Missionary Xin suddenly felt that the plum blossoms in the room were exuding a chill, although most of the plum blossoms are cold-loving. In order to drive away the chill, he forced a smile with some difficulty, and continued to talk about the bustle of the Orthodox Academy, especially focusing on describing the response speed of the Four Squares when Chen Changsheng accepted the challenge on behalf of the Orthodox Academy. The pergola, and the betting silver that is constantly being collected in the four squares.
"It seems that there are not as many bets as in the Grand Examination." Mei Lisha said with a smile.
Priest Xin didn't understand. Tomorrow's battle between Zhou Ziheng and Chen Changsheng is of course very eye-catching, but how can it be compared with the Great Court Examination? The next moment, he finally remembered something. During the imperial examination, when no one was optimistic about Chen Changsheng, he bet all his wealth on Chen Changsheng - because the bishop was optimistic about Chen Changsheng.
"I understand." He smiled at the Bishop and said, "I'll ask someone to place a bet for me in a while."
The entire Li Palace now knows that since the Orthodox Academy embarked on the road of revival, Priest Xin has become a close confidant of the Archbishop of Merisa, and his attitude is the attitude of the Bishop. Ever since, even though the priests of the Patriarchate were not optimistic about Chen Changsheng, they bet a lot of money on Chen Changsheng.
This is a very large amount of money.
Tianxiangfang lost so badly in the end, except for the calm and tough attack of the Tang family in Wenshui, it was because they had to pay off the money won by the priests from the palace.
Listening to Priest Xin's words, Merisa laughed, and then began to cough. Painful coughing echoed through the room. It took a long time before he stopped. He gasped a little tiredly, looked at the sky outside the window, and said regretfully, "I wanted to see what step Chen Changsheng had reached, but unfortunately I couldn't see it."
For Chen Changsheng, tomorrow is the first time he will formally show his strength in front of the world after the imperial examination. He watched the stele in the Mausoleum of Books of Heaven, supported the sky in the Zhou Garden, fled the snowfield of the Demon Realm with Su Li on his back, and returned to the south... In these days, what he has learned and realized will be revealed tomorrow.
He will present and report on the results to those who care about him.
Tomorrow will be a brand new day for him.
However, for Mei Lisha, there is no tomorrow.
Suddenly, Reverend Xin felt his legs were a little weak, and walked to the front of the collapse with great difficulty. Looking at the calm-looking Bishop, he was nervous and speechless. The entire Patriarchal Office was soon immersed in a tense atmosphere, and a news spread to all directions in the capital.
The square in front of the Patriarch's office has long since lost the bloodstains of last autumn, but the row of maple trees is as red as blood, as if the chilling autumn has arrived ahead of time, and it turns out that it is twilight.
No matter what kind of interpretation, it is ominous and sentimental after all.
Now that autumn has arrived, can the dead winter be far behind
As dusk falls, isn't night just around the corner
As the night fell and the lights came on, Chen Changsheng rushed to the priest's office. He didn't have time to pay attention to the priests' greetings, and went directly to the deepest room.
The room is still full of plum blossoms, but many plum blossoms are no longer in full bloom, showing signs of withering.
"I'm going to die." Mei Lisha looked at him and said, her voice was very gentle, as if afraid of frightening a child.
Chen Changsheng thought about life and death countless times, and many times he thought that he could see through life and death, such as in front of the black dragon, such as in the Zhou Garden. He even thought that he had realized some of the true meaning of life. For example, the person who is most afraid of death is often the least afraid of death, and many times in life, only if you are not afraid of death can you not die, and you can only continue to live if you work hard.
But looking at the old bishop at this time, he suddenly found that his views were still incomplete, because he never thought about it, if there is no enemy, or if your enemy is time, then how do you fight it? How can you be calm when death comes? He didn't know, so he didn't know what to say at this time.
Mei Lisha looked at him and smiled, did not continue the topic, and asked, "How sure are you for tomorrow?"
Perhaps because death is approaching and there is too little time, His Excellency the Bishop spoke very directly today.
Chen Changsheng was also very direct, without any hesitation, and said, "100%."
Mei Lisha thought he was trying to reassure herself, smiled, and said, "I believe you have actually thought about it many times, why am I treating you so well."
Chen Changsheng remained silent. Of course he thought about it many times, but he couldn't come to a conclusion. He knew it must be related to some big things, but he didn't want to speculate like that.
"I'm hiding some things from you, or even deceiving you on purpose, but you have to trust me, the Pope, and your teacher."
Mei Lisha said: "Maybe the truth of many things is different from what it looks like on the surface, but they just took a different path, but the final destination has never changed, just like our arrangement for you, in a certain future You may feel dissatisfied or even angry during the time period, but you have to see what the final result is, and I believe it will not be harmful to you anyway."
Chen Changsheng didn't quite understand the meaning of this passage, but he understood what the bishop meant—these two meanings are different—as long as the result is good, the intermediate process and means are not important. That's what Merisa wanted to say. But is it about the heart or about the action? Chen Changsheng looked at Mei Lisha's old face, and didn't want to think about this question anymore. He thought it would be very cruel for an old man who was about to leave this world to continue asking questions, and he could feel that this old man was I really want to be good to myself.
In the eyes of the world, regardless of whether it was the Ivy Banquet or the Great Imperial Examination, Chen Changsheng was able to win the final victory and become famous in Kyoto. The person he and the Orthodox Academy need to thank most is Archbishop Mei Lisha. Before His Excellency the Pope personally put the crown of thorns on Chen Changsheng, Mei Lisha was the only person in the world who supported him and was the big backer of the Orthodox Academy. Of course he was very close to Chen Changsheng. Only Chen Changsheng himself knows that he and Archbishop Mei Lisha have not even met each other a few times. From Xining to the capital, everything happened too fast, and time passed too fast. So it came to today, and the other party was about to die.
They didn't get along very much, hundreds of years apart, so naturally they couldn't talk about knowing each other, but he could feel that Archbishop Merisa was really kind to him, and he was very... pitiful, as if he knew the biggest secret in his life, so he looked at him There was always apology in his eyes, and any emotion was mutual. Looking at him who was about to die at this time, Chen Changsheng didn't know what to do to help, he was a little helpless, so sorry that his eyes were wet.
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Mei Lisha asked Chen Changsheng to leave, and asked Reverend Xin to enter the room and take a book from the shelf to read.
During the last period of his life, he was still reading a book, which was a Taoist scripture with an old cover.
He looked at it for a long time, then closed the page, looked at the night outside the window and muttered: "The dean of business is really an amazing person."
Priest Xin didn't understand why at this moment, His Excellency would think of the former dean of the Orthodox Academy, even though the Chen Changsheng he met just now was a student of that person.
"Interesting." Mei Lisha tapped the Taoist scripture twice with her skinny fingers, and said, "I'm curious, how will the life of the next pope be recorded in the Daozang in the future."
Priest Xin didn't understand, and he didn't want His Excellency to worry about the important affairs of the state religion behind him at this time, so he asked, "Who do you think will win tomorrow's battle?"
This is off topic, and it's really curious, it has nothing to do with being rich, it's just that he really doesn't understand.
During the imperial examination, Chen Changsheng's victory could be said to be a miracle.
He broke through the environment on the spot, and then used the last move of the Lishan Fajian to force Gou Hanshi to give up the battle, and thus won the first place in the list.
Tomorrow his opponent is Zhou Ziheng from the star-gathering realm, and he will never be able to break through the star-gathering realm on the spot like the Dachao Trial. A miracle means extremely rare. If the miracle happens twice in just half a year, it is not called a miracle, it is called impossible. No matter how Reverend Xin looked at it, he couldn't tell that Chen Changsheng understood the possibility of defeating Zhou Ziheng. He wanted to know, did His Excellency really think that Chen Changsheng would win, or did he just want to give the boy some confidence at the last moment of his life? , and finally escorted him for a while.
The petals are gradually withering, but the plum branches are still firm. Even if the shape is distorted, even if the indoor temperature suddenly drops and the bitter cold, it doesn't look like it will break in the slightest.
Mei Lisha looked at the pot of plum blossoms on the table, smiled and said, "I'm still optimistic about Chen Changsheng."
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Chen Changsheng sat in the main hall, Luoluo sat beside him, didn't speak, just held his hand. The priests stood in the distance and did not come up to disturb them. People like Zhou Ziheng might sometimes forget the fact that this young man is already the head of the Orthodox Academy, but it is impossible for people here to forget, and the atmosphere is a bit depressing now.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Changsheng raised his head and found that the hall was unusually quiet, and those priests went to nowhere.
An old man in a linen robe, standing quietly in front of the mural in the main hall, is His Majesty the Pope.
The mural is huge, but it only shows a plum tree.
The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Whether it is the state religion, Nanxi Zhai, or Lishan Sword Sect, they all adhere to this view when it comes to educating the next generation.
Chen Changsheng got up and walked over, saluted respectfully, and then asked a question that had troubled him for a long time.
Either because tonight was special, or because Mei Lisha spoke very directly before, he asked very directly.
"Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
The views here naturally refer to the Pope's views on the Holy Empress, the royal family, and the world.
Chen Changsheng looked into the depths of the hall and said, "Of course it can't be because of me, and I don't think it should be because of him."
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