270 The Eternal City

By the time the Flying Santsina entered the harbor of the Eternal City, the former archbishop of Neustria, or orthodox archbishop of their faction, had been in the Eternal City for some time. They handed the Pope a letter of accusation, waiting for the Pope's order to rebuke the heresy who pretended to be the new Archbishop of Neustria. It seemed to them that it was a matter of course, and who could be more lawless than that man? However, the order to reprimand was delayed.

This delay was made possible both by the agents of old Jacob and by the old friend of the people of Turnest. Baptista out of force. Petru. Baptista knew the satisfaction of the people and nobles of Tournest, and even of several nearby dioceses, with their bishop, and he knew even more about the richness and eccentricity of the diocese of Tournest, and he felt that it was a profitable thing to take advantage of this opportunity to double the taxes of the last unharvested, and if this was done, his position in the hearts of the Holy See and the Pope himself would be greatly enhanced.

His opinion was by no means without opposition in the Holy See, and some people who were born in the Neustrian Church, or who were related to the orthodox royal family, thought that this kind of arrogance should not be raised, and that it was necessary to be respectful and humble, otherwise whoever is strong and strong will jump up and become king if he wants to be king, and if he wants to be archbishop, he will be archbishop, so what is it?

Petru. Baptista scoffs at such statements, listen, what a naïve idea! Isn't it true that whoever is strong will be the king and the bishop? When the former Bishop of Tournest was ousted from the bishop by the powerful Duke of Ulrich on the finger of his hand, who would say that this was a bad precedent? This has always been the norm! It is an open secret that the nobles everywhere manipulate the election and appointment of bishops and archbishops. Even the Pope...... That's not new, is it? How did these popes come to power recently...... The nobles and farmers in the foreign countryside don't know, and who doesn't know the big people in the Eternal City!

Besides. The Pope's forces are not many, and the Eternal City does not live in a vacuum. The flood of pirates and heretics plagued their sacred land, and at most they could just put a mouth cannon on their heads to give them a boost to the nobles of various countries who wanted to take advantage of the "orthodox king's restoration" to rob them, and could they still send troops to rob them? In the business of restoration, even if the restoration is successful, Neustria will return to the arms of the orthodox king and the orthodox archbishop, and the Holy See will not have much oil and water. If you want to say that the biggest advantage of supporting the orthodox king is probably that the Neustrian royal family will be more religious to the Holy See in the future, and the influence of the Holy See in Neustria. However, when it came time to enjoy the fruit, the Pope and his Petrus. Is Baptista still in power?

One like Petru. A guy like Baptista who sells his teammates is unlikely to give up immediate benefits for the sake of the long-term benefits that the rules can bring.

Of course, he did not think that the Holy See should tilt one-sidedly towards the new archbishop of Neustria, and his opinion was that it should be sold at a price.

See which one is willing to pay.

Therefore, the Holy See did not send back the people sent by the orthodox archbishop, nor did it refuse to accept the new archbishop of Neustria, and the two groups gathered together in this holy eternal city. That's it. While the Orthodox archbishop sent people were on pins and needles for the Pope's delayed reply, the new Archbishop of Neustria's days in the Eternal City were not very pleasant.

According to the plan made before the departure, the new archbishop and his party were supposed to pay homage to the relics of the saints in the Eternal City, as well as the tombs of several former abdicated kings and queens. In these chaotic times. Surrounded by many vicious jackals, tigers and leopards, the king's throne was not very comfortable, so Neustria alone. Several kings abdicated early to make the ultimate pilgrimage to the Eternal City. Seek solace in the void, as for the fact that they are sincerely abdicating out of piety. Or abdicate because of the political struggle, then it is unknown. They gave a lot of money in the Eternal City, and when they died, they were given a glorious resting place in the city.

The original plan of the new archbishop was to pay homage to these tombs and the holy churches and monasteries in turn, like an ordinary Neustrian pilgrimage to the Eternal City - it would be foolish for a usurper to sit and wait for the ruling of the Holy See - and it was not his turn to negotiate in person, just as the Pope would never bargain with him in person.

However, the liaison sent by the Holy See made him frown in his heart.

Turkulani has no such consciousness at all, his greedy gaze is the same as before, it has not changed at all, if someone describes the vision as "transparent sticky tentacles", those who do not understand will understand it by looking at Turkulani...... Although they would rather be in a state of ignorance forever after reading it.

The sticky tentacles ran from the young archbishop's hair all the way to the tip of his toes, and then began to caress the two men beside him, the former pirate on the left who had just been transferred and the land bandit who had been on the right for a while.

Both of them were uncomfortable with this gaze, let alone the young archbishop who knew who Turkulani was.

Turkulani was not embarrassed at all, even though his entourage coughed repeatedly, he insisted on touching the three people in front of him with this tentacle, among which the young archbishop was touched by him the most times - because the others were touching back and forth, only the archbishop he had to confirm again and again, and overlap with the pale and thin figure of the child in his memory.

Then...... I really didn't expect him to become an archbishop now...... Turkulani smacked his fat lips, as if he had devoured the beauty on the other side.

Faced with such a liaison, no one was in the mood to worship the sacred relics of the Eternal City, and the young archbishop immediately felt unwell, took leave of contact sent by the Eternal City, decided to lie down on the "Flying Santsina" for two days, and not go anywhere, and politely declined the offer to let him bleed - although Turkulani's hand refused to let go of his arm.

The old acquaintance turned around three times, and left the "Flying Santsina" as if he had glue not only in his eyes, but also sticky glue on his feet, and this was because several of his retinue had been sent from other places and not the ones he had always carried, otherwise, as he would have wanted, he would have to stay on the "Flying Santsina"—ah, there were beauties, and there were more than one! And blonde beauties! And what a strange amber eye!

"Pour me a glass of water, tell the kitchen, give me a vegan meal at night," the young archbishop felt that in the face of such a pig's face for so long, it was necessary to fast today, which shows that the Eternal City is indeed a sacred land, and the devil believers have voluntarily fasted before their feet are touched, "No, forget it, just give me water tonight, it's okay to eat less." ”

"My lord, would you like to call Dr. Jeanne over?" When Francis heard that the archbishop had not eaten at night, he became anxious.

"I don't need it, I just see that person think of something bad."

"Do you know that person?" Adair asked, now glad he had surrendered to the right master, if the new queen of Neustria was also such a pig...... He's probably nailed the other's head to the bow of his ship!

"More than acquaintance." Hell, if you don't know, how nice it would be, thinking that the shadow buried in my memory suddenly protruded in front of my eyes, ten times more disgusting than in my memory, it's really ......

He ...... What have you done? The hesitation in Francis's tone was due to the fact that he saw the young archbishop's expression in a way that was by no means pleasant.

"Ah, to put it simply, he's doing what you used to do in the convent, but he's doing it in the convent, and he's doing whatever it takes."

"......" (To be continued......)