Chapter 956 Farewell

Father, like son. —

Tang En knew very well who Xia Wei'an was and what her character was. As for those Puritans, ascetic monks, etc. who came out to rebel with Xia Wei'an, although Tang En had no contact with them, they were recognized by Xia Wei'an, and then they became such miserable people in the temple. Tang En could guess their general nature.

The most important thing is that after seeing the two knights guarding the door and hearing the chaos in the hall, they did not go in to take the lead. When the two Puritans faced the little nun waving sticks wildly, they immediately chose to cry and laugh without explaining, instead of turning their faces and getting angry. Tang En could also confirm that the other party's coming this time did not have much ill intentions, at least not for the time being.

In other words, the little nun's previous display of courage was in vain.

Sure enough, what happened next quickly confirmed Tang En's suspicion...

"Father Mason, I would like to excuse you. We are here to ask a few questions. Well, maybe from our current position, we do not have the right to ask these questions. But based on the devout beliefs of thousands of believers here, I ask you to be truthful. answer."

"Uh, no problem, please."

"Okay, how much charity does the church receive from believers every month?"

"This... is about five gold coins. If you include the free food and other items, the value is about ten gold coins."

"The approximate destination of these donations..."

"What, what do you mean? You suspect us of stealing charity money!"

"Just asking, Xin...er, Sister Siying, don't get me wrong."

"Misunderstanding? Huh! What if I eat all the food by myself?"

"Well, there's me too. I've eaten a lot this month..."

"Cindy, don't be ridiculous!" paused. Ignoring the sensitive little nun, she constantly corrected Siying and Siying's complaints. replied patiently. "It's like this. There are many orphans in the fishing village at the foot of the mountain whose parents died at sea. Most of the donations are used to purchase food, winter cotton clothes, etc. for them."

"Do you have any accounts?"

"Of course, the account book is in the wooden cabinet at the back. It's open to the public. I'll go get it and show it to you..."

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After several questions and answers, the two uninvited Protestant Puritans did not look like unwelcome guests, but rather like important figures of the temple who came to inspect. It seems that he is finding fault with every sentence, but in reality he is humble and gentle. That is the general inquiry attitude.

Except for the little nun who had preconceived ideas and was still full of resentment, the person involved, Father Mason, quickly calmed down. Although he did not understand the intention of the other party's question, he seemed to have nothing to hide in these matters, so he confessed without thinking.

Tang En sat next to the little nun and listened for a while, and roughly understood the purpose of these two Protestant Puritans. If I am not mistaken, the latter asked these questions to investigate Father Mason's character... On this point, Tang En can guarantee that there is no problem. Because he had already secretly investigated...

All right. In view of the previous bad impression, Tang En did not have a good impression of the temple's clergy. Even if the other person is considered a lifesaver. With the intention of exposing hypocrisy and to ensure that this silly little nun would not be harmed in the future, Tang En immediately began a detailed and comprehensive investigation of Father Mason as soon as he was able to act normally.

As a result, I have to say that as the forest grows, there are indeed all kinds of birds, including thieves and good birds. Now this old man who has no interest in worldly affairs and has guarded this dilapidated chapel for half his life is an out-and-out good bird.

Even though Tang En's investigation was fruitless, he fished for law enforcement and pretended to accidentally reveal that he had a huge sum of money hidden on his person. The old man didn't even notice that he couldn't move, and he started to seek money and harm others. On the contrary, he reminded him to keep it secret, sincerely, and also talked about the principle of keeping wealth secret. This made Tang En, who had never had any integrity, feel secretly ashamed in a rare way...

It is certainly impossible for such a weirdo to embezzle charity funds. Sure enough, after carefully looking through the account books, the two Puritans looked at each other, shook their heads slightly, and put down the account books in their hands... Of course, they could not draw any conclusions in such a short time. Apparently they had already secretly investigated Father Mason when they came here, and now they were just verifying it again.

"After reading it, did we steal the charity money?" The little nun stared fiercely, and said unforgivingly, "If not, the door is at the back, shouldn't you leave?"

Of course, the two Puritans were not as familiar as a little nun, but they looked a little embarrassed: "Ahem, it seems that Sister Siying has a deep prejudice against us."

"How dare I? Rumor has it that you are capable of killing people..."

"Cindy!" Father Mason quickly interrupted the little nun's sarcastic murmur and smiled bitterly to himself. Wasn't this a reminder to anger the other party? She smiled dryly and nodded at the two slightly stiff-looking Puritans, "Sorry, she didn't mean to talk nonsense, haha..."

"Haha, it's not all nonsense." The middle-aged Puritan glanced at Tang En, who was listening boredly, but still couldn't tell the difference. He calmly looked away and said with a smile, "The reputation of the newly established Protestant Church is indeed not very good outside. The rumors are true and there are also malicious slanders. The murder situation Sister Siying just said is correct, but we have more information here. Willing to call it judgment.”

After a pause, he continued, "Everyone was a clergy before, so I won't hide some situations. Now the temple is rotten to the core. Not only the adults are greedy, but also the heads of the churches below are even more greedy. The more remote, The more inconspicuous the place, the more shocking the shady story is. Do you believe it? In small churches like yours, we have found baskets of gold coins and rescued countless young women who were imprisoned in the basement in the dark. Some of them are nuns, some are believers..."

"How, how is it possible?!" Father Mason exclaimed with a trembling voice, his face full of horror and disbelief. When the little nun heard this, she was dumbfounded on the spot. She opened her mouth slightly, looking dumbfounded.

On the other side, Tang En curled his lips, not surprised at all. How is it impossible? You two are non-mainstream, okay...

He spread his hands and said, "Before we found out, we thought it was impossible. Some people even have good reputations in neighboring villages and are kind-hearted. They don't want to be bullies who bully men and women, but that's the fact... If you want to see it, We have a lot of case evidence here. Or you can go to the north yourself and listen to what the believers there have to say." He shook his head lightly. The middle-aged Puritan looked at the silly little nun with a smile. He asked, "Such a borer, do you think we should kill it?"

"I, I, I..." After stammering for a while, the little nun who was severely shocked subconsciously shrank into Tang En's arms, like a kitten, completely losing her previous tigress demeanor.

She was lucky, because following the strange Father Mason, she never encountered such ugly situations. She is also unlucky. Because he was so well protected, when he first came across all these shady secrets, he was very disturbed!

Patting the little nun's shoulder comfortingly, Tang En calmly looked up at the middle-aged Puritan: "Those who should be killed or not have been killed. The question now is, how are you going to treat Father Mason and this small church?"

The two Puritans were stunned when they heard this, and looked at Tang En again, especially at the latter's ordinary face, which was as calm as water and without any waves, and frowned warily: "You were negligent just now. You don't seem to be from here..." Tang En's level of strength, even if he is injured. It was impossible for the two Puritans to detect any clues about him. But the key point is that Tang En's current demeanor is too calm and calm. He just sits quietly. He is like an iceberg that no strangers should enter. He can tell at a glance that it is not suitable to provoke.

He waved his hand to interrupt, "Let's talk about the handling first. Identity is not important." It is indeed not important. If the result of the handling satisfies Tang En, then everything will be fine. If he's not satisfied, then Tang En doesn't mind cleaning up the house for Xia Wei'an!

After a pause, the two Puritans exchanged glances, nodded slightly, looked at the stunned Mason, and said: "We have heard about Father Mason's conduct when we came here, and we admire it very much. Now we have two choices. , First, I hope that Father Mason can consider joining our Protestant religion and revive the pure faith in God the Father..."

"Just thinking about it?"

"Of course. Believers like Father Mason who lead by example and truly promote the gospel of God the Father are actually walking the same path as us. We will only show respect, not force. He can continue to stay in the temple and not join us. Of course. , the door of our Protestantism will always be open to them... This is the second option."

"Okay." Tang En nodded with satisfaction and stood up. "Let Father Mason think about it carefully. This choice cannot be made in a short while. Can you two lend me a moment to talk?"

"Of course." For a moment, the two Puritans looked deeply at Tang En and stood up, "We are waiting outside."

Watching the two people's backs disappear at the gate, Tang En lowered his head and touched the little nun's hair: "Cindy, thank you for your life-saving grace and for taking care of you for so many days. But...well, it's time for me to leave. .”

"Ah?" The little nun who was hit again was dumbfounded and raised her head blankly, "Leave? Arthur, where are you going?"

"Go home."

"Oh." The little nun lowered her head, stared at her toes, and whispered, "Can't you stay a few more days... Your injury is not healed yet..."

"It's okay, I have to leave eventually..."

In fact, Tang En should have left a few days ago. However, during the period of recuperation, Tang En really fell in love with the seemingly boring but actually ordinary seaside life here, and he also really liked this little girl who was always nagging. It could be regarded as selfish. After having a premonition that the Protestant people would come, Tang En found a reason for himself to repay his kindness and stayed here for a few more days...Now that the Protestant people did come, and their attitude was not bad, Tang En's handling of the situation turned out to be... En was also very satisfied and had to leave.

"You know? You changed my impression of the temple and the clergy. Well, it's amazing. Also, I still think Cindy's name sounds better, otherwise you won't change it..."

"Siying! My name is Siying!" Shaking her head to avoid Tang En's touch, the little nun turned her back and said in a muffled voice, "Let's go, let's go. You don't like to listen to me anyway, so it doesn't matter if you leave." Amazing. Hum..."

Startled, Tang En shook his head and laughed. He didn't mind, because he clearly heard the faint sound of tears falling on the ground... waved his hand: "Then I'll leave first... Father Mason, thank you for taking so long to help me." I heal. Well, I know something about Protestantism. They probably didn’t lie to you. Think about it carefully.”

After finishing speaking, he bowed and saluted. He glanced at the little nun whose shoulders were trembling slightly again, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, turned around and walked out of the hall.

Outside the hall, two Puritans and two light-armored knights were waiting not far away. They must have had some speculation and discussion, and they looked a little wary.

"Your Mightiness……"

"Give this to Xia Wei'an." Tang En lost all interest in talking now and directly threw a page of folded paper, hissing through the air, and instantly fell into the hands of the middle-aged Puritan. This simple move was enough to make the latter's expression change greatly, "Just say it was given by an old friend. Also, if Father Mason and the little nun don't agree, no one is allowed to touch this chapel! This is my That’s what you said!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he ignored the people who were talking and simply stepped onto the stairs going down the mountain, disappearing in an instant.

Running to the mountainside in one breath, Tang En finally let out a breath and slowed down until his chest hurt. After thinking about it, he shook his head and chuckled to himself: "Haha, I can't completely put aside the sadness of separation. It seems that I am really not a killer..."

Of course this is a joke. As long as you are human, who can be without fear of the pain of separation? Even if it's just a touch of sadness after a brief encounter...

However, before Tang En could finish his emotional words, suddenly, a high-pitched scream came down from the mountain, familiar and sharp as always,

"Big bad guy! You lied to me - you said Siying was nice before, and now you say Cindy is nice - liar! But I have a lot of money, I forgive you! I won't change my name to Cindy - and, Remember to come back to see me and bring delicious food. Otherwise - otherwise I will curse you in front of Father God! Haha -"

There was a pause at the feet, and for a moment, the slow laughter spread back to the top of the mountain, just like in the ears,

"Ha, I got it, Cindy...little girl movie..."

…………(To be continued...)