"Hogg, are you sure that kid is okay?" In a dimly lit church, a withered old man sitting on a high chair spoke in a deep voice.

Hogg snorted softly and said, "Do you have a better way?" ”

"Well, yes, I think Hogg is right, it's been so many years, and there is only one person with that strange power. Three hundred years? Or longer? The old man, who was also sitting on a high chair and had a fat figure, sighed and said.

"Hogg, can you think of a way? After all... The withered old man asked tentatively.

"You're going to make it very difficult for Hogg to do this, I think the most important thing now is to seize the opportunity, not to bargain here, that's the cost of capital, and what is most important to us now, I'm sure each of you knows it in your hearts!" The old man, who was a little bloated, said angrily.

"It doesn't matter if it's hard for me to do it or not, as long as that thing can have a good outcome, I can do whatever I want. It's just that it's been so long, and he can't even grasp the slightest bit of this kid's likes and dislikes, how can people who have no weaknesses use it? Hogg frowned, the question had been on his mind for too long, he had spent so much thought on it, but he had never had an answer that would satisfy him.

"Yes, we forced him back like this, but how much do we have to pay for him to do that willingly? Or change your mind and put your mind to that little girl? The old man couldn't think of any good way to describe the withered old man, but to come up with an idea that even he didn't think was reliable.

Naturally, no one would pay attention to such an idea, and the empty church fell into a deathly silence. The birds may be singing because of a grain of grain that has been left in the corner, or because the empty bell tower is suitable for them to build a warm nest, perhaps they are also fascinated by the beauty of the sunset!

Listening to the voice of nature, Hogg's mood suddenly lightened a lot, and a leisurely smile appeared on his cheeks, so he took the lead in speaking: "There is a saying in the East, it is good to take first, which means that what we want to get, we must first give. Since we want him to take the risk, I believe the most convincing bargaining chip is my life! ”

This last hole card, which everyone knows well, was finally lifted in such a hasty way, and it was difficult to calm down in the church. "Dear Mr. Hogg, the Holy See will not forget your great contributions, and your greatness will be sung for countless years to come!" The withered old man said with some excitement.

"Old fellow, don't you be afraid of being ridiculed for saying these flashy things every day?" The fat old man got out of his seat as he spoke, patted Hogg lightly on the shoulder, and said with sincerity: "My dear brother, the road ahead will not leave you alone, and when that is done, I, Fromingo. Henry will follow in your footsteps and return to the arms of the Lord together! ”

"You guys!" The withered old man was a little frozen, and at this time he obviously needed to give an attitude too, but he seemed to have a lot of attachment to a beautiful world!

"Keane, the Holy See still needs people to protect it, and the living will always work harder, so it's hard!" Hogg was actually more empathetic than he looked, and Keane was the only one of them who had living relatives or even offspring, so it was human nature that the old guy didn't want to die.

"Keane, you are still young and can have more sons, the Holy See needs them!" The obese old man teased.

"Fart! I joined the Holy See seven months before you, abominable fat man! Isn't it a return to the arms of the Lord? Will I be scared? Hmph, I don't know which lucky little guy will accept my divine transmission in the future, but he will definitely be the first day of the Holy See in the next hundred years! Kean, whose face was as withered as the bark of a tree, had a somewhat arrogant look on his face at this moment, and the other two old men laughed for a while.

"We have spent nearly 500 years without God's protection, this is 500 years of lack of faith, this is 500 years full of gloom, how many clergy have fallen in 500 years to preserve the glory of the Lord, and now the opportunity is in front of us, I believe that our God has never forsaken us, and we will let the glory of the Lord shine again on this beautiful land. For the glory of the Lord! "Flominco. Henry's face was full of faith and divine brilliance at this moment!

"For the glory of the Lord!" No matter how much thought and calculation they had before, when they shouted the words that had made their blood boil since childhood, all that was written on their faces and hearts was endless fanaticism!

The scenery of the Seine River is naturally more beautiful than that of Venice, and the plane trees on the riverbank and the countless bridges on the river and the wider view make this place a little more atmospheric and patterned. It's just that the plethora of courts and churches on both sides of the river tells the people who are visiting that the scenery here is class and not easy.

Yang Xiao was still rowing a small boat, and the woman sitting in the bow of the boat was still sitting in the world. Dong Xiaowan held her chin in her hand, stared blankly at the scenery flowing past her, and said a little boredly: "Why do you like rowing so much!" "It's been a few months since she arrived in the West, and Yang Xiao will stay on the water for a few hours every day, even if she used to go boating on the lake in her previous life, but so often, no matter how interesting things are, they are boring.

"It seems to be a habit, I like to watch the water when I think about some things, and when I was young, I couldn't get tired of watching a small pond all day long." Yang Xiao said with a smile.

Listening to Yang Xiao's past affairs, Dong Xiaowan suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly asked, "Then what did you think about the water when you were a child?" ”

"Most of the questions I think about are very strange, sometimes I think, the universe is so long, the time is so long, the life span of people is so short, if one day I die, there will be no more me in this world, no matter how many billions of years without me, how lonely the world will be!

Sometimes I think that a certain historical figure I am reading is really miserable, and if I show up with him at this time, tell him how the future will develop...

More often than not, I just think, if I live in ancient times, I will be a first-class talent, there must be no shortage of good-looking women like Wan'er, after all, I will memorize so many poems, remember so many couplets, when I see a beautiful woman on their back, and then all say that I wrote it myself, then I will be able to marry a lot of good-looking daughters-in-law, give birth to a lot of babies, and then each baby is more knowledgeable than them, and my descendants will be able to rule the earth in the future... Yang Xiao said with a leisurely expression about the wild fantasies of the year.

Dong Xiaowan couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this, only to see her cover her mouth with her hands and smile and say, "Your ideas, many of them can be realized today!" ”

"It's just that young and ignorant will think like this, and when you think about it when you are older, you will feel terrible, whether it is to help a big man become famous, to be an emperor or to marry a bunch of daughters-in-law, it is a first-class drudgery, don't do it!" Yang Xiao waved his hand busily.

Dong Xiaowan couldn't help but wonder when she heard this: "Which man in the world doesn't want to be famous and have a group of wives and concubines?" How did it all become a chore with you? ”

"Let's talk about this to help the big man achieve a career, I used to be the assistant to the chairman, my boss can't be regarded as a big man, even so the time I spent there can be called a life without life, of course, this kind of life will be very fulfilling, and I have learned more than many people in more than ten years or even a lifetime. But from the point of view of value, I just made a good screw on a machine, and maybe a core component. Of course, this may be the dream of many people, but it is not mine. Yang Xiao shook his head and said.

"And what are your dreams? What is the original meaning of your dislike of those two? Dong Xiaowan is very good at chatting, so she will naturally follow his words and ask down.

"Let's talk about the reason why I don't want to be an emperor, of course, I can't be an emperor in my life, but every time I read history books, I will feel that being an emperor is the most difficult thing in the world, in the past, if you were the president of a large company with hundreds of thousands of employees, you will not be under great pressure, right? After all, hundreds of thousands of people are pointing to you for dinner, and every day when you open your eyes, you think about how many hundreds of millions you still owe this month!

And the emperor of the world, this magnitude has increased by hundreds or thousands of times. The rise and fall of a country's rule and chaos are all tied to you alone, and every day those historians and officials stare at you with wide eyes, hoping that you will give you a big book in history if you make a small mistake. And those who read history in the future don't care what hardships you have, as long as you don't do what they want, they can arrange you at will. Let's take the previous life, there are always two or three hundred emperors, and among them, those who are particularly diligent have to say a quarter of them, right? But what about the final evaluation? Except for Li Shimin and Kangxi, the other emperors don't seem to be good enough! Why? Are they really not good enough? Isn't it unfair to just use a microscope to examine and finally pick out a few slots for them, for those kings who have already diligently said outrageous words? But everyone knows that there is no way to do it, and seeking government in his position is the biggest truth. As for being a faint gentleman? Hehe, then only the history books will see! For many generations to scold the street, you are the same common word.

As for taking a bunch of daughters-in-law? That must be reading too many novels! Let's think about this matter from a humanitarian point of view, get along with each other in a normal husband and wife relationship, as long as a man takes home three wives with one positive and two equals, your duty this night is basically full. If you count the four concubines, it is basically the rhythm of the night sheng song. Damn, no matter how healthy a man is, he can't die in bed! What? Are you going to be less humane? That's great! A woman's cheating is a green hat, is your family planning to open a hat factory? ”

Listening to his nonsense, Dong Xiaowan didn't feel it, but after thinking about it, he felt that this guy's crooked reasoning didn't seem to be so crooked. So he smiled and agreed: "There is some truth in what you said, so what do you think?" ”

Speaking of this, Yang Xiao narrowed his eyes, and said: "Yunwen wants to be like Prime Minister Wen and Zeng Shuai, and be the three immortal people who make virtues, words, and meritorious contributions, and Yunwu will not lose to Qi Jiguang, Ban Chao's An Sheji, and Fu Bangguo!" ”