Chapter 396: Throwing out the window
The two of them watched the noisy crowds of people passing by outside the window with bated breath.
"Phew!" Liszt touched his chest. "It's not for us."
"I'll go down and take a look!" Sevia took off the cloak hanging on the wall and was about to go downstairs.
“You are crazy! Why are you just joining in the fun!”
Liszt grabbed her. Really, doesn’t this woman know who she is?
Sevia turned around and wanted to sneer at the man for being too timid, but when she saw the worried look on the other person's face, her expression softened and she said: "Don't worry! No one can recognize me the way I look now. Come out."
She broke away from Liszt's hand and put on her cloak, "I'm interested in any news about the church."
After that, she turned and went downstairs.
“Alas!” Liszt stamped his feet angrily and followed.
......
"Angelo!"
"Angelo!"
The streets were abuzz with people, and the name of the new bishop was shouted repeatedly. Some people The emotions were very exciting, and some were just joining in the fun.
Sevia and Liszt followed the flow of people and found that they were moving towards the cathedral.
"Hey! Sir, what happened?"
Liszt gently tugged on the clothes of the person next to him and asked carefully.
"***! Those damn vampires from Collins, *** are coming to exploit us again!"
The other party came up with a burst of cordial greetings to the so-called "vampires". In his somewhat confusing words, filled with all kinds of horned bay civilization terms, Liszt understood the cause of the matter.
After the big news in Sevia, the church armed forces continued a high-pressure policy against Nisburg for a period of time. Later, under the support of the new bishop Angelo, the blockade was lifted. This caused a stir in Collins as far away as Elvis, the Archbishop of Corner Bay, was so dissatisfied that he sent an envoy to Nisburg and reprimanded the Bishop of Nisburg in front of a group of senior clergy, which made Angelo's group furious.
However, what is even worse is that the messenger also brought an order to increase taxes from Collins. In order to cope with the increasing expenses of the so-called "Purge Teams" in various places, the newly appointed Archbishop of Cape Bay Elvis acted on the advice of some people. A special religious tax was added, and the church has always charged believers another kind of religious tax - tithe, that is, a person must "donate" one-tenth of his income to the church, but do not think that based on this The actual income is overcharged and overpaid, and underpaid is overcharged. The tax amount is determined based on the estimated income. With current technical means, the church is unable to calculate how much a person's specific income is.
The new religious tax is still a poll tax, which means that no matter whether a person has income or not, such as the elderly or children who have no ability to work, they all have to pay taxes.
What is even more offensive to the people of Nisborg is that 90% of the newly collected taxes must be handed over to Collins for distribution by the Corner Bay Church, while the local church of Nisborg can only keep 10%.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar. All kinds of undercurrents surged in Nisborg. Now even the Council of the Corner Bay Alliance, which had previously cooperated with the church in the closure of the city, could not sit still.
Although sea trade is developed in the land of Corner Bay, nearly half of the country is landlocked. Coastal countries have made a lot of wealth by controlling maritime transport, and have always been dominated by landlocked countries who can only make a living on hills and small plains. However, these landlocked countries are particularly devout to Heavenly Father and almost obey the instructions of the church. Therefore, the headquarters of the Archbishop of Corner Bay is Collins, the most powerful among the landlocked countries, rather than the most economically developed League of Corner Bay.
People in the coastal countries have always suspected that the church has been secretly supporting the inland countries with the taxes collected from them to maintain their loyalty to the church.
The Council sent a delegation headed by Marquis Foster to negotiate with the Archbishop's envoy from Collins. During the negotiation, the two sides argued over each other's opinions, and the negotiation reached a deadlock. The people from Collins were tough and didn't even have room for bargaining.
What made the archbishop's envoy angry was that a group of priests led by Angelo, the protagonist of Nisberg, actually sided with the Council to oppose the tax increase. In the eyes of the envoy, this behavior was tantamount to betraying the church.
While the negotiations stalled, a new archbishop's order came from Collins this morning - to remove the Bishop of Angelonisburg from his position and to be escorted to Collins for trial on charges of collaborating with the witches. They were complicit in the conspiracy to corrupt the church. Several other high-level officials of the Nisberg Church were also dismissed from office and were about to be escorted there. Without exception, they were all supporters of Angelo.
The public outcry in Nisborg is once again. Angelo is a clergyman deeply respected by the people. Before he became a bishop, he tried his best to avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions during the witch hunt, and became a bishop. Later, he relaxed the high-pressure strategy that lasted for several years, so he is very popular.
Now that they were being "escorted" to Collins, the people naturally refused.
I don’t know who instigated it first. A huge march was spontaneously organized, with people joining in constantly along the way, and the goal was directly towards the cathedral.
“It turns out that so many things have happened during the past few days while we were staying behind closed doors. Alas, when my office was about to open, trouble happened.”
Listera Sevia stood beside the street, shaking her head and sighing.
“I’m going to see it.”
Sevia's face looked very excited, obviously she was watching the fun and not taking it too seriously. She probably hoped that the bigger the problem would be, the better. After all, the church was fighting within itself.
"No! In this situation, stampedes, or even riots are most likely to occur. It's better for us not to get involved."
Sevia frowned: "Just Take a look from a distance! Go back first." After that, he followed the crowd.
Liszt followed helplessly. The two of them followed the marching people to the square in front of the cathedral. The place was already full of people, coming from all directions in Niceburg.
"Let him go!"
"Give us back the Bishop!"
"Drive out the scoundrels of Collins!"
Shouts came one after another, and the handle at the door of the church was shaken. The church knights looked nervous as if they were facing a powerful enemy. They had never seen such a scene before.
Liszt quietly asked the person next to him: "Sir, what's going on inside now?"
The man replied solemnly: "Marquis Foster is making his last efforts inside! Alas, I really don't know what Archbishop Elvis is thinking."
Just as he was talking, the door of the church suddenly opened. In front of everyone, Angelo and his entourage were seen walking out with their hands shackled, accompanied by armed men escorting them. A man dressed as a senior priest looked arrogant and yelled at the people to get out of the way.
The powder keg was detonated!
The emotions of the people in the square who had been suppressed for a long time were suddenly ignited.
“That’s too much!”
"Collins's minions!"
Someone shouted: "Come in! Kill these bastards!"
As if it was a signal, the crowd immediately formed a hammer, It smashed at the church door, but was blocked by a blockade formed by church knights.
The messenger from Collins became angry, is this still the gentle lamb of the Father? What a bunch of thugs!
He ordered loudly in a sharp voice: "Anyone who dares to attack the church will be killed without mercy."
However, the church knights who formed the blockade did not draw their weapons. On the one hand, they were facing ordinary civilians who lived together in the same city day and night. On the other hand, it was just physical pushing. If there were casualties, the people would lose their minds. They can't be stopped.
Besides, there are also a large number of Angelo's supporters among the church knights...
The thin line of defense was immediately broken through!
“That’s unreasonable!” The expression on the messenger’s face changed from anger to fear.
"Go back in first!" A group of people escorted Angelo and others into the cathedral and closed the door.
But the door was quickly opened, and angry people rushed in.
"It seems that the archbishop's envoy did not end well!"
At the entrance of a dark alley nearby, Liszt and Sevia quietly watched the situation in the cathedral.
"Hmph! It's your own fault." The witch said disdainfully.
Suddenly, a window on the second floor of the church was opened.
"Throw it down!" "Throw it down!"
Wave after wave of sounds came over.
“What happened again?”
Liszt focused his attention and looked towards the second floor.
I saw someone pushing in the window, and then a person was lifted up.
With a "pop", the man was thrown out of the window!
After falling to the ground, before he could even cry out for pain, he was immediately beaten up by the crowd below.
"Plop!"
"Plop!"
The sound of human bodies falling to the ground sounded continuously.
The archbishop's envoy and his entourage were thrown out of the window one by one.
(End of this chapter)