Throne of the North

"Dear Lord Marquis Beifeng, as you expected, the believers of the Church have come to my territory again. This time, they are no longer open and aboveboard, but sneak in secretly."

"Perhaps, they are still looking for the truth."

"Under the greatness of the God of Light, there are shadows that cannot be illuminated by the sun, and it seems that other nobles have discovered their identities. They asked me what the relationship between the Empire and the Church is. Perhaps this will affect the nobles' attitude towards the missionaries of the Church."

"The nobles are speculating on the real meaning of the Marquis's arrival in Beifeng Province. Is he spreading the faith for the God of Light to resist the majesty of the Dawn Church?"

"If so, why did the people of the Church appear in Beifeng Province? If not, why did the people of the Church come here?"

"I can't tell them that a priest of the Church died in my territory, so they are already doubting my loyalty to the Empire and the great Columbus."

"Perhaps soon, the missionaries of the Church will contact other nobles."

Ryan folded the letter paper and did not brand it with the badge. He couldn't leave any evidence.

After handing the letter to Beard, Ryan wrote the second letter.

"Mr. Viscount, it's not that I don't want to enter the other world, but the experience not long ago has left me with lingering fears. That powerful monster, even my 100 knights and attendants can't kill it."

"Moreover, the natives said that the gods that may exist have awakened. The mountain that was bitten off is the best evidence, so we can't even mine the magic crystal veins."

"Forgive me for not being able to command the army myself, maybe you can think of other ways."

"But... I sincerely suggest that you should pay attention to the North Wind Province instead of the other world."

"Perhaps you don't know yet, the people of the Holy See have appeared in the province, and I heard that there is a missionary, a future bishop of the Holy See Died here."

"They are looking for the truth, but perhaps the obvious answer is the noble man who lives on Thunder Cloud Mountain."

"After arriving in the province, Marquis Beifeng did nothing. Perhaps, we just saw that he did nothing."

"To be honest, the missionary's body was found in my frozen land. I suspect... it was because I stood up on Thunder Cloud Mountain and took back the land that originally belonged to us."

"It is said that the Marquis' temper is not very good. You also know this."

Ryan wrote casually. The handwriting he wrote was eight points true and two points false. It looked very real, and even if it was leaked, it would not be blamed on him.

For example, what is said in this letter.

Ryan said that Marquis Beifeng did nothing. In fact, in the eyes of Marquis Beifeng, Ryan knew what he was doing and even provided advice and help for it.

This little doubt can make the Marquis think that this letter was not written by Ryan himself.

If questioned, Ryan would never admit it, and with all the deals, the letter would naturally not be true.

Finally, Ryan wrote another letter to the two earls.

The two letters were very different. They were probably just greeting the earls for eating and drinking well recently, and then vaguely mentioned that a missionary from the Church died in the frozen land. The cause of death was a pierced heart. A small wound was fatal enough.

He asked Earl Winter if he was selling because he could not take the tax revenue of North Wind City.

He also asked Earl Solon if it could be Earl Winter's trick.

He did not intend to get any response to these letters. The first letter was to let the Marquis of North Wind take more care of the missionary.

It would be better to kill them.

The second letter was just to confuse the water.

In fact, he did not need the truth in the letters to the two earls.

Anyway, the murderer was between the two earls. All he needed to do was to make the other earl look at the real murderer with suspicion.

Because he actually wrote a letter, telling the two earls about his troubles here.

Then he had eliminated the suspicion of being the murderer to a great extent.

The earl who was not the murderer would naturally be wary of the other earl who actually did it.

At that time, no matter what the earl planned to do with the death of the missionary, there must be no trace left.

Ryan was still very good at causing trouble for others.

"This is an opportunity. We have to take care of the Blue Lion Tribe. If the Blue Lion Tribe is still not tactful, then add a Black Bear Tribe. The two families are feuding, and one will not be indifferent if the other expands."

"It just so happens that the nobles suffered a lot in the forest riot this time, and they will not pay attention to the tribal annexation between the natives in a short time."

"However, I can't go there in person, so I can only let the natives come out to receive the blessing."

"It can also prepare for accepting these natives in the future. The natives who come to the frozen land will naturally miss this place. Not bad."

Master Ryan laughed. He seemed to be in the center of the vortex, but he stood outside the vortex and looked at the entire North Wind Province.

...

"Archbishop, are you really saying that it couldn't be the Marquis of the North Wind?"

Behind Adriana, a missionary had sunken eyes. He hadn't slept for several days, blaming himself for not being able to find the murderer who killed Father Buffett.

This was a provocation to the Church, but none of the nobles in the empire were willing to cooperate with them, except for the Baron Ryan who was very popular.

The archbishop with big red wavy hair was silent. They did encounter many obstacles. In the empire, even ordinary people dared not approach the church staff.

"Archbishop, I plan to... use myself as bait."

The missionary with tired eyes said firmly.

"I will go to preach. If the Marquis Beifeng can't help it, I may die. At that time, I will definitely leave evidence."

"For the glory of my Lord! For the glory of the dawn!"

The missionary left the team with fanatical eyes.

A few days later, the news that the missionary of the church preached in Tieshan County spread throughout the Beifeng Province, and all the nobles were terrified.

Especially Viscount Walter of Tieshan County, he was a viscount and a county governor.

But at this moment he had no way. The missionary was beaten and scolded, and he did not resist no matter what, but he firmly spread the doctrine of the church and fanatically called for the glory of the dawn.

The nobles did not dare to kill him at all, because he was holding a cross, and he was a candidate for the priest of the church.

The more conflicts there are between the Empire and the Church, the more the nobles must be vigilant and not make mistakes. No one knows whether this missionary is a member of the Church who deliberately came to die, and then the Church began to suppress the Empire morally.

Because the war between the Southern Empire and the Church was caused by the death of a cardinal at the viewing ceremony in the imperial capital. The cardinal committed suicide in the imperial capital of the empire. The Church used this as an excuse to stand on the side of justice in the war.

Any war needs a reason, even if it is high-sounding, even if it is not really necessary, but that reason must be just.

We must let others know that we are fighting a just war.

This is morale.

The Empire has already tasted such bitterness, and the nobles certainly dare not let the unjust conflict between the Church and the Empire break out again at this critical time.

Openly killing a future priest of the Church means this.

The other party's status is no less than that of a baron.

Even Ryan, who was far away in the frozen land, guessed that when the missionary named Xiko went to Tieshan County alone, the archbishop had already granted him the status of a priest, and the Church far away in the south might have urgently registered and recognized this status.

"Preaching openly? The Church has taken advantage of the Marquis Beifeng and dared not act at this sensitive time."

Ryan's eyes were subtle, and then he called the cat-man assassin who had just returned less than an hour ago.

"You, go and kill this missionary."

Ryan's eyes looked in the direction of Leiyun County. This Marquis Beifeng, is he really that timid?

For nobles, it's okay not to dare to kill openly.

It's normal to be afraid of being involved in the vortex of the war between the empire and the Church.

But what is your identity and responsibility as the Marquis Beifeng?

You dare not kill people from the Church, and you have lost the face of the God of Light.