"I said, in the past, Lord Han was on top, and I didn't like you, but now that you are your own people, why are you still being driven like a dog like this?"

"Cut, don't mention it."

Waving his hand with a big grin, the big-eared, blue-eyed and curly-haired Yiren said in a very fluent Xia language: "Don't talk about these useless things, if you have anything to eat, you're starving!" ”

……

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Just now, this Yiren sneakily hid in the alley next to the road, calling Zhang barefoot. At first, Zhang Yuankong suspected that he had revealed his traces, but after seeing Zhang barefoot and looking at it, his expression was actually very affectionate, and he held his hand and said a few words, and then introduced Zhang Yuankong that this Lu Zhizhang is now the pope of the Cthulhu sect in Wurong City.

"There, there, just temporarily presiding over the affairs of the church, still a priest, still a priest."

Looking at this tall and elegant man who obviously had a smile on his face, but humbly said again and again, "There is a dare to call the Pope", Zhang Yuankong was most stunned, but it was another thing.

“…… Mentally retarded? Who would have given it such a name? ”

"Oh, dear Zhang Zhenren."

Just now, after obtaining Zhang Yuankong's consent, Zhang Barefoot informed Lu Zhizhang of his identity. However, it was obvious that this Yiren priest did not know the place and nature of Longhu Mountain in Great Xia at all, and only said a few perfunctory "long welcomes".

solemnly told Zhang Yuankong that there is a proverb in his hometown, "Those who have shared salt and bread together are forever friends", so he can no longer hide anything from his "good friends" who are about to invite him to dinner.

"Lu Zhizhang is another name after coming down to Great Xia, and his real name is Ludwig. The name Providence has a very ancient origin, and the fact that the core members of the Cult of God have called themselves 'Providence Priests' is very telling......"

"Your name looks like the bill you owe to the tavern, who remembers? Don't be verbose, just call Zhizhang! ”

"Hey!"

Looking at Zhang barefoot seriously, Lu Zhizhang emphasized that the name is very important, especially when they meet for the first time.

"At least today, in front of the honorable Zhang Zhenren, please call me 'Ludwig. Providence'. ”

"Got it, Jima."

"Please call me 'Ludwig. Providence'! ”

"Okay Zhizhang, no problem!"

……

"I mean, that's not what matters now!"

When watching the two of them discuss the issue of salutation with extremely serious expressions, they naturally walked back to the hotel where they had just come down and sat down and began to shout at the boss to "Serve the food!" Zhang Yuankong finally couldn't help but open his mouth and asked what they wanted to do?

"Well, Da Zhenren, didn't you just say that you wanted to invite him to dinner?"

“…… When did I say that! ”

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In the end, Zhang Yuankong reluctantly took the two of them back to the private room just now, and comforted himself by saying that this can also be regarded as part of the "spy news", not to mention, he has been harassed by those crazy shouts for so long, he really wants to know more about these people. But what I didn't expect was that from the moment he sat down, Lu Zhizhang kept scolding the Saifuding people for counting one and all of them were not things, and he didn't forget to thank Zhang Yuankong and make excuses...... is the only thing about his own sect, and he never mentions it.

At first, Zhang Yuankong thought that the other party was still wary, and deliberately guided him twice, but as a result, Lu Zhizhang looked at him with a surprised face--- and he was a little ashamed.

"This, don't laugh at it, it's all nonsense, just get some money to spend...... How dare you show off in front of you? ”

“…… You? ”

It took quite a bit of talk for Zhang Yuankong to figure it out: although Lu Zhizhang took the backbone of the sect every day to run around Wurong City, spreading their doctrine that "there are old rulers under Wurong City who have been sleeping since the primeval period, and once they wake up, they may be fish and turtles", but from him downwards, at least three or four of the ten disciples did not believe it at all.

"Not really."

Obviously, he had just eaten a meal, but Zhang's barefoot appetite was still very good, and while puffing out his cheeks and chewing a large piece of beef with tendons, he muttered and told Zhang Yuankong that there are still many people who believe, but they are all grassroots believers, the more backbones, the less people believe, as for people at the level of Lu Zhizhang, they don't believe it at all.

"Great real person, don't look at this guy's clothes falling down...... The outer house has one placed! ”

was exposed in front of Zhang Barefoot, Lu Zhizhang was not angry, but said with a smile: "It's not easy, it's not easy." After a while, he was full of food and drink, saw that the streets and alleys outside were quiet, thanked him, and went out of the --- in a leisurely manner, and did not forget to play a gourd wine on the counter and left, and the wine money was naturally recorded in Zhang Yuan's empty account.

“…… How can this be? ”

"It wasn't always like that."

Looking at Lu Zhizhang's back as he gradually moved away, Zhang Barefoot suddenly said.

"Huh?"

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In the beginning, the Crowues were indeed faithful fanatics, who were not afraid of ridicule or beatings in order to spread the doctrines they believed in, and who persistently used every opportunity to roar and roar loudly.

"At that time, the attack was also ruthless, the government grabbed it, and I didn't even bother to interrogate--- I knew that these crazy people were unreasonable."

At that time, after the Cthulhu cultists were arrested and brought into the government, the most standard process was to beat them up directly, and then show them the flail, and more often, the big businessmen or gangs who annoyed them to disturb the streets and alleys would not be able to help but deal with it themselves. Block them in the alleys and teach them a lesson.

"At that time...... These people are really like rats, and they can't see the light, but at that time, in their teaching, they were really united and pious. ”

Later, the situation of the Cthulhu sect gradually improved, on the one hand, there were merchants who did not believe in it, but were willing to try to bet on it, and on the other hand, feeling that the Nestorian sect itself had been chased around as an underground religion for many years, Aroben stepped in to ease his cheeks, which greatly expanded the living space of the Cthulhu sect.

“…… Then, isn't it what it is today? ”

Laughing in a low voice, Zhang Barefoot seemed to feel that he had explained things very clearly, but on the other side, Zhang Yuankong's eyes were still puzzled.

"Don't you understand? What a hassle......"

He frowned, then shook his head dissatisfiedly, sighed and said, "Did you drink too much today...... "Sure enough", he sat up straight.

"Da Zhenren, I'm just an old man who has no interest and no pursuit, if there is anything to be proud of, that is, I have lived long enough and seen a lot of things."

Since appearing in front of Zhang Yuankong, Zhang Barefoot showed a serious look for the first time.

"I know you don't look down on people like me at all, but there's something...... Please listen to it. ”

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He came to Wurong many years ago and has stayed here ever since, and in this place where merchants and goods from all over the world gathered, Zhang Barefoot heard many stories.

"I have heard that in some year, in some country, there were two groups of people...... Well, you'd better think of it as two denominations. ”

Zhang Bajiao heard that these two groups of people had the same goal and wanted to overthrow the original imperial court, but the times were different and the circumstances were very different.

The former group of people were regarded by the court as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and in order to deal with them, they did not hesitate to chase after the wind and catch the shadows, that is, the so-called "I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than put one by mistake", the heads of people were rolling, and the sky and the earth were red.

"But no matter how you kill, you can't kill them, those people...... It is really what you said, the heart of the Tao is as solid as a rock. ”

When one person fell on the execution ground, a thousand people stood up, and of course, in the middle, there were also people leaving, but on the whole, this group of people never broke up, but became more united and stronger day by day.

"Of course, I think that the biggest credit for this has to be regarded as the government's."

Humming and laughing, Zhang said sourly with his bare feet, without the original government's decades of driving fish for the abyss, there probably would not be a steady stream of fresh blood joining this group of people, but no matter what, after all, these people themselves did not give up or deviate from it in the first place.

"Later, this group of people won the world."

After 30 years of fighting and 3 million heads, they finally took the supreme power into their hands, and that day, they looked back and saw that they were full of comrades and loyal souls.

The latter group of people, the encounter is really better than the previous group of people I don't know much, they can take the court's Yulu, while letting go of the attack on the court, they all have the sound of "clear stream", every launch, the government and the opposition are full of appreciation and echo of the voice, and there is no need to worry about what to catch the door, the military horse to catch, even, even in the government, above the court, there are many people singing and echoing with it, thinking that this group of people should sit in the world, deserve the world.

"I heard that even the prime minister of the dynasty was a member of their family for a while. At their peak, they controlled the world's words and roads, and their majesty was unparalleled. ”

However, in the same 30 years, this group of people not only failed to seize the world, but in the uninterrupted internal strife, they continued to divide and weaken, and they were ridiculed more and more by day, and became more and more like a joke every day.

"Why?"

Zhang Barefoot asked Zhang Yuankong, why?

"A group of people are faced with swords, guns, swords, halberds, a group of people are faced with cheers and admiration, a group of people are fighting for their lives every day, and a group of people are sitting on the top of the stream...... On the one hand, there is hardship and hardship, and on the other hand, there is wealth and happiness. ”

In the end, it was the people who gathered more people and exerted stronger strength but the people who fought bloody battles in hardships and hardships every day, Zhang Barefoot asked Zhang Yuankong, why is this?

“…… What do you think? ”

In the face of Zhang Yuankong's rhetorical question, Zhang Barefoot showed a smug smile, saying that he had thought about it for a long time before he figured out this truth.

"Because...... Announcing that you are a member of the latter will give you prestige, status, and money, and announcing that you are a member of the former will only be hunted down and killed. ”

"I want to ensure the purity of an organization, I want to ensure the strength of an organization, Dazhenren...... Actually, there is only one question. ”

"Join them...... Will it die? ”