258 The Exile (2nd Watch)

"Is that the case?" After listening to the assistant's report, Jason listlessly propped his chin on his hands, looking less energetic than Belier, "There are no organized rebels, no murder and arson, no looting of places, just inciting the people to passively rebel against the government?" What a disappointment for me......"

"What? What is that? Baelier, who was almost reimbursed by the murderer with a cane, shouted indignantly, "We were almost killed!" ”

"Isn't this alive?" The chief of staff's eyelids drooped, "You have to learn to make a concise report, and this kind of thing can be said in one sentence - the Great Abbey will not recognize us." ”

"Yes, isn't this an incident of Yan zhòng?"

"What do you think...... Oh, you didn't read the reports. Jason sighed, Belier is not qualified to contact the military newspaper, I don't know that there are many places where the situation is much stricter than this, then again, those strict places will not send such a "staff assistant" and such a "former trainee nun", although they have all kinds of strict shortcomings, but they are not very confused, they can always be used as a person, and this experience has also proved their loyalty - they should be able to open up some content to them, and now there is a great shortage of people.

Now that he had made such a judgment, he cleared his throat, tapped the table with his knuckles, and spoke to his indignant men: "We have been tracking a group of bandits in Black Crow Mountain for months, killing people sent by the government everywhere, and setting fire to barns. A report came from the village of Cremont that the itinerant teacher sent there and the ten children he taught had been killed. There was a marker on the body, which happened three days ago; Just yesterday. Two monks disguised as merchants were found at the docks, carrying a letter from the Grand Abbey to the Eternal City. The archbishop who accused us is now locked up, but no one can say for sure if they have slipped through the net; In addition, I suspect that the Grand Monastery has sent someone to successfully pass through the Guò checkpoint to the kingdom of St. Omier......"

Previously, the granddaughter of the Duke of Ulrich, the sister of the orthodox king of Neustria, was betrothed to the crown prince of St. Omere, so they abandoned the kingdom and left. And he took the treasure and the soldiers and crossed the sea to St. Omier. They had abandoned the country at that time, but they were full of the expectation that it would not abandon them—there was a precedent in the previous generation, and the queen fled abroad with her treasures when the situation at home was in trouble, and did not return until the situation at home calmed down—and it was during that unavoidable trip that the queen brought back the sacred headless body of St. Aubrey with a large sum of money. In the previous generation, there were also cases where the entire royal family lived in Kolomna for seven years, escaping the rebellion of the nobility at home. If you look at the history books of other countries, you can see more examples of this. Therefore, they were very confident, and although it was tragic that they were forced into exile, they would one day return. Those tyrannical aristocrats will always get tired of killing. When they are exhausted, they think of the benefit of having a mediator, and the people expect the orthodox king to bring them fairness and justice, northerners? Hum. They are terrible aliens and infidels. The Neustrians were not willing to serve them as kings, besides. They are few enough to form a ruling class, and when there are too many of them, the nobility of their country will rise up against them because they do not have enough land—after all, who is worthy to be the king of this country but the orthodox king of Neustria?

It was on the basis of this confidence that they did not pay much attention to the domestic affairs of Newsteria at first, and in their imagination, Newsteria was in a state of chaos, and there was nothing to inquire about at this time. The two bishops were actively communicating with King St. Omer about the wedding, while the others were busy preparing for the wedding. Although she was temporarily gone, the princess still had two bishops to marry, and her dowry was equally rich and extravagant, because the royal family went out with gold, silver and precious stones, as well as the treasures that the Duke of Ulrich had plundered from all over Neustria and other countries, so even if they could not ask the whole Neustrian kingdom for the eldest princess's marriage, the eldest princess would still have a luxurious dowry worthy of her status.

Later, when the merchants brought the news that the kingdom of Neustria had been pacified and that the invading northerners had been expelled, all the exiles thanked Heaven for this and prepared to leave for their homeland, and they went to some of the famous churches and monasteries of St. Omer to make vows, perform sacraments, offer tributes, and pack their belongings to thank King St. Omer for his hospitality, and prepare to leave for the wedding of the eldest princess as soon as the wedding was over.

None of them believed that a baroness had proclaimed herself king under the auspices of the Bishop of Tournest, and thought it was an absurd joke. Merchants, they don't know about the affairs of the court, they may be mistaken, this is very common.

The ships and merchants behind brought more and more concrete news, and when that absurd story seemed more and more true, no, it didn't seem real at all, and the exiled royal nobles and bishops continued to wait for updated news with such a mentality.

It was only when the letter from the Great Abbey arrived, that they finally believed it to be true, but it was still so absurd that many were willing to believe that it was a farce, and that "it will soon pass, and the faithful subjects of Neustria will come to welcome us back." "How can a baroness rule Neustria? The closest blood relationship between her and the royal family should have been three hundred years ago, and other nobles would not tolerate it! "How can a woman rule the kingdom? There was no such example before, and there will never be, a woman lacks the talent to rule, she does not know how to fight, and her subordinates will soon realize this and abandon her......"

This kind of discussion took a lot of time, and if it weren't for that, the situation in Neustria would have been even worse.

The reason why the Great Abbey was so active in working for the government-in-exile was also simple: the new queen did not contribute to the Great Abbey, and she did not have a father to live in the Abbey, and her archbishop, which could have been a plus for her, was not from the Great Abbey! In the past, the Grand Abbey was unpleasant to the former Archbishop Joseph, because their interests were with the former king who abdicated and not with the Duke of Ulrich, but when the new king came to power, they began to miss the Duke of Ulrich again. Rumors that the new queen was planning to reform the monasteries and churches throughout Neustria without resorting to the power of the Grand Monastery displeased the principals of the Grand Monastery.

Therefore, it actively contacted the government-in-exile and sent a letter of complaint to the Eternal City. (To be continued......)