Chapter 0452: Henry Tells a Story
c_t; When the two arrived at the back of the mountain, Zhu Xian had been sitting on the stone on the side of the road and waiting for a while. [Marshmallow wants to read almost all the books.,It's much more stable and faster than the general station.,There's no ads in the whole text.] ]。 The update is so fast.
The scenery behind the mountain is good, there is a farmland at the bottom of the mountain, there is a shallow stream running nearby, and there is a small brick factory at the foot of the mountain, but it looks a little desolate, as if it has long been abandoned.
The farmland has long been barren, and the few farmhouses dotted around it don't look like they are inhabited.
It was originally a rural area, but in recent years, the urbanization process has developed here, but it has only developed to the other side of the mountain, and this side is still the rustic appearance.
However, even if it is still a rural area, it has long been inhabited, and the original villagers here have already entered the city on the other side of the mountain to live, and the farm work has long been stopped, and the other side of the mountain is the 'pharmaceutical' university, and there are several universities that are not well-known, which together are called university towns, and they can do a little business near the university town, even if they sell early and set up a wonton stall, they are much more profitable than farming at home.
Separated by a mountain, there are two different worlds.
It's bustling over there, but it's cold and uninhabited here.
However, Zhu Xian is not interested in the changes caused by urbanization to the world, she just thinks that this is a very good place to do it, as long as the movement is not very big, no one should find out.
Seeing that the figures of the two people had also crossed the mountain, Zhu Xian raised his eyes and saw that these two guys, wearing suits, carrying a briefcase in their hands, and even wearing glasses on their faces, looked like foreign managers in the city.
It's just that no matter how strong the foreign manager is, it is impossible for him to walk as fast as them. When they were on the other side of the mountain, they might still have some concerns, and when they turned over the mountain, they obviously found that there were almost no people here, and the speed suddenly increased.
Zhu Xian observed them, and she could basically determine that Western cultivators were not known for their speed, and she couldn't help but think that if she had caught up with them that day, she was afraid that Henry would not be able to escape. If you kill Henry, you shouldn't have these troubles today, right?
Of course, now is not the time to regret it, since the trouble has been provoked, then solve it. Anyway, Xu Bansheng also said that he could teach the other party a lesson, even if he killed them, it didn't matter.
Zhu Xian stood up with a smile on his face, there was no need to dust off, and his clothes were absolutely clean.
"Are you the only one?" The two Europeans were already standing only more than ten meters away from Zhu Xian, one of them was half a step back, and the other opened his mouth with a condescending attitude.
Zhu Xianyan smiled and said, "Isn't one person enough?" Do you think they're all like you Western guys? If you get into a fight, you have to bring a bunch of people. Marshmallow, but you're a little bit better than the guy called Henry, and you've only brought one person. Is this also a paladin? ”
Seeing that Zhu Xian didn't take it seriously, and he didn't have the slightest respect for the Holy See, the original dissatisfaction in his heart turned into anger.
When Henry returned to the Vatican, the headquarters of the Holy See, he immediately met with the contemporary Holy See Pope Peter II.
According to Henry's status in the Holy See, it was not necessary for him to meet the Pope immediately when he returned, but this time, he took three paladins to inspect the holy religious organization in Japan, but he did not expect to encounter an accident that caused the three paladins to be lost in Japan. Something so big happened, even if Henry's position in the Holy See was very detached, he had to go to the Pope as soon as he rushed back to the Vatican, and report everything that happened to the Pope.
Long before Henry left Japan, he himself had already taken the initiative to make a brief report to the Cardinal Corps at the Holy See headquarters. At that time, it was only stated that the death of three paladins and the death of the diocesan bishop of Japan also died at the hands of the same person.
The first three were indeed correct, but the diocese bishop of Japan died a particularly unjust death, because he was killed by Henry at all. If this diocesan bishop is still alive, he will inevitably let the cardinals know how Henry met Zhu Xian, and then he will inevitably expose Henry's escape. Losing some face is actually secondary, mainly once you have the experience of escaping, basically Henry will not have a chance with the cardinals.
If a knight-turned-archbishop, or even a quasi-purple bishop, does not even have the basic courage to move forward, then he is not worthy of being a knight at all. The status of knights in the Holy See is not too high, but the entire Knights are the main combat force of the Holy See. As a knight, the most basic requirement is to be ready to sacrifice one's life for the Holy See at any time. Even if he has been promoted to bishop and has been separated from the status of a knight, the 'spirit' of the knight must not be forgotten.
It's like even if a soldier grows up to be a general or even a marshal in a war, he must have the belief to move forward bravely, if he sees that he has suffered a defeat, especially in the face of the possibility of the whole army being wiped out, the general and the marshal will immediately take the road and flee by themselves, what is the use of such a general and marshal?
If the general of the defeated army fights to the death, he can still get the reputation of dying for the country, but if only one commander is left to return to the court, he will inevitably be executed, and he will have to bear the stigma of a lifetime.
On the battlefield, there are only generals who die in battle, and there are no generals who escape from the battle.
Henry took the paladin into battle, and so did it.
It was because Henry had to find a suitable reason, which naturally did not lead to better than putting the blame on Zhu Xian.
Although Henry is a European, he is well versed in the truth that a slap does not make a sound, of course it is not enough to have Zhu Xian alone, and there must be a guy who stands on the opposite side of Zhu Xian. And this guy, naturally, only the diocesan bishop of Japan can take on the heavy responsibility. And in this way, the death of the diocesan bishop has been explained, and there is no doubt that the same as the trio of Gao Yan and the three paladins are all poisoned by Zhu Xian.
As for the reason for the contradiction, Henry can be vague.
The trio is dead, and there is no proof of death.
Ikeda and Robert are single, while Gao Yan has a wife and children, but he has also been killed by Henry, and in order to cover up the truth, Henry does not care about the extra life of one and a half people. Poor Gao Yan, if he hadn't had ambitions for Henry before he died, hoping that he could adopt his unborn child as his godson, his wife, who was still two months away, would not have suffered this disaster.
This is the end of the line.
The bishop of the diocese was the only one who knew about Henry's summoning of the trio, and he didn't know what happened next, and now that he had also died at the hands of Henry, it became a secret that Henry had seen two of the trio.
The bishop of the diocese is over 50 years old this year, his children have long since left Japan, and his only wife has also been killed by Henry. When the bishop's sons and daughters returned home, they could at best know the lies that Henry had concocted and take them as the truth.
The flight of more than ten hours on the road was enough to make Henry think of a detailed story, when he saw the Pope himself, he immediately knelt down in front of the Pope with a knightly salute, made a distressed statement, and said that he would personally lead a team to the East to find Zhu Xian for an explanation.
The Pope is still very magnanimous, after all, he is in charge of the largest church in the West, he did not express his position, but just asked Henry to tell himself everything that happened in detail.
If Henry changed his career to become a family, he should actually be a good choice, and I have to say that the stories he made up are still very good.
"I went to Japan with three paladins, and in Tokyo, I was personally greeted at the airport by Bishop Honda," said Henry. ”
He said that Honda arranged for them to stay in a hotel, and everything was normal, and all the procedures were as usual.
However, on the second day, Honda, who was supposed to come and lead them to inspect the diocese himself, came in a hurry and asked them for leave.
Henry was puzzled, so he asked Honda why he was nervous, and what he had to deal with as the diocesan bishop himself. Then Honda said that the three peripheral knights in the original diocese went on a mission, and on the way back after the mission, they were not only robbed of the mission target by an oriental cultivator, but also killed one of them, and the other two were also seriously injured.
Conflicts with other cultivators on tasks do happen occasionally, but the other party actually kills someone, and obviously surpasses the trio by a large margin, which is a bully, and this kind of thing must be repaid.
Bishop Honda told him that according to the descriptions of the two peripheral knights who returned from injury, the Eastern cultivator was quite strong, and the knights of the diocese alone might not be able to deal with it, and if he did something about it, he was afraid that it would be because of the dissatisfaction of the Holy See headquarters, especially when Henry, the archbishop, happened to be in Japan to inspect the diocese.
Therefore, he had to go there in person and ask the cultivator from the East.
Henry said that he didn't take it too seriously at the time, after all, there were many things that happened with the same mission goal when he was on a mission, but because the trio was a trio that even the Holy See headquarters had heard of during this time and had never missed a mistake, Henry said that he would let the paladin deal with this matter together.
"Your Majesty the Pope, if you really let Honda lead the crowd to find that Eastern cultivator, even if he defeats the other party, he will definitely say that we are bullying more and less. I want a paladin to go with me, and I can solve this matter without making a big '' or '', so that even if those cultivators in the East want to find trouble in the future, there will always be one less excuse. ”
The Pope was noncommittal and continued to listen to Henry's story.
Henry said again, so one of the three paladins followed Honda to look for Zhu Xian, but for a long time, they did not return, and Henry couldn't help but be a little worried.
"It was my absolute negligence at the time, and it was my carelessness that led to their deaths, and I ask His Majesty the Pope to punish me with the most severe punishment."
With that, Henry fell to his knees again in front of the Pope.
The Pope waved his hand, and as soon as he held it up, he forcibly lifted Henry up, shook the long white beard under his chin, and said: "You should finish the matter first, whether you should be punished or not, and how you should be punished, it is not too late for you to finish speaking." ”
Henry nodded, his expression was 'desired' and crying, his acting skills were indeed quite sophisticated, which he had honed when he was a bounty hunter. A good bounty hunter does not rely entirely on force, and many times must be accompanied by superb acting skills.
"Although I felt that something was wrong, I still didn't pay too much attention to it, I didn't expect that the Eastern cultivator to be so bold that even the paladins of our Holy See would dare to kill him, and there was also a diocesan bishop. Marian and Ashmill said they were going to check on the situation, and I allowed them. However, what they never expected was that they were also poisoned by that Eastern cultivator. ”