When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 903 Purification Court
The stone arched windows were cracked into jagged shapes by iron rods, and billowing black smoke rose into the sky from the arched windows.

The knights and soldiers wearing chain mail and half armor picked up the white kite shield, but they could not believe the scene before them.

The Black Snake Bay military police grabbed the rioters' hair roughly and forced them to kneel on the side of the road.

The North's light cavalry rode on short, fast horses, wielded lassoes, circled the rioters, dragged them down, and rubbed them on the ground.

The tax police wore leather shields as big as human heads in their right hands and held staves with spikes, goads and hatchets in their left hands, and charged towards the mobs and masked soldiers.

From time to time, flames, poisonous mist and rays flew out of the crowd, followed by a clear scream.

When it comes to battlefield duels, these gendarmes and tax police from Black Snake Bay are no match for these sergeant knights from Thousand River Valley.

When it comes to gang fights, ahem, they are all experts at suppressing gang fights in the streets and alleys.

It seemed that in an instant, the originally good situation was reversed.

The one who brought all this about was none other than Her Highness Meliati, whom they once revered the most and who was trying to restore the throne!

We are ready to fight to the death, why did Your Highness surrender to the enemy?

This was the thought of countless noble knights, sergeants and armed peasants. The appearance and betrayal of Meliati almost cut their morale in half.

There were thousands of Black Snake Bay tax police and military police arriving this time, and Carrie herself brought a hundred North County cavalry.

To make matters worse, for some reason, these Black Snake Bay gendarmerie and tax police are always able to accurately catch the rioters hiding in the crowd.

No one could escape once they passed in front of Carrie.

"That, that, and that!"

Carrie's eyes wandered among the crowd, accurately pointing out the rioters mixed in the crowd.

There is no blame or misunderstanding. The people named are all real mobs.

Of course there will definitely be omissions, but it doesn’t matter. Once we catch the key contacts, we can follow the clues and lead to a large number of people.

Anyone who was spotted would be quickly pounced upon by the tax police and the Cheka.

One stick hit his head, two sticks hit his abdomen, and three sticks broke his back. After beating him to his knees, he was forcibly dragged out of the crowd.

Many people were clearly arrested, but they were still shouting and quibbling: "I am a veteran of Qianhe Valley. When Her Highness Meliati and I entered Xialu City, you didn't even know where you were!"

These veterans are actually retired former sergeants and guards, all of whom have received military training.

Seeing their own people being picked out one by one, these soldiers quickly formed a battle formation and tried to resist stubbornly.

But Carrie soon made them realize what it means that "old soldiers never die, but they are a little sticky."

"Heavy cavalry, charge!" Carrie pointed her whip directly at the soldiers who were forming a formation.

The next moment, the heavily armored Norse knights rushed directly towards the direction of the most concentrated crowd.

Ignoring the "veterans" trampled by the cavalry, Carrie's attention shifted to the group of captured rioters.

She narrowed her eyes and her eyelids trembled slightly.

Although no one knew what she was doing, everyone around her could see that she was doing it.

Soon, veins on Carrie's forehead began to throb, and blood even flowed from her nostrils.

"Sir?" The maid next to him handed over a handkerchief with concern.

Picking up a silk handkerchief and wiping the blood from her nose and ears, she called out, "Gretz!"

"Yes, sir."

Glancing at Grizzle, Carrie began to rattle off a series of precise locations.

"Did you hear that clearly?"

Grizz pounded his chest with his iron hand: "I will take people to capture him immediately."

"It may not be accurate. It's just that the place they are thinking of at the moment is not certain whether it is the hiding place of the rioters." Carrie ordered indifferently, "Carefully arrest them, but don't hold back."

"Yes."

The arrest operation had just been arranged and Carrie was about to take a break when she heard the noise again.

"Your Highness Meliati, you misunderstood."

The old knights didn't understand why Meliati attacked them, and thought she had misunderstood that they had defected to the Norns.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

"Please believe us. We have not surrendered to the Norns."

Carrie glared at them sideways: "I told you, my name is Carrie Garrar, my fiancé is Horn Garrar, I am not Meliati!"

Carrie's words were so decisive that the prisoners were even in a trance for a moment.

But the trance lasted only for a moment, because they saw the woman in front of them taking off her leather gloves.

In the sunlight, the mechanical iron hand sparkled brightly.

You said you are not Meliati! The knights and soldiers immediately continued to cry: "You are His Highness Meliati! Your Highness, please take me away! How can we live without you? We don't want to go to Black Snake Bay..."

"Too noisy, take them away." Carrie waved her hands irritably, and several battle mages waved their whips, forcing the prisoners to move on.

They didn't stop crying until Carrie disappeared from sight.

But the crying and wailing quickly turned into mutual blame.

"I've already told you not to cooperate with the Norns. Look what has happened now. Her Highness Meliati has misunderstood!"

"Could it be that it's just someone who looks alike?"

"Same voice, same height, same body shape, same eye color, even the severed hand is the same! And you still say it's not true?"

"Could it be that His Highness is really convinced?"

"Are you crazy? Has it been half a year? Is Her Highness Meliati such a weak person?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. Do you remember that Her Highness said Horn was her fiancé?" The knight who spoke thrust his hips twice, "Could Horn be, huh?"

"Her Highness Meliati is also a woman." Many people suddenly realized.

"No wonder they call her a monster? No wonder Jeanne and Catherine are so obedient. So that's why..."

Finally, the Black Snake Bay tax police who was in charge of escorting them couldn't help but say, "Do you think that discussing this will make Ms. Carrie let you go?"

The prisoners who were discussing paused for a second.

"Your Highness - we know we were wrong -"

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"How's the situation in the dock area?" Goangqi sat on a log stump by the road, holding his rapier. The tip of his rapier was still stained with blood.

"The fire has been put out. Only a small amount of military rations and spices were burned. The rest are mostly fine."

“How many rioters have been arrested so far?”

"There are more than 700, and nearly 100 dead. The situation will be completely stabilized before noon."

After a long silence, Geangqi sighed and said, "I was confused and failed the trust of His Majesty and Her Highness Catherine."

"Don't say that," Mitternich consoled her. "You are just confused, not that old yet."

"Are you trying to comfort me or to irritate me?" Ge Angqi's face darkened. "Your Majesty will definitely dismiss me this time."

Karl, who was standing next to him, had just bandaged his wound. Hearing the conversation between the two, he chuckled and said, "Compared to this, I'm more curious about that person."

The three of them turned their eyes tacitly to Carrie, who was in charge of the command and dispatch.

Isn’t it just that Meliati gave in to His Majesty and finally put on a false identity?
They could easily guess that although Meliati herself did make many mistakes, she did not make any mistakes of principle.

In other words, there is nothing wrong with the attitude; the main issue is the ability, direction and means.

After all, they are old friends from the Thousand Valley War. Goangzi and the others know that Horn himself still cherishes the old friendship.

I just wonder how much power this old friendship will give to this former enemy?
"Miriati... Oh no, Master Jiali." Choosing his words carefully, Goangqi was supported by someone and walked forward, "I don't know if this Purification Court..."

"This is a new court-level department." Carrie handed Goanzi a letter of appointment signed by Horn a month ago.

Under the Imperial Council of Cardinals, there are court-level departments such as the Court of Truth and the Court of Inquisition.

In addition to the court, as the situation changes, there are various departments that are half a level lower than the court, which are also directly under Horn and the Cardinal Conference.

For example, the Civil Engineering Department is responsible for infrastructure construction and water conservancy construction, and the Clean Room is responsible for health, medical care, epidemic prevention and vaccination against bacterium.

For example, the Cheka was a department directly under Horn, and its name was the Suppression and Counterrevolutionary Department.

After receiving the letter of appointment, not only Goanzi, but also Mitternich, Karl and others gathered around and read the resume of this "mysterious woman".

"... Carrie Galar, a native of Long Causeway City in Black Snake Bay, joined the Papal States in September 1444. She served as the Pope's guard and defeated the enemy alone in the Battle of Little Mud Ditch..."

Ok?
The three of them were all stunned. They had heard of the name Carrie, as she was one of the founding members back then.

Don’t people mind that their identity has been replaced by Meliati?

"... Carrie was the first chief of the Cheka and played a major role in solving the mystery of the blue blood...

...Afterwards, he worked in Black Snake Bay and established the Black Snake Bay Military Police Regiment...

The proposal to appoint Carrie Gallardo as Cardinal of the Purification Court has been approved by the Royal Conference of Cardinals.

The specific functions are as follows..."

"Annex the Night's Watch?!" Carl jumped up.

"Responsible for suppressing the evil elements within the Holy League and supervising speculation and economic crimes?!" Geangzi put his eyes close to the letter of appointment.

"The First River Transport Regiment, the Mountain Cavalry Regiment, the Black Snake Bay Gendarmerie Regiment, the three major internal security forces..." Mitternich's low voice sounded.

(End of this chapter)