On the third day after the capture of Wincheston Manor, the place finally returned to peace. Sixty prisoners of war who had escaped the execution ax were escorted back to the valley by troops sent by the legion to be imprisoned. They will undergo two years of transformation as war slaves. Under the guidance of peasants and soldiers,

Under severe repression, they were used as hard labor and slaves. It was not until two years of reform that they could regain their free status and become farmers or be selected into the army.

The dead enemies had been buried collectively in two large pits outside the manor. The military priest Robert simply held a funeral for these yesterday's enemies.

The enemy, dead or alive, has left Wincheston Manor, leaving only the Welsh Legion and the screened civilian serfs of the manor left.

The Wells Legion had no intention of evacuating at all. They even provided food and supplies to appease the civilian slaves in the manor, allowing these people who had avoided the war to bravely walk out of the huts where they were hiding.

Villages and estates around Wincheston also quietly sent people to investigate the area, but they never dared to get even half a step closer to the legion's outpost.

On the steps in front of the manor house, Dennis, the yet-to-be-appointed ideological and political officer of the regiment, was giving an impassioned lecture to dozens of ragged civilian serfs who gathered in front of the house.

The serfs and civilians standing or sitting at the foot of the steps listened expressionlessly to Denis's spitting speech, but their eyes were always fixed on the two large clay pots beside the steps, which were filled with boiling water.

Get the fragrant pea wheat paste.

Dennis coughed twice, finally attracting the attention of some people, "Brothers, I just want to tell you that you can only live like animals in the hands of Dean and his son. If you follow my family, I promise to let you live."

You can all live your best life from now on.”

A serf had been standing here for a long time. His nose was almost dripping down to his chest due to the cold weather. He raised his head suddenly, took a sip, and asked: "Master, what kind of good life can we live?"

Dennis was immediately stopped by the question. It was too abstract for these serfs to tell them about food and clothing.

Dennis looked around, pointed sideways at the two steaming mouthfuls of peas and wheat paste, and said, "See those two big clay pots? Two meals a day. That's enough."

"You can also add some minced meat broth every now and then," Dennis added.

Such a good life is much more vivid. On weekdays, only the guards of the manor and a few free people can have enough to eat. As for minced meat and wheat paste, it is a rare luxury for these poor and humble people.

"If the great master can keep us fed every day, we are willing to follow him to the territory and become serfs."

Seeing that the guy who just sniffed was finally willing to take the road, Dennis's face showed a smile, "No, no, no, you don't need to follow me to the territory, you can stay here to farm the land for my family. And my family actually doesn't

No matter how you like to raise serfs, as long as you work hard, my master will definitely not treat you as slaves all the time. Many of our former serf brothers have regained their freedom and even sub-leased the land."

When they heard that the land was being sub-leased after their freedom was restored, the serfs murmured in their hearts. They had been serfs for many years and had never seen a lord who easily restored the freedom of serfs. He left the serfs on the plundered land and let them work hard.

I really can't believe it.

Dennis was about to answer everyone's questions, but Daniel, the ideological and political officer in charge of boiling the wheat paste, knocked the clay pot with an iron spoon and reminded, "Sir Dennis, the wheat paste is ready."

Just as Dennis was about to wave his hand to signal Daniel to calm down, the serfs and civilians who were drooling all over the floor suddenly took out the broken bowls and wooden cups that had been prepared from their arms, and swarmed towards the clay pots.

Daniel was squeezed out by the serfs and civilians who were snatching food. He looked back at the dozens of bandit-like serfs and civilians and muttered, "A bunch of starving ghosts."

Turning around, Dennis slapped Daniel on the head, "I told you to cook slowly, why are you so anxious? Can't you wait until I finish talking before eating?"

Daniel laughed a few times, "Who knew they were so anxious?"

"Okay, okay, let's go to the Southwest Farm tomorrow. If you mess up again, I'll beat you to death."

"Yes Yes"

Daniel replied repeatedly, glancing at the legion soldiers in armor and preparing for war outside the gate of the manor, and asked Dennis, "Chief Dennis, you said that we have finished fighting, why don't we return to the valley?"

"The army will not return to the valley until it has swallowed this place."

Dennis glanced at the legion's garrison outside the manor, and then looked to the north.

In the north, the city of Besançon, the capital of the County of Burgundy.

The palace hall was filled with uproar, and the angry voice of a court viscount from the inner court faction was almost roaring.

"Everyone, in just two years, he killed two manor owners, massacred civilians, and plundered villages. Moreover, Sir Dean who was killed was a palace guard knight who had served the country in battle."

The palace baron drew the Holy Cross on his chest with his right hand, "Oh God, such cruelty is simply unimaginable."

"Everyone sitting here, think about it, if this devilish beast is allowed to continue to rage like this, what kind of hell will this land blessed by God turn into?" The saliva from the palace viscount's mouth has been splashing all over the sky, and his facial muscles are constantly twitching.

, waving his hands in the air constantly.

"On behalf of God and justice, I request that the Council of Ministers immediately agree to send the Palace Guards to Tyniec to kill the Devil Baron Atwood Wells and his Hell Legion." If the Palace Viscount had a sword on his waist, he would definitely

Will make a slashing motion with a sword.

I have to say that such contagious speeches and vivid body movements are indeed exciting enough. Several lords and dignitaries in the hall have already blurted out curses at the bloodthirsty frontier baron.

The palace viscount had not finished his performance yet. He turned around and said to the Lords and dignitaries in the hall, "The Guards Corps, which we pay huge taxes to support every year, should demonstrate its role at this time. If the Council of Ministers refuses to send troops to the south to suppress

Kill, we will stop collecting and supplying military expenses for the Guards Corps."

This sentence aroused the approval of many nobles, and they were able to find an excuse to default on the taxes owed to the palace.

It is strange to say that in the past, let alone such an earth-shattering turmoil, even trivial matters would have caused the two factions to fight endlessly, but today it was completely a performance by the inner court faction. As the leader of the opponent, Baldwin

The Earl sat on the armchair in front of the palace without saying a word, and even the people under Earl Baldwin remained silent.

This is extremely abnormal.

"Count Baldwin, do you think we should agree to send troops to kill those bandits?" Bernard finally lost his temper.

Baldwin moved his butt, turned his body towards Count Bernard, and said: "I promise to God, my ears are almost blocked by the chirping of this clown in the palace. You have to let this lively bird

Please stop talking and let my ears clear for a while."

Bernard was angered by Baldwin's support, "Sir Baldwin, this is a meeting of important ministers. We are discussing a shocking case of private army rebellion. Please pay attention to your attitude."

Baldwin ignored Bernard's words and asked everyone in the hall: "I would like to ask our respected Count Bernard, do you understand the cause of the whole thing? Why do you define this matter as a disturbance?

A western border army that appeared in the southern border for no reason was destroyed because a robber nobleman who was a collaborator was punished."

Bernard was about to get up and argue, but Baldwin immediately waved his hand to stop him.

"Our viscount has been accusing the border baron Atwood Wells of killing nobles for no reason and intending to start a rebellion. I don't know which talkative woman he got the information from. At least it is inconsistent with the facts I know.

of."

Baldwin stopped as he spoke, turned around and glanced at the Minister of Public Security in the palace. The Minister of Public Security slowly walked out and took out a bandit warning booklet and a war report from his sleeves.

"This banditry warning was sent from Tynets County by Baron Art, the Southern Border Patrol Officer, eight days ago. The warning letter stated that banditry has broken out in Tynets County in recent days. The county has been robbed by a large number of bandits, and these bandits have

Under the banner of the Dean family."

Bernard was about to retort, but the Minister of Public Security said, "Of course I don't want to believe that Sir Dean would openly engage in banditry, so I ordered the patrol officer to invite Dean and his son to investigate. Who would have thought that Dean and his son would dare to raise an army?"

Resist."

Bernard couldn't stand listening anymore and said sternly, "Please go investigate that guy who led hundreds of people into the Wincheston Manor and also broke and looted the Dean family's farm. I don't know how this can be considered "please""

"."

Seeing that Count Bernard was angry, the Minister of Public Security no longer confronted him tit for tat, bowed his head and stopped answering. Recently, Bernard, as the Minister of Finance, has cut the financial allocation of the Minister of Public Security several times. If the Minister of Finance is pushed into a hurry, he is likely to find someone.

An excuse to cut off the financial supply of the Minister of Public Security.

The hall fell into silence for a moment, with only a few minor nobles in the back row whispering to each other.

"Since everyone has such big objections to this matter, let us let the Marquis of Cheng Bing decide today's matter. After all, these two people are palace guard knights personally conferred by the Marquis."

The ruler of the Count of Burgundy, the Marquis Ivrea, has been in bed for many days and has long since stopped paying attention to these matters. Moreover, there are still a lot of things that need to be decided by the Marquis in front of the Marquis's bed in the inner court. The Marquis has not been in a row for ten days and a half.

I can't even read this submission.

Obviously, Baldwin used the "drag trick". He knew that soon no one would dare to speak for the Dean family again.

Of course, the inner court faction headed by Bernard was unwilling to give up. They strongly demanded that the palace send troops to kill him and at least capture the border baron and bring him to the palace for trial.

However, Baldwin was the deputy military minister. Although the military minister had some tendency to defect, he still controlled the Guards Corps. Without his order, the Guards Corps could not be mobilized at all.

The dispute lasted for a long time and no consensus was reached. However, Finance Minister Bernard threatened to reduce the military expenditures of the Guards Corps. Baldwin threatened that once the military expenditures were insufficient, the Guards were likely to mutiny and attack Bernard's Earl's Palace. Both sides came together.

Went there and parted unhappy until evening.

In the next day or two, Earl Baldwin, in the name of military deputy minister and deputy prime minister, suppressed the voices of revenge from many palace dignitaries who relied on the Dean family's profits. Those palace dignitaries privately discussed gathering troops for the southern expedition.

In mid-January, on the second Sunday, the momentum of the southward expedition that had been noisy for many days suddenly died down in the middle of the day.

Whether it was a coincidence or not, on that day the Bishop of Besançon received two signed urgent letters and an urgent letter from the Archbishop of Paris.

Two signed emergency letters, one signed by Artwood Wells, the frontier baron of the Count of Burgundy, the knight of the palace guard, and the security patrol officer of the southern border of the palace. The letter revealed the real name of the knight of the palace guard Dean and his father, old Dean.

The heretics formed an organization of heretic killers and massacred believers and nobles. The letter also included a list of criminal evidence and a confession; another letter was signed by Olof Hannis, Bishop of the Diocese of Lucesne in the County of Burgundy, and the letter contained Austrian

Bishop Love confirmed that the Dean family was suspected of heresy, and offered religious protection for the whistleblower Atwood Wells to prevent him from being harmed by heretics, heretical organizations and their accomplices.

The third urgent letter sent from Paris made the Archbishop of Besancon sweat on his forehead. It was found out that there are heretics and heretical organizations in the Archdiocese of Burgundy. The Paris Inquisition has sent the Inquisition Tribunal to Burgundy.

, requesting the Archbishop of Burgundy to immediately order the arrest of members of the Dean family, strictly investigate the remaining heretics, and wait for the arrival of the Heretic Tribunal.

After receiving the three letters, the Archbishop of Besancon originally planned to cover up the news and immediately accompany the inner court and Count Bernard. However, he did not expect that the letter had just arrived at Besancon Cathedral. The news that the Dean family was supporting heretics and establishing a heretical organization had spread throughout the court.

inside and outside.

As soon as the three secret letters appeared, another bigger storm arose.
Chapter completed!