The heavy iron door of the stone house was slammed shut. Through the crack in the door, Lin Qi faintly heard a complaint from outside: "It's more edible than a sow that just gave birth! How big an appetite does this guy have?"
Grinning, Lin Qi closed his eyes, silently feeling the flow of blood in his spine. Having been detained here for nearly half a month, Arthur finally remembered to bring food and drink to Lin Qi, every once in a while.
There will be a disciplinary knight delivering food to Lin Qi on both days.
Not very fancy, just black bread and water, but enough!
Lin Qi is not polite. Since you want to be full, then use all your strength to stuff it into your stomach. Originally Lin Qi had a large appetite, and because he took the bone marrow transformation drug, he had a meal.
He can eat one hundred and fifty kilograms of black bread and drink two buckets of water.
What even more horrified the disciplinary knight who delivered the meal was that after being imprisoned for so long, Lin Qi had no requirements for personal hygiene. He did not urinate or defecate, and there was no smell on his body. It seemed that everything he ate was gone.
It was completely digested by Lin Qi. Shocked by Lin Qi's strong stomach, which was no different from that of a World of Warcraft, this disciplinary knight always said a few words every time he served food.
Lin Qi even heard him secretly settling accounts - if the church's divine prison were filled with pot-bellied men like Lin Qi, the church would have gone bankrupt long ago!
Lin Qi sneered a few times and took a deep breath silently. Although the Forbidden Spirit Lock controlled the flow of his fighting energy and blood energy, the fighting energy in Lin Qi's body had resumed operation driven by the powerful energy from the two gods.
The two sharp thorns that pierced into the lower orifice of his Pipa bone have even been partially digested by Lin Qi's body!
"In another half month, all strength will be restored!" Lin Qi took a deep breath, and then he would be able to find a way to escape.
While Lin Qi was being imprisoned in the deepest chamber of the Holy Glory Cathedral, the outside world had become turbulent. The entire continent's attention was focused on the capital of the Gallic Empire. Not only the Western Continent, but also Wudalian
The foreign races on the island and even the Odin Icefield are ready to make a move. As long as the Gallic Empire really goes to war with the church, the forces inside and outside the mainland will take action.
The Pilgrimage Hall of the Palace of Victory, this gorgeous palace was where the ministers of the Gallic Empire usually met with the emperor. The interior of the palace, which is one hundred meters long and thirty meters wide, is wrapped in pure gold. Everywhere you look is splendid.
This is also the famous 'Golden Palace' throughout the Western Continent.
At this moment, the Golden Palace is filled with dignitaries in all kinds of gorgeous clothes. Some of them are civil and military ministers of the Gallic Empire, and some are wealthy nobles from neighboring countries. Princes of the Caesar Empire. Grand Dukes of the Haran Empire, and the Vias Commercial Federation
The deputy consuls are all influential figures on the continent, people who hold real power in their respective countries and can make decisions on behalf of the supreme leaders of various countries in diplomatic situations.
Everyone was quietly looking at the throne in the Golden Palace. The Emperor of the Gallic Empire, St. Louis XIII, was wearing a bald head, angrily spraying each other with the church's envoy, the Archbishop José, one of the church's elders.
saliva.
Archbishop Jose is the Archbishop of the Holy Church and a member of the Presbytery of the Church. His power in the Church is only under the three popes in the Apostolic Hall. He is also the most capable minister under the Holy Rodrigo and is fully responsible for
He is well versed in the diplomatic work of the church and various countries in the continent, and is well versed in the social skills of many emperors and kings in the secular world. He is indeed the most suitable candidate to serve as the church's envoy.
"This time, I have to tell you, you idiots! It was you who first slandered the imperial power of the Gallic Empire!" The emperor's finger almost touched Archbishop Jose's nose, and he shouted sternly: "Use the army to destroy Burley.
Leeds University Town, what exactly do you want to do?"
Archbishop Jose smiled calmly: "This is a misunderstanding!"
"Ah!" Archbishop Jose's words were interrupted by the emperor's mouthful of phlegm. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the emperor's phlegm landed accurately on Archbishop Jose's pair of luxurious short boots made of white satin. He
Sai's face twitched, and a faint golden light appeared on his feet. He quietly bounced the thick phlegm away from his boots.
So the thick phlegm bounced back on the emperor's boots. But the emperor was wearing a pair of leather boots, and he didn't care much about the filth spurted out of his body. He pointed at Archbishop Jose's nose and continued to curse angrily:
"Misunderstanding? Then I sent people to the Holy Mountain to demolish the church's seminaries. Is this considered a misunderstanding?"
Archbishop Jose sighed heavily: "This is different!"
The unreasonable emperor sneered arrogantly: "What's the difference? You can come to my house to demolish the house, and it is a heinous crime for me to demolish your house? Huh? Does your church want to suppress our Gallic Empire?
, Demonstrate to the major empires on the mainland?”
Archbishop Jose's face suddenly twitched. The nobles from various countries who came to mediate in the Golden Palace widened their eyes at the same time and looked at Archbishop Jose blankly. If the church really wants to show off its power to the mainland countries by suppressing the Gallic Empire,
If so, then maybe we can only join forces and play a game against the church.
Except for a few kingdoms and principalities who are descended from divine families and are extremely devout to the church, other countries on the continent do not have a very good attitude towards the church - which emperor is willing to have a godfather riding on his head at any time? This godfather
Who would like a godfather who would take lots of gold coins from your purse from time to time and slap you in the face from time to time?
"Everything is just a misunderstanding!" Archbishop Jose's eyes flickered, and he looked at the emperor disapprovingly: "The three popes have already represented our sincerity by sending me here."
The emperor put his hands behind his back, puffed out his chest and grinned at the many nobles standing in the Golden Palace: "Sincerity? Hahaha, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Punishment Knights are on the border of our Gallic Empire. This is
Sincerity? Hey, are they here to hunt rabbits?"
Archbishop Jose frowned in distress: "That's..."
The emperor stared at Archbishop Jose: "What is that? Don't tell me, the dispatch of the Punishment Knights was not authorized by the Holy See? Hahaha, aha, great, does the Punishment Knights want to rebel?
?They want to kill the three popes and let the Temple of Punishment take over the power of the church?"
Turning to many nobles triumphantly, the emperor smiled and said: "Did you hear that? Who believes in the God of Punishment? Everyone, please be careful, the servants of the God of Punishment are going to attack the servants of other gods! We Gaul
Empire is just an appetizer!”
Archbishop Jose was so angry that he almost vomited blood due to the emperor's nonsense. However, he could only look at the emperor with a pleasant look.
"The Punishment Knights will be withdrawn, and we are willing to compensate the Gallic Empire for the funds needed to repair the university city!" Archbishop Jose spread his hands: "This represents our greatest sincerity! What do you think? Your Majesty the Emperor, no
I am willing to let your imperial power suffer any damage!"
The emperor narrowed his eyes, looked at Archbishop Jose and smiled lightly: "We should plan carefully for the special religious tax."
Archbishop Jose was stunned. He suddenly waved his hands fiercely: "This is intolerable..."
But before he could finish his words, the envoys from various countries in the Golden Palace started clamoring about the special religious tax. This was not just a country in the Gallic Empire that had to bear this special tax. All countries hated this special religious tax.
Especially the Vyas Commercial Federation, which has the most developed commercial system, they have to pay hundreds of millions of gold coins in special religious taxes every year, which is really killing them!
The emperor laughed loudly, raised his hands and shouted loudly: "Let the gods listen to the voices of the people! The special religious tax was a special tax levied during the Hundred Years' War on the Mainland and Islands to rectify the church's army.
But now... it’s been thirty years since the Hundred Years’ War on the Mainland and Islands ended! Thirty years, my dear Archbishop Jose!”
Archbishop Jose gritted his teeth and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty the three popes will not agree."
The emperor shrugged his shoulders and looked at the special envoy of the Caesar Empire: "The Dragonlance Legion of the Caesar Empire is already in place?"
The prince of the Caesar Empire narrowed his eyes and smiled: "As long as you give the order, the Dragonlance Legion will cooperate with the Southern Legion of the Caesar Empire... Ah, hahaha, of course, we are all devout believers of the gods, but this tax.
..It’s too high!”
Archbishop Jose gave a wry smile. He pondered for a long time and looked at the excited attitudes of the envoys from various countries in the Golden Palace. He nodded helplessly: "Then, we can include the collection of special religious taxes in the negotiation items."
The eyes of all the nobles in the Golden Palace glowed with brilliant golden light at the same time, as bright as gold coins.
The emperor nodded with satisfaction. He looked at Archbishop Jose and suddenly lowered his voice: "Then, there is also the sale of atonement charms. The sale of atonement charms is also a commercial activity. The empire is prepared to levy half of the special commercial tax on atonement charms.
!”
Archbishop Jose almost jumped up and shouted sternly: "Impossible, that is a pious religious act!"
The emperor simply jumped up and roared confidently: "One side spends money and the other side sells. This is business behavior! Taxes must be imposed!"
The eyes of the envoys from various countries in the Golden Palace turned golden. The atonement talisman. If you can have a hand in this, this will be a huge sum of money, comparable to the huge income of the special religious tax! If you can really collect half of it
With taxes, the royal families and nobles of various countries will become rich.
Noises came from the Golden Palace. Archbishop Jose was angrily arguing with the nobles of various countries. However, under the joint pressure of the nobles of various countries, Archbishop Jose reluctantly agreed to include the taxation of atonement charms as a condition of negotiation.
If the Southern Legion of the Gallic Empire joins forces with the Dragonlance Legion of the Caesar Empire, the terrifying attack power will be unbearable even by the Punishment Knights. Of course the church will not take this risk, knowing that the Gallic Emperor is extorting money, but they don't
No choice!
After arguing for three days, at the last moment, the emperor raised the issue of Lin Qi.
Archbishop Jose didn't care about Lin Qi, and he quickly reached an agreement with the emperor to conduct a joint trial of Lin Qi.
The Supreme Court of the Gallic Empire and the Inquisition of the Church jointly tried Lin Qi! (To be continued)