Chen Changsheng walked into the alley. After a while, he came out of the alley again. He stood at the mouth of the alley, looking a little dazed—for he had walked up and down the alley twice, and had seen several restaurants, but he had not seen any of the bean curd fish mentioned on the note.

He stood at the mouth of the alley, and suddenly had the idea that she was deliberately teasing herself in order to punish herself for her stupidity? Yes, it should be like this, otherwise why would she leave an address on the note that does not contain zài?

His mood was a little complicated, the snow falling from the sky gradually became heavier, and the pedestrians in the streets and alleys avoided leaving. Today, because of the feast in the palace, many people went to the Shinto place to see the excitement, and the business of the restaurants in Fusui Road was far less than usual, and it seemed more and more deserted at this time.

He didn't leave, just waited at the mouth of the snowy alley.

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Lights hang on both sides of the Shinto road in the palace, and snowflakes are falling, and the people of Kyoto who are waiting to see the excitement are slightly less, and those who persist still feel that the trip is worthwhile when they look at the magnificent chariots from the palaces and palaces of the princes. The main hall of Guangming, where the banquet was held tonight, was already full of priests, ministers, and people from all the halls and courts, and the quiet hall behind the main hall of light was still as quiet as usual.

The Pope is going to attend this night banquet today, the sackcloth on his body has been changed into a robe in advance, holding a scoop in his right hand, is watering the green leaves in the basin, watching the green leaves grow stronger and stronger, the old man's face showed a happy smile, took the soft towel resting on the side of the basin and gently wiped his hands.

When Chen Changsheng came to the palace a few times ago, he had already noticed the changes in this pot of green leaves, and he didn't understand, since the green leaf world was the same as Zhou Yuan, it was a stable space fragment and could not become bigger, so the Pope took such careful care of its growth, was it just to make the door to enter the green leaf world more stable? Or did the door between the green leaf world and the original world become bigger and bigger as the green leaf growth of the pot?

"This matter is too big after all, you don't need to think about it again?"

Mao Qiuyu stood quietly behind the Pope, his expression was very respectful, and there was not the slightest tremor on his sleeves.

The Pope put down the towel and said with a smile: "Listening to your relays of the battle of Naihe Bridge, I found that this child is more reliable than I imagined, and you also said that it is really difficult to find a better partner than him in terms of potential and future alone, in this case, I can rest assured that I will pass on the state religion to him." ”

Mao Qiuyu was silent for a while, and said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, but after all, Ling Hai and Si Yuan are far above Chen Changsheng in terms of cultivation qualifications, and they have also been carefully cultivated by you back then, I think, it should be difficult for them to accept this matter." ”

The Pope walked back to the stage, took off the crown from the glass seat and put it on his head, but did not pick up the scepter that represented the power of the state religion, and said slowly: "Even if I am selfish, after all, the orthodox heir of the state religion only has this child now, and he will face the most difficult choice in the world in the future, the most confused and helpless, and the most outright sadness, so this title, even if I give him comfort, is also the reward that the state religion should give him." ”

After saying this, he slowly turned around and walked towards the cold stone wall, and as he walked forward, the stone wall slowly opened, emitting infinite light.

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It is a night pearl that once lit up Kyoto on the edge of the Gan Terrace, but it was taken down and placed in a palace in the Imperial Palace for lighting.

The Holy Queen was reading the recitals while listening to the words that echoed in the hall.

The old eunuch leader bowed down and stood down, and in a very soft voice, he told the details of the battle of Naihe Bridge in the morning.

The battle of Nai He Bridge between Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong took place shortly after the early morning, but whether it was His Majesty the Pope or the Holy Empress Niangniang, it was almost evening before people came to report the matter carefully, which shows that unlike the opinion of the entire continent, these two saints actually didn't care much about this battle, although Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong were their most trusted juniors, and from a certain point of view, they were their successors, but in their eyes, this was still a trivial matter.

“...... Zhai Jian came out of the sword pool, Dean Xiao Chen must have kept his back hand, the saint should have known about this matter in advance and was prepared, but for some reason, there was still no one blow to defeat the enemy, Chen Changsheng used the price of the injury in his left shoulder to forcibly take away the control of the sword Zhai, and unexpectedly blocked the spirit finger of the saint, if it was just a sword, it should be regarded as a victory in half a move, but if it was a real battle, if it continued, he should have no chance of victory, just ...... The saint just walked away. ”

After saying this, the chief eunuch cautiously glanced up, and then retreated to the rear.

The expression of the Holy Queen did not change, and most of the time the eunuch leader did not look up, so did she, but in the battle of the bridge, the talent and wisdom displayed by Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong were enough to shock most people, but not including her, only when she heard that Xu Yourong had comprehended the Great Light Sword, she raised her eyebrows, and seemed to be a little unexpected.

"What a stubborn girl. ”

She threw the fold on the table, got up and walked to the door of the temple, and looked at the light that loomed in the night sky in the distance, which was supposed to be the palace.

At this moment, Mo Yu hurriedly came, his expression was extremely solemn, and he reported to her what had just happened.

The Holy Queen quietly looked at the direction of the palace, with a slight smile on the corner of her lips, but her eyes were indifferent: "It's getting more and more interesting." ”

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However, the battle of the bridge has ended, but the discussion caused afterwards is difficult to calm down in a short period of time, the main content of the conversation between the big people in the main hall of Guangming is still around this matter, with the vision and realm of these big people, calm down afterwards, and after a little thought, you will understand that Xu Yourong did not use the true blood of Tianfeng, but deliberately wanted to suppress himself in the Cheng dù of a normal person, and wanted to defeat Chen Changsheng with strength rather than talent, but this does not mean that they will think that Chen Changsheng is invincible, because they also know very well that Chen Changsheng did not use the most powerful means, such as in the rain battle of Xunyang City, he received Zhu Xun's sword without dying.

At this moment, solemn and benevolent music suddenly sounded in the main hall of light, the deepest stone wall slowly opened, the light overflowed everywhere, the stone carvings on both sides of the hall were shiny, and everyone in the hall hurriedly sorted out their clothes, solemnly arranged, and humbly saluted to His Majesty the Pope who walked into the light from the stone wall.

His Majesty the Pope, surrounded by the Grand Knight Chief and several archbishops, slowly walked up to the high platform, Si Yuan Dao and the King of Linghai were naturally among them, and Mao Qiuyu, the Archbishop of the Yinghua Palace, stood at the back, and what surprised people was that the scepter representing the authority of the state religion was held in his hands at this time.

Without any complicated and lengthy procedures, Mao Qiuyu calmly began to read out Chen Changsheng's exploits for the state religion, from the Great Dynasty Examination to the Tianshu Mausoleum, from Zhou Yuan to this morning's Nai He Bridge, and even the new students of the State Religion College - this was originally a taboo thing of the State Religion - also became a stroke in his merit book.

It was originally a celebration banquet of the state religion, and of course it was Chen Changsheng's exploits that were celebrated, Mao Qiuyu read these things, which was something that everyone thought of in advance, but what happened next, except for Mao Qiuyu and the Pope, no one thought of it.

After reading out Chen Changsheng's exploits, Mao Qiuyu did not directly announce the reward of the state religion for him as people thought, but calmly walked to the side of His Majesty the Pope, and in the shocked eyes of everyone, His Majesty the Pope reached out to take the scepter and said, "Bless him with this." ”

There was silence in the main hall of light, and no one spoke, because the people were so shocked.

Now Chen Changsheng is the dean of the National Religious Academy, and he was the nephew of His Majesty the Pope a long time ago, but no one knows that after the Heavenly Book Mausoleum, the entire continent knows about His Majesty's arrangement, and knows that Chen Changsheng will become the next generation of Pope, but that is just speculation or inference after all.

Today is the day when speculations are confirmed and inferences become reality.

His Majesty the Pope handed over to Chen Changsheng the scepter, which symbolized the authority of the state religion, thus announcing to the whole world that he was his successor.

The silence in the main hall of light continued, it was not strange and did not mean that there would be any waves, no one dared to disobey the will of the Pope here, but people did not know how to react, this was a matter of course, but much earlier than people thought, there was no way not to be shocked.

Chen Changsheng was only 16 years old.

Si Yuan Dao and King Linghai, who were once considered by the entire continent to be the most promising to take over this scepter and inherit the Pope's throne, had extremely ugly faces, they thought that they had at least ten years to change the Pope's will, but they didn't expect that His Majesty the Pope didn't leave them any time at all.

They knew very well why His Majesty the Pope had chosen to determine the name of Chen Changsheng's successor at this time.

If it was in the past, the new Anglican faction, such as them and their supporters, could also use Chen Changsheng as an excuse to delay the Pope's decision by saying that Chen Changsheng was too young and needed to be observed for a few more years, but now that there is a sixteen-year-old Southern Holy Maiden on the mainland, what is it to have another sixteen-year-old candidate for the Pope?

Not to mention, this pope candidate has just won over the southern saint today.

The silence in the hall continued, and gradually people felt that something was wrong, even if people didn't know how to react, what about Chen Changsheng?

Even if he was surprised, he should stand up and thank the Pope for his blessings, and then accept the blessings of all the people in the temple.

Mao Qiuyu's gaze went back and forth in the hall, his brows furrowed deeply, and he asked a little incredulously, "What about Chen Changsheng?"

Suddenly a hand stretched out in the crowd in a corner of the main hall, and a somewhat uneasy voice sounded at the same time.

He ...... He...... He...... I was so happy to eat too much at noon, and I had some diarrhea, so I asked you to give it to you...... Take a leave of absence. ”

Tonight, when the state religion celebrates, His Majesty the Pope personally bestows the scepter and determines the successor of the state religion...... The person concerned is not there?

There was an uproar in the main hall of light, and the crowd parted like water, revealing the person who had just spoken.

Tang Thirty-six lowered his head and raised his hands.

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(It should be available before 12 o'clock in the next chapter.) ）R1148