The War of Religion in France was a great tragedy, but some people are sad and some people are happy, and among the powerful neighbors around them, the two powerful and long-lived kings of England and Spain, Fei Laoer, must be the happiest thing to wait for the next great war in France.

When he heard that Chen Jiujing planned to fight a new war, King Philip of Spain sent a messenger to send a letter, but this time the tone was not like a king, but like an uncle next door.

As if sensing that the last time Chen Jiujing was used as a bargaining chip in exchange for Duke Guise's support for Spain in the northern Netherlands, Philip changed his tactics.

In the letter, Philip gave Chen Jiujing a detailed account of Margaret's love history, as well as a general introduction to the relationship between the leaders of the three forces in the religious wars, and finally guided these to the believing monk Acosta.

Acosta relayed Philip's words to Chen Jiujing: "His Royal Highness said that the general was sent to the land of Spain by his noble father, and it is his duty to take care of you on his behalf. The Duke of Guise's father, who was as brave as you and the most illustrious general in France, died from a small projectile in ambush in the woods. ”

"It's important to follow the advice of others, especially when he's the king of Spain." Acosta spoke earnestly, arched his hand to Chen Jiujing and saluted: "His Royal Highness has three suggestions for you, first, if Queen Margaret wants to attack anyone with the help of the general's strength, the general should not go. ”

"Second, if the general must send troops to the north, please wait patiently for two months, and after two months, the situation will become clear."

"Third." The monk who was most familiar with the Ming Empire finally laughed and whispered, "General, please protect yourself and be careful of assassins...... The Valois royal family was skilled in using violent means to intervene in Queen Marguerite's private life, and many people have died as a result. ”

In the military tent in the camp of the Xiyong camp in Bilbao, Chen Jiujing blinked: "Valois is Margo's family, are you referring to Joseph?" I know about him. Monk, I have ordered a meal to be prepared, talk to me, what will happen in two months' time? ”

Acosta didn't seem to want to reveal more about this matter, he just shook his head and said, "Not only Joseph, who had his nails pulled out, his whole body and bones broken, and finally his head cut off, but the general knew about Don Juan?" ”

Don Juan?

The conversation between Chen Jiujing and Acosta is a bit of a donkey's lips, and Acosta seems reluctant to talk about the upcoming changes in France; Chen Jiujing, on the other hand, was reluctant to talk more about his personal affairs with Margaret.

But obviously Acosta has more chips, and the young General Chen is a good hand at fighting, but Wu Tang has never taught how to talk to people, so he nodded and said: "The general sent by Spain to sign the treaty after the Battle of Lin Laihai, the king's younger brother?" ”

"Yes, he wrote poems for Queen Marguerite, and they had met, speaking of which, on the banks of the River Adur, not far from the northeast on the border between Spain and France, the Queen Mother of France, Catherine, took the princess to meet the king, but His Royal Highness did not go, and sent the Duke of Alva and the then queen Isabella to meet him."

It seems that in order to tell Chen Jiujing about Queen Navarre's private affairs, Acosta also smiled apologetically to the other Spanish envoys in the tent and asked them to wait for him outside the camp.

"Presumably, the generals did not know their relationship, and Queen Isabella of Spain was the daughter of Catherine, Queen of Valois, that is, Margaret's sister."

Acosta introduced to Chen Jiujing: "At that meeting, we wanted France to help eliminate the rebellion in the Netherlands; Catherine, on the other hand, wanted to marry Margaret to the king's eldest son, Don Carlos. ”

"Don Juan, who accompanied him as a court envoy, saw Margaret, who was still a princess at that time, and said in a poem when he returned: Her appearance is comparable only to a goddess, and it is condescending to be a princess on earth; Her sparkle will not save men, it will only lead them to destruction, and a smile will send us to hell. ”

The monk's emotional recitation of poetry was heard by Chen Laojiu as a strange tone, and he even saw a little envy in the monk's eyes looking at him, but then all those feelings disappeared, and he saw the monk spread his hands: "Later, the heir of Spain died. ”

"There was no shortage of men in the world who were willing to fight for Queen Margaret, and Joseph, who did everything possible to bravely lead the cavalry to save Princess Marguerite from Paris, died too."

"The little town of Agen, only two hundred miles from Bordeaux, was the fief of the Queen, and there was a young officer named Objac, who should have a bright future, but after meeting Princess Marguerite he said: If you can't kiss Fangze, you might as well hang yourself if you live."

"The Lord heard his vow." Acosta repeated the gesture of spreading his hands again with a blank face: "In less than a year, he got both of these wishes. ”

"When the royal army captured the city of Agen, King Henry himself read the order of the Queen Mother: the lover of Queen Navarre was to be hanged in public, and the Queen must watch it herself...... I've heard that Obijak was hung and buried alive before he could breathe. ”

Hearing this, Chen Jiujing slapped his thigh violently, raised two fingers with his left hand and nodded in the direction of Acosta, shaking his head left and right: he could be considered the reason why Margo wanted him to her husband again, and wanted her to go to Paris to beat his brother.

What kind of family?

Not to mention the operation of marrying her sister to her brother-in-law's son, such a private matter as killing a lover can make a lot of trouble, and even a missionary from a neighboring country who has been transferred back from the New World can be treasured.

He just wants to get some sleep, but depending on the situation, once the matter is revealed to the world, France's hum will definitely not be finished with him.

Chen Jiujing lowered his head slightly and pondered for a moment, then raised his eyelids to look at Acosta and asked, "What does the monk mean that if I enter France next time, the Catholic territory in the north of the Kingdom of Navarre will also be my enemy?" ”

This is the intention not to let people sleep well.

"Not necessarily, King Henry of France may have the royal army that can be called up to destroy the general's troops; Guise Henry of House Lorraine is relatively safe, although he and Queen Margaret also have some rumors, but now the general is with Spain, and it is in his favor to join us, not to mention that Guise has four thousand Spanish soldiers under his command. ”

"But it can't be ruled out that he will buy off the General's Siyong Battalion to control your troops, and then hire assassins to assassinate you. As for the other Navarre Henry, it goes without saying, although they have no relationship as husband and wife, you are real enemies. ”

"Three years ago, when Navarre was under house arrest in Paris by the king, the day before he fled, three henries were playing dice in the king's room, and I don't know who dripped a drop of red dye between the three of them, like blood, which was taken as an ominous omen, and the next day Navarre fled back from Paris."

The story of Queen Navarre, whose private life was chaotic, seemed to come to an end, and Acosta made a relieved move, in the case that both inside and outside the Chinese army tent were guarded by soldiers of the Baishan Battalion and only Acosta, a Spaniard, the monk looked around and whispered to Chen Jiujing: "General, I have lived in Changsheng for a long time, and I should be able to count half of the Ming people, and I ask Your Excellency not to disclose the next words to anyone." ”

"King Henry of France has no heirs, and if he dies, Queen Marguerite will be the only one left in the Valois family to inherit, and the throne will pass to the man closest to Queen Marguerite."

"If the general can divorce the queen...... Acosta stood up, bowed his hand to Chen Jiujing and smiled, and slowly retreated: "I have taken my leave, the general takes care." ”