As soon as it got light, a group of palace guards arrived at Hagia Sophia, and a black eunuch knocked on the door of the church.
The weak Thalassius was awakened by a young clergyman.
He asked the clergyman to wait outside the room.
He got dressed, opened the door and asked: "What's the matter?"
The clergyman said: "Archbishop, a group of palace guards came outside and said they came to see you on the emperor's order, asking you to prepare to go to the palace immediately.
Archbishop, why do you look so bad?
Are you sick?
I'll call a doctor.
Come" Tarasius waved his hand and said: "No, I didn't sleep well last night.
I'm fine.
You go ahead and ask them to wait for a while.
I'll wash up and come back."
"Yes, my lord" Tarasius was in a state of confusion at this time.
Why did the emperor send people to the Saint Sophia Cathedral to look for him?
Did the emperor already know that he was the assassin leader who led people to besiege Qin's Trading Company last night?
No, it's impossible, except He himself, no one in the world knows that he is an assassin organization It is impossible for the emperor to know about this matter, so why did the emperor send someone to look for him?
It stands to reason that he will go to the church office in the outer courtyard of the palace to handle church affairs soon.
Even if the emperor has something to do, he should not be in a hurry at this moment.
Ah, he was puzzled and could only go to the palace first to see.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, Tarasius stepped into the gate of the Golden Council Palace.
A month ago, he was a frequent visitor here, but this month, he has not been called to participate in the imperial meeting.
"The Patriarch of Constantinople, Tarasius, pays homage to His Majesty the Supreme Emperor."
Tarasius came to the middle of the hall and saluted Constantine.
Constantine on the throne said: "Archbishop, officials just came to report that all the city guards in Lagata's business district were killed last night, and the streets and alleys were full of corpses of city guards.
I After hearing this, I was very angry.
Who did it?
Is there anyone more courageous than this?
He dared to attack the city guards and challenge the entire empire.
The official who reported next said that judging from the situation at the scene, there were practitioners among the city guards of Lagata who were killed.
All I can think of are signs of participation.
This is possible.
How can ordinary people have the ability to kill all the city guards in Lagata overnight, and even the garrison was burned down?
Only practitioners can do this, and there are more than one.
You are the Patriarch, and your church has always been responsible for matters involving practitioners.
In the capital of the empire, practitioners attacked the army.
What does your church do for food?
Are you, the Patriarch, just a decoration?
You don’t want to give me an explanation?”
Thalassius remained bent over and did not speak.
Constantine slapped the armrest of the throne and said angrily: "Tarrasius, do you think I can't do anything to you?
If you, the Patriarch of the Church, don't do anything, I don't think you need to stay in this position."
Tarasius straightened up, stood up slowly and looked up at Constantine, "Your Majesty, I have known about this for a long time, and I also know who killed those city guard soldiers, but I was not the first to do so.
It’s time to report to His Majesty, do you know why?”
Tarasius's tone was completely different, and his words were very disrespectful.
An angry look appeared on Constantine's face, "I want to hear why, tell me."
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Tarasius said: "Because although this matter was not directly caused by Your Majesty, it is also deeply related to Your Majesty."
"I have something to do with Thalassius.
You are talking nonsense in this Golden Palace.
Are you crazy, old man?"
Constantine leaned forward and stared at Thalassius.
If he didn't make it clear, he would let him go.
He paid a heavy price.
There was no trace of panic or fear on Tarasius's face.
He looked calm and indifferent and asked: "Does Your Majesty know this woman, Viscount Chitra Seldot?"
Constantine's expression changed and he said coldly: "Why are you mentioning her?"
Tarasius didn't seem to see Constantine's face change, nor did he seem to feel Constantine's cold gaze.
He asked without any scruples: "I heard that Your Majesty has a close relationship with this woman.
Everyone in Constantinople knows about it."
"Touch" Constantine slammed the armrest of the throne and said angrily: "Tarrasius, you are so presumptuous.
Do you really think I dare not do anything to you?"
Tarasius took a step forward with his right foot.
At this time, the imperial guards standing on both sides of the hall immediately stepped forward when they saw this.
They collectively drew out a section of the sword from their waists and stared at him eagerly.
As long as he dared to move forward again, Going further, there was a strong intention to kill him on the spot.
Thalassius didn't care, he said loudly: "Your Majesty, why are you angry?
Even if you want to do something to me, you have to wait until I finish talking.
A few days ago, the widow Serdot fell in love with a Bulgar businessman.
There was a batch of leather goods in her store.
She hated the Bulgars.
She wanted to get the leather goods but did not want to buy them at the market price, so she spread the word and prohibited anyone from buying the leather goods from the Bulgar merchants.
After he spread the word, on the market No one dares to buy the leather goods from the Bulgar merchants.
This batch of goods has been backlogged for more than two months and still has not been sold.
A few days ago, a Western Qin caravan came to Constantinople.
This is the Western Qin Qin Trading Company.
It was a trading company with a deep background and strong backing in the Western Qin Kingdom.
They also took a fancy to that batch of leather goods, but they didn't know that Seldot had already regarded this batch of goods as their own.
I bought this lot at a slightly lower price than the market price.
This made the widow angry.
She sent people to greet the official law enforcement officials and military officers in the city, asking them to find all kinds of unreasonable excuses to cause trouble for the Western Qin merchants, and also sealed their shops and The warehouse made it impossible for them to do business.
In the end, the Western Qin envoy Liu Chongwen personally went to the Foreign Minister and the mayor to resolve the matter.
However, Seldot was not willing to accept it.
She sent someone to contact an assassin organization. , asking this assassin organization to kill all the people in Qin's Trading Company at a high price.
The assassin organization then recruited a large number of mercenaries to besiege the office of Qin's Trading Company last night.
The total number of people besieged reached more than 800 people.
This is what happened.
Without Your Majesty's support, would the widow Serdot have so much energy to drive all the official law enforcement officials?
Who among the officials would buy her account?
Now do you dare to say that this matter has nothing to do with you?"
Constantine's face turned green and white.
If it was true as Thalassius said, this matter was really related to him, although he did not want to admit that he had a relationship with Cerdot in front of Thalassius. relationship, but this matter is already an open secret.
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Even if he denies it, others have to believe it.
"Do you have any evidence for this?"
Tarasius shook his head and said: "I have no evidence, but if your Majesty must provide evidence, please authorize me to investigate.
I promise to present the evidence to you within three days."
Constantine didn't dare to bet.
Since Tarasius dared to say such a sure tone, he was afraid that this matter was probably true.
He had been getting along with Seldot for several years.
What kind of person was this?
He didn't know much about her yet, but precisely because he knew she was such a woman, he liked her even more.
Constantine had to change his focus.
He said: "Even if what you said is true, what does this matter have to do with the city guards?
Why did the practitioners of the Western Qin kill so many city guards?
They are You, the Patriarch of the church, are to blame for the indiscriminate killing of innocent people.
If your church cannot give me a satisfactory explanation, I have to consider whether you, the Patriarch, are suitable to stay in this position.
I also have to consider the church.
Do you still have the ability to handle matters in the spiritual world?"
Constantine was confident in saying this.
He was not very afraid of Tarasius, nor was he afraid of the power of the church.
The power of the church was due to their influence, not their fighting power.
There were indeed people in the church.
Many people are practitioners and possess incredible strange powers.
However, the power of their beliefs is only lethal to people in the cultivation world, and has no effect on ordinary people.
It is lethal, an ordinary warrior can kill a priest with the power of faith, and the royal family and the empire also have a special army specially used for close combat.
This special army has not many people, but everyone has it.
They have strong individual combat capabilities.
They are warriors in the spiritual world.
With such an army, they can completely suppress and destroy the priests of the church who practice physical strength.
Tarasius said: "When the Assassin organization led more than 800 experienced mercenaries to besiege the office of Qin's Trading Company, the city guard patrol did not show up for two whole hours, even if it was pouring rain or snowstorm outside.
It is impossible for this situation to exist, but it happened last night.
In the two-hour battle, the besieging mercenaries died.
The casualties were heavy, with only 200 of the 800 mercenaries left, and the guards of Qin's Trading Company also suffered more than 150 casualties, with more than three-quarters lost.
During the battle, the Assassin Organization was dispatched.
Assassins with the power of practitioners.
Once practitioners participate in a battle between ordinary people, the nature of the matter will completely change.
The other party will soon send out practitioners.
I now It is not yet known what the casualties were in the battle between the practitioners, but there is no doubt that the practitioners of the Assassin organization must have been defeated.
After the battle, the city guards appeared and asked the guards of Qin's Trading Company to put down their weapons and follow They went to the station for investigation.
If I were a practitioner from the Western Qin Dynasty, Your Majesty thought that I would obediently put down my weapons and be imprisoned in prison.
Are you here?
I will never allow any practitioner to endure this kind of humiliation.
Therefore, all those City Guards soldiers who were killed deserve to die.
Who made them accept bribes from the Assassin organization and deliberately delayed the dispatch of City Guards troops for two hours?
They are responsible for public security.
They don’t do their job anymore, so what’s the use of keeping them?”
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