Chapter 2189： shake

In this era, the more famous the person, the more black material. After all, this era is a barbaric era, people are not cruel, and they are unstable. As a top grain merchant in Wittenberg, Sherlock is definitely not a bad guy, and black materials are also easy to find.

But the problem is that black material is easy to find, but it does not mean that it is easy to start. No, after a few spies found the black material, they gave it to Umot, causing Umot to frown. why? Sherlock is a backer!

Sherlock is a businessman himself, but his backer is so strong that Umot breaks into a cold sweat. No wonder, this guy has gotten into so many troubles and still gets away with it. For example, in the data collected by his subordinates, there is a big eucalyptus that Sherlock killed another grain merchant in Wittenberg a year ago. Although there is no direct evidence, many people know that Sherlock did it. Because, before the exterminated grain merchant was unlucky, Sherlock had spoken publicly to get him out of Wittenberg. Then, the businessman didn't listen, and he was exterminated not long after.

Several of Umot's subordinates have already heard about Eucalyptus, and they are even about to collect important evidence and witnesses. But the problem is, the backer behind Sherlock made Umot so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and he planned to start with someone else. why? Because Sherlock's backer was Margaret of Anhalt-Ketten, the wife of John, the younger brother of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony.

Some people may think, what is the brother of the Great Emperor Marquis? The problem is that because Frederick III was a priest, he was not married, and he had no legitimate children to inherit the electorate. Therefore, John is determined to inherit the seat of the Great Marquis. In other words, John is now the "Prince" of the electorate of Saxony. And John's wife, Margaret, is equivalent to the "Princess" of the electorate.

With the support of the "Prince Concubine", Sherlock can basically walk sideways as long as he does not conflict with the nobles and priests of the electorate.

In fact, Lauder, the unfortunate grain merchant who was exterminated by him last year, originally had a big backer. Lauder's backer is Baron Wisberg, the last Chancellor of the Electoral State. The problem is that Baron Wisberg is getting old and has no heir. When Justice Weisberg passed away the year before, Lauder lost his support and began to be sidelined by Sherlock.

Then, Lauder began to "worship God" around, hoping to find a new strong backer to withstand Sherlock's pressure.

But the problem is that the nobles of the electoral country also know the identity of Mrs. Margaret's "Prince Princess" and dare not offend easily. Therefore, Lauder has been busy for several months, but he has not found any great nobles who dare to shelter him.

And Sherlock, after seeing this, became bolder and began to openly threaten Lauder. Seeing that the nobles were unwilling to accept him, Lauder began to follow the path of the church's high-level officials, and really talked to some of the church's high-level leaders in the electoral country. Then, it's a matter of wrangling, mainly the issue of profit sharing. After all, if you take refuge in the big boss, you must give a profit share. As for how much to donate, it depends on the results of the exchanges between the two parties.

Sherlock was a little anxious when he learned that Lauder and the people from the church were on the line. Although the electorate of Saxony is a secular country, the church is too powerful these days, and the princes are not willing to offend the church head-on. Therefore, once Lauder officially joins the church line, Sherlock cannot easily suppress Lauder.

Therefore, Sherlock simply did nothing, hired a group of desperadoes, and on a dark and windy night for a month, raided the Lauder family's manor on the outskirts of the city, creating a tragic death. Afterwards, Lauder's manor was burned down with a fire, and the body was destroyed.

Seeing that Lauder's family was finished, the church executives who were negotiating with Lauder had no choice but to give up. After all, he wouldn't turn against the "Prince Concubine" of the electorate for a dead person.

Afterwards, after a pretense of investigation, the chief justice of the electorate did not target Sherlock. Because the new justice is John's person, and it is impossible to embarrass Sherlock who is supported by Mrs. John.

As a result, the "accidental" death of Lauder's family was characterized as an "accidental fire" and had nothing to do with others...

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At this point, Umot had planned to give up. Unexpectedly, at this time, the spies under Umot unexpectedly discovered that Lauder's youngest son, Little Lauder, was still alive and was currently hiding in the house of the former maid.

It turned out that when the eucalyptus happened a year ago, Lauder knew that it was inevitable, so he hid little Lauder in the chimney of the fireplace of a stone cottage in the manor. Little Lauder was only 8 years old, with a small body, and he could easily hide in the chimney of the fireplace. The rest of the Lauder family couldn't hide like that. Later, when Lauder Manor was burned down, the stone house where Lauder lived, because there was no furniture in it, was not burnt down, and Lauder escaped by luck.

But after the incident, little Lauder was also frightened and hid in the house of Alice, the maid of the former Lauder family in a nearby village. The maid worked for the Lauder family for many years, but later married and left the Lauder family. But before that, the maid had a good relationship with the Lauder family, and was specially responsible for taking care of the little Lauder, so she took in the little Lauder without any hesitation.

And Sherlock didn't expect the Lauder family to survive after the manor was destroyed. Because, at that time, the secret rooms of the manor were all opened, and no one was found to be hiding. Therefore, Little Lauder survived by chance and was not hunted down.

Since then, little Lauder has been hiding in the house of the maid Alice, daring not to show up. Moreover, I am especially afraid of strangers, so I hide when I see strangers.

Coincidentally, Umot's spy went to the village to inquire about last year's extermination. The 9-year-old little Lauder heard the wind and immediately hid, but instead attracted the attention of the spy. Then, little Lauder was discovered...

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"Such a good witness... It's a pity to give up..." Umot felt a pity. But in the face of the future elector's wife, he did not dare to make trouble.

As a result, after James Bond learned the news, he took Umot directly to find Frederick III. James Bond will leave the Electoral State of Saxony after Martin Luther and the Holy See have turned against each other, unlike Umot, who has to hide for a long time. So, he didn't care what John's wife thought.

Frederick III was stunned for a long time when he heard the news. After all, the face of the sister-in-law still has to be given. However, thinking of the "hundred-year plan" of obtaining tithes in the future, Frederick III still felt that religious issues were more important. Because, in addition to getting one-third of the tithe, Frederick III also planned to follow Marin's practice in the Bishopric of Münster and use the means of redemption to deprive the Catholic Church of most of the land (the church's land in this era). more than nobles). Therefore, the issue of the Reformation is more important than the face of the sister-in-law.

So, Frederick III secretly called his brother John, and had a long secret conversation with him. John obviously also knew the importance. Compared with the "filial piety" of sharing a little bit of big grain merchants, it was more important to get at least one-third of the tithe and a large amount of church land in the future.

In this way, John went back and persuaded his wife Margaret to allow Umot to do it. Of course, Mrs. Margaret's condition was that after Sherlock's house was raided, half of the property from the raid would belong to her.

Why is Lady Margaret so obsessed with money? This is because, she is not John's first wife, but his second wife. John and his first wife had a son, John Frederick (who lost the Reformation War to Charles V and was stripped of his electorate and most of his territory). In the future, John Frederick will inherit the electorate, while Mrs. Margaret's children have no inheritance rights. Therefore, she plans to save more money to make way for her children. After all, according to the regulations, John's future estate will mainly be inherited by John Frederick, but Mrs. Margaret is not John Frederick's biological mother, and her property can be inherited by her children. And this is why Mrs. Margaret accumulated money.

With the permission of the Johns, Umot was immediately fearless. Then, on a sunny morning, when Sherlock, as usual, approached John Teicher, the "Red Man of the Future Pope", Umot brought a team of guards at the large-scale sale of indulgences that were crowded with people. , in front of John Teicher and a large number of indulgence buyers, arrested Sherlock and publicly announced Sherlock's crime...

Immediately, the believers who were present to buy indulgences were stunned—what's going on? Didn't Master Sherlock buy so many indulgences? I bought it almost every day, why did I get caught? Does this indulgence not atone for sin? As a result, their eyes were filled with doubts...

John Taicher secretly thought that something was wrong, and quickly stood up to stop it. But with the support of the family of the great emperor behind Umot, how could he be willing to stop? Even if John Teicher moved out of the name of Archbishop Giovanni (the future Pope Leo X), he could not fool Umot.

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Then, according to the original plan, Martin Luther struck while the iron was hot, and posted a poster questioning the effect of the indulgence on the gate of the castle church, causing a huge stir. John Taicher was very angry and planned to arrest Martin Luther. But Martin Luther's backstage is hard, and this is Martin Luther's home ground again. John Teicher can't do anything about it. And because Martin Luther did not directly attack the Holy See and the Pope in this letter, but only aimed at the indulgence, the church could not convict Martin Luther.

What made John Taicher even more mad was that three days later, in the square in front of the Wittenberg Castle Church, Umot actually held a public trial and publicly announced Sherlock's death. Moreover, Sherlock was hanged in front of a group of believers who bought the indulgence near the indulgence selling point. When Sherlock was hanged, the indulgences in his pocket were scattered (this is a deliberate plot by James Bond) during the struggle.

Then, a large group of believers who believed in the effect of indulgences were shaken-do indulgences really work?

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The old cow is about to cry. These days, I'm busy until 90 o'clock in the evening, and I don't have time to code. Moreover, I was very tired after work, so I still had coffee to have energy today. Moreover, I found that I have been immune to the effect of Nescafé coffee, probably because I drink too much and I have resistance, and now I have to switch to another brand of coffee to have a refreshing effect.