantamount to depriving the orthodox clergy of their privileges and arousing great dissatisfaction among the orthodox, but at that time the situation on both sides was not optimistic, the princes were fighting, the Turchi invaded, and the church was under the fence, so the struggle between the two sides was sometimes relaxed, sometimes sharp, until after the "Dracula sacrifice", the orthodox finally achieved absolute dominance and established the Holy Papal States.
Duck asked, "I would like to ask Director Paul, if the Hullites were later condemned heretical, has any material relating to Dracula been preserved?"
Paul gestured behind Duck with a blank face: "Didn't you find the remnants?"
"You don't have the information on hand, but I do. I have ample evidence that Dracula's massacre of the church was not to avenge his wife, but to eradicate the Hurs. He accepted the advice of the Orthodox faction and attacked the Hulls. β
"Evidence. β
"The Church took advantage of the Turchi invasion to devise a huge plan, and the tampering with the will in front of it was only the tip of the iceberg. Before that, they took advantage of Dracula's strong desire for control and power to set a trap to lure him to slaughter the Hurs. β
Duck said, pushing a yellowed piece of paper into the image circle, "An orthodox priest named Serdley became the executor of this plan. He was Dracula's godfather and was originally an upright man, but the conflict between the two factions made him worried that it would eventually bring disaster to the whole world, so he accepted the orders of the Orthodox faction to induce Dracula to attack the Hurs. After the incident, he could not bear the torture of his conscience and hoped to keep these secrets, so he fled. Now what you see is his suicide note. β
Paul laughed: "I know this person, his whereabouts are unknown after the massacre, where did you get the suicide note?"
Darker didn't answer the question, saying, "At the back of the suicide note, he attached his report to Dracula. This investigation was commissioned by Dracula in the hope of finding out the true purpose of the Hurs. Because Dracula trusted the godfather, his words became an important basis for Dracula's actions. He added a number of elements to his report, such as, 'confiscating the lands of the landlords, freeing the serfs as freemen, abolishing all hierarchical privileges, and turning Lumania into a state of national self-determination.' ββ
Catherine couldn't help but interject: "The first three dug the corner of Dracula, and he is not happy for sure." But the last one is in Dracula's favor, isn't it?"
"Wrong. Don't forget, Dracula is a man with a strong desire for power and control, and Lumania can be self-determined, but what about the lands he conquered, should he decide himself?"
Catherine pouted, "I don't think an investigative report would have made Dracula make such a decision. β
"Of course, another source of Dracula is the Sultan of Turchi. β
Paul and Catherine were taken aback: "Sultan of Turchi?"
"Yes, in the last battle, Dracula was defeated and captured, and the Sultan imprisoned him with a radical Hurshi priest. You must know that the Hulls insisted on expelling the Turchi, and they also organized their own army to fight the Turchi, so it is not surprising that the Turchi captured the Hullzi priests. During his detention, Dracula abhorred the rhetoric and views of this radical faction. Immediately after his release, he asked Serdley to investigate, and in the end, he finally walked into the trap. β
Paul exclaimed, "That Huserite priestβ"
"Yes, he's the Orthodox dead man arranged by Seldeley to sneak in with Dracula while he was behind bars. β
"Impossible!" Paul flatly denied, "how could the pagan leader of Turchi cooperate with the Holy Religion?"
"Isn't the answer obvious: the orthodox want to use Dracula to kill the Ursians and remove the pressure on the Church by Dracula's prestige, while the Turchis are absolutely happy to see each other destroy the Great Wall. When it comes to using and targeting Dracula, the two sides can hit it off. β
Catherine murmured, "No. β
"You don't think there will be much to do!" said Darker indignantly, "The day after Dracula was captured, there were rumors of his defeat and death, how could it have been brought back without the cooperation of the Turchis!How could the rumors spread without the help of the Church! How could the Sultan have spared this devilish butcher who had killed more than 20,000 soldiers with a wooden stick without reaching a compromise with the Church on certain interests?"
"What...... What compromise?"
Duck sneered: "Needless to say, the Papal States began in Lumania, but now the center of rule has moved to the richest region of the Kingdom of Doland, and who is now in control of Lumania, the gateway of the Turchi people's march and where Dracula once defended?"
Catherine instantly became mute.
"The Turci stopped attacking, the Papal States were established, half of Lumania was given to the Turci, and in order to cover their shame, a puppet regime was established under the orders of the Turci, and the so-called 'Holy Spirit Mercy Offering' was paid to the Sultan, from which the indulgences of today's most despised popular indulgences were derived, and later the Papal States moved westward and surrendered the whole of Lumania to the Turci people......"
Catherine shouted angrily: "Stop talking!"
These are canonical histories. These canonical histories, which once made her cry quietly and feel ashamed, and determined to regain the lost land, are now so harsh in the mouth of this damn guy!
But she was powerless to refute. The pieces of information that this guy found just now formed a complete chain of evidence, and every iron ring firmly tied the Holy Sect to the pillar of shame.
Paul was silent.
Logically makes perfect sense. As a high-ranking person of the Bright God Sect, he had heard of the filthy things within the Holy Sect back then, but he didn't expect it to be so despicable!
It is no longer a matter of face, and if these things spread outside, they would be a fatal blow to the Holy Church. Needless to say, the impoverished faction of Urbino alone would have seized on these big fusses and even openly questioned the legitimacy of the existence of the orthodox.
You know, although the Hurs have disappeared, their influence among the lower classes is still there. With a slight adjustment to this, the poor Han faction could claim to be the successor of the Huers, and the pretense of "national self-determination" was a fatal temptation to the monarchs of various countries whose wings were gradually hardened and who were desperate to get rid of the control of the Holy Religion.
This must not be allowed to happen!
So, to kill this young man? What is the purpose of bringing himself here at the cost of his life, and by saying such a thing?
Will he be a threat to the Holy Religion, or will he be a helping hand to remove a potential threat?
He was determined to give it another try, and raised his voice: "These things just now are just your inferences, and you can't produce evidence either! How can the grievances of right and wrong more than 200 years ago be explained with a suicide note?"
"Director Paul, do you still want to hold on? The current situation is not a question of truth or falsehood, as long as the people know and have doubts, the Holy Religion is in danger. Today's Holy Sect is no longer the Holy Sect that reigns over the world!"
After Darker finished speaking, he sighed and said, "Whoever asserts it, who adduces evidence, right? Don't worry, I have a lot of evidence hereβhave you heard of Kunshabi?"