I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 433 The Devil's Doom (Part 2)

   "He is not a king!" a voice shouted in rage!

   "He's the devil!"

   "Devil!" "Yes! Devil!" "Devil!" "Kill the devil!" "Burn them!" "Drag them down!" "Devil! Give me back my daughter!"…

Milady's people shouted for the first time, like a fire that ignites fuel for firewood, the crowd suddenly broke out after a brief silence - I don't know when the rain has stopped, and the moonlight shines on the pale face of Carlos II , In addition to fear, all he has is anger, how dare they! After knowing that they were the king, they didn't kneel down respectfully and donate their backs to trample on him - how dare they call him a devil!

   He was not originally a man who could control himself.

No, it should be said that he was originally an idiot. After he regained his mind, if he was given careful care and step-by-step education, he could at least become an ordinary person, a mediocre king - it is a pity that everyone around him, Including the archbishop and the queen mother, his biological mother, all have their own minds, even Patinho, who had seen Louis XIV, began to yearn for a wise master - it was his fault to be eager to achieve success .

  Alberoni and Jose watched how he went from an innocent baby to a devil.

   "I'm going back to the palace." Alberoni said: "I'll go and tell them that the king is besieged by a mob."

   "You stay here,"

  José said calmly, "They will definitely doubt you. You'd better not appear in front of the Archbishop until this matter is resolved. I'll tell them."

  Alberoni smiled bitterly: "I don't think I can go back to the archbishop again, I'm a rebel."

José looked at his companion and was noncommittal about this sentence. Compared to Alberoni, who was only the son of a gardener and had been studying with the archbishop, he knew more things. If things were really like the Habsburgs The enemy develops as hoped - the most likely enemy is Louis XIV of France, and it is difficult to say what will happen to Alberoni in the future.

He volunteered to go back to the old palace to report the bad news, but also partly selfish, he wanted to go back to Patinho as soon as possible and tell him about it - Patinho... His loyalty was never the king, he The only loyal ones were Spain, as long as Louis XIV was not planning to annex Spain - perhaps not unacceptable to Patinho.

As for the others, they are loyal to power and money. The only troublesome thing may be the Queen Mother, and Duke Don Juan will not care. Anyway, whether it is Bourbon or Habsburg, he has no right to inherit, and he cannot climb the throne. - "You stay here," said Jose again, "you must try to reach those people and try to ensure that the king's life is not threatened." He blinked, and Alberoni immediately understood that they were not even able to reach Judah. Watching each other die, let alone this group of innocent civilians?

They can't be allowed to kill Carlos II, otherwise the Queen Mother and others will only be relieved, and then declare them, or some of them, as treasonous traitors, put them to death, and kill them. Alberoni will join them. The leaders explained their interests and managed to get them to negotiate with the royal family, while quickly publicizing Carlos II's crazy behavior - making the silence unnecessary; while forcing Carlos II to sign an amnesty, forgiving them any Disrespectful behavior also sets the tone for the matter.

   This kind of thing has not happened in history, but Carlos II was the first to be pushed to shame by his own people because of the crime of holding black mass and abusing innocent people.

Alberoni still remembered that he had a little sympathy for Carlos II. He also vaguely heard about it at the court and around his teacher. Although the drug of the dark wizard made Carlos II heal, it also brought A lot of unbearable sequelae, such as deformed offspring, chaotic thoughts, hunched body, etc... What about his spirit? Did he become like this uncontrollably?

   But the more than 100 days and nights in prison made him understand that bystanders who were not affected can of course try to understand Carlos II, if he is indeed not the messenger of **** visiting the world.

   But the victim must not, never can, Carlos II can be forgiven by God, and that requires him to stand before God first.

   He walked towards the crowd without hesitation.

   The last chess piece was in place, and Milady breathed a sigh of relief. So did the Judahs in the crowd, swift and stealthy from the crowd besieging the king, and almost galloping back to their blocks, they were just passing the galloping horses—a mere distance Along an alley, the cavalry that kept passing by showed that the archbishop and the queen mother had to give up the eradication of the Judah and rush to save their king.

Without these 1,500 soldiers, the thugs hired by the Judah could break through the Spanish defenses. The Judah abandoned all their property in Toledo, dragged the old and the young, and left Tole as quickly as possible. many.

   The wise man slowly lowered his shoulders until the carriage left the ancient city far behind.

   Even if he went to the tomb, he would not tell his people that his two descendants were not entrusted to another group of Judah as he said - they had been arranged to go to Marseilles. The Judah in Toledo would not know that he was "bribed" to try to instigate the Judah to become the sword in the hands of the French... If they knew, he would be expelled from Judah society, not even his descendants. Exceptionally, they will stray outside, hard to find where to root.

   But he was only a little selfish, and no one could deny that the decision he made was correct.

   "Look!" a young man beside him suddenly exclaimed.

   He followed the other side's line of sight - Toledo was burning.

His own king is the accomplice of the devil, which is not a heavy blow to the Spaniards who have always believed in them. They dare not pour all their anger on Carlos II, but they definitely dare to slaughter the devil's believers— That is, all infidels. The wealthy and xenophobic Judahs definitely bore the brunt, and they made a wonderful time difference, taking advantage of the short time between the withdrawal of the army and the atrocities of the people who had received the bad news and rushed into the streets of Judah - they only had to hesitate for a moment In a moment, a hilarious tragedy will be staged.

But, next, as long as he and his descendants are still in France, he is a puppet in the hands of the French, because the French can lift the fig leaf on him at any time, and he can only do his best for Louis XIV. .

   I just hope that this king, as the wise know, has no deep prejudice against the people of Judah.

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   For these Judas, things in Toledo finally came to an end, but the people of Spain continued their nightmares.

When the people who besieged the king in the arena found out that they were not sorcerers and pagans, but the king, their hearts were not without fear. If Alberoni did not appear in time, called rescue the king, In fact, if they were taught how to use the king as a hostage to negotiate with the royal ministers, they would probably have been defeated one by one like a group of loose sand.

   It's just that such a method cannot hide from people such as Archbishop of Toledo and Admiral Patinho. They saw at a glance that Jose was also an accomplice, and his face turned pale with anger.

   Jose calmly faced their glares and reproaches: "I didn't know that Alberoni thought so until I left the palace, but I think he was right."

"Do you know what a treason convict faces?" Patinho said. "But first I'm going to lock you up." He took Jose to a small isolated room that didn't even have a window. , he paused before closing the door: "You'll regret it, Jose, you ruined your future."

   "I don't think so." Jose said softly after his uncle had walked far away.

   What is scarier than treason? It was blasphemy, and it was the investigation and excommunication that followed. No one pushed for it, but Louis XIV had already had a second son with the eldest daughter of Philip IV, even in two consecutive wars in France. Didn't ask Spain for the queen's dowry, for today?

   Once Carlos II was excommunicated - the Church of Rome could not even be on the side of the Habsburgs because the king held a black mass with thousands of witnesses, countless proofs. Presumably this news will be spread like wings by the French king's spies in Spain. For the loss of the religious eldest daughter of France, it must be said that Spain, which cannot be said to be the only one, but also has an extremely important position, how could the Church of Rome be able to do this? Allow such a king who repeatedly slaps them in the face to exist?

   This is worse than the former French king who invited the Pope to Alvignon! At least the former is still the guardian of God, but Carlos II has completely abandoned his faith - the first thing to hold a black mass is to blaspheme the cross, the icon, insult and defile God, this is something everyone knows .

   Of course, the Roman Church has no right to put a king to death as a heretic, but excommunication is necessary, otherwise what is the face and legitimacy of the Church?

But if a king is excommunicated, it means that all covenants made in the witness of God will be void, his allies can break their covenants, his vassals are not required to fulfill their obligations, and his wife can deny him. marriage, and his children have also become illegitimate children.

   Otherwise, the shame of Canossa would not have happened in the first place.

   Now the strength of the church is far inferior to that of Canossa Castle, but with Louis XIV, who is eyeing the Spanish throne, he will definitely make this happen. The Queen Mother said she would ask Leopold I for help—seriously, the people present were not very optimistic. If the only prince now came from Queen Antonia's belly, there might be room for maneuver, but... Found that Antonia escaped Afterwards, the archbishop and Patinho did not hesitate to block the route to Rome and France, unfortunately it was too late, Louis XIV's men apparently had a multi-pronged approach - the Judas fled, the populace rioted, the king Trapped, the queen fled, and religious scandals were revealed to the world... All these, even if they were exhausted, they couldn't handle it.

   Jose is still a teenager, but he can already see results.

Carlos II has completely lost the people's hearts, and is about to usher in the excommunication of the church. Queen Antonia will run to Rome, begging Pope Innocent XI's acceptance, and at the same time complain - the marriage contract with Carlos II is invalid, and Spain The Habsburg royal family tried to confuse illegitimate children with legitimate children, so that the Habsburgs of Spain had no possibility of inheriting the Spanish throne. someone else.

  Leopold I would probably not stand idly by.

   However, the possibility of Louis XIV taking the Spanish throne for his second son is still very high, Jose fell on the cold floor, thinking, this can be considered a gamble. Alberoni probably didn't know that if things got to that point, his cunning teacher wouldn't necessarily abandon him - maybe he could go further.

   As for him, as an ambitious, intelligent and keen young man, how could he bear to be under the command of a king like Carlos II, or, in other words, to serve an illegitimate child?

   He doesn't care who is the king of Spain, as long as he is "the king of Spain", Jose is willing to give his allegiance.

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   Scandal! scandal! This is an absolute scandal!

It is no exaggeration to say that black mass is held in the palace. In order to get rid of political enemies, rivals in love, and to compete for the favor of the superior, many dignitaries hire wizards and degenerate priests to do this kind of thing. Things, the church also opened one eye and closed one eye, but... like Carlos II, most of Toledo are witnesses, and the whole of Spain is known to everyone within a week, which is considered rare.

Negotiations with a group of commoners upset the Duke of Don Juan, but there is nobody but him, the Queen Mother's spirit is completely broken, and the archbishop is going to investigate all the monasteries and churches - they really don't know if there are others like St. Dominic Places like churches! Patinho has to deal with his colleagues in the court, screen the people for spies, and prepare the army at the same time - war is imminent!

  Fortunately, he brought Carlos II back anyway.

Carlos II has completely lost his mind, and his body is full of foul smell. Although those people dare not beat or kill the king, they still dare to throw a piece or two of mud from the crowd. The strong smell of blood, as soon as he smelled this, Duke Don Juan remembered the "evidence" people presented him.

   He turned his head and retched a few times.

   "Now there is a way," said the Archbishop of Toledo, "to avoid the excommunication of the king."

   (end of this chapter)