He is the archbishop of the Wenhua Palace, and his status in the state religion is extremely high. According to the laws of Taoism, even if a big man like him violates the canon and is punished, His Majesty the Pope should hold a meeting in the main hall of light , read the charges in public, and then was convicted by Liuyun Palace.
That's what His Majesty the Pope did when he expelled the wine pastoral poem from the Li Palace.
The current pope, Chen Changsheng, has not been back to the capital for three years. Even if he returns to the capital to convict Taoist Baishi, some people in the state religion will stand on the side of Taoist Baishi, and at least demand that the death penalty be exempted, let alone Shang Xingzhou. In Kyoto, how could he watch Taoist Baishi die.
Chen Changsheng didn't comment on Taoist Baishi's words, but just looked at him quietly and asked, "Why?"
It has been three years since he left the capital, and Li Palace is under a lot of pressure. Even if the six palaces including Caoyue Guild Hall and Taisuo are closed, it cannot stop the pressure from sneaking in with the wind. After the confluence of the north and the south, the Great Zhou court became more and more powerful. More importantly, Shang Xingzhou was originally the orthodox heir of the national religion and a true saint. After the Pope and Archbishop Mei Lisha returned to Xinghai, the entire state religion could not find anyone with higher seniority and seniority than him, even Pope Chen Changsheng was his student.
Under such circumstances, how could some people in the state religion not have other thoughts
In his original thought, the person most likely to visit his master should be Taoist Siyuan or the King of Linghai, because there was an old grudge between them, but he didn't expect it to be Taoist Baishi. One of the witnesses of this will, has always been silent and low-key, and does not see any possibility of apostasy.
"Why? Because I want to consider the future of the state religion and the interests of the human race." Taoist Baishi stared into Chen Changsheng's eyes and said, "The state religion is not the religion of one person, but the door of hundreds of millions of believers. His Majesty Zong's will is irrelevant, unless you are a real saint. Unfortunately, although your talent is high, and you may even become the youngest true saint in history, you and I both know that Taoist will not give you this This kind of opportunity, you also know that you can't have such an opportunity again, so after three years, you can't keep silent, so you have to stand up and start stirring up trouble."
Chen Changsheng was silent for a while, then said: "I thought that there were many people in the State Church who had been expecting me to stand up again."
"Those people are all idiots." Taoist Baishi did not hide his contempt, and glanced at the King of Ling Hai. Obviously, the former state religion new sect headed by the King of Ling Hai and Taoist Si Yuan has always held a relatively radical attitude, hoping that Chen Changsheng can rule the world as Pope as soon as possible.
Taoist Baishi continued: "Why did His Majesty the Pope choose you as his successor back then? Because he felt that you, his nephew, were very similar to him. But now when you stand up, you start to rely on the authority of the Pope and rely on the so-called strategy to try to If you win the war with the imperial court by these methods, you will become less and less like his old man, and more and more like your master. And if you want to become a person like your master, you How could it be possible to defeat him?"
Speaking of this, he looked at the King of Ling Hai and Yu Lin and shouted: "Have you ever thought about this question? Why did the state religion fall into a situation of eternal doom because of his unreasonable thoughts of rebelling against the teacher? If so, why? Let's not just greet Dao Zun as His Majesty the Pope!"
There was silence outside the Dao Temple, and the green trees in the Shenmen swayed gently in the wind, shaking off the last little white flowers that had been urged to bloom last night.
Chen Changsheng's eyes fell on the silhouettes of priests who were looming outside the woods in the distance, and after a moment of silence, he said, "You may not know me very well."
Taoist Baishi did not expect to hear such an answer, he was stunned for a moment, then became indifferent and tough again, and said: "It doesn't matter, you can remove my position as archbishop now, or even abolish my position just like you did with the wine pastoral poem. Inheritance, but the day Dao Zun returns to Li Palace, I will wait for you there."
Yu Lin was silent, and the King of Ling Hai said: "I have worked with you for dozens of years, and I have never realized that you are such a stupid person."
Taoist Baishi glanced at him indifferently, and said, "What crime do you want to accuse me of? Murdering His Majesty the Pope? Just like in the Songshan Military Mansion?"
The King of Ling Hai said: "The crime is not committed by others, but committed by oneself."
Taoist Baishi looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Don't forget, this is Wenshui."
Wenshui is the territory of the Tang family.
No matter how powerful the state religion is, if they wanted to kill Taoist Baishi on the spot, it would be impossible to hide it from the eyes of the Tang family. This also meant that if Chen Changsheng wanted to uphold the dignity of the canon, he could only take Taoist Baishi down, or even cut off his inheritance of skills, but it was inconvenient to execute him on the spot.
At this time, footsteps sounded in the woods, and Bishop Wenshui came to the Taoist Hall with a letter in his hand.
The bishop lowered his head and didn't even look at Taoist Baishi who was covered in blood, nor did he show any strange expression, he was as calm and humble as usual.
"Your Majesty, the letter you were waiting for has arrived."
Chen Changsheng took the letter and opened it, took out the letter paper and read it over.
The King of Ling Hai and Yu Lin looked over, Guan Feibai and Zhe Xiu also looked over, and even Taoist Baishi, whose life and death were uncertain at this time, also looked over.
They all knew that someone had been communicating with Chen Changsheng, and that the itinerary from the Songshan military mansion to Wenshui was all planned by the person who wrote the letter.
Everyone was very curious about who the person who wrote the letter was.
Only Nanke was not interested in this, and still followed Chen Changsheng's instructions, standing in front of Taoist Baishi, staring into his eyes.
After Chen Changsheng read the letter, he didn't know what he was thinking. He was silent for a while, and then handed the letter to the King of Ling Hai.
Taoist Baishi sneered and said: "Pretending to be mysterious... What did the man say in the letter, did he foresee this event in advance?"
The King of Ling Hai looked away from the letter paper and landed on his face, his eyes were a little strange.
Taoist Baishi suddenly felt a little cold in his body.
The King of Ling Hai said: "You guessed it right, the man said that we must kill you to establish our prestige."
Taoist Baishi's expression changed upon hearing this.
He didn't know who the person who wrote the letter was, but he knew that in recent times, many affairs of the State Church were written by that person.
The most important thing is that through these days of observation, he is very sure that Chen Changsheng trusts that person very much, it can be said that he will obey his words.
At this moment, a priest appeared outside the woods.
Bishop Wenshui went to inquire, came back a while later, and reported to Chen Changsheng in a low voice: "The second master of the Tang family is here to visit His Majesty."