Henry immediately propped up the bed with his hands, sat up with the support of Cecil and Felix, stared at Thomas and asked, "Then you sue me, what is your duty?" Loyalty only to the Pope, or to the Church as a whole? ”

Under the gaze of the six people, Thomas was silent for a while, knowing what Henry meant by this, and said lightly: "Be true to your faith." ”

"Good." Henry, who was described as haggard, nodded again and again: "I hope you don't rebel against your faith, and I hope you don't have the trust of His Majesty Paul." You should know better than us about Caesar's origins, what kind of person he is, and you should know better than we do, and I think you should have heard a lot of people's voices questioning when God became a yellow man. ”

Thomas said coldly: "That's the cry of your people. ”

Henry chuckled, "Thomas, don't kid yourself. Yes, I admit that it was our people who made the call, but you know in your heart, this is what most people think, and many people have always had doubts about a yellow man being elected pope. Thomas, dare you say you didn't doubt it? Do you dare to say that you have no doubts about Caesar's motives? You should understand the consequences of his continued purge, when the time comes, in order to protect themselves, will lead their rhetoric to race, and sooner or later the whole Catholic Church will be torn apart, can you imagine the consequences of the split between the black diocese in Africa and the yellow diocese in Asia or other dioceses? Do you want to see the day when your faith collapses? ”

A sword appeared in Thomas's hand, and the blade popped out and pointed at Henry, who was righteously speaking on the bed, "Shut up! By these words you say, I will put you to death. ”

Henry shook his head and said, "Thomas, did I say that you have a hidden worry in your heart?" It doesn't matter if I die. But don't forget the responsibility that His Majesty Paul wanted you to assume when he canonized you as 'silent in your heart'. It is your responsibility to uphold Catholicism, it is also your responsibility to judge heresy, even if it is the Pope, as long as he threatens our faith, you have a responsibility to preserve, not to be loyal to someone, this is the basis of the existence of the Knights Templar, for the sake of the faith, you cannot betray your faith. ”

Thomas grimaced. The sword approached, and the blade of the sword pressed against Henry's neck.

Benedict and the others were taken aback, and just stood up to stop them, Henry waved them not to move, and stared at Thomas calmly.

Thomas said coldly: "I will not let anyone take the holy election as a child's play. If this kind of thing can happen lightly, there will inevitably be people who will follow suit for the sake of rights in the future, and it will bring endless troubles to the Holy See, and I will not allow this kind of thing to happen. ”

Henry shook his head and said, "Thomas, you misunderstood what I meant, if I don't recognize the legitimacy of the election." I wouldn't have waited until today, and I didn't think about overthrowing him. ”

The blade of the sword hit his forehead, and Thomas couldn't understand what they meant, and said in a deep voice, "What do you want to do?" Glancing at the others.

The other five stood at the head of Henry's bed. Shows support for Henry. Henry, with a haggard face, smiled: "After he takes office, he will definitely remove the six of us, but the six of us don't want to hand over the secrets of the Supreme Bishop to our successor." ”

Thomas's pupils constricted, the secret of the so-called Supreme Bishop. That is, the secret of the pope, which refers to three things.

The first secret is a Holy Canon, which only the Pope can see. It records many secrets of the Holy See, and outsiders do not know the secrets in them, and each pope will add some contemporary secrets to the Holy Scriptures, which can be described as a collection of the secrets of successive popes, which is very valuable, so that future generations can understand the Holy See.

The second secret is the Papal Scepter.

The third secret is the 'Fisherman's Ring', which is the Ring of Power worn by the Pope.

On the surface, every pope will be publicly destroyed after his death, because the ring has the name of the pope, which can be said to be the seal of the pope to deal with official affairs, and the reason why it is destroyed is to prevent someone from counterfeiting official documents. In fact, the real precept does not have the name of the Pope, and it has never been destroyed, and it has been secretly passed down from ancient times to the present.

As for what secrets are hidden in the three things, even Thomas and Henry don't know, especially the first secret, outsiders don't know that it exists.

But each pope makes arrangements for these three things before his death, and once he dies, the collegial panel keeps the canon and the 'fisherman's commandment', and the six bishops are in charge of the sealed keys. The head of the Knights Templar kept the Papal Scepter. In this way, it is also for the sake of mutual checks and balances between the civil and military, and even if there are people with bad intentions, they cannot easily open the secrets of the supreme bishop.

And if the successor pope wants to open the sealed "Holy Codex" and the "Fisherman's Commandment", he must first obtain the papal scepter, which is actually one of the most important keys, plus the secret keys in the hands of the six bishops, seven keys together to open the seal. I don't know what kind of secret is hidden in it, and it is so tightly guarded.

Only a pope who gathers the three secrets together and obtains them can be regarded as a pope who truly controls the secrets of the Holy See.

After Paul's death, only seven of them knew about it. Only when the new pope is inaugurated will they tell the secret.

"In other words, you don't want to give the Supreme Bishop's secrets to His Majesty the Pope?" Thomas's tone was cold, and the blade of the sword had already pierced the skin on Henry's forehead, and he sternly warned: "After His Majesty the Pope takes office, you must hand over your things, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind!" ”

Henry raised his head, avoided the blade of the sword, reached out and pulled away the blade, and said, "It is our duty to hand over the secret to the new Supreme Bishop, we have sworn a poisonous oath, and it will not do us any good to swallow it privately. But we don't want to give things to a hypocrite, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable and will mean disaster for the Holy See. Therefore, we are not going to hand over the things for the time being, but we must first observe that if he is really a pope who is responsible for the Church, we will definitely put aside our personal grudges and hand it over. If not, even if you kill us, you won't find what we have, we hide it tightly. ”

'Chok' The blade of the sword retracted, Thomas resolutely turned away, and when he opened the door, he stopped at the door, and slowly looked back at the six people: "You are afraid that His Majesty the Pope will settle accounts for you afterwards, and I hope to let me guarantee your safety." He threw down a sentence and strode away.

That's right, Thomas hit the crux of the matter in one sentence, the six of them are indeed not as great as they say, and they are indeed afraid that the Pope will kill them after getting something, they just want Thomas to ensure their safety as much as possible.

After being punctured in the ghost's mind, the six of them looked at each other stiffly. Benedict was a little worried, "Will Thomas tell Caesar the secret?" If Caesar had known, he would have taken measures to force us to hand it over, that guy is not like the Pope, but more like a scoundrel. Last time, I made him unhappy because of an unintentional remark, and he deliberately stretched out his foot to trip me and fell, how could a dignified pope do such a shameless thing. As he spoke, he touched his elbow, which he hadn't fully recovered from the last fall.

A trace of worry has surfaced on the brows of several people, really let that guy know the secret, he will definitely do whatever it takes, they really can't withstand the vicious interrogation.

Henry frowned and thought for a while, reached out and touched the blood droplets that slowly slipped on his forehead, twisted a touch of red between his fingers, and suddenly smiled: "If he really wants to do this, he has already done it just now." One thing I have to admit is that Thomas's faith is so strong that no one else can match it. Because of this, he will firmly defend his faith and does not want to see anyone ruin the Holy See. His actions show that he is also suspicious of Caesar, and acquiesces in our actions, so he will not tell Caesar that secret, at least for the time being. ”

Not long after the secret meeting had left Henry's residence, Agassi came to the Pope's chambers and knocked on the door.

Lin Zixian in the room was standing upside down with one finger on his bare body, and the ups and downs between his muscles showed charming lines, full of masculinity.

He opened his eyes at the sound, exhaled slowly, bent over, and stood up with his feet lightly. The sturdy body stretched out its arms, and the joints of the whole body crackled.

During this time, he had many opportunities to devote himself to practice, so although the room was large, there were no servants left to wait, and he didn't want anyone to disturb him, and he was not so expensive.

He grabbed a light white robe and put it on his body, half-open his chest, and pulled his long hair back before saying, "Come in." ”

Agassi entered the door and closed the door, and saluted Lin Ziidly: "Your Majesty." ”

Lin Zixian shook his hand and sat on the sofa, touched a cigarette point, crossed his legs, and stretched out his hand to sit down. He looks like a handsome guy, and the whole person is masculine and elegant, but he doesn't look like His Majesty the Pope, who is old and dignified.

After Agassi sat down in an orderly manner, Lin Zixian looked at him as if he was making a small report again, and couldn't help but smile: "Agassi, it's so late, what's the matter?" ”

Although he also hates that people always come to complain, and it is boring to always listen to trivial things, but he still has to pretend to be encouraged, there is no way, Agassi is now his eyes and ears, helping him control the Holy See, naturally he can't discourage people's enthusiasm.

Agassi immediately said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, there is something that I think is a little strange. ”

Lin Zixian let out an 'oh' sound, took a puff of cigarette, and asked with a smile, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Agassi looked around, stretched out his head and said, "Just now someone saw that the six bishops gathered at Bishop Henry's residence one after another, and Thomas also went later, as if they were having a secret conversation. ”

This guy has really become the leader of the brocade guards of the Holy See, his eyes and ears are everywhere, and he keeps abreast of the movements of the Holy See personnel at any time, no wonder many people in the Holy See are afraid of him.

Lin Zixian raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked lightly, "What did they talk about?" ”