Law of the Devil

Chapter 280 [Maximos]

The car of the Archbishop of the North Central Diocese did not let Du Wei wait too long, and arrived the next morning.

The arrival of an archbishop who mastered several provincial administrative tasks was naturally caused by an earthquake in local local officials. The identity of an archbishop can be said to be only higher than the Dufour. What's more, I have mastered several administrative tasks in the province. Every year, I have a large amount of large fiscal taxes, and I also run a sacred knight, a million believers in the parish, and may become the future pope.

Such a person seems to be not as arrogant as Duwei’s imagination. It was different from what the mayor said before. There are not many followers of this archbishop. In fact, Du Wei originally thought that he would welcome a team, but in the morning, there was only one carriage on the dock.

Surrounded by local officials, several of his entourage's accompanying personnel boarded the ship and met Du Wei.

The first meeting was very friendly. The Archbishop Maximos was a very handsome old man wearing a black priest's robes. He could see that his dress was very simple. This robes It is also old, the corners of the place, as if there are some traces of wear and tear. And his silver hair, erected very clean, with a warm smile on his face, his eyes are kind. From any point of view, he is not like the archbishop who is in charge of several provincial teachings. Instead, he is like a priest in a small religious place, an old man with a normal appearance and a smile. The only difference is probably his eyes.

His eyes are clear and deep, flashing the sagacity and sagacity of the old man of his age.

"The distinguished Duke of the Duke." Archbishop Maximos owed Duwei a little to the body: "First of all, I would like to thank you, thank you for allowing me to take your boat back to the emperor. Thank you for waiting for me here. at night."

Du Wei smiled and said: "You are too polite, Bishop. It is my pleasure to have such a guest on your boat. And, stay here for one night, there is nothing, you see, the river bank The scenery is very good."

After a few words of chilling, the Archbishop introduced his entourage.

In fact. As an archbishop of a parish, what makes Du Wei strange is that the entourage of Archbishop Maximos is too little. When he got on the boat, there were only three people besides himself. A driver, an old man wearing a priest's robes, is probably a deputy bishop. There is also a knight wearing a armor, but the knight helped the driver to move the ceremony.

Subsequently. Du Wei sent away the local officials who sent the line and ushered Maximos into his cabin.

"Please sit down, my archbishop." Du Wei smiled and let his men send tea, and then said: "To be honest, you are the highest-ranking clergy I have ever seen."

"Oh?" Maximus looked awkward: "Duke of the Duke. You were born in the emperor's land. In your status, have you not seen the Pope before? The Pope has rarely made public appearances in recent years. But every year the temple ceremony, his Majesty will still be personally presided over."

Du Wei shook his head: "No. Oh, I am sorry, I am not a believer in the temple. So I have not attended the ceremony of the Temple of Light."

This Maximos was very graceful. After listening to it, he did not reveal any strange expressions. He just smiled casually: "I hope that the Duke will enter God's arms as soon as possible. If you have a day to change your mind, I am willing to baptize you personally."

Then Maximos introduced Du Wei to another old man next to him: "This is my close assistant and most loyal friend, Father Rams, and one of the deputy bishops of our North Central diocese." A bit. He smiled and said: "We are rushing back to the Imperial Capital to participate in the annual temple ceremony. At the same time, according to tradition, we must meet the Pope and report to him in the parish last year. Unfortunately, our ship It’s broken, I can only go ashore temporarily. I hope that I have brought dozens of followers. But because the team’s horses and horses are walking too slowly. In order to get here, I have to leave the team and ride the horse. It is."

Du Wei nodded, thinking: You are anxious to go back to report work, but also to please the Pope, in the future can inherit a lot of weight in the competition of the Pope position, no wonder it will be so anxious.

On the mouth, he smiled: "The Archbishop, you don't have to worry, I have a lot of servants on board. In my place, you will get the treatment of the most distinguished guests. I have already cleaned up a clean cabin for you to rest. Well, still, I think you haven't eaten breakfast yet, and I am ready."

The two men chilled for a while, and the deputy bishop Rams had been faintly disoriented. Compared with this Maximus style, the deputy Rams was a bit more wretched and looked like It seems to be one of the most common and thin old men. The eyes are also white and black, thin and slim, and the appearance is quite unpleasant.

Watching Maximus and Du Wei chilling, he seems to be like a word and a few times.

At this time, there was a majestic voice outside, and it sounded like a snarling thunder, listening to it through the door panel.

"Bishop, the ceremony has been done."

When Maximos heard this voice, his face showed a sincere smile: "Oh, this is my accompanying guard Rhine, Duke, please let him in."

With the permission of Du Wei, the cabin door was pushed open, and a majestic big man came in from the outside!

Even Du Wei was used to various savage in the northwest, including his own Longbottom and al-Qaeda, all of them were burly guys, and after going to the Northwest Army, they also saw Lu Gao’s Many fierce battles...

Even so, when I first saw the guard of Maximos, Du Wei couldn't help but take a deep breath!

This guy... is it really a warrior?

From the visual point of view, this guy named Rhein is at least two meters tall! And I am afraid that the height is a little giant! Because he was standing in the cabin, his head was just over the ceiling.

He is wearing the largest knight armor. It is also the style of the Knights of the Holy Knights. It is as thick as a giant bear, as if it is full of explosive power! And the naked part of his armor, the muscles of the knot, I am afraid that the so-called "bodybuilder" that Du Wei had seen in previous lives is far from good. Such a giant Han... Du Wei just looked at it, and immediately determined one thing: this guy's arm is definitely thicker than his thigh! And it is twice as thick!

Such a monster... Is he still a human?

His appearance is also very weird, a square face. The outline is also like a normal person, but it looks like a human being. The lion's nose is wide, and the pair of eyes like a brass bell is like an adult lion. Plus his long brown hair, it looks like a gryphon!

Such a person, if not seen in the day, but in the middle of the night, will definitely scare people. I thought I saw a monster of a lion head.

He just went to the cabin, and next to him, the two Du Wei's men and women guarded him, and it seemed to be a dwarf. Moreover, Du Wei thinks. It seems as if I can feel that this guy named Rhein, with a pair of eyes, is full of an indelible wild taste.

Watching Du Wei looking at his guard. Maximos smiled: "Grand Duke, this is my escort, and my most loyal subordinate, Rhein. The name Rhein is what I gave him. He looks strange and strange, and his life is very pitiful. Years ago, I found him in the wild. He actually grew up with a group of wild beasts, as if from a young age because of his eccentric appearance. He was abandoned by the parents in the wilderness and raised by the beasts. I saw him poor and took him back to support. I have been thinking about it for more than ten years now. Don’t look at his rude appearance, it is actually a very good child."

After that, he looked for a hand, his face was full of loving expression: "Rheinland, giving the tulip a big salute."

"Yes." It was the same sound as a thunder. This Rhine immediately smashed down on one knee. I took one of the most solemn knights on one knee. Looking at his squatting, Du Wei was even worried. This guy is afraid that he will split his own cabin floor.

"I have seen the Duke of the Tulip." The sound of the stunned thunder almost shocked the Duwei ear mask. Seeing such a mighty and majestic fierce man, Du Wei couldn't help but like it. He quickly got him up and asked someone to come to the chair to sit for him. It’s just that he’s so big, there’s no chair for him. The ordinary chair, pressed by his ass, suddenly slammed and shattered.

Looking at the look of Rhein, Maximoshaha smiled and said: "I am a knight, who weighs more than ordinary people. His weight is five or six times that of ordinary people. Ordinary chairs can't sit. Duke adults, Let him stand."

Du Wei also laughed and said: "I have a squat in the northwest and the prairie. The most favorite thing is the fierce player like the Rhein Knight. It doesn't matter if the chair can't sit!" Then he shouted aloud and immediately moved people. A short collapse came, and this made the Rhine sit down. It was also sent to the prepared meals, and they ate with Maximos in the cabin.

It is also especially suitable for this Rhine to prepare a large barrel of wine and a bowl of beef.

Du Wei was the most interested in this Rhine. Looking at the rhine drinking of the Rhine, a barrel of fine wine, he casually lifted the big wooden barrel, grew up wide, whispered a few times, and the thick throat was up and down. Suddenly, I poured a small bucket. Heavy down the barrel, only sighed, watching Du Wei, a thick smile: "Thank you! I have not been so so happy for a long time."

Du Weiyi said: "Why, don't you drink alcohol on weekdays? I remember that although the Holy Knight asked for painstaking work, I don't want to drink alcohol."

Next to Maximos, his face sank: "Rhine, have you forgotten my words? Why don't you pray before eating?"

Rhine immediately put down the barrel, and the sly face was full of twilight: "Yes."

Then Maximos and the Rams Bishop, the two men embraced each other, closed their eyes to the food in front of them, and said in their mouths: "Thank God for making food available. There are clothes to wear..."

Although Du Wei did not agree with this kind of prayer, but the devoutness of looking at this Maximus is from the heart, no falsehood, and nothing to say. Out of courtesy, put down the knife and fork and wait for them to pray.

Finally, when a few people opened their eyes, Du Wei laughed: "The bishop is an adult. You are too harsh on the knight, such a fierce, do you have no alcohol on weekdays?"

Maximos smiled a little, could not help but slightly awkward, whispered; "This ... Duke adults, you do not know, Rhein is far better than ordinary people, and his food is also amazingly big, eat every day. Things are worth five or six times as much as ordinary people, and the amount of alcohol is probably ten times and twenty times more. Although I am an archbishop, my salary is limited. I don’t have much money to buy him. Drink it."

Du Wei was surprised to hear this.

salary?

What a joke! The imperial archbishop actually lives on salary?

Although Du Wei also knows, all formal clergy. The temple is all paid salaries...but. What is the identity of the Archbishop? It is equal to the princes under the church! Take charge of the church finances and force in several provinces!

Such a person, to say this to himself, is to show his integrity? Du Wei has never had a good impression of the people in the Temple of Light, because in his view, these guys are nothing more than a gods who swindle money. In the northwest, the local bishops of several temples he knew were full of brains. People are sorrowful and sultry, behind the wine and food. Eat the sweat of the ordinary poor dedication!

The same is tax collection, but it is very different to hand over the money to the official and to these gods. At least Du Wei asked himself in the northwest, although the official tax collection, but today to build a bridge, to build a road tomorrow. On weekdays, I am also responsible for civil affairs. The so-called tax is taken from the people and used by the people.

But what do these brains fill the intestines and do what the tax has done? Just sit in the temple of warm winter and cool summer and pray a few words to the gods. Then take a **** sweat from those believers?

But this... Archbishop Maximos. But in front of myself, it shows a kind of integrity that is completely different from other gods?

Is this action true or false?

Du Wei seems. Such a person is either a true sorrowful and sorrowful moral sage, or a traitor!

Looking at Du Wei's expression, the deputy bishop of Rams smiled. This guy is not only wretched, but also seems to be sharp and succinct: "The Duke, probably the person who is in our temple, has always been biased. I don't deny that in other places, some clergymen acted as a robes on them. However, in the jurisdiction of Archbishop Maximos, including ourselves, every clergyman lives in strict accordance with his own salary standards. There is absolutely no loss of religious duty in the temple, and there is no ugly corruption. ""

Said, this Bishop Rams pointed to the exquisite dishes on the plate in front of him and smiled and said: "Today is also the fortune of the Dukes, in order to eat such delicious food. On weekdays in the religious office, I and Maximos Adult lunches are just a plate of beans stewed."

Du Wei’s face was a bit weird. This Rams continued: “As for wine... Maximus has always advocated saving, wine is a luxury, and it also wastes a lot of grain to brew. So, in our north In the parish, the bishops have always advised those believers not to promote drinking."

After listening to this, Du Wei carefully looked at these guys and began to have some doubts. However, the gods and robes on Maximus and Rams are half old and not worn. And this Rhine, the armor style of the body is also very old, and even the leather boots under the feet are obviously things that have been worn for a long time.

These guys are temporarily taking their own boats. They don’t have much to say about themselves. If they are fake, there is really no need to disguise them in front of themselves.

Moreover, this Rhine is a rough man with no mind, and it is definitely not like a guy who can lie.

Is it true that the people of these temples are truly nothing, true sorrow and sorrow?

Thinking of this, Du Wei’s heart could not help but give birth to a bit of respect, and let people send a bucket of wine up and laughed: "If this is the case. Today on my site, let the Rhine Knight, have a good time. ""

But this Rhine, after drinking a barrel, but honestly put down the barrel, awesomely said: "Thank you Duke adults, but ... a bucket is enough. I am responsible for protecting the godfather's safety, not afraid to get drunk."

godfather?

Du Wei looked at Maximos. Maximos smiled slightly: "Well, yes, this child grew up when I was a child. I have officially baptized him. He also recognized me as a godfather."

Du Wei nodded and looked at the Rhine. Suddenly, his heart moved and his eyes fell on the badge of his chest. I can't help but feel a little dazed.

Hussein of Du Wei was originally the great knight of the Holy Knights. On weekdays, Hussein had already told Du Wei how to identify the various levels of the Sacred Knight's identity badge.

In general, the Holy Knight's chest will wear two badges, one symbolizing the official Knight level badge issued by the Knights Association, and the other representing the Knight of the Holy Knights.

This is the chest of the Rhine. There is no badge of the Knights Association...that is, he does not have a formal knight level?

And even his only badge that symbolizes the identity of the Holy Knight... According to Hussein telling Du Wei's badge level, the badge on the Rhine chest is among the ranks of the Holy Knights. One of the lowest level!

A "Alternate Holy Knight" badge!

Waiting place?

In other words, such a giant man is actually not a formal holy knight, but just a candidate.

Du Wei is not an idiot who looks at people by appearance. Of course, he does not think that this guy is a big man, and he will be very capable.

However, this Maximos dared to bring such a guard on the road, this can be concluded. This Rhine must have excellent skills.

Just, one...waiting knight?

When Du Wei was in the heart, he deliberately asked: "Since Rhein is a sacred knight, he should have a salary on weekdays. I can hear that the church is extremely polite to the holy knight. It seems that the Rhine Knight is in the weekdays. Still have no money to drink?"

Rams seems to be a person who is very good at seeing and seeing. When he listens, he smiles and says: "This...the Rhine is not a formal sacred knight. It is convenient to follow the bishop. Only a name is hung."

Maximos smiled. Lightly said: "Rhein has been following me for a long time, and I don't want him to leave me. You know the Duke. If you want to be a true holy knight, you have to leave me to go to the Knights' headquarters for rigorous training. This child After coming to me ten years ago, I have not left me, and I can't bear to leave. So, just let him hang a name."

After a pause, I laughed again: "And, Rhein has not practiced any martial arts and swordsmanship, and it is nothing more than a brute force. Not quite, you said that until now, even the basic swordsmanship will not. Therefore, I am afraid that even if he goes to participate in the training of the Holy Knight, most of them will not pass. Rams is right, let him hang up the identity of an alternate knight, just to follow me, nominally convenient. ""

When I arrived here, Du Wei was not good enough to ask again. Several people chatted about some local scenery in the northwest and said some things under the parish.

After the meal was finished, Du Wei was about to send them back to the cabin to rest. Suddenly the old smoke came in. The look on his face was not quite right. After entering the door, he said: "The Duke adults...before the river, some weird."

"what happened?"

The old cigarette hesitated, Du Weidao: "Directly say."

"Yes!" Old smoke looked solemn: "The front part is the narrowest place in the river. There is a big ship that crosses the middle of the river and stops our way. We hit the flag and let them give way. They replied that it was a ship. It is."

"Can't you go around?" Du Wei frowned.

"Adult." The old smoke took a deep breath: "They are not small, and they are on the river. They also put down a few boats around. Our flag bearers told me that the other party said they were ready to make the boat big. The goods on board were shipped to the shore. But this way, the river was blocked and we couldn’t pass. Moreover, I saw that the boats were weird... I have slowed down and told the brothers to guard. See what they are doing. eccentric."

Du Wei sighed, and the look was not angry, just a faint look at the few people around Maximos.

Sure enough, that Rams' face was changed immediately, but Maximos looked calm, just looked at Du Wei and immediately sighed: "Duke, it seems that we are causing trouble for you."

"Trouble?" Du Wei smiled.

Maximos seems to be a bit embarrassed. I sighed a bit: "Duke of the Duke, let's stop, let you stop the boat, then give us a boat, let's go ashore. This thing is coming to us, you are honored, or don't take it in."

In this case, Du Wei also made a mistake: "What is the bishop's adult saying... The sky is white. As a parish priesthood identity, is there anyone who dares to intercept you halfway through the road? Is it the Pope? command?"

Deputy Archbishop Rams snorted: "How can the Pope do this kind of thing! Hey, your Majesty has always appreciated our bishop... just..."

Having said that, Maximos coughed and Rams quickly closed his mouth.

"Duke of the Duke. Please give us a boat, let us go ashore." Maximos looked sincere: "This is something inside our temple. If it involves you, it will bring you big trouble. I am grateful. You let us take a boat. But I am not like getting you into this kind of thing."

After that, he yelled at Rhine: "Rhein, the guys were coming up the day before, we are ready to leave."

"Yes, Godfather, you are waiting here, I will go out and cook them!!" The giant man listened and immediately lost a cow's leg. When you stand up, you have to go outside.

Old smoke looked at Du Wei and waited for Du Wei to order.

Du Wei looked at Maximos and looked at the old smoke.

That's right, this kind of thing, there is no need to involve it in it...

However, people have things on their own ships. Just take the people off the boat... if that's the case. How can I mix the Duke of Tulips in the future? The face is lost!

Say it again... it looks like it. Probably the fighting in the temple?

Infighting... very good! Very good!

Thinking of this, Du Wei no expression: "The bishop is please sit down. Since it is my guest on my boat. Although the tulip is not a great person, it is not a cowardly intimidating coward."

Then Du Wei also stood up and ordered the old cigarette: "Go, raise my tulip flag! I want to see, who dares to intercept my boat on the road!"

After the old smoke went out, Du Wei looked deeply at Maximos and said: "Bishop, you don't have to say anything about disembarking! Since you are on my boat, no matter if you don't disembark, this trouble is me. I can't hide. In any case, you are my guest on my boat. If my guest is damaged on my site, will my Duke of Tulips still be a man?"

Then he approached two steps and whispered: "What the trouble is, I think you should tell me something."

Maximus flashed a glance in his eyes, then sighed a long time, did not directly answer Du Wei's words, but as if understated to say such a sentence:

"In the past two years, the Pope has been getting worse and worse..."

This seems to have nothing to do with Du Wei's question, but Du Wei listened, suddenly realized his heart, his face seemed to smile, then turned to look at Rams, and also asked in an inscrutable: "Is it a southerner?"

Rams hesitated, whispered: "It should be the southeastern parish."

When Du Wei heard this, the heart settled a few points and soon gave birth to a thought.

What is the church fighting?

Since this is the case, you will let me hide, and I will not hide!

His face was deliberately glaring, and loudly said: "The people in the southeastern parish have actually reached out to the north! I really thought that we are no one in the north!"

After that, Du Wei has strode out of the cabin.