Chapter 297: Molesting Angels
Looking at the twelve angels above the church with nothing more than a pile of magical elements, and feeling the devotion of the faithful prostrate on the ground, Lynsey only felt a little strange and incomprehensible, but after all, he had no intention of stopping this farce that seemed to him to be a bit ridiculous.
I'm sure others who didn't fall to their knees thought the same way.
These people are not religious, and they may be warriors or magicians, so they naturally see the way.
But after a while, probably seeing the so-called holy miracles, these people gradually left the square.
The rest of the people who were with Lin Xi, less than 100 people, stood on the periphery of the creeping crowd, which seemed a little abrupt and bizarre.
But an even more abrupt and angry scene was immediately triggered by the Holy See.
A cardinal priest who was still chanting and singing in the church led his eleven white-clad priests out again.
"Merciful Lord, thank you for your great love for us in the past six months! No words of praise are enough to express our gratitude, and I will thank you with the most sincere power of faith together with all devout believers!"
Lynsey originally thought that this was just an encouraging polite remark, but after saying this, although the believers still knelt respectfully on the ground, their heads touched the ground and prayed sincerely, everyone put their hands into their clothes.
Then, with a benevolent smile on their faces, the eleven white-clad priests each took out a white wooden box from nowhere and began to walk into the crowd.
"Bang dang!"
The first believer took out his hand that had reached into his clothes, grabbed dozens of gold coins in his hand, and without any painful expression on his face, he put all the gold coins into the wooden box without hesitation!
"The Lord will bless you, may the Lord walk with you!"
The white-clothed priest with the wooden box in his hand used his other hand to scratch a few times on his chest, and then calmly put the gold coins into the wooden box, and then continued to walk towards the next believer.
Lynsey's face instantly turned ugly.
Strangely, the kneeling believers looked honored, as if they were proud to be able to do something about the Lord, who was usually high in the sky. This is no wonder, since the noble lord is willing to let everyone witness the holy miracles in broad daylight, then "give some incense money" is not very appropriate?
But Lin Xi clearly saw that the only item in this donation ceremony was gold coins!
Moreover, the wooden box is extended to everyone, not to households or families!
Kansas is just a small city, and the believers living in it are not all rich, on the contrary, many of them are actually commoners, peasants who only live in the soil, so even one person and one gold coin is a lot of wealth for them!
But these people, along with other believers, did not hesitate to put their hard-earned money into the wooden box.
Although the white-clothed priest did not show snobbery, and said the same thing to every believer after putting in the gold coins, these believers themselves knew that the more gold coins they put in, the more loyal they naturally meant to be more loyal to the Lord, and the more times they could be favored and blessed by the Lord in the future, so some people were obviously wearing tattered clothes, but they had the momentum of slapping their swollen faces and filling up fat people, and they threw three or four, five or six gold coins into it in one go, and they didn't frown!
In a short period of time, each of the eleven white-clothed priests had changed a wooden box, because the previous wooden box was already full of gold coins and could no longer hold it!
Such a trick to accumulate money is clever, it is willing, and the money is fast!
Lynsey was furious.
He respects the freedom of these believers to believe in religion, because this is a matter of their faith, and others naturally have no right to interfere with it, but these holy miracles are only man-made, and the purpose of the Holy See for these believers is only to tie their hearts.
He doesn't pay attention to these questions on weekdays.
But now, in this way, the Holy See first deceived the believers, and then made them willing to pay for it!
It's a pity that some families are so destitute that they have to donate at least one gold coin!
I've heard of religious believers, but I've never heard of religious believers who need to donate money!
It's a gang of robbers cloaked in sacred!
The angry Lin Xi looked around and found that the remaining more than 100 ** were the same as himself, with a dissatisfied face, but no one stepped forward to stop him.
Not only because they don't dare, but also because they can't.
For when the money was being collected, a large number of clergy poured in from outside the square, apparently for the sake of the miracle, but in fact as an armed force to prevent anyone from causing trouble.
In the face of the Holy See, which does not know the depths, not many people are willing to offend, and they are still alone in a strange city.
Therefore, when Lin Xi sent out a gaze to ask for cooperation, he received a cold look, and at most some people would only tell him with their eyes that it was okay to interfere arbitrarily, and we still watched this scene as a safe and safe scene.
Lynsey was a little disappointed in her heart, but she was still determined to stop this scene, even if one person's power was limited, but he should always show his position.
Seeing that many people had begun to leave due to the prestige of the Holy See, Linsey also began to retreat with the crowd around the White Chapel.
However, under the cover of the crowd, his hands quietly moved.
When one of the angels hovering above the White Chapel suddenly broke one of its wings and almost fell headlong, several naughty children happened to see this scene and couldn't help but let out a low exclamation.
However, under the scolding of the adults, these children immediately obediently shut their mouths, only as their own dazzled.
Indeed, it was a living angel, who was still smiling gently at everyone just now, how could he make a joke about falling on the roof?
In fact, the secret priest who controlled the "miracle apparition" had immediately restored this unfortunate angel.
But immediately, as Lynsey walked around the church and exited the square, the second angel simply dissipated his wings, and an upside-down onion sank directly into the depths of the circular roof and disappeared!
The strange scene made the eyes of the children who had been reprimanded and were still waiting for something interesting to happen, "Look, the angel is gone!"
A few children said out loud.
It was too late for adults to stop it, and human curiosity had temporarily overcome piety at this moment, and some believers raised their heads!
At this time, the Holy See had "repaired" the angels, and there are still twelve angels left above the church.
But Lynsey's movements never stopped.
And this time simply move both hands together.
Just when some adults looked up, they happened to see such a scene:
Two angels who were flying suddenly collided directly together, and then lost their balance, and rolled into the roof together, an angel who was originally flying well seemed to be pulled from behind, and the little wings fluttered a few times, but he still couldn't control his body, his limbs danced together, but his body turned backwards, and his buttocks hit the ground first, and his ugliness came out.
The ugliness made by these three angels was naturally made by Lin Xi in secret.
It's just that he didn't expect those children to be so "cooperative", which happened to make some adults raise their heads at this moment.
So, the adults were dumbfounded.
Aren't the angels in the miracles powerful and elegant, how could they make such ugly gestures?
Of course, they naturally didn't dare to say this question, but it was not the possibility of so many people seeing this phenomenon together, so in their hearts, these adults had doubts about it for the first time.
The power of faith began to change quietly.
Like a lake full of water, a small hole has appeared in the embankment, and if time is enough, this small hole will always widen, and then the full lake will eventually leak.
Lynsey stopped moving, and followed the crowd out of the square, leaving behind the believers with a look of disbelief, and the old city lord with a stunned face.