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Chapter 624: Sacred Election (I, Asking for a Monthly Ticket)

A few days later, in the main square of St. Paul Dolu in the holy city of Vatino, although at this time there were still many believers who came to worship and baptize, praising the great God of Light with all their hearts, on the surface, it seemed that it was as usual.

But those who have lived in the Holy City for a long time are keenly aware that the atmosphere here is different from what it used to be.

There was an unusual smell in the air.

And this smell can only be smelled in the air by old people who have lived in the vicinity of the Vatino for decades.

The old men crouched in the shade of the garden, looked up at the spire of the Vatino Basilica, and muttered, "It's time again, it's going to be lively." ”

There were more people in the Vatino Grand Square than before, and these people made a devout appearance, but they always wandered around the main square, over and over again, and did not feel bored at all.

These believers who visited and walked in the square were all elegantly behaved, and their legs were slender, and at first glance they knew that they had once tied their legs.

All of them have red lips and white teeth, fair skin, and some men have smeared powder on their faces and sprinkled incense powder on their heads.

When they spoke, although they spoke with different accents, they couldn't hide the delicate and pretentious aristocrats of the aristocracy.

Some of them still cocked their orchid fingers when they spoke, which made the people who saw them feel sick and want to vomit.

After all, everyone really hasn't seen a few white faces before, they see the fat aunt selling fruit, and then they call her: "My dear Nancy......

If you go to the countryside, even if it is to a fat aunt, a guy who dares to talk like this, the aunt will definitely scream "beat the pervert" and chase after him with a rolling pin.

At the same time, everyone will generally rush up with righteous indignation, beat him with a brick and dung fork or something, and can't take care of himself, so that he knows what it means to know what is called Wan Zi Qianhong, always thinking that our old aunt and daughter-in-law in the countryside are easy to tease?

But in the Vatino, everyone is well-informed, all kinds of people on the big 6 have seen it, everyone's eyes are poisonous, and they know that anyone who speaks like this is generally not a fool, or a so-called nobleman.

Both of these people are all mentally abnormal, and they are purely well-fed, so it is understandable to say something abnormal. And no one cared about them.

As they walked slowly around the main square, they gathered together from time to time, whispered a few words, and then turned and parted before anyone approached.

How do they look at their actions, how they reveal weirdness and mystery.

That can only be seen in the dealers who exchange foreign exchange bills or sell forbidden newspapers.

It is said that in some time and space, there are also those who have fake certificates or sell pirated CDs.

Other than that, there are no semicolons.

Although people don't know much about the damn political brokers, they do know what they are doing in the end.

Countless private deals, bargains, compromises and exchanges, alliances and betrayals...... It's all going on in the midst of their kind of conversation about selling pirated CDs.

At the other end of the main square is the world-famous Cathedral of St. Paul.

Although the cathedral is still open and welcoming believers from all over the world. But at this time, the guard was much stronger.

There used to be only one position, but now all of them are dual-card and dual-standby...... Uh, double guards and two guards. In some important places, there were even Templar squads.

Anyway, it's surround very tightly now.

On the tall roof of the cathedral, the flag of the Holy Cross, representing the god of light, flies high.

Behind the cathedral, a faint black smoke can be seen rising from a chimney.

This is a sign of the convening of the Great Council of Light, which has been handed down for thousands of years.

If the smoke turns white, the world will know that a new Pope has been born here. And if they don't, it means that they are still in the meeting.

Those who entered the cathedral were stopped, and the handsome young priests politely told them not to enter the Sistine Chapel at the back of the cathedral, because all the cardinals were in session.

Through the transparent window panes of the cathedral, people cast their awe-inspiring eyes on the closed door.

First, it is because the church was designed by Michelangelo, the greatest designer in the world.

Second, this is the most important thing.

They knew that all the cardinal archbishops of the Big 6 had gathered here to convene the Council of Light to elect the next pope.

Even though they knew it was impossible, almost everyone would imagine what it would be like in that room.

The cardinal archbishops, dressed in red robes and with fluttering white beards, were polite and spoke like bells. And it is full of extremely profound life philosophy. Even if it is a word that circulates it, it can benefit people for life.

Every pope election is a rigorous study of theology and philosophy, and the new pope is bound to be the epitome of both.

Moreover, after the meeting, these records of conversations, which are full of rational thought and philosophical brilliance, will also be compiled into the Holy See's millennium popular edition of textbooks, which will go down to the dioceses of the Sixth Upper Sect and become the popular textbooks and designated reading materials of the Holy See.

To guide those who are confused and overwhelmed to a bright road to the future, and a path to happiness.

Although everyone was eager to go in at this point and listen to some of the teachings full of ideas and philosophies (note, no mistake).

What's more, if you go in and eavesdrop on the news of the road, you can hug the right thigh and worship the right dock as soon as possible, but when you see the strict guards, you can only go back in a daze.

Just because they can't get in doesn't mean others can't.

Just as everyone was reluctant to leave, a young man dressed in a squire's uniform swaggered over the garden road with a plate full of fruit in his hand.

He didn't go straight to the main entrance, but walked around the road and along an imperceptible path next to the church.

Circling around among the tall flowers, he stopped at a nearby door.

The two knights standing at the doorway saw him and immediately straightened up vigilantly.

The young man grinned with his white and dazzling teeth, then raised the tray in his hand and said, "Brother, I'm here to deliver fruit snacks." ”

One of the knights looked at the young man with a smile and said, "Big brother, if you don't bring something like this back, you say that you are giving fruit, and you don't make another excuse, which makes us very embarrassed." Besides, what kind of acolyte are you pretending to be, is there anyone in the Holy See who doesn't know you now?"

The young man ignored his previous question, but took out two apples and bananas and stuffed them into their hands, and said, "Oh, everyone knows me? What do they say about me? I am a face-saving project, do I always have to do it, otherwise it would be too shameless for you." ”

The knight smiled bitterly: "What else can it be? ”

Lorraine glared at the moment and said, "What?"

The knight hurriedly waved his hand and said, "General, we can't be blamed for this." Ever since the theft of the Great Museum, everyone has guessed that your old man did it. This kind of sweeping stealing, everyone in the whole big 6 has really never seen it except for your old man. ”

He paused, then looked around, and then lowered his voice and said, "Boss, for the sake of me going to Almohad with you to steal money and things, tell me the truth." Did you do that?"

Lorraine sighed and shook her head, "Let's be honest with you, I really didn't do this. I died unjustly. ”

The knight looked at Lorraine's face and didn't look like a fake, and couldn't help muttering at the moment: "So, is there really a big thief who walks alone? Dare to steal the Holy See like this? Isn't this obviously a death? This is too bold......

Lorraine glared at him fiercely and said, "You're just hanging around here, and you're not letting me in?" My girlfriend is still waiting inside for me to go on a date. ”

The knight hurriedly knocked on the door, smiled bitterly, and said, "Sir, if you want to go in, how can I stop you...... You follow...... Isn't that sister's relationship the same as your family's Vatino now?"

Lorraine snorted coldly and said, "Count your acquaintances." ”

He casually threw a money bag over and said, "Take it." Go back and treat the old brothers to a drink. Alas, these days have been busy. I didn't have time to see them. ”

He said as he stepped inside.

The knight took the money bag and put it directly into his pocket without looking at it, and said with a smile: "We veterans will not be polite to you." ”

As soon as Lorraine walked into the church from the sunny outside, she immediately felt a burst of cold air hit her.

The church was much cooler and more comfortable than it was on a hot summer day outside.

Lorraine held the tray and looked at the closed two doors in front of her, then took a deep breath before pushing the door open and walking in.

The scene in this church is completely different from the scene of politeness, sipping red wine, smiling and whispering as people outside imagine.

As soon as Lorraine walked in, she heard a burst of angry scolding coming over her face.

"Your mother's ...... is full of forks and circles," a fat bald man with a shiny face pointed at the same noble cardinal archbishop opposite, and scolded angrily, "Grandson, don't think I don't know your bastard's calculations, I've already seen through your little belly......"

This appearance is more than the momentum of the shrew scolding the street, and the smeared stars have flown far away, and the ghosts and gods within a radius of one zhang are difficult to approach.

"Your grandmother is a bear, I'm afraid of you. When I was in Causeway Bay, your grandson was still wearing open crotch pants and playing with pee, believe it or not, I smoked your ......" The tall and thin man on the other side also did not show weakness, and his momentum was not inferior to the other party at all, waving the staff in his hand, and scolding loudly.

"Come here. Try ......"

"You're looking for a cigarette, aren't you?"

"Don't yell at me, believe it or not, uncle, I'll stick out my fingers and kill you bastard......"

"Come on, come on......"

"Come on, who's afraid of whom......"

“......”

After the two said that they were excited, they were about to rush over and start fighting, but the people next to them saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.

Although they said that they were fighting, none of these old fellows were sixty years old, and even a rabbit had already become a fine at the current age.

How could they be so kind-hearted, all of them are evil-hearted, and they are masters of pulling deviations.

Everyone mixed together and shouted loudly: "Don't fight, don't fight, peace is precious." Turn strength into peace......"

And then at the same time as the blockade, while hurting the killer. What kind of donkey kicks its legs, descends the dragon with eighteen palms, the monkey steals peaches, and the monkey picks grapes...... All kinds of secret tricks emerge one after another.

Lorraine stood on the periphery and took a few looks. But I wasn't too interested.

This very good way of exercising seemed to be the favorite of the cardinals, and every once in a while they would quarrel for a while, and even several times, and the old men would pick up their crutches and fight a few times.

At that time, they were all heroic and abnormal, as if they were fighting to the death with demons.

Lorraine was at first extremely strange about the situation, but then she thought about it and was relieved.

These bigwigs are all high-powered, and they are all scattered in four places, so it is rare to get together once. What's more, if you can climb to today's position, you will inevitably step on someone or something. And they all formed enmity with each other. It's so easy to find an opportunity to get together now, and of course you have to do the math.

Lorraine found a place to put down the tray in her hand, then copied a few red apples from the middle, wiped them twice on her sleeve, and then nibbled as she walked towards Schillelia's place.

Schilla was sitting in her place, a little bored, and when she saw Lorraine, her eyes lit up, and then she moved to the side, giving way to half of her seat.

Within the Holy See, this argument on seniority is also quite strict.

Although she is also a cardinal archbishop and has absolute power, she is the new cardinal archbishop. So, the location is a little out of the way, and it's extremely deserted.

Moreover, because the light in the room is a little dim. The cardinals were old, and none of them had a good look.

Therefore, she is not afraid that someone will see the intimacy of the two, and even if she does, she is not afraid at all.

Because few of the cardinals here are good birds. When they were young, they did not do much ideological work for the young nuns or believers, and they tutored them individually at night or at a convenient time.

Lorraine walked over, sat down beside Schilla, and handed over an orange.

Schilla was overjoyed at the moment, she liked to eat something sour these days. I took it at the moment.

Lorraine nibbled on an apple as she looked back at the situation and asked, "What is the situation today?"

Schilla's slender white fingers gently peeled the orange peel and said, "Nothing. It's just the fat Fat, the skinny Taura, who counted an old account from the time they used to go to school.

It seems that Fat's graduation thesis was plagiarized, and as a result, Toura sued. But Taora denied it, saying that it was not her own complaint, it was Fate's own rice bucket, how could she copy the paper word for word.

So the two of them quarreled and became angry......"

As she spoke, she picked up a clove of orange, heartily removed the fluff from it, and gently shoved it into Lorraine's mouth. Looking at his sour grinning appearance, he couldn't help but hide his lips and snicker.

Lorraine gave her an angry look and was about to speak.

At this time, I heard a rapid sound of wooden gas knocking on the rostrum in the middle.

"Silence, silence"

Everyone immediately stopped the noise and looked back together.

I saw Obakhim sitting behind the rostrum, his face angry.

His eyes were like lightning, and he glanced at everyone viciously, and said, "Stop it all for me, it's all fucking six or seven years old." And now you still fight every day? I'm a dog, I'm going to sit back."

Hearing his roar, the people who were arguing in the audience immediately glared at each other viciously at the opponent in front of them.

"Mom**, you wait" the fat man Fat scolded, then turned around and left.

"Your mother, I'm afraid of you" Taura also spat heavily on the ground before turning around and returning to its original position.

The rest of the people saw this, and they also returned to their original positions one after another.

Obachem seems to be familiar with this situation, and it is not surprising.

He coughed lightly, then opened the agenda in front of him, and said, "Now I would like to invite the seventeenth candidate, Cardinal Wesley, to introduce the program." ”

A chubby cardinal cheered for the moment, then jumped up from his seat.

As he walked down the hall, he greeted his old friends and said, "It's my turn, it's my turn." Hahaha, everyone must be cheering, must be cheering. Hahahaha......"

He came to the rostrum, then lightly his throat and said, "Gentlemen......

Shirmel Melia next to her immediately snorted coldly.

Cardinal Wesley looked over and saw the aunt and Lorraine sitting side by side, very intimate, but he also pretended not to see it.

After all, this is an election

As long as you have a ticket in your hand, you are the uncle

In case she is offended, there will be one less vote at that time. That's not the head of the Holy See.

To be a good politician, in order to be able to succeed in office. People will go around asking for tickets without care. He shook hands with the people, knelt on the ground, polished their shoes, and kissed their rabbit cub with a long yellow snot in tow.

Of course, after being elected, that's another story.

Cardinal Wesley hurriedly changed his words and said, "Gentlemen, uh, and ladies. If you choose me as Pope, then I will bring everyone with me.

First, the number of indulgences will be increased by 50 percent on the basis of 40 million per year.

And since we practice a monopoly, we are not afraid of competitors, so we can greatly increase the price of indulgences, from the current five copper plates to ten gold coins......"

"Shhh

"The plan is to have a fight with the pigs. Uh, no, no, I shouldn't have insulted the pigs. This plan is not as good as a pig," someone below said coldly.

Wesley was furious when he heard this.

He slammed the plan in his hand on the table, then pointed in the direction of the voice and scolded loudly, "Malvin, I know it's your grandson who is making trouble again." Isn't it the same when I was in Carson City, I sued you for a black state? You still hold a grudge to this day, as for it?

But you must also know that when I was choosing a bishop, I didn't choose either. The spot was given to Potter. I later learned that the grandson was the illegitimate son of a cardinal.

Let's just work hard, use all the strength to eat, and also serve as a foil for others. Accompany the prince to study. ”

He paused for a moment, then continued: "Originally, I didn't plan to say these words, but I've been lame for too long. Do you like to listen to it?"

Lorraine listened to it next to her, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. I secretly said in my heart: Although I knew that there was a lot of chaos in the Holy See before, I didn't expect it to be like this.

At this moment, the cardinal archbishop named Marvern stood up.

He looked at his former friend, and there was a warm glint in his eyes for a moment, but then he disappeared. Then he sneered: "I'm right about things and not people." Wesley.

The first indulgence is now all over the streets, and it is completely oversupplied. You want to increase, is that possible?

Don't be at that time, it's not as good as butt wiping paper.

You have lost people, but we in the Holy See cannot afford to lose people."

The cardinal archbishops present who belonged to the same family as Marvern burst into laughter.

Marven smirked his head and continued, "Second, you're thinking about raising the price of indulgences, but you've thought about it. The puppies down there aren't fuel-efficient lamps either.

I'll put my words here, today you raise the price, tomorrow they will dare to secretly take it out and resell it at a low price. At that time, what do you do?"

Lorraine listened and couldn't help but praise the Malvern very much, then turned his head and looked at the man carefully. "This guy is quite good at economic management. ”

Wesley hesitated for a moment, then slurred, "We...... We can number indulgences in a unified manner, and the responsibility is assigned to the person. to prevent scalping?"

Marven took a sip at the moment and said, "When I was together, your brain was like a pig, but I didn't expect that after so many years, you have actually improved a little and become like a pig."

For 40 million indulgences, if you raise it by 50 percent, that's 60 million. You also need to do a uniform number, how much does it cost?

You can make a little more advanced and make an anti-counterfeiting magic watermark, and you can use it directly as a check

You're a pig brain......"

Wesley was at a loss for words for a while, but now he was annoyed, slapped the table, and shouted: "Marven, your grandson, when I was in Carson City, you often took advantage of me, and every time I ate, you made me pay for it. Later, we ran together to peek at the proprietress of the Wildcat Bar taking a shower, and you watched it for more than ten minutes more than I did.

I haven't settled any of this with you. Today...... I've put up with you today. You have to do the math of it."

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves, held up the holy book he was carrying, and rushed down.

Marven also did not show weakness, raised the scepter in his hand, and jumped over.

The rest of the crowd saw it, and immediately rushed to the field again, and then it was a rack, and it was a secret murder. In the hall, there was chaos again.