Alien Knights

After the successful development of "Bacterial Fuel", Todd immediately called Brother Joe and Old Aiden. The ability research in the experimental part is hidden, and only a brief explanation of the combustion principle is given. I hope they can design a "biothermal kiln" that can be used for metallurgy and calcination.

Todd drew an extremely simple design sketch, the principle of which is somewhat similar to the "digester" in his previous life. In the end, he emphasized the flammable and explosive characteristics of this gas, and asked the two to pay attention to safety.

While Todd was busy climbing the microbial technology tree, several major events happened in the distant capital of the Papal State "Taro".

The first thing is the ecumenical council of the Church of the Father.

The Ecumenical Council (or called the Common Council, the Universal Council, and the Universal Council) is a bishop's conference with universal representation in the Church of the Father, and it mainly consults and votes on important educational affairs and doctrinal disputes.

The most famous ecumenical meeting in history was undoubtedly in 1054, when the East and West churches split. Since then, the Orthodox Church (that is, the East Tyro Church) has not recognized the "Ecumenical Council" unilaterally held by the Church of the Heavenly Father.

From the point of view of meeting rules: the ecumenical meeting must be convened by the Pope; he also has the right to preside over the meeting (personally or appoint a representative), decide the matters discussed in the meeting, the procedures to be followed when the meeting is in progress, the location of the meeting, announce the adjournment and dissolve the meeting. Council decisions must also be approved and published by the Pope. Cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and abbots all have the right to attend and vote, and invited theologians or legalists can cast advisory votes.

The ecumenical meeting was presided over by the reigning Pope Alexander III. In addition to discussions on educational affairs and catechism, three major resolutions were agreed and announced at the meeting.

1. Regarding the military dispute between the Holy Acropolis and the Silver Ring City in the diocese, the church will send a mission to mediate, and hope that the two sides will stop the war immediately and return to the negotiating table.

2. The growing power of pagans in the south directly threatened the safety of the diocese and the holy city. The church reminded the kingdom in the diocese to guard against possible attacks.

3. Considering that the pirates of the northern archipelago and the northern barbarian tribes are getting closer and closer, the church plans to establish a fourth knight order on the basis of the existing three Holy See knight orders.

Regarding the third resolution, Pope Alexander III specially spent five minutes introducing the head of the Knights, Todd Fischer.

In the introduction, he described Todd as a knowledgeable and dedicated monk who joined the church under the inspiration of the Father. He is good at fighting, and has a lot of soldiers under him. He once personally led the church army and defeated several times of pirates; he also discovered the sacred object manufacturing skills of the ancient Tyro Empire in the northern archipelago, and donated it to the church free of charge.

In the end, Alexander III read out the Holy Ministry's Bulletin established by the Muxi Knights in public, and announced that the Bulletin would be distributed to all branches in the diocese.

As for the sealing ceremony of the Muxi Knights, due to the uncertain situation in the north and the escalation of border conflicts, the Pope finally decided to appoint a mission to Muxi Town to conduct it on his behalf.

As for the second major event in the capital of the Papal State, it will start on the morning of the third day after the end of the ecumenical meeting.

Taylor Royal Academy, October 22, 1170, nine thirty in the morning.

"Teacher Terrence! The people from the First Inquisition are here!"

The sweaty brown-haired young man rushed into the classroom of the academy, and in front of a room full of students, shouted at the old man with a gray beard hanging down to his chest on the podium.

The old man stood there for a while, then slowly put down the book in his hand, and asked in a deep voice, "Where are they?"

"They just arrested Mr. Adriano and his students in the planetarium! Now those people are coming here!"

Terrence said to the brown-haired young man: "Ulysses, you immediately take the students to my room. There are all my manuscripts under the bed. By the way! And that microscope! Take them all away! Find the person I mentioned to you, he knows what to do!"

The young man said anxiously: "Teacher, come with us!"

The old man shook his head: "I can't go, you should understand that the person they are really looking for is actually me. Only when I am here can you have a chance to escape."

Hearing the dense footsteps coming from downstairs, Terrence widened his eyes and blew his beard: "Ulysses, what are you still doing?! Hurry up!"

There was a murmur of weeping from the crowd, and the students left the classroom one last time after taking one last look at the teacher.

Half a minute later, looking at the red cross on the clothes of the intruder at the door, Terrence straightened his clothes and said in a mocking tone: "What made you walk so hurriedly? Is it the fear of the truth?!"

On October 22, 1170 in the Christian calendar, the event called "the disaster of truth" by later generations took place on that day. The church's first heresy inquisition suddenly broke into the Taylor Royal Academy and arrested well-known scholars on the mainland, including the master of physics Terrence, the master of astronomy Adriano, and the master of mathematics Morrego, as well as 259 of their students.

Regarding this incident, in the next half a year, the Taylor royal family lodged multiple protests to the church, and dozens of secular nobles headed by the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Palm Printing began to actively mediate.

As for the last matter, compared with the first two, it seems a little insignificant.

A week after the "Disaster of Truth", the secular court of the Papal State ushered in a seemingly ordinary case - two young nobles fought because of jealousy, one had a broken eye socket, and the other had his jaw swollen.

The only inconceivable thing about this case is that the two nobles were fighting over a man, or more precisely, probably a man.

Dion de Beaumont, as the third child of the Beaumont family of judges, was different from his eldest brother who chose to become a lawyer. He was enrolled in the Royal Academy. After several years of study, he became proficient in more than ten languages ​​and possessed superb swordsmanship. At the recommendation of his family, he entered the Secular Government Office at the age of 17, became a trainee secretary under the Minister of Finance, and was awarded the title of knight of the "Royal Knights" by the royal family for his outstanding achievements.

But for such a good young man, the most talked about is not his knowledge, nor his swordsmanship, but a strange issue - gender.

The second child of the Beaumont family, a girl, died at the age of five. After that, Mrs. Beaumont's mind was often sober and sometimes blurred. She wore the clothes belonging to her sister on Dion who was only 3 years old many times, and let her son continue the life of this kind of women's clothes until he was 8 years old.

After that, things got a little out of hand. The young Dion has a beautiful face, fair skin, and short height. Coupled with the influence of women's clothing for a long time, he also met a group of noble ladies and ladies, and gradually went further and further on the road of women's clothing. In normal times, he usually wears casual clothes when he is in college or when he goes out; when attending court balls and parties, he prefers to wear gorgeous dresses and go out in society as a woman.

And all of this changed after the occurrence of the "Truth Disaster".

Many of Dion's former teachers and classmates were arrested in the Inquisition, and secretly arrested on ridiculous charges.

Angry, Dieng used his personal resources in the circle of noble women and united with other secular forces to exert collective pressure on the church, demanding that they release the imprisoned teachers and students immediately.

The First Inquisition also had a headache for this troublemaker who was only 17 years old, and arrested him several times in the name of colliding with the sanctuary. But every time there are always a group of male young nobles who break their heads and rush to rescue Dion.

Therefore, in the large square in front of the church headquarters, you can always see this scene recently: a "girl" with red lips and white teeth and picturesque eyebrows walks in the front, and there are always a few stupid nobles behind him.

The headquarters of the Church of the Father, the Cardinal Interpretation Hall.

Tristan lifted the curtain, looked at the elegant figure in the square, sighed, and shifted his gaze to the old man in front of the table.

Cardinal Yarborough wore a crystal lens and carefully read the paper in his hand. After a while, he took off the lens, pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Everyone here is arranged?"

Tristan nodded: "There is a hidden residence outside the city, and I hid those students there."

"What about the manuscripts?"

"There is a student named Ulysses, who is a disciple of Terrence. He has all the notes and drawings of the master." Tristan asked with a bit of worry: "Before this operation of the Inquisition, no news was revealed..."

Abel stretched out his hand to stop the other party's words: "I know what you want to say, but the matter is not as bad as you imagined. It is just a balancing act commonly used by the Pope...Compared with this, I want to know more, how do you plan to pass through the checkpoints and send these students to Muxi Town?"

Tristan touched the top of his head, and said with a tone of asking for opinions: "Didn't this ecumenical conference say that we would send a mission to Muxi Town? I plan to pretend that these college students are church troops supporting the Muxi Knights."

When the old man heard this, he immediately laughed: "Only you can come up with such an idea."

After a while, his expression became serious, and there was no smile on his face: "You have arrived in Muxi Town this time, and tell that kid Todd not to make any more trouble! I have already done all the lies and holes that need to be repaired for him, but after all, the fewer such things, the better."

Tristan nodded in yes, and he asked again: "So, what should we do about Master Terrence and the others...?"

Yarborough sighed, and leaned his back back: "I'll figure out what to do about them. You keep in touch with the secular royal family, and you must put enough pressure on the referee."

When the old man said this, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, these students have arrived in Muxi Town. Who do you plan to contact as a contact?"

Tristan, who was standing by the window sill, turned his body sideways, turned his gaze to the distance of the main square, and said slowly, "I have someone to choose, and it depends on whether he agrees..."

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Fifteen days later, a mission from the Papal State arrived in Muxi Town.

Todd saw Tristan again, looked at the "woman" behind him, who was wearing a simple women's dress, with light golden long hair tied into a twist hanging on her chest, and asked in a low voice, "Is this knight a woman?"

Tristan coughed unnaturally: "No, he's a man."

After saying this, he turned his head and glanced at Dion, and then said to Todd uncertainly: "It should be a male..."