On the gravel road, two sparrows were jumping up and down pecking at the food scraps dropped by the passing caravans, and suddenly, the fine sand on the earth shook, and the two sparrows flew away vigilantly in an instant, and then saw a group of knights hurrying forward over the place where they had just stayed, and in a blink of an eye entered the royal capital of Valentino.

They were the three bishops who had left Hilton, and in order to get the news to the archdiocese as soon as possible, they broke away from the escort of the court earls and bounty hunters, and not far behind, the spies of the kingdom also rushed towards the palace.

The three bishops dismounted in the archcathedral, and galloped into the chapel to report to the archbishop, and the startled old man stood up suddenly, and in the palace the same thing was happening, and the young king and the ministers were full of horror.

"We have to take the initiative to go to the church and ask why, and we can't let things be reactive." Said the young Valentino.

"Only when you go will you be passive, and the people who have captured us in the church will always come and ask for a meeting." The Minister of War snorted, "When the time comes, we will ask them if they want their church to open in the kingdom." ”

A group of king's retainers looked at the irascible military minister and were a little speechless, our king seems to still need to be crowned by other churches, right?

"The interests of us and the church are the same, and there is no reason why the church would arrest our people, is there any misunderstanding in this?" The Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke out at this time, he glanced at the retainers around him, and finally looked at the king, "Your Majesty, do you know why?" ”

"Ahem, what are you talking about, His Majesty the King is not one of those gods, who can predict everything." The king's chief of guard coughed.

"Alright, let's all disperse, and we'll know the reason when the church comes." Valentino frowned and said, and the retainers saw that the king needed to be quiet, so they could only sigh and look at each other and retreat.

"Do you think the Count will resist anything?" After the retainers had left, Valentino looked at his chief of guard and asked.

"Yes, he is extremely loyal, and he can also distinguish the overall situation." The chief of the guard bowed his head and said, "He still has family. ”

Two days later, the Holy Knights returned to the capital, and the streets of the royal capital looked at the imprisoned bounty hunters and court counts all talking, didn't this red man on the king's side go to solve Hilton's problem? Why was he imprisoned by the church? Could it be a collusion with heresy?

The meeting between the king and the archbishop was in the chamber of the court, where all the ministers of the royal family were present, and all the bishops of the archdiocese were also present, and the archbishop was present in person, along with the escorted court count and several bounty hunters.

"Welcome to all the saints, the weather is good today." Valentino breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the court count, who had not been mistreated, and then asked, "I wonder what you are here for today?" ”

"It's about the Hilton envoy, and I'm going to discuss it with His Majesty." The archbishop said with a smile.

"Oh, what's wrong?" Valentino also smiled, "The royal family needs the support of the church. ”

"Of course, this is what God has always asked us to do, and you are a master." The archbishop bowed slightly, and then frowned, "But there were some problems when I was on the mission to Hilton. ”

"Say, I'll listen." Valentino was still smiling, but he was a little nervous in his heart, it was time to come.

"There have been some heretical incidents in Hilton, but we sent people to investigate but didn't catch them, so it's hard to crack down on them." The archbishop said with some sorrow, "And during our time at Hilton, they caught some tricks, such as the assassination of three envoys and bishops by the court earl, and framed Hilton, so as to cause a war between the church and them." ”

"How is this possible?" Valentino stood up suddenly when he heard the news, and even the ministers around him were startled, assassinating the bishop is a serious crime, and even the nobles are not spared.

"I can't believe that a nobleman, especially a court nobleman, would do such a thing." "So in the presence of everyone today, I would like to ask Monsieur Count himself to explain why," said the archbishop. ”

After listening to the archbishop's words, the crowd looked at the court earl, and some of them were worried and some were gloating, and they wanted to see what the earl, who was about to fall into the kingdom of injustice, explained.

"I do this for a reason." The court earl sighed when he heard this, and he didn't even look at the king who was staring at him on the throne, "Your Majesty has just succeeded to the throne, the kingdom family has changed, and some of the ruling power has been loosened. ”

The retainers nodded when they heard this, it was true, and the church also acquiesced to his words, signaling him to continue.

"I think, this is not the cause of the kingdom, but the problem of heresy, if there is no so-called church of the saints, Hilton does not dare and cannot resist the power of the kingdom, you must know that the kingdom has an army!" The Earl of the Court said in a sonorous voice, and then looked at the archbishops, "And everything I have done is to make the Church pay attention to this issue and send people to crusade, after all, we are bathed in the light of God." ”

"The Church has not given up on a single believer, and never will." After listening to the words of the court earl, the archbishop said solemnly, "Counting San Sonnie, this time is the third wave of clergy I sent, and I even sent the Holy Knights, in order to catch the evidence that they are harmful to the world, so as to sweep them away, even if we can't resist, I can even apply to the Holy See for support, but we still lack evidence that can alarm the Holy See, but it doesn't matter, I can also send the fourth and fifth waves." ”

"But this time the court earl assassinated the envoy bishop during this period, intending to frame the Hilton side, and this matter was not very good."

"I deeply regret that the Count committed this, although he is my retainer, I will not shelter him, and ask the archbishop to deal with it." Valentino immediately said when he heard this, as if he was afraid that the archbishop would forgive the court count, and the court count's face changed slightly when he heard the king's words, and he could only lower his head to hide the sadness in his eyes.

"We are His Majesty's eternal supporters, and the Count of the Court is also for the kingdom, and in principle he has done nothing wrong, and the three bishops have forgiven him." The archbishop waved his hand slightly, signaling the king not to take this matter to heart, and then frowned and said, "It's a pity that the court count has failed." ”

"What do you mean, Your Excellency?" Valentino heard the secret words and said that it was not good, and sure enough, he saw one of the envoys of Hilton stand up.

"Hilton is very dissatisfied with the Earl's method of planting the blame, so he wants the kingdom to make reparations." The elder bishop spoke, "They want a county, and a gold coin equal to the realm. ”

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