Chapter 12 Funerals and Banquet

The creation calendar 36173, the Holy Empire calendar 1568. At the end of the year, the cold early morning of December 5. Bishop of the Holy Empire, the former head of the taxation department of Saint Caen of the Holy Empire, 64-year-old Bishop Rampei Lau Blair died at home.

This stubborn and extreme old man finally failed to survive the long winter and stopped breathing forever when the New Year was about to come.

The most solid pillar of the whole family fell, and from then on it will be a bishop's palace without bishops. Everything here will go downhill until another bishop or archbishop is born here.

The dilapidated bishop's mansion was shrouded in a sad atmosphere, and the already fallen gate was tied with a black belt, representing the death belt swinging in the cold wind, indicating the pain of the family.

The mourning hall is located in the main room of the main entrance of the bishop's palace. At this moment, it is full of black cloth, and several servants are crying. Unfortunately, none of the relatives of the deceased have shed tears.

In the afternoon of this day, in the expectation of Lan Peiqi's family and countless prayers, the condolences sent by the Pope personally made it late.

The messenger wore a wide light blue robe, which was the standard dress for the clergy to mourn the deceased. The guards were wearing long swords and stationed on both sides of the gate of the deserted bishop's palace. These knights were wrapped in black gauze on their arms, which was a must for escort the mourning messengers.

As soon as the messenger entered the door, he went straight to the coffin, launched the papal order, and read it aloud: "The Lord of the Asian continent, the Pope of the Holy Empire, His Majesty Kaf Lanci Dovilla 27th painfully ordered the burial of dear Blair with the ceremony of the bishop. For this reason, the Pope's Hall will solemnly surpass the undead and The funeral money of 10,000 gold coins was presented. In view of the loyalty of the Lan Peiqi family, he was promoted to the eldest son of Blair to be a great priest, and the second son of Brall was cut from the position of priest and became a count forever.

This sudden papal order made everyone a little overwhelmed. The disfavor of the Lan Peiqi family seems to have become a fore, but it has been promoted to a great priest, which is tantamount to rebirth. However, he secretly demoted Arcado's second uncle to count, which is a little incomprehensible.

Unfortunately, Arcado's father didn't mention a word in this award.

Just as everyone received the reward in the fog, the guards at the door sang loudly: "Archbishop Srock, Archbishop Meuse."

The head of the family who had just been promoted to the grand priest, Arkado's uncle Allen quickly greeted him, and the frustrated second uncle also followed him. After all, he was obviously promoted to count. Although he had no real power at all, he eventually became a nobleman.

Seeing the two bishops coming in, he quickly saluted, stepped forward and bowed and said, "Welcome the two archbishops."

"Your father is a good bishop. He is a respectable man." Archbishop Meuse had a peaceful face, with his signature harmless smile. As soon as he waved, the two guards of the Imperial Arbitration Investigation Office carried a small box into the mourning hall, turned around and bowed to the muse, and went out.

Muse brushed his hand with white gloves on the box and said to Alan with a smile, "This is what your father left with me. You will have it in the future. Put it away. No need to send it. See you later." After saying that, he went straight out.

Lampich Sedorf certainly knows what it is. It is all kinds of criminal evidence of violations and corruption collected by the Arbitration Investigation Office. If your majesty wants to pursue it, or has a little disrespect for the empire, these things will become evidence for trial, enough to be executed hundreds of times. And if the Holy Empire has not been investigated, or the achievements of the deceased can make up for these small evidence of corruption or illegal records, it will be sent by the archbishop in charge of the law at the time of the person's death and burned together with the dead, indicating the tolerance of the empire and no longer pursue it.

The eldest son, Lan Peiqi Seedorf, who had just been frowned, looked so ugly at this time that he didn't know what to do, and the new count beside him was also at a loss.

Archbishop Slock came over at this time and said to Lampeqi Sidoff, "My grandson has been talking about your nephew Arcado recently, saying that Arcado made him ugly on Genesis Day. I don't say much about how to discipline his family, but the position of deputy director of the tax department in the North District of the Holy City will not be empty for long. I have to arrange someone to take office..." Then he said that the inaudible words went further and further.

Lanpeki Sedorf, who suddenly woke up, hurriedly chased after him and flattered that it must satisfy the archbishop.

At this moment, Arcado did not know that his own fate was unconsciously judged by his uncle and a powerful minister.

A dead man's funeral was disturbed by a group of people with various purposes, and Arcado looked at all this coldly:

He looked at the uncle with a happy face because of his promotion to the high priest, and the expression that he had to wake up with a smile in his dream did not look like his dead father at all.

He looked at his second uncle, who was complacent about becoming a nobleman. Although he was unwilling to lose the priesthood, he was sure that he was not sad because of his father's death.

He looked at his father, the only unrewarded father, who was still drunk and sat there like a dead dog, and did not look like he had lost his loved ones.

I knelt in front of the coffin and thought about these problems. I didn't know whether I was sad or not. I just numbly handed the holy plaque for prayer to the people who came to mourn.

Acardo himself understood that he was standing here and praying carefully in order to look forward to a person he had not seen for more than three months - Lin Ria. He hoped that Count Lin Feng could bring Lin Rhea to express his condolences, but unfortunately, in the evening of that day, he knew that he had miscalculated.

And their two brothers did not attend the important funeral at all. They went to a party, a banquet for the recovery of Arnold's grandson. The party was funded by the Marquis of Violet, and his granddaughter Anne also attended the banquet.

Arnold and Alice and more than half of the second ancestor of the Holy Empire attended the banquet, and John was also among them. Archbishop Rodaram personally prayed for Arnold to celebrate his recovery.

The wonderful music accompanied the dance steps of men and women made the big new marquis mansion very lively. No one seems to remember that an old man had just died this morning.

The guests here were jubilant and flattering around Arnold and his female partner Alice, only Anne. In that moment, they seemed to think of a figure who jumped at the last dance.

On this night, when the drunken two brothers returned home, Arcado had returned to his cabin and fell asleep.