Xia Yanzhen took off the black cloth and looked over.

There were him, Pope Rodrigo, Lancelot, the leader of the blood-armored knights, and Damon's family in the room, a total of six.

He heard seven different heartbeats.

so……

"Is there another black crow hiding here?" Xia Yanzhen asked, looking around.

The heartbeat was very weak, mixed in with other people's heartbeats, and he couldn't tell its location for a while.

There are no redundant furniture or decorations in the room, so you can basically see everything at a glance.

Logically speaking, the black crow cannot hide, but maybe it has some ability to escape into the shadows?

"What?" Lancelot looked at Xia Yanzhen.

"Is there a seventh person in the room?" Xia Yanzhen asked again.

Lancelot's face was slightly awe-inspiring, and he put one hand on the sword at his waist: "Where is it?"

"Isn't it your people who are secretly protecting you?"

"I'm the only one." Lancelot looked around the room with lightning eyes, "I didn't find anyone there."

"Listen carefully." Xia Yanzhen said, "It's the heartbeat."

Lancelot frowned and listened carefully, paying attention to any clue.

There was no situation like "you noticed a problem that I didn't notice, and I thought you were making a fuss and didn't believe it, so you ridiculed me and then got into a conflict."

"I didn't hear anything..." After a while, Lancelot shook his head and said.

"Let me listen again, maybe it's a rat or something."

Xia Yanzhen closed his eyes again and focused entirely on his hearing.

Want to identify where the seventh heartbeat comes from.

Seeing Xia Yan's really focused look, Lancelot held his breath.

The room fell completely silent.

Xia Yanzhen stood up slowly, took two steps forward, then stopped, and took another two steps forward.

When he came to the cross with the witch Mary nailed in the middle, he opened his eyes and looked at the woman on the cross.

The pale skin contrasts sharply with the red hair and lips.

There was no blood at the wound driven by the big black nail.

"What are you doing?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

"I don't know..." Lancelot shook his head. He really didn't know what he was doing. He could only confirm that it was a blood transfusion.

"If I heard correctly -" Xia Yanzhen leaned close to Mary's flat belly, "the sound came from here."

"What?"

Lancelot was a little confused.

"She is pregnant, and the heartbeat I hear comes from the fetus inside her body." Xia Yanzhen confirmed.

"impossible!"

Lancelot flatly denied it.

He captured the Witch Mary with his own hands and brought her back to the church.

He has been imprisoned in this room for these years, entering a special state of suspended animation.

How is it possible to be pregnant!

At first, Mary was not pregnant.

Could it be that someone did something to her after she was captured?

wrong.

The only people who can enter this room are him, the chief knight, and eight cardinals and His Majesty the Pope.

Although it’s not good to say this.

But the fact is that, with the cardinal's age, they no longer have that need, and they have more than they can afford.

Although the cardinals control powerful powers, such as purifying the Holy Light and so on.

However, this power will not make their bodies stronger. Like knights, they can still be vigorous and vigorous even after they are sixty or seventy years old.

The only one who's younger and still has energy left is Huo Lun. Well, he's not interested in women and has never been here alone.

The same goes for other cardinals.

The Pope is the only one who has ever been alone in this room.

And the Pope... has been celibate for more than 20 years. Even if you put aside the flattery, many clergy can pat their chests and say that His Majesty the Pope is the purest man they have ever seen.

How could a witch be pregnant? How could she be pregnant?

"I don't know, anyway, I heard the heartbeat." Xia Yanzhen said, "Do you think this blood will flow backwards and produce some wonderful 'chemical reactions', so I'm pregnant."

"..."

Lancelot is just a big boss, how can he understand this?

Can only remain silent.

"So, this fetus is the son of your Pope and this witch, taking into account the power of both parties." Xia Yanzhen guessed, "This has attracted a large number of rats, and can control individual rats to break through here."

"I'll send someone to find the Cardinal," Lancelot said.

Now the Pope cannot interfere and can only ask the cardinals to come back and discuss it.

Lancelot opened the door, and there were still two red knights and hidden crows guarding outside.

Lancelot conveyed the order, and the crows left immediately.

It may take some time to find the Cardinal.

Abandoning the outer city cannot be executed immediately with a slap on the head.

Huolun brought Xia Yanzhen here to protect the Pope, and the other bishops had already gone to the outer city wall in advance.

I plan to perform a complete miracle to reduce the number of rats outside as much as possible.

At the level of a Cardinal, as long as they are willing, they can purify the Holy Light and even purify people's lives.

Killing rats is easy.

When performing miracles, some people from the outer city were brought to the inner city.

There are also various supplies that need to be brought to the inner city.

It will take about half a day to move. During this half day, the church's defensive light curtain should be able to withstand it.

At that time, we will tighten the defensive front and wait for the Pope to come out.

After a while, someone came back and sent back the news, saying that Xia Yanzhen and Lancelot did not need to take more care, and their mission was to protect the Pope.

Leave everything else alone.

"That's it, there's no need to go -" Before Lancelot could finish his words, a mouse suddenly jumped out of nowhere.

Go straight to the cross and the pope.

The rat with red eyes is as violent as a ferocious beast.

The cold light flickered, Lancelot had already unsheathed his sharp blade, and drew out his sword.

The rats on the ground were hit by him with a sharp blade, and each one was accurately pierced through the head.

He was lying on the ground motionless, with only a little blood flowing out.

There were about seven or eight rat corpses.

"Where did it come from?" Xia Yanzhen looked around.

The floors, ceilings, and walls here are actually not integrated. At first glance, gaps or other gaps may not be visible.

"The Sword Comes"

If you listen carefully, you can hear a lot of air circulation sounds.

If it were completely sealed, everyone would suffocate inside.

"Don't worry about it, protect His Majesty the Pope." Lancelot motioned to Xia Yanzhen to clean up the rat corpses in a corner.

They have only one mission, and that is to protect the Pope.

Nothing else should be their concern.

"Don't be like a puppet. You have no subjective initiative at all. If my guess is correct, the crisis of the Kuroshio siege can be resolved." Xia Yanzhen looked at Mary up and down.

Just as Lancelot was about to say something, another mouse came out.
To be continued...