The police chief of Xiqiu City now has a headache.
Something strange happened in the city today. A group of people surrounded the religious church in Xiqiu City to cause trouble. Most of the people making trouble were civilians, and they all seemed to be residents from villages and towns around Xiqiu. These people wore coarse clothes and surrounded the religious church in anger. In the church, some people even shouted loudly demanding justice.
This Xilin Province is a bargain for the Tulip family, and Xiqiu is the capital of Xilin Province. To be the chief of the public security station here, you are naturally not a waste, but you still have some ability.
After getting the news, the officer immediately rushed over with a team of security guards, but he found that the situation was a little unusual.
First of all, these civilians seemed to be very restrained in their actions. They just surrounded the church, but they did not take too drastic actions. They just surrounded the church and yelled and cursed, but they did not actually launch any attack. Even most people They simply sat there quietly to demonstrate, while some people simply loudly preached to the surrounding citizens of Xiqiu how the divine religion had deceived them...
Originally, this officer heard that someone was besieging the church, and immediately rushed there with fully armed soldiers, but found that the matter was not as serious as he thought. It was just that the roads around the church were crowded, but the church was safe and sound. These people seemed to have no problem. He didn't seem to rush into the church. The closed door of the church was intact, and even the glass on the window was damaged.
It seems that the biggest purpose of these people's troubles is not to really do anything to the church, but... just to make some impact!
Facing the soldiers from the security station who arrived, these people immediately moved out of the way. The chief of the public security station sternly asked them to disperse immediately, but the villagers were indifferent - the chief of the public security station did not dare to really let his soldiers rush to deal with these villagers.
Miss Nicole is in Xiqiu now! Mr. Marquis Rody is also here. If any bloody incident occurs at this time, then I am afraid that the first unlucky person will be me!
Force is only a deterrent, not a solution! This was the first thought that came to the head of the Sheriff.
However, the anger of the church's bishop is not so easily appeased.
Because Xiqiu is the capital of Xilin, and the entire Xilin Province is the fiefdom of the Tulip family, according to the imperial decree, the Duke of Tulip is respected. There are no imperial troops stationed in the entire Tulip Family fiefdom, and the Church does not have a Flame Warriors stationed here either! In the entire Xilin Province, there are only security forces loyal to the Tulip family.
Therefore, facing these hateful villagers who surrounded the church for no reason, the bishop had no way to disperse them, and the villagers outside were in a state of excitement. The bishop is not naive enough to think that he can use the power of gods and other powers to influence them. Although he is a good warlock, he can face hundreds of angry villagers with sickles and hunting forks in their hands - he is not like these people. It makes sense.
The chief of the security station asked his men to guard outside the church, and he went in with a few cronies to see the bishop.
"Your Majesty Bishop, my people are already guarding the outside. We don't have to worry about those guys rushing in for the time being. But can you tell me why they would do this?" The chief of the security station frowned.
"How do I know!" The bishop's face turned pale with anger: "You are the chief of security of Xiqiu. I ask you to lead your men to disperse the thugs outside immediately! Arrest the leader!"
"I'm sorry." The chief of the security station smiled bitterly and said, "I have no right to do this. You are familiar with the laws of the empire. Although the people outside surrounded the church, their actions did not violate the laws of the empire. Because they There wasn't really any attack on the church - if they had done that, my people would have taken violent action immediately, but now they're just standing around outside yelling, you know, just standing in the street yelling. Call me, although you are dissatisfied with such behavior, but the laws of the empire do not specify what the crime should be for standing on the street and yelling. "
The bishop was so angry that his voice trembled: "I think you want to evade your responsibility! Those people outside dare to surround the church. This is a blasphemy against the dignity of the religion! It is disrespectful to the gods!! According to the scriptures of the religion …”
"Then please ask the bishop to go out and punish them according to the canon... We are soldiers belonging to the Tulip family, not the Flame Warriors of the Divine Religion!" The chief of security looked a little unkind. He didn't want to sacrifice his life for the bishop, and besides, it was related to his own future.
"Asshole, if we had our Flame Warriors here, would I still tolerate the thugs outside?" The bishop almost roared, and he said fiercely: "Your Excellency, if something like this happens under your rule, if Report it to the police, I'm afraid you can't escape responsibility! After all, the siege of the church is such a big thing, do you think..."
"Okay!" The chief of security sighed: "I will go out to negotiate with them, but if they are not attacking the church, my people will not take force measures. After all, they are also subjects of the Tulip family fiefdom, and I cannot intensify it. contradiction!"
The chief of security immediately went out to negotiate with the villagers, but the villagers obviously had someone behind their backs. They did not take the chief of security seriously. The noisy crowd simply ignored the shouting chief of security. Their only request was One: Ask the bishop to come out and give them an explanation!
The chief of security immediately felt that the matter was not simple. He immediately sent someone to ask the Marquis of Roddy for instructions. Since the Duke of Tulip was far away in the imperial capital, the top leader here was naturally the commander of the Northern Army and the brother-in-law of the Duke of Tulip. Mr. Marquis Roddy.
After Rody got the news, he immediately arrived on horseback. With the soldiers opening the way, the crowd immediately parted to let him in.
Looking at these angry villagers, Rody frowned, strode to the steps in front of the church, and shouted loudly: "Quiet!!"
He channeled his fighting spirit, and his whole body emitted light golden flames. Under the influence of fighting spirit, his voice resounded throughout the audience. Within a moment, those people became quiet. Most people have their eyes on Roddy.
"I am the commander of the Northern Army of the Empire and the First Marquis of the Empire, Rody. What are you doing here to make trouble? Now I ask you to choose a representative to talk to me and put forward your demands. Otherwise. I I will order the soldiers to disperse you!"
Rody's majestic gaze swept over the entire audience.
The crowd fell silent, and after a while, an old man with gray hair walked out from the village. A face full of traces of time, only the eyes with a slightly cunning look.
After he bowed and saluted, he said loudly: "Your Majesty the Marquis, we all come from various villages and towns in the west of Xiqiu. The people standing here are all loyal people of the Tulip family!" He paused and then said: "I'm sorry for our We will take such an impulsive action today, but please believe us. We are not trying to offend the great Tulip Duke. In front of you, we are just a group of angry people who were deceived by the hateful magicians. They just want to seek justice. !”
At this moment, the church door behind Rody opened. The bishop had already seen Rody's arrival in the upper window of the church. He breathed a sigh of relief, and then came out and stood beside Rody. .
As soon as he came out, the black divine robe immediately aroused the excitement of the surrounding crowd, and the people who had been quiet all let out angry shouts.
"Quiet!" Rody shouted, looking back at the bishop standing behind him: "You must be the bishop of Xiqiu."
"Yes, Lord Marquis, thank you for coming. Please immediately order your loyal soldiers to disperse these thugs!" The bishop said with anger on his face.
"No." Rody replied simply, then gave the bishop a cold look and whispered: "You saw it too, there are thousands of them, and I don't want my soldiers to cause any trouble here. Bloody incident."
The bishop's expression changed, but he could get angry when facing a security chief, but with his status, he would not dare to be rude when facing a powerful Imperial Marquis like Roddy.
Rody ignored him, looked at the crowd around him, and said loudly: "Okay, now the Bishop and I are here. Just tell me what you are angry about!"
It was still the old man who spoke: "Dear Lord Marquis, we originally had devout faith in the divine religion and the higher gods, but just three days ago..."
Although the old man looked a little nervous, his expression was relatively calm, but he still explained what happened very clearly.
Just three days ago, a group of clergy from the cult came to their town. There were about thirty of them. They wore the black robes of the clergy, and there were two warlocks among them. These people preached in the town in the name of the religion and gathered the villagers in the town square...
"Look, this is the evidence that they deceived us!!" The old man's angry voice fell, and several villagers behind him brought out a simple large box and threw it in front of Rody.
The box was open and filled with all kinds of weird things.
With anger on his face, the old man shouted: "Look, this bone! These magicians claimed that it was a sacred bone and sold it to us for ten gold coins. Also, this..." The old man held up He picked up a cup made of metal: "They said this was the Holy Grail, and they sold it to us for ten gold coins, and this... We later found out that these were chicken feathers... They actually claimed that these were angel feathers, He also deceived us with the price of ten gold coins!”
"There are also these atonement charms!!" The old man grabbed a handful of paper objects from the box: "They claimed that these were blessed by the bishop and sold them to us for one gold coin per atonement charm. …But these things are all fake!”
Rody stared at these things blankly. Before he could speak, the bishop's angry roar came from behind him: "This is a frame-up! It's a slander!"
The bishop turned red with anger and shouted: "I have never sent anyone to your town, nor... nor have I done such a deceptive act!!" He shouted angrily: "Lord Marquis! Please immediately Order these thugs to be arrested!”
Rody looked at him with confused eyes, and said slowly: "Mr. Bishop, he hasn't finished speaking yet."
The old man was calm and said loudly: "Mr. Bishop, you said that we are slandering, but are there so many of us, civilians from seven villages and towns, walking dozens of miles to come here just to slander? You
Rody's heart moved. He said in a deep voice: "You mean seven villages and towns?"
The old man said loudly: "Yes! After we found out that we were deceived, we immediately sent people to find those hateful magicians, but we found that several villages and towns around us had been deceived. Those magicians were cheating everywhere to collect money. , a total of seven villages and towns were deceived by them, and a total of two thousand gold coins were defrauded by them!"
Following his voice, the crowd behind them shouted again, and the crowd became excited for a moment. Even more emotional people shouted slogans: "Hang this bastard!"
Rody took a deep look at the frightened and pale bishop behind him, and then continued to stare at the old man in front of him: "So you gathered people and came to Xiqiu? So you surrounded the church?"
"We just want justice!" The old man seemed a little afraid of Roddy's majestic gaze. But he still had the courage to say it. He thought for a while and added: "If our wishes are not fulfilled today, then we will not leave!"
"Yes! I'm not leaving!"
"I'm not leaving!"
The crowd behind them roared.
Rody smiled slightly and said loudly: "Okay, I already know what happened. I promise you in the name of the Marquis of the Empire that I will investigate this matter and give you justice!" After a pause, he His tone gradually became stern: "But you must disperse immediately and go home. You are not allowed to stay here and cause trouble!"
"But..." The old man seemed to want to speak.
The bishop behind him gave up and shouted urgently: "Marquis, we can't let them go! These people are disrespectful to the gods. They actually framed the holy clergy, they must be arrested!!"
Rody said coldly: "Shut up!"
Seeing the cold flash in Rody's eyes, the bishop was so frightened that the fat on his face trembled, and he almost collapsed on the ground.
Rody's hand was already on the handle of the scimitar at his waist, and he said in a deep voice: "Now I order you to disperse immediately! Then send a representative back with me. I promise you in my name that I will definitely I’ll give you a satisfactory explanation!”
The old man hesitated and said: "Mr. Marquis, it's not that we don't believe you. After all, our loyalty to Duke Tulip is unquestionable, but these magicians are too cunning..."
Rody thought for a while, and suddenly glanced at the chief of security: "Are you the chief of security?"
"Yes!" The security chief immediately lowered his head and replied respectfully.
"How many people do you have now?"
"There are still two thousand soldiers in the entire Xiqiu Public Security Station."
"Very good. 1" Rody smiled faintly: "Now I order you. From today on, you personally lead five hundred soldiers to station outside the church. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave the church without my order... A trace of me is anyone! Do you understand?”
"Ah..." The security chief was stunned for a moment, but then he saw Rody's majestic gaze and gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"
"Lord Marquis!" The bishop jumped up first: "You... you actually dare to surround the church of God. Do you want to imprison all the clergy here!!"
Rody smiled slightly: "You are wrong to say that! I just sent people to protect you, and now you have seen it. For the safety of you and the noble priests under you, from today on, you cannot step out One step away from the church... Otherwise, your safety will not be guaranteed by me!"
"This is house arrest! It is a blasphemy against the gods! It is..." The bishop jumped up and shouted loudly, but Rody ignored him and just ordered lightly: "Send the bishop in and have a good rest."
The bishop was furious and yelled: "I want to appeal! I want to report your behavior to His Majesty the Pope! You will be punished! You..."
"Shut up, you fat pig!" Rody said coldly: "Pope? Humph, I am an Imperial Marquis and I am only loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."
He glanced at the chief of security impatiently: "Why are you still standing there? Didn't you hear what I said clearly?"
The officer's heart tightened, and he immediately drew his sword, shouted, and two of his soldiers grabbed the bishop from the left and the right and "sent" him into the church.
Rody smiled coldly, and then looked back at the old man below: "Now, the people who ordered you to disperse have dispersed, right?"
The old man's face was pale. He really couldn't believe that this young Marquis was so brave and dared to order the church to be surrounded
However, he was still anxious about the task in his heart, and just smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Marquis, they are not my people, they are just a group of poor civilians who were deceived. However, I still have some prestige among the villagers, and I will advise them to leave immediately. "
"Okay." Rody nodded. He smiled and said, "I'll give you an hour. After the crowd disperses, my people will take you to the Tulip Courtyard to meet me."
After speaking, Rody left a few warriors of the Royal Guards behind and left on horseback.
With a weird smile on his face, he smiled secretly in his heart: Old Skeleton, you are so playful. Setting up the blame and destroying the prestige of the religion among the people, hum, this is a very clever move.