It's no wonder that Otto sighed, it's really this Bishop Jason who is really too good at making up.

The previous religious beliefs of Saxony were a kind of primitive religious beliefs of North, that is, simple primitive worship. Although Germanic barbarians such as Saxony naturally worship bravery, can they have a dime to do with the god of war?

It is no wonder that the Roman polytheism in this world has evolved into what it is now, and the priests of this church are all geniuses who make up stories.

It was outrageous to think that Roman polytheism mixed some of the Greek gods, but now it seems that this is far from the end of the evolution of Roman polytheism.

Otto even had some expectations that if Roman polytheism spread to the East and merged with the Eastern mythological system, there would be no situation where the old man was the male figure of the god of love.

Thinking about that strange scene, Otto couldn't help but feel very weird.

The Church of Rome simply changed its name to the Roman Tailors' Association, which is too capable of sewing.

However, this kind of low-level fabrication is only enough to deceive the ignorant people at the bottom, and Otto did not believe that the nobles of Saxony would believe this set of arguments.

If the Saxon belief system could be integrated into the Roman god system through simple fabrication, Charlemagne would not have fought so hard in the original Saxon War.

For example, the few priests in front of him, although they knew the allusions made up by Bishop Jason of Saxony, judging from their expressions and words, they obviously did not believe it.

This kind of lie, which cannot be deceived even within the church, can deceive so many Saxonians, it is simply too much.

Presumably, this false rumor can become popular, and it is inseparable from the help of the Saxon aristocracy. Among them, the factor of interest is far greater than the factor of faith.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain it.

It seems that the relationship between the interests of the Bishop Jason and the local nobles of Saxony is much deeper than Otto thought, and he is right.

Otto did not hesitate, and after learning the list of priests of the Sun God and the Sun God in the Münster region from several priests of the Luna line, he immediately sent an army to arrest all of them and prepare for interrogation.

"Count Otto, is it a little out of your way?

The church and the aristocracy have always been mutually inviolable.

These priests are the most devout servants of the gods, and if you do this, are you not afraid of the reproach of the Holy See and the punishment of the gods?

Count Otto, are you preparing to be an enemy of the Church? ”

The arrest of dozens of clergymen at one time naturally alarmed the Bishop of Münster, although he was unwilling to get involved in any worldly things, but it did not mean that he could tolerate Otto's nonsense in his jurisdiction.

If this spreads, then how will he be mixed up in the church in the future? Will this position of Bishop of Münster be able to sit firmly in the future?

In the face of the Bishop of Münster's criticism, Otto was naturally well prepared.

"Your Excellency, I think you are mistaken, I am not an enemy of the Church, I am helping the Church to get rid of the moths that have mixed in.

You just said that these people I arrested are devout believers in the gods? I don't think so.

Isn't it the right thing for a devout believer to do to raise boys and do unspeakable things to boys?

Isn't the mutilation of human life and the competition for profit the way the gods preach the gospel to the world?

Could it be that the rebellion of the nobles who secretly supported Saxony was also a manifestation of the bishop's statement that the church and the nobility did not interfere with each other? ”

Otto's series of rhetorical questions left the Bishop of Münster speechless.

Although the original historical Christianity became a Roman polytheism, the Church of Rome has done nothing less than those dirty behaviors of the Church, and even because it is stronger than the Catholic Church in history, the Church acts more unscrupulously.

In Saxony, this was even more common because the Frankish kings had relied on the Church until now. And in Münster, one of the regions where the church is most powerful, it is simply commonplace.

Just a casual interrogation, none of these priests who were captured by Otto were clean.

Many of the clergy who were arrested didn't even feel that there was anything wrong with their actions.

That's what everyone does, so why catch yourself.

If it weren't for the fact that he had promised the clergy of the Lunais not to expand the scope, I am afraid that it would be a loss for personal virtue alone, and Otto would have almost swept away the church in Münster.

But even if it was only for the priests of the Sun God line, Otto was still shocked when he heard the situation of those priests, and he wanted to hack these well-dressed beasts to death on the spot.

Is this what is called a devout believer in the gods? It's ridiculous.

"Your Excellency, you have been Bishop of Münster for a long time, and I believe you should know what you have done to the priests below.

Now if you question me, I would like to ask the Bishop, could it be that the laws of the kingdom do not govern the Münster region? ”

The Bishop of Münster's face turned pale, and after opening his mouth several times, he closed it again. He didn't know what the priests were doing, but he couldn't control it, and although he was the bishop of Münster, there were people above him who could control him.

Coupled with the intricate internal struggles of the church, he can only choose to protect himself.

Now, let the Bishop of Münster, in the face of great condemnation, admit that the Münster region is not governed by the laws of the kingdom, and he does not have the courage to do so.

This means that when the church declares war on the Kingdom, how can he represent it?

Eventually, he pursed his lips, lost the spirit he had had when he questioned Otto, and said dejectedly.

"Of course, the laws of the kingdom apply to all lands in the kingdom, and the Münster region is no exception."

"In that case, it's simple." Otto smiled. "So, Your Excellency Bishop, do you want these people to be judged by the laws of the Kingdom, or is the Church itself judged internally?

If the Bishop can't bear to do it himself, I can do it for me, and His Excellency the Duke has granted me that right. ”

Otto seemed to have two options, but the Bishop of Münster had no choice at all.

If the church had dealt with these priests on its own, the image of the church would have been somewhat restored. But if Otto was allowed to do it, the church would really be disgraced.

So, the Bishop of Münster had to choose to do it himself.

And he also knows that once he does this, it also means that he has done his job as a bishop, and he will definitely become a marginal figure in the church in the future.

But if he doesn't agree, is it possible that Otto won't deal with those priests? I'm afraid that Otto, who was rejected, may arrest more people, and the entire church in Münster is rotten.

He didn't have a choice!

Thus, the people of Münster saw the clergy who had been so wicked and high in the past, executed by the Church according to its own rules, and the smiling young count who was burned at the stake.

In the weeks that followed, similar things happened in several parts of the area around Münster.

Of course, not every local church is willing to cooperate.

Those priests who were unwilling to accept the decency that Otto had to give, Otto also took matters into his own hands to help them with decency.

Just as Otto and Werner were preparing to continue their march towards Osnabrück, the Saxon rebels finally arrived.

"Yo, and the Church Knights, is this a complete tear in the face?"

When he saw the enemy flag, Otto couldn't help but smile.