Chapter 34: The Religion of the State
Du'an, when Lin Dongtian walked out of the gate early in the morning, the whole city was in a lively scene. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Last night's spectacle was something even mortals could see, the young had not seen it, but the older had heard it from generations of legends.
A harbinger of the beginning of a prosperous era.
So when Lin Dongtian arrived at He Ma's baked cake shop, he only heard He Ma surrounded by several aunts of the same age talking happily:
"Did you see that last night?"
"See."
"It's spectacular."
"Yes, at first I thought it was the gods fighting, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to look up?"
"Haha, it's really useless, I just stood in the courtyard and watched with my old man, my old man said, hundreds of years ago, there was also such a scene, saying that the sky fell into a prosperous world, which is a sign of a prosperous world."
"You don't brag less, your old man is only in his fifties this year, how do you know that there was one hundreds of years ago."
"There have been Taoist priests on my family tree, and the old man of my family said that he could only cultivate after that night."
"Cut"
"Why don't you believe? My old man is a genealogy looker. ”
Everyone was discussing, even when Lin Dongtian shouted Aunt He a few times in a row, or just turned around and said:
"Brother Lin, early."
Then pointed to the baked cakes in the pot, and no longer paid attention to Lin Dongtian, seeing this, Lin Dongtian had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, and picked up the baked cakes and walked towards Zhang Gong's shop, but met Zhang Gong on the way. There are also Lu Gong and other people
"Brother Lin, something is wrong."
"I know, everybody's talking about last night."
Lin Dongtian bit the baked cake and said when he heard this, and at the same time nodded to Lu Gong and the others
"That's not it." Zhang Gong took Lin Dongtian's hand and turned around.
"It's the national religion that has issued an edict."
"National religion?"
"Yes, His Majesty has personally issued an edict from His Majesty, and His Majesty has agreed."
"Such a big deal?"
"yes, so let's take a look."
At the gate of the palace, an edict fluttered high, the font was not big, but everyone could see the content clearly, and there was only a simple sentence on it: Half a year later, the Hundred Courtyard Conference will be held, and all disciples who practice blood and below can participate, and a year later, they will participate in the Imperial Assembly held by the Continental Dynasty. In the lower left, His Majesty's annotation is very simple, with only one word: read
Obviously standing far away, looking at the people kneeling like a tide in front of him, Lin Dongtian couldn't help frowning, but Zhang Gong and Lu Gong beside him looked at Lin Dongtian with a look of surprise, they stood up to read the teachings after kneeling, but they saw Lin Dongtian walking and looking directly at the teachings, but they didn't salute
But in Lin Dongtian's heart, what he cared about was the content of the teachings and the fonts, he clearly saw that those fonts were simply close at hand, and he could clearly see the trend and strength of the fonts, and it felt like pictures were constantly flowing on it, some words were like rushing seas, some were like a trickle of small rivers, some were like storms, some were like afternoon leisure, some were like the end of the world, all kinds of scenes kept rolling in Lin Dongtian's mind, stirring Lin Dongtian's brain began to feel severe pain. Just as he was about to close his eyes and dodge, his eyes suddenly felt a tingling pain, and two forces shot straight into his eyes from the teaching.
"Ahh Lin Dongtian's eyes suddenly darkened, and he squatted down in pain, two completely different forces penetrated into his body through his eyes, Lin Dongtian couldn't take care of the pain before, and the two forces disappeared without a trace.
"Brother Lin, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Gong beside him asked with concern
At the same time, in a small garden somewhere, an old man was loosening the soil for flowers and plants barefoot, when he suddenly stopped bending over, and then continued to bury his head in loosening the soil
On the side of the palace, His Majesty, who was reviewing, suddenly stopped, looked up at the outside of the hall, and then continued to review
"Ah, it's not a big deal." Lin Dongtian rubbed his eyes, although his eyes were not as painful as before at this time, they were still cold and hot
"Be respectful to the Pope next time." One of the people next to him kindly reminded.
"If the Pope only has this kind of grace, then I will have to pay homage to it." Lin Dongtian replied coldly.
"Who is saying that the Pope is not?" At this time, there was a cold drink in the air, and it was obvious that someone heard Lin Dongtian's words just now
The crowd suddenly fell silent, and the people around Lin Dongtian suddenly dispersed, leaving Lin Dongtian and the three of them standing alone in the middle.
And Zhang Gong and Lu Gong stood there with shame on their faces at this time.
"I said it." Lin Dongtian looked at the figure that slowly came into the air.
This is a young man of twenty-eight or nine, with a grim face and a cold expression, wearing religious clothes on his head, black clothes inlaid with light blue flowers,
He looked at Lin Dongtian coldly, the young man who squinted his eyes and looked at him with an indifferent expression, and at a glance he knew that he was a mortal who dared to say such disrespectful words to the Pope. This made his cold face even colder.
"Is it beyond the reach of you mortals? For the sake of those who are not monastics, kowtow to the Pope's oracle and confess their mistakes, and forgive the three of you for your sins. ”
"You say we're going to kowtow and admit our mistakes?" Lin Dongtian looked around, and after making sure that no one answered, he said to the young man.
"Presumptuous, you actually speak like this to His Holiness?" The young man was furious.
"If you don't talk like that, how can you speak?" Lin Dongtian replied with a sneer.
"Brother Lin, that's Venerable, the apologetic disciple of the national religion, and you can't contradict it." At this time, Zhang Gong took Lin Dongtian's hand and said softly and anxiously.
"Say what?" Lin Dongtian asked with a roll of his eyes.
"These are high up immortals, and we can't afford to offend them."
"Immortals are also people, what are you afraid of?" Lin Dongtian asked rhetorically.
"Hmph, ant-like pariahs, you are told to kowtow and admit your mistakes, and you are still chattering crookedly, you really don't take religious adults seriously?" The young man said with an angry face,
"It seems that I am going to teach you untouchables on behalf of the Pope."
"Please have a great number of them, and forgive your wicked people." At this time, Zhang Gong and Lu Gong were already prostrate on the ground, kowtowing to the direction of the national religion and pleading guilty.
"Hmph, even if you two still have a sense of reverence for the Pope, but the untouchables who have bad intentions towards the Pope, the national religion will purge them."
The young man looked at Zhang Gong and Lu Gong who were crawling on the ground, ignored them anymore, and then continued to look at Lin Dongtian and said emotionlessly
"What a pariah who opens his mouth and closes his mouth as a untouchable, is that what a person of the religion of the country calls his followers?" Lin Dongtian looked at the young man and said unceremoniously.
"Venerable Venerable, even if His Holiness the Pope were to come here in person, there would not be such a pomp as Venerable You, reprimanding his followers like this."
"You ......" The young man was suddenly speechless, his eyes were about to breathe fire at Lin Dongtian, he couldn't imagine that an ordinary mortal would dare to refute himself like this.
"Isn't it?" Lin Dongtian looked at the people who kept moving away from him, and said slowly.
"The national religion is the first state religion of our dynasty, and it is deeply loved by the Holy and all the people, and even the Holy One is a believer in the national religion, and he has to bow when he meets the Pope, and the Pope loves the people like a son.
"Presumptuous, what kind of person are you, you are so comparable to the saint." The young man trembled with anger. Angrily pointed at Lin Dongtian,
"In front of His Holiness the Pope, everyone is a member of the national religion, so how can he be on a par with others?"
"Untouchables, you're looking for death." When the young man heard this, he said word by word.
"What? In front of the gates of the Imperial City, in full view of everyone, do you want to kill a person just because he said a word from the Pope? Lin Dongtian looked at the young man with a sneer, his eyes full of disdain.
"Hmph, disrespect to the Pope, heaven and reason are intolerable, killing you is the greatest respect for the Pope."
"Haha, Your Excellency, did you hear that?" Lin Dongtian said sneeringly in the direction of the national religion
"Is that just the case with national religions?"
"Hehe, young man, don't be angry." At this time, a deep and deep voice suddenly sounded behind Lin Dongtian, this voice was full of stunning charm, and it felt like it was far away from the world. It is like a spring breeze blowing through the heart, which makes people quiet.
"The national religion is really nothing more than that, and it makes you laugh."
"Huh?" Before Lin Dongtian could turn around, he saw a group of figures in front of him bending down and saluting, and at the same time, his ears sounded:
"Your Excellency, Bishop!"
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