Chapter 643: The Beginning of Chaos

The tax reduction treaty of Patton's succession to the Pope has plunged the Outer Wall District into a sea of ​​cheers. In this era with a clear class system, the burden of taxation is far beyond ordinary people's imagination. At this moment, no one will protest the new pope's succession. Bit of fact, however, except for places like the Military Headquarters and the Knights' Hall.

"What does the Holy See want to do this time? Tax cuts? Do you want to use this method to gather people's hearts?"

In the meeting room of the military headquarters, many generals and chiefs of staff headed by the three commanders-in-chief sat around the hall, some with worried faces, some with deep faces, and some in deep thought.

"According to the latest investigation information, I have found out the source of the new pope's identity. If I tell you, you will probably think I am joking." A bearded five-star general looked around the crowd with a hint of mockery and coldness on his face.

"Don't be a fool, just say it!"

"What identity?"

The bearded general said indifferently: "This brat named Patton is not from a noble family at all, nor has he been crowned with a knighthood. In fact, he is just an orphan kid from a slum! I have already found the orphanage where he came from. His identity was verified."

"what?!"

"what are you saying?"

"He's from the slums?!"

Everyone was dumbfounded and looked at the bearded general in disbelief.

This reaction was completely expected by the bearded general. When he first got the news, his reaction was exactly the same as theirs, but at the moment he only felt a little ridiculous in his heart. No one would believe a lowly and insignificant pariah sitting on the Pope's position!

"He is an orphan from a slum, how can he join the Holy See?" A heroic female general frowned.

The bearded general shrugged slightly, "Didn't the Holy See change the recruitment rules a few years ago, as long as he was a nobleman, he could pass the examination and enter the apprenticeship stage. Before he entered the Holy See, he was adopted by a lonely nobleman. As for this down-and-out No one knows why the nobles adopted such a lowly person."

"Didn't you ask?"

"The mouth of a dead man, I can't ask."

"They died?"

"When my people investigated, they had been dead for a long time. The whole family was killed, not even the children were spared, and no one survived, including the distant relatives who came to visit their house, and unfortunately they suffered!" General bearded indifferently.

Another general with a burly figure like a bear had a gloomy face, and said in a low voice: "So, they have been silenced. It seems that all of this is a well-prepared plan. What kind of conspiracy is the Holy See up to? Why did Liu support a pariah from a slum area to succeed him? Isn’t he afraid of blasphemy when he does this?!”

"It's not a day or two that the Holy See is blaspheming the gods. Using the name of the gods to educate the common people and extort their money is extremely despicable!" the former female general said coldly.

"I don't agree with what you said." The other blond-haired and fair-skinned general looked unhappy, "Although the Holy See has gone too far in some places, if the Holy See has not spread the energy of justice for so many years, the outer wall area will not be so peaceful. Plague and poverty will bring riots. The Holy See appeases the emotions of civilians. This is something that our soldiers will never be able to do. We can never point knives, guns and spears at everyone and tell them not to fight and make trouble, otherwise we will die. Should I be punished?"

The female general sneered and said, "Are you sure that the person who spreads the energy of justice is a righteous person? We didn't use swords and guns to frighten civilians, but they have already done so. If there were no light knights parading around, you see there will be How many riots?"

"You are lying!" The blond general said angrily: "Who stipulates that the person who spreads the energy of justice must be a righteous person? Even if the Pope's purpose is out of profit, at least what he does has a good impact." On the one hand, that's enough!"

"Okay." An over eighty-year-old commander-in-chief at the table slightly raised his hand to stop the quarrel between the two.

Said: "The contribution of the Holy See is undeniable, but the Holy See has become more and more unscrupulous for so many years. Behind any power is the word profit, and the Holy See is no exception. We have suffered losses from the Holy See these years, everyone Everyone should know that if the Holy See is allowed to continue to expand, and when the nobles and commoners all fall to their side, then, as the maintenance of the outer wall area, we can only look up to the Holy See."

"Your words are serious." Another white-haired old man next to him smiled lightly, "What is the use of common people, even if they all become believers of the Holy See, so what, dare to turn the world upside down?"

"Why not? I don't think the power of civilians should be underestimated. Although they are weak, they are large in number. If they gather together, they may not be able to shake us!" The eighty-year-old man said in a deep voice.

"You worry too much." The white-haired old man chuckled and said, "Let's not say that these civilians dare not do this, even if they listen to the Holy See's words and fight against us, they will only kill themselves and die. Our Iron Lions Crusaders, are you still afraid of these unarmed civilians?"

"If you underestimate the common people, you will suffer a lot sooner or later!" the eighty-year-old man said angrily.

"I agree." A general echoed.

The white-haired old man glanced at him, and said calmly: "Instead of caring about these lowly commoners, it's better to talk about the Holy See. This time they elect a new pope to succeed, they must want to do something big. I am most worried. It is the inner wall area behind the Holy See... If it is guided by the inner wall area, this matter will be troublesome."

Hearing his words, everyone looked at each other with ugly faces.

"Commander, if the Holy See interferes with the inner wall area, should we apply to the defenders in the inner wall area to send reinforcements?" the former female general asked immediately.

The white-haired old man sneered, and said: "Nothing happened, just a guess, so please come over from the inner wall area, do you want to start a war in the inner wall area?"

The eighty-year-old man sitting next to him remained silent, neither agreeing nor refusing.

When the female general heard his words, a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes, and she sighed secretly in her heart. She knew that the military region had always been disgusted with asking for reinforcements from the inner wall region. The district applied for reinforcements, and the reason for this was that many of the generals present were opposed to the request for reinforcements, because once people from the inner wall district were sent over, they would all face the possibility of being reshuffled, especially the three commander-in-chiefs. , will also face the possibility of being ruled by management, instead of being supreme!

"I think we should use our eyeliner to investigate the details and see what the Holy See is going to do." The previous bearded general broke the deadlock.

Immediately someone seconded and agreed.

During the meeting in the military area, in the meeting hall of the Knights Hall, a loud rebuke shook the pilasters, "Bo Rui! Are you a spy sent by the Holy See? Who allowed you to make a claim and support the Holy See on behalf of our entire Knights Hall? Do you want to drag our Knights Hall into muddy water?!"

The person who spoke was an old man with white beard and hair, who was also the Lord of the Palace of Knights, Vic Jones!

Everyone stared coldly at a thin old man, waiting for his explanation.

Bo Rui smiled bitterly. When commending the new Pope as a legendary knight, he knew that he would face this scene. He mumbled his words silently in his heart, and said, "Master, I don't represent the whole palace of knights, I just represent Personally, I have read the resume of the new pope, and I think this person is very good and will be an excellent pope in the future, so I commend him."

"Individual?!" Vic-Jones said angrily: "Do people outside think you represent an individual, do the military region think so, do the court think so? Let me tell you, the succession of the Pope in the Holy See has always been done by The inner wall area is under control! The sudden replacement of the Pope by the Holy See this time must be due to the sudden plan of the inner wall area, otherwise it would never be so sudden! You dragged us into this muddy water to destroy us!" rwMore exciting novels , welcome to visit our library