Chapter 66: The Curtain

The sails fluttered in the sea, the seagulls flew over the bow, the blue sky and white clouds were clear, this was a huge sea ship, the sailors on it were busy carrying the goods of the trip, and Adonis, dressed in a white robe, looked at his homeland wistfully.

"I don't know what I can come back to!" His hand holding the edge of the boat was slightly hard, and his heart was not calm.

"I believe in the Almighty Father of God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and in our Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God.

Conceived by the Holy Spirit born of the virgin Mary, he was crucifixed at Pontius Pilate, died, buried, and descended into Hades.

On the third day he rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from whom he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, I believe in the Holy and Catholic Church, I believe in the communion of saints, I believe in the forgiveness of sins, I believe in the resurrection of the body, I believe in eternal life. Amen!"

Dennis's voice came from behind, reciting the Bible aloud, and he made a cross and gently stroked the gospel in his hand.

With a slight compassion and compassion on his face, Dunnis was indeed an excellent pastor, and his profound study of scripture and righteousness was not found in other clergy.

The unfolded Bible was blown by the sea breeze, turning over several pages, and then slowly closing, and the precious book was returned to the cabin, and Dennis came out again.

"Don't think about Rome, we have the responsibility to save the faith of all beings, and you have the task of educating the barbarians from their ignorant old gods, no matter how difficult the road ahead is, there is no turning back!"

Dunnis patted his friend on the shoulder, and together they went through the ceremony of changing the new pope, and then boarded the ship prepared by the emperor.

The flotilla was loaded with precious jewels and scriptures on the Black Sea, and in a few days they would be on the land of the Cumans.

"How's that Komnenos Eudosia going?"

Adonis asked, the little girl had been crying for her mother before she got on the boat, and the priests who had passed by were all young people, so they naturally felt unhappy, but knowing that she was the princess who had been sent to marry Brother Scorn, everyone was silent.

"There is more than one girl sent out by the Komnenos family, you don't have to worry so much, it's not good for you!"

Dennis is also worried that the overflowing love of his friends will bring disaster if he is not careful, and this is the princess who sent him to marry.

"Isn't it enough for Amarik of Jerusalem, Arslan of the Sultanate of Rûm, Bosimond of Antioch and Ramon of Provence, brother of the king of Aragon?"

Adonis muttered about these powerful kings who were married to the Komnenos, and the previous emperor, Emperor Manuel, had woven a huge net that enveloped the entire empire.

Any action against Emperor Alexios would have a huge impact, and together with the Emperor's future wife, Princess Agnes of France, it can be said that the web of the Commnenos family is like a spider web intertwined from east to west.

In fact, this was one of the reasons for the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire after the death of Emperor Alexios in a coup d'état, and at the same time indirectly contributed to the demise of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

For the past two decades, the imperial Caesar Manuel has carefully planned to pave the way for his son's succession.

Because he is an old man, Manuel is also very aware of his body, and it is likely that he will not be able to survive the day when his youngest son grows up.

Manuel made an alliance with Amariq, the king of Jerusalem, and the king married Manuel's niece.

In order to deepen his influence on the Crusader states, the emperor himself not only married Mary of Antioch, but also married another niece to Bosimund, the son of Constance, and facilitated an alliance with the Crusader states.

After a period of planning, he married Arslan of the Sultanate of Rûm, temporarily relieving the threat from Anatolia.

However, this alone was not enough to realize the ambitions of the former emperor, who himself was the son of Princess Irina of Hungary, so with the help of this relationship, the emperor intervened in the struggle for the Hungarian throne and put Béla on the throne.

If Emperor Manuel had been able to defeat the Turks and then hold on to the throne for another ten years, the Roman Empire would have ended differently.

In the original history, Emperor Alexios still did not escape the poisonous hands, and the followers arranged by Emperor Manuel played a role one by one.

All countries invaded the territory of the empire under the pretext of revenge for the little emperor, and finally Rome's national power weakened under the repeated invasions of foreign enemies, and everything was ambition.

Adonis was silent at his friend's words, not that he did not understand this, but that he hesitated with good thoughts, and the pain of separation from mother and daughter was what he, an orphan who had lost his parents, longed for.

People say that the Pope is his father, and he says that this is nonsense, but he does have a good impression of the generous Pope in his heart.

"There is a lot of suffering, you can only save yourself! Those sentient beings are so miserable, you can't influence everyone! ”

Dennis looked at his friends who were still persistent, and he didn't understand that they were no longer the Orthodox rising stars who had taken refuge in Pope Theodosius, but strangers wandering in a foreign land.

Adonis wanted to help the girl, but what could he do, get too close to Eudocia, and then it would be tantamount to angering the emperor, and offending the king of Cuman Khan, destroying the alliance between the two countries, and Adonis could only die.

"To turn away from evil is wisdom!"

This was the advice of a good friend, and if Adonis had any sense, he would not have reached out to Eudosiah.

Adonis turned slowly, his footsteps resting.

"Will not a man stretch out his hand? Do you not call for help in times of disaster? ”

Dennis is helpless, this person is really a good person!

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Before the morning fog had lifted, a rickety figure walked to the door of the church and paused for a while, and when they left, a black mass was left at the door of the church.

When the street gradually became popular, passers-by realized that there was another abandoned baby at the door of the church, and the child had been woken up by the breath of a stranger, and the cry of wow wow sounded.

The door was opened by a fat priest, Giorando Gado, who frowned at the sight of the abandoned babies at the door of the church, and the poor people could not afford to raise children recently, and because of the inability to have abortion because of the teachings, they all abandoned the children they did not want at the door of the church.

Jolando picked up the child and teased: "Another cutie!" Hehe! ”

An ugly smile erupted on the priest's chubby face, and the child's cries were even more poignant as the rough fingers teased him.

"Okay, don't look at it, this child will be adopted by the church in the future!"

The fat priest dispersed the crowd and returned to the church with the child, and after closing the door, Giorlando watched as the little child showed his white teeth.

"Oh, hehe!"