The poor famous prostitute Turkulani finally gave in, and he shuddered to tell the archbishop on the other side everything he knew, including all that the Holy See had told him and all that he had learned by relying on his connections, in exchange for abandoning the position of liaison that he and his relatives had so so hard to gain.

Woowoo...... I knew that there was such an authentic demon hidden under the flower-like appearance, and I would not accept this errand at all, even if I joined the Jeffrey Order, it was better to fast all year round than to be under the same roof with him, at least a certain part of my body would not hurt hotly......

While Turkulani was still mourning himself, lamenting and weeping for the tragic fate that had befallen him, the new archbishop of Neustria had coldly forgotten about the existence of this small role, like those accustomed to doing great things, and began to think about his next move.

According to Turkulani, the Holy See's asking price was 2,000 pounds of gold.

"Ridiculous!" When the archbishop heard this number, he immediately rebuked the other party, "The pope's throne is only fifteen hundred pounds of gold!" How dare a mere Neustrian archbishop's shawl ask for two thousand pounds of gold? At this time, you are still messing with me in numbers, do you want money and don't want to die? "His eyes

The light swept over Turkulani's body in an extremely unkind way, making the bulky oil drum tremble.

"No, no, no, no, I really didn't make trouble, that's what they gave me......" Turkulani Khan rained down, and he felt like an elephant trembling at the sight of a rat in the face of this beautiful young bishop. Tell it to anyone, they won't believe it! But. He was completely intimidated by the other party—the more he understood the inner side of the gentle archbishop, the more he wanted to travel back in time and drag him away. Drag as far away from this demon as possible! He was really a money obsessed with money, and he was so bold that he actually went to expose the skin of this person!

"Two thousand pounds of gold! And that's not a lie! Do you want me to find someone to help you sober up? That's enough for me to buy a pope and an archbishop! ”

"No, no, no, no, you don't know, fifteen hundred pounds of gold is an internal friendship price, and it's a special situation, just that once," Turkulani stammered to explain to the other party. Seeing that the archbishop's face softened slightly, his speech became a little more fluent, fortunately his relatives were cardinals, and he himself was a nobleman from a famous family, and he knew a lot about some insider and gossip, "At that time, the situation was special, the situation in the city was complicated, the former pope voluntarily abdicated, and the transaction partner was an acquaintance. It's just a discount, you are not from those families, and you don't have the support of the emperor, you really want to buy the pope. You can't get that price! ”

"Oh," the archbishop nodded, and he silently wrote down the news that Turkulani had told him. Then he motioned for the other person to continue, "Even if the facts are as you say." But the Archbishop of Neustria, too, would not be more expensive than the discounted pope! Moreover, I have been elected archbishop by the All-Neustrian Synod, and His Majesty has approved it. There is only a shawl missing, and the price is not even to appoint me as archbishop, but only the final formalities, why is the price so high? ”

"This, this is also because of the special situation...... Turkulani raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Your predecessor is filing a complaint with the Pope, accusing you of heresy, someone did not show up for the election of the archbishop, and it is not democratic enough (the young archbishop sneered when he heard this) Yes, the little one understands, these are all slanders, but after all, he is an archbishop appointed by the orthodox royal family, and he has not abdicated......"

"Pick it up!" The archbishop unceremoniously interrupted his ramblings, "We're not speaking to a jury!" Don't talk about that useless nonsense! ”

"Yes, yes, in short, you have a competitor in the Eternal City, who is willing to give a considerable amount in exchange for the support of the Holy See and the Emperor, in addition to the equivalent of five hundred pounds of gold in jewelry, gold and silver, spices, etc., and they also promise that after the return of the orthodox king, the temporary tax of the annual coins originally dedicated to the northerners will continue to be collected and dedicated to the church, and the orthodox king has promised that if the Holy See helps him to restore the throne, all the bishops of Newsteria will be appointed by the Holy See and not by the king."

This is almost the consecration of all the Nyustrian church lands to the Holy See, which is indeed a considerable commitment of benefits, and the archbishop thought for a moment and asked: "In this case, how can they be willing to give up direct rule over the whole Neustrian church land for the sake of two thousand pounds of gold?" As far as he knew, although Neustria was plundered by bandits of all stripes, and the country would certainly be ravaged by a considerable amount of money in the so-called war of the "restoration of the orthodox king," the income from the ecclesiastical lands was by no means insignificant, and in the long run it was definitely more than two thousand pounds of gold.

"Huh? Yes? Turkulani hadn't thought about it, the man who had given him the mission had never explained it to him, and in fact, the offers from the Orthodox King's side were all information he had obtained through his own connections, and he had heard it as gossip rather than serious information, and he was only thinking about blackmailing the Neustrians in this mission, rather than thinking about the cardinals' power games.

He was stunned by the question, and the archbishop did not press him further, but gave him time to think, and at the same time, he himself tapped his fingers lightly on the chair to think about the question, he had been in the position of bishop for many years, and his higher rank than Turkulani made him more familiar with this game of intrigue, and all he lacked was information about the powerful people of the Eternal City, and after a while, he asked: "The situation in the city is not easy now, is it! ”

"Huh?" The intellect of the liaison could not keep up, and he was also at a loss for this new question, and the archbishop waited for a while before continuing to ask: "How likely is it that the current pope will serve for the rest of his life and not be ousted?" ”

"This ......" If Turkulani was a time-traveler, or some kind of country fool, he would definitely say that it was impossible, but he knew a lot about the various scandals under the glorious exterior of the Eternal City, and also knew some things about the Pope being forced to abdicate or even being placed under house arrest after the abdication, and he used to blindly superstitious about blood, origin, and connections, and did not know the real distribution of power in the Eternal City, this question was really difficult for him to answer for a while.

And this hesitation was enough for the archbishop. (To be continued......)