Chapter 18: The Prosperity of the Main City

After Qian Qian arrived home yesterday, she couldn't help but tell her parents about her and Yang Yang's experience, and her father originally complained that Qian Qian should not have decided her marriage so hastily, after all, Qian Qian is the only daughter of the old couple, and she is very beautiful, and the master is one of the twelve bishops of the church, and the dignitaries who came to their house to propose marriage are stacked one after another. Originally, if Sissi hadn't had an accident, it was estimated that her parents would have chosen one of these dignitaries and let Sissi marry him, and Sissi would have lived her life like this in the future, but unfortunately it backfired.

Sissi's country is an empire controlled by the Church, the king of this country is only symbolic, and has no rights, all the armed forces of this country are mainly Paladins of the Holy See, and the magical power is the clergy of each branch. So the clergy here are much more noble than ordinary nobles, the old lord listened to the introduction of the chief knight and knew that the man chosen by Sissi was very capable, at least the people of the church recognized him very much, plus all the pomp and circumstance of Yang Yang today is the highest courtesy of the church, these Lord Thomas are completely relieved, and there is even a kind of smugness that cannot be concealed.

After all, the old man is also the Shen Hao of the town, and he has also seen some of the world. Seeing that the future son-in-law was so beautiful, he quickly opened the door to welcome them in. The chief knight came out at this time and said to the old lord:

"Your Excellency Lord Thomas, we are pressed for time, please allow me to escort your daughter to the church headquarters as soon as possible. Of course, I will use my life to ensure the personal safety of Ling Ai. ”

"Do you really have to be in such a hurry? But I have to let my daughter and son-in-law leave after this marriage, right? Didn't they just come back?"

The old lord couldn't help but feel a little lost when he saw the group leaving. After all, such a long-faced thing must be made as long as possible, so it is more sincere to keep it.

"No need, Yang Yang and Sissi are our church's top secret. We don't want them to be known unless we have to, and you can rest assured that their wedding will be held at the church headquarters and presided over by His Holiness the Pope himself. ”

The chief knight didn't seem to buy the old lord's face very much, but it was too ugly because of Yang Yang and Sissi's presence. This has to be changed, he usually ignores him at all, he directly tied up people and left, and in this country, the church wants to take away the people who are still negotiable to others?

Yang Yang saw that the knight was almost exhausted, so he hurriedly came up to play a round: "The son-in-law has seen the father-in-law and the mother-in-law. Yang Yang bowed deeply, and then glanced at Qian Qian with his eyes, and Qian Qian ran to Yang Yang's side obediently as if she had received a secret signal at this time.

Yang Yang stroked Qianqian's forehead, turned to his old father-in-law and said, "Father-in-law, I'm really sorry. Your Holiness the Pope has something very important to consult with me, and it is not convenient for me to talk to you about it because of the urgency of the matter, so please allow us to hurry up and get on our way. ”

The old lord really couldn't keep this group of people, but Yang Yang had already opened his mouth to admit that he was his father-in-law, which meant that Qian Qian was officially married to Yang Yang. The old lord was very satisfied and happy after receiving Yang Yang's reply, so the disappointment that he couldn't keep disappeared.

In the end, under the instructions of the old lord and his wife, Yang Yang took Sissi and boarded the carriage. I have to say that these sanctimonious guys are still very discerning, after returning to the city, when Yang Yang boarded the carriage again, the original dilapidated vehicles were gone, replaced by extremely luxurious four-horse luxury carriages.

Naturally, the interior space of the carriage is also much, much larger. The average minor nobleman could only ride in a two-horse carriage at most, while the four-horse ride was only available to those who had made an important contribution to the country. Generally, it can be used by talents above the Grand Duke level. Sissi was in the wide carriage, and she was extremely excited:

"Yang Yang, it's the first time I've sat in such a spacious carriage, I'm so happy. I really didn't expect you to be so powerful, I haven't seen you so beautiful in just one day......"

Qianqian couldn't help but tell Yang Yang her excitement, feeling like a little daughter-in-law who had been working in the countryside for many years finally looked forward to the excitement of returning home one day when she went to Beijing to take the exam, and there were always endless words.

Yang Yang looked at Qianqian's excited expression, and couldn't help but think: It seems that women in the whole universe have the same hobby, that is, they have an unstoppable greed and love for cars, especially luxury cars. In the past, when he was on Earth, as long as Yang Yang drove his own Porsche, Bentley or something, his girlfriend would surround him like a demon.

In fact, Yang Yang usually dislikes this kind of flamboyant show-off, and he generally chooses to travel by bicycle, which is low-carbon and environmentally friendly. But his girlfriend always didn't understand him, thinking that he was pretending to be high-profile, and there was obviously an idle luxury car at home, so he didn't drive it, and he rode a bicycle every day to take him for a ride. After a long time, Yang Yang didn't bother to explain, just one sentence: Do you like to sit or not, if you don't sit, take a taxi back by yourself.

Along the way, I listened to Sissi chirping about how happy her parents were, how surprised her relatives in her hometown were when they saw her, and how powerful Yang Yang was. In short, all the topics revolve around how lucky and happy Yang Yang and himself are, Yang Yang sees that Qian Qian is so happy, so naturally he will not pour cold water on her. After all, the person in front of him is the lover who shares the hardships with him, and now that he has succeeded, Sissi naturally has the qualifications to show off.

It didn't take long to arrive at the main city of "Curtis City", where the church headquarters is located, which has been ruled by the church for tens of thousands of years, and all the commoners or nobles in the city believe in the gods. Because of the strong religious culture, the shadow of religious activities can be seen everywhere in the clothing, food, leisure and entertainment of the people here.

For example, there is a place for the clergy to go in and consume, even if you are powerful. Many buildings are also built in the shape of churches, and you can see the majestic figures of the gods everywhere in the streets and alleys.

As the carriage passed through the square, Yang Yang saw a statue of the god Astephen, who was almost as tall as the statue of the goddess of victory, who was still holding his hands to the sky and stepping on the earth, and his eyes were glaring ahead, as if he was using his majesty to protect the place and warn those who dared to invade the place. Around the square, pilgrims from afar come to worship, kneeling under the statue and chanting words in their mouths.

Yang Yang also came into contact with some religious beliefs when he was on earth, but the civilization of his time was highly developed, and Yang Yang's understanding of faith was a kind of spiritual sustenance, just like a child always thinking that adults would protect him, love him, and give him something to eat. Coupled with the fact that he himself was a veritable closed disciple of the gods, he naturally scoffed at this kind of worship and belief beyond reality. Sometimes faith is such an attachment that you can disbelieve but you can't infringe on someone else's faith. This is like a child, no matter how bad or evil his father is, in the eyes of the child, the father will always be kind.

After passing the square, there is a very majestic tall building standing in front of Yang Yang's eyes. Needless to say, this must be the headquarters of the Holy See, after all, Yang Yang searched for all the buildings in the city, and none of them were even taller than this tall building. The tall coat of arms of the Holy See erected on the roof also indicates its identity.

Yang Yang got out of the carriage and reached out to gently hug Sissi. As soon as Sissi jumped out of the carriage, she stood with a very serious expression and began to pray, Yang Yang looked at it and estimated in his heart that it might be a religious ceremony, and he didn't understand it and didn't want to comment on anything. After about a minute, all the knights who were kneeling on the ground seemed to have finished their rituals and stood up in unison.

The chief knight came to Sissi and said, "Honorable saint, allow me to lead you into the holy church to receive the teachings of the Pope. After saying that, the knight grew up and kept his arm bent and attached to Sissi's side, Sissi also very politely put a hand on it gently, and followed the knight chief into the church, Yang Yang couldn't interject a word from beginning to end, because he really didn't know what to say and had to follow honestly.

After a knight went in at the door to report, Yang Yang and his party entered the church hall. The hall is very large, with a row of beautifully carved Roman columns on each side. The roof of the house protrudes from the ceiling, and the walls around it are covered with elaborate frescoes, presumably glorifying the god Astephen's remarkable achievements and acts of protecting mankind.

The Pope was sitting upright on the top of the basilica, holding the Bible in his hand and the scepter of the cross in the other. At this time, everyone in the hall began to salute when they saw the Pope, and the Pope sang a hymn. Then a loud voice sounded: "May God always bless you, brave knight." ”

Yang Yang stood in place, not knowing what he should do. After waiting for a long time, the pilgrimage ceremony of these people finally ended. He was still stunned, as if he had been forgotten by everyone. The Pope finally spoke: "Child, you are the great Three Cultivation Magicians?" Yang Yang saw that the Pope was staring at him and asked, in order to show politeness, Yang Yang first bowed deeply and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Come to the front and let me take a good look at you. You've had a hard time escorting along the way, so let's go down and rest. The Pope beckoned to Yang Yang, and then suddenly said to the knight next to him as if he remembered something.

Yang Yang walked all the way to the Pope and found that although this old man was the most powerful person on the continent, he didn't seem to have any strength at all, and there was no sign of any strength or magic element fluctuations at all. Overall, this pope does not seem to have the domineering spirit of a ruler except for a little wisdom in his eyes, but exudes kindness and intimacy all the time.