Throne of the North.

Chapter 257: Preaching, assassination from Master Ryan
"Respected Lord Marquis Beifeng, as you expected, the followers of the Church have come to my territory again. This time they are no longer open and aboveboard, but sneaking in secretly."

“Perhaps, they are still searching for the truth.”

"Under the greatness of the God of Light, there exists a shadow that even the sun cannot reach. It seems that other nobles have discovered their identities. They asked me what the relationship between the Empire and the Church is like. Perhaps this will affect the nobles' attitude towards the missionaries of the Church."

"The nobles are speculating on the true meaning of the Marquis's arrival in the North Wind Province. Is he spreading the faith of the God of Light to resist the majesty of the Dawn Church?"

"If so, why would people from the Holy See appear in the Northern Wind Province? If not, then why did people from the Holy See come here?"

"I can't tell them that a priest of the Holy See died in my territory, so they are already doubting my loyalty to the Empire and the great Columbus."

"Perhaps soon, the missionaries of the Holy See will contact other nobles."

Ryan folded the letter and did not brand it with the badge. He could not leave any evidence.

Giving the letter to Beard, Lane wrote a second letter.

"Mr. Viscount, it's not that I don't want to enter the other world, but I'm still frightened by the experience I had not long ago. Even my one hundred knights and attendants couldn't kill that powerful monster."

"Moreover, the natives said that the gods that might exist have awakened. The mountain that was bitten off is the best evidence. We can't even mine the magic crystal veins."

"I'm sorry that I can't command the army myself. Perhaps you can think of another way."

"But... I sincerely suggest that you should focus on the Northern Wind Province instead of the plane of the other world."

"Perhaps you don't know yet, but people from the Holy See have already appeared in the province, and I heard that a missionary, a future bishop of the Holy See, died here."

"They are searching for the truth, but perhaps the obvious answer is the noble Lord who lives on Thundercloud Mountain."

"After arriving in the province, Marquis Beifeng did nothing. Perhaps, we just saw that he did nothing."

"To be honest, the missionary's body was found in my frozen land territory. I suspect... it was because I stood up on Thunder Cloud Mountain and took back the land that originally belonged to us."

"It is said that the Marquis has a bad temper. You know this as well."

Ryan wrote casually that his handwriting was eight percent true and two percent false, so it looked very real, and even if it was leaked, it would not be blamed on him.

For example, what is said in this letter.

Ryan said that the Marquis of the North Wind did nothing, but in fact, in the eyes of the Marquis of the North Wind, Ryan knew what he was doing and even provided advice and help.

This little bit of doubt was enough to make the Marquis believe that the letter was not written by Ryan himself.

If questioned at that time, Ryan would never admit it. In addition, due to the transactions on all sides, the letter would naturally not be true.

Finally, Lane wrote letters to the two earls.

The two letters were very different. They were basically just greetings to the Earl about whether he had been eating and drinking well recently, and then vaguely mentioned that a missionary from the Holy See had died in the Frozen Territory. The cause of death was a pierced heart, a very small wound, but fatal enough.

He asked Earl Winter whether he was taking action because he could not keep the taxes from North Wind City.

He also asked Earl Zoro whether it was possible that this was Earl Winter's trick.

He did not intend to get any response to these letters. The first letter was to ask Marquis Beifeng to take better care of the missionary.

It would be better to kill them.

The second letter simply muddies the waters.

In his letter to the two earls, he actually didn't need the truth.

Anyway, the murderer is between the two earls. All he needs to do is to make the other earl look at the real murderer with suspicion.

Because he actually wrote a letter, telling the two earls openly about his troubles.

Then, to a large extent, the suspicion of being the murderer has been eliminated.

The earl who was not the murderer would naturally be wary of the other earl who actually did it.

At that time, no matter what the count planned to do with the missionary's death, there must be no trace left behind.

Ryan was very good at causing trouble for others. "This is an opportunity. We need to take care of the Blue Lion Tribe. If the Blue Lion Tribe doesn't know what's good for us, we can add the Black Bear Tribe. The two tribes are enemies for generations, and if one tribe expands, the other tribe will not sit idly by."

"It just so happens that the nobles suffered heavy losses during this riot in the mountains, so they won't notice the annexation of tribes among the natives in the short term."

"However, I can't go there in person, so I can only let the natives come out to receive the blessing."

"It can also prepare us to accept these natives in the future. The natives who come to the frozen land will naturally miss this place. Not bad, not bad."

Master Ryan laughed. He seemed to be at the center of the vortex, but he was standing outside the vortex and looking at the entire North Wind Province.

……

"Archbishop, are you really saying that it can't be the Marquis of the North Wind?"

Behind Adriana, a missionary had sunken eyes. He hadn't slept for days, blaming himself for not being able to find the murderer who killed Father Buffett.

This was a provocation to the Holy See, but no noble in the empire was willing to cooperate with them, except for the ever-popular Baron Ryan.

The archbishop with wavy red hair fell silent. They did run into a lot of obstacles. In the empire, even ordinary people didn't dare to approach them, the Vatican officials.

"Archbishop, I intend to... use myself as bait."

The tired-eyed missionary said firmly.

"I am going to preach. If the Marquis Beifeng can't help himself, I may die. By then, I will definitely leave evidence."

"For the glory of my Lord! For the splendor of the morning!"

The missionary left the team with a fanatical look in his eyes.

A few days later, the news that the Vatican missionaries were preaching in Tieshan County spread throughout the entire Beifeng Province, and all the nobles were terrified.

Especially Viscount Walter of Tieshan County, who is both a viscount and a county magistrate.

But at this moment he had no way out. The missionary accepted the beatings and scoldings, but he did not resist. Instead, he firmly spread the teachings of the Church and fanatically called for the glory of the dawn.

The nobles did not dare to kill him because he was holding a cross, indicating that he was a candidate for a Vatican priest.

The more conflicts there were between the Empire and the Church, the more vigilant the nobles had to be and not make mistakes. No one knew whether this missionary was a member of the Church and deliberately came to die, and then the Church began to morally suppress the Empire.

Because the war that broke out between the Southern Empire and the Holy See was caused by the death of a cardinal at an observation ceremony in the imperial capital. The cardinal committed suicide in the imperial capital of the empire, and the Holy See used this as an excuse to stand on the side of justice in the war.

Any war needs a reason, even if it is high-sounding and even if it is not really necessary, but that reason must be just.

We must let others know that we are waging a just war.

That's morale.

The empire has already tasted such bitterness, and the nobles certainly dare not let the unjust conflict between the Holy See and the Empire break out again at this critical juncture.

That's what it means to openly kill a future priest of the Holy See.

The other party's status and position is no less than that of a baron.

Even Ryan, who was far away in the Frozen Territory, guessed that when the missionary named Xiko went to Tieshan County alone, the archbishop had already granted him the status of a priest, and the Holy See far to the south might have urgently made a list to recognize this status.

"Preaching openly? The Vatican has taken advantage of Marquis Beifeng and dared not take action at this sensitive time."

Ryan looked subtle, and then called the cat-man assassin who had just returned less than an hour ago.

"You, go and kill this missionary."

Ryan looked in the direction of Leiyun County. Could the Marquis of Beifeng really be that timid?
For the nobles, it’s fine if they don’t dare to kill openly.

It is normal to be afraid of being dragged into the vortex of the war between the Empire and the Church.

But what is your identity and responsibilities as Marquis Beifeng?
You don't even dare to kill people from the Vatican. You have brought shame upon the God of Light.

(End of this chapter)