The great celebration had finally begun, and the city of Salem was full of people and jubilant, and people came from far and wide, crowding every street. Jesus and his disciples also left the village for the city of Salem, not holding the staff cut from the branches, but had already returned it to Moses on the night of their meeting with the angels, and Jesus no longer needed the artifact.

The disciples said, "Honorable Guide, there are many people in the city of Salem who are looking forward to your arrival, and they will come to greet you, so in order to see you in the crowd, you should not walk." ”

Jesus thought for a moment and nodded, "Go to the village in front of you, borrow a donkey for me, and tell your master that Jesus is going to use it and that it will be returned soon." ”

Elijah and Moses had been persuaded by Jesus, but Medanzo and Link were still behind. Although Jesus dissuaded them, he did not command them to leave. At this moment, Link suddenly said: "There seems to be a legend in the plains of Salem that the Messiah did not come galloping on a war horse, but on a docile donkey. ”

Medanzo was stunned: "Is there really such a legend? Then it will be easy to do! I will become the donkey." ”

Link: "Didn't God Amun tell us to stop meddling in Jesus' human affairs?"

Medanzo shook his head and said, "It's not called meddling, and we didn't do anything else, anyway, Jesus had already ordered the disciples to find the donkey." Go ahead and let them find it!"

The two angels quickly walked around to the village ahead, Medanzo turned into a donkey, and Link turned into the owner of the donkey and stood at the intersection with the donkey. There are several donkeys in the village, but it is the one that stands out the most. The disciples borrowed donkeys as Jesus had said, and Link gave them very happily.

When the people heard of the arrival of the Son of God, they poured out of the city to welcome him, and the huge crowds shouted the name of the Son, and some even bowed down on both sides of the road to salute. The men in front took off their robes and spread them on the road, and others broke off the branches with leaves and spread them on the ground so that Josus, who was riding on a donkey, could pass.

Along the way, there were people shouting, "Messiah, our Savior, He has come!" The huge crowd slowly marched forward, and the Son rode into the city of Salem on a donkey.

...... The elders in the Aroha temple heard that Jesus had come and gathered together to plot a plan to get rid of him. One of the elders said: "There are too many people to do now, and there are many people who believe that Jesus is the Son, and if we arrest him in public, I am afraid that it will provoke a popular uprising, and he will easily escape and escape, so he will be passive." ”

Another elder said, "We can wait until the last night of the celebration, when the crowds have dispersed. ”

The elder said again: "It's best to wait for him to be captured when he is alone, he has a lot of followers, and we had better buy an internal annihilator." ”

Another elder nodded in agreement, "It should be done! More importantly, how to judge him, it must be believed that he is a liar, pretending to be God's guide! ”

Then another elder spoke: "There is no need to worry about the judgment, if he claims to be the savior, but he cannot even save himself, then it proves everything! But for these seven days we will have to endure him preaching to the people at the temple gates? No, I will go to him, and don't forget, there is also the governor of the Maro Empire, what will the Maro people think of the self-proclaimed Messiah, Jesus?"

...... Jesus finally came to the Aroha Temple, which was first built in the time of David Solomon and has been renovated many times over the centuries to become more and more magnificent. It is far from all the buildings, on a high ground in the middle of the city, and in front of it is a very large square. It is also a place where people gather, as long as there are many people, there is an opportunity to make money, and small traders and hawkers will not miss it, not to mention those who are particularly good at doing business.

The disciples were a little stunned by what they saw, and many itinerant vendors carried parcels, baskets, and carts shouted and shouted in the crowd. On the other hand, some people had permission from the temple priests, or who had cooperated with the temple priests, to set up sheds in the temple square to sell all kinds of birds, and to persuade pilgrims to buy them and release them as offerings to the gods.

Birds flew around in the square, and feathers and bird droppings were scattered from time to time. The birds that were caught were frightened and dying in their cages, and many of the birds that were bought and released were weary in the woods not far away, and some of them were caught and re-sold.

When Jesus came to the square and closed his eyes, he heard the wailing of all kinds of birds, and his expression was solemn and vaguely angry. Seeing him like this, the followers realized that the Son might have something to say, and they waited quietly. Sure enough, Jesus opened his eyes and said, "O true followers of me, go and tear down the stalls that sell the birds, and release all the birds out of the city!"

For the first time, Jesus never commanded his followers to do anything for them. All the people heard the words of the Son clearly, and the people crowded up to knock down the stalls, take all the cages, and send the panicked birds to the city walls and let them fly. After the chaos, the square was clean again.

Some were stunned by Jesus' actions to offend the priests in the temple, who had to get permission to build a tent and sell the birds sacrificed to Aroh. The so-called "permission" is to give benefits to the priests, in fact, many stalls are set up by the priests themselves, which is the way to make money in the celebrations.

A priest came out of the crowd and asked Jesus, "Who are you? How can you do this? The pilgrims bought the birds and released them as a sacrifice to God, and the birds' freedom was also a symbol of God's salvation. You are blaspheming the splendor of God by encouraging people to tear down their stalls!"

Jesus unceremoniously rebuked: "If it is a domestic chicken, do you need people to release it? Those are all birds that the stall owner sent people to catch from the wild, and I don't know how many innocent people died and injured under the net, and they were locked in cages and tortured, and they were frightened in all kinds when they were released in the square, and they were caught by these stall owners when they flew into the forest.

Some people do this for the sake of money in the pockets of pilgrims, but in the name of sacrificing to God and showing God's mercy. God didn't enjoy all of this, and the money just fell into the pockets of the greedy. Don't think that the people here don't know, the stalls selling birds are related to the priests in the temple, otherwise they would not have been built in the temple square.

If you think that releasing the caged birds is a sacrifice to God and showing God's glorious mercy, why should you put them up in cages and sell them? You should release those birds yourself, shouldn't you?"

There was a commotion from the crowd, and the priest's face was flushed and trembling with anger, but he did not know what to refute. In fact, many people know that many of the stalls selling birds are opened by priests, and even if they are not opened by priests, the priests have received benefits. Yet, to make it clear, Jesus made this fact clear in public, which was tantamount to offending all the priests who profited from it—what a bold man he was!

Who had the courage to do this in the Temple Square? He was despying the most powerful man in the land! The priest was also very puzzled, when someone shouted, "Priest, you see, this is the Son of God!"

When the priest heard the name, he shuddered for no reason, and walked away into the crowd. The crowd shouted for joy and gathered around the Son, shouting the name of Jesus. Jesus stretched out his arm to signal silence, and then preached to the crowd in the temple square.

He doesn't know how many times he preached in various places, but today he has the largest audience. His voice is so rich and pleasant, and in such a large square, it can be heard clearly by everyone. Although he wore ordinary robes, he seemed to be shrouded in a layer of divine brilliance, and his followers firmly believed in his identity, so they felt solemn and sacred, and the description like that of a mortal also added a sense of simple mystery.

After the sermon was finished, Jesus led the crowd in a prayer ceremony. When night falls, the city of Salem is still so crowded that pilgrims from all over the world cannot find a place to stay, so they rest on the roadside or in the open field. Jesus took his disciples out of the city and returned to the village of Bethany, and the next day he entered the city of Salem.

The next day, as Josu continued his sermon in the temple square, the crowd suddenly split their ways, and a middle-aged man dressed in a white robe and holding an ornate staff arrived. Many people here know him, he is one of the twelve elders of the Aroha Temple in the city of Salem, and he is also said to be a great magician.

It has been a custom for many years to bow to the elder. The elder nodded frequently to the people with a modest expression, walked up to Jesus, and said calmly: "Josus, I heard that you claim to be the Messiah prophesied by Elijah, and yesterday you incited the people to tear down all the stalls selling birds in the square?"

Jesus replied calmly, "Elder, if you call me that, I don't deny it. As for why those stalls were demolished, you should know better than I the reason, do you want to ask for guilt here?"

The elder shook his head again and again, "No, no, no, I don't want to blame that incident. You do what you do for your own reasons, and it will make it easier for you to win the hearts and minds of the people. However, those stalls were set up in the Temple Square with the permission of the Maro, who had to pay taxes to the Maro for the sale of birds. I would like to ask you a question, should the people of Salem pay taxes to the Maroes, and can you answer the question of the people who bought the birds and released them as sacrifices to Aroh—— who professed to be the Messiah?"

(To be continued)