The sistine majesty is resplendent and beautifully carved in relief, where one hundred and eighteen cardinals sing solemnly.

The music stops, and the chants end. The papal reciprocal stepped back and stepped aside.

Chief Bishop Henry stood out and stood at the front of the crowd to begin the second round of sermons.

The content of his first sermon is similar to that of the Holy See, telling everyone about the current situation of the Holy See, what kind of pope is needed, and hoping that everyone will seriously cast their sacred votes with an attitude of being responsible to God, to the Holy See, and to the believers. Finally, the rules of the election were again elaborated.

After speaking for more than half an hour, Henry saluted the crowd and turned around, and Daniel walked over with a red-skin gospel in his hand.

With a solemn expression, Henry stretched out his hand and pressed it on the Red Gospel, puffed up his breath, and said loudly: "I swear that if elected, I will defend the freedom of the Holy See, keep it secret, and vote against the instructions of secular authorities, and defend the results of a fair and just vote......"

An oath echoed in the main hall, showing the solemnity of the oath. After Henry finished vows, he stepped aside and stood behind Daniel's side.

The other cardinals had already lined up to Daniel, and their vows were much simpler, first Second Bishop Benedict, who put his hand on the Gospel and swore aloud: "I solemnly pledge the same vow!" ”

After swearing an oath, he turned and left, making a circle back to his seat. The others swore the same oath as Benedict in order of priority, before rounding back to their seats.

With his hands in his lower abdomen, Thomas stood not far away and watched the whole process with a cold eye, and he would have the right to intervene if he found that there was a violation of the procedure. I don't know why, he always feels weird when he sees Lin Zixian swearing in a red robe.

One hundred and eighteen cardinals swore that it would take an hour for them all to return to their seats. However, it was finally smooth and there were no mistakes.

Daniel handed the Red Book to his deputy, and after taking the Gospel oath in his hand, he turned to Thomas and nodded in greeting.

Thomas nodded in return, and strode with him to the door of the Sistine Chapel, where Daniel stood at the door and shouted, "Others, get out!" ”

As a result, unrelated people such as bands came out of the Sistine one after another. Although Thomas will not participate in the election, he will lead a group of servants to take care of the cardinals' food and daily life during the election. So they don't have to go out. And, of course, there is the role of oversight.

After the door was heavily locked, someone turned the key from the bronze door's turntable, which was responsible for the delivery of food during the election, as the doors were closed. Only from here can it be sent in.

Thomas was the one who held the key, and he checked the key on the turntable, put it in his clothes, and nodded to Daniel.

That is, from now on, people outside can't open the door normally, and people inside naturally can't open the door, and people inside and outside need to be consistent. Only then will the person inside hand over the key for the person outside to open the door.

It can be said that the cardinals elected in the Sistine are basically isolated from the outside, all cardinals are not allowed to carry communication equipment and contact with the outside world, and the entire Sistine has also undergone high-tech inspection to prevent any electronic communication with the outside world. so as not to divulge election secrets.

The Papal Rector Daniel walked back to the center of the hall and gave a speech to the cardinals, emphasizing the question facing the Holy See, what kind of pope should be needed... It seems that some plain zhì can take advantage of him.

After his speech, he nodded to Henry on the side. Henry again asked aloud if there were any doubts about the return trip to the election, and after confirming that there were no doubts. Turning to Thomas, he said, "Go!" "Then he and Daniel went back to their place.

Thomas gesticulated, and several black-clad priests appeared, beginning to hand out ballots and pens to a group of cardinals. In order to prevent clerical errors, two ballot papers were specially distributed to each person.

But don't try to cheat on this, you can only vote for one, because after the votes are completed, they will be counted, and if the number of votes does not match, the round of elections will be invalidated and restarted.

After the two white envelopes were sent to Lin Zixian's hands, Lin Daguan was a little inexplicably excited, ready to welcome this sacred moment. When I opened the envelope, I saw a white card with a simple inscription on it: 'I elect () as supreme bishop'.

Lin Zixian didn't say a word, picked up the pen and directly filled in Caesar's name in the blank, and after checking and confirming that it was correct, he closed the ballot with satisfaction and clenched it in his hand. Looking back, I found that many people were also looking left and right, as if they were making the final decision, and some people looked at him with unusually tangled and complicated eyes, and after being discovered by Lin Zixian, he quickly lowered his head.

After filling out the ballots, starting with Henry, one by one they walked to the altar, raised their hands before the ballot, and swore: "In the name of Christ, my witness, who will be my judge, my referendum, is given to those whom I think are elected before God." ”

One by one, they swore by themselves, voted in the glass box, and one by one they returned to their original positions.

After the voting was completed, Daniel stayed on the field and said loudly: "Cardinal, deacon, who has been promoted for less than three years, please come forward and draw lots." After saying that, he reached into a glass jar that resembled a ping-pong ball and stirred it constantly.

Nearly 30 junior deacons and cardinals came to the front of the stage, and the hard work was naturally done by people who were small officials. Each of them took a plastic ball from the glass jar, and the plastic ball was just right.

For the sake of fairness and justice, these people walked to the front of the stage one by one, opened the plastic ball in public, took out the origami inside, and opened it to everyone for everyone to supervise.

Soon, three examiners, three amendments, and three sick and infirm members, a total of nine people, were elected to be in charge of the vote.

An examiner is the person responsible for counting votes; The corrector is the person who examines the votes for the second time and checks whether the examiner's votes are impartial; As for the sick and infirm, it seems that they are not needed this time, and they are responsible for the transfer of ballots and the like by the cardinals who are sick, and this time the cardinals seem to be physically able to carry them.

The other cardinals who were not selected returned to their thrones. Examiner A picked up the ballot box according to the procedure, shook it vigorously for a while, and put it down, and had already shaken the voting envelope inside.

Examiner C opened the ballot box and began counting whether the votes matched the number of votes, and if they did not, the ballots would be burned immediately.

After confirming that it was correct, the moment that made all the cardinals tremble, and Lin Zixian, who was sitting on the chair, couldn't help but sit up straight, lying on the table with his hands, and staring wide-eyed.

The others are similar, and it seems that there are quite a few people who want to be popes. Of course, it's all those who feel like they have hope. In fact, before the election, there were already people in the media who were predicting who or who might be elected pope.

Thomas, who was watching coldly, frowned slightly, he found that Lin Zixian was a little abnormal, looking at the expression of that guy, it didn't seem to care generally, who was elected as the pope had anything to do with this guy?

At a long table, three examiners sat down one by one, and all the ballots were first grouped next to examiner A, who opened an envelope, took out the cards in the envelope and examined them carefully, picked up a pen and solemnly signed his name, and then handed it to examiner B.

After confirming that there was no problem, Examiner B signed his name and forwarded it to Examiner C.

As soon as the ticket arrived in the hands of Examiner C, everyone's breathing was a little stagnant, and their eyes were firmly fixed on him.

After confirming that it was correct, Inspector C signed the name and announced loudly, "Caesar." ”

As soon as the first ballot was sung, the people on and off the field seemed to be a little commotion, and while they looked at each other, their eyes were on Lin Zixian.

Damn it! That's too eye-catching, isn't it? Why did the first ballot draw to choose me? Lin Zixian was happy in his heart, but when he looked left and right, he found that many people were looking at him with contemptuous eyes, and quickly showed a face of shame, as if he was saying thank you for everyone's love.

In fact, many people are scolding this guy for being too shameless, no one believes that others will choose him, it is estimated that this guy chooses his own vote, and it just so happens that the first vote is sung. The people who scolded him thought that he was not self-sufficient, and laughed at him for finally making a fool of himself.

Quite a few people, like Joyce and Daniel, stared at him with unusual resentment, didn't you say vote for me? How did you vote for yourself?

Although the two of them watched Qiubo, Lin Daguan was weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to touch the eyes of these two at all.

Agassi, who was in the back, was also weak-hearted, he was a duck to catch up with the shelf, and was forced by Bishop Caesar to have no choice, so he voted for Bishop Caesar, and he doubted that this vote was the one he voted.

A black-clad priest had written the name of Bishop Caesar on a large blackboard facing the crowd, and the Arabic numeral one next to his name.

Thomas also thinks that Lin Zixian chose this vote himself, and thinks that if Lin Zixian is not joking, he has other intentions, does he want to be the pope? Thinking about it and discarding this unrealistic idea.

I don't know if God is playing with Lin Zixian, there is such a coincidence in the world, when the second ballot fell into the hands of Examiner C, there was another thunderclap, "Caesar!" ”

The audience was in an uproar, and some people even stood up. For example, Henry had already stood up, stared at Lin Zi angrily, and said in a deep voice: "This is impossible! ”

Lin Zixian was embarrassed to argue, feeling too much pressure and embarrassed...... Damn, it's good to appear separately, and let people not live.

A crisp sound sounded, and a bright cross-sword appeared in Thomas's hand at some point, and he walked to the front of the stage with the two of them. The uproar of the audience suddenly disappeared.

Thomas first swept at Lin Zixian with cold eyes, then stared at Henry coldly, pointed his sword forward, and said indifferently: "Are you doubting the fairness of the election?" ”

In the face of the super thugs who pressed the field, Henry was angry, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous.

Thomas said again: "Bishop Henry, as the chief bishop, you should maintain the order of the election, if you feel that the election is unfair, you can raise it now, but you must not disturb the order of the election, otherwise my sword of judgment will have the right to disqualify you from voting and being elected, and expel you from the Sistine!" ”