Qin Dong looked at Xi Lali with interest and asked, "I heard that others call you the incomparably noble Pope when they see you, who do you think is more noble between you and me?" ”

Xi Lali was sweating even more on his forehead when he heard this, and if he didn't answer this question well, the consequences might be very severe, and he was very likely to lose his head because of it.

After thinking for a moment, Xi Lali said carefully: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire, this is not comparable at all, you are the imperial emperor of the secular world, ruling hundreds of millions of subjects, with power all over the world, and I am the pope of the theocratic world, and I am the pope of the theocratic world, and I am the people who believe in the Lord, this is like two military generals of different eras, who can say which of them is more powerful?" ”

Qin Dong said coldly: "But the problem is that you and I both live in the same era, and some of the people of the so-called Lord of the faith you rule are my subjects, do you think they should submit to me or submit to you?" ”

Xi Lali's mind was racing at high speed, and he hurriedly said: "In terms of faith, they surrender to me, and in secular affairs, they surrender to His Majesty!" ”

Qin Dong said sharply when he heard this: "But it's not that these two will not intersect, what if there is an intersection between them?" The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister! Under my rule, two emperors are absolutely not allowed to appear, come and drag them out and cut them down! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw two strong swordsmen walking in outside the big tent, Xi Lali's face changed greatly, and before the two armorers behind him had time to catch him, he said eagerly: "Your Majesty the Emperor can't kill me, you can't kill me." This is not good for your next reign in Italy! ”

Felton also felt that it was a bit too hasty to kill Xi Lali like this, so he stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, why don't you listen to him and tell me the reason?" ”

At this time, the two armorers had already grabbed Xi Lali's arm. Xi Lali was even more frightened, and he was about to be dragged out, at this time, Qin Dong waved his hand and said to the two armor soldiers: "Stand down for the time being!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Then the two armorers bowed and withdrew from the tent.

Qin Dong stared at Xi Lali and said, "Tell me, why can't I kill you?" Don't think that you have a few followers who can influence the political situation, and you can influence the will of the king! Under the iron hooves of my army, you believers can't make any big waves! Believe it or not, as long as I give an order. All your believers in Italy will be slaughtered? When the mountains and rivers change color and the bones are thick? ”

Xi Lali's face turned pale, his eyes trembled, he swallowed his saliva and said: "It is naturally easy for His Majesty the Supreme Emperor to kill me, as long as he moves his mouth." It will not be detrimental to you in the slightest, and my death will not have any effect, but Your Majesty, the Emperor Xià, you have come here with your army to conquer this land and its people. Both are indispensable. If there is only land and no people, then this land will soon become barren, and you have spent countless efforts and sacrifices of countless brave soldiers just to get such a barren land? I am the leader of the Holy See, and I still have a little prestige here, and if you kill me like this, those believers will never really surrender to you, although they are forced to do anything by your soldiers!

Killing and fighting can conquer the world, but they cannot make the conquered surrender. You can't get them to really embrace your rule. Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor, your wisdom is as high as the sky. The broad-mindedness is like the vast universe, your authority is all-in-the-world, and the direction of your soldiers is unrivaled, a small Italy is not the end of your conquest of the world, how can you give up your life's pursuit for an insignificant Xi Lali? ”

What a sharp mouth, are these gods all super lobbyists? Qin Dong felt as if he was convinced by Xi Lali's words.

After thinking for a while, Qin Dong nodded and said, "Okay, you persuaded me, I can not kill you, but wherever my authority can reach, it is absolutely not allowed to appear another emperor, and it is absolutely not allowed to appear that divine power is above the imperial power." Under my rule, all religions are allowed to coexist and freedom of religious belief is allowed, but all major religions must accept the rule of the imperial court, all canons and teachings cannot contradict the laws and regulations of the imperial court, all religions are not allowed to deceive believers to resist the rule of the imperial court and the laws and regulations promulgated, and religions are not allowed to use believers to interfere in the imperial court and local political situation, this is the bottom line! Once it is discovered that there is a religious crisis, social stability, and the foundation of the rule of the imperial court, the imperial court will resolutely ban it without mercy, and from now on, the title of your pope must also be abolished, and the previous title of pope will be restored! ”

Xi Lali didn't expect that he came here to see Qin Dong, the matter had not been done yet, but he first lost his title of pope, but he didn't have the heart to care about this title now, it would be good to be able to save his life, after listening to Qin Dong's words, he breathed a long sigh of relief, bowed down and said: "Thank you for the grace of the great emperor Xià not to kill!" ”

Qin Dong waved his hand and said, "Okay, what's the matter with you coming to see me this time?" ”

Finally said that it was exact, Xi Lali immediately cheered up, saluted again and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, your army has been besieging the city for more than a week, and the residents of Rome did not know that such a situation would occur beforehand, so every household did not store enough food, and so far, there have been many families in Rome who have run out of food, if this continues, I believe that people will starve to death in the next few days, The number of deaths will gradually increase over time, great emperor Xià, you are a great man destined to conquer the world, and the conquest of the world needs the support and support of the people, if you continue to besiege the city like this, all the inhabitants of Rome will starve to death, and you will only get an empty city, what is the point of this to you? ”

Qin Dong asked, "Then what do you think I should do?" ”

"Retreat!" Xi Lali spat out two words firmly.

"Hahaha......." Qin Dong laughed when he heard this, and said coldly: "Since you are worried that the inhabitants of the Roman city will starve to death, then why don't you persuade the Western Roman Emperor Severus to lead the civil generals and all the troops out of the city to surrender?" Since you're worried about the city's inhabitants starving to death. Then why don't you persuade the nobles who have a lot of food at home to open their underground granaries and donate food to help the citizens? Instead, do you want to risk going out of the city to persuade me to withdraw from the army? Aren't you putting the cart before the horse? ”

Xi Lali smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, if I had this ability, I wouldn't have ventured out of the city to meet you, how could those powerful people in Rome be willing to give up their power and go out of the city to surrender?" They would rather drag the whole city to be buried with them than give up their rights. How could the greedy aristocrats and the rich be willing to give their food to the commoners and slaves they regarded as pigs and dogs? ”

Qin Dong was furious when he heard this: "You don't dare to lobby Severus and the elders and nobles in the city of Rome, but you dare to go out of the city to lobby me, do you think I am easier to bully than them?" ”

Seeing Qin Dong's anger, Xi Lali was so frightened that he involuntarily sat on the ground, and said in a cold sweat: "Don't dare, don't dare, I definitely didn't mean that!" The magnates of Rome were demons and vampires. They are the ones who have made a mess of the whole of Rome, they are the ones who have made God's people suffer, and God will punish them! But the great Emperor Xià you are not like them. You are God's god sent to save His followers, and you should think about their lives, and they will truly support you! ”

Qin Dong waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, don't tell me about your god." He is him. I am me! Although I am not a person who loves to kill, what is it to be able to break the city and kill a few people? If you really care about the lives of the residents of the city, I have a way to do it, but the executor of this solution must be you, are you willing to do it for the safety of the people of the city? ”

Xi Lali was stunned when he heard this, and in view of his identity, he had to show that he was very concerned about the lives and safety of the residents in the city, and asked, "I don't know what the noble emperor said?" ”

Qin Dong said: "Aren't you the pope of the church?" There should be a little bit of force in your hands, right? And you have a high prestige among believers. I think you can organize some men to suddenly take advantage of the unprepared defenders to take advantage of a city gate, and then light a torch on the gate tower and wave it to signal. When I see this signal, I will order a large army to enter the city, but you can rest assured that I will order the army to enter the city and will not commit any crimes against the civilians and slaves, and they will only attack the defenders and the noble senators."

Xi Lali hurriedly said: "But not all the noble elders are bad people, there are still good people among them!" ”

Qin Dong thought for a while and said, "Okay, you can list the names of the noble elders who you think are good people, and before the army enters the city, I will order that the army must not attack these people's mansions!" Well, you should be satisfied now, right? ”

Xi Lali began to weigh it in his heart, and Qin Dong was not in a hurry, he picked up the mare's milk wine on the table and drank it slowly, and the civil ministers and generals on both sides of the big tent began to turn their heads and discuss in a low voice.

Organize people to attack the city gate and occupy it, this is a matter of losing his head, now the Western Roman Emperor Severus is just a puppet, and has no real power, the power is in the hands of many senators in the Senate, these people are not good men and women, once the matter is revealed and does not succeed in seizing the city gate, these people will not care if he is the Pope, it is very likely to kill him, or even the believers are inevitably implicated, the believers in the city of Rome are not a small number, if all believers can not escape the doom, I was afraid that the entire city of Rome would be bloody, thinking of this, Xi Lali seemed to see the miserable scene of the hell of Shura, and he couldn't help but tremble.

Just when Xi Lali wanted to reject Qin Dong's proposal, Qin Dong spoke again: "Xi Lali, you have to understand that it is impossible for me to withdraw from the army, do you know how much I have paid?" Since my army has already arrived at the city of Rome, I will not retreat lightly, and I will not give up until I break Rome! Now you still have this chance to save all the inhabitants of Rome, and once my patience is gone, I will order a siege, do you think that Rome is really a castle that will never be breached? When the city was broken, I didn't dare to guarantee that I could restrain the soldiers who had already killed the red-eyed, and when the time came, there would be no chickens and dogs left in the city, so don't complain that I didn't warn you in advance! Don't you claim to be God's messenger, God's believers in his blessings? Aren't you willing to take some responsibility and risk for God's people? Wouldn't it be better for me to rule Italy than for the disgusting nobles in the city, at least I wouldn't let my people go hungry and clothed all day! ”

After coming out of the big tent, Xi Lali didn't know how he came out, and he didn't know how he agreed to Qin Dong's proposal in a daze, he couldn't help but stop and look back, revealing a bitter gourd face and patting his head in annoyance, and said to himself: "Oh, God, I came to persuade him to withdraw from the army, why was he persuaded instead?" (To be continued......)