Chapter 281: The Book of War
"What is the greatest military strategist in the history of Europe? That's just a barbarian...... A guy who has no religious beliefs is not enough to be compared with us knights of the Vatican Holy See......" said the cardinal again angrily.
"Uh......" Qin Zhongyu was really a little funny when he looked at the cardinal's performance, but he didn't say much, he just thought in his heart, "It's been beaten like this...... The entire Vatican and Holy See have been served in a pot, and now they are still bragging......"
However, the pope looked very open, and said to Qin Zhongyu: "Our Vatican Holy See is no longer the Vatican Holy See of the Roman Empire...... The so-called Holy See Knights are more often just performing ceremonial tasks or maintaining law and order...... Even an archbishop with a considerable amount of mana would not be able to withstand such a large army......"
"Your Excellency, how can you grow the prestige of others and destroy our morale?" The cardinal rambled again.
"Ahem...... I'm just telling the truth......"
"Hmph......" Qin Zhongyu was obviously very unhappy when he saw the cardinal's appearance.
"It's really pitiful, from the fall of the Roman Empire to today, the influence of the Vatican and the Holy See is not as good as before...... This time, the entire Vatican Holy See, including the city of Rome, has been bulldozed, and it will be even more difficult to revive it in the future......"
"Just pity the monuments in the city of Rome...... It's a pity, it's a pity......" As a history buff, Qin Zhongyu really felt a lot of pity for the destruction of the ancient buildings of Rome in this disaster.
However, Qin Zhongyu still had a question in his heart, that is, why Alexander and his Macedonian army would find Yingzheng. Is there someone behind this?
In order to clarify this question, Qin Zhongyu took the letter from the Pope, which was said to be for himself, and then Qin Zhongyu opened the letter in front of everyone in the room.
Inside the letter was a blank sheet of paper, on which were a simple line of words written crookedly.
"I, Alexander, on behalf of the Kingdom of Macedonia, officially declare war on the First Emperor of your Great Qin Empire!"
"Uh...... This one...... It's really Alexander...... But I understand why the characters are so ugly, after all, an ancient European can write Chinese characters is already very remarkable, just such a line of words, probably also written in the dictionary...... Uh-huh, uh-huh......"
After Qin Zhongyu sighed, he put the envelope away, and prepared to go back and show it to Yingzheng and Mo Xi and others, and then discuss it later.
Now that Qin Zhongyu has learned all the information he can from the Pope, it seems that there is nothing more to discover. Even after Qin Zhongyu asked a few more questions about Alexander and his Macedonian legions, the Pope only shook his head, saying that the information he could provide was over.
"Okay then......" Qin Zhongyu thought for a while, and finally said, "The information I want is already available, thank you very much for your help......"
"You're welcome, young people from China ......," the Pope said kindly.
"Then I'll take my leave......"
Just as Qin Zhongyu was about to finish his work and leave, the priest who had brought him in before suddenly stopped Qin Zhongyu.
"Young man, don't forget our previous agreement......
"Oh, I was in a hurry to go out and discuss with my companions, I almost forgot ......" Qin Zhongyu suddenly remembered that he had indeed promised this priest before that after meeting the Pope, he would also help heal the Pope's body.
"There should be no problem...... Qin Zhongyu looked at the pale Pope and thought in his heart, "This Pope didn't suffer direct damage, but when he was fighting the other party, he consumed too much mana...... Coupled with old age and frailty, there is no way for the body to recover...... If it were me, just inject a little mana into him, and I should be able to improve his physical condition in no time......"
After making sure that he should be at least ninety percent sure of helping the Vatican Pope recover his strength, Qin Zhongyu began to walk towards the Pope.
"Wait a minute!"
However, before Qin Zhongyu could get close to the Pope, the cardinal spoke again.
"How?"
"How can the Pope's body be touched by someone like you? Who knows who you are? Is there something wrong with it? We don't trust you enough to allow you to touch the Pope at will! ”
"This cardinal, kind as a donkey's liver and lungs?" Qin Zhongyu thought to himself.
Of course, although Qin Zhongyu really wanted to rush up at the moment and slap him, but when he thought about it, it was really unacceptable for him to bully the weak, and the other party still provided a lot of useful information, so he didn't bother to bother with the other party. Therefore, on the surface, Qin Zhongyu still pretended to be calm and composed, and did not get angry because of this.
However, unlike the cardinal, seeing the scene was a little embarrassing, the pope spoke again.
"It's okay, I'm almost going to Heaven to meet the gods at this age...... It doesn't matter if you don't treat it anymore...... So I won't bother you...... For your help...... On behalf of the entire Vatican community, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to ......"
"Hmph, that's a bit of a good thing...... I'm not begging you to help you......"
Qin Zhongyu waved his hand and left the room.
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When Qin Zhongyu returned to the ground, Ying Zheng and the others immediately surrounded him again.
"Zhong Yu, what's the situation below? Did you get any meaningful information? ”
"Meaningful information...... Of course there is...... It's just a little incredible......" As he spoke, Qin Zhongyu handed over the letter he had obtained from the Pope to Ying Zheng.
Qin Zhongyu thought that Ying Zheng would be confused after seeing this letter, but what he didn't expect was that Ying Zheng laughed again after simply reading the letter.
"It's interesting, it's really interesting...... This European actually knows about my ......."
"Hey...... Others have declared war! And there are 100,000 troops! Do you want to go to the Balkans? Qin Zhongyu asked eagerly.
"Of course I have to go, I'm interested in this too...... It's better to say that after knowing that it was Alexander, I became more interested......" Ying Zheng's tone actually looked a little excited.
"I don't understand ......"
"Actually...... Ying Zheng explained slowly, "I suddenly thought about this question when I was looking at European history...... The Macedonian kingdom of the same era as our Qin Empire...... Who's better? ”