Chapter 313: Strange loot

Chapter 313 Strange Booty
"Religion is a double-edged sword originally!" Roddy sighed, and he smiled bitterly: "It is naturally good to use it to control the human heart. But the more sacred things, the less profane it is. Once the devout believers discover that they have always regarded them as the most sacred and holy bishops, and those servants who serve the gods above all are a group of liars, then such a gap will arouse a strong conclusion. Unusually angry!" Roddy's tone gradually became serious: "That kind of anger is enough to destroy everything!"
Nicole lowered her head and thought for a while, then slowly said, "It seems that your plan is to take the opportunity to corrupt the reputation of the religion. A notorious church cannot continue to gain popular support."
Roddy lightly hugged Nicole’s waist and smiled and said,
Okay, we have also been in this hunting ground for a day. It’s time to go back and see the bishop in the church. I think the bishop must be worried these days. I have lost many laps."
Miaosi beside her sighed and looked at Roddy's eyes a little complicated: "Rody, how come you never said these ways to deal with the gods when you were in Roland? Never suggested to King Sauron."
Roddy was silent for a while, and whispered: "Miaosi, you are blaming me, right? Now the battle of Roland Continent is starting, and the war between the temple and the kingdoms will break out, and many people will definitely die. I tell you, now we With this method, even if I told King Sauron at the time, they would not be able to use it against the temple! The situation in Roland Continent is different from the Bright Empire!"
In the church in Xiqiu City, the bishop has been living like years. Soldiers from the police station outside surrounded the church as if it were a cell. No one was allowed to enter or leave, even those who helped the church purchase daily food supplies.
At the beginning, the bishop was even afraid that the other party wanted to starve himself to death in the church. Seeing that the people who were sent out to buy food and drink tried to negotiate with each other to no avail, but were beaten to death, no one dared to go out anymore.
Fortunately, Roddy didn't want their lives right now. Every day, soldiers would throw in a few pieces of the cheapest dried brown bread.
When has the bishop, who has always been a jinyi jade, suffered such a pain? And the high-level clergy beside him are not a few real ascetic monks. After eating the coarse grains for three days, none of them are crying fathers and mothers. Only awed by the majesty of Lord Marquis Roddy, no one dared to do anything.
But, nothing else, the diet is a little worse, it is nothing more than bear it, but the soldiers outside not only blocked the people who went out, but even the people who came to the church every day to clean up and sanitary also blocked them—naturally. It also includes those vehicles responsible for handling toilets.
There are dozens of people in a group of clergy, and they are trapped in the church these days, even if they eat less, they always have to excrete! The toilet in the church has not been cleaned for many days. As soon as I walked into the church, I couldn't hide the stench around the originally sacred church.
The bishop can only sit there and pray every day. This time the incident has become a big issue, and he naturally knows that even if he can escape the disaster in the end, he will have to take some responsibility afterwards...
Looking for the stars and the moon, waiting for the Flame Warriors to arrive, but things did not develop as the bishop thought. The opponent's Marquis Roddy had a surprisingly tough attitude. He actually ignored the church's Flame Warriors. The soldiers surrounding the police station did not seem to disperse, and the Flame Warriors were simply left there!
Roddy did a great job, and he didn't even send anyone to arrange a place for the Flame Warriors. He just pretended to let the sheriff to greet him, that is, prepared a simple pergola outside the church. The deputy commander of the Flame Warrior regiment, Streer, ran back to the church dingy after seeing Roddy hit the wall. I also understand that it seems that things cannot be resolved in a short time.
His first thought was to find the sheriff and ask the other party to arrange a place for their two thousand warriors to station.
Streer’s reasons are simple: first, the original church’s Flame Warriors went to any place in the empire, and naturally the local church was responsible for supporting them, but now the church is surrounded, and Xiqiu, as the fief of the Tulip family, has never There is no church army stationed here, so Xiqiu is naturally responsible.
The sheriff had already received Roddy's secret order. After quietly listening to the request of the Flame Warriors, he spread his hands and said indifferently: "This can't be done by this official. Xiqiu City has never had a church. The military camp of the Samurai regiment existed. To tell the truth, the only military camp here is the garrison of our police station soldiers, what else... Hey, there was originally an empty military camp, which was responsible for guarding the Tulip Courtyard. Now I am also occupied by the army accompanying Lord Roddy, so at your request, I am really helpless..."
Streer said with fire: "Should we let our sacred Flame Warriors warriors live on the street!!"
The sheriff rolled his eyes and said lazily: "Well, to be honest, you are not within the jurisdiction of the lower official. But if you must find a place to live, it is better to go to the military camp of the Tulip House and the Marquis Roddy. Your lord’s guard army will discuss it and see if they can give up part of the barracks..."
Streer immediately sent ten people, but within half an hour, all his ten warriors ran back with bruised noses.
It turned out that they were there, before they had finished speaking, they were driven out by the guard of Lord Roddy. The two sides acted at the last disagreement. The Flame Warriors of these churches are usually proud of themselves, and they never look at the local army in their eyes.
But this time they still kicked the iron.
Lord Marquis Roddy came to Xiqiu with his newlywed wife Miss Nicole this time, and the two thousand troops accompanying him, although not Thor's Whip, are probably not as good as Thor's Whip in terms of combat effectiveness. But the shelf is too big!
That is the two thousand royal guards! !
Who are the Royal Guards? The Imperial Forest Army has always been responsible for guarding the royal family! One by one under the banner of the royal family, they always use their nostrils to see people, the Flame Warriors are proud? The arrogance of the Royal Guards is even more arrogant!
At that time, the two sides turned their faces, and the people of the Royal Guards shouted: Our Royal Guards have never robbed others' things, and no one has dared to grab our territory!
Streer was frustrated, he wasn't a stupid person originally, although his temper became a little bit irritable, but after calming down, he immediately understood a strange aura.
Obviously, the Marquis Roddy was deliberately against the church!
The identity of this empire's newly promoted nobleman is somewhat subtle. Not only is the brother-in-law of the Duke Tulip, the first marshal of the empire, but also holds the title of a marquis, the identity of the commander of the northern army of the empire, and what is even more interesting is that... a marquis of the empire can travel with "Royal Guards" "Army" as the accompanying guards, this is the honor of the royal family members!
Such a person can't afford it! It seems that the church is under-prepared this time! I thought it was a dispute in a general local diocese. I sent myself to mediate and suppress those mobs. I didn't expect the situation here to be so complicated...
Streer absolutely didn't dare to act rashly. Things have developed to this point, and they can't be handled by people of his own level. On the one hand, he immediately sent people back to the emperor to report on the situation here, and on the other hand, he ordered all The subordinates were stationed on the square outside the church.
If this order continues, those Flame Warriors are really stupid.
Stationed in place? How to station? Sleeping on the street?
Because the imperial church is so powerful, the Flame Warriors never need to carry any supplies in any city in the empire. This time they came to Xiqiu with 2,000 people, not to mention the tents and the like, even the food and grass. Just carried some rations.
For these two thousand people, people want to eat, horses want to eat grass-where do these things come from?
Streer even put aside his face for a while to plead with the sheriff's chief, but after seeing the invalidity, he took out the church's set of rhetoric, trying to influence these barbarians in the name of a great god.
But when the opponent from the officer to the soldier heard this kind of rhetoric, they rolled their eyes and simply replied: "I am not a believer."
In the Guangming Empire, although the religion has established the status of the state religion. However, the imperial decree did not make mandatory requirements for the people of the empire to believe in the religion. Although the decree also stipulates that no religions other than the religion may be practiced, it declares that only the religion is the only legal religious organization in the empire. But at the same time, the people are allowed to have the right not to believe in religion.
In other words, as long as you don't believe in other religions, then whether you believe in the religion or not depends entirely on personal preference.
Streer is completely desperate. He has already seen it. In Xiqiu, and even in the entire Xilin Province, anyone here, whether soldiers or ordinary people, seems to have an unusually superior mentality. They In my heart, no matter whether the imperial emperor or the pope, all are not as great as a tulip duke! They only recognize tulips in their eyes, not others! This is simply a private kingdom of tulips!
Fortunately, Roddy didn't really want to kill them either.
After these flame warriors slept in the square all night, Lord Roddy finally showed up.
At noon the next day, the young Marquis probably got up late, ate breakfast, freshened up, and brought the cavalry guards of fifty Thor's whips to the church on horseback.
Looking at Mr. Streer, who was a little haggard, Roddy finally showed a somewhat peaceful smile on his face. But he still didn't get off the horse. Instead, he sat on the horse, and said with a pleasant tone: "Master Streer, did you arrive yesterday? You have been this journey. I wonder if you had a good rest last night?"
Streer looked at the young Marquis's smile helplessly. At this moment, I hadn't slept all night and my stomach was empty, but I had to smile and deal with it a few words.
Roddy yawned and smiled: "Since you have a good rest, let's start to deal with this dispute today. You must have understood what happened a few days ago. I have surrounded the church early. No one is allowed to enter or leave. I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to destroy the evidence. I hope you understand that I am doing this entirely to maintain the sacred glory of the church!"
Speaking of this, Roddy waved his hand and motioned to the soldiers surrounding the church to leave. Roddy finally got off his horse, took Streer's hand and smiled and said: "Let's go in and meet the bishop."
When he walked into the church and saw the bishop, Roddy didn’t have such a good face. His face was pale, he glanced at the bishop coldly, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, I’ve sent someone to investigate in detail these days. Someone is indeed cheating in the name of the church..."
The bishop's voice was already hoarse, but he still shouted, "That's planting! It's putting on blame!"
Roddy shook his head and said indifferently: "Whether it's planted or not, this naturally makes sense. As the saying goes, catching the thief and catching the dirty, in order to show justice, I want to send someone in to search in the church to see if there is any dirt. If not, this kind of behavior is the most direct and effective blow to those gossips! Use iron evidence to return a church to innocence! I think this is the best solution right now, what do you think?"
His last sentence, "What do you see", was clearly addressed to Streer. Immediately Roddy added: "The reason why I have not searched here is to wait for your arrival. These days I just sent people to surround this place. The purpose is to wait for your arrival and search under your witness so that I can To show justice!"
Search the church? Search for a religious place in a parish of the imperial church? !
Even in the era of Abbas the Great, a powerful figure like Abbas the Great did not show such disrespect to the church!
But having said that, even Abbas the Great did not make any move to send troops to surround the church.
Streer carefully weighed Roddy's words in his heart and searched the church? Since the young Marquis dared to make such a proposal, he naturally had some certainty. Otherwise, wouldn't all these things he did these days become useless?
But now I am in a sensible sense, and it seems not easy to refuse...
After thinking and thinking, Streer sank his face and said, "My lord Marquis, the church is a place where the great supreme is enshrined. Sending soldiers to search the church is disrespectful to the sacred majesty of the religion, you see..."
"I'm sorry." Roddy said lightly: "First, I am not a believer. Second, I am a marquis of the empire. I only obey the laws of the empire! The laws of the church do not apply to me!"
Although his words are brief, there is absolutely no room for maneuver in his tone.
Streer glanced at the bishop, who hesitated first, then nodded fiercely. Streer was relieved now.
Since the bishops say that the search is okay, then search! Soldiers outside these days have surrounded this place so tightly, presumably the other party can't plant it if they want to plant the blame.
Roddy smiled slightly and said, "For the sake of fairness, the people who searched, the soldiers of the Empire and the Fire Warriors of the church each have half. What do you think?"
The more Roddy said that, the more suspicious in Streer's heart. Isn't this young Marquis so sure? Even the bishop's expression seemed a little faintly disturbed, but then he took a tough attitude and said loudly, "If the search fails, Lord Marquis must give us justice! Because this is for the gods. Blasphemy!"
Roddy readily agreed.
At the moment, Roddy's 50 Thor's Whips, plus 50 Fire Warriors warriors, started searching in the church together. They searched extremely carefully, and almost every inch of land was not let go. After two hours, nothing happened.
The bishop's attitude gradually became tough, and Streer also looked at Roddy somewhat proudly.
Roddy did not panic, squinted and smiled. After quietly listening to the report of his subordinates, his eyes suddenly fell on the idol in front of the church hall, and he suddenly whispered: "Move the idol away!"
"No!" The bishop's face changed, and even Streer showed an angry expression, gritted his teeth and said: "My lord Marquis, the idol can never be moved! This is something that involves the majesty of the Supreme God! The founding of the empire For hundreds of years, nothing like this has ever happened! You have gone too far today!"
Roddy ignored the clamor of the two people. He coldly looked at Thor's Whip and said calmly: "Did you not hear my order?"
Those Thor's whips don't care what they are, they only recognize the Tulip family! Now this Marquis Roddy is the brother-in-law of Lord Duke, and he came out of Thor's Whip, and he is his own in their eyes. Hearing Roddy's order, the Spokesmen immediately received the order, and moved to move the idol with all their hands.
Strell's eyes were red, and he was about to turn his face on the spot. He was about to order loudly to have the samurai come forward to stop him. Roddy squinted his eyes. He didn't know when his hand was pressed on the hilt of his waist. There was a slight chill in his eyes, and the murderous aura on his body made Streer and the bishop chill all over.
"The two of you better not act rashly! This is Xiqiu! It is the fief of the Tulip family, and everything must obey my orders here! I repeat, I am not a believer! The rules of the church cannot control me, I only recognize the laws of the empire! "
He exudes a strong aura, and the faint aura makes the bishop and Streer suffocated.
Only the sound of Ka Ka was heard, and the huge stone statue had been removed for a while. The bishop's face changed immediately, his legs trembled like a sieve, his face was earthy, his lips trembled, and he didn't know what to say in a low voice.
"Master Marquis, there is something here!" A soldier with Thor's Whip reported loudly.
Roddy sneered, gave them a cold look, and strode over. The bishop's legs were weak and he sat down on the ground.
Streer's expression also changed drastically, and he gave the bishop a hard look and quickly followed.
Under the idol, there is a wooden hidden grid. Roddy glanced at it, then suddenly gave a soft drink and drew the scimitar. I saw a bright cold light flashing, and there was a snapping sound, and the hidden grid was torn apart, and countless golden coins were scattered inside! !
Then a lot of gold coins were suddenly exposed, and the faces of the people standing next to them were illuminated by golden light. It's just that Streer's face immediately turned dead gray.
"Unexpectedly, I think there are at least 50,000 gold coins here... Gentlemen, the clergy of the church have always claimed to serve great gods as their duty, but how can they own so much private property? If we search the church and move the idols It's a blasphemous behavior, so what is it to hide so many gold coins under the idol?" Roddy's voice was still tepid.
Streer gave the bishop a hard look, with unspeakable bitterness and despair in his eyes. The people of the Flame Warriors looked at the original priests in the church with indescribable contempt.
"Yi? There is another layer underneath..." Roddy smiled suddenly, slashed with his backhand, and split another layer.
With a bang, some odds and ends scattered out, and everyone present looked weird, looking at the bishop, they were already speechless.
"Hmm...candles, leather whips, iron fetters..." Roddy said in a weird tone, sighed, seemed to have a somewhat weird smile, and slowly said with a smile: "His interest is very peculiar..."
The bishop recovered and screamed: "These... these things are not mine!!"
Roddy snorted coldly, and said, "It's not yours? It's not yours, can it be mine? Master Bishop! Now that the dirt is here, what else can you say!"
Streer's eyes rolled twice, a sharp expression flashed suddenly, and he suddenly shouted: "I killed you, the scum of the gods!"
After speaking, he suddenly drew out his long sword, and slashed at the bishop with his backhand!
Seeing that a cold light had reached the pale-faced bishop’s neck, he suddenly heard a bang. Roddy’s scimitar no longer knew when he was holding his sword. Streer trembled, only feeling that the sword was in the middle. The electric shock caused a pain in the tiger's mouth, and almost couldn't hold it, and couldn't help taking two steps back.
Roddy squinted his eyes. He stared at Streer's eyes and said coldly: "What's the matter? Does your Excellency want to kill someone?"
He glanced hard at the other person, and then said loudly: "The bishop of the Xiqiu Divine Religious Institute hid unidentified property privately and moved all these things back! Immediately capture all the priests in the Xiqiu Church for interrogation!"
Fifty wolffang army had already swarmed up, tying two of them like a wolf like a tiger, and knocking all the clergymen who were stunned to the ground.
The bishop had already been so frightened that he almost collapsed, a fat face shaking with fat, just mumbling.
There were many warlocks among these priests who wanted to resist on the spot, but there was Roddy standing here, and with his power, he instantly knocked down the two guys who were trying to resist.
Streer's mind went blank.
In his opinion, the embezzlement of money by some senior clergymen in the religious sect is not news to him. It's just that these things are considered commonplace. What he hasn't figured out for a long time now is why this young imperial nobility dares to take such a big risk and blatantly oppose the religion?
Could it be that the bishop offended the Lord Marquis?
Seeing that the man had been tied up, Roddy left without even looking at Streer.
Streer was silent for a moment, then he sighed and whispered to the people beside him: "Tell me to order, from now on, our people will be honest with me, no conflicts with them, no conflicts. Act recklessly! Everything will be said when the emperor comes to order!"
The entourage next to him hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord..."
"Shut up!" Streer was pale and whispered: "We are in trouble this time! Very big trouble!"
The corners of his eyes turned to the scattered leather whips, iron shackles, and candles on the ground again, and he couldn't help showing a somewhat disgusting expression, and he gave a severe sigh and strode out.
Roddy didn't care about these guys anymore, and he took the people back to the Tulip House. As for those caught back, they were all locked up in the prison. Roddy specifically instructed the sheriff's chief: "Don't interrogate, don't embarrass them, give me delicious food and drink! But it's important! Take care! No one is allowed to die! Especially the bishop!"
Seeing the sheriff's incomprehensible gaze, Roddy smiled slightly without explaining, and waved his hand to let him go down, whispering to himself: "They have even greater use! Keeping them is the result of the scandal of the gods. Best evidence! Humph, that Streer wants to kill people under my eyelids, treat me as a fool!"
Back to the other hospital, Roddy heard about what happened today to a few women. When talking about finding the dirt, talking about the wonderful expressions of the gods, Tan Yuewu couldn't help laughing and clapping her hands.
Immediately this little Nizi couldn't help asking: "By the way, are those gold coins really embezzled by the bishop?"
Roddy nodded and said: "The imperial cult, the corruption of the senior clergy, has long been no secret."
Xiao Nizi seemed to have bright eyes and said, "But...these whips, candles, iron fetters, what are they for?"
Roddy was at a loss for words, glanced at her awkwardly, hesitated a few words, and ran away quickly with an excuse.
However, Xiao Nizi became more curious, and turned to ask Nicole again. Nicole flushed with shame, and Miao Ge seemed to be unable to express himself. It was only after Gu Zuoyan that he had to deal with a few words, and then he stopped.
The more she thought about it, the more she became puzzled. She only felt that there must be some secret in it. When everyone ran away, she suddenly called a servant and said: "Go find me a whip, a whip Candle, and a pair of iron shackles!"
After dismissing the strange-looking servant, Dan Yuewu tilted her head and said with hatred: "Hmph, you guys didn't tell me, wouldn't I study it myself?"