Chapter 33: The Fox Sells the Wolf
"I don't know the specifics, but I have account books, account books!" When Gawain stepped on the steps, clenched his fists condescendingly, and asked aggressively, His Excellency the Patriarch could only hide his face with his hands and prevaricate repeatedly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Morris, who was next to him, was also trembling in his seat, neither standing up nor sitting down.
"I don't ask for account books, they are full of deceptive symbols and words, and I've seen a lot of them in Tarsus. Now the only problem is that I have to call the new Commander of the Holy Sepulchre Company, Bannerbearer Deem. Goliath said in front of everyone in this temple what exactly my thousand gold coins were going to do? Gawain raised his big hand in public and pointed it at Diem, who was a little wooden but no one would think he would lie.
"Yes, yes. Before leaving, the chief guarantor instructed me to divide all the money into three parts, one for donation to the hospital in the church of the Holy Sepulchre. β
"And then Lord Gerald, have you received this money so far?"
Gerald, still standing there, shook his head.
"And one more for the poor but chaste knights of the Holy City." When Tim had said this, the forty knights beat their chests and swore that they had never seen a single gold Byzantine coin from Tarsus.
"Another share was donated to the Temple of Mount Zion, since you took out the account book, you won't even register this one, right?" Gawain spoke without waiting for Dim to speak, and now he rested his hands on his half-kneeling knees, like a cat playing with mice, and looked at the Patriarch of Jerusalem who was lying on the ground.
"Will it all be wiped out by the money-hungry finances? This is too bad to be investigated. Goethehild on the little throne smiled and reminded his in-laws and husband in front of him.
Gawain stood up, "No, the answer is very clear. My donation will be delivered in its entirety to His Excellency the Patriarch's residence, and then it will be divided into three parts according to the prior paperwork arrangement. Since the account book that the patriarch just gave me has never been registered in this item from the date and map, it means that the thousand gold coins I donated from Tarsus have not been split at all, and they have all been swallowed up at one time! Gawain said the last sentence with an angry tone, and the whole hall was also in turmoil.
Suddenly, Sambel let out a scream, and his wrist was twisted mercilessly by Gawain, "Say! This money has been swallowed up for you, isn't it - you have been doing such a disgusting thing all along, using the monasteries of Mount Zion and the Holy City Catholic Church to plunder the wealth of the warriors and give them no place to stand in this sun to satisfy your gluttonous appetite. What is it to occupy the gates? What is it to occupy a quarry? What's the point of occupying a block? You have usurped even the booty that you had previously obtained from the Great Mosque of the Dome, and now you are so bold that you have to embezzle Godfrey's inheritance and my donations from my patron. As the proverb of the Franks goes, 'When the knights and the mud-legged men go to the East, the noble priests will take care of their wives for two hundred and seventy days (the proverb of the Celestial Empire is to conceive in October, and in the West it is September) and give them a great number of children as a blessing.'" β
At this time, the whole temple was boiling, and everywhere there were terrible shouts and rebukes, and Guillaume, Welf, and other outsiders could not help but turn pale with fear when they saw many knights angrily drawing their swords from their sheaths.
"You're accusing me for no reason, it's blood...... squirting people's mouth," Sambel screamed, but he quickly turned into a scream - Gawain slammed his hand over, and everyone could hear the sound of finger bones, and then Gawain took out an account book from his arms as if he was ready, Sambel was so pained that beads of sweat flowed on his forehead, and his eyes exploded looking at the account book, and the row of golden coins glued to it, "You probably haven't seen these Byzanti Solid gold coins at all, and even if you do, you haven't taken it to heart, But a money office in the city of Pisa, with which you have a close financial relationship, gave me this account book and these gold coins. The coins are marked by me in advance, and were originally used to track the whereabouts of the money. But they came to Italy with your investment outside of Pisa. Now, then, you have an answerβLord Sambel, what are you going to do with the money that I and so many pious lords have donated to the Holy City, and send them back to Italy exclusively to buy mansions, vineyards, and orchards? Those properties are all branded with your name, is this also the reason why your financial staff deceived you? β
"It's too much for Sambel, it's just an abominable act. As an envoy of His Holiness the Holy See, I cannot ignore such a crime as yours. Your accusations of embezzling the gates of the Holy City, the private property of the consuls, and the embezzlement of donations are true. At this moment, the envoy Morris suddenly patted his chair and stood up, and pointed at the speechless patriarch with righteous words, "I will soon eliminate you black sheep on behalf of Pope St. Peter." β
Now that the Holy See's envoy had been convicted of the crime, there was nothing to say - several knights and stewards rushed over and dragged the disgraced Patriarch out of the hall and into the dungeon amid a clamor and shouts.
"The fox dares to accuse the wolf of treachery!" Sambel squeaked his feet on the floor, mocked Maurice angrily, and burst into laughter......
"Your Excellency, your hands and feet seem to be shaking?" Gawain looked at Morris's demeanor and felt funny in his heart, so he asked in a low voice.
"Forgive me, I'm by this cockroach." Morris hurriedly covered up the past.
At night, the whole city of Jerusalem spread the events of the day in Greek, Saracen, Ausho, Latin, and other languages, going up to the mansions of the old palace city, down to the common bazaars and the kitchens of the people, "On the first day of the king's ascension to the throne, he dragged His Excellency the Patriarch down and put him in the dungeon in full view of everyone. β
After the envoy Morist, who hurried back to his house, took off his vestments in a state of panic, two of his concubines in the holy city, one from Antwerp and the other from Syria, came to greet him, but His Excellency was obviously not in such a good mood, he told the groom and the servant to lock the door, and then went into the inner hall with his head caught.
Hidden in the cabinet there were three gold coin purses that Sambell had bribed him beforehand.
Originally, there were four, but one had been spent to buy this luxurious house with fountains and bathrooms, and to accomplish good things with the two concubines.
"What to do, what to do? Now the king is sending for the interrogation and torture of Sambel, and he will surely bite me to death. The corners of Morris's mouth twitched, and he sat down on the bed, and made up his mind, "I don't want the money bag either, and I'll leave this hellish place tomorrow in the name of going back to report Sambel's case, and I've had enough of it full of sand, camels, and turbaned guys." β