At first, he thought that there was nothing to ask, but later he found that there were still countless questions that could not be answered, facing the eyes of the Pope who seemed to be able to see through the world, Chen Changsheng was silent for a long time, although he was young, it did not mean that he was ignorant, and he knew that there were some questions that he could not ask, such as Xining Town, such as Senior Brother and State Church, so he could only ask some things that could be asked.

For example, Zhou Yuan?

When the Pope heard his question, he smiled slightly and said, "There are some very important things in the Zhou Garden, and you must make sure to get them, because you are representing the palace on this trip. ”

Chen Changsheng asked directly: "Who will fight with me?"

This sounds a bit arrogant, but in fact it is very real, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, who dares to compete with the palace? In fact, he already has the answer in his heart, but he just needs to be confirmed.

The Pope said: "The state religion is divided into two factions, the north and the south, and since you are leaving the palace to go to the Zhou Garden, then it is naturally the southerners who dare to fight with you and will fight with you. ”

The Pope did not tell him what the important thing he had to find in the Zhou Garden was, only that when Chen Changsheng saw that thing, he would know that it was what he was looking for. In fact, Chen Changsheng had already guessed what that thing was, but the Pope didn't say it for some reason, so it was naturally inconvenient for him to take the initiative to mention it.

Thinking of the words that Luo Luo said on the big banyan tree in the afternoon, he knew that his opponents in Zhou Yuan were probably those powerhouses of the Holy Maiden Peak, the Immortal Sect, and the Huai Courtyard.

And the woman.

"Are you sure Xu Yourong will enter Zhou Garden?" he asked.

The Pope seemed to know his feelings, and said with a smile: "On the day you entered the Heavenly Book Tomb, news came from the south that Xu Yourong broke through the seclusion in a certain town, and even went straight to the upper realm, which means that her current realm is exactly the same as yours, and if you and her meet in Zhou Yuan, it must be very interesting." ”

Chen Changsheng was silent, thinking that if the realm was the same, then he would definitely not be able to beat her. Because of this fact, he was silent for a long time before continuing to ask: "What about Akiyama-kun?" According to rumors in the world, he is affectionate and takes care of Xu Yourong, if Xu Yourong enters Zhou Yuan, he should follow. ”

He tried his best to make his tone seem as calm as usual, but after all, he was a fifteen-year-old boy, and his tone was always a little strange, especially when he said the four words affectionately.

The Pope smelled the faint sour smell wafting in the hall, smiled more and more, and said: "So I said that this matter is very interesting, Akiyama-kun successfully gathered stars ten days ago, and he couldn't enter the Zhou Garden, so no matter what you and Xu Yourong were doing in the Zhou Garden, he couldn't bother." ”

There was a kind of narrow-mindedness and even annoyance in these words, which was completely inconsistent with the identity of the Pope, and Chen Changsheng was stunned before he came to his senses.

Suddenly, he understood the point of the Pope's words, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

"Akiyama-kun...... Did Juxing succeed?"

"When he snatched the key to Zhou Yuan with the demon powerhouse before, he was seriously injured, but this led to some creation, and he took this opportunity to successfully break through the realm. ”

Chen Changsheng was silent, if he was not mistaken, Qiu Shanjun should not be under twenty years old by now, he had not participated in the Great Dynasty Examination, he had not entered the Heavenly Book Tomb, however, he had already gathered stars. Xu Yourong is three days younger than himself, and he has not yet entered the Heavenly Book Mausoleum to view the monument and realize the Tao, so he has already become a real upper realm.

He silently sighed and thought, this is the real genius.

He cultivates his mind and pays attention to a quiet mood, and he really doesn't have any affection for Xu Yourong, but for some reason, whenever he mentions her and the man named Akiyama-kun, he is always a little awkward, and what makes him even more uncomfortable is that even if he has created so many miracles, Akiyama-kun always has to steadily press himself over the line.

He took the first place in the big court test, Akiyama-kun got the key to Zhou Yuan, he entered the Tianshu Mausoleum to view the monument and entered the cave secluded and straightforward realm, Akiyama-kun did not need to look at the Tianshu monument to gather stars successfully, the national major events and their own small things, need foreign things and do not need foreign things, no matter how you look at it, the latter is stronger.

"I think you're better than Akiyama-kun. ”

The Pope seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Even if others don't think so, they don't dare to say that you are weaker than Akiyama-kun. ”

Chen Changsheng shook his head and said, "I'm not as good as him." ”

The Pope said calmly: "You are four years younger than him. ”

Chen Changsheng was stunned, and then laughed happily.

His Holiness continued: "As for Xu Yourong...... After all, she is Xu Shiji's daughter. ”

Chen Changsheng was silent, since Xu Shiji was the dog of the Holy Queen Mother, Xu Yourong naturally wanted to stand on the side of the Holy Queen Mother and the Nanren, in other words, he wanted to stand on the opposite side of the state religion.

He thought of a very terrible question: "Does the Holy Queen know where I came from?"

The Pope nodded and said, "Mo Yu has already sent someone to Xining Town to verify your origin, and this matter cannot be concealed forever after all. ”

Chen Changsheng was silent for a moment and asked, "Will Niangniang ......?"

"No, it won't. The Pope looked at him and smiled and said, "If Niangniang doesn't want to tear up, then she won't, at least on the surface, she won't do anything to you, because that would be tantamount to pushing my palace completely to her enemies, and no one wants to face such a situation, even if she is the Holy Queen of the Heavenly Sea." ”

What is self-confidence and confidence?

"Things in the Zhou Garden are naturally important, but don't forget that the real enemy is always in the north. This time, the key to Zhou Yuan fell into our hands, but the demon clan will definitely not be willing to give up like this, if the black robe is still alive, he will definitely do something, whether it is in Zhou Yuan or out of Zhou Yuan, as long as you do not return to Kyoto, you must be cautious enough. ”

"Thank you, sage, for your advice. Chen Changsheng said.

The Pope said: "Do you still call me a saint?"

Chen Changsheng said a little unaccustomedly: "Yes, Uncle Shi. ”

The Pope smiled with satisfaction.

Before the conversation ended, Chen Changsheng made a request.

Previously, the Pope had said that on the last night of the Qingteng Banquet, he asked Mo Yu to bring Chen Changsheng into the Tong Palace, so he should know very well what was under that cold pool.

"I want to meet the black dragon. Chen Changsheng looked at the Pope and said sincerely.

The Pope didn't expect that the only request he made to him was this, and asked with a smile: "Sounds like you're facing the black dragon?"

Chen Changsheng talked about the meeting with the black dragon at the bottom of the pool, but he omitted a lot of details, and he didn't say that he had sat there and almost died of spontaneous combustion, only that he had promised the other party that if the other party was willing to let him go, he would find time to see him, which was the so-called promise.

"Although it was an evil dragon, a promise is a promise. The Pope seemed to be pleased with his promise, and said: "It was indeed unkind for Wang Zhice to deceive him into being imprisoned at the bottom of the pool. ”

Chen Changsheng asked, "Then how do I see it?"

"The well of Kitashinbashi has been opened. ”

With that, the Pope took out a wooden plaque from his bosom and handed it to him.

Chen Changsheng took the sign, only to see four words written on the sign in Yang: National Education College.

"This is ......" Chen Changsheng looked at the wooden card, a little puzzled

The Pope smiled and said, "This is the sign of the Anglican Academy. ”

Chen Changsheng still didn't understand.

"Only the president of the Anglican Academy is qualified to hold this plaque," the Pope said. ”

Chen Changsheng still didn't understand, or vaguely understood, but he couldn't believe it.

The Pope looked at him and smiled and said: "The first official meeting, I, as an uncle, always have to give a meeting gift, and it is too stingy to dig the well of Beixinqiao, how about this brand?"

Chen Changsheng didn't know how this brand was, what material it was made of, and how many years it was old, but he only knew that this brand suddenly became very heavy.

"I came to Kyoto from Xining and entered the Anglican College by mistake, and now that I think about it, this is not a sign that the Anglican College was destroyed in the hands of your master, and it should be reborn in your hands. ”

The Pope looked at him and said with emotion.

Only then did Chen Changsheng know that from the moment he took over this brand, he had become the latest dean of the National Education Academy, but he was ...... Although it is said that in the past ten years, the National Religious College has been in decay like a cemetery, but after all, it is one of the six institutes of Kyoto's Qingivy League, and in the past, it was the oldest academy side by side with the Tiandao Academy, and in the afternoon, he heard Luoluo say that the archbishop of the temple of Zhichong Temple died of illness last month, and Mao Qiuyu, the president of the Tiandao Academy, was promoted to one of the six giants of the state religion......

He was only a fifteen-year-old boy, and he was actually going to be the dean of the National Religious College? He suddenly felt that the plaque in his hand was not only heavy, but also became hot.

......

......

Not far from the hall, he heard a cough from the side of the road, Chen Changsheng looked over, and saw that it was the bishop of the cardinal's office, Lord Merissa, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Merissa looked at him and smiled, motioned to go together, and said slowly, "Everything is clear now?"

Chen Changsheng was silent for a moment and then said, "It's almost clear. ”

Merissa looked at the stars in the night sky, and after a moment of silence, said, "You know I'm old, right?"

Before Chen Changsheng could answer, Merisa continued to say indifferently: "The current state religion, only me and the Pope are the oldest, it is a good thing to always be old, you can see a lot of things, but old is also a very bad thing, because you can remember too many things, and it is a bit hard to live like this." ”

"I can still remember those things very clearly in the days of the state church. However, it is somewhat strange that I have forgotten what happened to the Anglican Academy more than ten years ago. ”

Merissa coughed twice and continued: "I have a good relationship with your teacher, so I was the first person to find out your identity, I didn't really know what the Pope meant at the time, so it took a while for him to know, of course, your teacher's caution can be understood. ”

Chen Changsheng still couldn't fully understand this matter, so he was silent, and the palace was very quiet at night, walking between the stone paths between the halls, and the brilliant lights beside the Shinto in the distance were faintly visible.

There was a question that he didn't dare to ask directly in front of the Pope, and at this time, he finally couldn't suppress the worry in his heart, and said uneasily: "I'm a little worried about Master's ......."

"Mo Yu has already sent someone to Xining Town, but you don't have to worry, back then, all the strong people of the Great Zhou Dynasty besieged the National Religious Academy, and Niangniang and the Pope personally took action, and your teacher could survive, not to mention now. ”

Chen Changsheng looked at the old man's squinted eyes and said seriously, "Thank you for taking care of you this year. ”

Merisa squinted her eyes and smiled like an old fox: "Kyoto is actually very easy, because it is not easy to want to die here, and the people who live here are all old and miss the old. ”

Chen Changsheng seriously understood what this sentence meant.

Merisa looked at him and said, "But this is no longer the case when I leave Kyoto, especially outside my Great Zhou, where there are all treacherous storms and rains, and I can only take care of myself." ”

Chen Changsheng thought about what the Pope had said earlier, and said with some uneasiness: "Black robe...... Is it really still alive? What kind of conspiracy will the demons arrange for Zhou Yuan's opening?"

Merisa said: "Since the key to Zhou Yuan is in the hands of humans, no matter how unwilling the demon clan is, there is no way to grasp the opportunity, so there is no need to worry too much, on the contrary, you don't forget that some people in my Great Zhou are of course far less resourceful than the black robe, and they are ruthless, shameless and despicable, but they are far superior, you have to be vigilant against this kind of person." ”

Chen Changsheng knew that he was talking about Zhou Tong.

When he came to the Shinto in front of the main hall, Merisa stopped and said, "I'm sending you here." ”

Chen Changsheng saluted respectfully and said, "After returning from Zhou Yuan, the juniors will come to see you again." ”

Merissa shook her head and said, "It's too low." ”

Chen Changsheng was slightly stunned, not understanding what these two words meant.

"You're bowing too low. ”

Merissa looked at him and smiled and said, "You are now the head of the Anglican Academy, and the only people who are eligible to receive your full salute are the Pope and the Holy Queen, and you don't need to bow to anyone. ”

Only then did Chen Changsheng remember that his identity had changed.

The Archbishop of the Cardinal Office is now only on the same level as him.

In the depths of the secluded palace, a distant and bright bell suddenly sounded. The bell does not represent a signal of homecoming, but a very formal edict of the state church. The contents of this edict spread throughout the halls at a faster speed than the night wind, heading towards the counties and countries of the mainland.

"From today onwards, you don't need to look down again. ”

Merissa looked at him and smiled, then turned to leave.

Chen Changsheng stood beside the Divine Dao, a little in a trance, without any real feeling.

The two bishops waited in Shinto to see him off the palace, and if when they sent him into the palace before, they were calm and courteous, but now they are respectful.

The order of the state religion is very clear and orderly, and the class division in the palace has always been strict. He is not a freshman of the Anglican Academy now, but the dean of the Anglican Academy, so he will naturally enjoy a different look of awe.

Hanging lights illuminate the straight Shinto.

Chen Changsheng, escorted by the two bishops, walked along the Shinto path towards the outside of the palace.

The priests they met along the way avoided both sides of Shinto.

When I entered the palace before, I also encountered a similar picture.

It's just that at that time, after the priest avoided it, he only needed to send it with his eyes, but at this time, it couldn't be like this, because the previous etiquette was rude at this time, and they needed to salute Chen Changsheng.

Wherever the boy passed, hundreds of priests greeted him one after another, their expressions humble, and their voices rose and fell.

"I've met Dean Chen. ”

"Meet Dean Chen. ”

"Hello Dean Chen. ”

......

......

(Suddenly remembered the old dog, silent for a long time, this chapter is four thousand words, that's all for today, see you tomorrow.) ）