CHAPTER XXXIV

readx;?β€œ The situation that the European continent sees now is actually similar to the division of the princes, but the division is not complete, it is more like a plate of scattered sand. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 After the collapse of the Oyuro Empire, the upper echelons of the empire, which were dominated by the imperial family, were almost swept away, and even the few who remained were too busy to take care of themselves, and could no longer order the nobles everywhere in the name of righteousness. Therefore, the local aristocracy naturally gathered together in territorial divisions, and the local governance still adhered to the system of the empire, and the noble families maintained order in the form of councils, such as the West Coast Mage Council. The conflicts between the aristocratic families are basically based on negotiation and mutual compromise, and there are very few times when force is used. In fact, even if there is an armed conflict, it is limited to a very small range of private fights, because once it affects the civilians, the Guardian Hand of the Sunlight Temple will intervene and mediate. Even when it comes to governing the region, there are many times when the Mage Council will consult with the Temple Church. Therefore, the power of the temple and the Church is of great importance on the continent......"

"But fundamentally speaking, the major temple churches only play a role in stabilizing people's hearts and livelihoods and maintaining the status quo. There is no strict subordination between the temples in each place, and the large number of believers is naturally vaguely superior, but there is no essential difference. In addition to their unanimous efforts in dealing with the exploration of ruins and the development of arcane arts, as well as in the fight against cultists who are not recognized, most of them have gone their own way. Occasionally, there are some spat disputes over the details of the canon, but they only stay on the lips. Except for the Temple of the God of War, which is heavily funded by the Southern Legion, there is generally no direct interest between the temple church and the mage nobles, and a small number of mage nobles will also believe in gods, and the noble families will also donate to the gods of forging, the mother of abundance, etc., out of their own considerations, but it does not fundamentally change the relationship......"

In the big tent, Liu Xuanying, General Chen, Mu Qinyi and Feng Yinqiu listened to the Zhang family messenger Zhang Zisong carefully talk about the current political situation on the European continent. Liu Xuanying and Chen Shenjiang listened attentively and very attentively, although Feng Yinqiu knew a lot before, now listening to the narration of the Zhang family, who has lived in the European continent for decades, it is a different feeling.

"It sounds like these barbarian sects are similar to the sects on the rivers and lakes of Shenzhou, they all ignore the orders of the imperial court, but they still have to rely on them to govern the locality......" General Chen shook his head again and again when he heard this. He was a member of the imperial army and had the most feelings in this regard. "The aristocratic family is also all the way, colluding with these sects, secretly intriguing. Our big trunk can be regarded as a strong branch and a weak cadre, and there is simply no strong branch on this European continent..."

"Where this is the case, at most it is just a resemblance and not a god. Liu Xuanying shook his head. "The gangs and gangs in Shenzhou have their own interests to gather together, and it is only under the compromise of many parties that they temporarily appear peaceful, once there is an imbalance or someone stirs up the wind and rain in it, it will inevitably be a fight and annexation, and the people will be ruined. However, the people of this European Cult were naturally inspired by the true spirit, and they did not have any great selfish intentions, so they only had pure benefits for the livelihood of the people and the people. The fact that the Euros were able to survive the catastrophe that spread across the continent for decades and recovered so quickly is invaluable to the Temple Church. Once there is some hope in the hearts and minds of the people, it will not be chaotic no matter how chaotic it is. Although this Euro continent seems to be scattered, it is actually extremely stable. ”

"Shinto religion is the most calming thing about people. Isn't that how Zhang Daoling created Jingnan with the Heavenly Master Sect in the troubled times?" Mu Qinyi next to him said lightly. It's just that the son inherited his father's business for dozens of generations, and it has become a smoky and filthy family. ”

That's because they don't set up the true spirit of heaven and earth, but just an excuse. Liu Xuanying smiled. "The situation in this land of Europe is like this, and it is inseparable from the fact that the true spirit is easy to appear. ”

β€œ... That's one of the reasons we decided to prepare the Church of Vengeance in the first place. Zhang Zisong let out a long sigh. "Originally, we, the remnants of Taisho, have always been strict in following the teachings of the Confucian sages, and have been silent and strange, but when we arrived on this European continent, we were denounced as heretics and unbelievers. We don't have a mage aristocracy to inherit the status of the Arcane Empire, and we are ostracized and oppressed everywhere. In the past few decades, even their own hearts have gradually collapsed, and some people are either forced to make a living, or they are willing to degenerate, and they do everything in misconduct, which also makes the image and reputation of our people in Shenzhou more and more depressed. If we have the true God as our basis, we can not only repay all the wrongs we have suffered for decades, but also win hearts and minds so that they will not be underestimated. Especially since Mr. Qiu crossed to the east, with his martial arts and experience in the rivers and lakes, we really have the confidence to really establish this church secretly, and under the painstaking management, there is finally a climate, who knows that it has become like this now......"

As he spoke, Zhang Zisong's tone and voice gradually deepened, and the expressions of the few people listening around him also looked strange, it was obvious that the transformation of this high priest was very overwhelming.

Coughing, Feng Yinqiu said: "Brother Dongling, be relieved, although the festival at that time failed, isn't your blood revenge also avenged." And the one who... The invincible brother has become like this, which is not necessarily a bad thing. At least if all goes well, you will be able to walk in the sunshine with dignity. ”

"Exactly. What you have done before has been too impatient and too extreme. Liu Xuanying also nodded. "There is certainly a reason why the religions of Europe prohibit the worship of gods and spirits involving concepts such as adultery, murder, theft, etc. You are going against the general trend, and you actually want to use external forces to shorten the True Spiritual Yuan Consciousness that originally required a hundred years of huge accumulation to be naturally generated, just like walking alone without being born or dying, and it is actually not bad to have such a result now. ”

Regarding what happened in Gray Valley Town a few days ago, most of them had been told to Liu Xuanying and others after Feng Yinqiu came down. The twists and turns in it were magical, and the involvement and afterglow were so far-reaching that even the elder of the True Martial Sect was amazed and sighed again and again.

As for the cooperation with these Taizheng remnants, Liu Xuanying and Chen Shenjiang could not find any reason to refuse at all. Without these Shenzhou ethnic groups who have lived in Europe for decades to be guides, and if they want to rely on Feng Yinqiu and Mu Qinyi, two people who are not on the envoy group at all, they may not even be able to get out of this West Coast.

Therefore, how to correct the names of these Taishō remnants has become the primary task. And the first step in this justification is undoubtedly to wash away the bad influence of the Cult of Vengeance.

"As long as you can really settle your old suspicions with the European Sects and those aristocratic families, and from now on you can act uprightly, it will definitely be a great thing. Regardless of the difference between the Great Righteous and the Great, we just say that we are all the people of China, and we should do our best to help each other. As for the one... Invincible Brother...... If the soul is shaken by the true spirit of heaven and earth and causes a great change in temperament, there should be a way to recover. Of course, ahem, if he really opened all the joints in his heart, he would have realized it from then on...... That's not a bad thing..."

β€œ... Thank you, Daochang Liu..."Zhang Zisong nodded and let out a long sigh. "I also understand that all the other people at that time were the living dead like idiots, haters... Mr. Invincible was able to wake up on his own was a great blessing in misfortune. The way he has become now is only that we are very unaccustomed to it in terms of temperament and words, but it is very clear in his mind and thoughts. After returning to the island with me that day, he persuaded the patriarch to let us go back to Osstar City to merge with the envoys, saying that we complement each other and benefit both, although the patriarch was also shocked that the festival failed, but he has always attached great importance to the opinion of Mr. Invincible, and has always paid attention to your situation, so he ordered me and Mr. to rush here......"

"That's true. This invincible gentleman saw nothing good. I can't imagine that the true spirit of heaven and earth on the European continent has such an incredible and strange means, which can make people change their temperament so much, and they will lose their way and put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha...... That day, Poor Dao had also felt that mighty true spiritual aura, it was indeed upright and vigorous, but..."Liu Xuanying shook his head with a slightly strange face, and didn't think much about this incomprehensible thing, and turned to look at Feng Yinqiu. "Mr. Wind, can you be sure that as long as you can bring that dwarven priest here, the temple church will really be able to take no blame for it?"

Feng Yinqiu nodded: "In general, there should be no problem. I've spoken to the Guardian Hand and the two High Priests of the Temple of Daylight. They all said that since the gods themselves came down to intervene, it was an irrefutable fact that the Cult of Vengeance had disappeared, and if I and the envoys vouched, of course they would not hold other Shenzhou ethnic groups responsible. If they can really cure the Gawain Knights, they will also help convince other churches to stop targeting the Divine race. At most, some clergy who have had previous conflicts will come to find some trouble, and we need to communicate and explain it slowly...... Brother Invincible is now going to find someone to deliver the message, when will the dwarf priest be found?"

Zhang Zisong replied: "It should be no problem within ten days." The Patriarch and Mr. Invincible have a secret base in Ossin City dedicated to communication, and letters can be delivered to the island within a day, but I don't know where this base is. After receiving the news on the island, it only took a day to send someone to the dwarves. With the trust we have built up over many years of doing business with the dwarves, it is not a big problem to hire a dwarven priest as long as the conditions are more favorable. There is also an arcane-powered windbreaker on the island, which can get people here in three or four days at most. ”

"Well, the rest is the attitude of the Mage Council. General Chen said in a muffled voice. "In my opinion, this is the most important thing, after all, these mage nobles are the nominal official power, and with their recognition, they are really recognized. The most important thing for several adults is also this title. If we can properly solve the problem of the status and righteousness of the people of the previous dynasty, and then let those nobles take it seriously, the illness of several adults will be cured by half. ”

"From what I've seen these days, this might not be a difficult task. Liu Xuanying shook his head and smiled slightly.

"Oh?" said General Chen was stunned.

Zhang Zisong also said: "Those noble mages seem to have more face than anyone else on the surface, and they care about what rules and the honor of the mages, but behind them they are also racing to see the wind and rudder, and they don't leave their hands behind. In the past, our Shenzhou ethnic group did not have enough strength to back up, so we let them oppress. Now that there are all the lords and envoys, Mr. Feng and Daochang Liu have shown their skills in Ossing City again, they should not make things difficult for us under their scruples, at most it is a matter of details such as the amount of compensation. ”

"Oh, if that's the case, that's fine. Chen Shenjiang's eyes lit up, and then he hesitated. "So, all that's left is how to report it to the adults... I haven't even figured out how to speak yet, and you know the temperament of the lords of the Rite Division, and although this is a great thing for us, who knows what they think......?

Zhang Zisong took out a letter from his bosom and said: "I have a handwritten letter from the patriarch here, he said that he asked the envoys to give a gift to the envoy to open it personally...... Please pass it on to Master Li. ”

Soon after, in the most secluded corner of the camp, the tent that gave back to Lord Li Wenmin to rest, was there.

The tent is filled with a faint smell of ambergris of green trees, which is made of high-quality ambergris incense smoked with the azure leaves of Yunzhou's specialty, which is the best in incense, which can calm the nerves and calm the mind, dispel evil spirits and settle the mind, and it is said that being in it for a long time in addition to moisturizing the body is also said to be of great benefit to the spirit and mind. Even in Daqian, this is a good thing that only a few of the top and largest wealthy families have, and Lord Li Wenmin, who is not very valued at home, has tried his best to save a lifetime, but he has only saved a few dozen, because it is said that this was used by the Confucian Holy Sect in the Taizheng Dynasty to worship the saints of heaven and earth. On weekdays, at most, he just put the incense that he didn't light on the end of his nose and shook it, trying his best to imagine in his mind the scene when the Holy Sect was magnificent, and the scene of the time when the heavens and the earth were longitude, but now that he smelled this fragrance on the end of his nose, the boredom in his heart could not be alleviated in the slightest, and his mind woke up from time to time, and the aura of the sage's teachings seemed to be all left in the land of Shenzhou, and he couldn't feel it at all.

The bed struggled to turn over, and Master Li felt that it was best to sleep a little longer. Although in fact, he had slept for almost five hours just over half of the day. He had no choice but to sleep, and he was even afraid of being awake, because the more awake he was, the more he had to face the current situation that made him feel hopeless and powerless.

It took decades of accumulation of resources and prestige in the Ministry of Rites to get it, and finally got this opportunity to go to a foreign country, and did enough homework to prepare to show its might in this barbarian continent, just like those great Confucians of the previous dynasties who went overseas, just by virtue of their demeanor and article morality, they could transform and deter the local barbarians, and pay tribute to the heavenly kingdom. What a majesty that is! What a feat! When the time comes, how dare those filthy villains in the Ministry of Rites who are in the corpse position and eat vegetarian food to underestimate themselves? The status of the family can soar to the sky, and the old man in the side of the house who has not been cared for for decades and can only study poetry and books and study the articles of the sages and sages may not be qualified to become the patriarch!

But at the moment, these have become unattainable dreams. It turned out that this exotic continent was so barbaric, there was not even a trace of etiquette, not only did no one come to greet the envoys of the state, these barbarians were like animals who could not communicate, could not understand the demeanor of etiquette and morality, and actually wanted to arrest them all, and finally were stolen by the thieves The gifts given to the barbarian duke, not to mention, were also blown up by the demon with witchcraft. Now they are like a bunch of outcasts, with nowhere to go on this foreign continent, and no one cares about them.

What to do next, how to deal with those barbarians who are not reasonable at all, how to solve the problem of eating, drinking, and Lazar of hundreds of people in this envoy group, how to get those barbarians to help repair the hull of the ship, and more importantly, how to recover the gifts and send them to the barbarian duke on the other side of the continent to complete the mission of the imperial court. He also knew that he was the head of the envoys, and he knew what he had to do, but he really didn't know how to do it, and he didn't know what the people below thought of this well-read and well-read gifted envoy. Feelings of grievance, depression, humiliation, and so on swirled in his heart and had nowhere to go, and he even preferred that when those barbarians were forced to get on the ship, they would be irritated by his righteousness and strictness and be ashamed to kill him with a knife, and sacrifice their lives to kill themselves to become benevolent, than to torture him all day and night......

Thinking of this, Master Li Wenmin felt that his chest was starting to feel stuffy again, his head began to hurt, and he was a little tired...... This is better or better, sleep and rest again, maybe you will wake up a little better, and it is more likely that you will find yourself napping in the small side room of the Ministry of Rites, which would be great......

"Master Li, there is something important to report on the poor road. A voice came, it was the voice of Liu Xuanying, the immortal master of the army, who drove away the little sleepiness that Li Wenmin had just tried to hold.

Li Wenmin's first reaction was very annoyed. But he also knew that the identity of this military immortal master was extraordinary, he was an outer sect elder of the True Martial Sect, and he heard that even His Majesty had to treat him politely when he was in Shenzhou, and he was the only one in this envoy group that he needed to scruple about. Moreover, this True Martial Sect Elder is indeed extraordinary, not to mention that he made great efforts when he crossed the Angry Sea, and it was up to him to repel the barbarians and the like, so Master Li could only pretend to be extremely tired and say in a very tired voice: "Daoist Liu, didn't this official say before that you can handle all the affairs by yourself when you are sick...... It may be that the root of the disease that fell when crossing the ocean was angered by those Euro barbarians, and the official still feels dizzy......"

Liu Xuanying's voice said slowly: "It's not a hurry, it's just that there is a letter that needs to be decided by Master Li." Adults meditate and cultivate, and when they have a little more energy, they have time to take a look. It is a letter from the remnants of the former Taisho who were exiled abroad and came to visit us with the prestige of the prosperous era of our great Qian. ”

"Oh, the remnants of the Taisho Dynasty?" Even in such a mood, Lord Li Wenmin couldn't help but be slightly startled and cheered up. But he replied in a feeble voice: "Well, then you can give the letter to the guards outside, I have a headache when I see the wind, and I will let them in when I get better." ”

Lord Li Wenmin did not forget that the cultivation of this immortal master who accompanied the army was extremely high, and he was afraid that he would be able to see the reality of his current body at first sight, so he did not meet Liu Xuanying during this time. It's just that he may not have imagined that even the cooks in the envoys know that he is faking illness.

"Well, the poor road is gone. Liu Xuanying didn't say much, left the letter and left.

After tossing and turning and trying to fall asleep again, Master Li Wenmin still got up and ordered the guards guarding the door to bring the letter in.

Just got the first glance in his hand, Lord Li Wenmin couldn't help but light up, on the above 'Taizheng relics Zhang Zhijin and the Zhang family three hundred and forty-seven salutes to the envoys of the Great Qiantian Dynasty to bow down to the first hundred bows' The words of the line are mellow and elegant, and there seems to be infinite charm hidden in the introverted, and the demeanor and strength between the turns and turns seem to make people clearly feel the situation of the person who writes when he is lucky. Li Wenmin himself has been immersed in calligraphy for decades, so he can naturally see the profound skills in it.

β€œ... This... This hand... It's a rarity. The 'silkworm head swallowtail' has been done to the extreme, not to mention, the charm of it, without more than 50 years of hard work can not be done, as the so-called 'craggy and exciting, with stubbornness, the amount of goods. Otherwise, if you stroke the sword and look at it, it is enough to see that it is incompetent...... Good, good, good!"

If he was still in the Ministry of Rites, just this handwriting was enough for Master Li to call a few old friends, make a pot of good tea, and slowly taste it for most of the day. And in this desperate situation, it also made Master Li feel a sense of cordiality, as if he smelled a trace of the moral fragrance of poetry and articles.

opened the envelope and took out the letterhead, but at the beginning, Lord Li's eyes lit up again: "This line of writing...... Sure enough, this kind of text that has not been deliberately broken is used by people who really read books, and what about this head-up...... Oh oh oh, it turned out to be a hidden metaphor, worthy of being a Taizheng relic, and he has been living abroad for decades without forgetting the heirloom of poetry and books, and his literary style is romantic. In contrast, even if the vulgar people who have a reputation in the grass and fields above the temple nowadays know a few words, I'm afraid they won't even be able to understand this article, right?"

Continue to watch, Lord Li not only brightens his eyes, but also his heart. This letter from the handwritten handwriting of the patriarch of the Taizheng remnant clan is not only full of allegorical quotations that only people who are full of poetry and books can understand, so that Li Daren has a sense of intimacy of meeting his hometown and acquaintance, and the words are extremely respectful and polite, and the most important thing is that the patriarch said in the letter that the Shenzhou ethnic group has lived in a foreign land for many years, and has been repeatedly despised and oppressed by the barbarians.

"Good! Good! Moral and literate, his own wanderer returns to his heart! The world returns to his heart, the world returns to his heart!" Master Li jumped up from the bed in excitement, and his feet, which had not walked or stood for several days, went limp, and he almost fell on his heels. But he didn't care at all, and shouted outside: "Come on, change your clothes! Ask Lord Hong and Lord Zhou to come over, and say that the official has something important to discuss with them!" (To be continued.) )