Chapter 42: The Collision of Kingship and Theocracy

Meixian County was the first city inspected by Ye Gucheng.

Along the way, he passed through three villages, where basically every household had land to cultivate, people were self-sufficient, and they were full of yearning for life, and the once poor scene no longer existed.

This also greatly increased Ye Gucheng's confidence in setting his own laws.

As a county seat, Meixian County's development scale is much higher than that of villages, although it is not as good as the development level of big cities, but it can be regarded as having everything.

Ye Gucheng lived in a separate courtyard, which was also exquisite, which was also prepared early after the county order received the news.

Due to the large number of guards, it was impossible to arrange accommodation in a unified manner, so Ye Gucheng ordered to be stationed in the suburbs, leaving only dozens of guards to escort him.

On this day, Li Yueli finished her meal and wanted to go around the county seat, Ye Gucheng took into account that Mei County was in good order, so he agreed, in order not to cause unnecessary panic, the golden dragon was directly left in the other courtyard, carrying only more than 10 guards and doctors.

Although Meixian County is small, there are many teahouses, restaurants, and music houses, and the most attractive thing for Li Yueli is the stall on the side.

The area of the stall is not large, and there are not many items on display, but they are all small toys that are rare in the royal capital and have strong local colors.

Li Yueli is interested in a pair of delicate silver ankle rings.

The ankle rings are small, with two bells attached, and are apparently intended for babies to wear.

"Husband, look, how beautiful this ankle ring is, when our child is born, shall we put it on him?" Li Yueli looked at the ankle bracelet in her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

Ye Gucheng smiled softly and said slowly: "If you like it, buy it." ”

"Do you like that?"

"As long as the lady likes it, I like it!" Ye Gucheng couldn't help but arch his index finger and scratched Li Yueli's nose.

Li Yueli saw Ye Gucheng make such an intimate gesture in public, her pretty face turned red, and she hurriedly bargained with the stall owner to cover up.

The stall owner is also a real person, and he made concessions, and in the end, both parties were satisfied to reach a deal.

As soon as the deal was made here, Li Yueli quickly rushed to other stalls.

Ye Gucheng smiled bitterly, and finally realized that a woman's nature of shopping knows no era!

Ye Gucheng and Li Yueli played all the way, and unconsciously came to the periphery of the square, and suddenly, there was a commotion on the main road.

I saw that the originally crowded main road quickly gave way to a wide passage, and the people knelt down with devotion on their faces.

Ye Gucheng seemed to think of something, and frowned.

"Guest, kneel down, the temple is carrying out a ceremony to worship the heavens, and disrespecting the gods will be punished by heaven. The stall owner thought that Ye Gucheng and the others were gentlemen, so he kindly reminded them.

Li Yueli came back to her senses, and hurriedly pulled Ye Gucheng and wanted to kneel, but was stopped by the other party, and couldn't help but be suspicious.

Soon, more than twenty members of the Golden Regiment slowly escorted a blue-robed bishop over, and when they saw that Ye Gucheng and the others did not kneel down, the members of the Golden Regiment at the front had cold eyes and rode over.

Only then did the people notice that there were more than a dozen people who were ungodly and looked at each other angrily.

Li Yueli was shocked in her heart, she had already seen the members of the Golden Regiment who came on horseback draw their swords, you know, the clergy can kill all those who disrespect the gods, and hurriedly pulled Ye Gucheng to kneel.

Ye Gucheng was not only indifferent, but stopped Li Yueli's kneeling posture and said indifferently: "Stand up." ”

"Look for death. The members of the Golden Regiment who came on horseback were completely enraged, their hands shook, and their swords were unsheathed.

A guard on the right side of Ye Gucheng suddenly appeared, rushed out at a faster speed, drew his sword, jumped up, and did it in one go, and the rear came first to cut down the members of the golden regiment who rushed to the ground, if it weren't for the other party's strong gold armor, this blow would be enough to hurt his life.

The audience was silent, and the people's eyes widened like ghosts.

"Bold!" the blue-robed bishop was furious when he saw that someone dared to offend the sacred golden regiment.

More clusters of gold poured out.

More than a dozen guards drew their swords one after another, quickly protecting the commander behind them.

The battle was about to break out, and it happened that a group of patrol battalion soldiers happened to pass by, but they found that it was the commander who clashed with the temple, and they were so frightened that they didn't know what to do.

Even so, they still knelt on the ground collectively like the people, but they didn't know if it was the temple or Ye Gucheng who knelt down!

Seeing the look of the patrol battalion, the blue-robed bishop guessed that these dozen people must have some identity background, especially a guard who was able to cut down the members of the Golden Regiment and dismount them, and he was not reckless for a while, so he whispered a few words to the members of the Golden Regiment on the side, and the latter understood and left alone.

Ye Gucheng expected that the other party must be going to mobilize manpower, smiled coldly, came out of the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "I am the commander of the Huaxia Kingdom, Ye Gucheng." ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked, and the people of Meixian County could never have imagined that the commander would appear in this small county town!

Seeing that the clergy were unmoved, Ye Gucheng suddenly flashed coldly, and said coldly: "You wait, seeing that the commander doesn't kneel, is it difficult to rebel?"

As soon as these words came out, the temple personnel changed color, and they had heard about Ye Gucheng's brutality, how many temples were destroyed and how many clergy were killed in the western realm.

The blue-robed bishop forcibly endured the discomfort in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Even if you are the commander of Huaxia, you are a mortal after all, and the temple only serves the gods all your life. ”

"Serving the gods?" Ye Gucheng smiled suddenly, and then said slowly: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." You step on the land of China, facing the king of China, who will give your dog the courage to commit a crime? Xuanyuan Jing, quickly go and transfer troops. ”

"Yes!" the guard who had just cut down the Golden Regiment walked away quickly.

Li Yueli saw that Ye Gucheng and the temple were on the bar, and she was terrified, the temple represents the gods, the emperors of the world, how to fight against the gods, and hurriedly said with tears: "Husband, you can't be like this, you can't be rude to the gods, quickly kneel down with me and apologize to the gods." ”

Ye Gucheng was short of breath in an instant, and the corner of the wall was too outrageous!

However, he knew that Li Yueli was deeply affected by the atmosphere of the Western Regions, and he would not be able to change it for a while, and he did not blame the other party, but just lightly held the jade hand to express relief.

Seeing that the two sides were frozen like this, a member of the Golden Regiment looked at the sky and whispered in the ear of the blue-robed bishop: "Bishop, the time to sacrifice to the heavens is almost over, and if you delay for a long time, you are afraid that the gods will be angry, so it is better for us to carry out the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens first, and the matter of Ye Gucheng will be dealt with after returning to the Divine Hall." ”

The blue-robed bishop thought about it, and immediately, he said coldly: "Ye Gucheng, if you defile the gods, I will report to the god hall to deal with it, and now, my temple is carrying out a ceremony to worship the sky, so I won't be with you first." Come on, please altar. ”

"Please the altar. ”

With a chant, a large wooden square platform was slowly pushed out by several divine servants.

At this moment, Ye Gucheng was completely angry!

The two special points of the Chinese law are the abolition of slave fighting arenas and human sacrifices, and the temple's move is clearly a public offense.

What puzzled Ye Gucheng the most was that the guards of the patrol battalion did not stop it. Soon, he figured out why, and it was precisely because of this that he was even more angry.

The wooden platform was parked in the middle of the square, as in the scene of Shangdu, with one person tied to each of the four wooden stakes, and of course, the status was changed from slave to divine servant.

"Holy Maiden, please!"

A little girl about 8 years old walked out slowly, and everywhere she passed, the people who knelt down and worshipped became more religious.

The incident in Shangdu is once again staged in this small Mei County!

Ye Gucheng thinks that he is not a kind person, at least, now he has already become an executioner with blood on his hands.

But after all, he still retains a little bit of his conscience as a human being, killing people on the battlefield is forced by the situation, bloody suppression, and it is also for the sake of Liwei, but he can't do it when he sees people being burned alive because of superstition.

"I remember, the Chinese law does not allow human sacrifice, is it possible, have you forgotten?"

Once again, the very untimely voice managed to attract everyone's attention.

The blue-robed bishop's face sank, and he said with an unkind expression: "The commander is the king of mortals after all, and we are now serving the gods and praying for the peace of the country and the people.

"Guotai Min'an, relying on has never been a bullshit god, but my Chinese army. If the Heavenly God really exists, where is it when the people are suffering?" Ye Gucheng's words could be described as shocking to the world, causing an uproar in an instant.

"Ye Gucheng, you dare to insult the gods?"

At this moment, not only the blue-robed bishop was furious, but the members of the Golden Regiment and even the divine servants were all angry.

Even the pious people who knelt on the ground could not refrain from scolding, and the scene began to get out of control.

Li Yueli's worst worry still happened, and she was so anxious that she grabbed Ye Gucheng's hand and begged.

As soon as Ye Gucheng's temper came up, Li Yueli couldn't persuade him, only to see him smile coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Since you are so pious and dedicated to serving the gods, why don't you go to heaven instead of them!"

Dozens of guards of the patrol battalion were stunned and hurriedly responded.

"Take down this bishop and the members of the Golden Order. ”

The soldiers of the patrol battalion were completely dumbfounded, they did not have the courage to arrest the clergy, however, they knew better the fate of disobeying the orders of the commander-in-chief.

Ye Gucheng saw that he was angry, and his own soldiers couldn't be summoned, and roared angrily: "Why are you still stunned?"

After coming back to their senses, the soldiers of the patrol battalion had to step forward, and it just so happened that hundreds of divine servants had moved from the Golden Regiment that had left before.

The blue-robed bishop saw that his side had an advantage in numbers, and suddenly evil came from his guts, thinking that Ye Gucheng was disrespectful to the gods anyway, even if he was killed on the spot, no one dared to say anything, and immediately ordered: "Ye Gucheng has defiled the gods, and he is heinous and unforgivable." ”

When Li Yueli heard this, her heart became even more anxious, and she was about to stop it, but she suddenly felt abdominal pain.

At this critical moment, Xuanyuan Jing finally led thousands of iron horses to come in person.

The situation suddenly fell to Ye Gucheng's side, Ye Gucheng also hated these clergy very much, and was about to order all of them to be killed on the spot, when he suddenly heard Li Yueli beside him wailing in pain, he was shocked, and hurriedly looked back.

Li Yueli's face was unusually pale, her hands were clutching her abdomen, and bright red blood was falling down her legs.

Ye Gucheng was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't care about the people of the temple anymore, so he picked up Li Yueli and quickly got on the horse, and galloped towards the courtyard.

As soon as the commander left, thousands of guards immediately followed.

The blue-robed bishop instantly fell to the ground and shouted: "The gods of heaven have appeared, and those who do not respect the gods will eat the consequences." ”

Naturally, the people linked Li Yueli's incident with the gods, and prayed in horror.