Saint

Chapter 10: the godfather

The noisy and rapid pace of life in Fedu has been disrupted. Three archbishops and one cardinal showed up in the city at the same time. Along with them, there was a whole establishment of the holy spear order. The Paladin occupy the streets and alleys. They have the right to enter any private personal industry at any time for investigation. Even the most noble Baron is not willing to risk being regarded as heresy and conflict with the clergy. The flow of people on the subdistrict is obviously much less. Many stores selling goods of mamoc, turanka and Shangri-La in the East quietly closed the door. These exotic works of art were seen by the Paladin, and it was not allowed to be used as the media of devil's ceremony or the magic props of pagans. In the hearts of religious fanatics, there will always be only piety to the seal of light, and they can't tolerate any art that is different from the church style. The malk merchants who had no time to leave hid in pubs and hotels. Many of them were taken away by the Paladin for questioning because they carried their own religious books. While comforting them, the officials of the Municipal Council vowed that this was not the outbreak of a new round of religious war. At the same time, they insisted on negotiating with the divine officials, hoping to release people early. "You know, those people are loyal merchants, how could they have any relationship with heresy." the city councillor explained, "it's the age of free trade, and it's too inappropriate to use the way of religious war." The Paladin who received the negotiator is the female knight who read the royal order. According to the tradition of the holy city of anno, the head of each holy order is held by a devout girl with a noble status. The immaculate innocence of these girls symbolizes the sanctity of the order. Of course, the young girl commander is just a symbol. When fighting, he is still under the command of an experienced deputy commander. "The seal of light, the secular lamb is lost in the stream of desire. Please redeem these souls filled with greed." Matilda, the mascot of the order of the holy spears, looked at the congressman with pity and prayed for himself. The city councillor felt that it was a great headache. Even if it was hard to deal with, the businessmen who wanted to seek preferential policies could also bring out various conventions and laws to debate with them for a whole day. "Do you want to make a willful mess and leave a broken situation for us to clean up?" the councillor, who was patiently devastated, raised his voice and couldn't help but speak out. "The dignity and authority of the seal of light throne are not allowed to be offended. In order to make the Immortal King of heaven come to the world, even if the city turns into ruins, it's not hesitate." Matilda replied with a serious face. The councillor sat for a long time and left. Walking out of the St. tomb Cathedral, which was temporarily used as the headquarters of the order, he angrily thought, "do fees belong to the church industry? What qualifications do you have to decide the survival and destruction of this city?" It's not just the councillors. Inspector Lime of the patrol hall also complained indignantly when he saw Fulan who came to inquire about the case. "Those church guys almost deprived the patrol officers of all their rights. Ha, in a flash, we became an idiot who could do nothing but get paid." Fulan also has a deep understanding that on the way from the first court to the police hall, he was interrogated at least four times. If it wasn't for the identity of the prosecutor, just with his RARE brown hair and eyes, he might be escorted to a heretic test by a Paladin whose belief is higher than everything else. It is said that such tests are funny and cruel, such as tying people to iron balls and throwing them into the river. If you are not a heretic, you will drown;If it is, it will be sent to the fire scaffold if it can rise to the surface by virtue of heresy and blasphemy. "It's murder at all." Fulan can't understand this irrational behavior. "Let's praise the ridiculous, let's let the church take over the Presbyterian Council of the city by default." Inspector Lime said the opposite. Fulan thought about it and said with a smile, "maybe we can make it better in a certain range." The inspector was inspired. He always admired Fulan's head. The young man always came up with some practical and clever ideas. "Say it, please." "You have to ask the bishops with the most devout tone, and you are willing to do your best to catch heresy. As an old inspector who has worked in the patrol hall for decades, you will be welcomed. After all, the Knights are outsiders, and they don't know how many streets there are in Fedu." "And then?" "Then, in some places where there is no evidence to get a search order and there are doubts, you can take the Paladin and go in." Inspector Lime understood that in Fedu, where private property is above everything else, if there is no conclusive evidence, the police can't even search a civilian apartment. "Regard the Paladin as a coolie to maintain public order", the inspector thought excitedly, "now, those casinos and black market auctions that hide in private clubs and never pay taxes will suffer." "Sir, this is a private industry, you can't..." the waiter stepped back and hesitated to stop things that would never happen in normal times, but the more he said, the less he said. A team of Paladin followed the inspector with awe and awe. The magic contained in the silver armor was like ripples on the water. From time to time, it played a cyan halo on the smooth, mirror like shell. The delicate plant like pattern of radish was circling along the edge of the armor. Compared with these walking crafts, the black leather uniforms of the Fedu patrolmen were not the same as the coarse hemp clothes of the countrymen. "Mr. Lime, are you sure the mansion is suspicious?" the Paladin leader asked. "According to the information of the police department, every once in a while, many people will come to the party by carriage. Those carriages are decorated without exception, and the identity of the owner can't be identified. The time of the party is usually at night." the inspector replied, "just based on a little guess, the police department can't issue a search order, but for the supreme glory of the seal of light, it's necessary to make a good inspection, in case those gatherings are all kinds of blasphemous ceremonies." "Oh, praise bright, I didn't lie, but this is more likely to be a black market auction site." the inspector thought secretly. The leader nodded in agreement and made a few gestures. Twenty Paladin immediately divided into several small teams and walked into the front yard in a half moon formation, surrounding the double main house in the middle. The guards and attendants in the courtyard quickly handed over their weapons. They worked hard with the temple knights who had iron armor outside and divine power inside in order to earn a small salary, and only those with low abilities would do it. Unexpectedly, the police searched back and forth several times, except for a few servants and old housekeepers, nothing was found. "Gentlemen, can you give a reasonable explanation for trespassing in private houses?" the old housekeeper comforted the panicked servants and said angrily. Inspector Lime carefully looked at the housekeeper, who was nearly sixty years old. His gray beard and hair were neat and clean. Under the black waistcoat, he was wearing a white shirt. He was wearing a bright yellow bow tie at the neckline. He was equipped with a spotless brown wood floor. On the wall, there were oil paintings by masters, luxury flower basket like ceiling lights, a typical noble house and a typical noble family housekeeper. There was no doubt. "Where is your master?" the inspector asked. "The host was invited to visit the Minister of Finance in the capital city a few days ago, but he has not yet come back." half of the old housekeeper showed off and half threatened, saying, "he has a deep friendship with the minister and several ministers. Now it's too late for you to withdraw. Please believe that such behavior will be regarded as humiliation by the host." "Please answer honestly, whether you and your master have participated in the blasphemous ceremony and protected heresy." the Paladin leader cut off the conversation and asked. The inspector rolled his eyes. This kind of direct and unskilled cross examination is strange for other people to answer honestly. The old housekeeper was stunned, and drew a cross like ingratiating, "the master has always been a devout believer of the seal of light, and has never been absent from every week's mass. How can he do illegal and impure activities." "I didn't tell you the truth, but I didn't lie." the Paladin leader raised his arm and opened his clenched fist. Between his hands, he was trampling a faint white light. "You actually resisted the detection of lies." The detection of lies is the most commonly used low level magic of Paladin. This magic can recognize the truth of each other's words from the color displayed. If it changes from the original white to black, it means that it tells a lie. If it appears red, it means that the mouth is as loyal and trustworthy as the heart. Protective magic or tough mental power can offset the magical power of detecting lies, but these should not appear on an ordinary old man. The next moment, the old housekeeper's eyes changed, and just now his respectful expression was just excellent acting skills. At the moment, his eyes were flashing with a bloodthirsty glory like a beast, and he bent a little, the patrol around his side was the first to bear the brunt, and a blood mist was immediately sprayed from his throat. A reactive Paladin just pulled out his sword, and was blocked by a twisted wave blade like a snake. The armor dagger in the old housekeeper's other hand broke the steel plate on the left chest of the armor and stabbed into the heart. It is simple, vicious and deadly. What happened between the electric light and the fire stone made inspector Lam freeze. This is an old man, clearly an assassin master who specializes in walking in the dark and harvesting life. Just now, the servants who appeared to be terrified took out daggers and catapults from shoes or sleeves. Unfortunately, their skills were not as good as the old housekeeper. Under the counterattack of the Paladin, they soon disintegrated. The old housekeeper was entangled by the Paladin leader. Although the assassin master's offensive was more cold, the leader retreated several steps, and the armor on the shoulder blade also appeared small cracks due to a fierce stab, but the balance of victory gradually fell to the Paladin side. If it's in the alley under the night, or in the lush woods, the assassin can find the right opportunity to retreat, even if he can't kill his opponent. But in the wide hall, there were no hidden shadows and blindfold obstacles for him. The experienced leader pestered him to fight hard, which was obviously not good for the assassins who were used to sneaking attacks. After a wave of bluffing stabs, the assassin quickly chose to retreat while the leader was still in a defensive position. He slid towards the direction of the stairs to avoid multiple enemies with the help of the narrow stairway. If it was a pure fighter against him, then the assassin's plot would have been successful, but the assassin forgot that this is a Paladin with divine power. And his retreat gave the Paladin the space to release his magic. The light waves like a rope wrapped around the assassin's body, and the fixed body technique, which belongs to level two divine arts, can't completely imprison his action, only make him slow for a few seconds, but it's enough. The assassin raised his head and was horrified to find that the muskets on the back of the Paladin were loaded with ammunition. The last thing the assassin saw was white smoke and countless sparks from the barrel. It was only when he saw the old housekeeper's body full of holes and twisted into a large pool of blood that inspector Lime was relieved. He was afraid to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead with his wet sleeve. "According to his age, he should be the famous old assassin Aed Jess of Golden Point Bay." the inspector thought that he was a Master Assassin with strong skills who had done numerous major cases in his career. There were many materials in the files of the police hall. "Fortunately, he came with Paladin, otherwise, he alone could solve all the policemen including me." Why did Jess appear in Fedu? The inspector got the answer soon. The real eyes of the Paladin let the magic blindfold disappear. Behind the mural in the innermost room of the two floors, there is a secret door. The man hiding behind the door has given up resistance. He is about forty years old, with a thick beard under his forehead, a handsome face, a mature man's taste, a slightly collapsed nose and a yellow skin. It shows that he is a hybrid of Tanding and malk. Sitting quietly on the chair, he seems to be a rich man who has been pampered from childhood, but his strong arms, his decadent sneer and his occasionally fierce blue eyes show that he can't peep at another side. This image soon matched with one of inspector Laim's memories, "Igo Andres!" he shouted. The middle-aged man cracked his mouth and smiled, revealing a neat white tooth, "yes, I am Igo Andres." There is a saying in the East: "if you don't go into a tiger's lair, you can't get a tiger's son." the inspector thinks this sentence is very effective. Igo Andres, the leader of the largest Mafia in Tanding Empire, the Gang He leads, does not do evil, smuggling, kidnapping, murder, black gold trading, not counting the crimes in the dark, just by virtue of the record, it is enough to send him to the guillotine for ten times. On the wanted list, his reward was six zeros. But the number one wanted criminal has been living an arrogant and comfortable life. Many mercenaries coveting the reward are searching for his trace. At the end of the day, because of constant assassinations, they lost their courage to continue. Aed Jess, the Master Assassin, is Igo's strong arm. The most famous assassination was six years ago, a Baron who was deeply influenced by a reasoning novel and had a lot of property. He tried to perform the heroic appearance of the heroic detective in the story in reality, spending a lot of money and manpower, and even chasing Igo around with a private guard. So, one night, the Count in his dream was awakened by the cold wind blowing into the window. When he muttered that he had closed the window and was ready to close it, the things on the nightstand side by side made him cry with extreme fear. The vase on the nightstand disappeared. Instead, it was the head of the wife sleeping by the pillow and the son in the next bedroom who had been cut off by the neck. And his daughter, too, disappeared that night. After that tragic and horrible night, Baron lost his mind. Finally, in the case of nursing negligence, he cut the artery on his neck with the pieces of the porcelain bowl. "Igo Andres." Inspector Lime shouted the name of the crime again, "you are arrested, you will stay at the bottom of the prison, waiting for justice. If it is not the provisions of this damned law, I want to tear you into pieces now." "Oh, I hope it will be a comfortable single room." Igo stood up indifferently. At the corner of the wall, the bed previously blocked by his body also appeared in the eyes of the inspector. There was a thin and small female corpse lying on the bed. Shortly after her death, the sheet stained with blood was half covered on her body, and a dagger was deeply inserted in her chest. From the countless old and new and covered with each other's whips on the exposed arms and shoulders, it can be seen that the poor girl had been abused for quite a long time. "This girl is a lady of nobility, the daughter of a Baron. She must not want to let others know her humiliating fate, so I mercifully gave her peace." Yige's mouth curved and smiled cruelly. "Scum!" Inspector Lime, who was restricted by the law, sincerely hoped that the Paladin could execute the villain on the spot. When the Paladin leader learned that what he caught was not heresy, but a wanted prisoner, he coldly said, "Mr. Lime, you can ask your subordinates to send him to the prison, and we can go to the next suspicious place to search. In front of the major crime of blasphemy, other minor crimes are not worth stopping." "Bah!" the inspector spit angrily. He looks at Igo Andres and decides with hatred, "when you are sent to the guillotine, I will ask the executioner to change a blunt axe, at least I have this right."