Chapter 297: Graham's Testimony
"Little friend, do you want to desecrate just laws and sacred jurisprudence?"
Enzo rushed out of the auditorium and stabbed Graham in the throat with a sword, which was so fast that some nobles just blinked their eyelids, and Enzo had already jumped out of the auditorium, and the tip of his sword was already pressed against Gramm's throat with red eyes.
But Archbishop Alpha of the Templar only smiled softly, and he slowly stretched out a palm to Enzo, and then said this lightly. His tone of voice was slow and leisurely, as if there was a long gap between each word. Enzo's sword had reached Graham's throat, and a single stab could seal Graham's next words into his mouth.
But in such a small amount of time, Alpha finished a long sentence, and then Enzo could no longer move.
From the palm of Alpha's outstretched hand, each palm print is emitting a faint white light, soft but full of divine majesty white light, which makes people want to kneel in front of him and confess all their sins at the sight of it. Enzo's body stiffened in mid-air under the white light, his feet were three inches off the ground, his body was like a sharp arrow shooting forward, the tip of the sword was already close to Gramm's throat, but he was so stiff there, as if the space in which his body was suddenly frozen, and as if time near his body suddenly froze.
"Your Majesty Saint Louis XIII, on behalf of the Church, I make a complaint to your country! ?”
Alpha raised his head and looked at the box where the emperor was calmly: "This young man is wearing the military uniform of the Empire, he is a soldier of the Empire! Could it be that his actions represent the attitude of the Empire? The Gallic Empire is ready to cover up a ...... at any cost A blasphemer?"
The Emperor stood up slowly. A manservant lifted the veil of light veils in front of him, and everyone saw the emperor's face clearly.
Looking at Alpha condescendingly, the Emperor frowned, he clapped his hands lightly, and ordered in a low voice: "Take Enzo and his companions to the Army Academy and lock them up for a month!
A large group of heavily armored warriors roared in, and they held down Enzo and Dragongen and a group of others, forcing them out of the courtroom. Among Lin Qi's gang of brothers. Only Enzo has broken through to the strength of the position, and the others are just at the level of a knight. But these heavily armored warriors are all elite choices among the palace guards, and their strength is not something that Enzo and others can fight against.
The Emperor bowed slightly to Alpha and smiled gently, "Now." It's time to start over. I look forward to your evidence!"
Alpha smiled slightly, and accepted the emperor's salute.
In the Church, the supreme authority is the Pontifical Chamber. Among them, the Holy Crown Pope is in charge of the priesthood and is the closest person to the gods, and has the most power. The Holy Seal is in charge of the day-to-day administration and personnel of the Church. The Pope of the Scepter is in charge of the military and controls all the armed forces of the Church.
Under the three popes, nominally equivalent to the power of the papal chamber is the Council of Elders, made up of three hundred and sixty Templar archbishops. These Templar Archbishops are also the actual heads of the major temples. They were of great status and power in the Church, and except for a very few lucky people who climbed from the common people to this class, these Templar archbishops were basically from divine families.
Archbishop Alpha is one of the Templar Archbishops, the top figure of the Church.
Under the Templar Archbishop is the Cardinal Archbishop who is in charge of the power of the dioceses of the countries. These cardinals were on par with the emperors of various countries, so in the Western continent, the status of the Templar archbishop was higher than that of the emperors! In the early days of the Restoration, the emperors of all countries needed to be blessed and canonized by the Templar Archbishop in order to finally take over the throne.
Nowadays, although the royal family no longer relies on the canonization of the church, the status of the archbishop of the Templar. Still above royalty. So pride, like Saint Louis XIII, could only bow to the Alpha - even if he stood in the box on the high ground, and the Alpha stood in front of the lowest cage, the Emperor bowed to him after all.
A Templar Archbishop was enough to shock the audience. Even if the Church is not as strong as it used to be due to the Hundred Years of Land and Island War, a Templar Archbishop can still intimidate the emperor of a country. The Archbishop of the Templar is a symbol of wisdom, a representative of power, a condensation of power, a part of the most terrible kind of existence in the Western continent and in this world.
Especially Archbishop Alpha, who is one of the five presiding sanctuaries of the Temple of Punishment today, and his own brother, the head of the Knights of Punishment, is said to have broken through the terrifying existence of the Heavenly Throne as early as the middle of the Hundred Years of Land War.
The hall was silent, and as Enzo and the others were forcibly taken away by the guards, all the nobles present stood up and bowed to Archbishop Alpha. Rao is that these nobles have just teamed up to cut off a large piece of flesh on the body of the church, but in the face of people like Alpha, they still instinctively express their awe.
The struggle between imperial power and theocracy has always been one of the main themes of the political and metallurgical situation in the western continent. Although the imperial power is at its peak now, it seems to have suppressed the divine power, but who knows if the divine power will suddenly flourish one day in the future and suppress the imperial power in one fell swoop?
So it is absolutely right to show one's humility and piety in front of a Temporal archbishop.
Alpha nodded reservedly, pleased with the pressure that his status brought to all the nobles. He smiled lightly, and then looked at Lin Qi in disgust: "This seemingly simple, seemingly honest, seemingly pure, and seemingly innocent young man, he is a complete villain, a scoundrel, a lawbreaker and a blasphemer!"
The pale-faced Lin Qi didn't argue with Alpha's words, he just stared at Graham and stared at him.
Graham didn't dare to look at Lin Qi, he lowered his head, cowered, and hid his body behind Alpha's tall body. Alpha smiled faintly, and gently patted his palm on Gramm's shoulder: "Graham, the lost child, explain Linzi's sins to the nobles present, these noblest people on the continent! Let a real sinner be punished, and your sins can be washed away!"
Pressing Graham's shoulder hard, Alpha said in a deep voice: "Your family's sins can be cleansed!"
Graham's body trembled violently, and the fat on his body shook with this trembling.
Lin Qi heard some of the implications of Alpha's words, he stared at Graham and shouted: "Graham, what happened to your family? You haven't been back to school for so long, is it because of your family? Hmm, don't let me hate you, even if I want to die, you have to let me die clearly!"
Lin Qi slammed his fist on the unusually strong cage, and he roared, "We are friends and brothers!
Alpha squinted and smiled, he shook his head lightly, and muttered vaguely: "Naive young man, really...... Stupid!"
Standing on the high platform, Lu condescendingly looked down at Lin Qi, who was roaring loudly, his eyes closed, and he said in a low voice: "Those who betray their friends, those who betray their brothers, this is a sin! Only the flame of the Holy Flame can completely remove your sins from you, and you must confess your sins before God's law and justice!"
Graham winced and glanced at Lin Qi, he didn't say anything, just turned his head and pulled out a ledger from under his wide robe.
With a wave of Alpha's hand, the ledger in Graham's hand flew in front of the Rohmin ** official, Graham bowed to the high platform where the judges were located, and said respectfully: "Your Excellency Distinguished Judges, Your Excellency the Venerable Cardinals, this, this is a record of all the violations of law and discipline in the past three years. He sold weapons, smuggled silk, brewed spirits illegally, seized people's homes, seized the property of imperial citizens, raped innocent people's daughters, seduced holy clergy, fornicated with female clergy, and even made peace in holy churches!"
Lin Qi looked at Graham indifferently, this fat man who was putting some trumped-up charges on his head, was it really the Graham he knew?
"The most unforgivable thing is that Lin Qi desecrated the majesty of the gods, he secretly printed amans and sold them in the name of the gods, so that the citizens of the empire who could have washed away their sins were most shamelessly deceived! He bribed the clergy of the church, forced the clergy to provide him with a template for the abutment, and forced the clergy to seduce the female priests of the church for him. He's a complete scum blasphemer!"
"An even more unforgivable sin is that he is the heir of the Revelation of the Gods, who concocted evil potions in a vain attempt to resurrect the evil demon gods. This is an unforgivable felony, and even the charismatic decree stipulates that any guilt associated with the ancient demon gods cannot be forgiven. ”
Graham sat on the ground panting, his shirt soaked with cold sweat.
Alpha looked at Father Balin, and he said lightly: "This Father Balin, an orthodox priest with twelve years of seniority, is a sinner who was tempted and degraded by Lin Qi. Ladies and gentlemen, the evidence is conclusive, and Lin Qi's guilt is irrefutable. ”
Lin Qi took a deep breath, and he shouted loudly, "I protest, these are your side words. These sins can be washed away by divine grace. My only unpardonable sin was my attempt to resurrect the Demon God, but I didn't! I am not the Inspired of the Gods!"
Graham Wolf glanced up at Lin Qi, and then he hung his head heavily.
Alpha took out a bottle of pale cyan potion from his sleeve, he looked at Lin Qi and sighed faintly, "Then, the most conclusive evidence is here." ”
Alpha looked at Lin Qi coldly, and there was a gloomy aura in his tone.
"I'll make you confess your guilt!" (To be continued)