The Sunset Temple in Emerald City is not as majestic, solemn and solemn as the Great Temple in Yongxing City, but it is more exquisite and exquisite in layout. It is an architectural masterpiece based on the pre-century triumphal style of the old empire and taking into account the mathematical and geometric aesthetics of the new era.
This stable and ever-changing religious architectural style confirms that the Kingdom of Stars at the end of the third century was in a rapidly changing and restless era. “From the kings and princes to the common people, everyone was changing the rules of the old world and the new
There is a painful tug-of-war between the ideological trends of the century. If you advance, you will leave your homeland and be filled with thorns. If you retreat, you will grow old and cling to death." (349 AD, "The Difficulties of the Century" by Boser Kaandi)
The people who presided over the construction of this temple were two high-ranking clergy during the reign of "Jackal" Sumer III: one was the deputy chief priest of the priesthood who was proficient in history and theology, and the other was the deputy missionary who was proficient in mathematics and architecture.
bishop.
At that time, their cooperation and the completion of this temple in the Emerald City were one of the achievements and symbols of the religious reconciliation between the Priest Department and the Mission Department within the Sunset Faith System, proving that the Kingdom of Stars had been going back and forth for a century.
The bloody religious dispute "The Sacrificial War" has finally come to an end.
(Some documents use the "false promise" of "False Promise" that Tormund IV the Excavator ignored Archbishop Lydia Brightstar's oracle, interfered in temple affairs, and consecrated Archbishop Nerif without authorization.
This religious sectarian dispute was called the "Holy and Mortal Schism". However, due to the controversy over the legitimacy of the "Cutr" King and the bad impression of him by court historians, this historical term is far less accepted among court historians than the "Science".
"The king cut off the thorns" wrote a personal letter on paper, and the "sacrifice dispute" that started with the sacrifice of his son was widespread.)
(There are also scholars in later generations who believe that the origin of the religious dispute can be traced back to the "broken line" Sumerian II. They believe that it was because he was crowned as a religious scholar that the status of non-family hereditary priests in the Temple of the Sunset was determined.
Gradually rising, gaining power step by step, and ultimately threatening the sacred and inviolable power of interpreting oracles and hosting sacrifices.)
Under the mediation of King "Jackal" (and perhaps the threat of the Eastern Continent invaders), the Sunset Temple, the supreme authority of the Sunset Faith, officially separated peacefully:
The Priest Department has exclusive access to the traditional old name of "Temple", and all the Sunset Priests in the kingdom are under the supervision of the Sunset Chief Priest.
The mission department left the temple and was renamed the "Church" independently, and the Sunset Archbishop, who headed it, had the power to appoint Sunset priests responsible for missions in each diocese.
In this way, the temple and the church share the sunset, one is close to God, the other is close to man, and they are in charge of sacred and secular affairs. They recognize each other but do not subordinate each other, and their powers are divided regardless of their superiority or inferiority.
As a condition for reconciliation, the priests no longer use the names of "heresy", "disbelief", "degeneration", "devil's deception" and other names to criticize and persecute dissident believers, and treat the interpretation of doctrines tolerantly; the priests will use the names of "alien patterns"
The symbol was removed from the robes, no longer claimed freedom of exegesis, and no longer incited lower-class believers to fight against priests and lords.
As for those sensitive issues that have caused countless bloody storms, such as "whether the truth lies in the holy way or is hidden in the secular world", "which is closer to God, the altar or the church", "who is more qualified to speak for God, the priest or the priest", "
Religious controversies such as "Which is higher or lower, which is more important or less important, the archpriest or the archbishop" are collectively shelved or even avoided.
Because peace requires mutual trust, but trust requires compromise.
This significant temple became the first, and probably the only, temple and church, a religious building shared by priests and priests. The Emerald City's sacrificial ceremonies and church sermons were all conducted here.
At this moment, as one of the most distinguished guests, Thales was sitting on the viewing platform in the front row of the temple altar, looking solemnly at the statue of the Sunset Goddess. Well, compared to the statue in the temple of Yongxing City,
She looks like she's about to stare you to death. Doesn't her face look much gentler and more humane here?
Behind him, separated by nearly ten meters, countless nobles and distinguished people filled the remaining seats in front of the altar. They were all dressed in dark colors to pay respect to the gods (it is said that the Sun Temple across the sea is the opposite, so
Wearing formal attire (white and light colors), he watched the chief priest of the temple in Emerald City cadence, quietly reciting a long sacrificial article, and was about to start public prayer.
Thales secretly turned around and saw in the first row of people the Earls of Lasia and his son from the Zeland, Earl Havia from Yanbi Port, Earl Xiukader of Evergreen Island who always had a smile on his face, and the Karabiyan family.
The devil twins raised their fans (this time the words on them were changed to "The setting sun will protect you, you will have everything you need" and "The setting sun will protect you, you will succeed") to cover their faces, and secretly blinked at Thales in front of them.
But Miranda next to them said "Yeah", and the two sisters immediately sat upright and looked away.
Thales gave Mira a thumbs up.
For some reason, Thales found the Karabyan twins very pleasing to his eyes yesterday, but when he saw them today, he felt a headache again.
But he will soon be free of headaches.
Because at the very edge of the first row, Shilai Kevindir still looked like she hadn't woken up. She put her knees on her elbows and rested her chin listlessly, her head focused on the chants of the priests and the temple.
ups and downs in the solemn atmosphere.
Noticing Thales' glance, the round-faced girl perked up, silently opened her palms, and then blocked the light source with the ferocious face of "Soul Bone Jacques" and smiled at him again.
Oops.
Thales quickly turned around.
Actually, looking back, Kasha and Qina are quite good.
"I heard that you sent someone to the prison early in the morning." A familiar figure entered the temple under the spotlight and came to Thales. He lowered his voice and said indifferently, "for the death of Dagory Moss."
."
Thales felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him, and his mood sank.
The prince snorted coldly:
"So you got it."
Zhan En did not sit down, but bowed respectfully to the icon of the sunset goddess and prayed.
Thales had to stand up and follow him to avoid being criticized by others for being domineering and bullying the gods. So in a chain reaction, the sound of clattering seats was immediately heard from behind, and the believers present stood up one after another and hurriedly prayed.
Zhan's expression remained unchanged:
"I was going to tell you, Thales, about the accident at the wine merchant..."
"Yes, that's the prison of Emerald City, your prison," Thales sneered and sarcastically said, "It's really up to you to tell me."
Zhan En was silent for a while and whispered:
"I admit that it was my subordinates who failed to supervise me well, and that was my negligence."
Thales raised his eyebrows: "Just an oversight? Nothing else?"
"I am sorry for your loss."
"Jie Ni"
The angry and frustrated Thales took a deep breath, remembering that he was in a temple.
"Chenghui Mingshen, carrying the holy sun of light, the goddess's grace is endless, and the setting sun shines boundlessly. May you protect my kingdom and protect this city, just like you once protected King Heyman and Queen Regina, and saved countless lives from the flames of war...
"
In front of the altar, priests stepped out from both sides of the altar one after another, holding candles to follow. They followed the priest's singing and prayed rhythmically. The believers also followed suit and prayed respectfully.
No one noticed that the two dukes were silently confronting each other on the most distinguished viewing platform.
"Officer Kaguire told me that Dagory Moss was found dead in the prison at midnight last night." During the religious chanting over and over again, Thales glanced at Zhan next to him and spoke in a low voice, "But
My men also got the news around midnight last night. I still remember the fireworks at the celebration."
The Duke of Iris, who was praying, opened his eyes and his eyes were full of energy.
"Knowing it so quickly, it seems that your Star Lake Guards are well-informed."
"On the contrary, I know what my men are capable of," Thales responded coldly. "In the Emerald City, a place I am unfamiliar with, the news must have been delayed for a long time from the prison to me: Dagori's death will only
It’s earlier than midnight, much earlier.”
Zhan En looked sharply and did not answer.
"But the prison still reported that it was discovered at zero point. Why?"
Thales thought of Miranda and the others' return, narrowed his eyes and asked:
"In other words, why did the prison authorities make changes and lie about the time of the incident?"
Lying about the time...
Zhan En looked at the priests in front of the altar faintly. After a moment, he smiled and said:
"I don't know the specifics. But I guess they changed the time of the incident to cover up the prison's own negligence. Don't worry, I will take care of the relevant departments."
"enough."
Thales interrupted him coldly:
"The Sunset Goddess is literally superior, so please stop lying."
The Duke of Nan'an's eyes moved and his smile did not change:
"I do not understand?"
The prince shook his head: "Three times."
"What three times?"
Thales sneered: "We talked about a lot of things at the competition banquet last night, ranging from the background of each guest to the past and current situation of the Emerald City."
"But there is only one thing, little Huahua, you mentioned it three times, intentionally or unintentionally."
Zhan En was a little confused at first, but he quickly remembered something and his pupils shrank!
In the temple, the religious chanting gradually became quieter.
"That's right, you mentioned that wine merchant, Dagory Moss." After the public prayer, Thales raised his head, sat down slowly, and said word by word, "Three times exactly."
"Not everyone can make our South Bank Guardian Duke sit down and miss him for so long. Stop torturing the people behind you."
Zhan En's expression was serious and extremely solemn, but after a few seconds, he slowly sat down.
Then, from behind the whole temple, the sound of people sitting down could be heard.
On the altar, the candlestick in front of the main priest of the temple flickered, and the flame turned silver.
Amid the whispers of the believers, the officiating priest calmly waited for the priest apprentices to put on the ceremonial gloves embroidered with the sunset emblem, then took the dinner plate from his deputy and tore the holy communion bread into pieces, solemnly and skillfully
The ground passed by the silver candlelight and was served on the silver dinner plate handed by the next priest.
On the most distinguished viewing platform, Thales stared at the actions of the officiant, but his words did not deviate from the theme:
"Even when I asked last night whether to let Moss go, you hurriedly changed the subject with Miranda, pretending to be fascinated by her beauty after cross-dressing."
Zhan En snorted:
"Really, I don't even remember."
When the Holy Communion ceremony began, the two diocesan deputy priests came forward, neither humble nor overbearing, and presented the first two pieces of Holy Communion roasted with the setting sun fire on a silver platter to the two dukes.
"It doesn't matter, I'll remember it for you, and it's not just that."
Thales picked up the silver plate, picked up the small piece of Holy Communion, and bit into his mouth. The taste was really not as good as Kongming Palace.
Zhan offered the Holy Communion solemnly but freely, showing etiquette that was many times more orthodox than the Duke of Xinghu. Thales even suspected that he swallowed it without even chewing, and was desperate to save face and suffer the consequences.
"At the royal banquet, before Anke Bailar showed the dagger of unknown origin and complained about their land issue, a certain young and promising duke came up to me eagerly and talked about the title.
Chen’s land issue.”
Thales narrowed his eyes:
"What you say reflects what you think, you should remember this, right?"
Zhan En's brows tightened imperceptibly.
"Tell me, Lord Zhan, why did you mention Dagory Moss at the battle banquet last night?"
Thales spoke softly, but his words were sharp:
"Unless you already knew that Moss was dead at that time, you were just testing me between the lines."
Zhan stood up gently and handed the silver plate back to the priest with a smile:
"Tiles..."
But the prince ignored him and the silver plate in his hand fell to the ground with a thud, which shocked many people.
The Duke of Nan'an had to smile apologetically, took the trouble to pick up the prince's dinner plate, handed it to the priest gently, and then returned to his seat.
"So, little Huahua, you have something secret in your mind, but you still pretended not to know anything about it and finished the competition banquet quietly, pretending to be cool, and hiding the news of Moss's death from me throughout the entire process."
Thales endured the displeasure in his words:
"You even told the people in the prison to cover up the traces, including changing the time of the crime to zero o'clock, just to avoid arousing my suspicion and tricking me into believing that Dagori did indeed die of an ordinary suicide or vendetta?"
Zhan took a deep breath and responded with a smile to every believer who walked past him and returned a silver plate to the priest.
"Why?"
Thales gritted his teeth tightly:
"Dagory Moss, what reason did he have to die?"
When the last believer returned to his seat, the officiant's serious expression relaxed and he announced with a smile that the Holy Communion ceremony was over.
Only then did all the distinguished believers relax, the quiet and solemn atmosphere was broken, and conversations and greetings began one after another.
"ridiculous."
For the first time, Zhan responded coldly to Thales:
"Moss is a traitor. He works for me, but uses my resources to steal the money that belongs to me. Even as a businessman, he is a scumbag. He has deceived and kidnapped countless people since he entered the wine industry. He is not worthy of death.
Cherish."
When no one was paying attention, the Duke gave him a sharp look:
"And the last time you got involved with him, you just made yourself dirty in vain, so why are you so concerned about it?"
"This is not the question I just asked." Thales did not fall for his words at all. "What I asked is: Why did you kill him last night?"
Zhan En's expression changed.
He stood up suddenly, startling several guests who were about to greet the Duke.
"This is not the place to talk," Duke Iris glanced at Thales, "Follow me."
After saying that, Zhan En turned and left, his face gloomy all the way, and he just nodded to the greetings from others without answering.
Thales snorted coldly and stood up to follow him without any fear.
At this time, everyone saw that there was another problem between the two dukes.
Faced with two different but equally bad auras, no one dared to come forward to talk. Even the devil twins shrank back while whispering to each other. They both raised their hands to fan and turned out their backs: "Kasakina,
Count Cohen on your head; if you can eliminate disasters, you will be able to live a safe life."
The believers in the temple began to whisper carefully again. In the noise, a few vague words could be vaguely heard, such as "enemy between sisters", "brother's mistake", "bullying men and dominating women", "
"Northern barbarians" and the like...
Thales followed Zhann to the second floor of the temple. The latter opened a door, and inside there was a confessional room that looked quite private and noble.
Without hesitation, he opened the door to one of the compartments.
Thales frowned and fanned away the pungent smell. A Sunset Priest with sparse hair, a ruddy face, and a rich look from top to bottom, with a big belly, sat comfortably in the cubicle, and kept feeling.
Holding the metal hose in his hand, he puffed away the smoke.
"Chadvi?"
The wealthy priest, who was probably in his fifties and was smoking, opened his eyes in shock when he heard this, jumped up from the confessional, and slammed into the door.
"Ah, Your Majesty the Duke! Your Highness the Prince!"
Priest Chadwei was crying in pain, but he didn't care much. He looked panicked and hurriedly stuffed the hookah into his robe:
"I am...preparing for a confession later. I need to enter a state of absolute rationality and calmness..."
But Zhan was merciless and pulled him out of the confession booth:
"Go out, guard the door, and don't let anyone get close."
Chad Wei staggered while holding the hookah, a little confused:
"But I have to confess to the nobles later..."
"From now on, you have to confess to the Duke of Nan'an and the second prince. Isn't that enough?" Zhan En said coldly, "For the other people, let them go to other confession rooms."
Chadwei was stunned for a while. He looked at Zhan, then at Thales, and finally at the small confession cubicle. Suddenly, he felt blessed and enlightened.
He was no longer nervous, but shook his belly, showed the hookah openly, and smiled evilly:
"But, Your Majesty the Duke, the Sunset Goddess will not forgive us for cheating, unless..."
Thales narrowed his eyes.
"Go out now, Chadwei," but Zhan's expression remained unchanged, but his tone was colder: "The Sunset Goddess will forgive you for your good deeds to Mrs. Pintor, and will not let her son know about it, let alone let him do it for the sake of his late father.
Reputation comes to you for a life-or-death duel."
Priest Chadwei was instantly petrified.
"Huh?" Zhan raised his eyebrows.
The next second, Priest Chadwei reacted and rushed out of the room, slamming the door.
Thales was a little surprised:
"That guy, is Chadvi a priest or a priest? Hey, have I seen him somewhere..."
But Zhan En just snorted coldly and sat in the booth on one side.
There was going on, so Thales snorted angrily, opened the door of another confession cubicle, fanned out the cigarette smoke, and sat in the darkness in the cubicle.
"You can talk now"
But before Thales finished speaking, the figure in the other cubicle shook.
Just listen to Zhan push open the cubicle door with a bang, then come to Thales' cubicle, open the door and squeeze in.
"Step aside," the Duke said coldly.
"Hello!"
Thales was pushed aside by Zhan and gritted his teeth:
"There are no vacancies over there..."
"It smells like cigarette smoke." Zhan En's eyes were displeased and he spoke concisely.
Thales was startled.
"Smokers shouldn't be afraid of the smell of smoke anymore, right?"
"People who have been poor shouldn't be afraid of poverty anymore, right?"
Taylor was speechless for a moment.
As a result, the Duke of Xinghu and the Duke of Nan'an huddled angrily in the small warning compartment, glaring in the dark and listening to each other's breath.
"I didn't kill him."
Zhan gritted his teeth and said: "I did not kill Dagory Moss or instruct others to kill him."
Thales shook his head disdainfully:
"Come on, when it comes to this, what's the point of quibbling?"
Jenn's breathing worsened:
"For the sake of the setting sun, I swear on Kevin Dill's last name! When the people in the prison reported this news, Thales Brightstar, I was as shocked as you were!"
Thales was speechless.
Just listen to the Duke of South Bank yelling angrily in the darkness;
"Dagory Moss may be a pawn of the Secret Service, but he is already in my prison and at my disposal. Why should I do anything more? Kill him in prison and silence him, and then come back and make up excuses with you to commit suicide.
Looking for trouble?"
Thales frowned and thought for a moment.
"But your people tampered with or even concealed the case, from the time to the scene, from the suspects to the facts, including Caguire's report," the prince said methodically, "They turned a murder into a suicide.
Now, Moss is not an ordinary criminal, they don't dare to do this privately, this can only be your order."
"That's right."
This time, Zhan En admitted generously without any attempt to hide it:
"To maintain stability."
"Stable?" Thales smiled sarcastically.
"The wine merchant went to jail because of our conflicts. His murder will become the center of public opinion," Zhan En suppressed his anger and explained patiently, "We cannot and do not need to let this incident interrupt the Zhanfeng Banquet and the Emerald Celebration.
The guests don’t need to know the beginning.”
"Go ahead and lie to ghosts! There is no need for the guests to know, but what about me? You even made up stories afterwards to cover up the truth, just to deceive me? Vendetta? Bah!" Thales said in a low voice.
"That story is just for fun"
"That's enough! Little Huahua, I've had enough of running around in circles with you. Regarding the death of Dagory Moss, what's the reason why you had to hide it from me all night?"
"you!"
Thales nodded angrily: "Yes!"
Zhan said angrily: "No, you!"
"for me!"
"No, no, no! I mean, you, it's you!"
Thales was confused: "What's wrong with me?"
Zhan En was furious for a moment.
He took a deep breath and raised his index finger: "No, I mean, because of you! Because I'm worried about you!"
Thales was stunned:
"What? What am I worried about?"
Zhan En took several breaths and finally calmed down.
"Okay, now that the matter is over, I'll ask directly."
He turned to Thales in the darkness, his eyes cold and quiet:
"Dagory Moss, did you kill him, Thales?"
ah?
Did I kill him?
Thales was stunned for a moment:
"What?"
Zhan En snorted coldly:
"Did your people kill him? Or did you instruct your men or people outside the palace to kill him in prison?"
Thales reacted and angrily denied:
"Of course it's not what you're talking about!"
"Then did you know about it beforehand? At least at the banquet?" Zhan sounded suspicious and pressed forward step by step.
"No! This is my question to you!"
Zhan sneered sarcastically.
"Then you, or your 'good friends' in the secret department, do you have any conspiracy plans surrounding the death of Moss to deal with me?"
"Good friends" of the secret department...
The image of the round-faced girl appeared in front of his eyes, and Tails was immediately suffocated.
"I do not understand what you are saying."
In the darkness, Zhan En was silent for a long time.
"Hmph, I guess so," the Duke of Nan'an said coldly, with a hint of disdain, "You look so cowardly and stupid...it doesn't look like you have the ability to help the kingdom's secret department carry out its conspiracy."
"you"
Thales tried his best to stabilize his emotions by relying on the Sin of the Prison River:
"Wait, you mean you hid it from me because you doubted me?"
"Last night was a competition banquet, with everyone's attention on it," Zhan En said as if he should take it for granted. "As I said, if your father wants to take action, it will be a good opportunity."
"As for me, I can never be too suspicious and cautious."
Thales exhaled in disbelief:
"So you doubt even me, thinking that I was responsible for Dagoli's death?"
"Nonsense, that wine merchant came to find you on his own initiative, Your Highness!"
Zhan En was extremely angry and scolded:
"It was you who brought him into the city! It was you who came to tell me that he was from the Secret Service! He was already in jail and you were still interrogating him! So, of course, when Dagory Moss was strangely at the juncture of the fight for the banquet
When my son died unexpectedly, yes, I had ten thousand reasons, and the first one I should have doubted was you!"
Thales gasped in anger:
"Have you lost your fucking mind?"
But Jenn showed no signs of weakness:
"Don't forget, you are a damn shining star! Who knows if you did it? Or someone who is on the same camp as you did it? Who knows if you are going to attack this matter at the fight banquet? Are you prepared?
What kind of conspiracy caught me off guard? Who knows if Moss died with the butcher's knife, and you happened to be the one who wielded the knife!"
"I?"
Thales took a deep breath and looked around in anger, but could only see darkness.
"I stood by your side last night, analyzing with you the possible conspiracy of my father and the kingdom's secret department! I was on guard all night long! Until the end of the competition banquet!"
Jenn sarcastically said:
"Yes, undercover agents and spies will do the same thing, I guarantee it's more like that than you!"
Thales laughed angrily:
"And we even discussed the weaknesses of Emerald City together. Well, even if you had questions and doubts, you could have asked me directly!"
"Asking you? What am I asking you? 'Hey, Thales, happy fighting party, did you just kill someone?'"
"You can at least try!"
Thales said angrily: "Are you mute? Even 'Faceless Kirk' at least has a mouth to use! My mute men can all sign language!"
"Can I try?"
Zhan was obviously angry too. He no longer cared about etiquette in the cubicle:
"Yes, I can, of course I can! But I choose not to try because you fucking can't!"
"What? I can't?"
The Duke of South Bank waved his hands in anger:
"Oh, don't be pretentious, Thales. We have been fighting for seven years. I know you too well. If I were to smile at the fight banquet and tell you this lightly, tell you that Moss is dead, tell you that you
My good toy and good wine merchant were broken and lost... Isn't that warm-hearted great saint like Prince Thales, who has overflowing compassion and excessive sense of justice, or in other words, pretends to be hypocritical, the first to doubt me?"
"I"
"Don't you first suspect that I am a thief, suspect that I am ruthless, suspect that I am a thief and shout to catch a thief, and suspect that I secretly silenced Moss?"
"you"
"Wouldn't you be upright and full of indignation and ask me what's going on? Like just now, you threw a plate in front of everyone in the Sunset Temple to show my shame? And like now, indiscriminately, against everything?
Do I just yell at you?"
"Jane Kevin Deere," Thales struggled to adjust his breathing and gritted his teeth every word, "Are you really telling the truth?"
"More true than your height!"
"Worri you"
"And last night was the competition banquet, the opening of the Emerald Celebration! Kevin Deere's century-old tradition!"
Zhan was furious:
"Who knows if a troublemaker like you, a well-known troublemaker, could ruin my banquet, a banquet that has never gone wrong for all my generations!
"Who knows if you will suddenly go crazy again and throw a sword in front of everyone like you did at the royal banquet, 'Did you bring it?' Or like at the Fuxing Palace and the imperial meeting, for an innocuous
A kidnapper and extortionist broke into the palace to rebel? Even in front of all the guests at the banquet, he caused an unimaginable big scene that no one could clean up. No, let everyone in the Emerald City judge, Zhan En is good or bad, right?
You ruined my cute, pathetic little wine merchant man-child in my bed!'?”
Zhan pinched his throat and imitated Thales, and the effect was both funny and ridiculous, but unfortunately the Duke of Star Lake himself was not among the audience who could appreciate it.
"I'm not kidding!"
Thales banged the door angrily:
"You know I wouldn't do that, let alone say that, or ruin your party!"
"No, I do not know!"
Jenn vigorously rebutted:
"But even if I know it, I don't know if other people will!"
"other people?"
"Yes! I don't know if other people, such as your father, have a back-up plan! I don't know if the Kingdom's secret department will interfere with it, make a fuss about your temper and character, and instigate schemes without even your knowledge.
Who dares to say that this will not happen? Do you dare to say it? Do you know it? Can you guarantee it?"
Thales is still angry:
"But if you come to me and tell me the truth, I can at least protect you."
"You're just a poor prince who has no power, no roots, no foundation, is despised by his father, and has a butt bigger than his head. You can guarantee your ass!"
"You are right, I am poor! But I have chips, I have the support of my subordinates, and they can maintain the scene, at least I can guarantee..."
"Oh, your subordinate? The one who comes to the main hall every day to shamelessly enjoy the free high-priced spring drinks from Tyrone, and then goes to eat, drink and have fun with the dandy boys, and every time he has to go back to Ashford on credit.
Danny Doyle from Bills?"
"You, D.D. He just...don't just stare at him!"
After Thales and Zhan finished this round of quarreling, the topic was a little off topic and they were a little tired from shouting. In addition, the air in the confession booth was dull, both of them were out of breath, and they couldn't help but tacitly agreed to a truce.
After several seconds, Zhan En finally breathed his last.
"So, it is about the tradition of the entire Emerald City and the face of Kevin Deere, as well as the security and rule of Iris."
He said bluntly:
"The safest and most reliable way I could think of at the competition banquet was to suppress the death of Moss and turn it into an ordinary case of suicide due to fear of crime, so that no one knew about it and no one cared about it.
No one can make a fuss out of it, including our enemies."
Thales couldn't help but sneer:
"You mean including me?"
"I said, this is for the sake of the overall situation and stability! Facts have proved that this was successful, and everything went normally that night!"
Zhan reiterated again and again, gritting his teeth:
"I planned to tell you later, in a more secure and rational way, rather than on your own initiative..."
"Oh, of course, let Caguire tell me afterwards that Moss was just killed by a few gangsters with debts seeking revenge? And I don't have to worry about it anymore. I can just go back to the room and sleep. This is really safe and rational.
Woolen cloth!"
Thales groaned again:
"If I hadn't been so stubborn and persistent in pursuing the investigation, would you have been prepared to treat me as a fool, keep it in the dark, and wait until a disaster was imminent before pushing me out to block the knife?"
Hearing this, Zhan En snorted disdainfully, waved his hand and said:
"Sure enough, my guess came true. Look at the temper of a child like you who was robbed of a lollipop. How do you expect me to believe you?"
"Return the original words!"
Thales said bitterly:
"Since you treat me as a fool, you'd better be prepared to be annoyed to death by a child's temper! Friendly reminder, the last person who suffered from this child's temper was named Charmaine Lun."
boom!
There was a loud noise, and the compartment door of the confessional was opened.
The next second, a monster with wet red fleshy whiskers on its face rushed to the door, opened its huge mouth full of mucus to the shocked two people, and made a disgusting sucking sound:
"Rustling, rustling~"
At the critical moment, Zhan roared and grabbed the monster's face, tearing off its skin:
"roll!!!"
Boom!
With a muffled sound, Zhan threw the monster skin in his hand to his feet and glared at the confused girl with round face and freckles in front of him.
Time seems to have stood still.
After a few seconds, Hilley Kevin Deere blinked, lowered his head indifferently, and picked up the wet leather case:
"Okay, this is the sucking devil, said to be a long time ago..."
"Get out of here! Don't you understand?" Zhan's anger was still lingering and he shouted to interrupt her.
Hilley shrugged, a little helpless.
"Okay, okay, why are you so fierce? Alas, it took a lot of effort to bring you in."
She grabbed the Sucking Demon's leather sheath, crumpled it into a ball and stuffed it under her skirt, then turned and left: "Well, there's nothing you can do if you encounter a boring audience that doesn't understand appreciation and has no intention of cooperating..."
Before leaving, Hilley glanced at Thales reluctantly:
"Forget it, the performance can't be successful every time."
Seeing Hilley staggering out of the room, Duke Iris snorted angrily and closed the door of the confessional cubicle.
"A wild girl who needs no discipline!"
Zhan En cursed bitterly and turned his head:
"Anyway, we are here with you, why are you cowering in the corner?"
Under the strange gaze of the Duke of South Bank, Thales slowly straightened up and raised his head, wiping the sweat from his face with an expressionless expression: