After the morning's training, Benjamin went home. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon, he heard something about what had happened this morning.

More than thirty aristocratic families rushed to St. Peter's Basilica this morning to ask for an account of what happened to their children at the drinking party - and Dean guessed correctly.

The church's response was also very timely, and before the people could gather, they were driven away by more than a dozen paladins.

However, these nobles obviously did not succumb so easily. After being expelled from the church, they discussed with each other for a while, and then went to the gate of the palace to hold a sit-in. Benjamin had finished his lunch at home, and the gang was still sitting there, motionless.

If there were more people, Benjamin suspected, they might all have a march.

Benjamin only felt that it was pointless. Since the royal family and the church have done such a thing, they must have anticipated the current scene. Instead of running around like a clown, these aristocrats should use the resources at hand to do something that would really threaten the church.

To put it bluntly, more than thirty aristocratic families are not a force worth paying attention to for the church. There are hundreds of noble families in the kingdom, and there are more than a dozen great nobles.

And these big nobles still haven't said anything.

After learning enough information, Benjamin began to feel that the Church had taken a very careful step in using the royal family.

At first, there were hundreds of people attending the reception, but throughout the process, many people left one after another. There were those who walked early like Elizabeth and Dick, and there were those who walked late but weren't stopped like Benjamin. In the end, only about 100 noble children were actually forced to "wear" the cross.

There were only about sixty aristocratic families that were actually spied on - many of them were "worn" with brothers in the family.

And the message of God, which "purifies all the mages on the great continent", was also used by the church as a weapon to suppress discontent. Whoever does not obediently give in is considered to be in collusion with the mage.

As a result, the power of protest has become much smaller.

Finally, that afternoon, the Church sent paladins to kill one of the nobles by listing a pile of hard evidence for colluding with the mages. In this way, the sit-in crowd at the gate of the palace also dispersed in the blink of an eye, like an antelope driven by a cheetah.

It was only then that these nobles realized how powerless they were in front of the church.

The power of resistance faded like a tide, and perhaps they were still plotting something while avoiding the "surveillance" of their children, but at least on the surface, the nobles gave in.

The nobles who were not affected remained silent, and perhaps some were still secretly rejoicing that their children had escaped the catastrophe. It was as if everyone had put behind a promise and acquiesced in the lawlessness of the church.

It is also at this moment that the aristocracy seems to realize that from the beginning of the founding of the country to the present day, the gap between the church and the aristocracy has widened to such a point. A hundred years ago, the nobles still held the army, and a hundred years later, the nobles only had gold coins in their hands that the church could take at any time.

Benjamin knew that if they did nothing, soon, they would not even have gold coins in their hands.

As for the Rieser family, their status is dependent on the church. Claude turned a deaf ear to the upheaval that was taking place in the royal capital, and concentrated on managing his fiefdom, as if the only thing on his mind was how to pay more tribute to the state and the church.

Of course, Benjamin doesn't agree with this, and the truth of his lips and teeth is cold, does it need to be said? But whether he agrees or not, it doesn't seem to make much sense to the Reeser family.

Therefore, he can't do anything in this regard, so he doesn't bother to care.

Benjamin also inquired about the Wood family in passing. According to them, Elizabeth, the only daughter of the family, went home early on the day of the reception because she was unwell, and fell ill on the day she returned home, and died early the next morning. Fearing contagion, they burned their daughter's body before the pastor arrived, leaving nothing behind.

When he first heard the news, Benjamin refused.

Elizabeth, the girl who was babbling at the drinking party and was going to drag Benjamin to dance, actually died that night?

He didn't believe it.

Thinking of Elizabeth's statement "I'm leaving the royal capital tonight", combined with the news that the body was gone, Benjamin quickly had a guess.

The Wood family probably smelled some wind and asked their daughter to fake her death and send her to a place to take refuge.

Of course, this whole thing is still full of doubts. If you really want to talk about the situation in the royal capital, it is not to the extent that you have to fake your death and take refuge. To say that Elizabeth left the royal capital just to avoid the limelight, Benjamin also found it hard to believe.

As for the real reason, Benjamin naturally couldn't have imagined it.

Not only that, but he wouldn't think about the problem of no result.

Therefore, about Elizabeth as a person, his strange ex-fiancée, was quickly left behind by him, and for a long time after that, he did not think about it again.

Now he has more things to do.

The reception ended, so did Claude's grounding of him, and the plan that the church had been carrying out to watch him watch had long since some time ago.

Almost for the first time since the crossing, he gained complete freedom of movement.

Who can endure to meditate at home instead of going out to do something?

Benjamin couldn't do it anyway.

So he went out that afternoon.

He took the guy with him, and without anyone noticing, he came to the outer town of Havenlight. He hid in a hidden place, disguised himself, and once again made himself look like a beggar—much better than the last time.

Then he got into action.

At the moment, there were two things before him - digging up Anne's relics and finding the assassin who had assassinated him in the first place.

It's all things that have been delayed for a long time, and they all seem to be things that don't seem to make much sense, but it's also quite annoying to just put them aside all the time, so let's just take this opportunity to solve them.

After thinking about it, Benjamin first went to the tavern called "Bonnie".

It's close to one of Michelle's former abandoned strongholds, where the Assassin became Scarman's henchman.

Not long after he was here, the tavern had already changed dramatically. After the original employees and the proprietress were killed by the scar man, the place quickly got a new owner, as evidenced by the renovation brigade that came and went at the entrance of the tavern.

Ordinary people are forgetful enough, and the change of business is ruthless enough.

Standing across the street from the tavern, Benjamin looked over the tavern. Suddenly, he noticed a guy standing by the door of the tavern, dressed in a fancy dress and holding an accordion.

Street performers, or troubadours or something?

In Benjamin's imagination, such people should be well-informed and know a lot of gossip.

Why don't you go over and ask him.

With that in mind, Benjamin walked over and greeted him.

"What are you doing here? isn't this tavern open yet?" he said.

The organist man glanced at him, and suddenly showed an embarrassed expression.

"I'm sorry, I'm also poor, and I don't have any money to give you alms, so you'd better go find someone else. ”

Hearing this, Benjamin was stunned. Then he realized that he was disguised as a beggar, who probably thought he had come to ask him for money.

Benjamin felt a little funny, but he shook his head and said to the organist, "You think too much, I'm not here to ask you for money." I just saw you standing here alone, and I thought it was strange, and I came over and asked what you were doing. ”

When the organ man heard this, he showed a puzzled expression.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he opened his eyes wide and looked at Benjamin.

"I've heard that beggars are rich nowadays, aren't they? No wonder you don't beg from me. He put down the organ in his hand, grabbed Benjamin's shoulders with both hands, and said expectantly, "I also want to earn money as a beggar, can you introduce me?"

“......”

Benjamin suddenly regretted it.

Why did he talk to this man?