In this underground labyrinth, when the gatekeeper saw a few people walking in the corridor, he immediately became fully alert, and asked in a thick Kanto accent: "Who is coming?" ”

"It's me!" Guo Tu's concubine, Lu Ji, replied.

Obviously, Guo Tu and Lu Ji are frequent visitors here, and when the guards at the gate saw their faces clearly, their eyes immediately changed, revealing a strong look of worship. "It's a senior." Don't look at Lu Ji's age is younger than the guard in front of her, but her seniority is much older than him, according to the rules, the guard must call her senior. The guard glanced at the people behind Lu Ji and asked, "Who are these?" ”

"They're not with us."

"Oh!" The guard nodded and said to Lu Ji: "In this case, the seniors are waiting, wait for me to ask." He went up to them and asked the first one, "Where have you come from and where are you going?" ”

The visitor replied, "From where you came, and where you go." ”

The guard nodded in satisfaction and asked the other person, "Red is yellow in yellow." ”

Answer: "Yellow is green in it." ”

Ask: "Green is blue." ”

Answer: "Blue and purple." ”

The guard nodded with satisfaction and asked one more person, "East, West, North and South." ”

The man quickly replied, "Medium white." ”

Later, the guards interrogated those who came from other places one by one, and each person asked different questions, but they could know the identity and even level of the other party through these illogical words. This made Guo Tuqi amazed for a while, and everyone praised the way the Holy Mother Church communicated with each other.

"Good!" The guard immediately put away his vigilant colors and bowed to everyone with a pleasant face, "Brothers and sisters in the Lord, welcome home." ”

Everyone, including Guo Tu and Lu Ji, drew a cross on their chests and said, "May the master mother bless you!" ”

"Ah...... Heaven's Gate! ”

That's right, behind the gate in front of Guo Tu is the church of Our Lady of the Earth in Jizhou, which is the church of Mother Earth.

This underground church was built in the first year of Zhongping, and its original purpose was to escape the Yellow Turban Rebellion. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Jizhou Church Branch has been outside the influence of the main church, in order to ensure that the branch church will not be disintegrated by the enemy, this underground church has been expanded many times in the following ten years, so that it has reached the current scale.

The church is surrounded by a total of 24 corridors leading to the ground, symbolizing the 12 cardinal archbishops and 12 knights of the Church of Our Lady. Some of the ground entrances are located in Yecheng, in the shops of the church's property, or in the houses of the faithful. There are also guard handles at the entrance, and ordinary people will never be able to enter.

When you open the door of the Mother Earth Church, the space in front of you is more spacious than the outside. In this area, which is more than 30 steps wide and more than 50 steps long, there are more than 30 chairs neatly arranged. Right now, about twenty people were sitting in chairs, hands folded, facing the wooden cross in front of them, muttering something. It is faithful Christians who are praying in this extraordinary time.

In the aisle between the chairs, three priests dressed in linen robes embroidered with a cross pattern robe walked back and forth or sat in a partition in the corner. One of them is responsible for recording the difficulties encountered by believers so that they can find ways to help them in the future. There is also a person who instructs believers to read the Blessed Virgin; The last one was treating a sick believer. The few people who came with Guo Tu came to see the doctor.

Walk through this prayer chamber located underground, and at the end of the worship chamber, there is also a long corridor. The dark corridor stretches as far as the eye can see, and this is the escape route for the believers and servants who are hiding underground.

On both sides of the corridor were dug some simple rooms, which were the living rooms and offices of the servants of the gods. Standing in front of an inconspicuous door, Lu Ji knocked lightly.

A loud inquiry then sounded inside the door: "Who! ”

Lu Ji said: "S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 69, I would like to see His Excellency the Patriarch of the Diocese of Jizhou. ”

"Oh? In. The door opened, and Li Xin, the patriarch of the Jizhou diocese, who was sitting shirtless in the room, saw that there was a female guest in the house, and in a panic grabbed the robe that had been thrown on the ground and put it on his head. finally straightened his robe, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, it's hot in this cave." I thought that no one came, so I took off the coolness. Where the faux pas are, look forward to the two Haihan. ”

Li Xin's troubles are not once or twice, Guo Tu and Lu Ji have long been used to it.

"That ......" Li Xin scratched his head and quickly changed the topic to reverse the awkward atmosphere, "What's that...... Lord Guo came this time, is there something important to report? ”

"Exactly!" Guo Tu smiled all over his face, and told Li Xin the original story of today's discussion in the account, as well as the recommendation of Yuan Shao's northern expedition to Youzhou.

Li Xin said with a grateful face: "Lord Guo can risk his life to report this news to the church, Xin is grateful. After speaking, Li Xin got up and bowed.

"The patriarch is gracious, this is all what Tu should do." Guo Tu hurriedly helped Li Xin up.

Li Xin said: "This bishop will definitely report back to the Holy City what Master Guo said in the shortest possible time. At the same time, report to the sect leader about Lord Guo's merits. ”

"I don't dare to take credit." Guo Tu was modest for a while, glanced at Li Xin across the table, and said tentatively: "Your Excellency the Patriarch." For more than a year, Tu has also worked hard for the Holy Church. Do you say? ”

Indeed, after Lu Ji infiltrated Guo Tu's mansion more than two years ago, after experiencing initial temptation and medium-term persuasion, this capable female agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. brainwashed Guo Tu through continuous work, and finally pulled Guo Tu into the door of the church a year ago. In the days that followed, Guo Tu helped the church a lot with the authority in his hands, and even helped the Jizhou branch of the church to suffer the catastrophe several times, which can be described as a meritorious achievement.

Therefore, after hearing Guo Tu's question, Li Xin did not hesitate and said categorically: "Of course." ”

Guo Tu then asked as if pleading: "Then dare to ask the patriarch, can you make an exception for Tu to be inspired by Our Lady and worship in the temple of God and become a believer, so that he can live forever as soon as possible?" ”

Li Xin hesitated slightly. In accordance with the guidelines for the initiation of non-parishes of the Notre Dame Church. An initiation activist is required to attend church activities every week for the next year. After one year, after passing the scripture examination, you can decide to confess Our Lady as Lord and become a quasi-believer. After that, you can participate in church activities for another year, and then pass the examination, and finally become a true believer.

It stands to reason that the rules cannot be broken, but there are special circumstances, such as the outstanding contribution of the activists to the church.

Obviously, Guo Tu can be classified as the latter.

"Absolutely." Li Xin smiled and said, "Master Guo, let's fill out a form first!" ”

"Table?" Guo Tu didn't know why, "What is a table?" ”

Li Xin smiled but didn't answer, and took out a piece of talent paper from the drawer in the table and put it in front of Guo Tu. and handed the wolf howl dipped in thick ink to Guo Tu. "That's the table."

Guo Tu looked down and saw that there was a line of large characters "Application Form for Baptism of Our Lady" printed on the top of the Shencai paper, and many boxes were printed below the big characters, and the large square boxes were covered with small boxes. The box is filled with items such as name, name, gender, age, birthday, place of origin, class, home address, etc.

"This." He looked at Li Xin blankly, and then at Lu Ji.

Lu Ji smiled softly at Guo Tu, and took the watch in Guo Tu's hand, "Husband, the slave family will fill it in for you!" Finally, you just press a mudra. ”

"It's good!"

Lu Ji writes well and writes very quickly. But after a moment's effort, Guo Tu's personal information and family information jumped on the paper, and after Guo Tu's confirmation, he signed and signed it, and returned it to Li Xin.

Li Xin took the form and filled in the word "agree" in the three boxes of the recommendation of the grassroots church, the recommendation of the county church, and the recommendation of the church state branch, and attached his autograph and the patriarch's seal.

When I was done, I tucked the form back into the drawer. "That's it." In the next two days, I will submit the form to the Holy Church of the Holy City for the record, and then arrange for the baptism for Lord Guo. After being baptized, Master Guo is a true believer. ”

Guo Tu was overjoyed, "After becoming a believer, will I be able to live forever?" ”

Hearing this, Li Xin almost choked up, turned his head and glared at Lu Ji. What does that mean, how do you preach? Why did immortality come out? With many years of missionary experience, he immediately understood that Lu Ji was too hasty in his mission, and spread the exaggerated doctrine of Our Lady to Guo Tu.

After a moment's hesitation, he laughed out loud and said jokingly, "Won't you become an old goblin after a hundred years of longevity!" ”

As smart as Guo Tu, he immediately understood the meaning of Li Xin's words, and asked with a lock of eyebrows: "Why, can't the Holy Sect make people live a long life?" ”

Li Xin shook his head honestly, "Of course not." Even if you become a member of Mary, you cannot get rid of the pain of birth, old age, sickness and death. However, the death of the body is only temporary, and the immortality of the soul is the real immortality. Whoever is pleased with Our Lady will ascend to Heaven and enter the kingdom of Our Lord Mary. It was a land free from poverty, sorrow, depression, and melancholy. ”

"That means, I'm still going to die?" Previously, when Lu Ji was preaching to Guo Tu, he had told him that as long as he contributed to the Holy Church, the church would help him live a long life, or even immortality. At that time, Guo Tu thought that the magic power of the Holy Mother was so strong that it was not easy for a person to live forever, so he decided to work for the church. Now after listening to Li Xin's assertion, I suddenly felt cheated. "But isn't Our Lady the Most High God, with boundless power? Why didn't she give the devout believers an infinite lifespan, so that the believers would worship her and worship her forever in the world? ”

Li Xin's eyes spewed a soft light, "My dear brother." Our Lady does not give us an endless life, which is where her compassion is manifested! ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? Guo Tu couldn't figure out how it shortened the life span of believers and turned it into compassion?