"Lord Joseph, what happened? Why do you look so ugly?"
Arnhem saw Joseph coming back with a livid face, and suddenly asked with a strange look on his face.
"The Pope is preparing to abdicate and pass the papal throne to Jacob." Joseph said gloomily, with a look of unwillingness in his eyes.
He believed that he was no worse than Jacob in terms of ability and strength, but the Pope chose Jacob as his successor.
When he thought that he was about to become Jacob's subordinate, Joseph felt unwilling to do so.
How could he, Joseph, be under someone else?
"What!" Arnhem couldn't help but screamed in shock after hearing Joseph's words.
As the absolute owner of Joseph, if Jacob became the pope, then their side's power would be suppressed, which he absolutely did not want to see.
"Why is it so sudden? It shouldn't be time for the Pope to abdicate yet?" Arnhem asked with a strange look on his face.
Hearing Arnhem's words, Joseph's eyes were full of gloom and he said: "I don't know the circumstances. In short, this is what the Pope said personally in front of Jacob and me."
"Then what are you going to do?" Arnhem looked at Joseph and asked. Based on his understanding of Joseph, he would definitely not succumb to Jacob.
Sure enough, I heard Joseph say: "I can never let Jacob sit on the papal throne. Now most of the power of the Holy See is under my control. The Pope wants to pass the papal position to Jacob."
, then it depends on whether I answer or not!"
After saying that, a fierce look flashed in Joseph's eyes.
Originally, he was planning to take a step-by-step approach and force the Pope to pass the position to him after taking control of all the forces in the Holy See. Now that the Pope is preparing to abdicate early, he can only take action in advance.
"Mr. Duan, welcome to the Vatican. Originally, the Pope was going to come to greet you in person, but because of the succession ceremony, he really couldn't spare the time. Please don't be offended, Mr. Duan."
As soon as Lin Fan and Du Hai got off the helicopter, Ryder said to Lin Fan with a smile on his face.
After seeing Lin Fan's true abilities again, Ryder no longer looked down upon Lin Fan, all the arrogance in his body disappeared, and he became extremely docile in front of Lin Fan.
This time the Pope ordered him to greet Lin Fan in person, and Ryder didn't dare to show any signs of neglect.
"You're welcome!" Lin Fan said calmly.
He didn't have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Ryder, so the tone of his explanation was neither salty nor bland.
But Ryder did not dare to be disrespectful at all, and quickly welcomed the two of them into the car with a smile on his face, and drove towards St. Peter's Cathedral.
By the way, wasn't Lin Fan planning to return to the East China Sea? Why did he suddenly come to the Vatican?
It turned out that just after Lin Fan said goodbye to Alice, he received a call from Pope Paul himself, inviting him to come to the Vatican to attend the succession ceremony of the new pope.
Only then did Lin Fan know that what the Pope said last time in the castle was actually true, and he really planned to abdicate early.
So he asked Alice to send him and Du Hai to the Vatican by helicopter.
After all, passenger planes can only fly to Italy, and it will be too troublesome to change to other means of transportation. Anyway, such a trivial matter as using a helicopter is too simple for Alice.
Originally, the succession ceremony of the new pope had nothing to do with him, but who told him that he is now the fourteenth cardinal archbishop of the Holy See.
The Pope was grateful for Lin Fan's help, so he gave him the status of a red archbishop before leaving.
However, his cardinal archbishop is somewhat different from the other thirteen. He also has the privileges of a cardinal archbishop in the Holy See, but he does not need to go to the Vatican to work, nor does he need to perform any duties. He is only needed when the Pope invites him.
come over.
This was exactly what Lin Fan wanted, so he happily agreed to be the red archbishop, since he wouldn't suffer any loss anyway.
Lin Fan was directly arranged to live in St. Peter's Cathedral by Ryder. Of course, this was personally approved by Pope Paul, otherwise who would have the guts to arrange other people here.
You must know that ordinary people are not qualified to live in St. Peter's Basilica, and only the Pope has this treatment. This shows how much Paul values Lin Fan.
Du Hai was also placed here because he was in Lin Fan's favor.
Because the succession ceremony will be held in three days, the two of them have to stay here for three days.
After Ryder settled Lin Fan, he arranged for two attendants to guard the door, and told Lin Fan to directly order them if he needed anything, before he stood up and left!
Next, Lin Fan made an overseas phone call to Xia Meng, telling her that she couldn't go back for the time being. She could only go back after attending the Pope's Succession Ceremony. After all, he called Xia Meng yesterday and told her that he was going back today.
Since I couldn't go back, I naturally had to call and explain the situation.
Although Xia Meng was a little unhappy about this, she didn't say much, and just told Lin Fan to pay more attention to safety outside.
Lin Fan naturally agreed happily.
In the evening, although the Pope was very busy, he still found time to personally invite Lin Fan and Du Hai to have dinner together.
Of course, the main target of his invitation was just Lin Fan, and Du Hai just took advantage of Lin Fan. After all, Du Hai came with Lin Fan.
It stands to reason that Lin Fan is now a red archbishop and has a subordinate relationship with the Pope. There is no need for the Pope to be so condescending.
But Paul did not regard Lin Fan as his subordinate, but treated him as an equal, and even placed him in a higher position.
After seeing Lin Fan's abilities with his own eyes, the Pope believed that Lin Fan was probably the most powerful person in the world.
Everyone respects the strong, even Paul, who is the Pope, is no exception, and bringing Lin Fan into the Holy See is tantamount to adding an invisible insurance policy to the Holy See.
After all, Lin Fan is now the red-clothed archbishop of the Holy See. If the Holy See encounters difficulties that cannot be solved in the future, the other party will definitely be embarrassed to let it go.
The reason why the Pope gave Lin Fan the status of a red archbishop for nothing was because Lin Fan had helped him.
Anyone who can sit in the position of the Pope cannot be a mediocre person who sees far more things than ordinary people.
Seeing the Pope being so polite, Lin Fan was not flattered, but he was also very touched. After all, the Pope was the head of state, so he was really polite to an ordinary person like him.
After the three of them took their seats, they began to eat.
Although the Pope is the head of a country, his meals are no different from ordinary people, very simple.
Lin Fan didn't have any dissatisfaction with this. He didn't come here to eat and drink. As the saying goes, guests do as they please. He would naturally eat whatever the host arranged.
Although the food was very simple, it still had fish and meat, so it was not a slight on Lin Fan.
After dinner, the Pope said to Lin Fan: "There may be some noises in these three nights. If it disturbs you, don't pay attention to it!"
Lin Fan didn't think much after hearing this, thinking that the Pope was talking about preparations for the succession ceremony.
Then he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be polite. As the saying goes, just treat me as an ordinary member of the Holy See."
When the Pope heard this, he smiled and nodded.
After talking to the Pope for a while, Lin Fan and Du Hai got up and left.
The Pope told Lin Fan to take advantage of these three days to visit the Vatican. Although he, the cardinal archbishop, did not have to perform any duties, he still needed to understand some things about the Vatican.
Lin Fan didn't postpone it and just regarded it as a tourist visit. Most people didn't have this opportunity.
In Joseph's house.
"Sir, everything is ready as you ordered." Arnhem said to Joseph.
According to Joseph's instructions, he had made all arrangements and mobilized all the troops. As soon as Joseph gave the order, he would immediately surround St. Peter's Basilica.
"Very good. Surround St. Peter's Basilica immediately. Don't let a fly fly out. If there is resistance, kill them on the spot."
Joseph cast a cold look in his eyes, clenched his fist, and the joints of his fingers suddenly creaked.
"yes!"
Arnhem accepted the order and immediately went down to convey the order with excitement on his face.
"Who is this person? How dare you trespass on the Holy Land!"
Late at night, outside the door of St. Peter's Basilica.
When the captain of the Guards saw an army of several hundred people suddenly coming to kill them, he immediately pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted a scolding.
The leader of this army is naturally Arnhem. Over the years, Joseph has not only attracted many important officials in the Holy See to his camp, but also privately formed an army of several hundred people. This was the preparation for the uprising early in the morning.
Used.
Faced with the warning from the captain of the Guards, Arnhem didn't answer a word and went straight up to kill the captain of the Guards.
Seeing the captain of the Guards being killed, the rest of the Guards were shocked. When it became clear that the leader of the visitor was Arnhem, the deputy captain of the Guards was immediately startled.
"Arnhem, what are you doing? Do you want to rebel?" the vice-captain asked sternly.
"That's right, it's a rebellion."
With that said, he stepped forward and killed the deputy captain directly, and said to everyone: "If you want to survive, immediately drop your weapons and surrender! Otherwise, shoot without mercy!"
"I surrender, we surrender!"
Seeing that the captain and deputy captain were killed one after another, the Guards had no choice but to surrender and unarmed themselves.
Seeing this scene, Anam was very proud and turned his head to look behind him.
At this time, more than a dozen people came out of the army, led by Cardinal Joseph.
Although when I saw Arnhem, I had already guessed that the matter might be related to Joseph. After all, everyone knew that Arnhem was Archbishop Joseph's man, but when they saw Joseph walking out of the crowd, these guards
The team members were still surprised.
Moreover, Joseph was not the only one who rebelled, but there were actually seven other cardinals.
There are only thirteen archbishops in the Holy See, and there are seven who choose to be loyal to Joseph. Adding him, the total is eight. This shows how huge Joseph's power is in the Holy See. Most of the power falls under his control.
Under control.
Without even looking at these people, Joseph directly led the seven cardinal archbishops behind him into the church.