Chapter 279: Millionaire Three in the Slums
But it is evident that those who are able to read the canon well are up to the task, even in the slums, and such people are able to grasp a handful, and if they are afraid of being deceived, they should catch more of each other, and the nonsense cannot happen to collide with each other. A day and a half is a bit busy, but it's enough. In other words, their value is quite low, and there is still no room for bargaining.
Jim's mind shifted to this, and the other party confirmed the specific social class of the person who could get close to the 500 meters at the celebration, and began to ask Jim about everything from clothing to speech and behavior against another doctrinal book on the code of conduct, and made up various sources for him to judge whether he could get away with it.
When the western sky was red, the image of the patriarch of a declining middle family in a remote area was freshly baked, and he was dressed in a green robe and green hat stolen from nowhere. While talking to himself, he took it off and put it on, and put it back on again, as if he were a clown performing a hat-changing trick in the main city, until he drank some unknown potion and let it go.
And when dinner was finally ready, Jim became worried when he thought of Bai Yang, who was full of holy wars. After serving two meals and entering the vine basement, after a little exchange, Xiaoshan ate honestly and quietly after being untied, but Bai Yang stared at Jim with suspicious eyes and did not nod.
Jim scratched his scalp, it was obvious that he had violated the doctrine for fear of death, and he couldn't think of any reason to justify his actions for a while, so he avoided these and simply persuaded Bai Yang to eat. And in the face of the fragrant meat fed to her mouth, the little girl of Baiyang clenched her teeth and turned her head.
At this moment, there was a butterfly call from the stone door, and Jim put down the bowl and spoon and went out, "What can I do for you?"
"Lord Jiao Ming guessed your difficulties and gave you a reference idea. ”
Jim was stunned for a moment, then bowed down. "Thank you very much. ”
Butterfly organized her language a little and said, "According to the doctrinal scriptures, God loves the world, and of course wants every believer to live a happy life, but the reality is obviously not the case, so there must be something wrong. Since God cannot be wrong, it must be some bad elements in the church who are obstructing and deceiving the lower and lower levels, causing the current situation, and as long as they can help the gods accomplish the goal of purifying the church and making the world happy, it is not weaker than the great merit of holy war. Speaking of this, he paused, and after confirming that there was no omission, he added: "That's probably it, you can find a way to get past the places that have a slight conflict with the Ancient Tree Sutra." ”
Jim pondered for a moment, nodded his head and thanked him, then reflexively went back to the basement, slightly modified and deleted this set of words, and told Bai Yang to listen. Fortunately, Bai Yang really doubted the letter, and no longer looked at Jim like a traitor. After all, the poor living conditions in the orphanage and the obvious misery in the surrounding slums, the blinding of God seems to be the most likely answer, though it is slightly contrary to the omniscient and omnipotent nature.
"If you think about it, if you fight with them now, you will only die in vain, and you will not be able to achieve any merit in the face of God's judgment, after all, it will not help. But if you save your life and practice the idea of purifying the church, you will at least have an account to God after death, and maybe you will have some chance to enter heaven. ”
"Really?" Bai Yang finally spoke.
"Of course it's true, I'll never lie to you and Xiaoshan. ”
Xiao Shan, who had gobbled up his name, nodded sharply and agreed, "Yes, Jim is the smartest and won't lie to us." Listen to him. After that, he burped and glanced at the food beside Bai Yang.
Seeing that Bai Yang finally nodded, Jim was overjoyed, and hurriedly loosened the tie, and then went out to ask Dieda for dinner for Xiaoshan, and after the two of them finished eating, they tied up the two again, cleaned up the tableware, and then put some cold leftovers to eat. As for why this is so, first of all, I don't want to leave a bad impression on Lord Jiao Ming and others, and at the same time, it is also a kind of protection to guard against the two who are hesitating from repeating again.
Next, spend a night with Lord Jiao Ming to familiarize yourself with the behavior and habits of the lord class and the etiquette and actions of other classes, as for the language, you can only remember how much is counted, after all, it is the setting of the country bun, as long as the sentence of praise to God is not mispronounced, the past can be explained.
Late at night, Jim consciously returned to the basement, first helped the two friends tuck the quilts, and then lay down and began to think about what he had seen and heard in the past two days. The first question is whether the world exists after death, whether it is hell or heaven, and if it does not exist, where do people go after death?
An arm came over in the darkness and pressed against Jim's face, breaking his train of thought. With a wry smile, Jim turned his head to confirm that Bai Yang was just asleep, then tucked his arms back into the quilt, and then lay on his side facing outward, and began to think about what to do in this life on the basis that the world after death does not exist. But he suddenly felt relaxed, and his originally restrained thoughts suddenly expanded, and after just a little thought, he thought of several ways to violate or even use the teachings, not only to make Lai Pihu die without a place to be buried, but also to take over this slum.
His heart trembled slightly, Jim frowned, and then thought that when he sat in the position of Lai Pihu at this time, of course, he had to prevent being so trapped. The easiest way is to get everyone in the slum to fully abide by the teachings, follow the rules, do what should work, pick up customers, and don't think too much and don't do anything to resist when it's time to pay the protection money.
Sitting up suddenly, Jim felt a cold sweat break down his spine, and this was the case in this small slum, and the whole of Divine Grace City. If all of them are trying to preach doctrinal dogmas for similar purposes, there is still some chance that the content of this doctrinal dogma is true.
"Boy, sleep!"
The voice of the guard came from the other side of the basement, the two words were very stiff, and the grammar was incorrect, Jim, who was thinking about it, was stunned for a moment before he understood, and lay down obediently. An inexplicable fear came from the bottom of his heart, and Jim subconsciously stopped delving into the thoughts just now, and instead thought about the people led by Master Jiao Ming.
There is no doubt that they are evil magicians in the mouth of the church, although I don't know what level of priest they are equivalent to, but their strength should not be weak, at least at the level of bishop. Then there is the unreasonableness revealed in their behavior, first of all, the state of being blinded by the Divine Grace City, even if they go to steal food by themselves, they will find out in advance and make arrangements, how can they rush into the store casually. And seeing that a few people are not fools, they rush into the city of divine grace with black eyes to steal the holy relics.
Either there is something wrong with the plan, and the latter seems more likely.
Carefully combing through the process of meeting several people, and soon gained something, according to Dieda, the silver ring of the holy relic has been connected to the soul of Lord Jiao Ming, and it can be stolen close to three hundred heights. But from the mouth of the old lady in the orphanage, I heard that a bishop-level priest who can teleport divine arts, even if he teleports something without a soul connection, it is easy and effortless to travel longer distances. Such a gap between the two statements is probably the problem.
And then, Jim guessed the truth. The holy relics were lost, of course, the Divine Sect had to be strictly protected, and no matter what the specific means were, it must have caught Lord Jiao Ming, who was a light enemy, off guard, so he had to seize the opportunity of the celebration to make a new plan in a hurry, and even use three little children to explain the doctrine.
Thinking of this, Jim turned over again, thinking about whether there was any way to sell these people to the church, regardless of the doctrine of merit heaven and so on, but this kind of survival had a better chance. After all, it is always uneasy to trust your life on the mood of the enemy after the success of the plan. Thinking to no avail, sleepiness wells up, and Jim finally falls into a deep sleep.
The next day, the day before the celebration, all the time was spent teaching and practicing various liturgical gestures and correcting the accent of the phrase 'praise God', and Master Jiao Ming once again gave a general opinion on the posture of kneeling, but due to language problems, Jim did not understand anything, but it would not be a good thing to think of. Use reason to resist the unhappiness that arises subconsciously, but as if you didn't hear anything.
At dinnertime, Jim asked Dieda in a casual tone what if the holy relics were stolen again and the church started a war again? Wouldn't this toss of returning first and then stealing back in vain? Dieda was obviously a little embarrassed, but before she could wait for the perfunctory past, Master Jiao Ming asked, and the two said a few words before Dieda explained: "The Divine Cult's understanding of the holy relics is limited after all, and last time it didn't clean up the traces, which caused trouble, but this time it won't." ”
After a long silence, Jim spoke again and asked, "May you ask why you didn't hide anything from me?"
Master Jiao Ming and Dieda had a few more conversations, during which Lord Jiao Ming laughed again, and Dieda explained: "Lord Jiao Ming is very optimistic about you, and has decided that when we leave, if you want, I will sign a contract with you, and the details will be discussed at that time." Regardless of whether you sign or not, you will be given a certain amount of money, half as a thank you, and half as support for your future development. ”
Jim stopped swallowing, his eyes widened, he couldn't believe that there could be such a pie-in-the-sky thing, and he even forgot to wonder if it was just a bad joke he had made before killing himself.
The next day, the sky was just white, and the rest that usually sounds in the evening rings ten times in a row, representing the beginning of the celebration. Jiao Ming and Dieda were dressed in green robes, and only after Jim confirmed again and again did they go out. The three little guys and the two strong men hid in the basement, staring at each other wide-eyed, and then simply fell asleep together. There was a lot of light in the day, and after breakfast, the three little ones habitually knelt down in the direction of the main city, until noon, when the sacred relics were theoretically displayed, there was a loud explosion in the direction of the main city. It's a pity that the direction of the small window is not right, see the situation over there.
The two strong men looked at each other, shook their heads after exchanging a few words, and chose not to be moved, still sitting in place and waiting. But Jim clenched his fists and began to think, if Master Jiao Ming succeeded, naturally he didn't need to say anything, his net worth and life were all in the enemy's thoughts. But if it fails, it is best to die, and if it is captured, it will be troublesome, Lord Jiao Ming and Dieda are used to raising fine skin and tender meat, and they don't seem to be strict mouths, so the exposure here is also a matter of course, and the best choice is to find another place to hide.
Jim sighed, realized that everything was a pipe dream, and relaxed his somewhat numb knees a little, waiting for the verdict of fate.
There was a loud noise in the direction of the main city, obviously the trouble was not simply solved, so there was an hourglass time, but the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground sounded not far away, and it seemed that within ten meters of the basement, something fell from the sky. The two strong men made eye contact, and one of them flashed out of the small stone door, and returned shortly after, saying to Jim, "Boy, come." ”
Jim got up to follow, and sure enough, not far from the entrance of the building, he saw a huge 'God's Pet Beast' lying there, with sea-blue scales and a slightly white belly, much larger than the last time he saw it. However, he was seriously injured, not only the left half of his body was charred black, but his right front paw and tail were also cut off, and bright red blood gushed out from the broken wound like a spring.
To Jim's surprise, this 'God's Pet Beast' actually had a leather attachment like a saddle on its back, which undoubtedly indicated that someone was riding, and who could actually ride the 'God's Pet Beast'?
The free and hearty meals offered at the main city celebration are arguably the only chance for everyone in the slum to have a full meal in a few years, and certainly not to be missed. So at this time, the slum can be said to be empty, such a big thing fell down, but only two people watched the excitement.
"I want to go over and see. Jim said as he gestured to the strong man, and after three times, the exchange was finally successful. Jim cautiously walked to the side of the 'God's Pet Beast', first made sure that his chest did not rise and fall again, then reached out and stroked the scales and leather pendant, and then looked at the main city, and moved a few steps to avoid the obscure, but only saw the figure of a 'God's Pet Beast' flashing by. Beyond the establishment that the explosions were related to them, no more can be deduced.
Back in the basement, about another hourglass time passed, the side of the main city finally stopped, and the vines that climbed all over the walls shimmered again, and then, the figures of Lord Jiao Ming and Dieda appeared in the middle of the basement. Jim saw that although the two of them were disheveled and smoky black, their expressions were relaxed and joyful, and they should have successfully completed their goal.
Sure enough, as soon as Lord Jiao Ming eased up the momentum of the teleportation, he kept talking to the two strong men, and when he heard that a 'God's Pet Beast' had fallen from the door, he was even more excited and went out directly.
"Excuse me, what's going on over there in the main town?" asked Jim to Butterfly.
"Probably the 'God's Pet Beast' smashed the 'God's Field'. Butterfly laughed, but in order to highlight the weirdness of the incident, she made a few grammatical mistakes that sounded indecent.