The broken carriage overturned to the ground, all kinds of clothes and utensils were scattered around the carriage, several corpses on the ground could no longer be seen in their original appearance, and several crows were eating on the corpses, but these were not the focus of Allen's attention, the most terrifying thing was that the heads of these corpses were cut off and inserted into wooden sticks, so that the most ignorant people could instantly understand that the scene in front of them was definitely not caused by the attack of wild beasts. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Your Highness Alan, what's wrong with you?" Elaine asked with concern when she heard Alan's movements.

"Elaine, don't ......" However, it was too late, Elaine had already stepped out of the carriage and clearly saw the scene in front of her.

At Elaine's repeated insistence, she endured her discomfort and completed her prayers for the dead. Due to time constraints, Allen instructed Lehman to cremate all the victims' bodies.

After restarting on the road, the atmosphere between the three of them became very oppressive, and Alan sat on the wheel of the car with Lehman, leaving the carriage to Elaine, who still couldn't recover.

"Your Highness, didn't you notice anything wrong?" Lehman lowered his voice and leaned into Alan's ear.

"Well, what's wrong. In fact, for people who grew up in peacetime, the scene just now also had a huge impact on Allen, and he still can't forget the head that obviously belonged to the child. However, the past four years have not been in vain, and he deeply understands that he must not act panicked now.

Lehman didn't notice that Allen's expression had been very bad, and he might have noticed it but didn't care, as a knight who protected the Holy Son, he didn't have the time to take care of the emotions of the two at such a time, "The carriage and the scattered things all prove that the identity of the victim is extraordinary, but there is no body of the samurai who belongs to the protection convoy around." ”

Because he didn't look closely at those corpses, Alan didn't notice this detail, and when he heard Lehman say this, Alan also felt an unusual aura, "What do you think will be the situation?"

"One possibility is that, for some reason, they don't have a guard. But the Grans Plains is not a safe place, and even if you don't encounter horse thieves, the beasts are terrifying, so I think they should have brought a guard. Another possibility is that their guards betrayed them. ”

"Well, that makes sense. By the way, Lehman, since the Grans Plains is so dangerous, then we ......" Alan suddenly thought of another question at this time, that is, if he was a group of three, he really encountered a horse thief, and he was afraid that he would not have the ability to resist.

Seeing Alan looking at him expectantly, as if he hoped that he had something to do, Lehman couldn't help but smile, "Your Highness, first, a group of horse thieves will not take a fancy to our little broken car." Second, we resolutely do not spend the night in the wilderness. With a flick of the reins, the carriage began to speed forward.

Alan suddenly had a feeling that the Pope was trying to kill him, although his martial arts had improved greatly in the past four years, and Lehman was also a very powerful knight, of course, except for the weakness of fear of the dark, but Alan didn't think that he and Lehman could fight against a group of horse thieves on his own. And Edward IV let them go on the road like this, without the slightest consideration for Allen's safety.

In this way, the frightened march for a day, maybe the protagonist's aura has taken effect, in short, the group arrived safely before dark in this city called Geer, leaving this city will officially enter the territory of the Dragon Empire, where it will be much safer.

In fact, the area under the control of the Holy See at present, except for the Holy City, is the land that various countries have given to the Holy See as gifts, so although it is nominally under the administration of the Holy See, in reality it is more like a three-way area, except that the bishops of the churches in the city are responsible for the day-to-day affairs. Allen secretly made this point the focus of future reforms.

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After arriving at the church, Allen was surprised by the fact that the bishop of the city church was exceptionally young, he was about 30 years old, and the clergy of this age was usually a village priest, and it was definitely not easy for someone to become a city bishop, even if it was only the bishop of a small border town.

After arranging everything, the bishop of Gehr invited the three of them to dinner.

"Please sit down, there is a shortage of people today, I hope you will forgive me. The young bishop Carbone looked very enthusiastic, "I wonder what Knights Lehman have on his mission? ”

Alan had discovered that this Culente Bishop was a complete acquaintance, and he had not stopped talking for a long time after they met, but such a talkative person was suitable for inquiring about information.

"Bishop Calent, have there been horse thieves on the Grans Plains lately?" Alan was still a little wary of what he had encountered in the morning, and although he hadn't found anything for a day, it was better to ask.

"Horse thief, it shouldn't be, there aren't many horse thieves on the Grans Plains, and they shouldn't be out of the event recently. ”

"What's going on lately?" said Allen, who was a little concerned about Coolent's words.

"Hey, I thought a few of you knew, it seems that a few of them weren't from the Holy City?" Kalente looked at Lehman, as if to get an answer from there.

"We are from the Holy City, but nothing has happened in the Holy City. Lehman was also a little strange that he hadn't heard of any large-scale operations before leaving.

"Ah, perhaps it is not a big deal to the people of the Holy City. Lunar smiled, "The eldest princess of the Shenlong Empire prayed for blessings in the Holy City, and set off to return home yesterday, with many guards along the way, and the momentum was huge. That's why I said that those horse thieves are afraid to act these days. ”

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After dinner, the three of them got together to discuss their future itinerary.

"It seems that the matter of the morning is that the guards have nothing to do with the horse thief, so I can rest assured now. Lehman made a judgment.

"I'm going to enter the territory of the dragon tomorrow, Lehman, you and I have to remember to change our clothes and don't show any flaws. Elaine remembered what she had seen in the morning, and was still very uncomfortable, and when she saw Lehman mention it again, she quickly interrupted him.

"I'm still a little uneasy in my heart, if the guards did it, why did they do such a cruel thing. Alan was always a little uneasy, and neither Calorie nor Lehman's statements could put him at ease.

Elaine really didn't want to hear them discuss the tragedy, "Your Highness Alan, I'll go back to my room and rest first. ”

Seeing Elaine's unhappy face, Alan hurriedly comforted: "Elaine, don't think too much, it has nothing to do with you, if you don't feel well, rest early." ”

After Elaine left, Alan continued: "I asked Bishop Calent, the horse thieves on the Grace Plains would not do such an inhumane thing, if the guards saw the wealth and wanted to disguise themselves as horse thieves to attack, even if it was to hide their identity, it was enough to kill people, there was no need to do such a thing. ”

"This," Lehman hesitated, "Your Highness, what do you mean?"

"We'll stay here for a while, and we'll go with the princess when she arrives. ”

"That's all right, but for what reason is Your Highness going to go with that princess? "Lehman has a headache.

"Wherever we need any reason, we will follow their ranks, and they will not drive us away. ”

"Huh?"

......

"Boss, the news over there says that Princess Yulong has arrived in Gilroy. ”

"Hey, these guys, that's still far away! What are you talking about in the territory of Shenlong, and now it's the same as a soul-hypnotic, if it hadn't given Lao Tzu 50,000 gold coins, Lao Tzu wouldn't have done this business! Ignore them, let the brothers stop pretending to be any mercenaries outside, they all come back and rest, and do a big deal in two days. ”

"Yes, Boss. By the way, those ...... yesterday"

"Well, let the brothers play for two more days, and deal with it before you go. ”

......

The Gilroy Chapel is completely different from what Alan saw yesterday, the whole church is heavily guarded, and the knights on patrol are wearing dragon armor, some are wearing papal armor, and they will glare at each other a few times when they encounter them during the patrol, and the atmosphere seems to be quite unharmonious.

In the largest room of the church, a beautiful maiden sat at a table, and a maid helped her with her shiny black hair.

"Princess, why did you promise the people of the Holy See, those knights of theirs were mysterious, and the people in that carriage didn't even show their faces. ”

"Okay, it's just a companion, it's not a big deal, anyway, when they get there, they'll leave on their own. A pleasant voice came from the girl's mouth.

"But none of them will allow you to go up to the Holy Mountain!" the maid's tone was full of anger.

Yulong, the eldest princess of the Divine Dragon Empire, frowned lightly, "Ling'er, don't talk nonsense, the empire can't make enemies with the Holy See." ”

The maid who was called Ling'er by Princess Yulong pouted, "It's obviously the Holy See's fault, and the one named Les is even a wicked person who sues first!"

"Ling'er!" Princess Yulong's voice became serious.

"Alright, alright, I won't say anything!" Seeing that the princess was a little angry, Ling'er was not afraid at all, but she still obediently stopped talking.

Yulong shook her head, there was nothing she could do about this maid who had grown up with her, and then frowned again.

Just this year, the leader of the Watchmen, Rice, who had been quiet for three years, suddenly made a mistake and dismissed the governors of several Imperial cities in a row, causing a huge sensation in the Empire.

You don't have to think about it to know that the Holy See was furious, and a sternly worded letter was placed on the Dragon Emperor's table. Therefore, when it is said to the outside world that Princess Yulong is going to the holy city to pray for blessings, she is actually coming to apologize on behalf of the empire. However, to everyone's surprise, not to mention meeting the Pope, Princess Yulong was not allowed to climb the Holy Mountain.

This is nothing short of an insult to the Empire. Before Princess Yulong was about to leave, the Holy See also asked the princess to stay alone, considering that the relationship with the Holy See could not deteriorate any longer, Yulong swallowed the unhappiness in her heart and agreed.

What puzzled Yulong was the Pope's attitude towards this matter, the four major empires of the Holy Spirit Continent, the Crumb Empire had long been separated from the Holy See. The Hiss Empire has always maintained strict neutrality and has never intervened in similar disputes. And although the Talos Empire is a loyal ally of the Holy See, its national strength is not strong. So according to common sense, the Holy See will not be embarrassed by the Divine Dragon Empire in this matter, according to Princess Yulong's conjecture, she went to the Holy City in person, and the Holy See should also pass this matter, but I never expected that this would be the result.

"Is there something going on that I don't know about?" Jadelong thought about the whole thing, "Is it because of that Rice? What did he say in his secret letter to the Pope? Does the Pope take his report so seriously?"