Chapter 64: The Cunning of the Clergy
"Everybody is quiet, quiet. ∈ ↗ the top novel," said Old Bishop Keane, raising his hand, suppressed the jumbled voices of hundreds of people whispering, and raised his voice, "Although a long time has passed, some of the parishioners here must still remember these two children, sisters Helena and Betty, my only two students. Recently, many parishioners who have only been transferred back from other dioceses in recent years have talked to me in private, and they have consciously or unconsciously mentioned the establishment of the archbishop's heir, and I know in my heart that for a large-scale church, it is very important for the archbishop to have a clear heir at my age, so as to avoid many unnecessary contradictions. However, understanding is understanding, but I didn't accept it, the reason is actually that the parishioners who have worked in the Holy Land for more than ten years should know very well in their hearts, that is, because I already have a candidate for the heir in my heart, ah, now you should easily guess that it is these two children. ”
Whispers of buzzing echoed again in the restaurant, and they tended to expand. The arrangement of the banquets in the Church of the Earth is interesting, and it seems to be different from the banquet pattern of most of the Yarra worlds. In most areas, when such large banquets are held, there are often no fixed seats, the food is placed in the middle, and then some chairs are placed in the corners against the wall, and those who want to have a formal meal choose the food in the middle and go to an unobtrusive corner to enjoy it, while most people who have no intention of dining, just walk around with a drink in hand, and have a brief exchange with familiar or wanted to contact. For the organizers, this kind of banquet can save a lot of trouble, such as not bothering about whether the status and seating of the attendees are compatible, and do not need to consider the relationship between several adjacent participants and the identity gap, so it is deeply loved by the organizers, and for the attendees, the loose banquet format also brings more opportunities to these people whose purpose is not on food. Whether it is to seek the possibility of cooperation, or to take the opportunity to win over allies, or even just to follow the smell of perfume to pursue a romantic encounter, it is much more convenient than the traditional and old-fashioned form of the ancient banquet, so in the past three hundred years, it has gradually become the standard banquet method of Yarra in the world's high society, and even some churches like to use this form in banquets.
But the Earth Church did not follow this custom this time, for a simple reason, that is, the purpose was different. Most banquets are not intended for banquets. It's about the other people who participated in the banquet, but the Earth Church is different, the main purpose of their banquet is actually to get together and have a good meal, as for what heirs establish and what sages return, those inconsequential little things, it's not too late to think about it after eating comfortably. So, today's banquet is set in a very traditional way, with a large table in the center of the dining room, which is where the archbishop and the patriarch and several high-ranking members of the church are located. Betty and Lina are naturally with the archbishop as well, and they're the ones at the dinner today, well, of course. It is the main role except food. Around the main seat in the center, there are twenty or so long tables arranged in a circle, all the participants sit around the table, and the chefs have already distributed the sumptuous food to the cutlery in front of everyone. For everyone to enjoy, according to Margaret's arrangement, today's food is as you like. To ensure that everyone is satisfied, the young people who attend the banquet feel as happy as entering the kingdom of God, and they are full of gratitude to Lina and Betty for being the protagonists of the banquet.
They only care about food, and the whispers are naturally those who are no longer young, they have their own positions in the church, and naturally they have their own income, and their usual life is much better than that of the apprentices who live in the church, so naturally they will not keep a close eye on food like them. Hearing the words of the old bishop Keane, they were more thinking about the changes that might occur after the heir was established, and at the same time, they were also discussing the hidden meaning and truth behind the sudden appearance of the two people. However, those who know the truth are not too much to tell the truth, they were qualified to contact the real clergy more than ten years ago, and now they are at least qualified to enter the upper echelons of the church, and they are no longer young, these people are not stupid enough to tell the truth everywhere, each of them squints and laughs like an old fox who has eaten a chicken, pretending not to know anything, and discussing with some people around who really don't know anything.
"Okay, okay, everyone, be quiet. Keane knocked on the table, stopped the buzzing whispers with a smile, patted the shoulders of the two girls and said: "Fourteen years ago, the two of them disappeared from everyone's sight very abruptly, most people who knew them felt very strange, and some people asked me intentionally or unintentionally, however, I have not explained the truth to everyone, here I want to apologize to everyone, it's not that I don't trust the parishioners, the main thing is that I don't want everyone to disturb their self-training." ”
"That's right, it's self-training, especially spiritual perfection and sharpening. From the very beginning, their talent and the strength of their faith made me want to train them to become the new archbishops. However, in our daily study and life, we have found that there are still many loopholes in their hearts, and although it is enough for them to become the new archbishop under the circumstances of the time, it is still slightly insufficient if they want to spread the glory of our Lord more widely. Therefore, these two children took the initiative to go through arduous self-training so that their hearts would no longer be defective and they could better bathe in the love of the earth. Keane said a lie as if it were the truth with a serious face, if it wasn't actually a lie in the strict sense, it was just a different angle to tell the truth, which may be the language of the clergy, and there are countless traps hidden in honesty. However, apparently the old bishop did not think that there was anything wrong with his way of speaking, and said happily: "Both of them are geniuses, and we don't need to worry about it, so we have chosen the most suitable way to hone ourselves according to the division of labor in the future." Some of the parishioners also know their ways, Betty entered the penance and used penance to hone her heart and make herself more loyal to the goddess, while Helena closed herself in the library, realizing the sanctity of our Lord in loneliness and darkness. (To be continued.) )
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