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"Your Highness, all four city gates of the Holy Capital are closed. Now the people in the city are agitated. They accuse the Temple of colluding with the Empire and want to attack the entire Holy City!" A Temple priest ran into the Temple Hall in a panic and stood at the door. Position, he staggered and fell to the ground, unable to get up. Just a shout, under the eyes of more than ten pairs of people in the hall, the words were like a huge stone smashing into the temple hall, Exploded

At this time, people in the city were panicking, and people all over the Holy City were fleeing. What it meant that the four gates in the east, west, north, and south of the Holy City were closed. These high-level officials in the temple knew very well that the flow of people who could not leave because the city gates were closed, It could turn into a real riot in any minute. There are more than 200,000 people in the Holy City. Although the Temple has 30,000 reorganized Temple troops, except for the guards responsible for the four city gates and the security personnel, City Guards, the remaining New Temple Army is less than 10,000 people, and they are currently placed in the main temple area, responsible for the security of the temple. The 10,000 Temple Army will face a riot of 200,000 people. It is impossible to stop the rioters, not to mention that many of these rioters are former members of the disbanded Temple Army. Once these people get together, their destructive power and attack power are completely unmatched by ordinary refugees!

The senior officials of the temple present looked so shocked that they almost all stood up. Even Pope Potamia, who was sitting on the main seat, left his seat as if someone had pinched his butt. A pair of bright dark blue eyes looked at that person. The priest who got up in embarrassment asked in a clear and cold voice, "What did you just say? I didn't send people to tell the guards of the four gates to open all the four gates of the Holy City. How could the four gates of the Holy City do this?" closure?"

"I don't know either, but rumors say that His Highness ordered the four gates of the Holy Capital to be closed."

The priest's face was pale and he was panting. He ran back to the temple from the city gate in one breath. Although the distance was not very long, it was still four to five kilometers. As the capital of the religious order, the holy city itself was Barro is one of the few large cities in southern Europe. After Potamia decided to accept imperial merchants, a wide commercial main road that could accommodate eight carriages in parallel replaced the original single Shinto road to highlight the special status of the Pope.

This merchant's main road is completely paved with cobblestones. If it were still in the past, if the priest wanted to run back to the temple from the city gate, even with the fastest carriage, it would take about thirty minutes. This is because the road occupies half the width of the road. It is His Highness the Pope’s Shinto. Naturally, only His Highness the Pope’s car can drive on this road. The rest of the people of all other identities share other ordinary roads. So many people and cars are crowded on half the width of the road. , it is a luxury to want to arrive quickly by car,

"I have never given such an order. Immediately order the city gate guard to come to see me."

When Putamiya heard that the order was given by herself, her delicate body trembled slightly and she shouted angrily. Putamiya was sure that she had never given such an order. In fact, she had begun to regret it now. The Martin Liya people said that this method can be used to drive out all the imperial merchants in the Holy City. As for Putamia, although she is a party to the imperial camp, it does not mean that she is willing to let the imperial merchants actually do so. Control the Holy City

The special envoy Martin Liya who secretly requested to see her claimed that "this turmoil is only aimed at the empire. It has minimal impact on the Order State and has no impact on His Highness. Your Highness only needs to wait and see what happens and enjoy the results. His Highness the Pope can rest assured that in the future, Under the current situation, the empire will never dare to do anything to the Holy City."

The special envoy Martin Liya swore that "the imperial forces have been expelled from the Holy City, and the Holy City is under the full control of His Highness. However, under the pressure of the southern countries, it is impossible for the Imperial Emperor to use force against the Holy City. From the beginning to the end, Finally, Your Highness does not need to do anything. Even if the Empire is dissatisfied with His Highness's performance in this turmoil, without any basis, they can only recognize His Highness's full control over the Holy City."

"After all, the Empire still needs Your Highness to fully cooperate with the overall plan of going south. The Holy City is His Highness's fundamental location. Locust-like imperial merchants are pouring into the Holy City, and the Order State is in dire need of development and urgently needs a large amount of material and financial investment. Naturally, these imperial chambers of commerce are given the perfect opportunity to extract various benefits from it. Opportunities, a large number of the interests and powers of the religious order countries have been sold off at a low price, which has reached an almost crazy and shocking level. I believe that His Highness the Pope has sharp eyes. If this situation is allowed to continue, it will not take three months. , the entire Order Nation will be collectively packaged and sold to imperial merchants."

Facing the words of Special Envoy Martin Liya, Potamia's pretty face was cold and she clenched her fingers together. Although what Special Envoy Martin Liya said was hard to hear, it was a fact in the Holy City. As the Pope, he had to Selling out the interests of the Order State in exchange for money and supplies, not to mention the people under him, I don’t know how crazy he sold it. It is said that the South All the mines and lakes in the seventeen provinces have been sold out, and the land has now begun to be sold. Minerals that originally cost 300,000 imperial gold can now be obtained with 30,000 imperial gold. It is said that three months is conservative, but in fact, it only takes two months. Except for the Holy City, it has not been sold. I am afraid that all the items that can be sold in the entire Order Country have been sold out!

We can't let the Order State continue like this. We must try to take risks in time. We can expel the forces of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce from the Holy City, and we can also take this opportunity to force the Emperor to intervene and let the Order State re-sign a more just agreement with these chambers of commerce forces. Putamia really has no reason to disagree with the agreement. At worst, he can go to the emperor to be more coquettish afterwards. If the other party wants to pay with his own body, he will accept it.

"If I don't agree, do you have other ways to do this?" Putamia took a deep breath and asked in a solemn tone. The night torch light in the hall shone on her beautiful statue-like face. A pure white papal robe trailed on the ground, unable to hide the graceful figure under the robe. The other party had already The Blue Chamber of Commerce was pushed to the breaking point, and finally detonated the entire Holy City in order to delay the empire's move south. I have to admit that the whole plan was very smooth. Once it started, the Holy City was powerless to stop it. Even if the Holy City did not agree to Martin According to the request of the Liya people, I believe that the Martin Liya people will also have other backup methods.

"His Royal Highness the Pope is indeed wise and is not afraid to reveal it to His Highness. His Highness Silver Fox arranged the plan this time. The Ansili family and the Sam family of Martin Liya will join forces. If His Highness does not agree, the Sam family will Will throw out the news that the young master of the Sam tribe is in the Holy Capital. When the time comes, the entire Holy City will be in chaos. Unless His Highness can quickly catch the Sam tribe young man, he will not be able to stop what is bound to happen. Even if it finally subsides, His Highness will let the Sam tribe young man The matter of His Highness slipping away from the Holy Capital will be This dealt a heavy blow to His Highness's reputation, and news from within the Sam tribe proved that His Highness the Sam tribe's young highness came to negotiate with the empire to release the prisoners. In other words, His Highness the Sam tribe's young highness should have met the emperor at this moment. !" Special Envoy Martin Liya paused and did not continue, but it was enough to make Potamia's pretty face turn pale. She happened to know that the Emperor was in the Holy Capital, and the Emperor was very interested in her. The attitude of rejection seems to confirm from the side that the empire has successfully negotiated with His Majesty the Young Highness of the Sam tribe.

"I also ask His Highness the Pope to make an early decision, because we don't know how destructive the Blue Chamber of Commerce incident will be."

Special envoy Martin Liya had a gloomy face and said categorically. He was a middle-aged man with a strong look. He took off his hood to reveal his bald head. Under Putamia's sharp gaze, the corners of his mouth were raised with confidence, giving The human feeling is like the coldness of a poisonous snake spitting out its forked tongue,

"You're threatening me! Do you really think I don't dare to kill you!"

Potamiya narrowed her eyes into a thin line, raised her right hand suddenly, and many temple guards immediately emerged from all around. Their swords were cold and murderous. Potamiya had seen this person in the picture album of the Temple Intelligence Department. , Lumar, which means wilderness snake in Martin's Li Ya language, is one of Silver Fox's right-hand men. What he is best at is spreading rumors and inciting civil unrest. Martin's army broke into the Order Country and swept all the way northward. They were invincible. Many cities collapsed without a fight. Most of them were due to the impact of rumors, which caused the residents in the cities to panic and flee the cities one after another. The Temple Army was also affected and had to rearrange its defense lines several times. The role of Lumar in it is self-evident.

"His Highness the Pope wants to kill me, so I can only crane my neck and wait, but my young master asked me to give His Highness the Pope a message." Lumar was completely indifferent to the sharp swords around him, but said calmly, "This opportunity cannot be missed. What is lost will never come back. The mighty Valkyrie of the Church, she doesn’t even have the courage to draw her sword and give it a try. I, Martin Liya, was responsible for the whole thing."

Putami was silent with a pretty face, and finally raised her hand to the close guards. Even though she had guessed that Silver Fox was behind this turmoil, as a third party in the battle of wits between Silver Fox and the Emperor, Putami Ya chose Silver Fox this time. In the face of national interests, even personal feelings must be put aside. The other party's goal is to delay the empire's move south. It will have no impact on the Order State, but it will have an impact on the Order State, which is currently heavily in debt. an excellent opportunity

This is also the reason why Fatty has always been on guard against Potamia, so he never told Potamia from the beginning to the end. In fact, the life and death of Martin Liya was already firmly in his own hands. Even if the empire did not Going south, even though there is a distance of thousands of miles, the emperor's words will turn Martin Liya's country upside down, even who will Being able to become King Martin Liya depends on the emperor's will, but Potamia did not expect that the people of Silver Fox started this turmoil, but failed to control the turmoil. As a result, not only did all the forces of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce leave, but The nobles and merchants of the Opalo forces have also left the Holy City, so that currently, everything in the Holy City is out of control.

The empire has gathered heavy troops in Kabu City, and the emperor personally inspected the elite troops of the empire, sharpening their swords. There is more news that proves that the empire's large army of about 200,000 in the northern part of the Order State is heading towards The direction of Kabu City is quickly approaching. A single word from the emperor is enough to crush the entire holy city into powder.

"Your Highness, the guards of the four gates of the Holy Capital have all refused the order to open the city gates. Not only did they order the closing of the four gates of the Holy Capital, but they also insisted that it was His Highness's order. Now the refugees in the entire Holy Capital are coming towards the temple." The temple personnel who went to meet the four city gate guards soon returned, and the news they brought back made the already tense atmosphere more like the return of winter. The Silver Fox wanted to use the turmoil in the Holy City to delay the empire from moving south. pace, but the empire is not a vegetarian. Hundreds of thousands of Martin Liya's troops were destroyed. The empire has already gained real control in the corridors of the Order State. Silver Fox knows full well that he wants to use the turmoil in the Holy City to delay the empire from moving south. But the Holy City is no longer what it used to be. With the death of the Templar Grand Knight Hussa, the reorganization of the Templar Army, and the influx of imperial merchants, the Holy City has changed a lot, especially in terms of people's hearts. The Temple era has gone far. go,

Just a month ago, the 500,000 Martin Liya people who marched northward were wiped out by these 200,000 imperial elites in one battle. Now, there are still more than 40,000 Martin Liya captives in the hands of the emperor. Everyone here The generals of the Temple Army have already retreated in their hearts, and the strength of the entire Holy City is only Thirty thousand people were only a fraction of the original 500,000 Martin Liya people. Even the 500,000 Martin Liya men were destroyed by the main force. The remaining remnants of the army were frightened to death. The occupied area of ​​two-thirds of the territory was completely abandoned, just to be able to run back to Martin Liya as quickly as possible.

Now what is the temple doing against the imperial army with two hundred thousand swords that are still dripping blood!

"What do these bastards want to do? What do they mean by closing the four gates of the Holy City?"

"When did His Highness the Pope give such an order? Are they planning to rebel? It must be the empire. It is the empire's fault."

"It's over. The guards at the four city gates mutinied collectively. The gates of the Holy City are open in front of the imperial army. What are we still discussing here? Escape is the most important thing."

"How can we escape? Didn't you see that the four city gates are controlled by the empire? We are just imprisoned rats now. How can we still dig a hole in the ground to get out?"

"Your Highness, please assemble the temple guards immediately and solve the problem of the refugees first." The hall was already in chaos. Many temple officials ran to the windows to look outside. Sure enough, they saw a large, dark crowd of people in the Holy City. , like a huge black covering the front door of the temple

"We want to see His Holiness the Pope!"

"His Royal Highness the Pope wants to give us an explanation why the four city gates are closed!"