On the other hand, after calming down the Manichaeans who did not know the truth, Li Mao immediately invited them to go to the main altar to meet the so-called Manichaean leader Leon. Thousands of officers and soldiers built a human wall along the way for tens of thousands of people as protection, and Comrade Wangcai, who was a parent official, also became the most down-to-earth grassroots cadres at this moment, not only walking together with the people talking and laughing, but even holding a child in his hand and teasing him quite affectionately.

Seeing such a scene happening in Fanfang, many merchants and people who were hiding in the houses to watch before also went out of their homes to follow the long procession, so that in less than half a time, more than 10,000 people became a parade of more than 100,000 people in the blink of an eye. However, what surprised Li Mao the most was that just as their huge team was about to approach the Manichaean altar, all the guards who were originally armed with clubs and weapons knelt down and kowtowed to make the Manichaean signature gesture of praying to the sky, and then the door of the very solemn and majestic main altar temple also slowly opened, and hundreds of Persians dressed in black and white ran to Li Mao with their hands crossed in front of their chests and knelt down at a very fast speed, even the sect leader Leon, who was wearing a dazzling golden robe, bowed and bowed to Li Mao as well.

And their actions made Li Mao almost think that his identity as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty had been exposed, but fortunately, the sect leader's subsequent words made him quickly dispel this conjecture. "Respected Commander of the Tang Dynasty, hello, I am the Manichaean Lord Leon, I am ashamed of the despicable behavior of my disciples, and at the same time, I would like to apologize to you and the most revered Tang Sage in the Daming Palace, I and my sect members hope to be forgiven by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty......"

Li Mao almost laughed out loud when he looked at the appearance of this Manichaean master, because his current appearance was like a living Arab dress of later generations, especially how the two mustaches looked funny. However, after a little silence, Li Mao still gave him enough face as the head of the sect, and also clasped his hands into fists to give the Tang Dynasty a meeting gift, and then bent down to help him up with his own hands.

"Sect Master, you are polite, my Tang Sage has a saying that knowing mistakes can improve greatly...... Today, Your Excellency can realize that the members of Manichaeism do not obey the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and that is a dead end, and my Datang has always been tolerant of all rivers and rivers, and I welcome you to come to Middle-earth to preach...... But if everybody, like you, is only concerned with absorbing the congregation, and not thinking about producing, and indulging in the vain doctrine all day long, dare to ask your Excellency, what do you eat and drink after that, and can you satisfy yourself after reciting the doctrine a few times? It is good to lead people to goodness and lead people to the light, but all actions must be based on the laws of survival...... Each country has its own national conditions, you know it doesn't ......"

"Thank you Lord Commander for your teachings, I now know the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I will definitely correct it in the future......" Li Mao heard Sect Leader Leon say this, and instantly laughed a few more times, and then spoke again, "Okay...... It's good to know, then now you Manichaeism first take out all the money sacrificed by the people before, our Tang saints prefer practical things, since you keep saying that it is also for the good of the people, just take out the money to build Fanfang, what our saint means is that although Fanfang is located in a remote area, it has been in disrepair for many years, and there are so many exotic business trips every day, it should be time to renovate it for the face of Datang, especially those poor people in the fang are still sleeping on the streets? ”

When Li Mao said this, he deliberately raised his voice to tens of thousands of people, so in an instant, the cheers below were completely deafening, and many people even shouted excitedly Long live the Tang Sage......

However, after hearing Li Mao's mind, the Leon Sect Master and many Manichaeans froze in place for a long time and couldn't say a word, even if Leon himself had been supported by Li Mao to straighten up, but after listening to these words, he also staggered a few steps unconsciously.

"Your Excellency, did you just say that you want us to donate all the money donated by the people to renovate and visit the city? Can...... But these coins are all sacrifices for my Everbright Sect to pray for the blessing of the God of Light! Although they are mundane things in the world, I Manichaeans have hundreds of thousands of people who need to eat and drink, just as you just said! ”

"This is easy to say, in a few days you Manichaeans will go to Jingzhao Mansion to register and make a register, and take all the previous rosters to Jingzhao Mansion for verification, as for the hundreds of thousands of people you said, in fact, there is really no need for so many, some people should be expelled or expelled, so, you Manichaeism is still honest and peaceful, the general altar of Chang'an will give you a quota of 20,000 people, but the daily assembly and prayer matters must be reported to Jingzhao Mansion every time, In addition, you, the heads of the house, have to report the affairs of the church month by month, and the Tang sage also wants to start a religious alliance with this opportunity, and in the future, all the people of all sects who preach in my Datang must be carried out under the supervision of the imperial court...... Buddhism and Taoism are like this, and you Manichaeism also understand this? ”

"This ...... This...... How to make ah! We originally wanted to get the approval of the Tang Dynasty sage to preach in the Central Plains, but if everything needs to be reported and supervised by the imperial court in the future, then how can there be a bright and free saying, my lord...... "Hehe...... Is the flame of light free? Do you know what freedom is? That is, you can do anything under the constraints of the moral law, this is freedom, is it possible that you still want to do something illegal behind the back of the court? If it is above board, what is there to fear......

Leon said that in the end, he still hadn't debated Li Mao, coupled with his own jealousy of the Tang Dynasty, at this time, in the face of tens of thousands of poor sect members, he was really a bit difficult to ride a tiger, under Li Mao's gaze, he instinctively looked around to look around to find the difficult problem he had been lazy to ask in the past two years, but after looking around and not finding anyone, Leon suddenly remembered that Gu Xu, the old guy, had already locked himself up.

In this desperate situation, Leon finally bowed his head to Li Mao and compromised, "Lord Commander, please go with me to the treasury to carry the money!" But just after saying these few words, our Manichaean leader actually covered his chest without warning, and then lay down on the ground on the spot and fainted, and in the face of such a sudden change, Li Mao was also frightened and retreated several steps back on the spot, and then shouted loudly at Wangcai, "Go, go and see what is going on with him, don't let him die......" Li Mao shouted so that he slowly turned his eyes down the tens of thousands of Manichaeans crowded together under the steps. -->