By the light of the moon, a dozen horsemen recognized Otto's banner, and the knights at the head stepped forward and saluted Otto.

"Is it Count Otto, the gift from the Duke is in this carriage."

Otto nodded and motioned for the guards to hand over to the other party.

"Brother, what kind of gift?" El asked curiously.

"Don't ask if you shouldn't, you'll find out when you get back."

Otto ignored El or the carriage at all, and took advantage of the night to lead the group on the way home.

This time I came to the Duchy of Saxony to help the Duchy of Franconia, and I gained more than Otto expected.

A county land, a lot of wealth, a very high prestige bonus and a great revenge can be said to be a perfect result.

What's more, through this time, Otto confirmed that El is a child with potential, and as long as he cultivates more, he will have an additional boost in the future.

In the carriage, the gift given by the Duke of Franconia was undoubtedly the Bishop of Saxony, Jason.

Otto said yes because of Jason's problem.

For a regional bishop at the level of a principality, during the war, Otto accidentally "missed" and killed due to hostility, that's okay. After all, even the king can't guarantee safety, and it's normal to die a regional bishop.

Coupled with the protection of the Moon God lineage, operating within the church, this matter can probably be suppressed.

After all, now Otto is also a powerful earl, and his strength should not be underestimated.

However, due to the surrender of Bach and the evil intentions of the Saxon aristocracy, the rebellion, which shook the entire East Franconian kingdom, ended dramatically.

Then, if Otto wants to continue the cleansing of the church and attack that Bishop Jason, the risk will undoubtedly increase.

The accidental death of a bishop of a church in time of war is completely different from the death of a bishop of a church in an open manner.

The former can be excused by their own reasons, and the latter is Hongguoguo's war against the church and slaps the church in the face.

Such a provocation, even with the help of the Luna, Otto did not think that the church would give up easily.

With Otto's current strength, he thinks that he has no capital to confront the behemoth of the church, and the current strength gap between the two sides is still too big.

What's more, public opinion in these years is in the hands of the church.

Although there is no excommunication operation in the Roman Church today, if it is installed as a "blasphemous", it will definitely do more harm than good to Otto's future development.

Even if he is avenging his cheap father, with a very righteous banner, he still can't do this.

And the Duke of Franconia took a fancy to this and offered to use Bishop Jason and Otto for this last deal.

Otto was afraid of the Church, and the Duke of Franconia, who held two principalities and was supported by the Duke of Bavaria, the heir to the kingdom, was not afraid.

As the Duke of Franconia, even if this matter is stabbed in Rome, most of the Holy See will turn it into a small matter.

The Carolingian family seems to be in decline, but it is this kind of declining family that is even more difficult to mess with than Charlemagne back then.

Because when it is strong, perhaps the Carolingian family will also consider the impact because of the consideration of development and other reasons, so they choose to back down.

But in the case of decline, the Carolingians will only choose to take a stronger approach, in order to announce to the world that their rule is still unshakeable, and that they are still the most powerful family in all of Europe.

Otto understood this, the Carolingian family understood, and the church naturally knew it.

As for how the Duke of Franconia managed to get Bishop Jason, it couldn't be more simple.

In his capacity as a duke, and with the attitude of those Saxon nobles who were anxious to show their loyalty, he had someone to help him with such a trivial matter, and he did not have to worry about it.

Thinking of this, Otto couldn't help but shake his head.

Although his strength has grown rapidly in recent years, compared with the really powerful people, it is still too far away, and there is still a long way to go.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and since the most difficult part of the beginning for Otto has been solved, then the next road only needs to be done step by step, and everything will develop in the direction that Otto wants.

After going back, it's time to find a suitable family for El.

Now, El has become an earl, and he has his own backing. Presumably, the powerful families in the kingdom would be happy to be friendly with the Habsburgs.

This is a good choice, and don't insult the historical Habsburg family's prestige in marriage.

Now, the city of Bremen should be bleeding.

"Lord Duke, the gift has been delivered to Count Otto."

The knight outside the city, who had a relationship with Otto, pressed his right hand on his left chest and saluted slightly.

"Hmm." The Duke of Franconia waved his hand and motioned for the knight to leave, turning his head and smiling at Werner.

"Would Otto like this gift, you say?"

"Yes, isn't it because of this gift that Count Otto came to Saxony?" Werner smiled equally.

"It's a pity." The Duke of Franconia shook his head. "It's a talent, but it can't be used by me."

"yes, it's a shame to stay in Swabia." Timo Werner also lamented that he did admire Otto.

"It's okay, maybe the next time we meet, he'll change his mind." The Duke of Franconia didn't care, and looked in the direction of the church.

Tonight's banquet was held in that huge church.

"Those Saxons should be happy at this time."

"Perhaps, a lot of people are drunk."

"Send these happy believers to the gods, and the gods will rejoice as well.

Tell Bach that it's his chance to perform. ”

"Understood." Werner nodded and walked briskly over to Bach, who was waiting on the other side.

"Count Bach, the time has come." Werner looked at Bach with a mocking smile, and he didn't have a good impression of this former enemy who had suffered a lot of losses, but finally chose to surrender.

"Lord Duke, await your good news."

Bach glanced at Werner with a complicated expression, and then at the direction of the Duke of Franconia, whose face could not be seen clearly and could only see his body by the night, gritted his teeth and nodded, and his voice was low and word-by-word.

"Please tell the Duke, I will complete the task without any surprises."

With that, Bach turned to leave. With his figure, dozens of heavily armed knights also moved, and these knights, without exception, were all Saxon faces.

Watching Bach lead people into the church, Werner was also a little emotional, and couldn't help but sigh.

Fortunately, it was on your side that won this war.

"What a sigh?" Werner was tapped on the shoulder, and the Duke of Franconia walked up to him.

"I haven't seen such a beautiful moonlight in more than a year.

Timo Werner, what do you think of the moonlight tonight? ”

"It's beautiful!" Werner glanced up at the moon.

The moon was indeed round and bright, but Werner saw a touch of blood gradually enveloping the moon......