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Chapter 395 Luo Yaoguo: It's weird, I like it! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"King Gan, what brings you here? This is..."

When Luo Yaoguo saw Hong Rengan and Maria walking towards him together, he hurriedly saluted with his fists before he got close to them, and smiled as he asked about Maria who came with Hong Rengan.

Hong Rengan had organized an uprising before, and after the failure, he was hunted down by the Qing army. His psychological quality was definitely good enough. Although he was a little nervous at the moment, he still smiled smugly on the surface, and clasped his fists in return very comfortably: "Wu Dian, didn't I come here for the National People's Congress?"

Then he pointed at Maria and said, "Her name is Maria de Clementina Doria, she is from Rome. Maria, this is the Holy Angel of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

When Maria heard the word "holy angel", she immediately stopped, then bent her legs, and knelt respectfully five steps in front of Luo Yaoguo, and lowered her head obediently, not daring to look directly at Archangel Luo.

Luo Yaoguo was a little confused by her sudden kneeling. He thought, "What does this mean? Does this beautiful woman in a nun's robe really believe that I am an angel?"

While he was thinking, Maria had already spoken. She spoke fluent Chinese with a Cantonese accent. Her voice was very soft and pleasant to the ear: "Your Highness, Holy Angel, I was sent by His Majesty Pius IX, the Patriarch of the Roman Church, to serve you in China."

What? Pope Pius IX actually sent such a beautiful nun to serve me? Luo Yaoguo was stunned again, thinking: "What kind of services can she provide? No, why would Pope Pius IX do this? Does this old Roman fox really believe that I am a holy angel? No way. There is something strange!"

Luo Yaoguo looked at Maria for a few more times and found that this nun was simply a stunning beauty! Not only were her facial features gorgeous and charming, but her body wrapped in the nun's robe was also extremely charming and graceful. Not to mention Su Sanniang and Zhou Xiuying, even Hong Xuanjiao and Xu Yuegui couldn't compare to her! Her figure should be considered extremely outstanding among white beauties.

With such looks and figure, she chose to dress up as a nun. It seems that Pius IX really has some spiritual power!
"Maria, get up and follow me back home first."

Although Luo Yaoguo felt that Maria was strange, he decided to take her back to the palace first. Once in the Wu Palace, there were many ways to find out her true identity!
"Yes, Your Highness." Maria did not stand up immediately. Instead, she walked a few steps on her knees to the feet of Luo Yaoguo. Then she bent down her upper body, raised her plump buttocks, and kissed the boot on Luo Yaoguo's right foot - this was a courtesy performed by Western Catholic believers when they met the Pope.

When Maria kissed Luo Yaoguo's boots, she regarded him as at least equal to the Pope.

After kissing the boots, Maria straightened her body, puffed out her chest, and looked at Luo Yaoguo with admiration in her slightly sunken light blue eyes.

"Get up!"

As Luo Yaoguo spoke, he stretched out his right hand, as if he wanted to pull Maria up. However, Maria held up Luo Yaoguo's right hand with her snow-white, slender hands, like jade carvings, and then leaned forward to kiss him with her red lips.

After the kiss, she slowly stood up under Luo Yaoguo's gaze.

When she stood up, Luo Yaoguo realized that this woman was almost as tall as him. She had her head slightly lowered, looking down at his boots, with a submissive look as if she didn't dare to look directly at her. Her hands were carefully holding Luo Yaoguo's right hand.

"Let's go."

Luo Yaoguo nodded to Maria, then withdrew his right hand, and pulled up the left hand of Zhou Xiuying who was looking at Maria angrily. He also called out to Hong Rengan, and they walked towards the gate of Prince Wu's Mansion not far away.

Prince Wu’s Palace, Yin’an Hall.

Luo Yaoguo and Hong Rengan walked in together and sat down on chairs placed side by side in the middle of the hall. Zhou Xiuying and Zeng Jiumei, who had accompanied Luo Yaoguo into the mansion, stood beside him. Maria stood facing Luo Yaoguo with her hands crossed in front of her, pressed on her nun's robe. Her tall body was slightly bent and her head was slightly lowered.

"Maria, can you tell me now why you are here?" Luo Yaoguo asked Maria in a somewhat serious voice.

Maria said respectfully, "Your Highness the Holy Angel, after reading the two books of the Great Prophecy written in your oral language, His Holiness the Patriarch almost completely believed that you really came from heaven. That's why he ordered me to come to you in the name of opening a girls' church school in China and serve you."

"you are lying!"

Luo Yaoguo interrupted Maria before she finished speaking: "Tell me, what is your purpose in coming to China and getting close to me?"

When he said this, his eyes turned to Hong Rengan. The latter's expression changed slightly, he sat up straight in the chair, frowned and stared at Maria.

This reaction is quite normal. After all, Maria came to Suzhou with Hong Rengan.

Maria knelt down slowly and said, "Your Highness the Holy Angel, the Holy See and I have no ill will towards you. We are very willing to believe that you are really from heaven, but the Holy See needs more evidence to convince believers all over the world. I am here only because His Holiness the Pope wants to establish a secret contact with you so that he can obtain some convincing evidence to prove that you are really from heaven."

"How do you want to prove it?" Luo Yaoguo asked again. Maria took out a wax-sealed envelope from her pocket and raised her hands above her head: "This is a handwritten letter from His Holiness the Pope."

"bring here."

Luo Yaoguo instructed Zeng Jiumei, who immediately brought the letter to Luo Yaoguo, peeled off the round red wax seal, took out a piece of letter paper from it and handed it to Luo Yaoguo.

"Latin?" Luo Yaoguo looked down and frowned, "I don't know Latin. Not many people in Heaven speak Latin."

"I can translate for you," Maria said. "I know many languages, including Latin, Italian, French, German, English, Russian, and Chinese."

"But you still have no way to prove your purpose," Luo Yaoguo looked at Maria, "I think you are a spy!"

"Yes." Maria nodded. "Your Highness the Holy Angel, I will never hide anything from you. In fact, I did collect some intelligence for His Holiness the Pope. If this makes you think that I am a spy, then I am a spy."

"Okay! Since you admit it, Xiuying, Jiumei!" Luo Yaoguo pointed at Maria and said sternly to Zhou Xiuying and Zeng Jiumei, "Catch her, take her to the cell and put her in solitary confinement, check her luggage carefully, and search her body."

"Yes!"

"Order!"

Although Zhou Xiuying and Zeng Jiumei were a little surprised by Luo Yaoguo's sudden change of hostility, they immediately took over the order. Then Zhou Xiuying untied the belt tied outside her robe and walked towards Maria, while Zeng Jiumei followed behind Zhou Xiuying with her hand on her sword.

Maria cooperated very well and tied her arms behind her back, letting Zhou Xiuying tie her up. While surrendering, she smiled apologetically to Luo Yaoguo and said, "Your Highness the Holy Angel, your caution is absolutely necessary. Your people can search my luggage and me at will. If you want to know something, feel free to ask them and I will answer truthfully."

"Put it down!"

Of course Luo Yaoguo was unmoved. When he saw that Zhou Xiuying had already tied up Maria, he waved his hand and let Zhou Xiuying and Zeng Jiumei take Maria away.

While Maria was being captured and taken away, Luo Yaoguo's eyes were always on Hong Ren'gan.

Although Hong Rengan frowned slightly, he was generally calm. When he saw Maria being taken away, he turned his head to look at Luo Yaoguo and asked with a puzzled look: "Dear Wu, did you figure out something? Or did the higher-ups tell you something?"

Of course Luo Yaoguo didn't figure out anything! Ji Du above didn't send him a text message. He just blackmailed Hong Rengan and found an excuse to search this woman named Maria carefully inside and out.

Judging from Hong Rengan's reaction, everything seemed normal. Now it all depends on the results of the search.

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo did not directly answer Hong Rengan's question, but changed the subject and asked, "King Gan, you just said that you came here for the National People's Congress. How are the preparations for the National People's Congress going?"

Hong Rengan smiled and said, "The preparations for the National People's Congress are going very smoothly. It will be held in July this year at the latest."

"July?" Luo Yaoguo was stunned. "Will it take that long?"

Hong Rengan explained: "Isn't it because of the incident in Shanghai?"

"The changes in Shanghai?" Luo Yaoguo didn't quite understand.

Hong Rengan smiled bitterly and said, "Prince Wu, since you have taken over Shanghai, your say has of course increased greatly. So the East King, South King, and West King all want to follow your example."

"Where do they want to take over?" Luo Yaoguo asked.

Hong Rengan laughed and said, "They can't take anywhere in a short time, but they can still pull a group of people from the Qing demon territories in Guangdong, Huaibei, Hunan and Hubei to convene a national congress! After all, there are many of our people in those places, some occupy the mountains, some dominate the towns, and some are local tyrants and loyal ministers of the two countries. King Wu, do you think we should let them come?"

(End of this chapter)