"Sentence them to death by hanging, and hang these heretics!"

"No, burn them, only then will they be cleansed of their sins!"

"Yes, burn them!"

In the center of the Flower Square, three men were tied to the stone pillars, and the street leading to the Flower Square was full of people, all kinds of angry slogans of hanging and burning, and everyone looked at the three people tied to the stone pillars with extremely angry eyes.

In a small two-story building far from the Flower Square, Zhang Ling looked at all this with shocked eyes, although the surroundings were extremely real, but he still had a feeling of being in a dream.

The reason is very simple, that is, Zhang Ling is not from this world, he came to this world similar to the European Middle Ages three days ago and became Duke von Otto, the youngest son of Duke Otto of the Duchy of Berry.

Originally, after a three-day adaptation period, Zhang Ling's shock at the beginning of the crossing had almost worn off, and as the benefits of becoming a nobleman slowly became prominent, Zhang Ling gradually felt that if he couldn't go back, it would be a good choice to eat and wait for death here, after all, he had worked hard and the ultimate pursuit was to be able to happily eat and wait for death......

But this kind of good expectation of eating and waiting for death, after the Holy See has a bishop named Carsmai today, there is a risk that the dream will be shattered. Because Bishop Castlemai wanted Zhang Ling to witness a requisition, and the most terrifying thing was that Zhang Ling, the religious heresy who was judged, actually knew him!

Of course, this kind of understanding does not mean friends in reality or anything, but Zhang Ling has seen these men in books, and the introduction of books generally respects them as the pioneers of truth exploration, the founders of modern science, and the discoverers of natural sciences.

These three men are Copernicus, who proposed the "heliocentric theory", Bruno, who insisted on the truth of the "heliocentric theory", and Galileo, the father of modern science!

However, now these three guys do not have the high status and praise of later generations, but are tied to stone pillars waiting for the judgment of the Inquisition, and it is very likely that their lives will not be guaranteed.

So seeing this scene in front of him, the shock in Zhang Ling's heart can be imagined, just when Zhang Ling was still in a state of confusion, a man in the middle of the stone pillar shouted fearlessly in the face of various remarks about his execution: "I will not give in, the darkness is about to pass, the dawn is coming, and the truth will eventually triumph over evil!"

This cry hit Zhang Ling's heart, because this sentence was the declaration issued by Bruno when facing the Inquisition. What's more, when everyone was even more angry and clamoring to burn Bruno to death, Zhang Ling understood that what he said was right, and the future world would give him a fair judgment.

"Duke, have you heard, this evil language spoken by heretics is blasphemy against the Lord! Allowing this heresy to exist in Stormcastle is a dereliction of duty in the Duchy of Berry, and these heretics must be tried as soon as possible, and then executed!"

Bishop Castle was furious when he heard Bruno's words, believing it to be an insult to the Holy See and his own faith, but in Stormcastle, Zhang Ling was the titular lord and the spokesman of secular power.

Although the theocratic papacy in this world occupies an absolute dominant position, even the French Emperor Henry IV a hundred years ago knelt outside the castle of Canossa, where the Pope was located, and begged for forgiveness. But in reality, it is still secular power that governs the people, and Zhang Ling, as the lord of Storm Castle, Bishop Carsmail will not encroach too much on Zhang Ling's power unless it is particularly necessary, such as directly executing these heretics without trial.

Zhang Ling, who is now incarnated as Duke, came back to his senses from Carsmai's voice, and he kept thinking in his mind, if he obeyed and executed the three people in front of him, then it would be a betrayal of science, and a trampling on the nineteen years of quality education from primary school to graduate school in his previous life!

But now the situation is that although Kasmai is only a theocratic bishop, the power behind him is even greater than that of his own small lord. If he forcibly blocks it, Kasmai will directly report to the archbishop, or even the cardinal above, maybe his identity as a small lord will be pushed to the end, so how can he fulfill his great dream of eating and waiting for death in the future?

If you can't fight the enemy, then you can only outwit it!" Zhang Ling said with a smile on his face at this time: "Bishop Casmay, don't be so excited for the time being, heresy must be attacked, but I think they can still rescue it." ”

"Rescue? They have all been brainwashed by the devil to say the absurd words that the earth revolves around the sun, and they are also wantonly spreading this evil statement, I think they must be executed as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ling hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, the Lord teaches us to be benevolent to the world, and as far as I know, they used to be believers in the Lord, so they are not hereticals, at most they just believe in science, so they can still be saved, which can prove the greatness of our Lord even more!"

Zhang Ling is going to use roundabout tactics, in the theocracy, heretics are more hateful than infidels, and heretics can also change their beliefs and absorb them to highlight the greatness of the Lord, but heretics are basically incompatible. First of all, wash their heretic identities, and delay for a while.

"What sect of science is it, and there are other sects in Stormcastle?"

Kasmai looked at Zhang Ling with a surprised expression, in the decades he had been a bishop, he had never heard of the sect of science, this was a big thing, if the pagan religion invaded, it would have to be reported to the archbishop of the Duchy of Solo.

In this world, the term science has not yet appeared, and even what science represents is the opposite of the Holy See, and the three pioneers of science tied to the stone pillars are examples. Zhang Ling didn't want to be tied up himself, so he could only forcibly fool him!

Zhang Ling touched his head at this time and stammered, "That...... I also recently learned that there is a sect called Science that preaches in Stormcastle, and lists several saints, such as Edison, the High Priest of Light, who brought light to mankind, and Zublis Willy, the old man of the air, who may save the world from Hell or something, these propaganda is very tempting, I guess Bruno and they were bewitched by paganism. ”

"Impossible! God said that there should be light, so there is light, only God can forgive the original sins of the world and avoid going down to Hell to punish them, how can this air-conditioned ancestor do it! This is absolutely blasphemous, I must thoroughly investigate this Scientology to prevent it from bewitching the people of Stormcastle!"

When Zhang Ling heard this, he hurriedly echoed: "That's right, I very much agree with your idea, Bishop, maybe there is a big conspiracy behind this. In order to be able to thoroughly investigate the pagan invasion, I think it is better to detain these three infidels first and interrogate them about what is going on behind them, rather than executing them too hastily and cutting off the clues!"

Carsmai nodded when he heard this, but his idea was that if he dug up the Church of Science behind this, then he would definitely be appreciated by the Cardinal and even the Pope, even if he didn't get promoted to Archbishop, at least he wouldn't have to be at the forefront of the fight against monsters in Storm Castle.

"Yes, Lord Duke, I'll give you a month to investigate properly, completely invade the evil thoughts of the pagan religion, and cut them off in Storm Castle!"

"No problem, be loyal to the Lord. ”

Seeing Zhang Ling's respectful appearance, Kasmai nodded with satisfaction and left the two-story building, Zhang Ling looked at his back, revealing a look at a fool.

But when he turned around, he saw a pair of cunning eyes staring at him and said: "Little Duke, is there really a pagan invasion of the Church of Scientology, you must know that the consequences of deceiving the Holy See are very serious~!"

The person who said this was a little girl who was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a pair of big eyes on her fair face, long eyelashes, and a gorgeous European aristocratic court dress on her body, as if she were a lifelike Barbie doll.

Just like her dress and appearance, this little girl's identity background is also extremely prominent, she is now the daughter of Henry VII of the French Empire. If there is anything to be commended about this dark age similar to the European Middle Ages, it is that the equality between men and women is not bad, and women also have the right to inherit the throne. As the third heir in line to the French Empire, Princess Ji Na came to the front line of the fight against monsters, Storm Castle, which is also a training that the children of the royal family must go through.

If it was before, Zhang Ling met this delicate little girl like a Barbie doll, plus the identity of a princess, it is estimated that she would be crazy, and she could YY 10,000 times in her heart!

But after these three days, Zhang Ling has deeply understood the willfulness and arrogance of this Princess Jina, and it is not at all like the pure and innocent appearance that is spotless. And his thoughts after being full of warmth were all destroyed by this dead girl, and she was really blind to this good face.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Don't bother, I'll take care of it. Zhang Ling replied unhappily.

"Yes, if you can't give Casme a reasonable explanation, not only will the title of Lord of Stormcastle be insecured, but even the hard-won viscount title will be reduced, then you will be able to confirm the name of the Otto family's straw bales. ”

Jina had a disdainful smile on her face, because Duke was a standard gentleman before, and there were all kinds of incidents of bullying men and women, basically a recognized straw bag! But it was this straw bag that actually became the lord of Storm Castle, and he also added the title of viscount as the youngest son, which is simply an insult to the Fran nobles!

Zhang Ling came from later generations, and he didn't have any concept of class status in his heart at all, so in the face of Princess Jina's sarcasm, he replied without thinking: "It's okay, with your vase here, my straw bag won't be too conspicuous." ”

After saying this, he didn't think much about it, and he was not interested in arguing with a teenage girl, so he walked directly downstairs. But Ji Na and her entourage stood in place in shock, they didn't expect Zhang Ling to be so bold and dare to say such things to the princess.

Soon, Adams, the chief knight beside Jina, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Royal Highness, this is a great disrespect to you, please order the immediate arrest of Viscount Duke!"

"Okay! put him in prison, and I'm going to whip this bale severely!"

Ji Na's face was full of anger, but in fact, her heart was full of grievances, if it weren't for the large number of people, maybe the tears would have fallen. The most noble princess of the French Empire voluntarily came to the most dangerous and difficult front-line castle, but was told by a straw bag that she was a vase!

"Yes, Your Highness Princess!"

The chief knight Adams replied loudly, and immediately prepared to get up and arrest Zhang Ling, as the princess's guardian knight, his mission is to carry out all the princess's orders, even if it is to give his life, this is his chivalry.

"Wait!"

Just as Adams was about to act, Gina stopped him and said, "Forget it, I'm going to prove to myself that it's not a vase, but a straw bale!"

At this moment, Ji Na had a hateful expression on her face, she didn't want to rely on her position to make this straw bag succumb, but wanted to rely on her own strength to prove it!

Although Adams didn't understand why the princess suddenly revoked the order, as a knight, he strictly followed the princess's orders, stood back by her side, and silently stuck to his post.

On the other side, Zhang Ling, who walked downstairs, didn't expect this to happen upstairs, after all, he didn't realize that he had committed the following crime just now.

Walking downstairs, Zhang Ling looked at the three people tied to the stone pillar from a distance, and sighed deeply in his heart, it seems that it is not easy to mix in any world, why is it so difficult to eat happily and wait for death!

Hey! Whether it's for the sake of his own position or even his life, or for the maintenance of science and truth, it seems that he can only put aside the noble goal of eating and waiting for death for the time being, and become Lord Duke to get through this hurdle!