honor me as god

Chapter 491 Scarlet Bishop
Edward knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry that we failed to rescue Ah Bao. When we found these two people, they were already dead."

Perseus slapped the armrest suddenly, and said angrily, "I said before, Ah Bao wants to see people when he is alive, and he wants to see a dead body when he is dead. I expected that Ah Bao might have been killed, so you failed to save him, I don't think so." blame you.

"But what I said about death is to see the corpse. I want you to bring back Po's corpse, not to bring back two charred corpses whose identities cannot be identified! How do I know who these two blackened guys are? ?”

"And Hu Shanrong, at any rate, he used to be the instructor of the Forbidden Army swordsmanship of the Far Eastern Dynasty, and he was also considered a master. He just died like this? Did he die without even meeting him??? What did you do?!"

Edward recounted to Perseus what he had said to Resakhar, but he didn't mention anything about the possible doubts and the conversation with Chino on the way back.

After hearing this, Perseus was silent for a long time, and smiled ironically: "So, this is the final result you gave me——Hu Shanrong escaped from the kingdom after going through untold hardships, but he didn't get the ransom. Jie killed. How do you want me to negotiate with the Far Eastern Dynasty with this kind of rhetoric?"

Edward lowered his head and said silently: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent in this matter, please punish me."

Perseus snorted coldly: "Punishment? It sounds good. You have been suspended a long time ago, how can I punish you? Hmph, you will not want to continue to be the governor for a while, wait until you make great contributions one day , come and discuss with me about reinstatement.”

If the matter of A Bao is resolved, he will be reinstated, and if it is not resolved, he will continue to be suspended. This is an agreement. Edward has no temper: "Everything is subject to His Majesty's orders."

Perseus leaned back in the chair helplessly, and sighed and supported his forehead: "Let's do this first. For the time being, only a few of us know about Bao, so keep your mouth tight and don't let the news out, let me be careful." Think about how to deal with it."

"As for the officials of Lulin City captured by Chino, they will be tortured and interrogated to see if they can find any useful information. If there is any useful information, they will be reported to me immediately. If not, they will be executed according to the law."

It is said that torture and interrogation is actually destined to be a waste of time. Those Lulin City officials knew nothing at first, and were completely kept in the dark. Even if they confessed deliberately, they would not be able to confess anything.

Perseus solemnly warned: "And you, Resakhar, you, the acting governor, choose someone for me, and don't promote some trash who only eat and drink."

These words were considered to put pressure on Resakhar, and the subtext in it was that he would be responsible for the new officials of Lulin City in the future, and if the new officials did similar things again, he would not be able to escape the blame.

Resakhar didn't dare to neglect, and nodded in response: "Of order."

Perseus was about to say something else, when the door of the meeting room was knocked, he looked up and said "Come in".

A royal guard walked into the meeting room, saluted everyone one after another, and reported: "Your Majesty, the Archbishop of the Scarlet Church seeks an audience."

The name silenced the atmosphere in the conference room. Perseus still held his forehead, sitting motionless on the seat like a statue, only a deep voice came: "He really knows how to choose the time."

The imperial guards didn't know whether the king meant to see him or not, and waited for further answer in silence.

"The three of you go down first, let the servants arrange accommodation for you, and don't leave the royal city for a few days, I may have something to see you later." Perseus got up and walked to the window, watching the night scene outside the window silently, "Take the archbishop Come see me."

The three saluted Perseus's back and took their leave.

It was late at night, and the corridor was lit with candles, but there were still many shadows, and the changing shadows in the light of the fire seemed to be some kind of indescribable living things.

When Chino and the others came out of the meeting room, there happened to be a team walking towards them.

The leader is none other than Aaron, the "cardinal" of the Scarlet Church who had a feud with Kino before.

This year's New Year, when Chino took Solandelle shopping, he killed a scarlet church plague doctor on the street, and he killed it in front of Aaron.

This kind of thing offended Aaron, and he was going to take Chino under the "Church Special Asylum Law".

Before the two sides started fighting, it was stopped by Denisa who suddenly appeared.

At this time, there were 4 guards behind Aaron, who were extremely tall enough to be shoulder-to-shoulder with the 2-meter Edward. The 5-meter-tall Resakhar looked like a dwarf in front of them.

These guards are all wearing giant armor covering the whole body. The fully enclosed plate armor structure indicates an incalculable weight. I don't know what kind of body can carry it. Those red eyes exuding a gloomy atmosphere are even more permeating. A casual glance is enough to make one shudder.

The Scarlet Saints, the elite private soldiers of the Scarlet Church, are directly under the jurisdiction of the archbishop. No one knows their origins, and no one has even seen what they look like under the iron armor.

The team of the Scarlet Church met Kino and the others head-on, and the road was narrow. Aaron looked indifferently and looked at Kino sullenly.

However, Aaron soon discovered that Chino was not looking at him, not even glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.

Kino looked past Aaron and the four scarlet saints, and stared at the thin figure in the center of the team without emotion.

Whether compared with Aaron in cardinal robes or the scarlet saint in heavy armor, this figure is too "simple".

This is an old man with gray hair. He doesn't wear any fancy accessories. He only wears a red tunic made of linen and hand-woven straw sandals. Judging from the dirt on his feet, he didn't ride a horse or When riding in a car, you walk on your own feet.

It's hard to imagine that such an old man dressed so plainly that he couldn't fit in the royal palace would be the archbishop of the Scarlet Church, the "savior" who turned the tide of the animal epidemic 27 years ago, and the patron saint in the hearts of countless people in the kingdom. .

The wrinkles on the Archbishop's face were as deep as a knife, filled with the wind and frost of the years, but his eyes were not cloudy like ordinary old people, full of indifference, looking straight ahead.

Kino didn't hold back his gaze, and silently watched the archbishop walking towards him, with no expression on his face, which made him look the most terrifying, as if the candlelight on the wall couldn't even shine through his eerie pupils.

The four scarlet saints looked at Kino one after another, their blood-red pupils filled with a chilling sense of danger, and the sound of heavy armor rubbing against each other as they walked, seemed to be sending out some kind of warning.

The archbishop didn't seem to notice Kino's gaze, and passed him by.

The two turned their backs to each other and walked further and further away.

"Do I know you?" Suddenly, the archbishop's old voice sounded.

Edward and Resakhar stopped when they heard the sound, and looked back, only to find that the archbishop didn't stop, didn't turn his head to look at anyone, and didn't know who he was talking to.

Kino didn't stop, and didn't look back, he walked slowly around the corner, his body disappeared into the eerie shadow, only an emotionless voice came: "You will know each other soon."

(End of this chapter)