When Anadolius returned to his little courtyard in the church, Soma was not drunk, but he had drunk enough, and when he saw several empty silver flasks lying on the floor and on the table, Anatorius was bleeding from his heart, and Soma had spoiled all this good wine.

"Hiccup, Father, are you back? Oh, your wine is so delicious, it really deserves to be a good wine, and good wine is different from bad wine! Marceau blushed, and his mouth filled with wine.

Anatorius hurriedly begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, don't spit on me, okay?" If you're not already drunk, we can now go to the prison together to meet your friends! ”

"Oh, really? Thank God, then what are we waiting for? Let's go! Soma immediately stepped forward and took Anatorius by the arm, and the two of them went outside the church and got into a carriage.

When the two arrived at the prison gate, a clergyman on duty stepped out of the carriage and went to the prison gate to explain his intention to the jailer, telling the jailer to inform the warden immediately.

When the warden heard that Patriarch Anatorius had arrived in person, he immediately ran out to greet him, "Father, I didn't expect you to come, please please, I have a good oriental tea!" Let's talk while we drink! ”

Anatorius took out a roll of brown paper from the clergy beside him and handed it over and said: "It's easy to talk about drinking tea, I can do it at any time, I came this time to meet the murderous Qin Dong at the behest of His Majesty, this is His Majesty's handwriting!" ”

"Oh, really?" The warden respectfully took the scroll of brown paper and opened it, and when he saw that it was indeed the emperor's handwriting, he immediately said: "Since it is the will of His Majesty the Emperor." Then please ask the priest to come with me, I will personally take you over, that Qin Dong is extremely cruel. For the sake of your safety, Father, I think you should send more soldiers to protect you! ”

Anatorius politely refused: "Thank you for the warden's kindness, but Qin Dong is a masterpiece of God, and only God can create a god like Qin Dong, I am a messenger sent by God, he should not hurt me!" ”

Seeing that Anatorius did not agree to send more troops to follow, the warden just gave up. He said, "Well, Father, you must be careful, if something is wrong. You must shout, we will rush over when we hear the voice, God bless you, priest! ”

"God bless you!" Anatorius said the same. Accompanied by a cleric, he walked into the prison gates. The warden led the way, and the clergyman was dressed as Soma.

Led by the warden, Anatorius and Soma, accompanied by the warden, the head of the dungeon, and a dozen jailers, reached the entrance to the dungeon, and after passing through a long corridor, they saw an underground dungeon with a thick and sturdy log as the door, and through the gap between the logs, a strong man with a bare head could be seen sitting cross-legged on a chair placed in the water, but the chair was much higher than the water. So that the strong man was not soaked in water.

"Father, this is Qin Dong. You must pay attention, don't get close, this man is infinite, there are many ways to kill, and it is easy to be hurt by him when you get close! The warden introduced, and then reprimanded the cell boss: "How did you do it, who asked you to give him a chair?" ”

"Forget it, forget it!" Anadorius said with a smile: "This water prison is too dirty, normal people will get sick if they stay in it for a few days, for a warrior like Qin Dong, if he is allowed to die of illness, don't you think it's a pity?" Even if he wants to die, he should not die of illness, but die in battle, and this is the end of this warrior! ”

The warden laughed and said, "The priest's words are very philosophical, so for the sake of the priest's face, leave the chair here and don't let him soak in the water!" ”

"Yes, Warden Master!" The cell boss immediately saluted.

After some explanation, the warden left with the cell boss and a group of jailers, leaving only Anatorius and Soma, and when Soma saw that there was no one, Soma shouted: "Hey, Qin, Qin barbarian, do you hear me?" ”

Qin Dong opened his eyes and opened his mouth to say, "I heard, how did you ghost girl get in?" Who is this god stick next to him? ”

Soma immediately introduced: "This is Father Arnatorius, he is the patriarch of the diocese of Constantinople, if it wasn't for the emperor's edict from the priest, we wouldn't have seen you!" Qin, you are so pitiful, how can you live in such a place? ”

Qin Dong shrugged his shoulders: "I can't help this!" ”

Soma asked a very stupid question again: "Qin, did you really kill eight hundred people?" ”

"I didn't count, the whole street was full of corpses anyway!"

After Soma got the answer, he held back a sentence for a long time: "Then you are too cruel!" I think the priest can help you, at least remove the guilt from your heart! ”

Anadolius wasted no time in leaning over and said, "I am Father Anatorius, and when I see your eyes, I know you don't need to repent!" Nice to meet you, Qin Dong! ”

Qin Dong looked at Anatorius with interest, and instantly judged the purpose of this guy's coming here, killed more than 800 people, and injured more than 500 people, of course he knew that his crime was not small, and it didn't mean that the official didn't want to kill him, it was likely that there were other reasons, which Qin Dong knew very well.

What Qin Dong didn't know was that the reason why he was okay now was actually because the two camps on the Constantinople side were fighting fiercely and had no time to deal with his affairs.

Soma's opening remarks told Qin Dong, this white-bearded god stick is the patriarch of Constantinople, although the patriarch has no secular rights, but has great influence, and he is definitely able to speak in front of the emperor, this guy asked the emperor to issue a warrant to see him, what does this mean? Qin Dong didn't know much about the political situation in Constantinople for the time being, so he couldn't tell who was behind this guy, but the patriarch of a diocese wouldn't invite the emperor's warrant to see him in prison without intention, right?

Qin Dong decided to probe the details of this old god stick and asked, "Why?" ”

Anatorius said lightly: "Because your eyes are very clean, your eyes are very clear, I don't see any guilt, so you don't need to repent, I'm curious, you killed so many people." How can there be no guilt? Do you think they were born to die? ”

Qin Dong smiled slightly in his heart, he knew that this old god stick was also testing his details, so he also answered the question: "Priest." Are you afraid of death? Wait, you are an apostle of God, naturally you are not afraid of death, well, I will put it another way, are you afraid of being killed? ”

Anadolius was stunned for a moment, but then said, "I don't think anyone wants to be killed for no reason. And that includes me, of course! ”

"Smack!" Qin Dong snapped his fingers and said, "That's right, I don't want to be killed for no reason, so I have to kill them." Otherwise they'll kill me, it's as simple as that! Father, you have extraordinary influence in Constantinople, and you must be very well informed. I guess you know why those city guards are arresting me and killing me, right? Would you mind suing me for this answer? ”

"You want to know?"

Qin Dong smiled: "You can pretend to be B!"

Anatorius was dumbfounded: "What does it mean to pretend to be B?" ”

"It's just that you know. But you pretend not to know, deliberately manipulate, in order to achieve your true purpose, deceive the other party, there are also you know the reason, but deliberately do not say, to show the other party how great you are, in order to achieve vanity self-satisfaction or even deceptive behavior! ”

Yanadorius touched his long beard, nodded, and said, "It's kind of interesting." Pretending to be B is a very interesting and connotative word! Well, since you asked. Then I'll sue you, I heard that you were involved in a robbery of tax silver, and a sum of tax silver was transported from Dirmit more than a month ago, so I don't need to say anything more about this matter, right? At that time, Pedro, the officer in charge of the rhyme tax silver, did not die, he returned to Constantinople, it happened that your caravan was selling goods in Constantinople, Pedro only saw your goods and knew that you arrived in Constantinople, Pedro is not important, with his crime of losing the tax silver, if he is caught, he is very likely to be executed, but he has a younger brother Muller, this Muller is not a big official, he is just a small clerk of the royal family, but you don't underestimate this little clerk, In fact, he is the male favorite of Queen Pulkaria, do you know Pulkaria? She is the sister of the previous emperor and has extraordinary influence on the political situation of the empire, the current emperor was actually put on the throne of the emperor by her and the prime minister Alpas, so her power in the empire is almost equal to that of the emperor, Pulkaria is almost obedient to Müller, you can imagine how powerful Müller is in the empire.

In order to clear his brother Pedro's name, when he knew that you were in Constantinople, of course he wanted to catch you and track down the whereabouts of the tax silver, Muller was the queen's male favorite, and many officials were vying to beat him, it was easy for him to mobilize troops to arrest you, now you always know why you are locked up here, right? ”

Qin Dong finally knew the cause of the incident, as soon as Guy Pedro did not die, he came to Constantinople, and this guy has a powerful brother Muller, the empress's male favorite, no wonder there will be thousands of troops coming to reinforce in a row.

Fortunately, my brother's body is hard enough, otherwise I would really almost be unable to carry it! Qin Dong hated Pedro and his younger brother Muller so much in his heart, the feud with Pedro was too deep, it was impossible to resolve it, Qin Dong thought to himself that if his brother could get out, he would definitely kill you!

At this time, Anatorius said again: "Qin Dong, do you know your current situation? ”

Qin Dong's heart moved when he heard this, and he said, "Aren't I squatting here now?" Although it is dark and damp here, the environment is not good, but there is food and shelter, and you can bask in the sun every day, so you don't have to use your brain to think about problems, I think this kind of life is very suitable for me! ”

What a cunning little fox! Anadorius cursed in his heart, and said, "Now you're pretending to be B, right?" I don't believe you don't understand what I mean, let me give you an analysis, you have become a mortal enmity with Pedro and Mueller, it is almost impossible to resolve, although Mueller was arrested for his close association with the officers of the city guard, and the crime of colluding with him, but he is the queen's person, and you have a grudge against him, in fact, it is equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the queen, of course, if the queen is willing to give up Muller, she can speak for you, but this is basically impossible, the queen is an old qualification of officialdom, of course she knows the consequences of giving up Mueller, This will chill the other officials who are on her side, the queen can't give up Muller for you, and you are not one of her at all, why should she give up Muller for you? So you are the Empress's mortal enemy, for the sake of Muller, she will do everything in her power to take your life, if it were not for His Majesty's order that no one should go to prison to meet you, Muller, the sheriff of the city guard, Petros, do you think you would still be alive until now? This is the first, the queen wants to kill you, put you to death and then hurry!

Second, you have violated the laws of the Empire, you have killed so many people and caused so much damage, the law will not let you go, you will be judged! It's light to hang you.

So you are now facing the hostility of the two largest forces in the empire, there is another force, that is the emperor, if you want to die, then it's very simple, you don't need me to say more, you know how to do it, if you don't want to die, the only thing you can do now is to take refuge in the emperor, and swear allegiance to him, with him to protect you, at least you don't have to die immediately, as long as you have enough time to maneuver, you can even be completely exonerated and released, and then be promoted and rich just around the corner!

For the emperor, you are dispensable, whether you live or die has little to do with him, he can completely ignore it and watch the queen send someone to kill you! What he appreciates is your ability as a person, you are still a little useful, otherwise, he would have killed you with the queen a long time ago, now it depends on your choice, you are a smart person, I believe you should have a right choice, right? ”

Qin Dong calmly listened to what Anatorius said, and then calmly gave him a thumbs up and said: "Priest, I have to say that your eloquence is superb, and you have analyzed my current situation very thoroughly, at a glance, no wonder you can be the patriarch of the diocese of Constantinople, it is really not covered!" I admit that your analysis is right, according to my current situation, I should indeed choose to join the emperor, while I am still a little useful now, I may be able to mix up an official and a half-job, but this choice came too suddenly, can you tell the emperor, can you let me think about it for a while? ”

"Of course, you have every right to this! After all, choosing to be loyal to a person is a very important thing, if the person who chooses allegiance is wrong, this life is over, I know this, you have three days! ”

Qin Dong nodded, but he was secretly anxious in his heart, three days is too short, and he may not be able to dig twenty meters if he digs a tunnel, but Qin Dong thought about it, it's a big deal to agree when the time comes, and he doesn't really want to be loyal to the emperor, and when he goes out, he immediately runs away, and it is not bad to choose to be loyal to the emperor, Marcian hiccups in history in 457 AD, and it is not a few years away from now, if he gets to a very high position within a few years, when the time comes, when Marcian dies, he will immediately seize power, To hell with that guy Leo I (the next Byzantine emperor in history)!

Qin Dong suddenly asked, "Priest, you're not just here to represent the emperor this time, right?" What about yourself? I don't believe that you ran to the emperor to ask for a warrant because of the emperor's will, and the job of a lobbyist doesn't have to be done by a priest, does it? ”

Anatorius smiled: "Qin Dong, you are so smart, I don't believe you can't guess my intentions!" ”

Qin Dong also smiled: "Then what good do I have?" ”

Anatorius said: "The entire diocese of Constantinople will fully support you!" ”

Qin Dong thought for a while and stretched out his arm wrapped in a thick iron chain: "Deal!" ”

Anatorius stretched out his hand and held it: "Deal!" ”

"Also, I have to eat meat at every meal, at least five catties of lean meat, preferably beef and mutton!"

"Uh, okay!" (To be continued......)