Chapter 623 Argument

At the end of June, the weather starts to get hot.

However, in the tall church of the temple, there is an indescribable coolness.

After the routine chanting is over, there is a meeting between the cardinals and the pope. This meeting will only be held once a week, because the peaceful "Rosary Cross" has rarely changed after the last war. Zong's biggest themes are "rest and recuperation", "waiting for work with leisure" and "maintaining stability", so that this kind of routine meeting has almost become a passing scene.

However, for Rubens, who is an advanced cardinal, every meeting now becomes his torment.

According to the usual practice, Rubens, who used to be the bishop, has actually found it very difficult to go further, but because of his close cooperation with Efta and the series of battles that he later gained the "kiss of the viper", he was instead responsible for the mistakes in the battle. Cardinal Mograine, who was primarily responsible, came to power. After he took office, he became the spokesperson of the "Efta" family in the position of Cardinal of the Holy See.

No matter what is discussed in the Holy See, if it involves "Efta", the Pope must first ask Rubens. And Efta's strong support for "Rosie Cross" in the past two years has directly made Rubens' status Straight up, a few months ago, Cardinal Rubens had become the leader of one of the three major forces of the College of Cardinals.

Although such a position is beautiful and powerful, it has already deviated from Rubens' original expectations.

Because he found that standing in the group of cardinals standing under this person and above ten thousand people, he could no longer hear the chanting of believers in his ears like before. On the contrary, such things as hills and cliques were unfolding undisguisedly. Even though he had expected it, he still didn't expect that the core of the "Rose Cross" that he had been devoutly believing in for decades would be like this.

Speaking of which, it was somewhat similar to Sally's feeling when she was in a high position: standing taller, she could see the filth and filth more clearly.

However, as Efta won the war against the orcs, Rubens' life suddenly became worse. When the "Rose Cross" saw that Efta was quickly integrated into a centralized and efficient political system, there was obviously a There was a sense of crisis.

The Pope hopes for stability, but in addition to the faction that supports him, there are two other voices in the College of Cardinals: one is headed by Rubens, who hopes to continue to maintain good cooperation with "Efta" and win-win development for everyone.

The second type is a bit radical, advocating the expansion of the Holy See and absorbing more believers, and the Communist Party will eventually control the Karen Kingdom.

Before Rubens was dominant in the College of Cardinals because of Efta, but when the Pope rejected the request to cooperate with Roddy, the situation has now turned upside down. Forta,

Do your best to stay clear of the relationship so as not to lead to more trouble.

But what is ridiculous is that the discussion at this time was the issue of "the Temple Guard's military expenditure is insufficient, whether to continue to rely on Efta's aid for support".

Rubens feels that these cardinals can sometimes be more shameless than the nobles. While arming themselves with subsidies from Efta, they screamed that we should get out of Efta's control, and at the same time dreamed of ruling the kingdom...

You are so powerful, why don't you go to see the God of Light?

But he couldn't say what he thought in his heart. After all, in this position, Rubens is basically "the ass decides the head", and he is not Rubens. He stands here to represent everyone in a political faction. So when everyone objected to cooperating with Efta, it was impossible for him to slap the table and say "I think the same as you", but he could only bear the accusations of these old men silently, with his lips tightly pursed to control his discord with each other Have a heated debate, lest the Pope also completely fall to that faction.

"Efta's recent papers seem to be good."

The Pope casually started a new topic, but the people below didn't know how to respond. They all read the newspapers, and the contents on them were all positive reports on the "Rosie Crucible", and they didn't know how to spray them for a while, and it was indeed a bit difficult.

However, this is not a problem for the old men in red clothes who have experienced many battles. Cardinal Nolde said: "The content of the newspaper has now become the information carrier that is circulated in the diocese and even the whole country. The long sword in Efta's hand is pointed at Mirno today, and it may be pointed at us tomorrow..."

This is indeed an irrefutable reason. There were a lot of discussions around, and many eyes were focused on Rubens, but the latter seemed not aware of it and said nothing.

Someone started, and then someone followed up. Rubens listened to them criticizing for a long time without changing his face, and remained silent. In the eyes of the other cardinals, this attitude was basically "giving up resistance", so after a few sentences, they also felt bored and turned to other information.

"The Viper Cross cooperates with Milnor to carry out military operations, and the marching route has moved a little to the north."

"Bergen's territory was completely destroyed by the orcs, and there is indeed no food left."

"Then they plan to borrow food from us to fight like beggars?"

What the cardinal was talking about was also a situation that often appeared in the Karen Kingdom. The lord led the army to rush to other noble territories, and the supplies were insufficient, so he would make an excuse to borrow food, manpower, and even troops to continue fighting. Milno is almost doing the same now, but all the cardinals are discussing how to get rid of this wave of "beggars". Only Rubens, who had been silent before, suddenly said: "The Viper Cross has brought How many troops are involved in the battle? Will it pose a threat to the 'temple'?"

However, before the Pope could say anything, the other cardinals laughed together: "Lord Rubens, please remember to ask for the battle report before asking questions next time. This is a battle of conquest authorized by Earl Mirno. How bold is he?" Dare to run to the temple to cause trouble?"

"In the army of more than 10,000, there are only 2,000 members of the 'Viper Cross'. Lord Rubens should be able to sleep peacefully when he goes back today."

These old men had peaceful faces, and when they left the chamber, they were all believers who were willing to kiss their boots, but the cynicism and sarcasm at this time were no different from those of the harsh nobles. Rubens looked up at the calm-looking Pope, and realized that he had no need to continue speaking, so he responded with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye: "I am worrying too much, let everyone laugh."

This kind of attitude of admitting cowardice really made the other old men feel like they were punching cotton with their fists, but they had the upper hand after all, and they didn't think that Rubens would have the ability to continue to toss and toss one after another. After discussing three or four topics, the meeting finally came to an end.

Rubens saluted respectfully and stepped back slowly. When returning to his prayer room along the corridor with a white marble floor, his slightly trembling hands proclaimed the anger he suppressed in his heart...

There has never been a "good person" in the true sense who can reach this position. Anyone can have a temper, and only God can forgive. Rubens recited the scriptures in a low voice, but he could only suppress the anger, but halfway through the recitation, he saw the huge figure flying in the air.