For Archbishop Joseph, who was trying to figure out how to find someone to kill Bishop Tuernest, this man who had accused Bishop Tuernest out of justice rather than blood vendetta was a gift from heaven - no.

"He is a relative of the current Bishop of Tournest, not of the previous Bishop of Tournest?" The archbishop could not believe that it was the current and not the former relatives who had come to accuse him and ask for his help in bringing down Bishop Tournest.

Obviously, the latter is reasonable!

The archbishop was in the wind for the news.

It is easy to understand that the relatives of the former Bishop of Tournest, who had lost the position of Bishop of Tournest because of the death of a noble and protective person of the clan, wanted to kill this man who was of great benefit to the people and was not without help to the Church (for the time being), but what is coming now?

Of course, this does not mean that if the relatives of the former Bishop of Tournest came to ally with Archbishop Joseph out of blood feud, he would happily give him equipment and money to encourage him to assassinate him.

"How can you be sure that he really wants to kill that hateful boy, and not someone else who sent me to get me?" He would think so.

This is indeed a difficult problem - the killer he himself is looking for, who is quite afraid of assassinating a dignified bishop, and who refuses to work hard, and who has been unsuccessful several times because of their half-heartedness, but how can such a resolute visitor who has come down from heaven be sure that he is out of his own volition and not in disguise, claiming to be in disagreement with Bishop Turnest?

This is the kind of affliction that only those who are accustomed to intrigue and refuse to believe - in fact, he thinks that believing the word is hypocritical - are faced by others. Changed to Baroness Fisher, it is estimated that without saying a word, he will be funded to kill the enemy.

Archbishop Joseph. After vowing to sell his soul to the devil, he was also tormented by the changes brought about by the Great Demon King.

But. After all, he has been immersed in the court for many years, and he has a very good skill in how to turn things into his advantage.

He pondered for a moment, the accusations against Bishop Turnest, he decided to ignore it, how? Convening a synod for this matter and excommunicating Bishop Turnest? If it had been so easy to do, he would have done it long ago - he was not blind or deaf, and he already knew a lot about the eccentricities of the diocese of Tournest - but what was the use!

The Duke of Ulrich received no less benefit from this bishop than Archbishop Joseph. The other ten bishops certainly did not have their conscience alone at the time of their appointment, and if he guessed correctly, each of them received the promise of an annuity like he did—and there were probably many more in this chain, who would have been dismissed and offended by the Duke of Ulrich for encroaching on his interests—and that was what really made the archbishop taboo.

And, if the man was right, he had only been in the parish of Tournest for a day, and he had seen the blasphemy after only one day. Can't see the bishops around them? Doesn't that mean they've been derelict in their duties? And, as far as he knew, there were several bishops who also intended to launch their own versions of Kaiguang pork and Kaiguang wine...... Cut off people's financial routes. Such as killing parents.

Above all, the public accusation had already been attempted once by the previous Bishop of Tournest. With his fame, status, and bloodline, he died so miserably. The archbishop is not willing to risk the other party's success and jump out to become the next clown whose cause of death is unknown.

"First of all. I'm going to find out who he is. The archbishop finally made up his mind, "and then, put a proper yoke on him." ”

He instructed the others to pray with the ascetic and then eat together, and the news was that the man was at ease with bread and water, and did not pay much attention to the food that was clearly superior to his own, as if the meat they ate was dust and the wine they drank was sewage.

In terms of prayer, he also fully conformed to the rules of a Geoffrey Order, and if anything, he was more immersed in a state of trance.

"If this is his disguise, then good luck is my enemy," said the archbishop to himself, "that such an actor can be found, if not ...... The god must have heard my wish, and such unsightly ascetics are the best killers, and they don't even need gold coins as a reward, and they don't leave a living mouth to correct them—but not often. ”

He then summoned the bishop's cousin in public and expressed his shock at the accusation he had filed.

"He does sorcery?" "Oh, you must have confessed that you must be mistaken—he is the bishop chosen by the All-Neustrian Synod—he is the god of fire—how can he be a magician?" ”

"But traces of depravity and blasphemy are everywhere!" The ascetic said, "In ancient times it was not permissible for people to exchange money in the temple to be overturned from the table, but now he allows porters and pagans to buy and sell seats in holy churches!" ”

"Is this accusation of yours true?" The archbishop's brow furrowed deeply, and his usually cheerful round face showed a bitter look that surprised those who knew him well, "This is a very serious accusation, cousin of Bishop Turnest, and you are accusing him of the facts?" Or is it because you have a money or woman dispute with him, or because you have had other grievances with you, that you come here to slander him with such nonsense? If so, I warn you, to withdraw your accusation quickly, for neither the King, nor the Queen Mother, nor I will allow such a false accusation to befall a dignified bishop of our Church, for the sake of the accuser, who will be miserable, for the sake of being his cousin, I will make a point to you, and withdraw your accusation at this moment, for I will not count you as a false accusation against him. Otherwise, you will not enjoy such preferential treatment when you are in court, the king and the queen mother both hate the discord between relatives, you probably do not know the affairs between the nobles, and the Quincy of Maxine - you do not know him - did not obey the orders of the king and the queen mother, and insisted on attacking his relatives, and at last they sent men. Chopped off his skull behind his back, and the result of his evil deeds despite the fact that the other party was his own relative was that he did not even receive a dying confession. And so he went to hell. ”

"No, I didn't ask him for money or anything else. The woman's words are even more impossible, because he and I haven't seen each other for ten years. The ascetic replied, "But I did have an argument with him, because I asked him to abandon his evil ways, and he refused." ”

"Are you telling you true?" The archbishop looked very worried and troubled, "Is he really so depraved?" Alas, alas, I always refuse to believe that the glory of the Neustrian church is in the darkness of Satan? Cousin of Bishop Turnest. Say that you have come to accuse him out of jealousy or something, and I will pardon your momentary foolishness as archbishop. ”

"I accuse him not out of my own interests but in God's interests, and I am convinced."

"If you are worried about offending him, then you can stay with me, and I will provide you with all the qiē you need until he is discouraged, as far as I know he is not a stingy person, and you will not have to wait long for his forgiveness, and then you will be able to enjoy the privileges of being a relative of an honorable bishop, and you will inherit a portion of his property after his death. It's you out of an oath or whatever. If you can't turn back, I will pardon your vows that you swore on the spur of the moment, that the Diocese of Ruhrhof, though poor, could not afford to support a bishop's cousin. ”

"Alas. My parents died young, and his mother raised me single-handedly, and I have no other relatives besides him. I was overjoyed to hear that he had been blessed to be bishop, and thanked God day and night - I thought of him as the supreme honor to me and my family before I arrived in Turnnest. How could I hurt him because of money, a woman, or jealousy? ”

The archbishop paced back and forth irritably, "But your accusations -- alas. Perform sorcery! How could such a terrible crime happen to a bishop! I have to believe you with such conclusive words - how good it would be if I didn't! Like your relatives, who enjoyed the glory of bishop at a young age, I had been very optimistic that he would take my place, but he was about to fall into a miserable situation—if he repented, if he had gone astray—the higher the position, the greater the iniquity! ”

"Does his bishopric position aggravate his sins?" The ascetic asked urgently.

"Of course! If the devil possessed by him refuses to obey, he will surely use his past Sunnah to deceive the people against the church, and then his sin will be heavier - the sorcerers will be in the deepest hell if they stir up the people against the church in the fifth hell. ”

"yes." The preacher next to him also said, "In this way he has not only condemned innocent people to sin, but also to blood, and they will all soak in the blood of hell before the end comes." ”

"When we catch him—hopefully it won't come to that point—we are going to exorcise the demons as usual, first with incantations, then with cold water, and finally with instruments of torture—I am always not happy to use them, but the devil, until the body in which he possesses him, is as broken as carrion, and refuses to leave—and then the sinners are usually wounded to this extent, even if their mothers are unrecognizable."

“……”

"If he is willing to repent at the last moment, there is always a chance, but the devil is not willing to let people go, even if it is a poor old woman, the devil will often choke her throat, so that she can't spit out the words of repentance, I am afraid that like such a prey, the devil will not give up lightly, if he can't repent at that moment, it is better to get sick and die now--then, he will be spared torture, and in the end he will only be in the fifth layer of hell--in this terrible earthly world, it is often not a good thing to live a few more days, Rather, it makes people sink deeper into sin, die more miserably, and repent harder. ”

"Gee, he's not going to end up like this." A young woman's voice rang out, and everyone turned to see a noble lady dressed in splendid clothes and jewels walking gracefully from behind the hidden door, surrounded by all the maids.

The archbishop led the crowd to salute Duchess of Sitis, and she responded politely, then looked at the archbishop with her light blue eyes, and asked eagerly with her pale cherry lips, "He will not have come to this point—he has been tortured, tortured, and plunged into the deepest hell - sue me that this is not true!" A clergyman of such a high position as him would never be tortured, so who could bear to torture him? ”

"Well, who of us would like to," said the archbishop, shaking his head in disappointing her expectations, "even a rough farmer cannot stand such torture, and even a delicate young man like him, but the demon in him always refuses to give up, and they will not let go of even the lowest of the best, and such a proud prey will not relax even in the presence of the Pope himself." ”

"Oh my God, this is horrible." The Duchess said sadly, and then she looked at the ascetic, "This is not true, priest of the Order of Geoffrey, how can you bear to let your false accusations allow the only son of the benefactor who raised you to come to this point?" Alas, alas, tell me that this is only out of your jealousy, and tell me that you will not let such a beautiful and noble young man fall into such a predicament that only an inferior criminal would suffer! ”

"Uh-" The ascetic's tongue was like a knot, and the Duchess's fair and tender hands formed a supplication gesture in front of her chest, and she refused to let him go at all, "tell me that this is not true, that he has not been deceived by sorcery. ”

“……”

"Say, I will forgive you, and the Archbishop will forgive your sins—with me and the Archbishop, the Queen Mother will not take your sins—she is my cousin—and say that what you said before is not true, but just a joke."

"Just a joke."

"That is right," said the Duchess, "and drop the accusations, Your Excellency. ”

"I haven't officially recorded the accusation." The archbishop responded appropriately.

"Give him an ashram and I'll give him what he needs."

"Ah, though my church is poor, it is not so poor that it cannot receive the relatives of a bishop, and as I have said before, I will not let him be in need for a day when he is here, until he is reconciled with his cousin and goes back voluntarily."

"You always do things so decently, but I will not be stingy with him, although he is hateful, he is a relative of a bishop, and from this point on, I cannot turn my face away from him, not to mention that he is a priest, and giving to him is also giving to the church, and I will give him a mattress and food later."

"You can send other supplies as you wish, but I must prepare the food and drink, because I am afraid that you are not very clear about the rules of the order to which he belongs."

The reason was so simple and clear that the young Duchess did not doubt it, and she gladly accepted: "So be it, may the merciful God bless you, who has said, to forgive men's sins as ours." ”

"May the merciful God bless you and your great family, and I will write to Bishop Turnest later to inform him that his relatives are with us."

They sent this ascetic of the Jeffrey Order to an upper room, where the Duchess and the archbishop gave him a mattress and food respectively, and settled him down.

But the ascetic did not stay long with the archbishop of Ruhrhof, and the next day he told the archbishop that he was ready to reconcile with his cousin and thus left the diocese of Ruhrhof. (To be continued......)