Chapter 17: The Wicked

[Ask the king to make a decision: the cardinal archbishop came to the audience and asked for a church to be built in honor of the previous son, please decide]

Yes or No

The turquoise words rippled like water in front of me, and the sound of long-standing chanting in my ears was in my ears.

Zhang Xun sat in the city with bright and clean windows, but he seemed to hear the sound of bell music in the deep church.

He looked at the question with a solemn expression, his brow furrowed.

"Religion. ”

He whispered to himself that this decision seemed to involve religion, which was a bad field, and religion was a grand culture that accompanied human civilization.

It has also profoundly affected the course of human civilization as a whole.

This is reflected in various countries, but the religions of the East and the West are also very different, since Zhang Xun's kingdom is similar to the background of the Western Middle Ages, then religion is obviously naturally opposed to the royal power.

Even if he doesn't know much about religious studies, he can leave the impression of the two opposites simply from the novels he has read.

In the early period of online literature development, when the Western fantasy background was popular, religion and kingship have always been the eternal background themes, and generally speaking, the final level of the novel will also point to the gods.

Elements such as the power of faith, magic, magic, knights, dragons, and more are all important parts of the story's structure.

Therefore, in Zhang Xun's impression, the contradiction between royal power and divine power is very big and almost irreconcilable.

Then, as a king himself, in the face of a cardinal, he will naturally not have any good emotions.

"Be vigilant. ”

Zhang Xun reminded himself that in his opinion, there was nothing good about those sub-gods.

"Build magnificent churches to commemorate what the Son. Zhang Xun whispered, lost in thought.

Based on the experience of the last decision, Zhang Xun first remembered the first two decisions, his kingdom first broke out of disease, which seemed to be not particularly serious, and then the second decision should be in the recovery period.

Yang Wei gave a suggestion not to use troops, which made the "public opinion" a lot higher, and the other three points of light were still a little dark.

The overall national fortune is currently at a sub-health level of about 60%.

Zhang Xun looked at the progress bar, his eyes were firm, this data is okay, he can afford to lose, I have to say that the old king left him is not a mess, although the kingdom is smaller, but he can still afford the new king's several mistakes.

"The kingdom is currently in a period of recovery and is weakened overall. Zhang Xun made an overall evaluation, and then looked at a few points of light, especially on "finance".

He couldn't help but think of the state of the treasury, as a king, he was so poor, not to mention the princes and ministers and the common people.

When everyone was not wealthy, the cardinal asked for a building to be built in honor of the Son of Rausch.

"Labor and money. ”

Zhang Xun remembered these four words and probably made a decision.

"The commemoration of the Son is obviously not urgent, and if I agree, it will certainly cost a lot of money, which will delay the restoration of the kingdom, and it will also benefit the religion, and it should not be a good thing for the country, the people, and myself. ”

Zhang Xun muttered to himself, feeling that he had a very good reason.

Looking at the time, there is only a minute to think.

He sighed, then only hesitated slightly before making a decision.

"No!"

[The king has made a decision]

The light curtain immediately gave feedback, and after about two or three seconds, Zhang Xun immediately felt the changes in his body, the warm current in hope did not appear, he only felt a sudden coldness in his body, and at the same time, an indescribable discomfort appeared, which made him frown.

The progress bar on the light curtain shook violently for a while, and then began to shorten.

From about 60% of the way to about 55% of the way to the stop.

The progress bar turns orange again.

The four light spots below also changed, and the brightness of the two light spots of "public opinion" and "religion" decreased.

[The decision has taken effect]

(The next decision will be made after 74 hours)

The sound faded and the light curtain faded.

Zhang Xun didn't move for a long time, and it took a while before he finally let out a long breath, his eyes were complicated, both disappointed and a little happy.

"Still something went wrong. Zhang Xun sighed.

The 5% drop in national fortunes is obviously not good news, but at the same time, this mistake is much more modest than the previous 10% fluctuation.

All in all, it's a small loss.

This result is still within his tolerance, but he made two decisions on his own and ended up wrong, which is really not a good sign.

Zhang Xun shook his head, and quickly adjusted his mentality, the next decision-making time is 74 hours later, which is not the hour, it is about ten o'clock in the morning three days later.

This schedule also allowed Zhang Xun to further understand the setting of the Dream Spirit.

Having finished the decision, he stood up and went back upstairs.

When he came to Bai Xiang's small room again, he was somewhat disappointed, thinking that it would be safe to negotiate this time, but he didn't expect Bai Xiang to drink so much that he got drunk directly.

This result......

"Alas. Zhang Xun shook his head, but there was no complaint, he had already seen that Bai Xiang's mood was not right last night, and when he came back, he drank wildly with a wine bottle, he should have noticed it a long time ago, as for getting drunk, it would definitely not be Bai Xiang's original intention, people helping themselves is love, not helping is duty, Zhang Xun can distinguish it, so there is no complaint.

Merely......

It's still a little frustrating.

He pushed the door open again, Bai Xiang turned over at some point, and the originally naked spring light was also covered a lot, which made Zhang Xun breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he thought about it, sighed, briefly cleaned up the bottle on the table, picked up the shoes that kicked off and put them away, there was an open box next to the sofa, with a thin blanket on it, pulled it over, covered her casually, pushed open the small window to ventilate, and then closed the door.

When he came downstairs, he paused, the matter was over, of course he could leave, but he still wanted to maintain a good relationship with Bai Xiang, it was not good to say goodbye without saying goodbye, on the other hand, there was no one in this store, the door was open, and there was a drunk girl whose parents didn't know it, which was too unsafe.

Zhang Xun hesitated for a moment, then took a can of coffee - there is a special place for drinks in the store.

Pressed the money there, and then thought about it and simply walked to the place where the clerk sat last night, which was the small counter facing the door, which had seats and a computer, and he simply turned on the computer code word when he had nothing to do.

Prepare to wait for Bai Xiang to wake up before leaving.

After opening the document, he quickly immersed himself, and after some time, a car outside the store suddenly stopped slowly, and a person walked down.

Although the door of the store is open, but the big sign hanging on the door is very conspicuous, and other people who pass by will leave when they see it, but this person is different, staring at the sign a few times, suddenly laughing, and then directly pushing the door into the White Elephant Bookstore.

"Where's Bai Xiang? Let her come out. ”

Zhang Xun was contemplating the story when he suddenly heard a voice in front of him.

His gaze took away from the screen, and when he lifted it, he saw the middle-aged man standing outside the counter.

This man's image is actually quite good, although he has made some fortune, his figure is still quite well-proportioned, with thick eyebrows and wide eyes, but there is a smug smile on his face that people can't like, and he looks down at Zhang Xun condescendingly, his demeanor is frivolous, and his eyes are looking around.

Seeing Zhang Xun look up, he glanced at Zhang Xun, and then said again in an annoying arrogant tone: "Are you looking at the store? Ask your boss to come out and pick up customers." ”

Zhang Xun was originally very unhappy when he was disturbed, but when he saw this person's arrogant appearance, he was unhappy and rose again, and when he heard the last and deliberately accentuated words in this man's mouth, his face sank completely.