"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Kalemi denied immediately. "How could a rebellious king who was exiled overseas dare to challenge the church? Even if he is extremely capable and has controlled a small country in a few years, how can he fight against the church with just a small country?"
"I actually can't figure this out either." Xiao Shuai said helplessly, "Maybe it's a madman with an oriental face."
"Anyway, I'll go back and talk to Brother Gou about this..."
"The food is here!" Before Kalemi could finish his words, several men in black cloaks brought plates of food to the table.
Xiao Shuai greeted them warmly, "Come on, come on, eat and talk. I taught the chefs here how to cook many dishes. Great taste! This spicy fried sea cucumber is especially famous in Bahrain Street."
The dishes in front of her looked very appetizing, and Kalemi happily picked up a piece of sea cucumber and put it into her mouth.
A wonderful taste suddenly spread, diluting the nausea brought by the large intestine.
"Hey! Don't tell me, this spicy fried sea cucumber is so authentic, fresh, crispy and tender!"
"That's right. This dish is very troublesome to make. The sea cucumber has to be pounded hundreds or thousands of times to have this crispy and tender texture."
"Hmm...Hmm?!"
.....
"Father Soljie, why are you the only one back? The people of Dajing caused a big commotion in Feika that year. Do you know about it? Did they abuse the missionary group?"
Inside the Feka Palace, the Archbishop and Duke Alvis were both present, their eyes fixed on Father Solger.
When the Dajing fleet caused a scene at the execution ground, they thought these people would never come back.
Father Soljie said with a guilty conscience: "I heard a little about this matter later, but Dajing still treated us with courtesy. I was the only one who was willing to come back, and the others wanted to stay in Dajing to continue... preaching."
Dajing did not make things difficult for the missionary group and allowed them to preach?
The archbishop was a little surprised and asked, "Preaching? How many believers have been recruited this time, and how many churches are there?"
Father Solger was silent.
How many believers have been developed...minus 199.
Can you say this? If you say it, you will definitely die here.
"Why aren't you talking?"
"We have built a cellar hall, but it's not yet completed because we have no money and others are still working to earn money...so we have no time to recruit believers." Father Soljie said timidly.
Archbishop Boran was furious: "What kind of religion is this! Aren't you just treating us like serfs? You damned Dajing people, are you idiots?"
"They help us find jobs. We get wages and various subsidies," Father Soljie said aggrievedly.
"Shut up!" the archbishop yelled, shaking with anger. "Tell me, what are they planning to do this time? Are they asking you to provoke them and declare war on the church?"
"No, they just have misunderstandings due to cultural differences with us. Dajing is a peace-loving country and wants to seek cooperation, so this time we came with good intentions." Father Soljie said with difficulty, "Dajing's fleet is now on the sea and can enter the port at any time. They asked me to communicate with you first, which is full of sincerity."
The archbishop said angrily: "A peace-loving country, they claim to be the strongest country in the Far East. Such a country tells me that they love peace? Do you think I have never seen those unreasonable and rude Oriental people?"
He felt extremely humiliated when he recalled how he was kidnapped at sea, how the apostate forced him to talk about science and insult the Pope, and how he was finally thrown into the sea.
Father Soljie whispered, "Archbishop, this is really a misunderstanding. From what I have observed, officials in Dajing are all very cultured. Their officials believe that superiors should be humble to their subordinates. This is an oriental virtue."
The archbishop was so angry that he picked up the book in his hand and thrust it in front of the priest: "You are speaking for them like this. Have you been bribed by them? Tell me in front of the Holy Father what benefits have they given you?"
Father Soljie felt like he had something stuck in his throat and instinctively wanted to lie, but when he saw the pure faith in front of him, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "They gave me a small house...but I earned it through my labor."
"Well, he really accepted bribes! He made money and instead of building a church, he thought about buying a house for himself."
"Soljie, I didn't expect you to apostatize after going out." The archbishop narrowed his eyes. "I will report this matter to the church tomorrow. Wait for it to be dealt with."
Father Solger's face suddenly showed great panic, and he could only mutter out of guilt: "I did not apostatize... I did not apostatize."
But at this moment, Duke Alvis, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Archbishop, please calm down. Dajing does have a conflict with our church, but this time they took the initiative to show goodwill. Can we not meet them?"
"Of course you can." The Archbishop looked at Father Soljie and said, "Go back and tell the people of Dajing to send a senior official to the church to confess before they can enter the port. I don't want to hear anything more from you. Get out of here!"
Upon hearing that the archbishop had issued an order to expel him, Father Solje turned pale and left the palace in a daze.
He didn't know how long he walked before he returned to the port. He stared at the sea with an empty mind.
He apostatized... He became an apostate after coming back, even though he was the only one who didn't apostatize. How would he explain it when the church sent people to investigate?
He does have a house in Dajing, which was given to him by Lord Fang...
If he lies about something as trivial as owning a house overseas, is he still a loyal believer?
If you don't have basic honesty, you may not even be considered a human being.
Then what qualifications does he have to preach to others in the future?
"Father, why are you here? Didn't you go home to visit?" Just as he was confused, a hand patted him on the shoulder.
Father Solje turned around and saw that it was Kalmi and forced a smile.
"I was just taking a walk, why are you back?"
"I'm just about to go back."
Seeing that he looked depressed, Kalemi asked seriously, "Something happened? Didn't we reach an agreement?"
"I went to see the archbishop..." The priest recounted his previous experience, and his spirit weakened a little.
After hearing this, Kalemi sighed helplessly and said, "They actually slandered you as an apostate? This is too much! Father, you should go home and rest first. Let's think of a way to resolve the matter as much as possible, because a fight over face-saving issues will not benefit anyone."
The priest nodded sadly, and said with all his strength: "Thank you very much. I will go home first. I will go see the archbishop again tomorrow."
"Thank you for your hard work, Father."
......
Inside the Brotherhood stronghold.
"Have you finished telling everything?" Xiao Shuai asked after listening to Kalemi's retelling.
Kalemi said helplessly: "This is what happened. I didn't expect that the priest didn't get the job done and was slandered. So I wanted to ask you if you have any solution?"
Xiao Shuai touched his chin and thought for a long time before he smiled: "This matter is simple."
"How to solve it?" Kalemi was overjoyed and asked hurriedly.
"Give me three hours and I'll find someone to kill the archbishop."
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