"Diplomacy seems a little inappropriate for me. Yi Tianxing turned his head to the fat man Qiao and said, "You know that I have never liked to meddle with these idle things. ”

Fat Qiao spread his hands and said, "But we lack an opportunity to communicate directly with you. The monks of the East have a certain conflict with us, the servants of the Lord, on the heavens. ”

"One pays attention to service, the other pays attention to learning, and I don't know who is better for the effect, but you said that there is a conflict in the sky, which is true. ”

"Your Excellency's status in the realm of national cultivators, naturally there is no need to say much. Fat Joe smiled: "So knowing that you are in the United States, we decided to take this opportunity to talk to you." ”

"What are you talking about?" Yi Tianxing raised his eyebrows and asked with great interest, "Could it be the Holy Alliance? In this world, I have not found anyone who needs the two of us to cooperate to deal with." ”

The Lancia limousine walks on the mountain road, and the pure black body and dark blue windows are contrasted, bringing a visual heavy texture. In the rear, several other cars followed, but they did not have the courage to intercept them.

Yi Tianxing and Fat Joe were plotting something in the Lancia carriage.

"Please, I'm not good at this kind of thing involving conspiracy, power, diplomatic hierarchy and the like. Yi Tianxing held the thick piece in his hand and panted.

Fat Qiao Wei said: "Your Excellency can actually express your attitude, what do you think about the establishment of diplomatic relations?"

Yi Tianxing thought about it, shook his head, and comforted him: "These are all zhèngfǔ things, firstly, I don't really want to take care of them, and secondly, I take too much care of them, and my face is not good-looking." ”

The fat man Qiao was a little disappointed, and forcibly beat the god and said, "These are all easy to say. He thought to himself that as long as his father had established a personal friendship with the Oriental, then the rest of the matter would be easier.

Yi Tianxing turned his head and glanced at the cars behind him, frowned and said, "This is Europe, and they Americans still don't let go?"

"Maybe it's someone from the Foreign Intelligence and Counterintelligence Agency. Fat Joe analyzed: "You and I walked together, even if the Americans don't suspect you now, they must be guessing whether something is going on between the Vatican and your country." ”

"Foreign intelligence and post-espionage bureau?" Yi Tianxing repeated and remembered: "The famous European sick man of the intelligence community, the agency of the French." ”

The fat man Qiao's face was a little unpleasant, and Yi Tianxing was curious: "What's wrong?"

"My mother is French. ”

"Oh, apologies. ”

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"It's not far from Monaco, right?"

Fat Joe answered, a little puzzled by the fact that he had suddenly asked the question.

Yi Tianxing explained: "My hands are itchy, and I want to gamble twice." ”

Fat Joe frowned, thinking to himself that this person was really a gambler, how could a person who loved luck games have such a high realm.

Yi Tianxing's gaze swept over the vehicle tracking behind him, and sighed slightly, once many things involve politics, they will be extremely boring. In order to dispel everyone's suspicions, he must play the role of a gambler.

At his insistence, Lancia slowly drove down the mountainside road, against the sea breeze, into the famous tourist city.

Lancia slowly stopped outside the casino, without making a sound, like a ghost.

Yi Tianxing and Fat Qiao got out of the car, and someone immediately greeted them.

Yi Tianxing's eyes swept around the casino and found that there were a good car parked, Marseille, Rolls-Royce, Bentley...... Lancia, who was sitting on his own, didn't seem to be very eye-catching.

The reception staff of the casino side saw Yi Tianxing's face clearly, and couldn't help but be stunned. In just two or three days, casinos in various countries that are secretly connected have already included Yi Tianxing in the list of undesirables.

Yi Tianxing ignored these, and when the other party didn't exist at all, he stepped in without a trace of expression on his face.

Randomly found a table to sit on, he squinted slightly and began to gamble.

The fat man Qiao sat beside him boredly, a little surprised in his heart, what was Yi Tianxing thinking when he came to gamble at this time? If he was acting for the French agent in the back, this play would be too fake.

Yi Tianxing is gambling money on the surface, but in fact, he is resting and pranayama, calming his inner mood swings.

Deep down, he faintly felt that his emotions seemed to be getting farther and farther away from this world, and he was becoming more and more indifferent to things—a slight panic gradually appeared, just like the problems he had worried about five years ago in the small county town of Gaoyang, on that afternoon when oleanders were full of flowers.

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I don't know how long it took, Yi Tianxing said softly: "I'll go out for a while, you wait for me here." ”

Without waiting for Fat Joe to speak, he had already walked outside the casino, walking without wind and with a resolute back, so that Fat Joe did not dare to follow for a while.

The casinos in Monaco are some of the most luxurious places in the world, and Las Vegas is another flavor. If Las Vegas is like the nouveau riche of the American West, Monaco is truly a bit of the aristocracy of Europe's millennial heritage.

Outside the casino is an artificial garden, Yi Tianxing's aesthetic principles are not good, I can't recognize which style it is, I only know that it is very beautiful, and the beauty of Suzhou is very different.

Walking slowly in the garden, he subconsciously wanted to take out a cigarette to smoke, but when he touched his pocket, he found that his luggage had already been thrown away, and now in addition to the clothes he took in the small store in A Coruña, only the small schoolbag in his jacket pocket remained.

He smiled bitterly and looked up to the sky through the tall vines in the garden.

There was a faint moon bud in the sky that was looking delicate in the twilight, and before the sun had set, she was in a hurry to come out, as if she was calling someone.

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"I really don't understand, what are you doing in Europe. "In the depths of the green vines, there is a beautiful woman, who is dressed in black and white as a hat, covering her eyes and nose, revealing only the soft curve of her lips.

"It's nothing, I was going to go home after a trip to the United States, but someone invited me to come over to play, so I stopped by. Yi Tianxing slowly turned around, looked at her, thought about it, scratched his head, thought about it again, and finally spoke:

"I'm married. ”

Qin Zi'er took off her hat and put it behind her back, and her long hair like a black waterfall was gently spread on her shoulders, revealing a beautiful face that was not at all like what the world could have.

She looked at Yi Tianxing with a smile and said softly: "Is this to strengthen your own determination, or to strengthen mine?"

Yi Tianxing smiled: "Perhaps...... Just to brief. He paused and said, "After all, I consider you my friend." ”

Qin Zi'er smiled slightly, and Liguang said: "At the beginning, you were angry when you saw me. ”

"That's because it was ...... You often do things that make me angry. Yi Tianxing said, suddenly interested: "I originally thought that you would not come to see me. ”

He suddenly noticed Qin Zi'er's dress, frowned, and raised his voice twice: "Are you a nun?"

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Qin Zi'er looked at his appearance, and for some reason felt a little comforted in her heart, and smiled sweetly: "For a level like you and me, does it matter what kind of identity you live in?"

Yi Tianxing spread his hands and couldn't say anything. The two of them walked towards the depths of the garden, and the pale green vines hid their figures.

"What have you been doing in Europe this last year?"

"What are you doing in the provincial capital?"

"Are you ready to go?"

"I still have the leisure to travel to Europe at this time. ”

"Honeymoon, what's the matter?

"Oh, you could try saying it two more times. ”

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"What have you learned in Europe? Those foreigners don't seem to be at a good level. Yi Tianxing sighed.

"It's an interesting land, and some people here have different abilities than we do. Qin Zi'er smiled and said, "If you have time, you can try to contact it." ”

Yi Tianxing shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I don't have time." ”

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Fat Joe exclaimed in the car: "I didn't expect that there would be such a beautiful Oriental grandmother in Europe." ”

Yi Tianxing glanced at him, thinking about how to say it from the fat man's mouth, Qin Zi'er was like an old lady, after thinking about it, he said coldly: "Don't bother her...... After my travels in this world, I came to a conclusion that, at the moment, at least I am strong. ”

"She's also strong. ”

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Early the next morning, the car slowly drove into the city of Rome.

The car deliberately circled along the old city to make it easier for Yi Tianxing, a traveler from the East, to enjoy the scenery along the way.

The remnants of the ancient Colosseum still retain the majesty of thousands of years ago in the morning light, and the ancient buildings and uneven brick floors give this ancient city a different taste.

Yi Tianxing squinted slightly, watched quietly, and didn't say anything.

These are the brightness of human beings, the brightness of human beings themselves, and they are things that need to be respected.

The car entered the northwest corner of Rome, where the Vatican was located.

The car stopped, and Yi Tianxing followed the fat man Joe to St. Peter's Square, and everyone's footsteps stepped on the square, just on the shadow of St. Peter's Church.

Fat Joe respectfully saluted the priests who bumped into him from time to time.

There was silence, with the occasional few small pigeons foraging for food in the square, and in the distance there were voices of people, and priests in various garments walked slowly from building to building, half-bowing their heads.

This is a place of tranquility on earth.

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The Vatican is a papal state, a very small place with a particularly small population, but a particularly special status.

After all, it is inhabited by the Pope, inhabited by the Cardinal Order, and in this world, not many people dare to challenge the number and piety of the faithful.

In the morning, in the white house, Yi Tianxing accepted the commendation of the Inquisition, and after receiving a medal, he casually threw it into his coat pocket.

Yi Tianxing is not a Christian, but he also does not care much about the difference between religions, since there is a bodhisattva in this world, then there must be a Jehovah, this theory can be deduced and proven. So he is still more careful, he will not give the other party too much, the so-called flower sedan chair is carried by everyone, and the Pope has given himself enough face, so he will also give the other party. In his opinion, his willingness to accept the medal is already enough to save face.

But the priests apparently did not see it that way, and seemed a little indignant at such rudeness of his conduct, and at lunchtime there was silence at the table, and no one would speak to him. Fat Qiao's status is obviously not enough, and he is not qualified to eat at this table, so Yi Tianxing eats without knowing the taste of food, and he is very annoyed.

Yi Tianxing didn't bother to talk to these bishops, because when he thought of the name of the Inquisition, he was a little angry.

After lunch, he walked out the door, he pointed to the balcony of a two-story building in the distance, and said to Fat Joe, "Do you know that house?"

Fat Joe smiled awkwardly: "Your Excellency should be clear. ”

"Yes, Galileo was locked up there for years. Yi Tianxing frowned and said, "I always feel that Christianity is too fierce." ”

The adjective fierce is used more interestingly.

Fat Joe smiled: "Everything is changing, and so is religion. But His Holiness the Pope, as Christ's agent on earth, naturally retains a certain degree of authority. He looked at Yi Tianxing and said: "The one who ordered Galileo to be imprisoned back then was the Pope, who was actually a friend of Galileo...... Perhaps, the Vatican does not need to apologize for this incident at all. ”

Yi Tianxing shrugged: "Maybe, things in this world are always so wrong." ”

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A quiet room, with a white curtain dragging by the window, the room was a little dark, the bed was thick and upholstered, and the high pillows were piled on the lacquered headboard, on which lay an old man with a tired face.

The fat man Qiao stepped forward lightly, held the old man's hand that was flat on the side of the bed, and gently kissed the back of his hand: "Your Majesty, Director Yi is here." ”

His voice was very soft, but Yi Tianxing could hear it clearly. Hearing the other party use the official title of Director Yi, his heart moved slightly and became vigilant.

He walked forward slowly, stood beside the bed, and bowed sincerely to the old man on the bed.

This salute is not for the identity of the other party's pope, but for the elderly. It has always been rumored that His Majesty the Pope, who is bathed in supreme glory, has not been in good health since that assassination, but Yi Tianxing saw it with his own eyes today and knew how weak the other party's body was.

But such a frail old man is one of the most honorable people in the world.

This is not the influence of the Vatican itself or the name of the Pope, but the policy he takes.

As a pope from an Eastern European country, during his tenure, an unprecedented reconciliation was reached between the various denominations, and both the Protestant countries and the Orthodox Church showed enough respect for the pope from seven or eight years later. And the number of Christians, the countries that believe in Christianity occupy a strong position in this world, which also creates the unique position of this pope.

Paul II, no matter where he appears in the world, is bound to be crowded with thousands of believers around that strange car.

The power of faith may not have real power, but when it comes to a large number of people, it is extremely terrifying.

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Yi Tianxing did not kiss the back of his hand because Paul II's hand was trembling slightly, which is a typical symptom of Parkinson's disease.

He bowed according to Eastern etiquette, and then moved a stool and sat down at the Pope's signal.

Fat Joe pulled up the heavy curtains, and the whole room fell into darkness, and then gently retreated.

Paul II began to speak, his voice a little weak, a little trembling.

"Your Excellency's fight against evil is deeply appreciated and grateful. ”

Yi Tianxing bowed his head and did not answer.

"I invite you here because I want to study one thing and one sentence with you. ”

Yi Tianxing smiled and said: "If it is a matter of establishing diplomatic relations, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it." ”

Paul II smiled slightly, and the wrinkles on his forehead seemed to have the unique aura of the elderly: "As a servant of the Lord, my greatest wish is that the glory of the Lord will be sprinkled in every corner of the world. I know that you can't rush what you said, but I just hope that there will be a smooth enough channel for communication between the East and the West, understand the differences between us, and accept each other on the basis of mutual respect. ”

Yi Tianxing smiled and said: "It is very appropriate to establish a channel. ”

"Ahem......" After saying such a long sentence, the Pope coughed, but for some reason, no medical personnel came in.

As if to see his doubts, Paul II smiled and said: "I have commanded, I hope that no one else will be able to hear the conversation between us." ”

Yi Tianxing frowned and said, "Reckless." He stepped forward and grabbed the back of the Pope's boring hand with his hand, and a faint Dogen was sent into the Pope's body. “

Paul II smiled and did not stand in the way.

But it didn't seem to have any effect, Yi Tianxing frowned and took his hand back.

Paul II smiled and said, "I only have a few years to live, or rather, in fact, I should have returned to the arms of the Lord a long time ago, and I forcibly remained on earth, so all human medicine, even divine power, will not help me in my illness." ”

Yi Tianxing was dumbfounded, thinking to himself, how could this big man die in the world and not leave?

"What are you going to say to me?" Yi Tianxing pondered, not knowing what the other party was calling himself to the Vatican so solemnly.

"Two years ago, Your Excellency was supposed to go back to where you came. Paul II's eyes were a little dark, and he seemed to have some difficulty in a long conversation, "At that time, I sensed your presence. Counting, this time is the time you are about to leave, so please come and have something to say. ”

"Please. Yi Tianxing said respectfully.

"If you find anything in that world, try to prevent the things of that world from spreading to our world. ”

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Yi Tianxing lowered his head slightly, thought for a long time, and tried to sort out the true meaning of this sentence.

Legend has it that the Pope possesses the power of divine revelation and can speak directly to the celestial realm.

I don't know if it was during a conversation that the Pope found something strange. Because from this sentence, it is obvious that Paul II knows something, so he stayed in the world, but if you ask him what is going on in that world, it is estimated that the other party will not say.

Yi Tianxing looked at Paul II's wrinkled face, and knew from his expression that he would never go on further.

I thought about it for a long time.

Yi Tianxing finally nodded: "It's not a world in the first place, of course you have to distinguish it clearly." He smiled and said to the seriously ill old man, "Your Majesty, before we met, I was always thinking about what kind of person you would be. ”

"Oh, what kind of person do you think I am now?"

"An ordinary old man. ”

Paul II smiled: "I am an ordinary servant. ”

Yi Tianxing thought about it again, and said after consideration: "I have the same opinion as you on at least two things, and in view of this, I think there will be peace between the East and the West. ”

Peace, that is the promise, is also an important purpose for which the Pope invited him to the Vatican.

"What two things?" said Paul II, with some interest.

Yi Tianxing said with a smile: "One is that the two worlds just said should not interfere with each other, and the other thing is ...... Against abortion. ”

Paul II smiled and said: "I am a conservative old man. He suddenly raised his trembling right hand, pointed at Yi Tianxing's left chest, and smiled: "Your Excellency, but you are a very bold and strong man. ”

In the dark room, Yi Tianxing was slightly startled.

The Pope on the bed was really not an ordinary person, although he couldn't see what he was capable of at all, but the other party could easily find out...... A small schoolbag with a nuclear bomb on his left chest.

He smiled slightly, saluted, and patted his chest: "Maintain world peace." ”

Paul II laughed and whispered: "Take heed that you do not tell anyone anything, but go and show your body to the priests, and because you are clean, offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a witness to the people." ”

"The Gospel of Mark. Yi Tianxing said with a smile, understanding what he meant.