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Chapter 1007 Chaos
The religious wars that took place in France were a great tragedy, but in the world, some people are sad and others are happy. Among the powerful neighbors around, the two powerful and long-lived kings, the eldest king of England and the second son of Fei of Spain, finally The happy thing must be waiting for the next French war to start.

When he heard that Chen Jiujing planned to start a new war, King Philip of Spain sent an envoy to send a letter, but this time the tone was not like a king, but like an uncle next door.

As if realizing that Chen Jiujing was used as a bargaining chip in exchange for the Duke of Guise's support for Spain in the northern Netherlands offended the young Ming general, Philip changed his strategy.

In the letter, Philip introduced Margaret's love history to Chen Jiujing in detail, and also roughly introduced the relationship between the leaders of the three parties in the religious war, and finally guided these to the believer Brother Acosta.

Acosta relayed Philip's words to Chen Jiujing: "His Royal Highness said that the general was sent to the land of Spain by his noble father, and His Royal Highness has the responsibility to take care of you on his behalf. The father of the Duke of Guise was as brave and good at fighting as you, The most eminent general of France died from a small projectile in an ambush in the woods."

"It is very important to listen to the advice of others, especially when he is the king of Spain." Acosta spoke earnestly, and bowed his hands to Chen Jiujing and said: "His Royal Highness has three suggestions for you. First, if Queen Margaret wishes to use If the general's strength goes to attack anyone, the general will not go."

"Second, if the general must send troops to the north, please wait patiently for two months. After two months, the situation will become clear."

"Third." The monk who was most familiar with the Ming Empire finally laughed, and whispered: "General, please protect yourself and be careful of assassins... The Valois royal family is skilled in using violent means to intervene in Queen Marguerite's private life." , Many people have died because of it.”

In the middle army tent of the Xiyong Camp in Bilbao, Chen Jiujing blinked: "Valois is Margot's family, right? You mean Joseph? I know about him. Brother, I have ordered someone to prepare meals , talk to me, what will happen in two months?"

Acosta didn't seem to want to reveal more about this matter, he just shook his head and said, "It's not just about Joseph whose nails were pulled out, his body was broken and his head was chopped off, the general knows about Don Juan?"

Don Juan?
The conversation between Chen Jiujing and Acosta was a little bit wrong. Acosta seemed unwilling to talk about the upcoming changes in France; Chen Jiujing was unwilling to talk more about his personal affairs with Marguerite.

But obviously Acosta has more bargaining chips. The young General Chen is a good fighter, but the martial arts hall has never taught how to use human speech. He nodded and said: "The general sent by Spain to sign the treaty after the Lin Laihai battle, the king's younger brother?"

"Yes, he wrote poems for Queen Marguerite. They have met before. Speaking of which, it is on the banks of the Adour River, which is the border between Spain and France not far in the northeast. At that time, the Queen Mother Catherine of France brought the princess to meet the king. , His Royal Highness did not go, and sent Duke Alva and then Queen Isabella to meet with him."

It seems that for the convenience of telling Chen Jiujing about Queen Navarre's private affairs, Acosta smiled apologetically to the other Spanish envoys in the tent and asked them to wait for him outside the camp.

"Presumably the general doesn't know about their relationship. Queen Isabella of Spain is the daughter of Catherine, Queen Mother of Valois, and also Marguerite's sister."

Acosta introduced to Chen Jiujing: "At that meeting, we hoped that France would help eliminate the rebellion in the Netherlands; Catherine hoped to marry Margaret to the king's eldest son Don Carlos."

"Don Juan, as a court envoy, met Margaret, who was still a princess at that time, and said in a poem after returning: Her appearance can only be compared with a goddess, and it is condescending to be a princess on earth; her looks cannot save men, but only Lead them down the road of destruction, every smile will send us to hell."

The monk recited poetry with emotion, which was heard by Chen Laojiu as a strange tone. He even saw a little envy from the monk's eyes looking at him, but immediately after those emotions disappeared, he saw the monk spread his hands: "Then the Spanish heir died."

"There is never a shortage of men willing to fight for Queen Margaret. Joseph, who tried every means and bravely led the cavalry to rescue Princess Margaret from Paris, and later died."

"Agen, a small town only two hundred miles away from Bordeaux, is the fief of the queen. There is a young officer named Aubiaque there. He should have a bright future, but after meeting Princess Marguerite, he once Said: If you can't kiss Fangze, you might as well hang yourself while alive."

"The Lord heard his wish." Acosta repeated the gesture of spreading his hands blankly: "In less than a year, both of his wishes were fulfilled."

"The king's army captured the city of Agen, and King Henry personally read the queen mother's order: Queen Navarre's lover will be hanged in public, and the queen must watch it in person... I heard that Obiac was hanged before he died. Buried alive."

Hearing this, Chen Jiujing slapped his thigh suddenly, raised two fingers with his left hand and nodded in the direction of Acosta, shaking his head left and right: He has found Margot and wants him to kill her husband, and wants her to go to Paris The reason for beating his brother.

What family?

Not to mention the operation of marrying a younger sister to her brother-in-law's son, a private affair like killing a lover can make a lot of trouble, even a missionary transferred back from the New World from a neighboring country can be familiar with it.

He just wanted to sleep, but judging by the situation, once the matter was revealed to the world, the third son of France would definitely have nothing to do with him.

Chen Jiujing lowered his head slightly to consider for a moment, raised his eyelids and looked at Acosta and asked, "What does the monk mean, if I enter France next time, the Catholic territory in the north of the Kingdom of Navarra will also be my enemy?"

This is to prevent people from sleeping well on purpose.

"Not necessarily, King Henry of France may let the king's army that can be recruited destroy the general's troops; Guise Henry of the Lorraine family is relatively safe. Although he and Queen Marguerite also have some gossip, but now the general and Spain stand together. Together, with us, it will be to his advantage, not to mention that Guise has four thousand Spanish soldiers under his command."

"But it is not ruled out that he will bribe the Xiyong Battalion under the general's command to control your troops, and then hire assassins to assassinate you. As for the other Navarra Henry, there is no need to talk about it. Although the husband and wife have no feelings, you are real enemies .”

"Three years ago, when Navarre was still under house arrest by the king in Paris, the day before he fled, three Henrys were playing dice in the king's room. I don't know who dropped a drop of red dye between the three of them, like blood. People regarded it as With an ominous omen, Navarre fled from Paris the next day."

The story of Queen Navarre, whose private life was chaotic, seemed to have come to an end. Acosta made a gesture of relief. With only one Spaniard, Acosta, the monk looked around, He whispered to Chen Jiujing: "General, I have lived in Changsheng for a long time, and I should be considered half of the Ming people. Please don't reveal the next words to anyone."

"King Henry of France has no heirs. If he dies, only Queen Margaret will be left in the Valois family. The French throne will be passed on to the man closest to Queen Margaret. .”

"If the general can let the queen divorce..." Acosta stood up, bowed his hands to Chen Jiujing and smiled back, and slowly retreated: "I will leave, the general takes care."

　Today is Laolu's birthday, and he will drink in the evening, so he needs to ask for a day off tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)