Wu Hui immediately walked out of the Archmage Tower quickly, and found a secluded place in the forest outside to stop, and then his mind moved, and a picture suddenly appeared in his mind.

In the solemn temple, Catherina, the Holy Maiden of Light, was kneeling in front of the idol and whispering a prayer, with a faint anger in her expression.

The Holy Maiden of Light has been becoming more and more restrained recently, and if she can provoke her anger, it seems that the matter should be quite serious.

Wu Hui's mind moved, and the statue of the Divine Statue of Light on the shrine suddenly emitted a faint white light, and at the same time, a magnificent divine voice also appeared in the mind of the Holy Maiden of Light: "What's the matter?"

"Enlighten my lord. ”

The Holy Goddess of Light was overjoyed, and hurriedly and respectfully prostrate in front of the shrine, her blue eyes full of fanaticism: "That's the ......"

After listening to the narration of the Holy Maiden of Light, Wu Hui understood what had happened.

It turned out that it was the Holy See of Light that had encountered problems in its mission within the Thorn Realm.

The Thorn Territory is a county with 3 viscounts, 21 baronies, and 92 knights, covering an extremely vast area and a population of nearly 300,000.

However, the large number of people and the number of lords means that the lords also have more thoughts.

With Blake Lytton succeeding as Earl of the Thorn Realm, he promulgated a series of policies favorable to the Holy See, and at the same time opened the entire Thorn Realm to allow the Holy See to preach within the Thorn Realm, and many minor nobles followed the wind and opened their territories to allow the Holy See to preach.

But there are so many lords in the Thorn Lord, and there are only a few who really welcome the Holy See of Light from the bottom of their hearts, and most of the noble lords actually don't want the Holy See to preach in their territory at all for the sake of their own authority and interests.

They no longer dare to openly refuse the executive order of the new Earl Black, but it is inevitable that they will disobey it.

There have been cases of noble lords hiring people to attend preaching meetings of the Holy See. A bunch of extras put on a show, so that the priest who went to the mission thought that the preaching was very good, and left happily, but the nobleman ordered all the books of the Holy See left by the priest to be burned, and the commoners were not allowed to keep any items related to the Holy See of Light in their homes.

If it weren't for the fact that the pastor went to the countryside to care for the common people and spread the knowledge of plague prevention and control, he probably wouldn't have noticed this thing.

Examples like this are rare, but overt and covert obstruction abounds.

However, these are all expected things, and the Holy Maiden of Light is also fully capable of handling them, so naturally she will not use them to disturb the God of Light. What really made the Holy Maiden of Light angry was another incident that happened afterward.

Just today, a pastor was attacked on his way back from a mission!

If it weren't for the magic scroll and magic items given by God in the priest's hand, and he could heal himself with divine magic, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to come back.

"My lord, those nobles are used to being high, and if you don't teach them a lesson, I'm afraid you won't remember it for a long time, and I don't know how many things they will make trouble in the future. ”

Recalling the bloody and dying appearance of the priest when he came back just now, her heart was like lighting a fire, and the anger rose straight up: "My lord, I apply to arrest the noble lord who shot it up and parade it through the streets, and burn him at the stake in public as an example." ”

"These noble lords really should teach a good lesson. ”

Wu Hui was also annoyed.

After taking the county this time, the reason why he did not suppress it by force was also to give these small nobles a chance, and if they knew each other, they could save him a little trouble.

Unfortunately, it turned out that he still underestimated the arrogance of these nobles too much.

How could the nobles, who were accustomed to holding power in their territories, allow the Holy See to shake their authority?

Today is just a sneak attack, and next time, maybe it will be blatantly moved.

This wind must not be long!

"Thank you, my lord. The Bright Saintess took a deep breath and calmed down a little, "I have already sent someone to investigate, and I believe that I will soon find out who did it." When someone is caught, a public trial can be held immediately. ”

"Yes. ”

Wu Hui stood with his back against the big tree, squinting at the swaying shadow of the tree in front of him, and the thoughts in his mind flew around, and a few thoughts quickly crossed his mind.

He knew that the Holy Maiden of Light was right. Killing chickens and setting an example is a very effective means at such a time.

But he felt that was not enough.

Since we want to kill chickens, we naturally want to maximize the effect, but it is not enough to have a public trial.

He's also a person who has crossed over the earth. The biggest advantage of earthlings over the local natives is that even ordinary earthlings receive much more education than ordinary nobles.

What's more, the earth is still in the era of the information explosion, and many people have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run. It is enough to get some means and imitate one or two tricks from previous historical dramas.

As his thoughts flew around, the thoughts in Wu Hui's mind quickly became clear, and he immediately issued an oracle to the Holy Maiden of Light: "Inform Blake and send an invitation letter to all the nobles of the Thorn Leader, saying that in three days, the statue of the god tainted with divinity in the monastery will settle in the Cathedral of Light in Thorn City, and invite them to the cathedral to observe the ceremony." If anyone does not come, he will be punished as contempt for divine power and for contempt for the authority of the nobility. ”

"I see. Obey the oracle of our lord. ”

The Holy Maiden's eyes lit up, and she understood the beauty of this trick almost instantly.

To make an example of the monkeys, of course the monkeys have to watch from the scene.

......

A few days later, the City of Thorns.

There used to be a fountain square in the north of the city, and next to the square stood a magnificent Cathedral of Light.

According to the original size of the main city of thorns, the Holy See has set up a bishopric branch here. Before the fall of the Holy See of Light, it was bustling with people and pilgrims.

However, since the decline of the Holy See of Light, the population here has gradually become scarce.

With the issuance of His Majesty the Emperor's decree to abolish the church, various places began to encircle and suppress the believers of the light, and ordinary civilians did not even dare to approach for fear of being mistaken for the remnants of the light, so they took a detour from afar.

Since then, the Cathedral of Light has gradually lost its tracks, and has been completely reduced to a playground for snakes, insects, rats and ants.

However, with the re-emergence of the Holy See of Light and the first decree of the fanatic Blake, this place that has been occupied by snakes, insects, rats and ants has once again come to life.

The tall arches and columns have been lovingly repaired, the beautiful statues and frescoes have been restored by skilled craftsmen, and the inside and outside of the church have been thoroughly cleaned again and again, and not a single cobweb can be found.

At this moment, the whole cathedral has been renewed, majestic, solemn, as before.

The long stone steps are white and smooth, and each step, each step, seems to be imprinted with the traces of time, precipitating the wordless vicissitudes of life.

The towering spire reaches into the sky, and every exquisite stone carving on it, every piece of the most ordinary stone tile, seems to have holy light flowing, telling the glory and glory of the past.

This Cathedral of Light is the site of this trial of the lawless nobles. At the same time, it is also the place where all the invited nobles gather.

Early morning.

Clear morning light enveloped the entire Cathedral of Light. The fountains in the square started working on time, and as soon as the sun shines, the splashing water droplets reflect a clear colored halo, and one mini rainbow after another is erected between the white angel stone sculptures with wings spread, dreamy and holy.

At this moment, the sound of "wheeling" ruts and rolling sounded, and one carriage after another slowly drove into the square.

Immediately afterwards, the aristocratic lords dressed in aristocratic clothes stepped down from the carriage and gathered in the square.

Some of these aristocratic lords are familiar with each other, and some have a bad relationship, and they have unconsciously divided into many small circles, gathered with each other, and secretly communicated with each other.

Marcus Jeffrey is the only Viscount in the Thorn Realm other than members of House Raymond, and has been a retainer of House Raymond since a hundred years ago. He usually guards the viscount handed down from his family and lives like a soil emperor, not to mention how carefree he is.

He was also one of the most unhappy about the new series of policies promulgated by the new earl.

Originally, as a lord, he had the right to the first night of all the girls in the territory, and no matter how beautiful the girl was, he had to wait for him to enjoy it before it was her husband's turn. If she was satisfied after enjoying it, she would stay as a lover directly, and her husband would not dare to say anything.

As a result, as soon as the Holy See of Light came, it directly abolished the right of the first night, and also took a part of his tax revenue to the God of Light, which directly affected his quality of life, how could he bear it?

In the past few days, he has relied on his strength, with more than 1,000 private soldiers under his command, and has done many things such as disobeying the yang and the yin, and withholding the taxes that should have been dedicated to the gods.

For this earl's summons, he didn't take it to heart at all.

The new Earl had no foundation in the Thorn Realm, and it was impossible for him to fully control the Raymond family's army in a short period of time, and he thought that he did not need to be afraid of him at all.

However, considering that he was an earl in the end, and there was the Duke of Saint Violet behind him, he reluctantly gave him a little face and came over to go through the motions.

As soon as Marcus Jeffrey got out of the carriage and glanced around, a group of minor nobles had already gathered around.

"Viscount Marcus, may the Lord of Light bless you. ”

The little nobles gathered around Marcus with a smirk on their faces, and they said words of praise to the god of light, but their faces showed tacit expressions.

These minor nobles, like Marcus, do not welcome the lords of the Holy See of Light, and they often discuss in secret how to fool the priests of the Holy See of Light, or discuss how to make stumbling blocks in secret.

"Lord Viscount Marcus, in my opinion, the Holy See of Light has made this god statue settlement ceremony this time, and the Eight Achievements are a reason. The people of the Holy See have always been the best at superficial work, and secretly they may not know what they are thinking~" An elderly nobleman suddenly approached Marcus Jeffrey and said meaningfully.

"Heh~ It's just some remnants, can it turn the sky upside down if it makes a fuss?" Marcus snorted disapprerovingly, "Don't worry, they will reap the consequences sooner or later if they preach so unscrupulously." As long as you don't jump out and take the initiative to stir up trouble and drag it out for a while, someone will naturally clean them up. ”

"Yes, yes, yes~ Lord Marcus is clever, we listen to you. ”

When the little nobles heard this, they immediately calmed down, and they surrounded them with a burst of whiskers and horses.

Listening to their fancy touts, Marcus casually touched the two mustaches on his mouth, and inadvertently remembered his previous arrangement.

The Holy See must have known about the attack on the little priest, but there has been no movement until now, and there must be other plans. This time, they were obviously invited to watch the ceremony, maybe it was for this purpose.

I don't know, did the thing that I deliberately let people leave at the scene have been discovered? What does the Holy See plan to do?

If everything can really be as I expected, then today will be lively~

As he spoke, a sudden exclamation came from a distance.

Marcus Jeffrey turned his head to look, and his eyes lit up instantly.

I saw that on the side of the square, there was a team of only ten knights who were riding horses in a neat queue. Those knights were all sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls, with good looks and graceful figures, and the light armor they wore completely highlighted their proud curves.

Not only that, but the horses they rode under their crotches were not ordinary horses, but winged flying horses, tall and straight, with strong muscles, snow-white manes as crystal clear as frost and snow in the sun, and white ear piercing wings exuding wisps of holy light, indescribable divine horses.

Riding on such a flying horse, those young knights also seemed to be shrouded in a layer of holy light, and out of thin air, there was a little more holiness flavor, and they looked more and more attractive.

......