The Rise of the European Emperor

Malin thought about it, as if there was nothing wrong with Bishop Conrad's plan. why? Because Bishop Conrad himself does not have the strength to fight the North Sea Kingdom, but the feudal coalition has it.

If Ma Lin "died", the Beihai army would be unstable, and once the feudal coalition forces attacked, the Beihai army might not be able to stop it. And Bishop Conrad can take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

He is the original bishop and prince of the Münster area and has a good control over the South Münster area. Although Marin stationed two or three thousand soldiers and horses in Munster City, if the allied forces of the feudal lords were killed, these people would be the food delivery.

And with Bishop Conrad's prestige in the South Munster area, and if the coalition forces came over, the North Sea Kingdom would definitely be in chaos. At that time, it is still possible for Bishop Conrad to seize a large fief in the South Munster area for his family. You must know that the Rietberg country of the Rietberg family is only over 200 square kilometers, which is only equivalent to the size of a few small towns. The area of ​​South Münster is as high as 5,900 square kilometers, which is more than 20 times that of the county of Rietberg, and a piece of land can always be taken away. After all, he is now the actual controller of the South Munster area, and has the conditions to play tricks.

Unbeknownst to Bishop Conrad, Marin had asked Kohler to arrange for spies to monitor his every move. He secretly contacted several princes who also coveted the agricultural secrets and land of Beihai Kingdom, which was discovered and followed by Kohler's men.

"It seems that we have to get rid of this restless old guy..." Marin made up his mind.

"But how do we get rid of him? Lord..." Kohler asked.

"The assassination is wrong, and it is easy to be suspected of my head. After all, if he died, the South Munster area will return to my hands, and I am the direct beneficiary..."

"Poisoning doesn't work either. If he poisoned himself and died, he would be suspected of me..." Marin was a little distressed.

Then, after thinking about it, he asked Kohler:

"Is there anything wrong with this old man Conrad?"

Kohler flipped through the information and replied:

"I'm obese, it seems... a little high blood pressure as you said..."

Marin rolled his eyes - isn't that nonsense? A lot of fat people have high blood pressure...

"Hey—it seems to be a way..." Marin suddenly remembered, it seems that high blood pressure in the elderly is very easy to kill. Once the attack occurs, if the antihypertensive drugs are not taken in time, it can easily lead to sudden death.

Coincidentally, Marin had read a certain suspenseful detective novel in his previous life.

Just described, a certain killer deliberately gave a lustful fat old man an overdose of booster drugs. Then, the old man died suddenly at that moment. In China, this method of death has a name, called "horse wind"...

This noun is very vivid, describing a certain man like a horse galloping at that time. If the man has high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and other problems, once he plays too much, it will easily lead to vasospasm, accelerated blood flow, and elevated blood pressure, which will induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and lead to death.

Especially some older, obese men, because of high blood pressure, if they are taking a little medicine to boost their fun, they will easily die on a woman's belly. Marin read that detective novel in his previous life, and that's how a certain fat old man was plotted.

Thinking of this, Marin asked again:

"Is there anything wrong with this Conrad?"

After looking through the information, Kohler replied:

"In the past, there was, and even had an illegitimate daughter, but she died. However, in the past two years, because of the old age and a little power, I haven't seen him much. However, a certain person who had an affair with him before. A nun, still taking care of his daily life in Münster Cathedral..."

"A nun... a nun and an old bishop... they're a perfect match... just do it!" Marin said cheerfully.

"You mean?" Kohler seemed to understand.

"Send our experts to sneak into Münster Cathedral and feed Bishop Conrad and his former 'confidante' some medicine to cheer up... Remember, old man Conrad's medicine is a little more..."

Bishop Conrad was already in his 60s, and he was obese and had high blood pressure. If he gave him more medicines to boost his mood, he was basically courting death.

However, in this way, Marin's suspicion can be eliminated. Because, even if a pharmacist found out that Conrad was taking a drug to help him, he would not suspect that it was homicide. After all, Europeans in this era could never imagine such a way of murdering people.

Moreover, it is very normal for an old man to take some medicine to help him do that. Although the method of death is comical, it seems reasonable.

In addition, there are no powerful detectives like Sherlock Holmes and Conan in this era, and they will not deduce such a bizarre murder method. Even, this kind of death is a scandal of the church. Even if ordinary people want to know about it, the church will help cover it up.

The only problem is how to get Bishop Conrad to start doing that in time with his old lover. If he died suddenly without doing that, it would be suspicious.

So, Marin's final plan was to give Bishop Conrad and the nun a smaller dose first. Then, when the two started to work, they would try to knock them unconscious, and then feed Bishop Conrad an overdose of sex-assisting drugs. With such a strong medicine, Bishop Conrad, who is not worried about the old and high blood pressure, will not be finished.

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However, after thinking about it again and again, Marin decided to wait for the princes to start before moving old man Conrad. Because if Bishop Conrad died early and frightened those few people, Marin would not be able to "justify".

So, Marin decided to endure for the time being and continue to show weakness...

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But according to the current situation, although those feudal vassal states were eager to move, they did not dare to take the initiative to attack Beihai Kingdom. Looking at them like that, it seems that they are waiting for the allied forces of the princes to resolve the matter in the south, and then come to Beihai Kingdom together...

How could Marin keep them waiting? If the allied forces of the princes came, even if Marin could defeat the opponent, he would definitely suffer huge losses, and he would also offend most of the German princes.

Therefore, Marin decided to tempt these princes in advance, induce them to attack on their own, and give Marin an excuse to fight back...

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But just as the spy reported—now there are 40,000 corps in Beihai Kingdom, and there are 40,000 regular troops. As for those vassal states, generally the number of domestic troops and horses will not exceed 10,000. Even if we make it together, we can make up to 30,000 or 40,000 people at most. Moreover, most of them are conscripts with little combat effectiveness, and they are completely incomparable to Marin's regular army.

In this case, those princes did not dare to act rashly, but waited for the action of the princes to join forces, which was the most correct.

And if you want to induce those princes to send troops to attack Beihai Kingdom, first of all, you must deliberately "weak" Beihai Kingdom's troops and horses, so that they can see the hope of defeating Beihai Kingdom...

Therefore, Marin once again summoned the four local army commanders of Stade, Wagner, Steindorf and Heynckes, and began to deploy matters related to "showing weakness" in order to induce the enemy to be fooled to attack...

And the first step to show weakness is to let Heynckes' "Scottish Legion" create the illusion of a "mutiny"...