Law of the Devil Chapter 280: [Maximos]

Chapter 280 [Maximos]

The archbishop of the Central and North Parish did not let Du Wei wait too long, and arrived early the next morning.

The arrival of an archbishop who is in charge of several provincial administrations naturally caused an earthquake for local officials. The identity of a archbishop is higher than that of the Duke Duwey. What's more, I have mastered the teaching affairs of several provinces. Each year, I have a large amount of financial taxes, and I also control a party of the Holy Knights. The millions of believers in the parish may become the future pope.

A person like this is not as arrogant as Dewey imagined. Different from what the mayor said before. There are not many followers of this archbishop. In fact, Du Wei originally thought that there would be a convoy, but in the morning, there was only one carriage on the dock.

Surrounded by local officials, the archbishop's entourage and several of his entourage boarded the ship and met Dewey.

The first meeting was still very friendly. The Archbishop Maximus was a very old man wearing a black clergyman's robe. It can be seen that he was wearing a simple dress. This robe is also old, and there are some signs of wear on the corners. And his silver hair was erected very clean, with a warm smile on his face and a kind look. From any point of view, he doesn't look like an archbishop in charge of several provincial administrations, but rather looks like a priest in a small local religious place, an ordinary-looking, kind-hearted old man. The only difference is probably his eyes.

His eyes are clear and deep, flashing the wisdom and savvy of his age.

"Dear Lord Duke." Archbishop Maximus owed slightly to Dewey: "First of all, I want to thank you, and thank you for allowing me to take your boat back to the capital. Thank you for waiting here It took me one night. "

Du Wei reciprocated with a smile: "You are very kind, Lord Bishop. It is my pleasure to have a distinguished guest like you on my boat. And it is nothing to stay here for an extra night, you Look, the scenery on the river bank is very good. "

After a few words of humiliation, the archbishop introduced his entourage.

In fact. As a parish archbishop, Du Wei curiously, the attendant of the Archbishop Maximos was too few. When he came on board, there were only three people except himself. A coachman, an old man wearing a clergyman's robe, is probably a character such as a bishop. There is also a knight in armor, but that knight helped the driver to move the salute.

After that. Dewey sent away the local officials who saw him off and ushered Maximus into his cabin.

"Sit down, my archbishop." Du Wei smiled and sent tea to his men, and then said, "To be honest, you are the highest clergyman I have ever met."

"Oh?" Maximus looked: "Master Duke. You were born in the land of the capital. In your capacity, haven't you met His Holiness before? His Holiness, though rarely in recent years, Appear in public, but your Majesty will host the annual temple ceremony. "

Du Wei shook his head: "No. Oh, sorry, I am not a believer in the temple. So I have not attended the ceremony of the temple of light."

This Maximus is really very graceful. After listening to it, he did not show any weird expressions, but just smiled casually: "I hope Lord Duke can enter the arms of God as soon as possible. If you change your mind in the future One day, I would like to baptize you personally. "

Maximo then introduced Dewey to the other old man beside him: "This is my close assistant and my most loyal friend, Father Rams, and one of our associate bishops in the North and Central Parish. . "Pause. He laughed: "This time we rushed back to the imperial capital to participate in the annual shrine ceremony. At the same time, according to the tradition, we also met His Holiness the Pope and personally reported to him the work in the parish last year. Unfortunately, our boat Broken, I can only go ashore temporarily. I wish Ben had dozens of followers. But because the brigade was too slow. I had to leave the brigade in order to get here. I took the chariot alone first. It's over. "

Du Wei nodded, thinking: You are anxious to go back and report to work, also to please the Pope, in the future, you can gain a little more weight in the competition to inherit the position of the Pope, no wonder it will be so anxious.

But with a smile on your mouth, "Master Archbishop, don't worry, I have many servants on board, and here you will be treated as the most distinguished guest. I have already cleared out a clean cabin. Let you rest. Well, also, I think you must have n’t eaten breakfast yet, and I ’ll make it ready for you. ”

The two trembled for a while, but the Associate Bishop Rams had been faintly uneasy. Compared with this Maximus style, the Associate Bishop Rams seemed a bit more insignificant. It looks as if it is one of the most common skinny old men, with a lot of white and black in his eyes, thin skin, and unattractive looks.

Looking at the embarrassment of Maximus and Dewey, he seemed to stop talking several times.

At this moment, a mighty voice came from outside, and it sounded like a thunderous sound when heard across the door panel.

"Master Bishop, salute is done."

Maximos heard a genuine smile on his face when he heard this voice: "Ah, this is my accompanying guard Rhein, Lord Duke, please let him in."

With Du Wei's permission, the cabin door was pushed open, and a magnificent man came in from the outside!

Even if Dewey is used to seeing all kinds of warriors in the northwest, including his own Longbottom and Al-Qaeda, all are burly guys, and after a trip to the Northwest Army, they have also seen Many high generals under Lu Gao ...

Even so, when he first saw this Maximus guard, Du Wei couldn't help but take a deep breath!

This guy ... is he really a samurai?

From visual inspection, this guy named Rhein is at least two meters away! And I'm afraid that the height can be called a little giant! Because he was standing in the cabin, his head had just reached the ceiling.

He is wearing the largest set of knight armor. It is also the style of the Knights of the Holy Knights. Its body is thicker than that of a giant bear, as if it is full of explosive power! And his exposed part of the armor, muscles knotted, I am afraid that the so-called "Mr. Bodybuilder" that Du Wei has seen in previous lives, are far worse. Such a giant man ... Du Wei just made a visual inspection and immediately determined one thing: this guy's arm is definitely thicker than his thigh! And it is twice as thick!

Such a monster ... is he still human?

His face is also weird, with a square face. The outline is like a normal person, but the appearance is really not like a human. The lion's nose is wide-mouthed, and the pair of eyes like copper bells are like a lion incarnation. With his long brown hair, it looks more like a lion's mane!

If a person like this meets in the middle of the night instead of seeing it in the middle of the day, it will definitely scare people. I thought I saw a monster with a lion head.

He just stood in the cabin next to him, and two Dewey guards looked as if he had become a dwarf. And, what does Du Wei think? It seemed as if they could feel that the guy named Rhein had an indelible wild taste in his eyes.

Looking at Dewey looking at his guard. Maximus smiled: "Her Grand Duke, this is my guard, and my most loyal subordinate, Rhein. I gave him the name Rhein. He looks strange and has a poor life experience. Many years ago, I found him in the wild. He actually grew up with a group of beasts, as if from a young age because of strange looks. He was abandoned by his parents in the wilderness and raised by beasts. I saw him as poor, so he took him back to support him. Now I think about it, it's been more than ten years. Don't look at his rude appearance, he is actually a very good child. "

After speaking, he looked for a hand, his face was full of loving expression: "Rhein, salute the Grand Duchess of Tulips."

"Yes." It was a muffled thunder again. The Rhine immediately knelt down on one knee. He performed one of the most solemn knights on one knee. Looking at him kneeling heavily, Du Wei was even worried. When this guy fell on his knees, he was afraid to crack his own cabin floor.

"I've seen Lord Duke Tulip." The thunderous voice almost shocked Dewey's eardrums. Seeing such a majestic majestic man, Du Wei couldn't help but like it a bit, so he quickly got up and asked someone to bring a chair for him. It's just that he is so big, there is no chair suitable for him. The ordinary chair, snapped by his butt, snapped and broke.

Looking at Rhein's blank face, Maximus smiled and said, "My knight, he weighs too much than ordinary people. His weight is five or six times that of ordinary people, but ordinary chairs can't sit. Lord Duke, just let him stand. "

Du Wei also laughed: "I have a chat with the prairie people in the northwest. Usually, I like most of them like the Riders of the Rhein Rider. It doesn't matter if the chair doesn't sit!" Then he yelled loudly, immediately A short slump was brought here, which made the Rhine sit down. It was also called for the prepared meals to be served in the cabin with Maximus.

It also makes people prepare a large barrel of wine and a bowl of beef for this Rhine.

Du Wei had the greatest interest in this Rhine. Looking at Rhine's mouthful drinking, a barrel of fine wine, he casually lifted the large wooden barrel, grew wide, murmured, thick. His throat was up and down, and it was immediately poured into a small bucket. He lowered the barrel heavily before sighing, looking at Du Wei, with a thick smile on his face: "Thank you! I haven't drunk so much for a long time."

Du Weiyiyi: "Why, don't you drink wine on weekdays? I remember that although the Holy Knight demanded penance, he didn't avoid drinking too much."

Maximo's face sank next to him: "Rhine, have you forgotten my words again? Why not pray before eating?"

Rhein immediately lowered the barrel, and his blushing face was ashamed: "Yes."

Maximos and the Bishop Rams then embraced their hands, prayed with their eyes closed to the food in front of them, and said something in their mouths: "Thank God for making me have food to eat. Clothes to wear ... "

Although Dewey disagreed with this kind of prayer, the piety of looking at Maximus's face was from the heart, and he did not falsify or say anything. Out of courtesy, put down the knife and fork, and wait for them to pray.

Finally, when several people opened their eyes, Du Wei laughed, "Master Bishop. You are too harsh on this knight, are you such a fierce general, do you not have drinks on weekdays?"

Maximo smiled a bitterly, could not help but a little awkward, whispered; "This ... Lord Duke, you don't know, Rhein's stature is far better than ordinary people, and his appetite. It is also amazingly large, The food I eat every day is five or six times that of ordinary people, and the amount of alcohol is probably more than ten or twenty times. Although I am a bishop, my salary is also limited. I do n’t usually have much money to give He bought a drink. "

Due to this, Du Wei couldn't help wondering.

Salary?

What a joke! The dignified archbishop actually lives on salary?

Although Dewey also knows, all formal clergymen. The temples are all paid ... but. What is the identity of the Archbishop? It's like a prince under the church! In charge of church finances and force in several provinces!

Do people like this say such things to themselves in order to show his integrity? Du Wei has always had no good impression on the people in the Temple of Light, because in his opinion, these guys are nothing more than gods who cheat money. In the northwest, the local bishops of several temples he knew were full of brains. There was a compassionate look in front of people, and wine and food behind them. Eat all the sweat and dedication of the ordinary poor!

It's the same as collecting taxes, but giving money to the government is very different from giving it to these gods. At least Du Wei asked himself that in the northwest, although the official collects taxes, he will build a bridge today and a road tomorrow. On weekdays, he is also responsible for civil affairs. The so-called taxes are taken from the people and used by the people.

But what about these tax-filled sticks? I sat in the temple warm in winter and cool in summer and prayed to the gods. Then take the sweat of those believers?

But this ... Archbishop Maximus. But in front of himself, a kind of integrity that is completely different from other **** sticks?

Is it true or false?

Du Wei looks. Such a person is either a truly compassionate and noble sage, or a wicked person!

Looking at Du Wei's expression, the Bishop Rams smiled. This guy not only looks awkward, but also seems to speak sharply: "Master Duke, probably prejudiced against the people in our temple. I do not deny that some clergy have acted in other places, ashamed of the robes on them. .But in the area of ​​Archbishop Maximus, including ourselves, each clergyman lives strictly according to his own salary. There is absolutely no act of losing the religious tax of the temple, and there is no ugly corruption. . "

Speaking, the Bishop Rams pointed at the exquisite dishes on the plate in front of him, and laughed: "Today, I also entrusted the Lord Duke to enjoy such delicious food. In the religious office on weekdays, Mark and I Sir Simos ’lunch is just a plate of bean stew."

Dou Wei ’s face had a weird expression, and this Rams continued: “As for the wine ... Master Maximus has always advocated economy, wine is a luxury product, and a lot of food is wasted. So, in In our north and north parishes, the bishops have always advised those believers to discourage drinking. "

After hearing this, Dewey looked at these guys carefully and began to have some doubts, but looking at the robes of Maximus and Rams, they were all old and worn out. And this Rhine, the armor style on his body is also very old, and even the leather boots under his feet are obviously worn for a long time.

These guys set up their own ship temporarily. They have nothing to do with themselves. If it is fake, there is really no need to pretend in front of them.

Also, this Rhein is at first sight a rough-hearted man, definitely not like a guy who can lie.

Are ... these people in these temples are truly incomprehensible, and they are truly devout believers of compassion?

Thinking of this, Du Wei could not help but gave a bit of respect, and sent a bucket of wine up again, and laughed, "That's the case. Today on my site, let the Rhein knight drink. A happy one. "

But this Rhine, after drinking a barrel, he put down the barrel honestly and said, "Thank you Duke, but ... a barrel is enough. I am responsible for protecting the safety of the godfather and dare not drink Drunk. "

The godfather?

Dowie glanced at Maximus. Maximus smiled slightly: "Well, yes, this child was raised by me since I was a child. I have officially baptized him, and he also recognized me as the godfather."

Du Wei nodded, looking at the Rhein, and suddenly his heart moved, his eyes fell on the knight badge on his chest. Could not help but feel a little stunned.

Hussein next to Dewey was originally the Grand Knight of the Holy Knights. On weekdays, Hussein had already told Dewey how to identify the various rank signs of the Holy Knight's identity badge.

Generally, two badges are worn on the chest of the Holy Knight, one is an official knight rank badge issued by the Knights Association, and the other is a badge representing the knighthood of the Holy Knights.

But this Rhein's chest. There is no badge of the Cavaliers Association ... that is, he does not have a formal Knight rank?

And even his only badge that symbolizes the status of the Holy Knight ... According to the badge level that Hussein told Dewey, the badge on Rhein's chest is in the rank of the Holy Knight. The lowest one!

A Standby Holy Knight badge!

Alternative land?

In other words, such a giant man is not even a formal holy knight, but just a candidate.

Du Wei is not a fool who looks at people by appearance. Of course, he doesn't think that this guy is big and he must be capable.

However, this Maximus dare to bring such a guard on the road, this can be concluded. This Rhine is bound to have excellent skills.

Just, a ... alternate knight?

Du Wei's heart moved, and he deliberately asked: "Since Rhein is a Holy Knight, he should also be paid on weekdays. I can hear that the Church treats the Holy Knight very favorably. In this way, the Rhine Knight Do n’t you have money to drink on weekdays? "

Rams seems to be a man who is very good at watching and watching. He laughed when he heard: "This ... Rhine is not yet a formal holy knight. For the convenience of following the bishop, it was just a name."

Maximo smiled. Lightly: "Rhein has been following me for a long time, and I don't want him to leave me. Lord Duke, you know. If you want to become a true holy knight, leave me and go to the headquarters of the Knights for strict training. This child I haven't left me since I came to me ten years ago, and I can't bear to leave him. So, I just let him have a name. "

Pausing for a while, and laughing again: "And Rhein hasn't practiced any martial arts or swordsmanship, and he relies only on brute force. It's not hard to say that he has not even basic swordsmanship until now. Meeting place. Therefore, I am afraid that even if he participated in the training of the Holy Knight, most of them could not pass. Rams was right, let him hang up as an alternate knight, just to follow me, in name It ’s more convenient. "

Due to this, Du Wei was not good enough to ask any questions. A few people casually talked about the local scenery in the northwest and talked about some things under the diocese.

After the meal, Du Wei was about to take them back to the cabin to rest. Suddenly the old smoke came in, and his face looked a little bit wrong. After entering the door, he said, "Master Duke ... above the river in front, something weird. "

"What's wrong?"

Lao Yan hesitated, Du Wei said, "Just say it."

"Yes!" Lao Yan solemnly said, "The section in front is the narrowest part of the river. A big ship stopped us in the middle of the river. We flagged it and let them make way. They replied that The boat is broken. "

"Can't get around?" Du Wei frowned.

"Master." The old smoke took a deep breath. "Their boat is not small, and it is across the river. They also put down a few boats around. Our flag bearer told me that the other party said they were ready to let The boat carried the goods from the big boat to the shore. But then, the river was blocked and we couldn't pass. And, I see those boats are weird ... I have made people slow down and ordered my brothers to watch. Look What a weird thing they do. "

Du Wei gave a sigh with no mood, but only glanced at the few people around Maximos.

Sure enough, that Rams's face changed immediately, but Maximus looked calmly, but glanced at Dewey, then sighed: "Master Duke, we seem to be in trouble for you. "

"Trouble?" Du Wei smiled.

Maximos seems a little embarrassed. He groaned a bit: "Master Duke, please, stop the boat and give us a boat, and we'll go ashore. This thing is for us, you are distinguished, don't get involved." /

At this point, Du Wei also murmured in his heart: "What did the Archbishop say ... blue sky and white day. Do you dare to intercept you openly on the halfway as the archbishop of the parish? Order of the Pope? "

Vice Bishop Rams snorted: "How did His Majesty do this! His Majesty has always appreciated our Bishop Lord ... but ..."

At this point, Maximus coughed, and Rams quickly closed his mouth.

"Master Duke. Please give us a boat and let us go ashore." Maximus looked sincerely: "This is something inside our temple. If it involves you, it will cause you great trouble .I thank you for letting us take the boat. But I don't feel like getting you into this kind of thing. "

After speaking, he shouted to Rhein: "Rhein, those guys were found the day before yesterday, let's leave."

"Yes, godfather, you are waiting here, I'll go out and cook them first!" The giant man listened, and immediately lost a shank in his hand. Stand up and go out.

Lao Yan looked at Dewey, waiting for Dewey to order.

Du Wei looked at Maximus, and then looked at the old smoke.

That's right, there is no need to involve yourself in such things ...

However, people have something on their boat. Just get people off the boat ... if so. In the future I will be the Duke of Tulips. His face is all gone!

Again ... it seems. Probably the temple fight inside?

Inner fighting ... very good! Very good!

Thinking of this, Du Wei said expressionlessly: "Master Bishop, please sit down. Since it is my noble guest on my boat. Tulips are not great people, but they are not casually intimidating cowards" /

Du Wei also stood up and ordered Lao Yan: "Go, raise my tulip flag! I want to see who dares to stop my ship on the road!"

After Lao Yan went out, Du Wei took a deep look at Maximus and said in a deep voice: "Master Bishop, you don't have to say anything to disembark! Since you are on my boat, whether you disembark or not, this trouble I ca n’t hide from the ground. In any case, you are my guest on my ship. If my guest is damaged on my site, will my Duke of Tulips still be a human? ”

He then took two steps and whispered, "What the **** is the trouble? I think you should tell me something."

Maximo's eyes flashed with gratitude, and then he sighed a long time, without directly answering Du Weidi's words, but said this sentence lightly:

"In the past two years, Her Majesty's health has become worse and worse ..."

This seems to have nothing to do with Dewey ’s question, but Dewey immediately realized that when he heard it, his face seemed to smile, then he turned to look at Rams, and asked unpredictably. A sentence: "Is it a native of the south?"

Rams hesitated, and whispered, "It should be the Southeast Parish."

Due to this, Du Wei felt relieved, and soon came up with an idea.

Does the church fight?

Since this is the case, even if you let me hide, I won't hide either!

The expression of anger on his face deliberately exclaimed, "People in the Southeast Parish actually reached out to the north! Do you really think we are no one north?"

After speaking, Dewey has stepped out of the cabin.