Dawn Sleep

Facing such a group of half-grown children and injured disabled humans, those middle-aged men holding bricks and sharp weapons with hostile faces completely lost their composure, and lowered their heads in embarrassment.

Just like that, Jiang Jianming was helped by Kevin into the nave of the Brilliant Church, and saw hundreds of civilians sitting around under the lights.

And mixed among them... barefoot and wearing white robes, crystal priests with indifferent expressions, both male and female.

These people are looking at him.Some looked at his wrist symbolizing disabled humans, some looked at the wound on his forehead, and some looked at the golden sun wheel emblem on his military uniform... There were various emotions.

Being stared at by so many eyes, Jiang Jianming was not nervous at all, and spoke first:

"Calm down. I know what you are guarding against, but I am not your enemy, and the reason for walking in has nothing to do with the current conflict."

He said, and found a place to sit down at random.Kevin took off his coat and pressed the material on his wound to stop the bleeding.

"Some of you may have seen me."

Jiang Jianming looked around and said, "I am Jiang Jianming, the temporary inspector of Jinrilun's Aslan Star City branch. I am investigating a serious rebellion within the empire under the order of the military department."

"Yes, I have seen this inspector!"

A woman in a sarong made a sound, and she looked at Jiang Jianming in surprise, "That day...that day...he was the one who blocked a mecha gun for the little Lily from the next door. It was him, and I saw it."

Jiang Jianming smiled at her, calmed his face randomly, and continued in a deep voice: "Now, I suspect that the traitor party that was uncovered a few days ago - the remnants of the former Kim Il-lun staff officer Du Ke's party is hiding inside the Brilliant Cathedral A batch of high-risk bombs were dropped."

The crowd exclaimed in an uproar.Many people who were sitting comfortably, even lying on their backs sprang up, their faces turned blue.

For ordinary people who are used to peaceful times, the word "bomb" is enough to tighten their nerves, and it is a hundred times more effective than the illusory "true crystal mine".

"Although I'm sorry to disturb your party, after all... we must put the stability of this star city and the safety of the tens of thousands of imperial citizens in this area as our top priority."

Jiang Jianming put his hand on his chest and lowered his head slightly: "Therefore, I hereby ask you to evacuate this place temporarily to give Jin Rilun's army room to search."

"We will complete the search as soon as possible. As for the reason why you gathered here, it has nothing to do with me, and I am not in charge of the security of Star City. You can come in after you have checked out the danger. I will never stop you."

Before he finished speaking, it was not these ordinary civilians who stood up first, but the priests in the church.

A woman in a white robe of the Crystal Cult came out coldly, with raised eyebrows: "Your Excellency, your soldiers have already been in and out of the church many times, disturbing the peace of the sacred place."

Jiang Jianming: "Now we have other internal evidence. The stolen goods were not found before, but it does not mean that there will be no stolen goods tonight. After all, stolen goods can be transferred at any time, are you right?"

The words were like water pouring into a lake, and the pious crystal believers in the crowd were furious: "Do you suspect that the crystal believers are collaborating with the enemy and treason?"

"Can I understand these words as desecrating the church!?"

"The brilliance of crystal particles, benevolence, equality, and now the church is open to everyone for free at night is proof!!"

Seeing that the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger, Kevin wanted to stretch out his hand to protect Jiang Jianming in a panic, but was pulled by the latter and pressed into his arms.

Jiang Jianming glanced at him: "What are you doing? Children, don't rush forward when things happen."

Then he raised his eyes and said lightly: "I don't intend to offend, but it is about the lives and safety of thousands of people, so I have to be cautious."

A figure came out from inside, it was a young man with gray temples.He held a sacrificial candlestick in his hand, was also wrapped in a white robe, and his eyes were a bit cold.

The clergy and the crystal believers bowed their heads and called him, "Bishop Su."

Su put the candlestick next to the sculpture, "——The Jinrilun army has long been a weapon used by nobles and wealthy people to carry out oppression. We have reason to think that you are trying to trick the people here to go out with good words first." , and then impose an armed blockade."

He gave Jiang Jianming a deep look in his eyes like a poisonous snake, and continued, "For this reason, he will not hesitate to slander the devout believers in my church."

Jiang Jianming, neither humble nor overbearing, looked down at his wrist phone: "His Majesty's Yujia set off at dawn, and it will take about two hours for the Yujia to pass here... We only need an hour to search."

"If there is nothing wrong with the search results, I would like to solemnly apologize and return the safety to the people and faith."

In the dimly lit main hall of the church, the eyes of hundreds of people flicked back and forth between Jiang Jianming and the crystal believers hesitantly.

"This……"

The words clashed twice, Officer Can Jing was neither humble nor overbearing, protecting a group of frightened teenagers and girls with his arms.

The glaring blood on his forehead made him look more like an earthly god than a so-called bishop who sacrificed his life to enlighten all living beings.

Finally someone whispered, "I want to trust the Ombudsman."

People nodded one after another, and soon a second and third person responded, and finally it became a rush of agreement.

"What if there is a bomb, my parents are still waiting for me to go back to celebrate the New Year."

"We're here to petition and not to fight. It's not worth the risk, is it?"

"Let's not go far, block the door of the church and watch them search."

"Yes, everyone will come in after the search."

Bishop Su's face was a little ugly, and several clergymen were even more angry, but Su Yi stopped him with his eyes.

Some people went out one after another, and some even patted Jiang Jianming on the shoulder, with a guilty tone: "Young man, let's go, you should also go out and bandage the wound. Ouch, you are bleeding so much, I feel flustered and short of breath just looking at it." .”

"Thank you." Jiang Jianming smiled slightly.

He Ren Kevin stood up eagerly, his eyes wandered intentionally or unintentionally, and leisurely glanced at the bishop named Su, as if mocking.

... The so-called backlash that plays with people's hearts is nothing more than that.If there were only crystal believers in the church, he would definitely not allow him to send troops in to search, maybe he would have to use force in the end, causing a big conflict.

But now... due to the self-inflicted actions of those behind the scenes, there are more ordinary people in the church.

As soon as this group of people rushed out, the Crystal Cult members couldn't stop them, not to mention that they had no position to stop them, even if they wanted to, their faces were all livid.

"Your Excellency," Jiang Jianming bowed his head, but his eyes under the black hair were sharp and aggressive, "Excuse me, can we start sending people to the church?"

"You!" The priest woman in white robe was so angry that the veins on her forehead twitched.

The rest of the crystal cult members stared at Jiang Jianming with eyes that wanted to eat people, and stubbornly did not move a step.

"Let them search."

Finally, Bishop Su waved his hand indifferently, "The clean is cleared."

……

"You... how did you do it?"

After a while, watching the orderly evacuation of the crowd, a group of Jin Rilun generals headed by Lieutenant General Luther were all dumbfounded.

"Tell me to use your brain." Jiang Jianming leaned on the soft seat in the aircraft and asked Zheng Yue to bandage his wound.

"If you have no brains, then compare your heart with your heart. We are all human beings, compatriots in a star city, there is nothing that we cannot communicate with."

He waved his hand: "According to the division map of the church area I sent, ten people form a team, and each team is responsible for an area. If you find anything, report it immediately, and don't miss any details."

"Pay attention to the abnormal environment, especially whether there are interlayers on the floor, walls and ceiling. Pay attention to the emotional changes of the clergy around."

"Go in and search."

As soon as the order was given, the officers and soldiers of Jinrilun rushed into the church in rows with weapons on their waists, and began to search with all their attention.

Lieutenant General Luther murmured and sighed: "I am old and useless, I am old..."

But then, another difficulty lay in front of everyone.

Half an hour passed, and the search turned up nothing.

Jin Rilun's well-trained soldiers have searched every room of the temple and every wall in the room, but they have not found a mezzanine.

Someone climbed up to the ceiling, knocked from the outside and the inside, and even removed a few bricks, but nothing.

Someone brought the most advanced underground detector.This thing came from the Black Shark base, and it can even lock the underground command post that cannot be detected by radar, but at this moment it shows that the underground of the church is indeed just an ordinary surface.

Time passed minute by minute.Inside the aircraft, Jiang Jianming and Lieutenant General Luther sat side by side, using the virtual blue screen to check the information from each group one by one.

After a while, Lieutenant General Luther turned off the screen, sighed, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Although he didn't say anything, the tension was already palpable.

"I'm going to see a few places." Jiang Jianming stood up and put the military coat on his shoulders again.

"Lieutenant General Luther, please ensure that the people stay in a safe area behind Jin Rilun's army. Lao Zheng will follow me."

"Yes!" Zheng Yue responded immediately, and at the same time put the holster with the Wings of Venus on it with both hands.

Now he has discovered that sometimes listening to His Excellency Jiang Xiao is more important than listening to Lieutenant General Luther.

Stepping on the snow through the night, the two walked into the church.

It was as bright as day inside, and the Jinriluns were still searching in an orderly manner, and the sound of footsteps echoed everywhere.

Jiang Jianming first went to see the prayer room with Zheng Yue.

Today's prayer room is no longer peaceful, and there are also soldiers rummaging around here to investigate.Under the stained glass, standing there is the beautiful girl bishop, Margaret, who is quite famous in Aslan.Behind her is the rather large sculpture, or statue of a god.Its surface is translucent, and the crystals clustered messily on the base, giving an impression of grandeur, disorder and frenzy.

Now several clergymen are kneeling down to him, murmuring and praying with their palms together, begging the crystal particles to forgive the rudeness of the intruders.

Jiang Jianming stepped on the steps and walked under the statue that was as tall as two people, and the shadow silently enveloped him.

Looking carefully, I saw three lines of words engraved under the "Crystal Nest God Statue":

death is eternal

destruction is eternal

chaos is truth

He turned back: "Is this sculpture made of true crystal mine?"

Margaret nodded slightly.After a few seconds, she retorted softly and belatedly: "The purity is within the specification."

Zheng Yue handed over the crystal particle concentration monitoring machine in his hand, and Jiang Jianming glanced down at the numbers, and indeed only the data of low-purity true crystal ore was displayed.

"..." Jiang Jianming raised his hand and stroked the statue, his skin darkened when his skin touched the cold temperature.

crystal nest.

He really didn't like it very much.

There are only 15 minutes left.

Jiang Jianming was not in a hurry, he turned around and asked the young female bishop: "May I ask, what do these three sentences mean?"

Unexpectedly, there was a hint of bewilderment in Margaret's eyes.

She tilted her head, and her long white hair shook accordingly. She looked like a student who was wronged and pitiful.

After a while, Margaret put one hand on her heart and said in a missionary tone: "Don't be afraid of worldly suffering. When the ultimate comes, our souls will return to the brilliance of crystal particles and obtain eternal peace. ..."

Jiang Jianming and Zheng Yue looked at each other in astonishment.

What is she saying?

Jiang Jianming couldn't help laughing: "Your Excellency, Bishop? Are you answering the question?"

As he spoke, he looked at the information on his wrist phone, then walked to the prayer room to check the next location.

Margaret followed Jiang Jianming step by step, and said even more blankly: "The general congregation will not go to the statue of the god, so they can't see these words... Your Excellency the Archbishop has never taught it."

Zheng Yue exclaimed: "Bishop Margaret? You won't tell me that you usually memorize those preaching words!?"

Margaret said seriously: "Yes, I worked hard to memorize it."

Chattering, they walked through the aisles of the church, their shadows cast on the columns of the church, and their footsteps echoed hollowly.

"Your Excellency the Archbishop," Jiang Jianming asked casually, "What is the name?"

"... Gaius." Margaret whispered, "It is His Excellency Archbishop Gaius."

"Where is he now?"

"It has already left. But under the brilliance of crystal particles, all believers can meet again in the ultimate place."

The three of them looked at the front, back, left, and right buildings in turn, which was equivalent to visiting the entire church.

Still no gain.

There is only one minute left.

Zheng Yue was a little anxious, and whispered to Jiang Jianming secretly: "Your Excellency, this..."

Jiang Jianming looked at him, and said calmly: "Now the outside of the church, including the empty road above the head, is blocked by the golden sun wheel. It is impossible for the enemy to bring the real crystal mine. The things must be inside the church."

"How can you be so sure, my lord?"

Zheng Yue looked around and said in a low voice, "What if the commotion this time has nothing to do with the theft of the Zhenjing Mine?"

If so, it would be a shame.

Moreover, how to explain to the public?

Is it letting people in to waste all previous efforts, or is it blocking the church and breaking the promise?

No matter what you do, at least your reputation will be ruined...

"Why can I be sure..."

Jiang Jianming pondered thoughtfully, and finally smiled, "Intuition."

He stopped and looked up.

The door is open, the familiar stained glass and statues.

They went around and around, and went back to the prayer room.

Jiang Jianming cast down his eyes to look at the wrist phone, and there was only one minute left before the one-hour timer set.

The sky is about to dawn, the wind is no longer so bone-chillingly cold, and the dark night in the distance also faintly reveals the fish-belly white of the stars.

Dawn is approaching, the last moment before light arrives.

In the prayer room, what awaited them was no longer the scattered priests and Jinrilun soldiers.

Bishop Su stood there. It should be his order. All the doors from the prayer room to the main hall to the main gate were all wide open, even the windows were opened.

This means that sharp-eyed people can directly see what is going on inside from the outside.

Many people were pointing and looking inside curiously.

"Have they finished searching?"

"There seems to be nothing, hey, I'll just say."

The worried faces of Kevin and several partners were also mixed in.Farther away is the old Lieutenant General Luther with a ashen face, as if mourning that everything is over.

Jin Rilun's soldiers looked at their inspector in embarrassment.

Obviously, the church is trying to put pressure on the people of Aslan Star City.If the military reneges on its promise, this basin of sewage will forever be poured on the military emblem of Kim Il-lun and cannot be washed away.

Su waved his hand to signal Margaret to come behind him, and then said coldly: "Please abide by the agreement and lead the army out of here."

Jiang Jianming stepped forward calmly and without fear.

The atmosphere was extremely tense, and all Jin Rilun soldiers present held their breath.

"I'm sorry," the young inspector said, "Actually, there is still one place that hasn't been investigated. It's because I think the suspect is the biggest, so I left it to the end and come and see for myself."

After all, Jiang Jianming raised his eyes and settled in front of him——

In the prayer room, the crystal nest god statue made of low-purity true crystal ore exudes a strange beauty, faintly glowing under the stained glass.

"Major Zheng." Jiang Jianming raised his hand at it, his tone decisive.

"This thing is not solid, break it open for me."