Great time travel

Chapter 32, Knights, Queen and Pope

"...I understand, respected Mr. Knight, it is also a great honor for me to be the guide of the holy angels in the world. It is even more important for anyone who follows God's will to save the world suffering from the plague. Christian duty."

Queen Joanna's face was also serious, and she promised solemnly, "...in order to save this dying world, I am willing to do my best!"

In general, the final result of the meeting between the knight and the queen in the holy city of Avignon was a happy one—Joanna, the exiled queen in the most desolate state, received unprecedented good news and a group of extremely sturdy The strongest foreign aid in history (God + Angel), the battle of restoring the country will undoubtedly be won from now on, and there is no suspense anymore.And the group of traversers represented by the Knights of Levi, or the "Doraemon Bandit Group" who came to Europe in the Middle Ages to pretend to be gods and tricks, has found an excellent leader who can lead them into Italy to make money.
Of course, the Queen of Naples did have a lot of misdeeds in the history of medieval Europe. She married four husbands in her life, caused a lot of scandals, and finally died at the hands of the Hungarians. She was compared to Cleopatra Cleopatra in the Middle Ages. Petra is as famous as Queen "Bloody Mary".But in most cases, it is not because of her bad nature, but because her level of manipulation of power is too stinky, and she is too rash and reckless, so that she plays and messes up "international issues" time and time again, and she makes such a situation. The big defeat that couldn't be dealt with even cost his own life.

On the contrary, as far as her heart is concerned, the queen's character is not too bad, and she has done a good job in internal affairs. She is known as a just and honest ruler. There are a bunch of fans, so at least the short-term cooperation should not produce any moths.

Of course, for the traversers who don't plan to stay in this world for a long time, and have crushing strength, the character of the Queen of Naples is not important-even if it is the kind of super villain who is naturally rebellious, Doraemon has it. A way to turn them into three-good students in minutes.

What is really important is that the queen has been immersed in the high-level elite circles of many Italian city-states since she was a child, and has a deep understanding of the wealth and ruling power structure of the Italian states, so she can provide "Doraemon Bandits" with Information from all the "fat sheep".

——Even if she herself has limited experience at this age, among her court officials, she can always find a few qualified consultants who are knowledgeable and capable to help improve the search plan for Doraemon. How many "fundraising indicators" can be apportioned by the city... No way, for Europeans in the Renaissance, the 150 million gold coins (converted to 150 billion yen) that Doraemon needs to raise is really an extremely appalling super Astronomical figures.Although the various city-states in Italy are famous for their wealth, but how much money can be squeezed from each place and each person in power, Wang Qiu and others in later generations have no idea: what if they apportion the requested amount? , but the other party is crying poorly, who knows whether these guys are stingy and want money or life, or are they too shy to get out?Now that the Kingdom of Naples is a well-known insider, there is no need to worry about squeezing the pockets of the Italians!

In the end, no matter what the actual situation is, from a jurisprudential point of view, for the knight of Livi whose fief is located in the Earl of Provence, Joanna I, Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence, is the lord he should be loyal to.He led the army to support the return of the lord to restore the country. According to the consistent thinking of this era, it is also a matter of course. Even the most xenophobic people cannot raise objections, let alone regard it as an invasion of foreign enemies.

Well?The crime of murdering her husband?Alas, since the profit-seeking pope has publicly declared her innocence at the stake of the Holy See's credit, then she is innocent in jurisprudence. It's dirty politics!

After the initial deal was basically finalized, Li Wei touched his head and was about to get on the horse and leave, but suddenly thought of something, so he backed away from the saddle, took out a rather exquisite booklet, and stuffed it with his hand. Into the hands of the confused queen, "...Uh, I seem to have forgotten to say just now, Your Highness, the reason why God sent angels down to earth is not only to solve the plague and save the suffering beings, but also to correct the fallacies of the world. Guiding people to make up for their sins... This is a pamphlet distributed by the angels, please read it when your Highness is free."

Queen Joanna took the brochure made of high-grade coated paper, and was immediately surprised by the smooth texture like silk.On the cover, the colorful poster of a "blond-haired angel" wearing a beach swimsuit also caught the eyes of the queen, who is used to rigid and abstract medieval religious paintings.

Turning back, at the top of the first page is a cute photo of a little black cat holding a toy mouse, and below is a rather scary Latin content:
"...The omniscient Lord once warned the world: Cats are friends of mankind and sacred animals. You should love cats as much as you love me. But for a long time, people in the world have always been prejudiced against cats, and even forged the will of the Lord. The indiscriminate killing of cats under the banner of the Lord finally led to a catastrophic disaster—the so-called black death, which was brought by dirty rats. This is God’s way of punishing the world for violating the holy decree for many years and killing innocent cats indiscriminately Sin; it is also the most severe revenge for the "stupid human beings" who have persecuted them with revenge for millions of cats who have died unrepentantly over the years..."

On the upper left of the second page is a well-built man bathing in a bathtub, and a cherub next to him sprinkles flower petals; The iron fork pushed him out.Here is the caption, also in Latin:

"...The Lord warned the world: Diligent bathing is beneficial to the health of the body and the purification of the soul. A dirty body will only bring you closer to hell instead of heaven. Those fools who take pride in not taking a bath for a long time are by no means respectable saints. It just proved his laziness, stupidity and blasphemy..."

"...Wow!" The Queen couldn't help whistling frivolously, "...It seems that our world is really full of mistakes..."

"...That's right, that's why God sent down angels to guide mankind back to the right way and correct these mistakes." Knight Li Wei replied with a smile, "...and there must be more people who can correct these mistakes first bathe in the glory of the Lord and enjoy the grace of the Lord..."

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At this time, the Holy See and the municipality of Avignon had completely collapsed, and the remaining citizens in the city were shocked by the miracle of the angel descending on the one hand, and on the other hand, most of them did not know where the pope and cardinals had gone. It was not until the afternoon of the second day after the "Arrival of the Angels" that Clement VI, who had been huddled between two blazing fires all day long, welcomed the first group of messengers in the country castle where he took refuge.

——It’s really funny to think about it. A century before the outbreak of the Black Death, Christian missionaries went to the grassland to meet the Mongolian Khan. The Mongols asked them to walk through the middle of two bonfires, saying that it was to drive away evil spirits, missionaries He was so angry that he beat his chest and fell his feet, thinking that he had been greatly insulted.As a result, at this moment, the Pope himself sat in the middle of two bonfires and was smoked all day long. Others wanted to learn to do the same, but there was not so much firewood...

Next, it was already the afternoon of the third day when the pope sent several groups of envoys into the city to investigate unbelievably, and finally confirmed that the miracle was true, and the angels who treated the citizens for the plague were in the Pope's Palace. up.So, when Clement VI returned to downtown Avignon on the fourth day in a luxurious carriage.His luxurious and magnificent Pope's Palace has long been moved to nothing by the Doraemon, as well as the various monasteries and churches in Avignon, which have accumulated a lot of wealth from believers, have also been completely abandoned by the Doraemon. Politely scoured.

——Due to the attack of the Black Death, several monasteries in the city of Avignon have died without a single person left. Naturally, it cannot prevent a robber cat named Doraemon from breaking in and robbing houses; even those monks The monastery that has not yet died, seeing so many angels forcibly breaking in, one side is the "holy light" and "stigmata" (plague vaccine) to cure the plague, and the other is lightning and fireballs to punish heresies... They are all frightened one by one. I got soft feet, so I had to let the search go.As for the very few miser priests who are completely blocked by gold and silver, who would rather die than resist the authority of God and resist the expropriation of property by "angels", they are declared by the eternal "great, bright, and correct" paladin His Excellency Levy For heretics and degenerates, they were burned at the stake and burned to ashes, or they were blasted to slag by impatient angels with a fireball before they were judged.

In short, almost all the various wealth obtained by the Catholic Church in the past 40 years since it moved to Avignon, except for those real estates that cannot be moved, were almost all looted by the "Doraemon Bandits" under the banner of God. .At the end, the "angels" also warned those nuns and priests who were dying to be concubines to be content with poverty and not to entangle their minds with worldly money, which made these misers almost die on the spot.

What makes those traditional conservative priests almost faint is that on the square in front of the Pope's Palace, a huge statue of a beckoning cat was even erected very abruptly—it's just Jin Xiaopan in the cat's paw (Edo period) Japanese gold coins) were changed to medieval Venetian ducat gold coins, and a cross was added on the cat’s neck... A certain blonde angel with a large bust is organizing the citizens of Avignon to worship the cat statue; and Another strange blue "celestial creature" with a chubby appearance, which also grew angel wings, was preaching to the citizens.

It's just that the content of this guy's sermon is novel and unique enough to make any self-respecting orthodox church person hear his forehead blue veins:
"...At the beginning of creation, human barns and fields were infested with rats. God said, there must be cats, so there were cats in the world who suffered from rats... And God said, you should love cats as you love me It is true that the first people followed God's instruction and treated cats as important members of their family, thus freeing their houses from rat infestation. However, as time went on, more and more The fool has completely forgotten God's instructions, not only no longer loves cats, but is polluted by decadent heresies, treats cats as monsters, and even brutally slaughters these cute little lives, not knowing that his heart is stronger than any cat It's all dirtier..."

"...Seeing that mortals are increasingly deviating from the right way and falling into the terrible plague of rats without knowing it, my lord is very anxious, and has repeatedly sent prophets down to earth, trying to bring mankind back to the right way. However, stupid people not only did not listen to the prophet's advice, Instead, burn them as wizards... You are complacent and think that this is a pious performance, which can please my lord, but you don't know that it will only make my lord's chest burn more and more!"

"...Now, my Lord can't bear it anymore...Thanks to my Lord, Jesus Christ was crucified for our sins, and it is also a manifestation of my Lord's love...According to the law, almost everything is made with blood clean, without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins!"

"...In the distant past, the Almighty God used a great flood to destroy mankind once, just to punish the deep sins of those ancients. Today, my lord does not mind using the hands of the great plague to destroy you once again. This familiar world, so as to wash away your sins..."

"...filthy heretics! Not only have you forgotten the teachings of the Lord, you have violated his laws, and you no longer love the cats that help you catch mice, but you dare to frame these holy creatures as monsters, using the most cruel Means, killing for no reason! What a crime this is!"

"...In order to punish you sinners who don't have awe, and to teach you the majesty of the Lord, the merciful Lord has lowered his power and started to harvest the lives of those who deviate from the righteous way! This is to punish you for many years of seeking death, The crime of indiscriminate hunting and killing of cats!
The plague that is breaking out today is actually called the plague, and it was brought by rats from the grasslands on the northern shore of the Black Sea.If you hadn't perverted and killed yourselves by hunting and killing cats, these holy beings would have wiped out the plague-spreading rats and kept death from your doors.But now it's too late!If you don't repent, your city will become a place of eternal death!Just like when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in the past, no one can live in a cursed city!And your souls will also fall into hell, surrounded by millions of cat souls, and suffer endless torture for eternity..."

It was such a sermon that seriously subverted the doctrine, but the believers in the square were fascinated by it, holding up the exquisite plastic cat statues of different colors, and confessing repeatedly.Quite a few of them, especially those who were rescued from the brink of death by the bubonic plague, have completely fallen into a kind of unspeakable madness.
——Seeing such deviant and pagan-style idol worship appear in front of the gate of the Holy See in a grand manner, a certain member of the Inquisition next to the Pope was furious for a while, and there was a desire in his heart The urge to roast an angel alive...Of course, after the urge passed, he also knew very well that if he jumped out and sang a different tune at this time, then he might be the one who was finally tied to the stake and burned to death...

But he still couldn't help complaining to the Pope, "...God! Can we just let these heretics talk nonsense in the Holy City?"

However, Pope Clement VI looked at him with a very playful and strange look, "...heretic? Who do you call a heretic?"

Then, under the astonished and disintegrated eyes of this guy, the Pope calmly took out a metal cat badge from his arms, solemnly put it on his chest, and then opened an exquisite book with an indecent cover and appalling content. Read the brochure with relish...