In the summer of 2016, Liaoxi Peninsula, the outskirts of Panlong Fortress. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Deep in the north, the only summer rain is relatively abundant, but the temperature is low, even if it was a heavy rain three days ago, the fields are still full of puddles.

In the early morning fog, a few dilapidated horse-drawn carriages jolted along the muddy dirt roads in the countryside until they reached a small two-story wooden farmhouse.

Amid the neighing of the pack horses, the coachman grabbed the reins, and the carriage slowly stopped on the stone pavement in front of the small building.

More than a dozen guards disguised as farmers jumped down in front of the carriage and carefully guarded all directions in front of the carriage, and the head of the guard nodded slightly after making a round, reporting to the people in the carriage that everything was normal.

In a moment, a tall man dressed in a big hat and covered himself with a hood and a scarf jumped out of the carriage, paused slightly, looked at the surrounding terrain, and then walked towards the wooden building next to him.

The appearance of the dilapidated wooden building, after entering, is a different scene, exquisite carpets, gorgeous decorations, to build a magnificent royal style.

Entering the foyer, there were several well-dressed attendants stepped forward, the man took off the hood and face towel, revealing a majestic and resolute face, the quick attendant took the big coat he untied, and the charming maid stepped forward in turn with a silver basin, a towel for wiping faces, and juice to moisten the throat, and another attendant prostrate on the ground, carefully cleaning up the mud stained on the riding boots, the man frowned slightly, but did not speak, and let the attendants serve.

"Some surprise?" After entering the hall, the master sitting by the fireplace turned the chaise longue, greeted the man, picked up the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile, "Would you like a drink?"

"No, thank you. Yuwen Honglie nodded politely, "Good morning, dear bishop, my lord will enjoy it very much." ”

"Oh, my lord, as a superior person, you should enjoy the treatment corresponding to your status, you know, no matter when, the reason why a nobleman is called a nobleman is not only that the nobleman must defend the glory of the imperial power, but also that he must have the superiority of life...... It's all a must. ”

The silver-haired bishop got up with a smile, walked to the wine cabinet, and took out the crystal wine glass to pour wine for the guests, "Of course, the lofty status inevitably promotes the atmosphere of absurdity and luxury, and makes many nobles degenerate and corrupt, but for ordinary people, this luxurious life is like sweet honey, which is exactly what they desire and are willing to work hard for...... Who in this world doesn't want to live a better life! So, there's no need to be so miserable, my lord!"

"Of course I understand that. Yuwen Honglie shrugged his shoulders, although he was reluctant, he still took the wine glass, and said in a deep voice: "Before, what I didn't understand was the choice of the bishop, who has already achieved the official position of the archbishop sent outside the temple, comparable to the official of the kingdom's feudal territory, and is already one of the few big names in the Holy See, why would he choose to apostasy? I chose to cooperate with the kingdom's intelligence department, I seem to understand a little bit today, but I still hope that the bishop can solve my doubts." ”

"Hehe, Lord Duke still doesn't trust me, the premise of cooperation, then it must be trust. The bishop seemed to be in a good mood today, poured himself a glass of red wine again, pointed to the seat next to him, and said with a smile: "Please be seated, my lord, we have time to communicate today, and everything will satisfy you." ”

"Just listen to a story, my information, as a major minister of the kingdom, you should have heard of it, but it is all the kind of public propaganda about me by the Holy See of Light, saying that I was born in a family, gifted, intelligent and studious, and has been favored by the God of Light since I was a child...... That's all. After the guest and host were seated, the bishop looked at the orange flame in the fireplace and took a sip of red wine. Actually, no, I was born in a declining aristocracy in a small town on the edge of the kingdom, and when I arrived at my father's generation, they were all idle people, and the huge and bloated family had decayed to the extreme, and after the last shop under his name was sold, the family fell apart, and my father, who had no strengths, could no longer support a large family, so he could only send me and three other brothers and sisters to the charity school run by the church, because only there, everything was free, and that year, I was only six years old. ”

"The church is not as bright and warm as you think, you know, when I walked out of junior college at the age of sixteen, my other three siblings had died silently. The bishop sighed, "In the eyes of the world, the Church is loving and perfect, but they do not know how terrible and dark it is in the light of the Holy See. In the academy dominated by the Holy See, the competition is quite cruel, everything has to be done according to the rules, and there are no rules for everything, senior teachers and even students can arbitrarily dispose of low-level students, because as long as you enter the door of the Holy See, your life belongs to the gods, there are no relatives, no self, the suicide rate and the homicide rate are unimaginable to ordinary people, there are hundreds of people who have walked into the academy with me, and as a result, there are only less than fifty people who have really come out to become probationary priests. ”

Even though he was accustomed to seeing power struggles, Yuwen Honglie was still surprised when he heard such a bloody thing, and the probability of this was far greater than that of a fierce war.

"To be honest, I survived, not because I was smart or outstanding, but because I was more tolerant, shameless enough, and would be a ......slave," the bishop raised his hand to the duke, shaking proudly, "Five years, from a trainee priest, I only took five years, I was promoted to a priest, leading a county church, I still remember clearly, at that time, my subordinates led five priests, ten apprentices, traveling and twenty church guards to escort them. ”

"At that time, I should be able to breathe a sigh of relief. The duke took a sip of wine and was noncommittal, "At least life is worry-free." ”

"For a person who has no ambitions, there is less pressure, as long as the top is satisfied and the bottom is fine. The bishop smiled, his eyes flashing, "But I am not reconciled, every time I think of my only sister being dragged away in front of me by a fat pig-like guy, just because he is a senior priest and the supervisor of the college, he can do whatever he wants, it is obviously an atrocity, but no one dares to care, I can only watch my sister cry and be dragged away, I know that I will be humiliated, but I can't do anything, I can only collect her body the next day, I can't suppress it, I want to get ahead." ”

"That man should be killed!"

"That's right, it's to be killed!" the bishop said with a sinister smile on his face, "Do you know what the first thing I did when I became bishop? hehe, it was to secretly arrest that fat pig, and let him taste the methods of the Inquisition, and turn him into a real roast pig! hehe, in retrospect, it tastes very good......

“…… You deserve it!"

"Yes, he deserves to die, but others don't think so, behind every high-ranking priest, there are such and such big people, just first-class whitecoats, many people can't afford to offend. And a lot of people are also staring at my seat, and after a long time, I am walking on thin ice. ”

"I'm afraid of death, so I'm going to get rid of some people who know the roots, anyone who might threaten my survival. The bishop's voice was low, "Although I have always had the idea of becoming a big thing, and always thinking that when I climb to the top of power one day, I will compensate those people, but in fact, to this day, I still can't forget all this?

Yuwen Honglie smiled and replied, "Your Excellency is the youngest cardinal archbishop ever. ”

"That's right. The bishop nodded, "It's my luck to say it, God doesn't know why, it seems to have a soft spot for me, I asked myself if I was a good person, I was ruthless, and I killed all the people who stood in my way, but no one found out!" Because of this, I rose all the way up, and in a very short period of time, I became the assistant pivot bishop of the Holy See of Light, and it was a coincidence that I met Master Gandalf, the then pivotal bishop, and it didn't take long for me to happen to catch up with a major event, a major event that caused the Inquisition Hall and the Pivot Holy See to fall two cardinal archbishops in succession!"