Throne of the North.

Chapter 263 Return to the original goal
Marquis Beifeng felt his brain was a little congested. He looked at Ryan with a gloomy look, completely ignoring whether the relationship between the two had eased before.

He never imagined that the person who would stand up to refute him would be Baron Ryan, and that he was speaking for the Holy See.

"Baron Ryan, what do you mean? Do you think it was not the people from the Vatican who killed them, but other murderers?"

A noble stood up and shouted, "It's Viscount Hogg."

"Lord Hogg, you are joking. We all know that the murderer can only be the Holy See, but if we don't have evidence to prove it, we will be in a passive position."

"We can say that the Church killed the Lord of the Northern Wind Province and declared war, but we can't provide evidence. What if the Church can provide evidence to prove that they didn't do it?"

"How could they..."

Marquis Beifeng was halfway through his words when he suddenly fell silent.

Because just before, after the cardinal died in the imperial capital, the Vatican also declared that their cardinal could not have committed suicide, and even used divine power to verify the truth.

The answer obtained was, of course, disadvantageous to the empire, which was why the southern kingdoms and noble leaders looked at the empire in a strange way.

"So, no murderer has been found?"

Ryan asked, but he already got the answer, those lords who were killed, the knights around them did not even leave an assassin.

It is even possible that there is no reaction.

"Oh, I have one more thing to say."

As Ryan spoke, his expression became angry.

"On the day after Lord Valente's death, assassins broke into my territory and tried to kill me."

"Kill an Imperial Baron!"

Ryan shouted loudly, and all the nobles looked up with some surprise. Baron Ryan was assassinated?

"Bring in all the bodies!"

Ryan shouted outside, and soon, soldiers entered the hall carrying corpses. In front of everyone, Ryan lifted his cloak.

"These damn assassins tried to kill me under the cover of night."

“I still don’t know where they came from.”

Some nobles frowned.

"Baron Ryan, this body has probably been dead for several months. Are you sure they assassinated you a few days ago?"

"of course."

The eyes of Marquis Beifeng brightened, and he looked at Ryan with a more focused gaze.

"This is a method used by the Church. They can transform a dead body into this form in a short period of time. This is a divine technique, but the Empire knows the truth. This is an extraordinary inheritance that the Church's fanatics snatched from vampires."

Vampire? Ryan was a little confused. How did he get involved with vampires again?

"In the past, the relationship between the Holy See and people of other extraordinary paths other than the Knights was very bad."

"They call magic evil witchcraft. If a vampire is discovered, it will be burned to death with holy light. Other supernatural paths are also suppressed by the church. They dare not walk in the sun at all."

"I will write to the Stone, and Lord William will tell me for whom the murderer is fighting."

Earl William is a very famous person, not only because of his surname, but also because he is the earl of the Silvermoon Highlands province and has an extraordinary army under his command.

An extraordinary army of vampires.

"Does the count have the power to make these corpses tell us the answer?"

"of course."

Marquis Beifeng didn't say much, Ryan guessed that this might be related to the fight between vampires and the Church. As the saying goes, the one who knows you best may not be your friend, but more likely your enemy.

He looked at Viscount Hogg, who seemed to also have the blood of William.

"Earl William will send someone, and we will get the evidence soon."

Marquis Beifeng looked around and looked at these local nobles.

"This war was started by the Holy See. We must accept it."

After saying that, he looked at Viscount Walter. The governor of Tieshan County was somewhat helpless, but when he looked at Ryan, his eyes were filled with some gratitude. Ryan's behavior just now had pulled him, a nobleman who was at the center of the storm, out of the way a little.

Standing up, Viscount Walter said righteously:

"The Holy See is provoking all the nobles of the empire. This war is between all of us and the Holy See. In the name of faith, they are trying to replace our rights in our own territory."

"Do you know? That missionary actually wanted to build a church in my viscount's territory!"

"He actually wants to become the priest of my territory! Make my people pray in his church every morning and evening!"

The initial confrontation between theocracy and monarchy was based on strength, and the reason was power.

When the priests of the Holy See were absent, the power of the noble lords suddenly became enormous, which also significantly enhanced the cohesion of the subsequent nobles in resisting the Holy See.

They tasted the sweetness.

The beliefs of the Holy See would weaken the power in their hands. When Viscount Walter said this, the looks of all the nobles changed.

They may not care whether there is a church in their territory, but they care a lot that the church is out of their control.

This is the territorial kingship.

If royal power is no longer absolute, is it still royal power?
"What does the Governor want us to do?"

Count Winter finally spoke, and his words represented the attitude of many nobles.

Marquis Beifeng had a smile on his face.

"I need you to find all the church personnel in the Northern Wind Province and kill or expel them."

As the governor of the province, Marquis Beifeng still has great power.

Of course, those who were killed were the assassins, and those who were expelled were Adriana's missionaries.

……

"We can't stay in Thundercloud County any longer."

Archbishop Adriana said this after a moment of silence.

The missionaries nearby were also helpless.

"Their assassination will only cause the Empire to start targeting us."

"Archbishop, what should we do now?"

The archbishop looked up at the sun in the sky, then lowered his head and looked pious.

"Let's go. Father Buffett and Priest Siko will become a pity in all of our hearts, but they died to spread the glory of the Lord. They will surely enter the eternal kingdom of heaven and serve beside our Lord."

"It's time for us to do what we are supposed to do."

A group of people, no longer obsessed with the two missionaries who died in Beifeng Province, left Leiyun County and headed for Longshan County. They began to travel through the territories and began to spread the faith of Dawn in a missionary manner.

This was what they were supposed to do when they came here, but too many unexpected things interrupted their plans.

(End of this chapter)