After a glass of wine with Roger, the Patriarch began to narrate:

"The pilgrims all over the mountains and fields spare no effort to cross the bridge.

“Many noble people were hit by arrows and died.

"Some people were also captured and captured, many, many, one by one, and it took a long time to describe it.

"They finally rushed across the bridge, so, there, in that battle, the two sides won and suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy losses and injuries due to various battles and fierce conflicts.

"Later, the Duke Guret fell into Welf's hands and was captured.

"Finally, on that day, after the two sides had discussed, everyone returned to harmony and everyone captured was released."

Roger imagined the scene described by the Patriarch, on the narrow bridge, arrows were raining and blood flowed.

He sighed: "I wish I could see it with my own eyes."

The Patriarch continued: “The Duke later allowed the pilgrims to cross the bridge peacefully and gave them a license to purchase essentials.

“He also gave everyone a security pass to Constantinople, without any tricks or any obstacles.

"Then the Duke Welf and the Countess Ada stayed in Adrian Castle.

"They sent messengers to Constantinople and informed the emperor of all their desire for Jerusalem, hoping to obtain a charter through Constantinople.

"But the reaction in Constantinople was a little slow, and they were still in Adrian Castle before I came out."

Roger looked at the map carefully and he had a headache.

Because he discovered that Adrian Castle was also his only way east.

If his opponent stays there, does that mean that he will also have a tragic and cruel battle to seize the bridge?

It’s very exciting to hear others telling this kind of battle, but it’s different if it’s your turn.

Moreover, Roger did not think that just by his more than 5,000 people, he could break through the positions of 160,000 people in terrain that was obviously beneficial to the defenders.

Roger put this nerve-wracking matter aside for the time being, and he continued to toast the Patriarch.

The Patriarch refused Roger's toast.

Roger knew that both Catholic and Orthodox Church could not help but drink.

During the sacrifice, the staff regard drinking red wine as drinking the blood of Christ.

The priests also drink alcohol on weekdays, those with poor conditions drink beer, those with good conditions drink red wine, and some wealthy priests even drink alcohol every meal.

But Roger was still surprised by the generous pleasure of the Bulgarian Patriarch drinking.

He saw that the Patriarch was simply filling red wine with beer.

Gradually, the Patriarch drank a little and began to brag:

"Did you know? Bulgaria was the first region to start making wine, hiccup."

Roger shook his head, he didn't think so.

He drank a little too much, and shook his head like this, feeling a little dizzy, so he stopped.

The pastor opposite said with a smile: "Yes, I knew you would agree."

Roger thought, when did I agree? I was shaking my head, okay? Are you drinking too much or I drinking too much? (Note)

The Patriarch continued to brag: "I am not talking nonsense, this is an irrefutable fact and has evidence.

"Do you know the poet Homer? Hiccup. His works mention the exquisite winemaking skills in the Thrace region.

"Himmer. Why do I keep hiccupping? Maybe another drink will be better."

Roger nodded and said, "Yes, I know Homer, servant, why are you standing there? Come and fill the Patriarch with you."

The Patriarch took the full wine glass of the servant and drank it all. He smiled and said, "You have drunk too much."

Roger said: "Where is there, I can still drink it."

The Patriarch said: "You have too many, you say 'yes', but your head is up and down, you have too many."

Roger was stunned. He thought, "Yes" and nodded up and down at the same time, is this wrong move?

His mind didn't turn around, he felt that he might have really drunk too much.

He felt that he needed another drink to sober up.

Soon, Roger found himself sitting in a backrest chair with the Patriarch, holding each other's shoulders.

He thought, when did I come here?

He couldn't figure it out, so he asked the Patriarch:

"Old man, hiccup, what are you doing?"

The Patriarch suddenly became angry, and his face turned redder because of drinking.

Roger felt that he could see the flow of blood under the Patriarch's skin.

The Patriarch roared: "Here, heresy should die, I will send them all to God."

Roger echoed loudly: "Yes, let them see God, hiccup, who are they?"

"Here, they are heretics, those poor Slavic ghosts who believed in the Bogmiller faction, mud legs, and belts.

"They have done so many horrible things that they should be sent to the stake!"

Roger thought, Bog Miller, the name sounded a little familiar.

He remembered that when he was in Lugo, he had met a missionary named Bogomire.

He thought, he didn't know if the Bogomire and the doctrines of the Pure Sect he preached had anything to do with this Bogmele Sect.

The Patriarch was very excited. He grabbed Roger's arm tightly and yelled in his ear:

"Do you know what they did?"

Roger's ears were buzzing, and he shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"You don't know what to shake your head! Let me tell you how hateful they are."

The Patriarch ignored Roger, who was unable to turn his mind again. He began to tell him like a bean:

“How hateful are these people who believe in the Bowgmires:

“One, they do not recognize the Trinity, and regard the Word that should be equivalent to the Father as an angel, saying that this angel is merely an adopted son of the Father because of his flesh;

“Two, they slandered the Creator as the Demon Lord;

“Three, they deny the value of baptism and communion;

“Fourth, they do not worship the cross, but call it Satan’s weapon;

“Five, they do not worship the idols, but call the worship of the idols an idol worship.

“These heretics dare to say that they believe in God.

“They also distort the meaning of the scriptures to attack the Orthodox Church.

"I will give you an example. In the Bible, Jesus "left Nazareth and went to Capernaum," and they said that Nazareth here refers to the church, and Capernaum is their heresy.

"They actually explained the Bible in this way, saying that Jesus left the Orthodox Church and went to their Bog Millerites. Are you panicked?"

Patriarch Kosma continued without waiting for Roger to express his opinion:

“And, in the Bible, ‘throw the pearls before the pig’, they interpret it as revealing faith before the Orthodox Church.

"It's really absurd, it's so absurd, and they're probably like that.

“These people even forged scriptures.

“They said that it was the devil who created the world.

“That’s enough, it’s enough to prove that they rejected the Old Testament because the Old Testament said that the world was created by God.

“In the New Testament, they interpret the miracles performed by Christ in fables.

"A fable, do they actually say that Jesus' personal experience is a fable, and is there anything more absurd than this?"

Roger thought, I know a person whose "personal experience" is comparable to that of Jesus.

But he was not drunk yet, so he naturally would not say it in front of the Patriarch.

Roger and the Patriarch had another drink and blocked their mouths with wine.

The Patriarch seemed to be soaked in the throat by wine, and he spoke more happily.

He said: "Those heresies do not respect the Virgin Mary, and I do not want to repeat the words of these people who blasphemed the Virgin.

"They quit drinking and stop eating meat and are ashamed of marriage."

Roger knew that Orthodox priests could get married, of course, big men like the Patriarch could not do it.

He thought, it would be too much to quit drinking and stop eating meat, and I would definitely not be able to bear it.

He echoed loudly: "It's so hateful, so hateful!"
Chapter completed!