Chapter 645 The Imperial Council and the Three Popes
"You should be ashamed of what you have done!"
"The Imperial Council no longer has an ounce of legitimacy!"
"I dare say that among the imperial councilors present today there are spies from the Flesh and Blood Royal Court!"
In the spacious Palace of the Imperial Parliament, when the voting results came out, Harndan, who was the envoy of Duke Neiderbach, flew into a rage.
He even climbed onto the lecture platform and held up a huge oil painting. The painting was exactly the scene of the Battle of Khanjin Mountain. It was painted in five days by Kivero, a well-known imperial painter.
In the oil painting, half of the sky is clear and the other half is filled with blood-colored dark clouds and rain of blood. The handsome-looking soldiers of the two Dukes stand bravely in the rain of blood.
Opposite them were the soldiers of the King's Army holding the flag of the Leia Royal Family's Blue Bee. However, compared to the two Dukes' armies, these soldiers had ferocious faces and sharp vampire fangs sticking out of their mouths.
On the hill behind the king's army, a gray-robed figure stood with pale hands raised, and red blood mist emerged.
In the moist brown soil, gray-green zombie hands stretched out from the hooves of the king's knights, and in the sky were huge bats hovering.
"Look, have you seen it? Can't such a horrific scene bring out the justice in your hearts?" Harndan's voice was almost crying every word, "Can't this serve as the despicable usurper Guinigis' collusion with the Royal Court of Flesh and Blood?" Evidence?”
"Sorry, Mr. Harndan." Duke Denoy, who was the temporary speaker of the Imperial Parliament today, knocked the hammer helplessly. "This painting has a high artistic content. I am willing to spend a huge sum of money to buy it, but only through oral communication with a person An oil painting, we cannot conclude that King Ginigis is in cahoots with the Royal Court of Flesh.”
"Oral? Didn't I show you the rotting corpses of the soldiers who were attacked by magic?" Harndan was still shouting wildly as his legs were hugged by several guards.
"With all due respect, Mr. Harndan." The king's messenger, wearing a notary's silk robe, stood up after the mahogany case. "I didn't want to say it directly, but your perjury was too fake. You hired several secret parties to make it." Is it difficult to have a corpse like this?”
"Fart, you are a spy of the Flesh and Blood Royal Court, Jinigis is a spy of the Flesh and Blood Royal Court!" Sandwiched between two halberd guards, Harndan kept kicking his feet in the air, "You are all the Flesh and Blood Royal Court's spies!" Spy, Pope Pugliano is also a spy of the Flesh Royal Court”
Looking at Harndan being dragged out, Duke de Noir swept the dust from his knees, stood up and said with a smile to Justice Quvarin beside him: "This is really unseemly."
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Shaking his head and sighing, Quevalin was also exhausted by the farce of "Duke Neidbach v. King Guinigis colluded with the Royal Court of Flesh and Blood" during this period.
But despite being tired, he couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous and funny.
In this battle for the throne, King's University of Kawahangsu, which represents scholars, remains neutral.
Since there will be no change of dynasty, at least half of the nobles have chosen neutrality, and even the imperial company is vaguely neutral.
Compared with Prince Condai, the famous French general who led the way, these three nobles vying for the throne are all people who have never touched the water of the winter river.
If you want to order the knights to be convinced and die like they did with Prince Condai, unless you promise a very high bounty.
In this regard, Genigis, who showered rewards as soon as he came to power and replaced the command company captain with lightning speed, actually had more control over the army.
Since last winter, the two sides have repeatedly fought back and forth on Dawn Island, with each having its own victory or defeat, and the two dukes even have an advantage.
Because they accepted a large number of edict knights and high-level monks who fled from Qianhe River Valley.
However, the offensive and defensive momentum changes almost in an instant.
With the arrival of a large number of mercenaries hired by Guinigis, the situation gradually reversed.
Last month, the two sides were still fighting a vicious battle.
This month, King Jinigis suddenly went into battle in person, leading a large number of archers, knights and mercenaries to swallow up 1,500 knights and 5,000 infantry in Khanjin Mountain.
Among them, two companies of the Order were completely wiped out, a large number of the Knights of the Order surrendered, and the most important military commander of the two dukes, the Duke of Alava, was killed in the battle, and the situation was instantly reversed.
Obviously the two dukes couldn't afford to lose, and they immediately sent people to the Imperial Parliament to sue Genigis for colluding with the Flesh Royal Court.
It is true that there are desert herdsmen mercenaries from the Flesh Royal Court in Genigis's army, but this does not mean that Genigis is colluding with the Flesh Royal Court.
As for wizards, things are even more ridiculous. Although the church explicitly prohibits secret parties and magic, it is common for both sides to secretly hire some wizards during wars.
Harndan had just given evidence that the king's army hired wizards, and the king's messenger would soon give a similar piece of evidence that the two duke's armies hired wizards.
This made the clergy members of the Imperial Parliament quite embarrassed and could only ignore it.
"Ahem, but the matter is so big that a lot of rumors have been spread among the people." Quevalin coughed, "The new pope in the north hopes that we can suppress these rumors as soon as possible."
"I know, I will announce the launch of an investigation against Guinigis." "Well, that's good." Quevalin stood up on crutches and looked up at Duke Denoir who was supporting him, "This For a while, it was like watching a farce.”
After being tense for a long time, Duke Denoir could not hold back his laughter and said: "Do you know what is really funny?"
"What?"
"After receiving the excommunication from the Pope of Grandivo, our Pope Pugliano announced the excommunication of the Pope of Grandivo yesterday."
Quevalin was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "If this continues, before the Imperial Parliament loses its legitimacy, the title of Pope will really lose even an ounce of sanctity."
"Hahahahaha, that's very well said, Justice Quevalin." Duke Denoy couldn't help laughing.
As Aiel dignitaries, they are willing to see the church suffer to a certain extent. The Aiel people and the church are interdependent and hate each other.
So they are both troubled and secretly delighted by the mess of the previous pope.
Quavarin knew the arrangements and thoughts of the previous Pope Johnny VIII very well.
Since the French faction in the Holy See is still strong, there is a high probability that a French bishop will be elected once he steps down, and it is very likely to be Grandivar.
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Once Grandivar is elected, the Holy See will most likely move back to the Kingdom of France, and Johnny VIII's lifelong efforts will be in vain.
At that time, with the two crucial votes of the El people and the Pope gathered together, the crown of the Holy El Empire will once again fall on the heads of the French.
The last time they relied on this crown, the French established a large number of municipalities, wiped out the largest princes in the country, and successfully changed from the lowest in national power to the strongest.
If the Kingdom of Leia hadn't fought the Battle of Windmill, which destroyed the upward momentum of the Kingdom of France, Laia might have become a vassal state of the Kingdom of France.
If the French are allowed to wear this crown again, the Holy El Empire will really become the empire of the French.
The old Pope Johnny VIII would rather cause a split in the Holy See than to keep his power in the Golden Horn. At least the triple crown would not fall into the hands of the French.
In the end, the wonder of double sun volleying in the empire was created.
"Speaking of which, isn't there a pope in the empire?" Duke Denova asked narrowly.
"It's just a secret party heretic with the name of heresy." Quavarin kept shaking his head, "I read their "Charter". Although it is good, there is a problem after all."
"What's the problem?"
"My teacher spent a lifetime re-issuing the Civil Code of Ayr, but do you see any nobles or priests complying with it? In less than two years, the Civil Code was cancelled." Quevarin said in a tone of voice. There is reluctance and melancholy.
Once something disappears, it is gone and cannot come back.
He was breathing deeply and slightly, looking at the exquisite marble statues of the Al sages on both sides of the corridor, but his eyes could not hide the helplessness and sadness.
"Young people like Lu Feier can still trust me and even ask me for help, but in the end, they are still too young and naive."
"Didn't they defeat Prince Condé?"
"You saw the people of the Thousand Valleys defeated Prince Condai, and I saw the French and the Norns teamed up to defeat Prince Condai." Quvarin walked hobblingly, "Duke Meliati stood behind her. Behind the Norn, the false pope, stood the French.
Can thousands of peasants defeat a duke or even an imperial company with a few alchemy crossbows? So far in the civil war in the Kingdom of Leia, the number of dead Order Knights is only 300!
Don’t forget, there were 500 knights stationed in the Castle of Joan of Arc at that time. If you look at the battle report carefully, I guess it was the knights who opened the city gate for them when the city was breached that day.
Otherwise, why would the so-called ‘Holy Father’s Family’, the grandson of the Holy Father, have such high sanctity and compromise to open the door to trade for the French? ”
The Duke of Denoir opened the door to the Palace of Parliament for Quevarin: "Then the current situation is that the Norns and Frans are encircling the Leians?"
Walking outside the Parliament Palace, the autumn wind and the high sun shone on Quevalin's face. He just opened his cloudy eyes and looked eastward: "The Norn Kingdom is like a hydra. Each head has its own thoughts, and you can't guess them. Ah.”
Duke Denoir nodded slightly: "Then do you think that young French king has the looks to become an emperor?"
"The Kingdom of France also has many constraints, and the king is too impatient. Lorenzo is a little fox, but his secret tricks will not come to the surface after all. Well, he is still anxious." Several servants stepped forward and wrapped Quvarin's clothes. Putting on a thick fox fur coat, "Given the current situation in Flan, if the attack on the windmill land goes well, it will be okay, but if it doesn't go well, if it doesn't go well..."
Speaking of this, Quvarin's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally it just turned into a few sentences: "It's possible...but unlikely...or possible...sigh..."
(End of chapter)