In a small courtyard in the northeast corner of the Lateran Palace, important people such as Pascal II and Condra were imprisoned here, although they were prisoners, but because their status was not ordinary, so they were not abused, originally there was a prison in Rome for heresy, but after Zhao Jia went there, he found that it was like hell, and it wouldn't take long for a normal person to go crazy if he was locked in, so Zhao Jia didn't dare to put these people in, after all, these people might be useful.

"Your Majesty Condra, please drink tea, speaking of which, these Song people are really generous, and there are still valuable tea leaves for us to drink every day!" Morris smiled and brought the tea to Condra, saying that although they were imprisoned, they were free in this small courtyard, and they could move around each other at will, as long as they didn't fight, the guards in the courtyard wouldn't care about them.

"Thank you Bishop Morris, this Da Song tea is really a good thing, if I don't drink a few sips after dinner now, I will feel sick all over!" Condra stretched out his hand to take the tea and slowly tasted it while speaking, although he is also a prisoner, but after all, he is Agnes's eldest brother, and Agnes attaches great importance to family affection, so he will definitely not do anything to him in the end, and the reason why Maurice befriended Condra is nothing more than to say a few good words for himself through Condra's mouth, after all, not everyone is as determined to go against the Great Song as Pascal II.

"Of course, tea is a specialty of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are also silk and porcelain, all of which are hard to find, and only a figure like His Majesty Condra deserves to enjoy such a valuable thing!" Morris flattered again at this time, saying that he had already given up any dignity in order to survive, especially after hearing that little Henry was also defeated, and his last hope was gone. That's why he stammered Kondra so quietly.

"Hehe, Bishop Maurice is so polite, there is still some tea left, you can taste it too!" As he said this, Condra brought most of his tea to Maurice. Allowing a cardinal like Morris to drink his own leftover tea is simply a great insult to man.

It's not just Condra and Morris who are housed in this small courtyard. In addition, there are Pascal II, and other important figures in the Holy See, but for the sake of face or other reasons, none of them are as low-key as Morris to confront Condra, so for his approach, many people are very contemptuous, but at the same time they are secretly concerned, and now seeing Condra humiliating Morris like this, many people show a gloating expression.

But to everyone's surprise. Instead of being angry at this humiliation, Morris happily took the tea bowl and drank it all, and then said in a loud voice: "Thank you for your majesty's reward, I think this tea is even more delicious than the usual drink!" ”

Seeing that Morris was so brazen, the others couldn't help but show disgust, but Condra laughed very happily, he was also very resentful of Morris, and the other party had secretly taken refuge in his younger brother Henry Jr. caused him to lose one after another on the battlefield, and the other party refused to open the city gate before the second time. made him capture by the Song army at the city gate, and these two things alone were enough to make him hate the other party for a lifetime, but during this time, Morris desperately scolded him, which made him feel a sense of revenge, and the resentment against him in his heart was almost gone. And the other party is so thick-skinned, maybe there is really a chance to make a comeback, so he also has a different view of Morris at this time, after all, as a politician, there are no permanent friends and enemies. Everything depends on whether it is in one's own interests.

Just when Morris and Condra were talking happily, they suddenly saw the courtyard door being opened, and then Zhao Jia walked in with a team of guards, which made all the prisoners in the courtyard quiet, looking at the husband of Princess Agnes with different expressions, but all of them knew that Princess Agnes was actually not in charge of things, and it was the prince from the distant Great Song Dynasty in front of him who really held the power.

I saw Zhao Jia come in and look around at everyone in the courtyard, and then came straight to Pascal II, at this time Pascal II was sitting on a stool in the corner of the courtyard, and there were several loyal bishops sitting around him, when they saw Zhao Jia coming, these bishops all showed nervous looks, and surrounded Pascal II in the middle, although they knew that this would not protect Pascal II at all, but at least doing this could make them feel at ease.

"Your Excellency Priest, I don't know if you have thought through what I said last time, and if you are willing to cooperate with us?" Zhao Jia looked at Pascal II condescendingly at this time and asked, because of the influence of Catholicism in Europe, so Zhao Jia and they want to completely rule Europe, they need a pope who can obey their orders, so last time he specially talked to Pascal II, hoping that the other party could make a wise choice, but Pascal II did not answer at that time.

Hearing Zhao Jia's inquiry, I saw Pascal II raise his head and glance at Zhao Jia, and then he spoke: "Your Royal Highness, are you willing to be baptized?" ”

"Baptism? Do you want me to believe in your God? Zhao Jia asked with a smile when she heard this.

"Yes, I know that the Great Song Dynasty behind His Royal Highness the Prince is very powerful, and he can even conquer us thousands of miles away, but His Royal Highness the Prince should not forget that the situation in the Holy Roman Empire is different from that of the Great Song Dynasty, almost all of our people believe in Catholicism, and if the prince wants to rule this land, he cannot become a heretic, so for His Royal Highness the Prince, the best way is to join our Catholicism, so that he can rule here in the name of righteousness!" Pascal II said very bluntly at this time, since the defeat of Henry Jr., he has also seen the situation clearly, but he also has his own bottom line, that is, to win the last chance for Catholicism.

"Hahahaha~" Zhao Jia suddenly laughed when he heard these words of Pascal II, and only stopped after a while and said, "Your Excellency Priest, you are inevitably too confident, don't forget, the Holy Roman Empire was originally a country established by the Germanic people, and the Germanic people were originally just a group of barbarians in the eyes of you Romans, and later because of the political needs of both sides, you came together, which also enabled Catholicism to spread within the Holy Roman Empire, and it has only been about a hundred years until now." ”

When he said this, he saw Zhao Jia pause for a moment and spoke again: "In just a hundred years, your Catholicism can spread throughout Europe in such a short period of time, in fact, the main reason is that the Germanic people do not have their own unified beliefs, coupled with the worship of Roman culture, which led to the rapid spread of Catholicism, but for our Great Song Dynasty, your so-called doctrine is nothing more than that, and it is just a matter of fooling the Germanic people who have no knowledge, but our Song people have their own civilization and pride, How is it possible to easily believe in your so-called gods? So you should take this thought! ”

Zhao Jia almost did not hesitate to reject Pascal II's proposal, he was not prejudiced against Catholicism, but he knew very well that if he chose to believe in Catholicism now, he would indeed save a lot of trouble, and it would be much easier to rule the Holy Roman Empire, but it would leave endless hidden dangers for future generations.

Just look at the Holy Roman Empire, the ancestors of this group of Germanic people just wanted to use the name of the Western Roman Empire in order to make their rule more orthodox, and the Holy See at that time was only a subsidiary of the empire, but in just a hundred years, the Holy See has already dominated the throne, and the status of the Pope is faintly above the emperor, so Zhao Jia does not want to follow the old path of the Germans, since he came, he will fundamentally change the pattern of Europe.

"You ......" Pascal II saw Zhao Jia so simply rejected his proposal, and he couldn't help but be a little speechless at the moment, he was indeed like Zhao Jia thought, as long as Zhao Jia can believe in Catholicism, then the status of the Holy See is unshakable, even if the strength of the Great Song Dynasty is strong in Europe for a while, but the Holy See will always find an opportunity to regain power little by little, and may even soak into the Great Song Dynasty through Zhao Jia, so as to spread the glory of the Lord to the farther east, but unfortunately all this was broken by Zhao Jia's refusal, And although Zhao Jia didn't say it explicitly, he felt that all his plans seemed to have been seen through by the other party.

"Your Excellency Priest, you don't have to play any tricks with me, now we only need a pope who is willing to assist us, you just need to answer yes or no!" Zhao Jia spoke again at this time, he was too lazy to waste words with Pascal II, the other party promised him the best, if he didn't want to, then he could only think of other ways.

Hearing Zhao Jia say this, Pascal II also showed a hesitant expression on his face, but in the end he still said with a firm expression: "As a Roman priest, I will never cooperate with heretics!" ”

"Very well, since His Excellency the Priest insists, then I won't bother!" Zhao Jia said with a cold expression when he heard this, and turned around to leave after speaking, since Pascal II rejected his proposal, then he would not waste time on the other party.

But just as Zhao Jia was about to leave, he suddenly saw a person in the courtyard rushing towards him quickly, but before he could get close to Zhao Jia, the surrounding guards reacted immediately, and in the blink of an eye, there were already more than a dozen knives on the opponent's neck, but at this time, I saw that this person was shouting loudly: "Your Royal Highness, I have something important to discuss with you!" (To be continued.) )