Chapter 747

Winter snow arrived as scheduled. The first snow in the Renma hills lasted three days and two nights before it ended. The mountains and rivers were covered with ice and snow. Even the Yinyue river across the north and South was frozen. The river on both sides was covered with half a meter thick ice. Only the center of the river and water flowed south.

When the second heavy snow falls, the whole river will be frozen by frost. Adults can lead horses across the ice to the other bank of the river. Lighter children like to wear thick winter clothes and chase and play on the ice.

This is a dangerous game. No one knows when the river ice will crack a hole. As long as people fall into the ice hole, they will be washed away by the river until they rush to the Jinshui River, which will never freeze, and even the corpse capital can't be found.

Since there was a stream reservoir, no naughty children patronized the river ice. The small stream reservoir frozen into a lump is their new playground. It is said that Lord Randall also invented skate shoes to encourage the attendants and maids of silver moon manor to carry out skating to exercise their sense of balance.

Nowadays, ice sports has become an important competitive event of Randall's leader. Just like the handball game held every year, the top teams can get rich rewards provided by the Lord and the cheers and love of the people. However, the antagonism of skating is not as strong as that of handball competition. It emphasizes personal skills, and the posture and movement are as beautiful and smooth as dance, which is pleasing to the eye and can always win applause.

Randall led several sports competitions. At present, they have been extended to the whole human horse hills. According to Lord golden eye, these competitions have formed an industry. The winning teams of all families gathered in Jinshui city to participate in the large-scale competition held by the Duke of York, compete for the title and win honor and wealth. Every game can attract a large number of spectators. Smart vendors take the opportunity to sell all kinds of small commodities for eating, drinking and fun; Urban gangs set up gambling around competitions - this is a business tacitly agreed by the public security. The Lords need to recover the funds occupied by tenants and hired soldiers, and the gambling industry gradually becomes half black and half white.

Gamblers bet that they will not be stingy with a few copper sols. They are willing to spend money to buy a good position and sit on the table to enjoy the wonderful game. Taking a ticket reflects the status of the audience, because the poor only deserve to stand, standing are the poor plus the stingy. Although the ticket income is not much, all the money is donated to the mutual aid association and collected and managed by the church. Believers who boast of respectability give generously in the hope of making a good impression on the priest.

Large scale gambling involving thousands of people is unthinkable without the tacit cooperation of the church. Pastors represent fairness and justice, at least more reliable than public security. They do not participate in gambling, but can announce the result of the game. The people believed in the priest's morality. If the priest said that the game was cheating, no one would bet again.

Of course, the profits of gambling have to pay 11 taxes, and the church has no reason to oppose this large-scale event.

In fact, even if there is no 11 tax, church priests will actively organize and participate.

Everyone likes winter holidays. After working hard for more than half a year, they can finally have a good rest for two months. You can't go out in the freezing rainy season, but you can go out in the snowy month of 16. Lively churches and pubs are places that people often patronize. Pub owners can earn several times more than usual. The same is true of churches. What they gain is the power of faith.

Winter is the busiest season of the year for stationed priests. Dane led the church attendants to arrange the skating venue, which was busy from morning to evening. This was not his job, but the Randall parish he managed now has 15 official priests, 42 paladins and more than 300 church attendants. Randall leads the small church of each administrative village to have priests permanently. Dane finally had more time and energy to do something outside the traditional educational administration.

In the winter of a few years ago, Dane would lead the church attendants around the shanty towns of the town to distribute relief bread and winter clothes to the refugees who were short of food and clothing. Since he came to Randall's Church area, similar relief has been rare. When Randall's mutual aid association was established, the church priest no longer had to personally relieve the poor believers.

Now, there are not many poor people in the whole Renma Hill parish who need relief. Bishop Perot then adjusted the missionary policy of Renma Hill Church: strengthen investment in general schools; Lead the fraternity closer to the church.

Mutual aid is very useful.

The high level of the mutual aid association should be composed of the children of the vassal family and free businessmen. They raise their own funds to help the needy. Nominally, they are under the jurisdiction of the Lord. In fact, they accept the guidance of the church, which is equivalent to the peripheral organization of the church. This is mainly because knights and nobles are unwilling to get close to civilians. For example, the beautiful highness Randall's approach to civilians will only cause onlookers and trouble.

Dane has no such concerns. As a high-ranking clergyman, he can not only integrate with ordinary believers, but also the housekeeper deacon of Randall family can not compete with a level 5 priest.

As long as you don't use the church to do too much, the Lord doesn't care how much influence the church has on the church. They were meant to help the church priest, carry out relief work, and reduce the trouble of the Lord - this was the conclusion drawn by Dane after many attempts.

Someone died for it.

Two years ago, a rich businessman director of Randall's mutual aid association was robbed and killed on the spot. Pinghu Town public security office checked the scene of the crime and seized five military crossbows at the homes of wealthy businessmen. The unlucky man was ordered by Mrs. Lilia to confiscate all his property because he hid contraband. Of course, the robber who killed him was also executed by the public security office and hanged in the square in front of the church in Pinghu Town.

The Lord's means are so simple and rough that free people and businessmen are unable to resist.

Dane didn't know that the fraternity was actually a carefully designed move by his highness Randall. Only when the free businessmen of the golden regiment hide among them can Pope Clement secretly safeguard the basic rights and interests of the businessmen of the golden regiment in various family territories. According to bishop Perot's instructions, Dane's several attempts at Pinghu Town actually agreed on the boundaries and basic rules between church priests, mutual aid merchants and lords, and the Pope passed these rules to all parishes.

His royal highness Randall, a scholar, has always been followed by the Lords and nobles, and the mutual aid association is no exception.

The current rule of Pinghu Town mutual aid association is that free businessmen can join the association and the church can protect their lives and property, but they can not use the association to interfere in the internal affairs of the territory and further expand the influence of the church.

Dane was quite satisfied with this result. As a buffer between lords, churches and tenant groups, the Mutual Aid Association represented a new way of missionary work. He explored the bottom line of silver moon manor in Randall diocese, established the survival rules of Mutual Aid Association, and made meritorious contributions to the cardinal Council of the Holy See.

Randall collar is the forefront of social change. Pinghu Town always has many new things worth Dane's serious study. These will become valuable experience and important qualifications for scholars and priests. According to the development speed led by Randall, Pinghu Town will become Pinghu City in less than two years. All the following administrative villages will be changed into villages and towns. Although Dane has the background of the Pope, there are also many people staring at his position. He must be perfect and must not give competitors any chance to replace him.

When he returned to the church in Pinghu Town, he handled the daily academic affairs. Dane ate something casually. It was dark. He paced up the third floor and was ready to have a good sleep. As soon as he opened the door, Dane was surprised to find that his royal highness Randall, with black hair and golden eyes, was sitting in a chair.

His expression was quiet, with a deep force.

Dane was stunned. He immediately closed the door and asked carefully, "Your Highness, what do you want to do with me?"

Victor nodded and looked at a sheepskin stationery document on the table.

Dane took the letter and repeated it several times, his eyebrows tangled all the time, just like his mood at the moment.

This letter was written by Randall's garrison priest Miller. It described various possibilities of ant disaster and asked Dane to follow his highness Randall to endless forest to investigate ant man's nest.

The content of the letter was so amazing that Dane was surprised and suspicious after reading it. His mind was like a mess. He couldn't clear his mind and make a decision after thinking for a long time.

Victor asked with a smile, "why? You don't listen to the orders of the priest? You also question the personal letter of Lord Miller, the God's dependents?"

Dane suddenly excited when he heard the speech. Then he remembered that the angry wind sword Saint had quietly visited and was waiting for his reply.

The high priest tried to squeeze out a sincere bitter smile and said in a consultative tone: "Your Highness, father Miller said in his letter that ant people will dig tunnels and build nests underground. If they cross the skylark mountains and build underground tunnels in the man horse hills, it will lead to great disaster... It is almost impossible for us to go deep underground and completely eliminate ant people monsters. For such a serious event, we should inform the Holy See and kite castle first and come up with a response plan after consultation ... your Highness has a noble status. He is the guardian of the kingdom of Gambis and the top extraordinary strong man in the human kingdom. You don't need to take personal risks. You can choose competent men to complete the task of investigating ant man's nest, or the church and Gambis royal family can jointly form several elite waiting teams? "

Victor admitted that Dane was right, which was only in line with common sense. Unfortunately, the ant people transformed by ancient alchemists have survived, which itself can not be explained by common sense.

Dane knew that Miller, the God's dependant, had a high level of transcendence, but he lacked a deep understanding of the golden field, the legendary field and the holy field. He was like a mountain in the distance. If he didn't get close, he could only see the vague outline of the mountain and couldn't experience its majestic miracle.

Vic sighed for a long time and said leisurely, "the level 5 priest is known as the extraordinary of the golden level, but such a golden level is too easy... Dane, you know little about power, and you know nothing about the true meaning of power."

The Golden Knight wouldn't teach a high-ranking priest face to face, but it was taken for granted that this came from the mouth of the angry wind sword saint. Dane's face turned red and then white, and stood silent.

"You remind me of viscount Tunis Ludwig."

Victor smiled and said with some emotion: "He has a good relationship with me, but our friendship has become an obstacle to his official career. He is now working for my wife, marquis Sophia Wimbledon, so he has the opportunity to compete with other court nobles for the position of Chancellor of the exchequer... Dane, of course I hope you can become Pope, but will the church agree with the good friend of count golden eye to ascend the Pope? With your credit under Randall , the vice abbot of a monastery should belong to you. If you stay for more than ten years, you may be able to become the abbot. Don't forget that Clement has rewarded you in advance... A level 5 priest in his 40s, who is also an ordinary person, can't be said to be unique, but it's also very rare. "

Dane was like a goose on the chopping board. His lips were closed, his eyes were straight, and he was distracted, but there was nothing to do.

The monastery does not hold real power and does not participate in preaching and fighting. The abbots of the monastery are basically middle-level priests. If the abbot of the monastery has level 5 divination, it is called exceptional promotion, but what Dane wants is the position of level 6 priest and cardinal. He worked diligently as an assistant priest in Randall Parish, often corresponded with Pope Clement, and claimed to be a core member of the Pope's family. However, his highness Randall gave him a blow in the head and pulled him back from his beautiful fantasy to the cold reality.

"Benedict" "Benedict" "Benedict"

The sound of his fingers hitting the table made Dane refocus his eyes and listen to his highness Randall continue: "you lack awe of old Miller. Who do you think he is? A second-class hillbilly priest? A God without real power?"

Dane opened his mouth and said dryly, "Your Highness, I don't quite understand."

"You have two choices." Victor pointed to the paper on the table and said: "First, you inform bishop Perot of this document and wait for the order of the Holy See; second, you follow the request of the garrison priest Miller and accompany me secretly to the endless forest. No matter what choice you make, whether you are willing to take risks or not, you must and can only go to the endless forest. Since Lord Miller has called your name, it is useless for the Pope to stop. In fact, there is no responsibility He, a high-ranking clergyman, will hinder Lord Miller's decision. There may be an evil god behind the ant man monster. Even if Miller asks the grand commander of testier to go to endless forest, he will go there in person. The difference between you and testier is that the grand commander will take the initiative to fight, and you have no choice. "

Dane is obsessed with power and status and doesn't understand the mystery of fate. If father miller can solve the hidden danger of evil gods at a small cost, everyone is happy to see its success. What's it worth for the church to sacrifice a small level 5 priest? In the final analysis, Dane's power and strength are not enough to dominate his own destiny. He is not a real golden order extraordinary.

The connotation of the golden order lies in independence, not combat effectiveness, or a simple level of life. The royal highness of the human kingdom has huge power. It is difficult for extraordinary forces such as prophecy to pry their fate. Even if they have an impact, they will bring immeasurable consequences.

Just like the Yalong maids, their combat effectiveness is better than the Golden Knights, and even better than the legendary knights. However, if they oppose a highness with their own strength and are not close to each other, they will encounter many difficulties and may be captured and killed by mistake.

In the eyes of high church officials like clement, Dane's current position can be compared with the relationship between the servant knight and the Lord. Although he is a fifth level priest and has the same opinion in Randall Parish, he holds the post of assistant priest, and his immediate boss is the resident priest. However, the resident priest is still the dependent Miller.

He really thought Miller had no power, which only showed that he knew too little.

Millar asked Victor to kidnap Dane directly. First, he took him to the mountain fortress, and then a document forced him to go to endless forest.

This kind of behavior is like the Lord yelling at the servant. Miller didn't consider Dane's idea at all. But Victor is not ready to deal with Dane according to Miller's method.

He wants Dane to make his own choice and test a guess.

"My time is limited. Choose quickly." Said Victor impatiently.

There was no fire in the fireplace, the temperature in the room was very low, but Dane's forehead was covered with sweat. He was silent for more than ten seconds and asked in a pleading tone, "Your Highness, what do you want me to choose?"

Victor shook his head funny and said, "I let you make your own decision when you are a friend."

"Then I'll choose the second... Follow the dispatch of the garrison priest Lord Miller and accompany your highness to endless forest to investigate the movements of ant man monsters."

Victor looked at Dane in surprise and asked, "I'm curious. Why did you choose the second option?"

"... when everything is dark, only the brilliance lasts forever... The so-called brilliance is the inner longing for light." With that, Dane raised his head and smiled with a trace of uncertainty, but he still laughed at himself and said, "I am the servant of the Supreme Lord. If there is a devil behind the ant man monster, I am duty bound... If not, I should accompany the temple to explore."

Victor's eyes became deep, nodded and praised, "Dane, you're very good."

At this moment, the angry wind sword Saint knew that he had lost to Miller.

Because of his independence, Victor only believed in his own judgment and doubted father Miller's great prophecy. Although ant man was his mortal enemy, he was not prepared to take risks in endless forest at the beginning.

His highness Randall has too many choices. Why should he accept the mercy of father Miller? Behind the ant man, there is an ancient god with unknown state. It should be the mission of the church to deal with the queen ant. Victor can enjoy his success if he wants to go to endless forest and clergy. Therefore, his first reaction was to invite Miller to go with him, and Miller refused Victor's proposal, but he made a condition 。

Victor has always wanted to cultivate an agent at the top of the church, and Miller chose Dane. But Victor still has doubts about this. He is worried that Dane can't help the wall. If miller can help Dane to the top of the church, it shows that his great prophecy is credible, and this expedition is worth his trip.

Victor asked Dane to make his own choice, which was actually a test of Miller's extraordinary power. Dane chose to inform the church, so Victor didn't have to go to endless forest, and the rest was left to Miller.

Dane's compliance with Miller's arrangement was both unexpected and natural. You know, it is very difficult for a person to change his behavior and habits. However, Dane decided to abandon the strict hierarchical concept of the church in a short time and follow Victor to the endless forest without telling Pope Clement. It can be seen that his essence is not polluted by power and has enough potential to become a real golden priest.

Victor appreciated Dane and marveled at father Miller's extraordinary vision.

He thinks Dane can't, Miller thinks Dane can, which is enough to explain the problem.

"Father Miller prepared this for you." Victor picked up a small box from his feet, opened the lid, revealed the dense and shining holy power crystal, pushed it in front of Dane and said, "you prepare your belongings and we'll start right away."

Suddenly unheard of, Dane walked forward, held the holy crystal in the palm of his hand with an extremely pious attitude, knelt on the ground and prayed in a low voice.

At the end of the prayer, Dane stood up, patted the dust on his knees, clenched the holy crystal in his hand, and said energetically, "Your Highness, I have nothing to prepare. I can go now."

Looking at the eager level five priest, Victor felt a little strange. In fact, he wanted to stay with Sylvia.

Victor shook his head, drove the weak thoughts out of his mind and said, "let's go."