Mei Lisha walked back into the hall and said to the Pope, "What did you talk about?"
His Excellency the Pope thought for a while, and said, "We've talked about everything, but...it seems like we haven't talked about anything."
After saying this, he shook his head and said, "The kid asked some questions, all of which had nothing to do with him. I didn't hear any of the questions I thought I would hear. He didn't ask the state religion, and he didn't Asking about the stars, not about the Tianshu stele, nor about the so-called mind."
In the entire continent, the most authoritative person in interpreting the Tianshu stele is this old man in hemp robes. Even the saintesses of the southern sect cannot surpass him. But today in Li Palace, no word was mentioned.
"There is still a lack of trust." Mei Lisha said slowly.
"Although that child doesn't talk much, he is not stupid. When he encounters such a big thing suddenly, he can't believe everything."
The Pope didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "In the future, he will naturally understand that everything we do is for his own good."
Hearing this sentence, Mei Lisha was silent for a while, and said: "I used to be worried that he matured too slowly, but now it seems that his growth is faster than everyone imagined, should I control it?"
His Excellency the Pope did not speak.
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Walking out of Li Palace, Chen Changsheng felt a little sore in his waist. Earlier on the Shinto, hundreds of priests saluted him one by one. Although he only bowed slightly in return, it was still a bit hard.
Returning from the attention of all the people to being alone, he felt a little uncomfortable. He turned around and looked at the Li Palace in the night. Looking at those silent stone pillars, he was also silent. He enjoyed the endless scenery in this palace. But for some reason, he felt uneasy, even a little afraid.
He had already guessed that his master was not an ordinary person, but he didn't expect it to be so extraordinary. In the past year, his mind was devoted to cultivation and imperial examinations, and he had no time to think about it. As a result, all the events tonight Once the truth unfolded in Li Palace, he was so shocked that his body was extremely cold.
Just like the conversation between the Pope and Merisa after he left, he did not say a lot in the palace, and he did not ask many questions. For example, he did not mention that he still has a senior brother. The successor, the brother should be the successor, and he didn't mention his special condition. The Pope’s eyes are as deep as the ocean, as if he can see through everything, or know everything about him, for example, there are two young Taoist priests in the old temple in Xining Town, for example, the knowledge he learned from observing the stele in the Mausoleum of Books, for example, he All the meridians in the body were broken, but he didn't say anything.
Both the Pope and Mei Lisha said that Xining Town will be fine, but how is this possible? The Holy Empress will definitely send someone to chase and kill Master and Senior Brother Yu Ren. I don’t know if Master and Senior Brother can escape successfully, and more than ten years ago, the Orthodox Academy was destroyed by the Pope and the Holy Empress. The Pope personally took action, Why do you take good care of yourself now, are those reasons? Just because of getting older and getting nostalgic? Such a reason is really hard to believe. He has no way to fully trust the Pope, although the Pope seems so kind and trustworthy.
Words like tongue twisters kept going back and forth in his mind, trust or distrust, why and why, made his expression a little dazed, thinking in a trance, if what the Pope said is true, then never Starting tonight, it seemed that my life was about to usher in a completely different period.
From Xining Town to Kyoto, from the old temple to the Orthodox Academy, passive or active, the biggest shadow over his head is the Holy Empress.
The Holy Empress herself is a peerless powerhouse from the Holy Realm, relying on more than 30 generals to control an army of millions in the Great Zhou Dynasty, she also has the loyalty of families such as Yu Wenjing, Zhou Tong, Mo Yu, and Tianhai, and the awe of ordinary people Love, without a doubt, she is the most powerful human on this continent.
If it was someone else, in Chen Changsheng's situation, he would have committed suicide long ago.
But just like the Pope said, even the Holy Empress is willing to confront the state religion head-on, because the only thing in this world that has the ability to stand up to her is the state religion. The state religion is the religion of the Great Zhou, and it has countless devout believers and tens of millions of priests, so it has this confidence and confidence.
And he is now the heir to the state religion.
As Merisa said in Shinto, he can no longer bow his head to anyone.
It's just that happiness comes too suddenly, how can you believe it
Still have to go back to trust and reason.
Why.
These things are too complicated. Although Chen Changsheng can read the Taoist scriptures thoroughly and can recite even the most abstruse and difficult scriptures, he is not good at them.
Because these are human hearts.
He wanted to discuss it with someone, but Tang Thirty-Six was still in the Mausoleum of Books, even if he was there, he would definitely say the opposite of what he said. Luoluo's status is too special and sensitive, even if she ignores these things, what Chen Changsheng said, she must be obedient, how can there be any negotiation
The capital is so big that he couldn't find anyone to talk about what happened tonight, which made him feel a little lonely.
The night was dark, and the lights in the Li Palace were still bright. Chen Changsheng turned around and looked at the quiet street. His right hand rested on the hilt of the dagger at his waist.
The zhenqi in his body turned slightly, and his breath gradually calmed down.
Indistinctly, there seemed to be a choking sound, but the sword was not out of its sheath, only the momentum of the sword.
Zhong Shan's sword attack in the wind and rain sword.
With the power of the sword, Ye Shi stepped up, and in the cool wind, his figure suddenly disappeared, after a few swayings, he escaped into the night, and he didn't know where he went.
After a while, several people walked out of the quiet streets and alleys.
There was still a look of shock in the eyes of these people.
They looked at each other, knowing each other's origins, and they dispersed without saying hello.
The method Chen Changsheng used when he left seemed simple, but in fact it was extremely difficult.
None of the people sent by the major forces in the capital to monitor him could follow his tracks.
The current Chen Changsheng had finally entered the realm of the strong for the first time.
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A bell rang from the Li Palace, announcing to the entire continent that Chen Changsheng had been appointed as the new head of the National Education Academy. This news shocked everyone once again.
From the imperial palace to Tianhai's house to the East Imperial General's Mansion, many people couldn't sleep because of this news, and kept analyzing what it meant.
As the subject of discussion and speculation, Chen Changsheng was wandering around a bustling night market in the southern city of Kyoto at this time.
He first went to the famous Quyuan Roasted Lamb Shop on the street to order a whole roasted lamb, and then started buying it non-stop at the stalls on the street.
Half an hour later, he appeared under a tree outside Beixin Bridge.
The spring night is deep, the temperature is not as cold as the previous days, and there is not much dew on the grass.
On the imperial city in the distance, the lights in the turrets sprinkled on the ground, illuminating the new shoots on the trees extraordinarily green, looking like new tea.
This place is very close to the palace wall and is heavily guarded, especially the eyes of the night owls on the city wall who are in charge of night surveillance are as bright as night pearls.
Chen Changsheng hid his body in the shadow of the big tree, quietly perceiving the surrounding environment. When a group of patrolling guards went away, and when the night owl in the southeast corner of the imperial city turned its head to look to the left according to the law of time, he suddenly There was a movement, and only a very low muffled sound was heard, and two clouds of smoke and dust shook under the tree, leaving two clear footprints, and he had disappeared without a trace.
After a while, the smoke and dust gradually fell, just covering the two footprints.
Before that, his body drew an afterimage in the night sky and came to the sky above the abandoned well.
It took him only one step to jump from under the tree to the well.
At that time, he only had time to think that if His Excellency the Pope was lying, he would definitely be extremely embarrassed. So this is also a test of trust
Whoosh.
He fell into the abandoned well with incomparable accuracy, and even his clothes didn't rub against the wall of the well.
This accuracy is indeed a bit appalling.
The bottom of the abandoned well was indeed dug up again.
Chen Changsheng fell directly from the bottom of the well into that abyss-like underground space.
Endless darkness surrounded him in an instant, and he could only see the faint ray of starlight above him, and he could only hear the increasingly severe wind whistling beside his ears.
After falling for an unknown amount of time, the surrounding air suddenly became thicker, and his falling speed naturally slowed down.
In the end, he fell to the ground like a leaf, and there was a crackling sound under his feet, which should have been a piece of ice.
Coming here, he has already experienced several times, so he didn't panic, took out the night pearl and shone around.
With the light of the luminous pearl shining, thousands of luminous pearls on the dome of the underground space slowly lit up, turning the dark world into day.
There was a creaking sound, it was the sound of space distortion.
Chen Changsheng looked up, and saw that huge black dragon that was as big as a mountain slowly drifting towards it.
The black dragon's body was too huge, and as it moved, the cold wind in the underground space became more and more shrill.
The black dragon stopped in front of him, and the huge palace-like dragon head filled his entire field of vision.
Chen Changsheng laughed happily, waved his hands and said, "Zhizhi, I'm here to see you."
The black dragon's eyes were very indifferent, and the dragon's beard waved lightly.
Following this movement, countless frosts fell from its body, blown by the wind, sprinkled all over his body and face.
Chen Changsheng stretched out his hand to wipe off the frost and snow, so embarrassed.
He saw the narrow look in the black dragon's eyes, and then he realized that it was playing tricks on him, or punishing him for not coming for so long.
Then, he saw the wound between the black dragon's eyes.
Compared with the huge head of the black dragon, this wound is very small.
But in Chen Changsheng's view, this wound was hideous and terrifying.
He remembered very clearly that there was no such wound between the black dragon's eyebrows before.
"Who did it?" His expression was more serious than ever.
Even if the black dragon is imprisoned underground in the Great Zhou Palace, it is not an object that can be humiliated and tortured casually.
To be able to leave such a terrifying wound between its eyebrows, one can imagine how powerful that person is.
But Chen Changsheng didn't care about these, he only wanted to seek justice for Heilong.
Because he was very angry at this time.
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