Chapter 12: The Thief Ship
"Yunqi, who came to Dniester alone three years ago, did not know whose relationship he took, entered the Sias Royal Academy to study, and in just a few months, the established Iron Fist Society of Justice ruled half of the university city.
In the past three years, the future 'imperial elites' and thugs in the university town under its umbrella have extorted dozens of times, amounting to nearly 4,000 gold coins, kidnapped and sold contraband nearly 100 times, and obtained nearly 10,000 yuan. ”
Seeing that Yun Qi's eyes were a little surprised, the corners of the man's mouth in front of him hooked slightly, and continued: "Don't be surprised first, what's more, Yun Qi and his elite backbone, in collusion with Father Fulin of the Sias Royal Academy, imitated and sold tens of thousands of church atonement charms, ah, yes, this is a big crime, all the previous sins add up to this big one."
If the Church had found out, you and the families behind it would have been burned at the stake by the Inquisition to apologize to the gods of heaven, and the Light would never again be protecting you who have defiled the gods.
But the most puzzling thing for me is that I can't find out your past anyway, it seems that there must be some secret behind you, but this has nothing to do with me, and I am not interested in this. ”
"Who are you, what is your purpose? I'm sure you're not here to seek revenge, you must have something else to do, otherwise you wouldn't have talked so much nonsense with me. Yun Qi said as he stared at the man in front of him.
The man in front of him talked in detail about Yunqi's daily routine for the entire three years of college, or rather, except for the family behind Yunqi that was not investigated, all the other things were investigated like the earth after the gods were liquidated, clear and clear, and it was all clean.
As he said, if it is just extortion and trafficking contraband, through the operation of certain relationships, or through the donation of a large amount of money to the church, the church will forgive them for their sins in the face of God, but it is a heinous sin to forge and sell the church's money-enriching amulets.
For the Church, no amount of money can wash away the sins of such people, and the great sages who invented the atonement charm for the Church are now one of the Church's archbishops in charge of finances.
From a small missionary priest in the border city to one of the powerful archbishops who rose straight to the church, you can imagine how much wealth the atonement charm has brought to the church, the church says that it is a gift from God, God never asks about your origin, as long as your faith is pious enough, God will send you a divine grace, but the wise people do not need to say it and know why.
In just ten years, the number of Knights Cathar in the Church has increased thirtyfold, completely suppressing the standing military strength of various countries, which is one of the reasons why the Church is thriving.
"It's really rude, the contemptible person is the cardinal of the church," hearing the cardinal, Yunqi's expression instantly became desperate, "No, no, no, no, respected Mr. Yunqi, please don't panic, I am not a devout member of the church, I am just one of the many forces attached to the church."
You must know that although the church is powerful, it is not really a one-handed cover, for example, the Odin Ice Sheet on the other side of the ocean, or the Holy Religion on the grassland, or the far east, there are not a few forces that compete with them.
And I, the thunder and fire magician Stiles Polo Ferrisi, am the president of the Secret Medicine Association of the Rus Empire, and secretly one of the cardinals of the Church, I don't believe in the gods that the Church worships, what I believe in is a law, the law of nature, which I call Sainz. ”
Stiles's eyes gradually became fanatical, "When I became the president of the Mystical Medicine Association and became the cardinal of the church, I gradually discovered that the gods have been asleep for nearly 10,000 years, but the world is still running peacefully, the church once said that the thunder in the sky, the rain and dew are the emotional embodiment of the gods, but when they fall asleep, how can they be angry or merciful."
Only the ignorant would believe that the world was created by the gods in the heavens who don't know if they are alive or not, I want to know why the rivers end up flowing to the ocean, why the rain and dew are sprinkled on the earth, I want to know if the gods are real or not, and if possible, I really want to study what kind of creatures the gods are. ”
Stiles's tone became more and more impassioned, and his words couldn't help but remind Yunqi of the Fallen God Society, which had been wanted by the church for several years, and all the members in it were defined by the church as followers of demons and messengers of fallen souls.
"I'm sorry, I'm out of shape again," Stiles' eyes gradually cleared, and his voice became gentle again, and he said to Yunqi in a demagogic tone, "Do you want to join?" You are cunning, treacherous, insidious, shameless, full of rhetoric at all times, I believe that with your help, we will definitely be able to make a world in the shadow of the church ship."
Of course, it's up to you to join or not, but knowing so many of my secrets, if you don't join, I'll be very sad, and if I'm sad, I'll do something not very good, maybe the church will burn a few of your brothers at the stake, of course, maybe the church may let go of the family behind them, but, as far as I know, the gift of the church never gives alms to blasphemous sinners.
As for you, you won't be able to go to the stake, I will take you away, rest assured that there is no pain, it is very easy, from then on the Rus Empire will lose a young man named Yunqi, a good student who 'follows the rules', an 'elite' in the future of the empire, if you are lucky, maybe you can dedicate a good test subject to my research career.
But if you cooperate, I promise that I can forget all the previous events tonight, and by the way, I will help you put on a cover. ”
Yunqi's back against the bed was already covered with sweat stains, and it was obvious that he was going to drag him onto the thief ship.
"I don't quite understand why you would put such a hard effort into such a small student as me. "Yunqi wants to know this question, go to his church to be pious, he Uncle Yunqi will always only believe in one god, the goddess of wealth who brings luck and gold coins, and all other gods, unless they really appear in front of him, he will never fake any god with color.
The only thing I only need to worry about now is that Stiles's purpose and the forces behind him that he didn't say, if he doesn't know this, he can't get on this thief ship with peace of mind, who knows if this ship is full of holes.
Of course, as for whether the family will be allowed to dispose of Styles in the future, it depends on whether the benefits brought by him Styles can satisfy Uncle Yunqi.