Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 420 Gray Patriarch

Everything that happened in front of them made Sergey and others fall into panic again.

"Do you still believe in our God-worshiping religion?" Father Mikhail saw this, and asked according to the procedure: "If you don't believe it, I don't need to pray for you."

Guo Kang didn't know whether he was deliberately scaring people, or being too honest.He grabbed Sergei and pulled him in front of the crowd.

"I have a few last words to ask, and you should understand what this means," he said.

Sergey nodded hurriedly.When the people below saw him pull the first criminal out again, they also fell silent, waiting for this time's disposal.

"Be honest." Guo Kang said, "When did you come here?"

"More than ten years ago... about fifteen or sixteen years ago?" Sergey quickly replied: "At that time, it was Elder Alexander's elder brother who went to our side to recruit people. I happened to be picked by them, so I came here .”

"Why are you here?" Guo Kang asked.

"Being a hard worker, repairing the dock." Sergey replied.

"How did the hard workers hook up with these elders?" Guo Kang immediately asked, "How did you get selected by them from so many hard workers to become the leader?"

"I was stronger and bigger than others at the time. Not only was I able to contribute when working, but I also often took advantage when fighting in groups." Sergey said: "The elders should have taken a fancy to me at that time."

"Later, Elder Alexander wanted to extend his influence here, so he supported me to form a gang to deal with those disobedient forces that were originally entrenched here. So I have no ability to resist him."

"In other words, you were just an ordinary person." Guo Kang said.

"Yes, yes." Sergey nodded quickly.

But before he continued to explain, Guo Kang put it bluntly: "Then, in order to gain a higher status, you choose to kill ordinary people like you to please this guy. Relying on the blood of your compatriots in your hometown, you can exchange benefits for yourself." .Is that so?"

Sergey didn't seem to expect him to say that directly, and couldn't refute it for a while.

The crowd began to murmur.

"Okay, I know how you got started." Guo Kang nodded, and continued to ask: "After that? When did you join this sect organization? How did you get the task of kidnapping them? "

"It's not what I want to do." Sergey immediately argued again: "They forced me."

"You said before, I might still believe it. But now everyone knows what's going on." Guo Kang pointed out: "You said it yourself. You were promoted by those tyrants to become the leader. It's not you. Take the initiative to cater to them, could it be that they are begging you?"

Sergey was momentarily speechless.But he was stunned for a moment, then he had a quick wit and turned his head to the side: "Agrina did it!"

"What?" Guo Kang didn't expect that he could reverse it.

"She chose the people! She also told me the way to choose these little boys and girls to please the elders!" Sergey blustered and confessed a series of things without pause: "I I suspect that she is one of the core figures of that sect, and she was the one who led me to join the sect. Even when she participated in the assembly, she had a higher status than us..."

Not to mention Guo Kang, the surrounding residents were very surprised.But before everyone started discussing, a woman with heavy makeup shouted angrily among the crowd being detained next to her.

"Sergey, you bastard!" She screamed and cursed: "Who begged my old lady to hook up with that old pervert! Wasn't it you? Who said to find out what the elders like, It’s you who made my old lady get up early and go late every day to curry favor with their wives? Isn’t it you too! Back then, when you were dying, you wanted to pass the blame on to others, right? Do you still have a conscience?”

"What, you mean, you're a good person?" Sergey didn't accept it anymore, and cursed tit for tat: "You think I don't know, what the hell do you want to do, you bitch? A man who has never broken a relationship, you think I don't know, right? A whore-like person is worthy of telling my conscience!"

"Did I ask you to hook up with Alexander, or did you do it yourself? Just leave the other things alone, and you can leave this to me?" He accused angrily, "Alexander thinks you are old and ugly, so he can't even look at you. Fuck you, that's why you can't run with him. From your mouth, it's like selling your lust for me again?"

The two scolded each other on the spot, making the public trial scene like a shrew scolding the street.The military judge, Captain Lucas and others had no choice but to look at Guo Kang, waiting for him to decide what to do.

"Who is this?" Guo Kang could only ask.

"It's Sergey's mistress." Father Mikhail explained.

Guo Kang thought for a while, and remembered that when he searched Sergey's lair, some witnesses said that his mistress was indeed deeply involved in cult sacrificial activities, and had always been extremely tyrannical to those around her, even more so than Sergey himself.

As for the mutual accusations of these two people, which ones are true, Guo Kang tends to be true.Their rhetoric is just to shirk the blame on the other party, thinking that this way they can survive.

"Bring that Agrina over too!" Guo Kang ordered.

Two soldiers immediately grabbed the woman, who was still swearing loudly, and dragged her from the crowd of male and female servants to Sergey.

"Are you Sergei's mistress?" he asked. "Who is his wife?"

"I don't have a wife." Sergey said directly from the side: "We have never gone to church to hold a ceremony or receive blessings."

"For a person like you, I won't bless you when you come to church." Father Mikhail also interjected.

"..."

"She said she has kindness to you, but you don't admit it." Guo Kang ignored their emotions and continued to ask: "Here is a problem: if she has brought you a lot of favors, it means that she is the main culprit ; On the other hand, if you are not a soft food, it means that these crimes have to be borne by yourself."

"Which one do you choose?" he asked deliberately.

"I, I... I all listen to her..." Sergey immediately changed his words.

Guo Kang shrugged.

"When did you collude?" He turned his head and asked the woman, and reminded him intentionally: "He said that it was all because of you. Could it be that you have been supporting him since he started?"

"In this kind of environment, if you want to climb up, your hands will not be very clean. And you are the one who guides him to do this?"

Sergey's mistress is not very educated, but after so many years, she has practiced her sense of words and emotions.Hearing Guo Kang's words, she immediately confessed: "No! Don't try to blame me for all the crimes at that time!"

"Sir, since you keep asking him about his family, you must already know something about it, and you know that I was wronged!" She ignored the roar of Sergey next to her, and revealed loudly: "He was able to start his family only by helping him." Kill people from above! What does it matter to me?"

"I do know something." Guo Kang nodded.

Of course he didn't know—he just speculated that Sergei must have done a lot of dirty work to get to this position.But what exactly it was, he really didn't understand.

But before he had time to speculate, Sergey's mistress yelled: "Look, I'll just tell you! You can't hide these things!"

"Do you think that the people here don't know why Valery died? Do you really think he can't beat you, a trash?" She scolded angrily, "It's obviously you who offered to help Alexander get his support at that time." .Now you don't recognize it?"

"What's going on here?" Father Mikhail didn't know much, so he asked directly.

"Are you crazy, you bitch! Stop talking!" Sergey panicked and tried to stop it.

But the atmosphere has reached such a point, of course the other party will not stop.

"Didn't he say that he started his business by repairing the wharf? It's not that simple." The mistress said angrily: "In order to save money, Alexander did not hire citizens to work according to the contract. He just forged a list and pulled it from his hometown. A group of coolies, in order to save money. The officials here were bribed by him, so they helped him hide it; when a higher-level big shot came to inspect, they temporarily hired a group of citizens to deal with it."

"Later, the project was completed, but Alexander still wanted more money, so he thought of a way. At that time, when he recruited people to work here, many people were deceived or even kidnapped. Alexander gave them He said that as long as he works hard here, he will be able to obtain the qualifications of most citizens to appease those people. But this promise cannot be fulfilled, and some people are still in a hurry, so he is ready to kill."

"It just happened that the construction work at that time was inherently dangerous, and people would die in accidents from time to time during normal construction. Alexander asked him to choose some targets. After killing them, he said that they died in accidents. He took the corpses to find the officials in charge of the project and exchanged them for compensation. gold."

"So this is Sergey's first business." Father Mikhail understood.

"That's right, he was the one who rushed to get there by himself!" The mistress said firmly, "Old Valery is too hot-tempered, and his brain is not working well. Anyone who doesn't listen to him will beat and scold at every turn. But he also feels that, The person who paid him the money is his own, and no one else can control him, so he stopped Alexander's plan."

"However, Alexander's hands and eyes were as good as the sky, and he also had connections in the government and the army. Relying on the big men above, he hired a few assassins from the legion and killed Valery. Sergey later boasted every day, saying that he rushed in, Valery was killed in the fight, but he wasn't there at the time - he was just leading the way outside the house. Even if he went in to help, people would look down on him and think he was in the way!"

Hearing these words, Guo Kang and the others just hurriedly recorded, but the residents below were elated.Some people yelled, "I knew it was abnormal to lose so many people at that time!"; some people yelled for Sergey to pay for his life;

"Crazy, crazy, you are really crazy!" Sergey muttered incoherently: "You, how can you talk about Alexander? You can't talk about this matter!"

"Haven't you seen it clearly? You are dead, you fool!" the mistress shouted angrily, then turned to Guo Kang and said, "Are you here for Alexander? Don't worry, the one on his side The situation, I know."

Guo Kang nodded noncommittally.

Since she said that Alexander exchanged the corpse for money, Guo Kang and others stopped asking questions and asked the clerk to record it quickly.

Seeing her take the initiative to bring up the topic, Guo Kang asked again to confirm: "Theoretically, pensions are only available for citizens who die. So, Alexander can do this, which shows that he has the ability to let these people without household registration pretend to be citizens?"

"I don't know how he did it, but... it should be like this?" The mistress hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

"He can count the dead into the household registration, and then report the death to cancel the household registration, which means that he has made up some people before." Guo Kang turned to the others and said, "Or, he could have mastered the rewriting of the household registration." , can transfer the death of normal citizens to these people, and even directly fabricate some people."

"Actually... it's not too outrageous. The household registration in a slum area doesn't mean much." Guo Ponu shook his head and said.

"I originally thought that even if we couldn't ban armor like the Central Plains, and control long soldiers, firearms, and crossbows, everyone should at least pretend to be in important places. As a result, the people here, Bibi who wears armor and carries guns All of them." Guo Kang replied:
"I originally thought that even if we can't maintain a rigorous household registration system like the Central Plains, we must at least be able to manage the household registration of citizens clearly and estimate the overall number of people. As a result, citizens' household registration can be changed at will so many years ago. .”

"Then I would like to ask, how many people are there in this city who are not under the control of the imperial court, or how many armed forces are there who are not in the army establishment?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, obviously they couldn't answer.

"When Sima Yi launched the coup, his main support was the [-] loyal soldiers who secretly raised him in the capital." He gave an example: "I don't think that old thief Alexander can be Sima Yi, but have you ever thought about it?" He, a family who has served as the leader of the Ross gang for generations, and has never had an official position for generations, even if he has the ability to reach the sky, how can he be able to intervene in household registration and ordnance, and even mobilize veterans of the legion to work?"

"I don't know anyone who has this ability." He spread his hands: "But I understand that people who can do these things will not be easy. We can already see what he wants from history. .”

"Then do you think this matter has gone beyond the scope of violating military discipline?" The military judge keenly sensed what he meant, and confirmed it.

"One yard counts for one yard." Guo Kang said: "Sergey and others openly violated the military law, we must also take care of it. But now, there is a more important danger-it has been lurking for at least ten years. And according to our common sense, the actual problem will only last longer."

"This is a fatal problem." Guo Kang characterized the incident: "There is a Sima Yi hiding in our capital!"

"We have already had a similar profound lesson." Guo Kang felt that if Li Xuanying was here, he would definitely agree with him:
"The matter is urgent. Our actions have already aroused the enemy's vigilance. The pursuit attempt on the road and the battle here just now show that the enemy has been armed and mobilized, and is conducting an organized military confrontation with the Roman army and the church. "

"Should we report to our superiors as soon as possible?" Captain Lucas asked with some guilt: "Our current strength is enough to deal with these little thieves. But if it is a bigger problem, it may not be able to deal with it, and we still have to deal with it." It will startle the snake."

"Our previous actions have already alarmed the snake." Guo Kang pointed out: "Our current situation is not the time to stop. Since the environment is like this, then we either don't do it at the beginning, or we have to do it to the end."

"Just now, we have sent people to the Empress Temple to report. The Patriarch has a keen sense of politics, and I believe he will detect problems. As for ourselves, the safest and safest way, I think, is to continue fighting."

The other team members, together with the nearby spectators, more or less felt that what he said made sense, only Guo Ponu looked at him thoughtfully.

"Moreover, we have caused a lot of damage to these people and exposed them in essence. Think about it, if you were the other party, what would you do at this time?" He turned around and reminded everyone of the disadvantages of not doing this :

"Don't forget, they have been in business for at least ten years. After we go back, no matter how prepared we are, we can't be better than them. At that time, once they launch revenge, what should we do?"

"I can hide at home. With my parents and friends, they may not dare to mess with me. But what about you?"

"Many of us are ordinary clergy, ordinary officers, knights and soldiers," he said to his subordinates, and then turned to the onlookers: "—even ordinary residents who have no shelter at all."

"We have essentially destroyed the Sergei gang, but will Alexander, and even the people behind him, change his temper and allow this place to get rid of his control?"

The crowd fell silent for a while.

"You guys know more about the environment here than I do, what it's like!" Guo Kang shouted, "Just now, this Sergey also said how the former leader Valery ended up: Is Valery a good person? Obviously No. But even in his evil and tyrannical life, he only kept such a little bit of order, kept his promise once, and fulfilled the responsibility brought by power once, and he was immediately killed by Alexander and the others."

"Everyone, do you recognize who your enemies are? Have you recognized their true nature?" He asked everyone loudly:

"I know a lot: I know that these people can't tolerate any order! They can't abide by any morality! They can't stand any restraint! They only consider their own interests, and where do their interests come from? Not from you Is it?"

"I burned all your debts, but if I can't completely destroy them, someone will come back soon and make you owe more. Do you still want to live the same life as before? Do you still want to be beaten and scolded at every turn? Do you want to be plundered by these bullies even with your only output?"

"No—" someone finally shouted.

"I am different from them. This matter is not your obligation, so I will not use the banner of gangs or township parties to force you to obey my orders-even if I think it is better for you." Guo Kang immediately told They: "But I hope you can consider my suggestion."

"The household registration system here seems to be no longer worthy of reference. Let's overthrow it and start over." He shook his head: "But before all this, we first need to know, who are the Romans?"

"If Sergey's confession is correct, then most of you, like him back then, should have been brought here in groups by people like Alexander. Not most of the local residents, nor citizens Status—I called you Romans just now, but if it is strictly counted, it can only be regarded as wishful thinking on my part.”

He paused and looked at everyone's reactions.However, it may be that they have been despised by the Greeks all the year round and bullied by the local gangs, and they are used to it, so these people don't have much emotion for his mild words.

If they are more excited, Guo Kang can use this to call on them to act.But in the face of people who are already a little numb, it is necessary to say a few more words.

"But on the other hand," he asked rhetorically, "why are there Romans?"

"I believe that Alexander and the others must have told you that you are all villagers from such and such a place, and you all speak Slavic languages, so you should accept their management. But what have they done to the villagers?" He reminded again everyone.

"I can tell you that what happened to you is not an exception."

"When our country was first established, we faced the same situation. It's just that it was the lord of Bulgaria who was bullying ordinary Bulgarians; it was the lord of Wallachia who was bullying ordinary Wallachia. People; the Greek lords are bullying ordinary Greeks. Their experience is exactly the same as yours."

"It was in this malicious environment that my ancestors organized these civilians and established an order that allowed everyone to settle down. With this order, they turned ordinary residents from different places and speaking different languages ​​into became a mighty Roman, feared by the barbarians."

"Are the Romans a specific place? I'm afraid that's not the case." He pointed to his hair: "The statue of Caesar is still preserved in the Empress Temple, and everyone can see it. I and the most famous What do all Romans have in common? Similar hair color.”

"As for Constantine the Great who founded this city, he is simply a man with blond hair and blue eyes. You are more like him than me." He casually pointed to a man with messy yellow hair in the crowd. young people.

The young man smiled sheepishly and scratched his head.

"It's not just him. And you." Guo Kang pointed to another person: "Your hair is also like Constantine the Great—oh, your beard is like Basil II in the portrait. And you, you Has the same nose as Augustus—you know? Almost all the statues of Augustus we dug up had broken noses, and it took a lot of work to fix them. It’s said that his nose was too big.”

Everyone also let out a slightly relaxed laugh.

"You see, each of us is like a Roman, but probably not in terms of blood and geography. Why?" He spread his hands: "Because Rome is no longer a geographical term."

"The place where the city of Rome used to be is now home to the Latin Catholic church. Do you think they are orthodox Romans, or are our churches and us Romans?"

"Of course it's us!" Everyone shouted immediately.

They may not know other complex concepts, but their insistence on the orthodoxy of their church is still deeply rooted.

"Yes." Guo Kang agreed: "So, we should be very clear that the so-called Rome can be anywhere in the world. Because Rome itself has surpassed its original meaning 2000 years ago and has become a synonym for civilization and order. "

"My great-uncle 'Old Peter' went all the way to Novgorod, where he opened up land, built fortresses, formed an army, and turned the locals into Romans. You can do it there, why can't you?"

"In the past, there were many institutional restrictions here, but since the past system has had serious problems, threatening Rome itself, we must act urgently." He announced.

"Before I came here, I had an order from the court to call up a group of Rus. I didn't know where to start. But now, thanks to your courage, I know. , the source of soldiers I need is here!"

"Can we really do it?" Someone in the crowd asked guiltily.

"It's not a question of whether we can do it, but we must do it." Guo Kang said firmly: "If we don't establish a new order, the old order here will come back."

"He Sergey, wasn't he also an ordinary person at the beginning?" Guo Kang turned around and pointed, and gave an example: "If you don't destroy their backstage and break the rules of this evil order, what's the use of killing him? Naturally. There are other people who are willing to take his place, even more cruel than him, to show loyalty to the master!"

"We need a more civilized order, we need to make this a real Rome, and completely destroy these rules full of injustice and crime!"

"So, everyone, let's skip the country and the church this time, and think about yourself first! Think about it, you still want to be like these victims, grieving for what happened to your relatives and children, and fearing for the intensified bullying Do you still want Sergey and Alexander back?"

"Then can we beat it?" Someone asked again.

Now that they've started to care about feasibility, it's easier.

"Haven't we already won several games?" He asked back: "And, the reason why I am so anxious is because now is the best opportunity."

"The enemy is even more chaotic than us!" He reminded loudly: "They are indeed very strong, and they have more control areas and people, but this also means that their organization is complicated and management is difficult. If the situation changes suddenly, it will be beyond their expectations. , then we are far more proactive than them.”

"Not only you have had enough of this matter, I have had enough." He threw his long ax on the ground: "Today, I want to wipe out these enemies of Rome! If I don't solve all the problems, I won't Will go back."

"Before recruiting soldiers, the war commander and generals told me that recruits are not suitable for combat, and you may not be able to meet the qualification standards for recruits." He looked around the crowd: "But today, we don't pay so much attention. "

"All those who participated in the battle are counted as soldiers of my new brigade—at most, it is the same as my uncle's battle group, which can be overnumbered." He stretched out his arms and called on everyone: "If anyone wants to become a real Roman, for If you want to fight for civilization and order, then consider my invitation!"

"Is this considered a Roman?" Someone asked again.

"The ones who fight for Rome and destroy Rome's enemies are of course the Romans," Guo Kang told him.

"Of course, I won't let you die for nothing." He turned and pointed to the corner: "I have hundreds of spears here, and those who are the strongest or have combat experience will give priority to them. I will let the documents Register your names, and all you have to do is follow closely behind me and use your weapons to cover others. Got it!"

Everyone responded with a loud bang, Guo Kang waved his hand and asked the documents and several soldiers to distribute the weapons seized here.Many people began to squeeze over there, trying to grab a spot first.The priests downstairs who maintained order could only spend a lot of effort to persuade them to line up and come one by one.

Finally, Guo Kang turned his head to look at Sergey who was already stupid.

"You have confessed a lot of information. According to the regulations, I can give you a certain degree of guilt relief." He said, seeing that Sergey seemed relieved, and added: "But in this matter, I am not qualified to completely Forgive you."

"Can you give him back his child?" He pointed to Vladimir next to him: "We don't know if his daughter is still alive, and we don't know if his son is safe now. If you can help save These innocent people, if you seek his forgiveness, then he may be able to spare you."

"Him? Why!" Sergey was anxious: "I'm convinced that I lost to you, but why should I let this old trash forgive me?"

"In other words, you also know that it is impossible for the victim to forgive you for the things you have done, right?" Guo Kang explained his shallow reason in one sentence.

"I am much stronger than him, shouldn't he obey me?" Sergey could only argue forcefully.

"What is being strong?" Guo Kang said with a smile: "I am stronger than you, so I now define him as strong and you as weak. And you can't beat me, so you can't deny it—well, now you are stronger than him." Weak."

Sergey couldn't say anything more about him, he could only stare blankly for a while.

"Look, this is how ridiculously powerful you are." Guo Kang shook his head and shouted to the soldiers beside him, "Bring the spear, give it to him!"

A guard hands Vladimir his spear.

"We all know what he did, so you have the right to revenge." Guo Kang said.

Vladimir took up the spear.

"How dare you!" Sergey was about to die, but he went all out: "Do you really think that these people can keep you and these Ross people? Impossible!"

"No matter how nice they say, they will leave after finishing this round of work. They can't speak Ross, they can only express their meaning through a few simple Greek. At that time, don't you still have to entrust others to manage you ?”

"I have a bad life, and if I die, I will die. But if you kill me, Elder Alexander and Master Leo will kill you, kill your whole family, and kill all of you rebels!"

It's okay if he doesn't say anything, but when he talked about the whole family, Vladimir's eyes widened.But he still hesitated, he didn't know whether he was afraid of Sergey's power or worried about something else, and finally turned his head to look at Guo Kang.

"Mr. Vladimir!" Guo Kang used the official title, and shouted sharply: "Are you a Russian or a Roman?"

Vladimir roared, clutching the spear in both hands, and slammed it through Sergei's chest.

Sergey showed an incredulous expression, then twitched a few times, and died without saying a word.

Guo Kang had the corpse dissected, and said to the priest next to him, "Pierce a smaller cross."

Then, he swung his ax and chopped off Sergey's head. Like before, he tied it with a rope and hung it on the cross where the priests were rushing to work.

The residents watching from a distance may not have heard his speech clearly before, and they are asking each other what he just said.But seeing the hanging head, everyone cheered.

"What about the other prisoners?" Captain Lucas asked.

"We don't have time to identify their good and bad, let's leave it to the residents here." Guo Kang said: "I think they are the ones who know the nature of these people best."

He ordered his men to let the residents make way.Everyone followed his instructions and made way for him.Afterwards, Guo Kang took all the captured servants, thugs, Sergey's mistress, and women who seemed to be maids and mistresses.

"If someone kills your relatives and friends on weekdays, you should stab them with weapons! If someone bullies and beats you on weekdays, you should beat them with sticks and fists!" Guo Kang shouted: "Those who can get from here to the gate alive , that is, those who are innocent, will be forgiven. Others—then make atonement for your previous behavior!"

After finishing speaking, he took a step back and let the soldiers drive the captives forward.

The crowd on both sides roared and rushed over, drowning the small team in an instant.

The leading thugs were pierced on the spot by the spears that had just been issued.Sergey's mistress screamed and tried to escape, and begged Guo Kang and others for mercy, but everyone just watched quietly.After a few struggles, she was dragged out by the residents.There are too many people who want to beat her, so that the people behind have to keep asking the people in front to be gentle, and don't beat her to death on their own, so that everyone can't take revenge.

The male and female servants were not much better.Without saying a word, the residents chopped most of them into pieces.

A young maid wailed mournfully and crawled out dragging her broken leg. A priest couldn't bear it and stopped the residents who were chasing and beating them.

"Children, keep restraint! Don't lose your head and hurt people who have done no evil!" he advised.

"She's not innocent at all!" shouted a middle-aged man in the lead, "every time she buys ingredients and goes to my stall, she takes half more! And no matter if I give it or not, she will find excuses to beat me every now and then. Just because she hooked up with Sergey's confidant! I want revenge!"

"She also ordered people to rob my wife's clothes!" Another young man shouted: "She called a thug, and after insulting my wife, just... just, she was still laughing beside me!"

"I have to beat her to death today!" He pushed the priest away, and punched the maid: "Kill you bitch!"

The emotions of the crowd were completely out of control, and they rushed forward and overwhelmed her again.

After a quarter of an hour, Guo Kang felt that enough was enough, so he had someone beat the pots and rice bowls dug out from the cafeteria, stopping the crowd and letting them disperse.

Sergey's mistress was beaten so badly that she was almost smashed to pieces.Guo Kang cut off the deformed head and asked people to hang it on the cross.

Almost all other thugs and servants were killed, and the body fragments and blood were all over the floor.Even so, many residents still haven't recovered from their resentment, and are still sitting on the ground, crying loudly.

Only two survived.One is the old man who cooks in the kitchen. According to the residents, he has always been kind, and from time to time he sneaks out leftover food and distributes it to the hungry neighbors. So at the beginning, everyone pulled him out and pushed him outside. up.

There is also a girl, who seems to have been looted recently.Residents didn't know her very well, saying she might be the daughter of someone in another area.She has been polite and polite in the past few months, and she has never intentionally troubled anyone, so she was also pushed out, planning to help her find out where her home is afterwards and send her back.

"Okay, okay." Guo Kang raised his hand and signaled to everyone: "I know everyone is sad, but our time is limited."

"Now, grab your weapons!"

As he spoke, he looked at the sky and found that the sun had already slanted to the west, so he turned his head and said, "Father Mikhail, please lead everyone and have a short evening prayer in advance."

"Okay." Father Mikhail nodded, and asked the deacon to come over and insert the cross.

"We probably won't have time to pray tonight." Guo Kang said to the crowd, "So, let us pray to the Heavenly Father for the sufferings that have occurred in the past and the sacrifices that will surely occur in the future!"

Everyone responded one after another.Those who were still too emotional were also persuaded to stand up.Guo Kang hoped that they could use this to stabilize their emotions—although it is a good thing to fight against the enemy, they also need to be calm when fighting to avoid unnecessary losses.

At this time, someone asked Guo Kang from afar: "Sir! Are you also a priest of the church!"

"Me?" Guo Kang shook his head: "I'm not, I'm just a consultant of the church."

"But I think what you said is very reasonable. Moreover, although the words are profound, they really speak to my heart." The man said, "I think you are like... like a patriarch."

"This is too much praise for me." Guo Kang said with a smile: "I haven't studied theology systematically. How can I be a Patriarch at this level."

"Don't be too modest." Next to him, Father Mikhail, who had already washed his hands briefly and was flipping through the scriptures, interrupted: "When he said that, I actually think you are quite similar. The patriarch is so important." You, you may also think that you are a good seedling to be the Patriarch, right?"

"I..." Guo Kang looked at himself, wearing a grey-yellow robe stained with a lot of blood, and said with a wry smile, "The Patriarch shouldn't be in such a mess before the ceremony."

"No, no." Another priest also commented: "The nobility of a patriarch should not be based on his wealth or the splendor of his magic weapon. A person wearing brocade and gray clothes, in heavenly father, heavenly In front of you, it's all the same."

Residents have expressed their justification.At this time, another half-grown child poked his head out.

"Sir, you know so much, can you lead us to atone for our sins, let us be truly baptized, and become a member of the kingdom of heaven?" he asked.

"Of course I can't." Guo Kang shook his head without hesitation.

"I just use the blade to help you eliminate some enemies, and use blood to give you some inspiration, so that you can become real Romans. But the kingdom of heaven is far from coming." He said.

"We still have to go through a long way. I think this is also the test of the Heavenly Father. If you can't go through this journey, you won't be able to succeed."

"Of course, I dare say that in the future someone will definitely come with the truth. He will baptize you again, so that you can be educated and purified from the soul. At that time, you should be able to know the way to the heaven on earth Alright."

Everyone fell silent for a while, not knowing what they were thinking.

"Okay, children." After the simple preparations were completed, Father Mikhail raised his head and interrupted them: "Let's start praying for tonight—and for the future."

(End of this chapter)