Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 225 Joe Joe's Meeting with Dio
When Guo Kang and others arrived, the Queen Mother was already waiting for them.

At the door, the silent Cao Jian still stepped forward to greet her symbolically, but the queen mother was too enthusiastic and went straight to see her granddaughter.Fortunately, he seems to have gotten used to these things, and has no embarrassing reactions anymore.

"Come, come." The Empress Dowager embraced Theodora, and greeted Guo Kang again: "It just so happens that a guest is here today, and they are going to provide us with financial support. Just so everyone can talk about it."

"Who is it?" Tuo Huan asked curiously.

"It's the Italian businessman who contributed last time." The queen mother said, "You, Guo Kang Anda, know her, and you'll know her when you see her."

The crowd followed the Queen Mother to the chapel and saw two teams of nuns standing at the door.

"Come, Dora." The queen mother called Theodora's nickname, and introduced: "They are the latest outstanding students who graduated from the monastery school."

"You have also grown up and need more people to help. But grandma has always had a bad relationship with the nobles in the court. She can't be like your mother. She takes you to various social occasions, introduces celebrities from the upper class, and meets boudoirs. Zhongyou. After much deliberation, I can only help you in this area, let them follow you and serve as your bodyguards from now on."

"Where is the matter?" Theodora shook her head again and again, and said with some emotion: "It's far worse to meet a steadfast warrior than to talk about friendship with those high-class ladies. They are more precious."

The Queen Mother gave a gratified smile.

"Girls." She turned her head and shouted to everyone: "You are all my most satisfied children. Since you want to continue to live as soldiers, I entrust my granddaughter to you. Please protect her safety for me."

"Follow the mission!" The leading nun shouted with a serious expression.

"Follow the mission!" The other nuns followed suit and swore.

"Okay, okay." The queen mother was a little sad, and she began to babble to Theodora again: "Many of the children I brought up in your father's generation died on the battlefield. Now our place is more peaceful after all. Although they They are all passionate, but if conditions permit, we still have to protect them."

Theodora nodded again and agreed.

The Queen Mother asked the nuns to disband, and then continued to walk in with a few people.

This is her main residence, so the defense is more stringent.Beside the outer wall of the monastery, there are "Varyag" quivers patrolling specially to protect the members of the khan room; around the inner courtyard of the monastery, there are some armed nuns; A knight in black robes and a long sword stood guard.

These people are members of the church "Grey Knights".

The Purple Horde does not have a specially formed military order similar to the three major knight orders.Generally speaking, believers participated in the war directly by joining the legion.However, in order to attract manpower, the church will also recruit some volunteers.Because of Dadu's prestige for thousands of years, there will indeed be people who will come to join him.

Queen Elizabeth's hometown is an important source.In addition, some minor Ross nobles sometimes join in.They have full armor and weapons like the heavy cavalry of the regular army, but do not use family arms, and there is no regimental emblem on their shields and armor.The cloak is only made of unpainted gray-yellow linen, and a cross is painted on it to indicate the identity of the religious personnel.

Due to the limited number of guards in the Metropolitan Church, the competition for these positions is very fierce. Generally, only the most reliable monks with the strongest fighting ability can be elected to undertake the responsibility of guarding important facilities.

Passing another guard, they came to the monastery hall.Someone is already waiting here.

It was led by a young woman with dark hair.She is of medium build and wears a gorgeous orange-red palace dress.Long dresses are embellished with intricate patterns, ruching and lace, extending to the ankle.

The upper body of the dress had a huge V-shaped neckline, revealing a crimson low-necked shirt.The belt around the waist and the tight shoulder sleeves made the curve of the upper body particularly prominent, showing a full chest and a slender white neck.

This attire is quite popular in Italy today, and is highly respected by ladies and gentlemen.Among the group of nuns who were all in black and white, they seemed a little out of place.But its owner still looks calm and composed, apparently not worried that she won't be able to control the overly gorgeous clothes, or that she won't be able to blend into the atmosphere here—on the contrary, although her expression is calm, her eyes are filled with Almost overflowing with confidence.Guo Kang only saw this kind of expression after his sister won the group fight.

Seeing everyone approaching, she immediately calmed down, stood up, and greeted the Queen Mother.The queen mother had no airs at all, and greeted her politely.

Immediately afterwards, she turned her head and chuckled lightly.The corners of the ruddy and small mouth were slightly raised, and the slender brows were also relaxed. He took a look at Guo Kang and asked with a smile, "Mr. Guo, how are you lately?"

"Oh. Very good." She left a deep impression on Guo Kang.Although it was always impossible to match the name with the person before, for this kind of woman, as long as you have met once, this is indeed not easy to forget.

Her eyes are slightly narrow and elongated, and the corners of her eyes are slightly turned up.The dark eyes seemed to be a bottomless pool, and there was a bit of coquettish and charming charm in the movement of the eyes.As he spoke, he walked over.

"Who are you?" Theodora suddenly appeared, blocking the way.

"She is Joanna Giovanni." Guo Kang introduced.

"I said how familiar I am. I haven't seen you for a long time. I really miss you." He hurried forward and reached out his hand to greet him: "You are the kind person who donated money to the monastery and helped us expand it!"

"Just remember me." Joanna also smiled, extending her hand according to the protocol.

Theodora glanced at Guo Kang with slight displeasure, but Guo Kang regained his spirit immediately when he saw the big benefactor.

Joanna was still wearing long velvet gloves, and Guo Kang couldn't care less about it, so he started kissing while hugging her, and reminded: "Miss, the third phase of the monastery's expansion still needs funds, and the church will not be able to turn around for a while, you look……"

Now, Joanna, who had always been full of confidence, didn't maintain her expression, and said quickly: "Don't worry, I will sponsor you with more money."

"That's good, that's good." Guo Kangxi smiled.

Thanks to his performance, the intimacy Joanna hoped to create has completely changed.Theodora showed complicated eyes, but in the end, she still didn't say anything.

"Hey, don't just watch." Guo Kang greeted Theodora again: "We are old friends here, let's get to know each other too."

"Your Royal Highness." Joanna reacted faster and recovered quickly. She bowed first and said: "I am Joanna de Medici, a businessman. It is an honor to meet you."

"This name is hard to remember, you can just call her Qiao Qiao." Guo Kang interjected.

"..." Joanna was speechless again.

"You too, you don't need to treat her like that." Seeing this, Guo Kang was still trying to persuade her: "Although she is a princess, she is easy to talk to. Just call her Dio from now on."

(End of this chapter)