Hearing the name Priest Alfonso, Ding Mu felt his heart skip a beat.

The man who Kunto asked him to find in Palermo before he died was this Priest Alfonso.

But after arriving in Palermo, Ding Mu did not rush to find this person as Kunto instructed.

Although he had decided not to be willing to be lonely, he felt that it was better to be cautious and cautious until the situation was unclear.

Now it seems that this cautious decision was really not wrong, and at the same time, Ding Mu was secretly glad that he had been using the name Alexandre Juliant Cambrai, thinking that if he had recklessly used the name of Giorre Modiglo, it would not be as simple as this embarrassment now.

Just think about Kunto's short crossbow and the crossbow arrow that stabbed Gomez, and Ding Mu felt that the situation in Palermo was really chaotic.

Now that Osborne said that this priest was actually a friend of Gomez, Ding Mu really wanted to say to them, "Your circle is really messy".

Your circle is chaotic, Ding Mu can't manage it for the time being, but this tailor has aroused Ding Mu's great interest.

Osborne soon found that the young man was very respectful to him, which made the tailor a little proud, although when he passed through the corridor, he bowed to the two nobles who greeted him and received only swaggering contempt, but Osborne always had a humble and flattering smile on his face, and even made a gesture of bending down and holding his wrist for one of the noblewomen, of course, according to the previous attitude towards him, the tailor was still ignored by the noblewoman.

Ding Mu had been secretly observing the tailor, and then he couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart.

In his impression, he didn't know much about the current palace appearance of Sicily, but the tailor named Osborne in front of him made Ding Mu impressed.

Looking at the face that was polite and courteous to everyone and completely harmless to humans and animals, Ding Mu felt strange, how could such a little person who relied entirely on all kinds of fabrics, lace, and leather ornaments to eat with rice become a hot minister in the Spanish court in the future?

Of course, if someone tells Osborne now that one day he will become a more powerful person than Don Gomez, he will either be regarded as a fool or a madman, or he will see him as an insult and sarcasm, and the current Otto Osborne is only a tailor and personal companion of Don Gomez, the minister of the Sicilian palace, and it will be a long time before he enters the life of the famous madwoman Juana.

The Norman French and the Arabs had been fighting each other for a long time, but they had a lot in common in their taste for architecture.

Obviously, these two very different peoples preferred the style of construction with the promenade as the main building, and in this respect, even the Romans, who had occupied Sicily for a long time, had to follow suit in maintaining this characteristic pattern in the royal palace.

Osborne brought Ding Mu to a door that did not look very conspicuous and stopped, he himself went in first, and after a while came out to greet Ding Mu.

Although he vaguely remembered in his mind where this door should lead, after actually walking in, Ding Mu couldn't help but be stunned.

If you are not familiar with it, it is difficult to imagine that the main hall of the palace is actually the main hall behind the door.

From a door that was only more than one person high, he suddenly entered an unusually wide palace with a dazzling semi-elliptical dome, and the sudden visual contrast, even Ding Mu, who was prepared, couldn't help but feel turbulent.

Although it was night, the whole hall was brightly lit, and the candles in the many lamp holders embedded in the walls illuminated the place where several people stood in the middle of the palace from all directions, but let Ding Mu, who had just walked in, take advantage of this light to see the appearance of those people very calmly.

In addition to Don Gomez, there were three other people gathered around a table, and one of them caught Ding Mu's attention was the middle-aged man in a black school robe.

Obviously, it was the priest of the Diocese of Alfonso, who was in charge of the diocese of Palermo, Sicily.

Contrary to Ding Mu's thoughts, Alfonso was obviously younger than he had guessed, the priest wore a small flat hat on his head, his slightly silver-gray hair was neatly combed with oil, and the whole person looked tall and imposing, not inferior to Gomez next to him, which was more appropriate to be a knight than a priest of the church.

On the other side of Gomez stood a soldier in armor, who, though he seemed to try to make himself look as elegant as possible in front of another lady, the rugged lines and the occasional impatience proved that the man did not seem to be the so-called knight of the boudoir, but that there was only a vague tyranny in him.

On the opposite side of the table stood a noble lady in a long dress, and when she turned her head to look, Ding Mu noticed that her heavy black hair coiled at the back of her neck shook the back of her reddish skin, and then he saw a very delicate face.

"My savior," Don Gomez beckoned to Ding Mu to walk over, "Alfonso, you should really look at his behavior at the time, I have to say that I owe this boy a favor, you have seen that arrow, it can kill a cow." ”

"It seems that Easter is not only a proof of the glory of Christ, but also a lucky day for you," said the priest, looking at Ding Mubian and beside him Gomez, "I suggest that you should immediately go to the Episcopal Palace and ask the Bishop to give you a Mass of thanksgiving, so that you can show your gratitude to the Lord." ”

"I'll go, and soon," Gomez said with a strange look on his face, and then he beckoned again, "Don't stand so far away, little one, everyone wants to see you, but before that you should meet my wife, she should be most grateful to you." If it weren't for you, she would probably be a widow. ”

Ding Mu turned his head in accordance with Gomez's gesture and saw that the noble lady was also looking at him, so he bowed his hand again in the way he had been ridiculed by Gomez before: "Madam, I am honored to serve the palace minister and you. ”

The noble lady was obviously a little surprised by Ding Mu's strange etiquette at first, and then nodded and showed a reserved smile: "I should indeed thank you, you saved my husband, and in this respect you saved not just one person but two, you deserve to be rewarded enough." ”

"It was God's arrangement to save the Prime Minister of the Palace, and I am just a messenger who conveys this arrangement."

Ding Mu replied cautiously, he knew that it was best not to be arrogant at this time, especially after you did save a high-ranking person, the people in power are often very disgusted with boasting of their merits.

"God has arranged for messengers to spread his words to the world, to report the death of the wicked, to the death of the good, to the sorrow of disasters and wars," said Priest Alfonso suddenly, "I don't know what kind of young man this young man is." ”

"I wish I was the last," Ding Mu turned slowly, this was the first time he looked directly at the priest, and then he found that the priest did look at him with a little interest, "I hope that I am the one who reports salvation and good faith, as the scriptures say: how beautiful are the footsteps of those who preach good news of the gospel." ”

For a moment, Alfonso seemed surprised, he looked at Ding Mu curiously, and then said to Gomez: "I am now somewhat convinced, this young man has indeed been arranged by God to convey the gospel to you. It makes me even more convinced that today will definitely be your lucky day. ”

The priest's words made Gomez seem to be excited all at once, and he turned around with joy and patted the soldier next to him on the shoulder, and slapped his armor with a "snap": "Did you hear that, I knew it would be like this, this is proof that God is also on my side, if anyone still refuses to believe it, tell him what you heard the priest's assertion, now captain I ask you to set off immediately according to my orders, your army is ready, I hope to get good news from you soon." ”

"Yes, sir." The knight, who had apparently been impatient with a slight bow, straightened up, and hurried out of the palace after a slight greeting to the priest and Gomez's wife.

Seeing the knight disappear outside the palace gate, Gomez sat down at the table, his brow already furrowed, obviously not all in a good mood just now.

"Priest, as you said, I should reward this child, he not only saved me but also brought me God's revelation, but it doesn't make me much happy," Gong Xiang grabbed the wine glass on the table and took a sip, and then angrily paused the glass on the table, and the wine spilled out of it stained a map, "Am I not good enough to let this happen to me?" ”

"To the king you are a loyal servant, but to some......" Alfonso shook his head, "you just have to decide who you should be loyal to." ”

"Of course I have to be loyal to the king," Gomez said angrily, "but I didn't expect them to be so bold as to send someone to assassinate me." ”

"I warned you a long time ago," the noble lady looked at her husband with a cold face, which made Ding Mu wonder how much of what she said before was true, "It was your indecision that put yourself in danger, in fact, this should have ended a long time ago." ”

"Do you want me to be a slaughterer?" Gomez looked at his wife angrily, "I just hope things don't get worse, but now it seems that all the previous efforts have been in vain, well, since this is the case, I have had enough." ”

"Then I'll do what I'm supposed to do, and I'll write to Zaragoza," the lady nodded to Alfonso and left the table, pausing to look at Ding Mu as she passed by, "You do deserve more, and I'm sure my husband will be generous." ”

Ding Mu bowed lightly again, although it was only a few words, maybe these people didn't think he could understand what they were saying, but he felt that he had somewhat grasped the context of what these people were saying.

It's just that Priest Alfonso has no idea what role he plays in this.

I just don't know how Gomez would react if he found out that the priest had something to do with his assassins.

Gomez seemed to think of Ding Mu again at this point, and he beckoned Ding Mu to stand in front of him again, then looked up at him and said, "Young man, now you can make a request, what do you want, gold or something else?" ”

Looking at Gomez's inquiring eyes, Ding Mu soon realized that his question was not easy to answer, at least this kind of inquiry was actually difficult to satisfy everyone.

How to repay the saving grace?

Obviously, this gave Gomez a bit of a headache, so he simply threw this trouble on Ding Mu himself.

"I've had some trouble before," Ding Mu decided to tell the 'truth', "so I had to come to Palermo with the gypsies, but I don't want to wander like this, I hope to find a decent job in Palermo." ”

"You said you were a Greek," Gomez pondered, "so do you want to stay in Palermo?" ”

"Yes, my lord," Ding Mu nodded, "I have come a long way from Crete, and I do not want to wander any further, and if possible I would like to stay in Palermo, which is very large, and there may be other Greeks like me." ”

"I understand," Gomez motioned to Osborne, "take this little fellow to you, arrange for him to stay, and wait until all is over." ”

Osborne nodded and patted Ding Mu on the shoulder, and walked towards the door where he had always come, and after taking a few steps, Gomez's grumbling voice was faintly heard behind him: "This night is so long, I wish it was over soon." ”

"Believe me, it'll be over soon......" Priest Alfonso replied nonchalantly.

Osborne did not live in the palace, except for night duty and other times when he was needed, he lived on the second floor of a house not far from the palace, Emanu Street, which made Ding Mu a little speechless, the first floor of this house was a tailor shop.

In fact, this tailor shop was opened by Osborne himself, and as the chief tailor of the court, Osborne was indeed very skilled, and his reputation was even greater, and through this fame, he opened this tailor shop on Emanu Street, the busiest street in Palermo.

Although it was already the second half of the night, Ding Mu saw a lot of Spanish guards and many cavalry passing back and forth along the street, which made him realize that something had happened.

Osborne arranged Ding Mu in a small room on the second floor, with a large wooden board that had been used as a workbench, and there was nothing to complain about except for a large pile of leather piled up in the corner of the wall that smelled unpleasant.

Osborne was apparently still busy, and after a few words of advice, he hurried away.

At this time, Ding Mucai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It is not known if Gomez is still suspicious of himself, but judging by his willingness to let him out of the palace, at least things have not gotten worse.

Ding Mu didn't expect Gomez to arrange any future for himself because of the grace of saving his life, in fact, he even hoped that Gomez would not think of him during this time.

Obviously, Gomez had one or more enemies, and Gomez may have thought of compromising with them before, but it was clear that neither his wife nor Priest Alfonso, those around him seemed to be unimpressed by his attitude.

Now Gomez seemed to have finally made up his mind because of the assassination, and it was not pleasant to think about what would happen tonight, as could be seen from the irrepressible cruelty on the face of the soldier who had left.

At this time, Ding Muke didn't want to get involved.

Only, what the hell is that Alfonso priest going on?

Thinking of the priest, Ding Mu frowned.

What is the relationship between that person and Kunto?

More importantly, what is the relationship between him and Giore Modiglo?

Why did Kunto go to him himself before he died?

In addition, there is Sophia.

I don't know if Sophia can understand her intentions, or if she has already used a throwing knife as a target to poke and poke at him in her heart at this time.

In his thoughts, the sound of running and horses' hooves from time to time on the street gradually became blurred, and Ding Mu slowly fell into a dream.

Until he was awakened by a rush of footsteps, Ding Mu opened his eyes and saw the tailor burst in with joy on his face: "The conspiracy has been defeated, Archbishop Malejo has been arrested, my friend, you have made a meritorious service!" ”