38. Faith
In the Governor's Palace, a man came in a hurry and whispered a few words to the butler, and the butler entered: "Lord Governor, the secret agent has come to report that King Qi Nian has gone to the branch of the Silver Hand and opened a killing spree. β
"The result?"
"The main officer and bodyguards in the hands of Silver are all dead, but a few people have been spared, and they are all inconspicuous ordinary people. β
The governor tapped his finger on the table: "He is kind-hearted, and he can see that he is not a person who has achieved great things, and you order him to go down and kill them all, no matter who they are." The Governor said in a faint tone that he didn't care.
"Yes, Your Excellency Governor, that's what I'm going to do. β
"Wait a minute, by the way, I ordered the generals to have a meeting in the afternoon, these days have been unstable in all aspects, and even the Holy See said that the appearance of the Holy Maiden in this place is not just a high-ranking prostitute? β
"I will command, Lord Governor. The butler replied and retreated, and the governor's eyes showed a fierce look: "The four directions are in turmoil, I want to see who can make trouble on my territory!"
Wang Qinian and Tina returned to the hostel, but the boss was frightened, but it was not good to ask him to move out directly, and changed their rooms.
"Tina, how is it, how do you feel about today's actual battle?" Wang Qinian asked Tina.
After pondering all the way, Tina raised her head: "I was a little scared at first, but at the moment of the battle, I seemed to forget about being afraid, but there was a kind of excitement, am there something wrong with me, how can a person be eager to fight?"
"You are a born knight, although no one has given you the status of a knight, killing is not terrible, people are the same as animals, but in order to survive, but you must remember, do not take pleasure in killing, killing is only a last resort, the Lord will bless you bravely. Wang Qinian said.
"Dear master, I know the truth, and the Lord will bless you. β
"There is something strange in the city in the past two days, we killed someone, and no one investigated, this is not normal, I heard the boss say, the sheriff is here, just ask, there is no matter, what article is there. β
"Master, we don't make trouble, but when someone else comes to mess with us, we just take it. "Tina killed someone, it seems to have changed her temperament, Wang Qinian glanced at her, I don't know if Lu Taoist taught her swordsmanship is good or bad.
"That's right, we don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it either. Wang Qinian said: "Tina, the experience of this martial arts is very important to you, it is a step from theory to actual combat, you can appreciate it well." β
There was a calm in Kansas City, of course, on the surface, the Silver Hand branch was said to have caught fire, and the fire also ignited the two surrounding houses, fortunately, it was during the day, so no one was burned, but the Silver Hand burned more than a dozen people, when Wang Qinian heard the news, he didn't speak for a long time, Tina was very strange, obviously they didn't set fire, how did they burn.
asked Wang Qinian curiously, Wang Qinian sighed: "Some people want things to be more chaotic and deliberately set fires, and there are still a few living people inside, but it's a pity." β
Tina looked at Wang Qinian in surprise: "Who did it?"
"Anyone is possible, but the Silver Hand is the least likely, and it seems that we are caught in a plot. β
"Who's most likely to be?"
"It depends on who gets the most benefits, but unfortunately we are outsiders, and we don't know the power here, so it's impossible to know who Lu Dao is, but you can speculate. β
"Master, how can you speculate?"
"Ordinary people don't know that the Karaon Merchant House is actually the hand of silver, and the possibility of setting fire to it for no reason is extremely small, it can be ruled out, those who can set fire to it are the same as us, and they know the details of the Karaon Firm, so there are only a few who have the ability to do this, let's talk about the gangster's strength, Blood Rose has an undercover agent in it, and it should not be a killer, their better way to do it is unless the undercover agent is killed; Fernandi has no intersection with them, he has the ability, but the possibility of setting fire is very small, he has a better method; the Harperist Alliance and the Silver Hand have duplication in business, there is the possibility of hands-on, but both have branches in multiple cities, there is no confrontation on the surface, and they are not very likely. The Governor controls the city, and if he does it, it could be a big conspiracy. Wang Qinian said.
"For what can't be a person like us, he was assassinated by the Silver Hand, and in order to vent his hatred, he set fire to the Silver Hand. Tina asked curiously, although she was a martial arts prodigy, she was only twelve or thirteen years old, even if she developed a little early, after all, she was still a child.
Wang Qinian explained with a smile: "The possibility you said is not non-existent, but the possibility is too low, almost no one is like us in the people assassinated by the Silver Hand, and the others are too busy to flee for their lives, who has the kung fu to fight back." β
"Isn't there any other power?"
"I don't know the truth, the information is asymmetrical, we know too little about it, not enough to support our inferences, if we had more information, maybe we could deduce many unknown secrets more clearly. β
Three days passed, and during the three days, Wang Qinian went to the Harpists Alliance every day to take a look, and when he saw no news, he came back to see Tina's training, Tina since that battle, she has been pondering, and her skills are three or four layers higher than that battle, according to Wang Qinian's opinion, she has at least reached the level of a knight, of course, there is nothing that can measure the level in this world, as said in some novels, there is corresponding treatment at what level, but your level is the highest, no one uses you, you are still poor, not to mention, there is corresponding treatment at the corresponding level, Wang Qinian understands that this is not a game, but a living worldγ
Wang Qinian doesn't have to worry about money for the time being, thanks to his predecessor Nickles, although he died, he not only left trouble, but also left a huge amount of gold coins.
Wang Qinian didn't know how he made it, after all, in addition to the aristocracy in this world, there are also handicraftsmen, and a huge number of yeoman farmers and serfs, yeoman farmers are better, and a person's income is only one or two gold coins a year, and serfs are even worse.
Wang Qinian came to the Harpists Alliance again today, and there was a notice posted on the wall, Wang Qinian saw it, and a smile appeared on his face, knowing that Baron Eden was dead.
Tina was by her side, saw the smile on Wang Qinian's face, and asked, "Master, what's so nice about the notice?"
Wang Qinian said the hidden words in the notice, and Tina was shocked: "You mean Eden is dead?"
"Why don't you die? He's just a low-level knight, and the strength of the Harper's Alliance is only stronger than the Silver Hand, since he can use the Silver Hand, why can't I use the Harpist Alliance, not everything needs to be done personally, and it will not be a problem if you can settle things with money. Wang Qinian laughed.
Tina didn't expect that Wang Qinian would let a baron die without making a sound, and when she heard Wang Qinian's words, she said: "What else in the world can't be settled with money?"
"Of course there are, like a person's lifespan. β
"That's up to the creator. β
"Whether the life span of a person is determined by the creator, I don't know, but the creator is only more than 1,800 years, and he is achieved by people's faith. Wang Qinian said lightly.
"Master, I don't understand your words, when the creator is determined by people's beliefs, don't we believe in him, the creator doesn't exist?" Tina has been influenced by the creator theory since she was a child, although she is a pariah, but her belief in the creator has never wavered, just imagine a person, since she was a child, living in such an environment, the people around her all believe in the creator, how can she be an exception, Wang Qinian's words to her ears, it is simply heresy, although she does not know the word heresy.
"Of course, in the far east, people believe in the earth god Houtu, and there is a powerful country in the strait to the east of us, Numonsi, who believes in Allah Anka, we call it heresy, but who is the master of heaven and earth, I don't know the way, before the rise of the creator bishop, there were many sects in this land, and then they were almost destroyed by the creator bishop, aren't these gods?" Wang Qinian decided to talk to her about faith.
Wang Qinian doesn't like the bishop, the fundamental reason is that he is a lich, he is definitely a heretic in the bishop, and he is not allowed to exist in the world, of course, he has no good impression of the bishop, and decided to slowly change Tina's faith first, he also knows that a person's faith is not so easy to change, but it makes her have doubts in her heart and plant the seeds of doubt.
Tina didn't expect Wang Qinian to look at the creator like this, although she believed in the creator, no one had ever told her this, but instinctively believed in the creator, and felt that everything was natural.
"Didn't the Creator create the heavens and the earth?" she asked.
"Of course not, our heaven and earth do not know how many billions of years, the creation of the bishop is less than two thousand years, not to mention that Allah Ankh also claimed that he created the heavens and the earth, I don't know what the earth goddess Houtu said, in short, the gods and religions all proclaim that their gods are the greatest gods in the world. Wang Qinian said, but it's a little strange, how the earth goddess Houtu and the earth Houtu are the same sound, probably a coincidence.
Tina's mind was confused, how was she Wang Qinian's opponent, as soon as Wang Qinian said it, her faith in her heart was shaken, Wang Qinian saw this, and she was secretly proud in her heart, needless to say that a country girl, even if she was a well-educated person, she couldn't resist Wang Qinian who had been cultivated by the atheism of the earth, there were gods in this world, and Wang Qinian didn't believe that they could create heaven and earth.
Seeing that Tina began to be confused, Wang Qinian said kindly: "Remember, what I told you today, don't say anything, in front of people, you still pretend to be your pious faith in the creator, otherwise, you are a heretic and will be burned at the stake." β
Tina was shocked and nodded, she knew that she was not lying, there was a witch in her hometown who was burned to death.
The two of them said as they walked, and a person came to them, it was a priest, Wang Qinian frowned slightly, his breath was not strong, and he couldn't recognize Wang Qinian, but his eyes were fixed on Tina: "Holy Maiden!"