All this of Xiqiusheng has already been transmitted to the imperial capital. 【Reading.com】

After Andy's careful cultivation in these days, the newspaper industry of the empire has already reached an extremely high level. The public's enthusiasm for this new gadget also continues to rise. In Andy's view, newspapers have become an important tool for channeling and even controlling people's hearts.

Seven or eight editions of the scandal surrounding the Cult of God have been published in the newspapers.

Andy's insistence on writing one thing into seven or eight different versions of the story originally puzzled the fat man.

The old skeleton just smiled faintly and said, "In this world, human curiosity is always the strongest. And in the face of such an interesting thing, if we just say it, then there will always be some loopholes, and there will always be some smart people who will see some flaws, but we deliberately tell the story into several different versions, and even if there are some loopholes, people will not have time to take care of them. Anyway, our goal is to muddy the waters! Make things bigger! Come up with seven or eight versions of the story, and after reading it, people will definitely argue about which version is true! No matter how long they fight and what the result is in the end, they have already made a deep impression on everyone about this scandal in the Cult! As for the truth of the matter...... Hmph, a thousand people have a thousand mouths, and those thousand mouths may be able to say ten thousand things......!

The fat man looked at the old skeleton and smiled sinisterly. After a moment of silence, he slowly said a word:

"Old fellow, when it comes to intrigue, I've never seen you more insidious!"

In any case, the prestige of the Cult of God is ruined. Under the propaganda of the Empire's emerging industry newspapers, public opinion throughout the empire seems to be discussing this scandal born in the fiefdom of the Tulip family.

About this place arrangement. The old skeleton also took a lot of thought. The fiefdom of the first tulip family is a place where the power of the Divine Cult is relatively weak. Secondly, the Tulip Family is now almost a god in the hearts of the people of the Empire, it is an idol worshiped by thousands of people, and now such a scandal has been born in such a sacred place, and people will have a kind of anger while despising such a despicable practice of the Divine Religion! That is a sacred and glorious desecration of the Tulip Family!

The newspapers in the imperial capital are making follow-up reports almost every day.

For example, the arrested bishop has a new confession.

For example, many people talk about how the greedy bishop managed to embezzle such a large sum of money......

And those things like whips and shackles that have been found have also aroused the talk of some special people......

Finally, on a certain day, almost all the newspapers of the empire, large and small, published a headline at the same time.

"Under the radiance of the earth, is it sacred or dark?"

In such a large text. Although he did not say it directly, most people who read this article will have this question: How many such greedy gods are there in the Divine Cult? Although one bishop was arrested, there were no people who were arrested. Is it really clean?

Do we pay so many religious taxes every year to the gods, or do we fatten these greedy gods?

For a time, the empire was in an uproar!

As for the byline of this report, it is naturally the author of the commentary: Mr. Andy.

Under the sunset. A team of men and horses escorted the carriage and slowly entered the imperial capital.

Sitting in the carriage were Lord Marquis Roddy, and his wife, Miss Nicole of the Tulip family. and the remaining two confidantes.

Guarded by a team of royal guards and fifty of the most elite Thor's whips, Luo Di returned to the imperial capital in a low-key manner, ending his days of leisurely wandering in Xilin Province.

During this period, Luo Di was overwhelmed in Xilin, and first the Cult of God immediately sent someone to demand the release of the bishop, and asked for a detailed investigation of this matter in order to return the glory of the Cult!

For such tough demands, Roddy showed even more intensity. He once directly blasted the elders of the highest religious institute sent by the Divine Sect out of the Tulip Annex. This elder was an old fellow of the elder group who had come from the imperial capital to deal with this matter after the incident.

Luo Di said confidently: "Lao Tzu is not a believer! Your canons can't control me! I am only responsible for the laws of the empire! So you don't point fingers at me!"

The elder who had a very high position in the Divine Sect was so angry that he almost turned his face on the spot. In a fit of rage, he immediately summoned the two thousand flame warrior regiments stationed in Xiqiu City, and they were almost about to use force to rob people.

But after all, the deputy head of the Flame Warrior Order, Steller, was quite sensible—he had come relatively early, and he had already seen the Marquis be tough. For a person who does not believe in God's religion, it is in vain to talk about persuasion and persuasion!

Moreover, he cautiously advised the dizzy elder: "We only have two thousand flame warriors here, but there are thousands of royal guards...... Hey...... Moreover, they are the Royal Guard, which means that they are the face of the Imperial Family......"

Although these words were not very good, and it was inevitably a little discouraged, the elder finally calmed down. After all, no one is a fool who can mix with such a high status. He was just angered by the attitude of this young marquis, who was not a bird, and when he calmed down, he immediately thought of the fact: this Marquis of Roddy was deliberately finding fault!

Since the tough ones can't be tough, let's go for the soft ones.

But Luo Di didn't give him a chance at all, he just closed the door every day and didn't see any guests, so what did it matter if you were the elder of the Cult of God? The gate of the Tulip Annex, the Royal Guard and the Whip of Thor were outside, it was the Pope who came. I guess they don't buy it either!

The Royal Guard only recognizes the Emperor, while Thor's Whip only recognizes Duke Tulip or Miss Nicole!

The Cult of God has also changed its tactics quickly. It is estimated that the pressure of public opinion in the imperial capital was too great, and they began to demand justification, and finally turned into a demand for the immediate execution of the heinous bishop who "blasphemed the gods and betrayed the trust of the church"! Such an act is almost tantamount to a confession. But if we can put an end to it immediately, it will always be better than if it is getting too strong now!

But Luo Di still ignored it, and replied simply: The case is complicated, and it is being investigated!

The Cult of God has been able to operate in the Empire for so many years, and it is not that it has no roots, and many officials of the Empire are also believers in the Church, since it is not possible in private, the Cult of God also wants to take another path, such as exerting a little pressure on the young marquis through officialdom - of course, there are almost no people in the Empire who dare to offend this young man now. Marquis Roddy has a promising future, but it is always the eternal truth in officialdom to move with affection and temptation to benefit.

But Roddy is extremely tough!

Especially in the fiefdom of the Tulip family!

As early as when Roddy returned from his first war in the northwest, he encountered a rebellion from the local consuls. took the opportunity to sweep the entire tulip fiefdom, and almost all of the original forces were cleaned up again, and the current tulip family's fiefdom is absolutely loyal to the tulip family from top to bottom. Some of the officials are simply retired officers who had followed the Duke to fight in the northwest and fought with the Whip of the Thunder God!

In the face of these people, the official power of the Divine Cult is also at a loss. There's no room for it.

So, after coping with it for a while, Roddy got a secret letter from the old skeleton. He left the fiefdom with people and returned to the imperial capital.

The carriage walked into the imperial capital, and although it was evening, Luo Di could still see something strange about the imperial capital.

Originally, the clergy who walked on the street in twos and threes were almost extinct, and it seems that there are no clergy walking around on the street now, even if they occasionally see one or two miscellaneous servants wearing religious uniforms, they are all bowing their heads and hurrying.

Roddy went straight back to his marquis's palace, and then went to the palace with the guards alone to meet the old skeleton.

In the royal martial arts training ground inside the palace. All of them were ordered not to enter, except for a group of royal guards guarding the distance outside, and Roddy went in alone, bowing his head to all the guards who saw him.

The heavy door was pushed open, and a loud roar was heard inside, and then a cold light prevailed.

Almost as a conditioned reflex, Luo Di pulled out the scimitar with a lightning-like backhand, and then heard a crisp sound, the other party snorted, took two steps back, and the long sword in his hand was broken in two.

Luo Di is also not uncomfortable, the strength of the person who sneaked up on him is extremely strong, Luo Di blocked it in a hurry, felt a force in his chest bumped around, his arm was numb, and he also snorted, just relying on his dragon curse scimitar is treasure, which broke the opponent's weapon.

After Ruolan stood firm, she glanced at Luo Di fiercely and sneered: "Luo Di boy, you really have good means." The old fat man said I can't hurt you this time!"

Luo Di smiled reluctantly, his strength recovered slowly, and so far he had only recovered to the realm of the Sword Saint Warrior, as for the realm, it was nothing that could be said. Although this made Luo Di very depressed, he knew that the divine consciousness he had swallowed was not an ordinary thing, and if he wanted to recover his strength, he was afraid that it would not be possible to achieve it in the short term.

There was a burst of applause, and the fat man Tianlie stood in a corner of the martial arts training ground, looked at Luo Di with a smile, and then shouted: "Good boy, you finally didn't embarrass me!"

Ruolan pondered for a while and shouted, "Fatty! I still can't win against him!"

Roddy calmed down a little, and then suppressed the aura of collision in his heart.

The old skeleton sat on a chair with a royal robe, and looked at the two fat men who started to table tennis again in the field with their legs crossed. Then he glanced at Luo Di out of the corner of his eye and beckoned, "Boy, are you back?"

Luo Di walked over and said with a wry smile: "You have caused me a lot of trouble again, that elder of the God Sect is blocking me at the gate of the Xiqiu Tulip Courtyard every day, if I don't come back, sooner or later I will get impatient and chop him with a knife!"

Andy glanced at Roddy with a smile, and suddenly whispered, "Then chop him!"

"What's wrong? It's time to do it?" Roddy glanced at him.

Andy sighed: "I have already ordered an investigation of the religious tax to be conducted throughout the empire. Starting yesterday, all religious taxes in all territories of the Empire of Light have been suspended!"

Luo Di took a breath: "Doesn't that cut off the financial resources of the Divine Cult?

"If you don't agree, you can't!" Andy sneered: "Unless he is sure to turn his face with us immediately and start a civil war!"

Roddy thought for a moment and said, "War is unlikely. After all, now that the military of the empire is strong, and the Flame Warrior Regiment is scattered all over the place, our Thor's whip has just been adjusted after the war, and the absolute loyalty of the military and morale are at the peak stage. And the current atmosphere within the Divine Cult is probably not so united. ”

Andy smiled: "This incident has caused trouble, and the loyalty of many original devout believers in the imperial capital to the Divine Sect has been greatly reduced, and I guess it is the same in other places." I've heard that even within the Flame Warrior Order, the military spirit is not so stable. Even if there is a war, those samurai will probably have to think in their hearts, is it worth fighting for such a despicable ** god cult? Therefore, the Pope will never dare to go to war!

Luo Di thought for a while, frowned, and said, "But now that things have been made so big by you, what do you want to do next?"

The old skeleton muttered, "Roddy, do you know that man's belief in God is nothing more than a kind of spiritual sustenance. Everyone needs an example, an idol as a comfort in their hearts. Religion is nothing more than giving people such spiritual satisfaction. After a pause, he smiled and said, "So, it is impossible to make religion disappear completely. So, I mean ......"

He squinted his eyes and smiled, "Use a new religion to take the current Divine Religion!"

Looking at Roddy's puzzled gaze, the old skeleton smiled and continued: "The empire has believed in gods for hundreds of years, and such a foundation cannot be completely eradicated by you and me, so I don't want to do that kind of thing in vain! I mean, let everyone understand that gods do exist, and we do want to believe in great gods, but the current gods do not represent gods! We can lead people to feel that the current gods have betrayed the teachings of gods! They have degenerated into a blasphemous existence! They don't deserve to continue to serve the gods!, so I'm going to create a new cult in the empire to replace the current cult!"

Roddy seemed to realize something, and said in a low voice: "What do you mean......"

The old skeleton stood up, clapped his hands and laughed, "I mean, make a new idol for people to worship, and a new god for the people to believe! And we happen to have a unique and excellent condition! We already have a treasure that is too brilliant to be brilliant!"

Speaking of this, the old skeleton smiled with a bit of malice, and said in a low voice: "Boy, are you interested in being a god once?" Lord Tulip...... My great 'God of War'?"