king of the castle

Chapter 414 The Lord and the Priest

Like most small towns, Beifeng Town is also a small square. 【】On one side of the square there is the Church of the Supreme God, and on the other side is the mansion of the local lord, Baron Doug.

This square is the only place in the whole town that is paved with stone slabs, and it is naturally much neater than other streets.In the middle of the square is a high platform also made of large stones, and an official-looking guy is standing on the platform and shouting loudly.

"Listen up, everyone. According to the order of the lord, Baron Doug, two barbarians will be publicly executed at the entrance of the town tomorrow afternoon!" The officer with a feather in his hat shouted: "These two barbarians a few days ago You took the lead and violated the laws of the kingdom and the orders of the local lords, and must be severely punished!"

"I'm going!" Facing the officer who was shouting hoarsely, Roger in the audience thought very dissatisfied: "My buddy is planning to negotiate with the barbarians, but the lord here wants to chop off their heads. This Doug is not lacking." You are deliberately messing with me!"

Roger knew very well that if Doug were to beheaded those two savages tomorrow, the subsequent negotiations would have little chance of success.So no matter what, those two savages can't be killed, otherwise they won't do anything next.

Roger stayed in the square for a while, and heard that the official just repeated the same words, and there was nothing else to announce, so he left the square and found the biggest hotel to stay.

There was a bar on the first floor of the hotel. After Roger settled down, he found a table and sat down at the bar. He ordered a glass of ale and drank it while listening to what other guests were talking about.

In a small place like Beifeng Town, there are not many new things to talk about, and the one that everyone is most interested in is tomorrow's execution.Many guests were drunk and yelled loudly that they must go to the entrance of the town ahead of time tomorrow to grab a good seat for the lord to execute the barbarians.Some of the guests who were still awake all looked worried, obviously disapproving of the lord's decision.

A young man sitting at the table next to Roger shook his head, drank his glass of ale and muttered to himself: "The execution of the barbarian is lively enough, and everyone will be in trouble next time!"

This man's words moved Roger's heart. Seeing that the other party's glass was already empty, Roger quickly greeted the maid and said, "Give that gentleman another glass of the best ale, I treat you!"

The maid quickly brought the ale, and the guest raised his glass in thanks to Roger.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Roger sat next to the man and asked, "Just now you said that the execution of barbarians will bring bad luck. Why?"

The man was taken aback by Roger's words, and looked at him with some vigilance: "Who are you? Why do you care about this?"

Roger smiled calmly and said, "I'm a fur trader who came to Northwind Town to do business. I just don't want to suffer losses, so I ask you for advice..."

Roger's words made the man relax, and he smiled at him with relief: "So we are colleagues, and I also came here to buy furs."

"That's really a coincidence." Roger said with a smile: "For this coincidence, we should have a toast."

After drinking another glass of wine, the fur trader talked more, lowered his voice and said to Roger: "You must know that the best furs in Northwind Town come from barbarians, and now the lord is going to execute those two The savages are going to break with them completely, and you will never be able to buy such good furs in the future!"

"That's such a pity!" Roger echoed casually, and then pretended to be casual: "I don't know why the lord insists on fighting against the barbarians."

"That's no question, it's for the money!" The fur merchant took a sip of his wine and said, "Originally, the barbarians don't pay taxes, but the lord is jealous of their gains, so he must pay taxes for these guys, that's why there's a lot of trouble." This field."

Roger nodded and asked: "Didn't you say that the kingdom wants to negotiate with the barbarians? Why does the lord want to kill their people? Are you afraid that the negotiations will fail?"

"You are well informed." The fur trader gave Roger a surprised look, and then said with a sneer, "Of course the kingdom wants peace talks, but the lord doesn't think so. I think he's trying to provoke the barbarians on purpose." People, it would be best for them to kill the peace envoy sent by the kingdom, and the kingdom will definitely send a large number of troops to encircle and suppress the barbarians. At that time, the lord will get rid of the most troublesome group of guys in the territory without any effort. This is not normal Does it suit him?"

"What you said is indeed reasonable." Roger nodded in agreement and said, "My life will be difficult now!"

Roger was worried that the negotiations between himself and the barbarians would be difficult. Of course, the fur trader didn't know what he meant, and he sighed for a long time: "Yes, I used to buy barbarian goods, but when I arrived in Mando Si can make a lot of money, this time I came here for nothing, maybe I will lose money!"

"Aren't the lords here afraid of being known by His Majesty the King?" Roger couldn't help complaining, "Isn't he too bold?"

"Hush, keep your voice down!" The fur trader quickly stopped Roger: "Lord Doug has a very good relationship with the local priest, and he did all these things in the name of the Supreme God, no one would dare to question him! "

Unexpectedly, even people from the church were involved, and Roger felt that it became more difficult to reach a peace agreement with the barbarians.Although the priest's status in the church is not high, but in a small place like Beifeng Town, he is definitely the spokesperson of the church.As long as the priest jumps out and declares that it is God's will to kill the barbarians, the local residents will definitely support their lord to execute the two barbarians.

The barbarians don't care that much. As long as their people are killed, they will definitely pay the Thorne Kingdom the blame.Then Roger would have no hope of reaching any agreement with the barbarians, and the worst luck would be himself.

Thinking of this, Roger didn't have the heart to chat with the fur trader anymore, and after saying goodbye to the other party, he returned to his room depressed.

Roger knew very well that in order to successfully complete this mission, the two barbarians must not die.It is obviously impossible to persuade Baron Doug to change his mind. The only way to stop this is to rob the court.

With Roger's current strength, there is no pressure to rob the execution ground in such a small place. The only thing to worry about is the reaction of the local priest.If the priest brings up the supreme god, there will definitely be many devout believers who will come out to stop Roger's actions.If Roger accidentally reveals his identity, the church is likely to declare him a heretic against the Supreme God, and even dispatch the Inquisition to deal with Roger.

If such a thing really happens, Roger will either make the secret of the castle hub public, showing that he is a person favored by the Supreme God; or he can only die and spend the rest of his life in the pursuit of the church.These two situations are what Roger does not want to see, so he must first find a way to get the best of both worlds before taking action, which can not only reverse the decision of the local priest but also make the church talk.

"Worry, even if we kill that priest now, there is no way to change his previous decision!" Roger lay on the cold and damp bed in the hotel, deeply troubled by this matter.

"You actually want to kill the priest!" Just as Roger was talking to himself, Castle Shu, who hadn't made a sound for a long time, suddenly jumped out and said, "Don't forget that your achievements today are all thanks to the artifact created by the Supreme God. Wanting to kill his spokesperson in the world, this..."

"Stop talking nonsense." Roger, who was in a bad mood, said angrily: "If the spokesperson uses the name of the Supreme God to benefit himself, and even distorts the oracle of the Supreme God, what do you think?"

Castle Shu asked in surprise: "Who has such courage?"

"Local priest!" Roger said angrily: "He colluded with the local lord for money, and used the name of the Supreme God to suppress the barbarians, making believers feel that the lord's execution of the barbarians was approved by the Supreme God, but if the barbarians were executed But it will cause me a lot of trouble!"

Castle Shu immediately said: "Then absolutely can't forgive this guy!"

Roger asked angrily: "But the other party is a priest, and I'm just a secular nobleman. Do you think the church and believers will believe me or a priest?"

"This... I think everyone will believe the priest." Castle Shu replied honestly: "If you question the priest or even kill him, you will probably be declared a heretic by the church, and even Alonso III will not be able to protect you." you."

"So I'm worrying about this!" Roger held his head in distress and said, "I was put on by Doug when I first came here. I really can't be reconciled!"

Castle Shu also paid attention to Luo Jie: "The main thing is to deal with that hypocritical priest."

"To put it lightly, if I told others that the priest here is a hypocrite, some people must believe it..." Roger stopped suddenly when he said this, and immediately said in his heart: "Open the castle hub!"

After a familiar sense of dizziness, Roger has come to the secondary space of the castle.Without stopping at all, he ran into the highest floor of the central tower of the castle as fast as he could, where the statue of the Archangel, which he had finally obtained, was placed on this floor.

The statue of the Archangel exudes a sacred atmosphere as always, the difference is that the Archangel Seraph who has been floating in front of the statue has grown up.It was completely different from the baby before. Although Archangel Seraph was still sleeping, her eyes closed tightly, she looked like a beautiful young girl at this time, about seventeen or eighteen years old.

In addition to his appearance, Seraph Archangel's figure has also grown a lot, but it is still tightly wrapped by the same grown white wings, except for a pretty face and long pale golden hair, not even a little bit of it is revealed. skin.

Although Archangel Seraph was still in a deep sleep, an extremely majestic and sacred aura was already exuding from her.Roger believed that after Seraph Archangel woke up, as long as she stood there without saying anything, it would be enough for the believers of the Supreme God to worship her.

"If an angel says that the priest is a hypocrite, I'm afraid even the Pope won't be able to refute it." Roger looked at the sleeping Archangel proudly and said: "Hey, why do we have an angel in our house!"