Chapter 114: Outbreak of Heresy
"What is this?" By the time everyone had settled down again, Lu Sien and the Marquis had already changed places.
A place he hadn't thought about at all before, the marquis's barracks, or rather, the camp.
Located in the southeast corner of the Marquis Castle in the city of Law, when he came to this position, the surrounding environment had become solemn, and a group of soldiers with hurried expressions came and went, and the whole environment seemed to be much more orderly, and everything was barely orderly, but Lu Sien could still hear the chaotic shouts from afar, and the noisy sound of chickens and dogs jumping.
In fact, it's not that the heretical deterrent has caused panic among the civilians in the city of Law, and even now, they haven't even figured out what happened, the most recent heretical revolt was recorded 74 years ago, located in several villages on the border between the Duchy and the Stag Realm, and in fact, it had no small consequences at the time.
However, the specific matter can probably only be explained by the army that participated in the heresy purge, and the duke and bishop only know something about it from the inheritance records of the temple. And the civilians, for the people in this environment, 74 years is more than the life of most people, and most of the natives who have grown up in Rouse for generations, have no intuitive feelings about the heretical riots of that year.
What affects them is nothing more than a sudden threat of war.
This camp is not big, but it is not small, Lu Sien and the Marquis first came to a room similar to the headquarters, and sat at the round table with a huge bonfire lit in the middle, looking at the Marquis Dicard who looked a little nervous in confusion, and then more knights walked in one after another, and were arranged by the marquis's attendants one by one, during which the military map of the Stag Territory placed in this room was also removed.
Lu Sien just glanced at it, and he couldn't see it clearly, and he could see that it was a large map of the entire Stag Territory, but before Lu Sien could find the location of Moon on it with interest, the map was taken away by the attendants who had been busy.
In front of the Marquis, Lu Sien was not embarrassed to express his interest in the map, which was a military secret of the city of Law.
After the knights outside were invited by the marquis one after another, the entire round table was not filled, and there were about forty people, including Lu Sien and the marquis (excluding the knight Ji and the buck knight), there were only two big knights in total.
The Buck Knights and Knights were placed in other positions, and did not go to the round table, and in the few interjections of the Marquis's free chat with Bishop Kevin about the data, Lu Sien learned that most of the people sitting around him were some well-known adventurers or mercenary heads who had been begging for a life near Rouse for generations, a few lone knights who were famous but had not accepted the Marquis's recruitment, and several nobles who lived in Rouse City and had the ability to raise a few knights with their only sons.
Well, it's worth mentioning that, because of the Rose Knights, Madame Ross also has a seat at the round table.
The form of the scene has not been completely controlled, and there is still a lot of chaos around, at this time, Lu Sien really couldn't bear to disturb the whispers between the marquis and the bishop, and asked, what is the situation?
Quite dazed......
was slapped on the shoulder by Lu Sien, and the marquis even trembled, looking overreacted.
"Your Excellency, you should tell me what is going on. Staring at the marquis, who had not yet come to his senses, Lu Sien gestured with his chin to the piles of knights who were in a hurry like a vegetable market. "Everyone is waiting for you to speak now!"
"Hmm!" the marquis coughed twice.
"This time, the temple has launched a red war order!" Perhaps because of the strength of Lu Sien's men, the Marquis quietly told Lu Sien the news. It's just that Lu Sien was confused and at a loss.
"So what? what does this mean?" Lu Sien looked unmoved, staring at the marquis strangely.
"Let me tell you this!" the Marquis froze, still lowering his voice, and with the addition of a few words from Bishop Kevin on the side, he roughly told Lu Sien what happened 74 years ago.
At that time, it could be regarded as the heyday of the Bucks Territory, at that time, the Bucks Territory was not as big as it is now, and the head of the Bucks family of that generation was still known as the Earl of the Bucks, and the place sandwiched between the Duchy and the Bucks Territory was not the territory under the Marquis.
At that time, there were 3 blood relatives of the Bucks family who became big knights, and there were as many as 15 big knights who followed and attached to the Bucks family.
At the beginning, that territory belonged to the Gray Wolf Viscount, and the family force had thirty knights led by the head of the family of his own great knight rank, which was his territory, and heresy broke out. At that time, the standard of the War Order issued by the Temple Oracle was blue, which was a full two levels lower than the threat standard issued by the Temple now, and there was a yellow War Order in between.
The earls and archdukes of the adjacent territories were the first to respond to the army at that time, but by the time the two armies reached the battlefield, the gray wolf viscount connected the family gods and was gone. The armies of both sides were able to withstand the rampaging heretic army, and after the current duke begged for help, and after spending a considerable price, the Duchy of Snow Wolf, which was adjacent to the Duchy of Bauhinia, sent a large army to help, and it was only then that the heresy was crushed.
After that battle, there were only 4 people left in the last return of the Bucks family, the Count of the Bucks was seriously injured and disabled, and another blood relative of the Great Knight was killed, and the last remaining knight replaced the Marquis of the Stag and became the head of the family, and that person was the great-grandfather of the Marquis, the Count of the Stags.
Even so, the injuries suffered in the battlefield did not make the last great knight of the Bucks family last for a few years, and after promoting the strength of the marquis's grandfather at any cost, plus finally an empowerment inheritance by himself, he died in a hurry in the third year after the war.
After that, the viscount's territory, the principality took back one-third, and the remaining two-thirds were rewarded to the Count of the Stag at that time, and the Bucks family was promoted to the noble marquis, and after that war, there was also a nobleman of the Duchy who had great achievements in the war and was rewarded, which was the current Earl of Moen, and the black horse enshrined by the Moen family was the mount of the knight at that time.
In order to expel the cursed influence of the heresy remaining on that land, two successive generations of Duke Bucks spent hundreds of thousands of dinars on sacred ceremonies, and it was not until the Marquis succeeded to the throne that he could recover.
"This time the temple has launched a red war****** and the entire duchy has been affected. Even now, the Marquis could hardly hide the horror in his eyes, "The kingdoms of the entire continent will send troops to respond to this battle, and even the empire will send troops. Hopefully we'll make it to that point......"
Lu Sien had already put away his indifferent expression, and his expression became serious. He wasn't prepared to follow the Marquis's words and stay here to live and die with Law, but in an instant, he thought of his mother and little Alice who stayed in Moon, and he had to go back as soon as possible!
Just as Lu Sien was deep in thought, the Marquis spoke.
The whole scene quickly quieted down, and from the expression of the marquis, it was impossible to see the fear in the marquis's heart, probably according to the war mobilization that should have been held at about this time of year, except for Lu Sien, most of the people here were familiar with this process.
The Marquis greatly concealed the threat of heresy, but said that a group of alien rebels surrounded Laus, hoping that everyone would accept the marquis's offer to defend the city again. For this reason, he is willing to triple everyone's remuneration at this time of the year.
Ask everyone to take a stand.
The scene fell into an eerie silence for a moment.
There are a few leaders of the small mercenary adventure team who feel that this is an opportunity, and they look enthusiastic, but they don't see that the people around them have not yet expressed their attitude, and it is not easy to stand up and be this leader for a while.
Under Lu Sien's special attention, a very small number of people were also discovered, and a special few people were among the few famous lone knights at the beginning, whose expressions were obviously embarrassed, and Lu Sien was eighty percent sure that they knew the inside story of heresy.
In addition, the big nobles in Rouse City, their understanding of heresy is also not zero, but their interests are in common with the marquis, and the identity of the same nobles cannot stand up to respond to the marquis's call for the first time, but they also see this strange atmosphere, their faces are dark, and they are a little more nervous.
Most of the rest, except for people like Lu Sien, who were still obsessed with leaving the city, heard that the Marquis was willing to hire them at three times the mercenary fee, and they were even more strange and habitable, and they were ready to negotiate the conditions with the Marquis again.
Of course, the last type of people, Lu Sien's evaluation of them from the bottom of his heart is only two words, sand sculpture.
"What do you think? Knight Lu Sien!" The marquis also almost expected such a situation, first of all, he asked the opinion of Lu Sien, who had the most prestige in the past two days, plus he had just revealed a lot of inside information to Lu Sien, and it was expected that Lu Sien would not give him face, and he would not be able to get along with himself.
However, Lu Sien suddenly thought of something, a very important thing.
"My lord, I don't think that's our top priority right now! I have some other news for the Alien Rebels. Lu Sien suddenly stood up and walked towards the door, and at the same time motioned for the knight Ji who was sitting on the side to quickly follow him, as for the Pande infantry, they were still waiting outside the tent, just like a large number of other ordinary knights. Facing the Marquis's suddenly surprised expression. "A few days ago, I wasn't quite sure, but now I understand, for example, one of the stewards of the Moen family has been corrupted by the alien gods, and I am not sure if there are more people like him!"
"Your Excellency, please lead the army and go with me to the city gates!"