Chapter 526 Chapman

"church?"

Colin narrowed his eyes and wondered, "How did this Chapman family offend the church?"

While asking this question, Colin kept guessing in his mind that Mrs. Grace suddenly told her what the purpose of this matter was.

Mrs. Grace did not answer Colin's question, but asked again:

"Earl of Angeles, do you know how many Paladin families are there in the Glorious Empire?"

"Seven."

“Which seven?”

"The royal family of Saint Lorenzo, the Duke of the North, the Saint Hilder family, the Duke of the East, the Duke of the West, the Duke of the West, the Duke of the South, and the Damn Saint Theon family..." Collin said and stopped here.

Because he also realized that even if the Saint Theon family, who had become public enemies of the empire, could only hide in the shadows, had only six Paladin families.

But the Glory Empire was established by seven powerful first-generation paladins, which is common sense in history, and the seven first-generation paladins also derived the seven major paladin families.

However, the territory of the Glorious Empire has been divided up by the five Paladin families (the royal family, the east, south, west, and north, and the other two Paladin families have long since withdrawn from the main stage of the empire.

Of course, the Saint Theon family is not willing to withdraw and continues to cause trouble behind the scenes.

But the seventh Paladin seemed to have completely withdrawn, not even a name left...

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Colin suddenly realized something and blurted out: "Isn't this Chapman family one of the seven Paladin families?"

"Yes." Mrs. Grace gave a positive answer.

Clin was stunned.

Mrs. Grace laughed sarcastically and said, "The St. Chapman family has now fallen to the point where most people have never heard of its name."

Collin immediately asked, "So, how did the St. Chapman family withdraw from the stage of history?"

"Earl of Angeles, you should know how the Saint Theon family declined, right?"

Colin nodded and said, "I know, is it that the St. Chapman family is also related to this?"

"That's right." Mrs. Grace gave a positive answer, "As the guardian of the North, the husband of Duke St. Heard, you should also know the secret that the Glorious Church is trying hard to cover up, right?"

Colin nodded again and said, "I know. The Lord of Glory no longer absorbs the power of faith collected by the church. There are even rumors that the Lord of Glory is dead."

The expression on Mrs. Grace's face suddenly became particularly complicated, and she said in a deep voice: "It is true that the Lord of Glory no longer absorbs the power of faith, but the words of His death are purely speculations with ulterior motives of the 'Black Emperor'.

Of course, the Black Emperor also paid a heavy price for his words without any restraint.

But, Earl of Angeles, do you know why the Black Emperor suddenly went crazy and made such a horrifying remark like "My Lord is dead"?"

"Why?" Colin asked.

Originally, he thought that the Black Emperor wanted to break the church's suppression of imperial power, so he was ready to spread the secrets that the church tried hard to cover up, in order to weaken the church's prestige and power.

But now it seems that the motive of the Black Emperor is probably not that simple, and it is probably related to the St. Chapman family.

"You should have guessed that the sudden outbreak of the Black Emperor is actually related to the St. Chapman family." Mrs. Grace's tone was low, and she reappeared the history that was deliberately hidden before Collin.

"The St. Chapman family is the only family among the seven Paladin families that have no fiefdom.

It is precisely because they have no fiefdom that they cannot afford to support their family army and are therefore fully trusted by the royal family.

Therefore, the St. Chapman family also has the title of "Hand of the Emperor".

The Dukes of St. Chapman, who were trusted by the royal family, were awarded the position of Guardian of the Empire. It can even be said that this position was specially set up for Duke Chapman.

The guardians of the empire, whose power is even above the prime minister of the palace, represents the emperor's will and majesty.

But such a prominent family was sternly killed by the Knights Templars into the family manor late one night more than 300 years ago, and arrested all the people of the tribe to the Holy Mountain to be judged by the Pope!

The result of the trial is of course the entire clan is guilty.

Since then, the St. Chapman family has completely withdrawn from the political stage of the empire.

This behavior of the church deeply stimulated the royal family, which led to the crazy behavior of the black emperor determined to tear his face."

Mrs. Grace said it was light, but Colin was frightened.

The dignified Paladin family was destroyed by the church?

And it is also the St. Chapman family, who can be called the royal family's right-hand man. This is simply a kick in the royal family's face. No wonder the black emperor wanted to overturn the table.

But immediately, Colin asked his most doubtful and critical question:

"Why did the church take such thundering measures against the St. Chapman family? Aren't they worried that the Imperial Lords would all be in danger and thus unite to resist the church together?"

"Of course they are worried." Mrs. Grace said with a serious expression, "but if you leave it alone, the church will be even more unable to bear the consequences."

"What consequences? What exactly did the St. Chapman family do?"

"The guardian of the empire at that time, Duke St. Chapman asked the major lords of the empire to send special people to copy the "Glorious Book" and distribute it to the people's representatives, and cooperate with the church to preach the meaning of the "Glorious Book"."

Collin was stunned and puzzled, "Isn't this helping the church spread faith? The church was too late to praise Duke St. Chapman, so how could he kill him? Is Duke St. Chapman in his order to carry private goods in the process of spreading the "Glorious Book"?"

Mrs. Grace shook her head and said, "No. Duke St. Chapman did not tamper with the "Glorious Book". In the process of organizing people to explain to the people, he strictly followed the church's interpretation. He also invited the church to send pastors to help train the tour guides and supervise the lecture."

Clin suddenly became even more confused, but he did not speak anymore, but just waited patiently for Mrs. Grace's explanation.

Mrs. Grace continued:

"After a craze for learning and understanding the "Glorious Book", Duke St. Chapman asked the Black Emperor to declare in public that the authority of the "Glorious Book" is supreme, it is the only standard for the Lord of the Glorious to restrain mankind and the only way for faith to be saved!"

Hearing this, Colin finally realized something was wrong.

Duke St. Chapman seems to be helping the church spread faith, but in fact it is constantly pushing up the status of the "Glorious Book".

This behavior seems to be completely consistent with the interests of the church at first glance, but in fact, it is a hidden murderous intent!
Chapter completed!