Duke of Herrington

Chapter 95 Martin
A few months ago, it was originally a peaceful afternoon, but because of irreconcilable conflicts in the ideology and decision-making of the North and South Popes and the two empires, the war was triggered.

At the beginning of the war, no one took this seriously.

Father Martin, who lived in [Hamburg City], thought that this was still an experiment and that there would be no real fight.

But the result did not develop as expected. Martin prayed every day that God would not let the war break out, and if it broke out, he would not hurt innocent civilians.

But in the end, disaster struck.
According to the comparison of strength, the strength of [Xueman Empire] is far behind that of [Hack Empire], not only because of the snowballed advantages over the centuries.

What's more, the emperor of the Huck Empire in the south wants to take advantage of this opportunity to unify the human empire, just like his ancestors did many years ago, to reorganize the broken country, so he assembled a large-scale army and put all his guards in custody Going in, the disparity in the strength of the two sides was too great.

The Harker Empire in the south is not a country dominated by religion. Their status as emperors is higher than that of the Pope, and all commercial activities of the church have to pay taxes to the empire.

If the [Hack Empire] is a country with the pope as its core, then the church in the north will definitely act as an internal response to help the south attack the north.

So nothing was agreed and the war started
In the early days, according to everyone's prediction, the north would suffer a disastrous defeat, so the merchants and the nobles negotiated to strengthen their defenses. Relying on the speed of their knowledge of the information, they bought food on a large scale, and took away nearly 7% of the food before the common people reacted. rations.

The nobles in the north knew the emperor's decision in the south: 'When the troops come to the north, they will kill all the nobles and civilians, leaving only space for the southern residents to survive. 'Finally, in order to survive as much as possible, they chose to use the most extreme method, giving up the land in the south and letting the army guard the border, no matter how the enemy shouted, they would not meet the enemy.

Before the war officially broke out, the nobles were sure that the war would be a disastrous defeat.

There are still many nobles who plan to build ships, leave along the seaside, and find a new piece of land to live in.

But these did not materialize in the end.

Because Ted used excessive E. coli to completely defeat the southern army and prevent all this from happening.

However, even if the front line was victorious, the nobles and merchants did not intend to stop. They used the previously purchased grain to buy low and sell high, making a fortune.

Not only sand is added to the grain, but also lime is added.

After they confiscated all the property of the people, they took their cronies and team to hide in the northern rear area for eating, drinking and having fun.

At first, the number of refugees was not many, and they were all people who took refuge in the city because the food in the nearby villages ran out.

Later, a convoy dragging families from the south with countless people stationed in the city.

Because the lord had fled long ago, only Father Martin was left in the city who could preside over order.

When he checked the grain depot, everything was normal and there was enough food, and it should be able to survive until the end of the disaster.

But later, as the number of people increased, the priest put down the books in his hand and posted a notice to reduce the daily ration of each person to half.

Later, after several large refugee groups came, there was no longer enough food, even if it was made into porridge, it would not help.

Then, when the food was exhausted, the refugees opened their mouths and aimed at the same kind regardless of the teachings and etiquette.

Fortunately, there were two loyal church knights beside the priest, who led him and the other two priests to escape.

But Martin still can't figure out why he tried so hard to maintain order, and in the end these refugees still poured their anger on him.

Obviously Martin did what he should do, but he was still killed by inexplicable hatred.

When passing through [Munibai], the situation inside is even worse than that in [Hamburger City]. There, except for cannibals, there are dead people.
They even ate up priests and other clergy, put on clothes, and hung them above the city gate.

When he saw this in the distance, Martin could only hold the hand of the knight beside him, thanking him non-stop!
But all this is over, and the priest is now safe.

But the question of God took root during this period.

When Martin was still staying in [Hamburg City], he was waiting for God to come to help him all the time. He knelt in front of the cross and prayed devoutly, hoping that the messenger who went to deliver the letter would return safely. He even burned a A precious 'God Summons Coupon' to tell him his hope.

This coupon was a reward given by the Pope after he had been a priest for so many years.

It is said that as long as you burn this coupon, God will hear your voice and grant your wish within 5 minutes.

It's just that the coupon was burned, and I told God about my thoughts, but he still didn't show up.

When he came here, he was even surprised. He didn't understand why God would agree to the request of the godfather of Heishui City.

This is almost equivalent to killing innocent people indiscriminately. For ordinary people, few people can maintain a certain degree of sanity in the case of extreme hunger.

This is equivalent to the death penalty for 99% of the refugees
But these. It is difficult for me to help, after all, he is just an outsider, and he can only let the soldiers slaughter innocent refugees
In the evening, after eating, all the people closed their eyes and listened to the priest's prayer.

After praying, Martin opened his eyes, looked at everyone and asked, "Everyone, have you heard God's teaching?"

Everyone opened their eyes, all of them looked swearing, as if God really gave him something! ?

Even if he didn't hear it, Bruce pretended to hear it. These tasks were done by his father before. After praying every day, he would say something that seemed very reasonable.

But Bruce, who had never heard the so-called voice of God, was in a hurry and planned to ask the priest what was going on.

"My lord priest" Bruce quietly raised his hand and asked the priest.

"Oh? What's the matter?"

If he said he didn't hear it, he would be hanged and burned to death by the people around him, so he could only lie: "My lord priest, God told me too much just now, my brain can't keep up, after all, I just With a chance to live, I can't turn my mind."

Although this kind of statement is rare, Father Martin has indeed encountered it and knows how to deal with it: "Well, how about you stay later?"

"No problem, my lord priest!"

Hearing these remarks, the people around laughed and said, "It's really a blessing to be a fool. God actually told you so much!?"

For this, Bruce could only scratch his head and say sorry, and by the way, kowtow to the cross three times and nine times to repent.

After everyone left here, Bruce knelt directly in front of the priest.

"My lord priest, can I ask God to repeat what he said to me? My brain is stupid and I can't remember so much."

"Then you have to tell me your experience, and history"

"Father, I."

In this way, Bruce unreservedly told all his recent encounters, what he saw and heard, and his doubts about God, even what happened at noon.

When the priest learned about this, he did not choose to report it, because it is an unwritten doctrine to help others keep secrets. He has been doing this for nearly 100 years, and has been keeping secrets for others, and has never disclosed it to anyone.

(End of this chapter)