Chapter 392： throw out the window

The two held their breath as they watched the noisy stream of people pass by outside the window.

"Huh!" Liszt touched his chest. "It's not for us."

"I'll go down and have a look!" Sevia took off the cloak hanging on the wall and was about to go downstairs.

"You're crazy! What fun are you doing!"

Liszt grabbed her, really, doesn't this woman know who she is?

Sevia turned her head back, and wanted to laugh at the man for being too timid, but seeing the worried look on the man's face, she calmed down and said, "Don't worry! No one will recognize me from my current appearance."

She broke away from Liszt's hand and put on her cloak, "I'm very interested in any news about the church."

After speaking, he turned and went downstairs.

"Oh!" Liszt stomped his feet angrily, and followed.

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"Angelo!"

"Angelo!"

There was a lot of people on the street, and the name of the new bishop was repeatedly chanted. Some people were very emotional, while others were simply joining in the fun.

Sevia and Liszt followed the flow of people and found that they were moving in the direction of the cathedral.

"Hey! What's going on, sir?"

Liszt gently tugged at the clothes of the person next to him, and asked cautiously.

"F*ck! Collins' gang of **** vampires, **** is coming to exploit us again!"

When the other party came up, he greeted the so-called "vampire" in a burst of kindness. In his somewhat confused words full of various Angular and Bay civilization terms, Liszt understood the cause of the matter.

After Seville made the big news, the church armed forces continued to maintain a high-pressure policy on Nessberg for a period of time, and later lifted the blockade under the strong support of the new bishop Angelo, which aroused the attention of Archbishop Elway of the Horn Bay in Collins. He was strongly dissatisfied with Sis, so he sent envoys to Niceborg, and reprimanded the Bishop of Niceborg in front of a group of senior priests, which made Angelo's group angry.

However, what is even worse is that the emissary also brought an order to increase taxes from Collins—in order to deal with the various expenses of the increasingly large so-called "purification team" in various places, the newly promoted Archbishop Elvis of the Horn Bay, under the suggestion of some people, A special religious tax has been added, and the church has always collected another religious tax on believers—the tithe, that is, a person should "donate" one-tenth of his income to the church, but don't think that according to the actual income Overcharge and overpayment, underpayment and underpayment, the tax amount is determined according to the estimated income. With the current technical means, the church has no ability to calculate the specific income of a person.

The new religious tax is still a poll tax, that is to say, no matter whether a person has income or not, such as the elderly or children who are unable to work, all have to pay the tax.

What aroused the disgust of the Nessbergers was that 90% of the newly collected taxes had to be handed over to Collins to be distributed by the Angle Bay Church, while the local church of Nessburg could only keep a mere 10%.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar, and all kinds of undercurrents surged in Nissburg. Now even the Jiaowan League Council, which had previously cooperated with the church in closing the city, couldn't sit still.

Although the land in Jiaowan has developed maritime trade, nearly half of the countries are inland countries. The coastal countries have earned a lot of wealth by controlling the sea transportation, and have been coveted by inland countries who can only live on hills and small plains. The Heavenly Father is also very pious, and he almost obeys the instructions of the church. Therefore, the seat of the Archbishop of Jiaowan is Collins, the most powerful of the inland countries, rather than the most economically developed Angle Bay League.

People in the coastal countries have always wondered whether the church has been secretly supporting the inland countries with the taxes collected from them to maintain their loyalty to the church.

The council sent a delegation headed by the Marquis of Foster to negotiate with the archbishop's envoy from Collins. During the negotiation, the two sides insisted on their own arguments, and the negotiation reached a deadlock. The people from Collins have a tough attitude, and there is no room for bargaining.

What angered the archbishop's envoy was that a group of priests led by Angelo, the protagonist of Nisberg, stood on the side of the Council and opposed the tax increase. In the eyes of the envoy, this behavior was tantamount to betraying the church.

When the negotiations were at a standstill, a new archbishop order came from Collins this morning-removal of the bishop of Angelonisburg, and escorted to Collins for trial on the charge of collaborating with witches and conspiracy to corrupt the church. Several other high-ranking members of the Nissberg church were also dismissed and sent to the past. They were all supporters of Angelo without exception.

There was another public outcry in Nessberg. Angelo was a clergyman who was deeply respected by the people. Years of high pressure tactics, so very popular.

Now they are going to be "escorted" to Collins, and the people will naturally not do it.

It is not known who instigated it first, a massive parade was organized spontaneously, and people joined along the way, with the goal pointing directly at the cathedral.

"It turned out that so many things happened in the past few days when we stayed behind closed doors. Alas, my office was about to open, and there was a mess."

Liszt held Sevia standing by the street, shaking his head and sighing.

"I'm going to have a look."

Sevia looked very excited, obviously because watching the excitement is not a big deal, she probably wished that the bigger the better, after all, she was teaching herself to tear herself apart.

"Don't! Stampedes and even riots are the most likely to happen in this situation. It's better not to get involved."

Sevia frowned: "Just take a look from a distance! You go back first." After speaking, she left with the flow of people.

Liszt followed helplessly.

The two followed the parade people to the square in front of the cathedral, which was already full of people, coming from all directions in Niceburg.

"Let people go!"

"Give us back the Bishop!"

"Expel the villains of Collins!"

There were shouts one after another, and a group of church knights holding hands at the door of the church seemed to be facing a big enemy, and their expressions were tense. They had never seen such a situation before.

Liszt quietly asked the person next to him: "Sir, what's going on inside now?"

The man replied solemnly: "The Marquis Foster is making his last effort inside! Alas, I really don't know what Archbishop Elvis thinks."

Just as he was speaking, the door of the church suddenly opened. Under the eyes of everyone, Angelo and his party came out with their hands in shackles. The armed guards who escorted them were on the side. A man dressed as a senior priest looked arrogant and shouted He shouted at the people and demanded to get out of the way.

The powder keg was detonated!

The emotions of the long-suppressed people in the square were suddenly ignited.

"unacceptable!"

"Minions of Collins!"

Someone yelled, "Rush in! Kill these bastards!"

As if it was a signal, the crowd immediately turned into a hammer and smashed towards the door of the church, but was blocked by the blockade formed by church knights.

The messenger from Collins became angry. Is this still the meek lamb of the Father? What a bunch of thugs!

He ordered in a sharp voice: "Anyone who dares to attack the church will be killed."

However, the church knights who formed the blockade did not draw out their weapons. On the one hand, they were facing ordinary civilians who lived in a city day and night. They can't stop it.

Besides, there are also a large number of Angelo's supporters among the church knights...

The thin line of defense was immediately broken through!

"How unreasonable!" The expression on the messenger's face changed from anger to fear retreat first! "A group of people escorted Angelo and others to retreat into the cathedral in a hurry, and then closed the door.

But the gate was quickly knocked open, and angry people rushed in.

"It looks like the archbishop's envoy is not going to end well!"

At the entrance of a dark alley nearby, Liszt and Sevia quietly watched the situation of the cathedral.

"Hmph! You've done it yourself." The witch said disdainfully.

Suddenly, a window on the second floor of the church was opened.

"Throw it down!" "Throw it down!"

Wave after wave of sound came over.

"What happened again?"

Liszt focused and looked towards the second floor.

I saw someone pushing and shoving in the window, and then a person was lifted up.

With a "plop", the man was thrown out of the window viciously!

After falling to the ground, before he could cry out in pain, he was immediately beaten up by the crowd surrounding him.

"Plop!"

"Plop!"

The sound of the human body falling to the ground resounded continuously.

The archbishop's envoy and his entourage were thrown out of the window one by one.