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Cardinal is the common name for a cardinal, a title given to the bishop because of the red robes he wears on a daily basis.

The current Cardinal Richelieu, who was originally a small bishop of Luçon diocese, entered the political circle by virtue of the opportunity to participate in the three-level conference, and became the favorite of King Louis XIII in just over ten years. become Prime Minister.

According to the records of later generations, this Lord Cardinal has a characteristic, that is, he loves cats.

It is said that Richelieu kept hundreds of cats in his official residence in Paris.Some people also said that he kept cats not because he loved cats, but because he used cats that were sensitive to outsiders to prevent assassins from harming him.

But this kind of scene is indeed frightening—Imagine, the majestic cardinal’s mansion, at night, the lights are turned off, and cat’s eyes are shining everywhere, and outsiders will inevitably think that this is a magic cave.

Now, the same is true for Richelieu, who came to Tianshui Town, holding a big orange in his arms and squatting on his shoulder.

Roland saluted him. Before Richelieu could speak, the cat on his shoulder meowed twice, as if greeting Roland.

Roland fixed his eyes on the cardinal. He was a thin man of medium build, about 34 to [-] years old, with clear features and sharp eyes.

He has two short mustaches and a short beard under his lips.Although he is not very old, in the light of the fire, it can be seen that his hair, mustache and short beard are all gray.

His body didn't look very good either, he was thin and weak, and he even needed someone to support him.After dismounting, he didn't speak, but clenched his right hand into a fist, put it to his lips, and coughed a few times.

Roland saluted him, and Richelieu nodded in greeting.A person who looked like a secretary beside him asked loudly in a "Parisian accent", "Where is the local lord? Didn't the local lord receive a letter saying that the Cardinal is coming?"

Roland shook his head and said with a sneer, "The lord has not been here for quite a while. If your honor's letter is for him, then the local people will naturally not know about it."

Seeing that she spoke directly and rudely, the secretary snorted and was about to explode.But he saw the cardinal lightly reaching out his hand to stop him.

He seemed to be a strict person, as he stretched out his hand so lightly, the secretary immediately shut up, lowered his head and stepped back behind him, not daring to say a word.

"Informing the lord is just to inform, not to ask you to do anything."

Richelieu spoke softly, but he spoke every word clearly, allowing Roland to hear him clearly.

"Mileddy, what are you holding in your hand?"

Roland was startled when he heard the words, and it took a while for him to react.When Richelieu called her "Miledie", he should have just called her "Honorable Madame" instead of knowing that she was "Miledie".

She lowered her head to look at the litter of kittens in her hand, and smiled immediately: "A kitten that has just been born and hasn't opened its eyes much."

Richelieu turned his head slowly and nodded towards him. A man who looked like a servant walked up quickly and said respectfully to Roland: "Madam, please give it to me. I will take care of them."

Roland was worried about whether these little ones could survive without the care of the mother cat. Hearing this, he quickly handed out the litter of kittens with both hands, and thanked in a low voice.

The manservant bowed and went.From a corner of the square, there was the sound of the little boy of the Kanter family crying with joy.

"When I came here, I seemed to vaguely hear that the people of the town gathered here, talking about the devil?"

Richelieu asked Roland.

"Indeed, people in the town are asking the priest of the church whether cats are mentioned in the Bible, whether they are confirmed to be the messenger of the devil, the servant of the witch, and what the church thinks about cats..."

As soon as Roland finished speaking, Mrs. Brown's voice sounded again: "What else can I ask for advice? Not only did the Countess not keep her chastity, she also drove the Earl away in anger, and she also defended those evil animals everywhere, and she still refused to burn them. , is enough to prove that she herself is..."

"Papa papa", four crisp applause sounded again.

The guards who slapped Mrs. Brown just now have been standing near her, but they haven't gone far.

The old lady who didn't have a long memory finally got into bad luck this time. With a sound of "pooh", she spat out two teeth with blood.

"The Church's View of Cats..."

The corners of Richelieu's mouth raised slightly.

He stretched out his finger, gently scratched the lazy big orange in his arms, and then turned to Floren.

"Father, allow me, in your place, to give a sermon in this town."

In his capacity, he could do whatever he wanted in this town, but the cardinal made a "request" to Florent.

Florent immediately bowed to the end, and respectfully led Richelieu to the center of the square in the town.

Roland quickly gave the mayor a look, and the latter was shrewd and understanding, and immediately ordered someone to move a chair out.

Richelieu coughed twice, supported by his guards, sat down on the chair, turned his head to look at the blazing fire in front of the church, and sighed long——

"Fire torture...hasn't happened in this country for a long time."

The mayor shyly approached and explained: "My lord, please don't get me wrong, this is not about someone being burned at the stake, it's just that a crazy woman was talking nonsense earlier, and she lit this fire and wanted to burn it to death." Just a few cats..."

"Just a few cats burned?"

Richelieu ignored the mayor, glanced at the faces illuminated by the fire, and asked softly, "How many of you think that cats are the messengers of the devil and the incarnation of evil?"

People don't talk.

They all thought so in their hearts, but seeing Mrs. Brown's high and swollen cheeks, no one dared to say anything.

"It's not your fault that you think so."

Richelieu's slender fingers gently scratched Daju's head.

"For many years, the church has always associated cats with heresy. We always emphasize that they like to be active at night, they have a pair of eyes that can see everything in the dark, they are arrogant and cold, and they don't like to get close to people... But just because of these, can we assert that they represent the devil?"

Everyone was dumbfounded - the man in front of him is a cardinal!

He best represented the views of the Church in all of France.

Could it be that the church has turned the tide now and no longer thinks that cats are evil and does not require people to get rid of cats?

"The opposite is true, cats are silently protecting us."

Richelieu's tone became more serious.

Everyone heard a "ah" in unison.

This was absolutely unexpected—the representative of the church even admitted that the cat is not the messenger of the devil, but the cat is protecting the human beings.

At this time, Heathcliff "squeaked" and twisted open the cat cage containing Luna.

The cow cat jumped out of the cage with a "whoosh" and galloped to Roland's side.As soon as Roland stretched out his hand to the ground, the kitten jumped onto her shoulder, squatted obediently next to her ear, and "meowed" very proudly.

Li Sheliu's eyes brightened as he looked at Luna, as if this little cat had aroused his infinite love and affection.

"Everyone has heard of the dark plague era, right?"

Everyone's face changed.

Although it has been many years ago, people have heard from their ancestors about the terrible scene when the epidemic broke out-people didn't even have time to carry the dying person out of the house, or just carried the person out, and then they died again. Lives fell because of serious illness.

"The main culprit of the epidemic is the rat."

"what?"

The people in Tianshui Town were surprised at the same time, even priest Floren was no exception.

"Yes, it's rats. People don't pay much attention to them. They are allowed to run around indoors and on the streets. They are also the ones who carry diseases, from sick people to healthy people."

"Researchers at the Collège de France have confirmed this. The fastest and most dangerous ones are transmitted by rats."

The big orange in Liselieu's arms suddenly "meowed", as if to say: What are you afraid of?I am best at exterminating rodents and pests.

"Cats have always been the natural enemies of mice. Perhaps you have seen them play with their prey cruelly, but this is due to their lively and curious nature."

"A cat can kill mice."

"Rats cause disease."

"So cats are protecting humans, simple as that."

"That's why in those dark days, the more people abused and eradicated cats, the more they couldn't stop the disease from spreading."

"Because they got it wrong."

"The Church was also wrong in those days, and cats should never have been associated with heresy."

"A cat is a cat, a creature like everything in the world."

"As for the church, it is reasonable to apologize for so many lives that were mistakenly killed in those years."

Many people were dumbfounded by Richelieu’s words—the church also made a mistake, so does it need to apologize?

However, the person in front of him was wearing the red dress of a cardinal with a cross on his chest.Under the light of the torch, his expression was solemn and compassionate.

People were intimidated by his authority, and even such a "preaching" could not completely reverse people's prejudice against cats for hundreds of years-but the residents of Sweetwater Town only dared to promise, and no one dared to refute.

"Everyone, your lord's wife, I shouldn't be misunderstood by you. She just saved a few cats."

"Imagine that the cat she saved, when she grows up, will save many people who should have been troubled by diseases. When the day of judgment comes, this merit will be much more effective than buying indulgences with money."

"really?"

There were still people who were indifferent at first, but when they heard this, people's eyes widened: It turns out that saving cats has such an "efficacy", even stronger than buying indulgences?

The civilians in Tianshui Town have just escaped poverty, so they don't have to struggle with food and clothing.Buying "indulgence notes" is something they dare not even think about.

Now...they just have to save the cat?

"Indeed. We, like cats, are protected beings. To save cats is to save ourselves."

As soon as these words were spoken, Tianshui Town suddenly burst into joy.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the cardinal looked at Roland through the light of the fire, lifted his hand from the big orange's head, and gave Roland a gentle hook.

The fire light reflected in his eyes, jumping and jumping, very bright.

Roland understood, bowed his head and stepped forward, listening attentively.

She only heard Richelieu's weak voice panting in her ears:

"Dear Countess, the immediate crisis is over. The thing under your cloak can be put away for now."

The author has something to say: ①The Catholic Church officially apologized for a series of persecutions in history in 2003.Richelieu in history was more of a political figure than a religious figure, and the words and deeds described in this article are not the real words and deeds of historical figures, but the performance of the characters in the plane-hereby explain.

②Indulgences are something that the church sells to believers, claiming that they can use this to "redeem".The church amassed a lot of wealth by selling indulgences, and Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation targeted indulgences from the very beginning.