Priest Xin suddenly felt that the room full of plum blossoms was exuding a chill, although most of the plum blossoms were cold-loving. In order to drive away this chill, he squeezed out a smile with some difficulty, and continued to talk about the excitement of the National Education Academy, especially focusing on describing the reaction speed of the four major squares when Chen Changsheng accepted the challenge on behalf of the National Education Academy, the pergola at the mouth of Baihua Lane, and the bets that were constantly gathering in the four major squares.

"It doesn't seem to be as many bets as there were during the Great Pilgrimage. Merissa said with a smile.

Priest Xin didn't understand. The battle between Zhou Ziheng and Chen Changsheng tomorrow is of course very eye-catching, but how can it be compared with the Great Imperial Trial? The next moment, he finally remembered something. During the Great Dynasty Examination, when everyone was not optimistic about Chen Changsheng, he bet all his wealth on Chen Changsheng - because the Bishop was optimistic about Chen Changsheng.

"I see. He smiled at the Bishop and said, "I'll have someone do the bets for me in a moment." ”

The entire palace now knows that since the Anglican College embarked on the road of revival, Priest Xin has become a close confidant of Archbishop Merissa, and his attitude is the attitude of the Bishop.

This is a huge amount of money.

Tianxiangfang lost so badly in the end, except for the calm and tough attack of the Wenshui Tang family, it was because they had to pay the money won by these palace priests.

Listening to Priest Sin's words, Merissa laughed, and then began to cough. The room echoed with the sound of painful coughs. After a long time, he stopped, he gasped a little tiredly, looked at the sky outside the window, and said regretfully: "I wanted to see where Chen Changsheng has reached now, but unfortunately I can't see it." ”

For Chen Changsheng, tomorrow is the first time he has officially shown his strength in front of the world after the Great Dynasty Examination. He watched the monument in the Tianshu Mausoleum, supported the sky in the Zhou Garden, fled from the Demon Snow Field with Su Li on his back, and returned to the south...... What he has learned and realized in these days will be revealed tomorrow.

He will present and report to those who care about him.

Tomorrow will be a new day for him.

However, for Merissa, there is no tomorrow.

Priest Xin suddenly felt that his legs were a little weak, and he walked to the collapse with great difficulty, looking at the Bishop with a calm expression, and was nervously speechless. The entire Catholic Office was soon immersed in a tense atmosphere, and a piece of news was heading in all directions for Kyoto.

There was no blood stain of last autumn on the square in front of the cardinal's office, but the row of maple trees was red like blood, as if it had come to the autumn of slaughter in advance, and it turned out to be twilight.

Either way, it's ominous and sentimental after all.

Now that autumn has arrived, will the dead winter be far away?

When twilight falls, isn't night just around the corner?

When the night fell, when the lights were on, Chen Changsheng rushed to the cardinal's office, didn't have time to pay attention to the pleadings of the priests, and went directly to the deepest room.

The room was still full of plum blossoms, but many of them were no longer in full bloom and were already showing signs of withering.

"I'm going to die. Merissa looked at him and said, in a gentle voice, as if afraid to scare a child.

Chen Changsheng had thought about life and death countless times, and many times he thought that he had been able to see through life and death, such as in front of the black dragon, such as in Zhou Yuan. He even thought that he had comprehended some of the true meaning of life, for example, the people who are most afraid of death are often the least afraid of death, and many times in life only if they are not afraid of death can they not die, and only by fighting hard can they continue to live.

But then looking at the old bishop, he suddenly realized that his views were still incomplete, for he had never thought about how you could fight if there was no enemy, or if your enemy was time, and how could you remain calm when death came? He didn't know, so he didn't know what to say at this time.

Merissa looked at him and smiled, didn't continue the topic, and asked, "How sure are you tomorrow?"

Probably because death is imminent and there is so little time, the Bishop is speaking particularly directly today.

Chen Changsheng was also very direct, without any hesitation, and said, "Ten percent." ”

Thinking that he was trying to reassure himself, Merissa smiled and said, "I'm sure you've actually thought about it many times why I've been so nice to you. ”

Chen Changsheng was silent, of course he had thought about it many times, but he couldn't come to a conclusion, he knew that it must be related to some big things, but he didn't want to speculate like that.

"I have something to hide from you, and I am even deliberately lying to you, but you have to believe me, believe in the Pope, believe in your teacher. ”

Merissa said: "Maybe the truth of many things is not the same as it seems on the surface, but it is just a different path, and the final destination has never changed, just like our arrangement for you, at some point in the future you may feel dissatisfied or even angry, but you have to see what the final result is, I believe it will not be bad for you in any way." ”

Chen Changsheng didn't quite understand the meaning of this passage, but he understood the meaning of the bishop - these two meanings mean different meanings - as long as the result is good, then the intermediate process and means are not important. That's what Merissa wanted to say. Chen Changsheng looked at Merisha's old face and didn't want to think about this question anymore, he thought that for an old man who was about to leave this world, it was very cruel to continue to ask questions, and he could feel that this old man really wanted to be good for himself.

In the eyes of the world, whether it is the Qingteng Banquet or the Great Imperial Examination, Chen Changsheng was able to win the final victory and move Kyoto, and the person he and the National Education College need to thank the most is Archbishop Merissa. Before the Pope personally put on the crown of thorns for Chen Changsheng, Merissa was the only person in the world who supported him, and he was the big backer of the Anglican Academy, and he was of course very close to Chen Changsheng. Only Chen Changsheng himself knows that in fact, he and Archbishop Merisa have not even met a few times, and when he came to Kyoto from Xining, everything happened too fast, time passed too fast, and he and the National Education College came to this day, and the other party was going to die.

We don't get along much, we don't know each other for hundreds of years, but he can feel that Archbishop Merissa is genuinely good to him, and he is very ...... Pity, as if he knew the biggest secret in his life, so when he looked at him, there was always apology in his eyes, any emotion was mutual, at this time, looking at him who was about to die, Chen Changsheng didn't know what to help, he was a little helpless, he was very sorry, so that his eyes were wet.

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Merissa asked Chen Changsheng to leave, and asked Priest Xin to come into the house and take a book from the bookshelf to read.

In the last part of his life, he was still reading a book, a Taoist book with an old cover.

He looked at it for a long time, then closed the page, looked out the window at the night and muttered, "Dean Shang is really an amazing person. ”

Priest Xin didn't understand why, at this time, the Bishop remembered the former president of the Anglican Academy, even though the Chen Changsheng he had just met was a student of that person.

"Interesting. Merissa's withered finger tapped twice on the Taoist canon and said, "I'm curious to see how the life of the next Pope in the Daozang will be recorded in the future." ”

Priest Xin didn't understand, and didn't want the bishop to worry about the state religion behind him at such a time, so he asked, "Who do you think will win tomorrow's battle?"

This is a digression, and he is really curious, and it has nothing to do with his full net worth, but he really doesn't understand.

During the Great Dynasty Test, Chen Changsheng's victory can be said to be a miracle.

He broke through the realm on the spot, and then used the last form of the Lishan Sword to force Gou Hanshi to abandon the battle, and then won the first place on the list.

Tomorrow's opponent is Zhou Ziheng of the Gathering Stars Realm, and it is impossible for him to break through the Gathering Stars on the spot like the Great Dynasty Trial. Miracles mean extremely rare. If a miracle repeats itself twice in just half a year, it is not called a miracle, it is called impossible. No matter how Priest Xin looked, he couldn't see that Chen Changsheng understood the possibility of defeating Zhou Ziheng, and he wanted to know if the bishop really thought that Chen Changsheng would win, or if he just wanted to increase the confidence of that young man at the last moment of his life, and finally escort him for a while.

The petals are gradually withering, but the plum branches are still strong, even if the shape is twisted, even if the indoor temperature drops suddenly, and it is bitterly cold, there is no appearance that half of it will break.

Merisa looked at the pot of plum blossoms on the table, smiled and said, "I'm still optimistic about Chen Changsheng." ”

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Chen Changsheng sat in the main hall and sat beside him, not speaking, just grabbing his hand. The priests stood in the distance and did not come up to disturb them, people like Zhou Ziheng or sometimes forget the fact that the young man was already the dean of the National Religious College, but it was impossible for the people here to forget the fact that the young man was already the dean of the National Religious College, and the atmosphere was a little depressing now.

I don't know how long it took, Chen Changsheng raised his head and found that the hall was unusually quiet, and those priests didn't know where they went.

An old man in a linen robe, standing quietly in front of the mural in the main hall, was none other than His Majesty the Pope.

The mural was huge, but it only depicted a plum tree.

The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, whether it is the state religion or Nanxi Zhai, or the Lishan Sword Sect, in terms of educating the next generation, they all inherit this view.

Chen Changsheng got up and walked over, saluted respectfully, and then asked a question that had been bothering him for a long time.

Either because of the special nature of tonight, or because Merissa had spoken very directly before, he asked very directly.

"Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

The view here naturally refers to the Pope's view of the Holy Queen, the royal family, and the world.

Chen Changsheng looked at the depths of the hall and said, "Naturally, it can't be because of me, and I don't think it should be because of him." ”

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(I'm still bullish on Bayern Munich.) ）