"Religion is a double-edged sword," Luo Di sighed, and he smiled bitterly, "It's good to use it to control people's hearts."
But the more sacred it is, the more it cannot stand the slightest blasphemy.
As soon as the devout believers discover that the bishops, who they have always regarded as the most holy and holy, and the servants of the gods who serve the gods on high are simply a bunch of liars, then such a gap will arouse an unusually strong anger" Roddy's tone gradually became serious: "That kind of anger is enough to destroy everything" Nicole lowered her head and thought for a while before she said slowly: "It seems that your plan is to take the opportunity to ruin the reputation of the Divine Cult, and a discredited church will not be able to continue to win the hearts of the people." ” Roddy gently hugged Nicole's waist and smiled, "Okay, we've been in this hunting ground for a day, it's time to go back and see the bishop in the church."
The Bishop must have lost weight several times in the past few days. ” Miao Si next to her sighed, looking at Luo Di's eyes a little complicated: "Luo Di, how come these methods for dealing with the Divine Cult have never been said or suggested to King Sauron when you were in the Roland Continent. ” Luo Di was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Miaosi, you are blaming me, right, now that the Roland Continent has started to fight, the war between the temple and the kingdoms will definitely kill many people."
Let me tell you, the method we use now, even if I told King Sauron at that time, they have no way to deal with the situation in the Temple Roland Continent is different from the Bright Empire."
In the church in Xiqiu City, the bishop has already lived his life.
The soldiers of the police station outside surrounded the church like a prison cell, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, not even the people who helped the church buy food and drink that it needed on a regular basis.
At first, the bishop was even afraid that the other party would just starve himself to death in the church, and after seeing the people sent out to buy food and drink tried to negotiate with the other party to no avail, but was beaten half to death, no one dared to go out again.
Luckily, Roddy didn't want their lives right now, and every day he would have the soldiers throw in a few pieces of the cheapest piece of air-dried brown bread.
When has the bishop who has always been dressed in brocade and jade ever suffered this kind of hardship, and few of the high-ranking clergy beside him are true ascetics, and after eating coarse grains for three days, none of them are not crying for their fathers and mothers.
It's just that because of the majesty of the Marquis of Roddy, no one dares to make any moves.
However, even if everything else, the diet was a little worse, and it was nothing more than to endure it, but the soldiers outside not only blocked the people who went out, but even the people who came into the church every day to clean up and clean up all the people who blocked back, including the vehicles responsible for handling the toilets.
There are dozens of people in a group of clergy, and these people are trapped in the church, and even if they eat little, they always have to excrete, and the toilets in the church have long been uncleaned.
As soon as you enter the church, you can't hide the smell of a foul smell wafting around the originally sacred church.
The Bishop could only sit there and pray every day, and this time the matter was too big, and he naturally knew that even if he could escape this catastrophe in the end, he was afraid that he would have to take some responsibility afterwards and wait for the Flame Warrior Order to come like the stars and the moon, but things did not develop as the Bishop thought.
The Marquis of Roddy on the other side had a surprisingly tough attitude, and he didn't pay attention to the Flame Warrior Regiment of the church at all, and the soldiers of the security station surrounded outside did not disperse at all, and the Flame Warrior Regiment was simply left hanging there Luo Di did a great job, and he didn't send anyone to arrange a place for the Flame Warrior Regiment.
Just pretending to let the sheriff go to greet him, that is, prepare a simple pergola outside the church.
The Flame Warrior Order's deputy head of the Flame Warrior Order, Strayer, ran back to the church after begging to see Roddy.
I also understand that it seems that things cannot be solved in a short time.
His first thought was to find the sheriff and ask him to arrange a place for them to be stationed with two thousand samurai.
Strier's reason is very simple: first, the original church of the Flame Warrior Regiment went to any part of the empire, and naturally the local church was responsible for providing for it, but now the church is surrounded, and Xiqiu, as the fief of the Tulip family, has never had the church's army stationed here, so it is natural for Xiqiu to be responsible.
The sheriff had already received Luo Di's secret order, and after quietly listening to the request of the Flame Warrior Order, he spread his hands and said lightly: "This forgiveness official can't do it."
There has never been a military camp for the samurai regiment of the church in Nishigaoka.
To tell you the truth, the only barracks here is the garrison of our soldiers at the police station, and there was originally an empty barracks that was responsible for guarding the Tulip Annex.
Now it is also occupied by the accompanying escort army of Lord Marquis Roddy, so I am really helpless about Your Excellency's request."
Strier said, "Do you want our Sacred Flame Warriors to live on the streets?"
The sheriff rolled his eyelids and said lazily: "Well, to be honest, it's not within the jurisdiction of the lower officials."
However, if you must find a place to stay, why not go to the barracks of the Tulip Annex, and consult with the Marquis of Rodi's escort army to see if they can give up some of the barracks."
Strail immediately sent ten men, and in less than half an hour, all ten of his own warriors ran back with bruises and swollen faces.
It turned out that when they got there, before they could finish their words, they were driven out by the escort army of Lord Marquis Rody.
The two sides did not agree at the last word.
The flame warriors of these churches are usually proud, and they never look down on the local army.
But this time they still kicked the iron plate.
Lord Marquis Roddy came to Xiqiu with his newlywed wife Miss Nicole this time, and accompanied by two thousand escort troops, although it is not Thor's whip, I am afraid that it is greatly inferior to Thor's whip in terms of combat effectiveness.
But the shelves are ridiculously large That's two thousand royal guards Who is the Royal Guard, who has always been responsible for guarding the royal family, the Royal Forest Army, one by one, under the banner of the royal family, has always looked at people with their nostrils, but the arrogance of the Flame Warrior Regiment The arrogance of the Royal Guard is even more arrogant At that time, the two sides turned their faces, and the people of the Royal Guard scolded: Only our Royal Guards have ever robbed other people's things, and no one has dared to come to grab our territory Steller was anxious, he was not a stupid person originally, although he was a little short-tempered, but after calming down, he immediately understood a strange aura.
It is clear that this Marquis of Rodi is deliberately working against the Church The identity of this new powerful figure in the empire is a little delicate.
Not only is he the brother-in-law of Duke Tulip, the first marshal of the empire, but also has the title of marquis, the identity of the commander of the northern army of the empire, and what is even more intriguing is that he is a marquis of the empire, but he can take the "Royal Guard" as an accompanying escort when he travels, which is the exclusive glory of the royal family It seems that this time the church is not well prepared, I thought it was a dispute in the general local parish, and sent myself to mediate and suppress those mobs, but I didn't expect the situation here to be so complicated, and Steller definitely didn't dare to act rashly, the matter has developed to this point, it is not something that a person of his level can handle, on the one hand, he immediately sent someone back to Yanjing to report the situation here, and on the other hand, he reluctantly ordered all his subordinates to be stationed in the square outside the church.
If this order continues, those Flame Warriors are really stupid.
How can you be stationed on the streets?
Because of the huge power of the Imperial Church, the Flame Warrior Regiment never needed to carry any supplies in any city of the Empire, and this time they came to Xiqiu, not to mention any tents and other baggage, even the grain and grass only carried some personal rations.
These two thousand people, the men will eat, the horses will eat grass, and where do these things come from?
For a time, Steller even put down his face and begged the sheriff, and when he saw that it was ineffective, he came up with the same rhetoric of the church, trying to influence these barbarian fellows in the name of the great gods.
But the other party, from officers to soldiers, rolled their eyes when they heard this kind of rhetoric, and simply replied: "Lao Tzu is not a believer." ” In the Empire of Light, although the Cult of God has established itself as the state religion.
However, the Imperial Decree did not impose a requirement for the subjects of the Empire to believe in the Divine Religion, although the Imperial Decree also stipulated that it was forbidden to practice any religion other than the Divine Religion, and declared that only the Divine Religion was the only legal religious organization in the Empire.
At the same time, however, the right not to believe in religion was allowed.
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In other words, as long as you don't believe in other religions, then whether you believe in gods or not depends on your personal preference.
Strier was completely desperate, he had already seen that in Xiqiu, and even in the entire Xilin Province, everyone here, whether it was soldiers or ordinary people, seemed to have an extraordinary superiority mentality, in their hearts, no matter what emperor or His Majesty the Pope, all of them were not as great as a tulip duke, and they only recognized tulips in their eyes, and they didn't recognize anything else, this is simply a private kingdom of tulips Thankfully, Roddy didn't really want to kill them.
After the Flame Warriors had spent the night in the square, Lord Marquis of Roddy finally appeared.
At noon the next day, the young Marquis got up late, had breakfast, freshened up, and rode to the church with the fifty Thunder God's whips.
Looking at Mr.
Steller, who was a little haggard, Roddy finally had a somewhat peaceful smile on his face.
But he still didn't get off the horse, but sat upright on the horse, and said with a pleasant face: "Lord Stellier, you arrived yesterday, you have worked hard all the way, I don't know if you had a good rest last night."
Strail looked helplessly at the young marquis's smile.
At the moment, I hadn't slept all night, and my stomach was empty, but I had to smile and deal with a few words.
Luo Di yawned and smiled: "Since you have rested, then let's start dealing with this dispute today, you must have understood the incident a few days ago."
I have surrounded the church early and forbade anyone to enter or leave, for fear that someone will take the opportunity to destroy the evidence, and I hope you will understand that I am doing this purely to preserve the sacred glory of the church."
Speaking of this, Roddy waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers surrounding the church to get out of the way, and Roddy finally dismounted, took Strier's hand and smiled, "Let's go in and meet the Bishop." ” Walking into the church and seeing the bishop, Luo Di didn't have such a good face, his face was pale, he glanced at the bishop coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, I have sent someone down to investigate in detail in the past few days, and someone is indeed cheating in the name of the church."
The bishop's voice was hoarse, but he still shouted: "That's a sham, it's a blame."
Luo Di shook his head and said lightly: "Whether it is planted or not, this is naturally known."
As the saying goes, catch a thief and catch dirty, in order to show justice, I want to send someone to search the church to see if there is any dirt, if not, such an act is the most direct and effective blow to those rumors and rumors, and I think this is the best solution now, you see" His last "look" was clearly addressed to Steller.
Then Luo Di added: "I just didn't search this place for a long time, just to wait for your arrival, these days I just sent people to surround this place, the purpose is to wait for your arrival, under your witness, so that I can show justice."
Searching churches, raiding the religious offices of one of the parishes of the Cult of the Imperial Divine Even in the time of Abbasid the Great, such an iron-bowl powerful figure as Abbasid the Great did not have such disrespect for the church But then again, even Abbasid the Great didn't make such a move as sending troops to surround the church.
Stereel carefully weighed Roddy's words in his heart, and since the young marquis of the Chapel dared to say such a proposal, he was naturally somewhat sure.
Otherwise, wouldn't all these things he has done these days be useless But now that he is reasonable, it seems that it is not easy to refuse to think about it, and after thinking about it, Strier sank his face and said: "Lord Marquis, the church is a place dedicated to the great supreme god, and sending troops to search the church is disrespectful to the sacred majesty of the Divine Religion, you see" "I'm sorry."
Luo Di said lightly: "First, I am not a disciple myself.
Second, I am a marquis of the Empire, and I obey only the decrees of the Empire, and the regulations of the Church do not apply to me."
His words were brief, but there was no room for maneuver in his tone.
Strier glanced at the bishop, who hesitated for a moment, then nodded vigorously.
Steller was relieved.
Since the bishop said that the search has nothing to do with it, let's search it, the soldiers outside have surrounded this place so tightly these days, presumably the other party can't frame the blame if they want to.
Luo Di smiled slightly and said, "For the sake of fairness, the people who search, the soldiers of the empire and the flame warrior regiment of the church are half each, what do you think?"
The more Roddy said that, the more suspicious Steller became.
Could it be that this young marquis is so sure that even the bishop's expression seemed to be a little faintly uneasy, but then he made a tough attitude and said loudly: "If the search fails, the marquis will give us justice, because this is a blasphemy against the gods."
Roddy readily agreed.
At that moment, the fifty Thor's whips under Luo Di's command, plus the fifty warriors of the Flame Warrior Order, Qi Li began a search in the church.
They searched extremely carefully, sparing almost every inch of land.
After two hours, nothing was found.
The bishop's attitude gradually hardened, and Steller also looked at Roddy with some smugness.
Luo Di did not panic at all, squinted his eyes and smiled, quietly listened to the report of his subordinates, his eyes suddenly fell on the idol in front of the church hall, and suddenly whispered: "Move the idol away" "No" The bishop's face changed, and even Steller showed an angry expression, gritting his teeth and said: "Lord Marquis, the idol must not be triggered, this is a matter involving the majesty of the supreme god, the empire has been founded for hundreds of years, and this kind of thing has never happened, you are already a little too much today" Luo Di ignored the clamor of the two people, looked coldly at the thunder god's whip of his subordinates, and said lightly: "Didn't you hear my order?"
Those Thor's whips don't care what they don't know, they only think that the current Marquis of Roddy of the Tulip Family is the brother-in-law of the Duke, and he also came out of Thor's whip, and in their eyes he is his own person.
Hearing Luo Di's order, all the wolf tooth soldiers immediately got the order, and they went to move the statue with all their hands and feet.
Strong's eyes were red, and he was about to turn his face on the spot, and was about to shout to order himself to be stopped by the samurai, Roddy narrowed his eyes, and his hand was pressed on the hilt of the knife at his waist for some time, and a trace of cold air appeared in his eyes, and the murderous aura on his body made Strier and the bishop shiver.
"It's better for you two not to act rashly, this is Xiqiu, the fief of the Tulip family, everything here must obey my orders, I repeat, I am not a believer, the rules of the church can't control me, I only accept the decrees of the empire" He exuded a calm aura, a faint momentum, which made the bishop and Strier suffocated.
Only a click was heard, and the huge stone statue of the god had been moved in half.
The bishop's face changed at once, his legs trembled like a sieve, his face was earthy, his lips trembled, and he did not know what words to whisper.
"Lord Marquis, here's something," a Thor's Whip soldier reported aloud.
Roddy sneered, glanced at the two of them coldly, and strode over.
The bishop's legs went limp, and he sat down on the ground.
Strier's face also changed drastically, and he glanced at the bishop fiercely, and hurriedly followed.
Under the idol, there was a wooden dark grid, and Roddy looked at it twice, then suddenly let out a soft sigh and drew his scimitar.
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I saw a bright cold light flashing, and with a chirp, the dark grid had been torn apart, and countless golden coins were scattered inside Then a large pile of gold coins was suddenly exposed, and for a while, the faces of the people standing next to them were covered with golden light.
It's just that Stellier's face immediately turned dead gray.
"Unexpectedly, I think there are at least 50,000 gold coins here, gentlemen, the clergy of the church have always claimed to serve the great gods as their duty, but how can they have so much private propertyIf we search the church and move the statues are blasphemous, then what is the act of hiding so many gold coins under the statues" Roddy's voice was still tepid.
Strier gave the bishop a fierce look, with an indescribable resentment and despair in his eyes.
The people of the Flame Warrior Order looked at the original clergy in the church with indescribable disdain.
"There's another layer down there" Luo Di suddenly smiled slightly, and slashed down with his backhand, splitting another layer.
With a bang, some bits and pieces were scattered, and everyone present had strange expressions, looking at the bishop and speechless.
"Well, candles, leather whips, iron shackles" Roddy said in a strange tone, sighed, seemed to smile a little weirdly, and said slowly: "The interest of Lord Bishop is very peculiar."
The bishop came to his senses and screamed, "These things are not mine."
Luo Di snorted coldly and said, "It's not yours, it's not yours, is it mine, Lord Bishop, now that the dirt is here, what else do you have to say?"
Steller's eyes rolled twice, and suddenly a trace of fierceness flashed, and he suddenly shouted: "I killed you, the scum of the Divine Sect."
With that, he suddenly drew his long sword and slashed at the bishop with his backhand Seeing that a cold light had reached the pale-faced bishop's neck, he suddenly heard a clang, Roddy's scimitar no longer knew when to hold his sword, Steller's body trembled, only to feel that the long sword was like an electric shock, the tiger's mouth hurt, and he almost couldn't hold it, and he couldn't help but take two steps back.
Roddy narrowed his eyes, he stared at Steller's eyes, and said coldly: "What's the matter, do you want to kill people?"
He glanced at the other party fiercely, and then said loudly: "The bishop of the Xiqiu Divine Sect Religious Institute has hidden unknown property, move all these things back, and immediately arrest all the clergy in the Xiqiu Church for interrogation."
Fifty wolf tooth soldiers had already swarmed up, tying one to one like a wolf and a tiger, and pressing all the stunned clergy to the ground.
The bishop had already collapsed with fright, his fat face trembling, and he just muttered to himself.
Many of these clergy had some warlocks who wanted to resist on the spot, but with Roddy standing here, he was like lightning, and he instantly knocked down the two guys who tried to resist on the spot.
Stellier's mind went blank.
The embezzlement of money by some high-ranking clergy in the Divine Cult is not news to him.
It's just that these things are quite ordinary, and what he can't figure out now is why this young upstart of the empire dares to take such a big risk and blatantly oppose the Divine Cult Could it be that this bishop has offended this marquis?
Seeing that the people had been kidnapped, Roddy didn't even look at Steller and left proudly.
Steller was silent for a moment, then he let out a long sigh and whispered to the people beside him: "Pass my orders, from now on, our people will be honest with me, don't have any conflicts with them, don't act rashly and wait for Yanjing to come to order."
The attendant next to him hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord."
"Shut up" Steller turned pale and whispered: "This time we are in trouble, big, big trouble" Out of the corner of his eye, he brushed the scattered leather whips, iron shackles, and candles on the ground again, and couldn't help but show a somewhat disgusted expression, snorted fiercely, and strode out.
Roddy ignored these guys anymore, and went back to the Tulip Courtyard with the people, and all the people who were captured were put in the prison in the security station.
Roddy specifically told the sheriff: "Don't interrogate, don't embarrass them, give me good food and drink, but watch it closely, take strict care of one, and don't die, especially the bishop."
Looking at the sheriff's puzzled gaze, Roddy smiled slightly, didn't explain, waved his hand and let him go down, and whispered to himself: "They have a greater use to keep them, it is the best evidence of the scandal of the Divine Cult Hmph, that Steller wants to kill people under my nose, when I am a fool" After returning to the other courtyard, Luo Di gave a few women about today's events, and when he talked about finding those dirty things, and talking about the wonderful expressions of those people in the Divine Sect, Light Moon Dance couldn't help laughing and clapping his hands.
Immediately, this little girl couldn't help but ask: "By the way, are those gold coins really embezzled by the bishop?"
Luo Di nodded and said, "The Divine Cult of the Empire, the corruption of those high-ranking clergymen, has long been no secret. ” Xiao Nizi's eyes seemed to light up, and she said, "But those leather whips, candles, and iron shackles, what are they for?"
Luo Di immediately stopped talking, looked at her with an embarrassed face, said a few words, and hurriedly ran away with an excuse.
Xiao Nizi became more and more curious, and turned her head to ask Nicole, Nicole was so ashamed that her face was flushed, and Miao Ge also seemed to be unable to speak, but Gu Zuoyan dealt with a few words, and then prevaricated.
The more she thought about it, the more confused she became, and she only felt that there must be some secret in it, and when everyone ran away, she suddenly called a servant and ordered, "Go and find me a leather whip, a candle, and a pair of iron shackles."
Sent away the strange-looking servant, but Danyue Wu tilted her head and said hatefully: "Hmph, if you don't tell me, won't I study it myself?"
To be continued: