"Alexey! Alyssa! ”

In the middle of the night, Duke Yovanovich rode back to the manor on the outskirts of the city as fast as he could, and he hurried into the villa, pushing open the door of his wife and son, and the room was empty.

Not only is there no one in the wife and children's room, but the whole villa is empty, the housekeeper, the maid.... It was as if it had disappeared into thin air, completely gone.

"Master..."A guard walked over, lowered his head and said, "Just now, a group of monks from the Wisdom God Sect took the lady and young master away... We can't stop it..."

How could an ordinary guard without any supernatural power be able to stop the monks of the Wisdom God Cult?

Duke Yovanovich knew that this was impossible, and he was in no mood to blame the guards, and after making sure that his wife and children had been taken away by the Cult of Wisdom, he turned on his horse and ran quickly towards the red house of the farmstead.

He's going to ask Finn Drost for clarification.

But when Duke Yovanovich arrived at the Red House of the Farmstead, a fire had already burned all over the place, and the smoke was billowing and the flames stained the sky red.

The servant working in the Red Room stood outside the line of fire in embarrassment, with minor or serious injuries on his body, Duke Yovanovich stepped forward and asked sharply: "What is going on here?!" What about Mr. Drost?! ”

The servants stared blankly at the flames as if they were frightened, and one of them boldly replied, "It's magic!" Master! Just now, a lot of men with silver cross badges on their chests suddenly came here and had a fight with Mr. Drost! Mr. Drost fled! ”

"Where did he flee?!"

"No... I don't know..."

It was too dark, and where would the servants care about the direction of Drost's escape?

They can't even take care of themselves.

"It's over... It's all over...."

Duke Yovanovich fell to the ground, and his whole body seemed to be drained of his soul, and he lost his soul.

Drost fled, his wife and children were captured by the Cult of Wisdom, and he was the only one left....

Want to command an army to pursue a train?

Maybe we can catch up now with our troops, but....

What if you catch up?

Only then did Duke Yovanovich realize that he had always been a circus clown, the lamb that had been roasted on the fire.

The aristocratic faction thinks that they are very powerful, but in fact they have no choice at all, and the Wisdom God Cult, the Church of Truth.... None of them took the aristocracy seriously, only they felt that they were a character.

And Paul I.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I'm sorry for you......"

Duke Yovanovich wept bitterly, his heart was full of remorse, the servant had never seen him so sad, and he did not know which king he was referring to by His Majesty.

Maybe it's Paul I, or maybe .... It was Peter the Great, who had passed away.

Suddenly, a thick black fog filled the woods behind them, enveloping all the minions, and the minions fell to the ground and passed out.

The agonized Duke Yovanovich didn't notice the approaching black fog behind him, and just as he pounded his chest, a cloud of silver-white mud slowly rose from the ground and condensed into a human form.

"Why are you crying?"

The calm voice of inquiry interrupted Duke Yinvanovich's crying, and he turned his head reluctantly, and finally saw the silver-white figure that appeared quietly, his body trembled, and he stammered and asked, "You... Who are you? ”

"Finn Drost's master."

"You're a member of the Liberty Society?!" Duke Yovanovich screamed: "My wife and son have been taken away!" What the hell are you doing?! Finn Drost promised to protect my family! ”

The silver white figure looked at him and said softly: "I am not a member of the Freedom Society, but an existence higher than the Freedom Society, and there are many things that Finn Drost does not know at all. ”

"I don't care about that!" Duke Yovanovich shouted, he didn't know where he got the courage to shout at the presence in front of him, who was not human: "You have broken your promise!" The contract has not been fulfilled!

！ ”

"It's part of the plan." The silver white figure said surgingly: "There are ghosts in the Freedom Society, we have known about this for a long time, but it is your aristocratic faction that really leaks the secret." ”

"What do you mean? You say there are traitors among the nobility? ”

"Yes."

"Since you know there is a traitor, why don't you tell me in time?!"

"If we tell you, how can we make Archbishop Henry feel at ease to command the aristocratic faction?" The corners of the silver-white figure's mouth were elongated like wax, revealing a half-moon-shaped, strange and cruel smile: "All churches, only know the Freedom Society, they don't know our existence, just like fishing, the Freedom Society is the bait, we are the rod bearers, when the fish bite the bait, we can catch them." ”

"Back then, we lost to the Cult of Wisdom once, and now... They also have to pay for their arrogance! ”

Duke Yovanovich asked with red eyes: "No matter who you are, you must give Alexei and Alyssa back to me!" ”

"Oh... I thought you only loved money and power. The silver-white figure scoffed.

"I already have money and power! Now I'm thinking about how to pass on these things! Duke Yovanovich yelled: "Without my family, what use do I want them!"

！ ”

"When you don't have money, you have to make money by abandoning everything, and when you have money, you want to have family affection, is its essence for the continuation of wealth and power..... Well, that's an interesting answer, and it's the same as many people think. ”

Under the strange and confused gaze of Duke Yovanovich, the silver-white figure actually took out a notebook and recorded what he had just said.

"You... Studying me? No... Are you studying humans? ”

"Observations are actually a lot of fun, aren't they?" The silver white figure put away the notebook and continued, "We can help you reclaim your family, it's part of the contract, but again, you have to keep fulfilling the contract. ”

"What else can I do now? The army is simply not a threat to the Cult of Wisdom! ”

"Don't be too frustrated, believing in God requires believers, and an army that can maintain law and order is an indispensable tool in the hands of God of faith." The silver white figure said: "I want you to continue to follow the command of Archbishop Henry, support whatever he says, and when the time comes, I will come to you." ”

The silver-white figure began to melt and retreat into the ground, and the black fog that shrouded the surroundings quickly dissipated, Duke Yovanovich asked nervously, "How is Finn Drost?" Is he dead? ”

"He'll have a new mission."

Soon, the silver-white figure disappeared completely, and the black fog completely dispersed, except for the fainting minions, everything was no different from before, the burning red room, the vanished Finn Drost....

Duke Yovanovich stood in place for a while, then suddenly mounted his horse and rushed towards the estate where the Duke of Tbilisi had stayed.

....................................

June 12, Mosk, St. Basil's Cathedral.

"The kingdom has started giving money to the people?"

In the study, Ma Wei, who was handling affairs, took the intelligence document handed by Marusa and couldn't help frowning.

"Your Highness also received the news just now." Marusa replied: "Every citizen of the Romanov kingdom receives a subsidy of 5 rubles from the government, Petersburg has already begun, and soon other cities will receive orders. ”

A subsidy of 5 rubles per citizen .... The Romanov kingdom has a population of 150 million ....

Almost 800 million rubles?

Equal to 80 million gold pounds in the Kingdom of Windsor?

Did the Romanov kingdom have so much money?

Ma Wei is skeptical about this, but if it is the aristocratic faction who pays for it.... Maybe you can really come up with so much money.

But what is the difference between this kind of behavior and cutting the meat of the aristocratic faction?

Just when Ma Wei was puzzled, Fat Orange sent key information: "The night before yesterday, the monks of the Wisdom God Cult invaded the suburban manor where the aristocratic faction lived, taking their families with them, judging from the direction of the train departure, it should be sent to the Popong Kingdom. ”

"That makes sense..."

Ma Wei took a deep breath, "Using his family to threaten the aristocratic faction is a dangerous move, and if Archbishop Henry does this, isn't he afraid of provoking a rebellion?" ”

"Relying only on the army to launch a mutiny is no different from seeking death." Fat Orange said, "I don't think the aristocratic faction should be so stupid. ”

"But the aristocratic faction has the help of the Freedom Sect, and it stands to reason that they will not let the Wisdom God Sect slaughter it..."Ma Wei's eyes flickered, and he thought quickly: "Could it be that the Freedom Society agrees with the Noble Sect to fund the Wisdom God Sect?" ”

"The Red Room where Finn Drost's stay caught fire the night before."

“.... Why didn't you say such important information earlier? ”

"It's not too late to tell, you know it anyway." Fat Orange said disapprovingly.

"If Finn Drost's existence was discovered by the Cult of Wisdom, then it would not be surprising that Archbishop Henry ordered the arrest of the noble faction." Ma Wei laughed: "That's good news. ”

"Good news? Do you have a fever? Fat Tangerine stretched out his paws, trying to test the temperature of Mavi's forehead.

"Don't make a fuss, I don't have a fever."

Ma Wei patted away the claws of the fat orange and said firmly: "Directly giving subsidies to the people is actually a sign of desperation, if there is any other way, which person in power will directly send money?" ”

"Archbishop Henry's decision has just revealed his state of mind, he is now afraid, fear has begun to erode his reason."

"When a person can't control their emotions, failure is not far off."

"Is Archbishop Henry afraid of the Church of Truth?" Fat Orange was a little puzzled.

Ma Wei said with a smile: "He is not only scared now, but also panicked, what he is afraid of should be the rapid development speed of the Truth Church, which also proves that he is almost unable to suppress us..."

"But the people who have received the money will still think about starting a riot?" Fat Orange pursed his lips and said worriedly: "Although 5 rubles is not much, it can solve their imminent food problem, and when they are full, they naturally don't want to resist." ”

"Money can only solve the temporary crisis of the population, 5 rubles for a maximum of 10 days, and what to do after 10 days? Keep sending money? Even if you squeeze the aristocratic faction dry, you won't be able to come up with so much money! ”

Mavi's smile became brighter: "If Archbishop Henry's previous proposal on the General Decree was a major mistake, then his decision to send money to the people is a rope, a .... The rope around his neck! And the mechanism that opens the partition under his feet is in our hands! ”

"What do you want to do?"

"Do nothing." Ma Wei picked up the quill, continued to deal with the trivial matters of the church, and said in a salty and non-salty manner: "Only giving money will not solve the problem, when the kingdom cannot come up with money, the resentment will erupt again, even more fierce than before.... Wait, wait...."

"In 10 days, when the kingdom is poor and white..."

"There will be even more protests!"