After the two sorted out the details, Fang Shi asked, "What plan?"

"Ten hours drive from the Great Plains of Edward to the Royal City. On the outskirts of the royal city is the archbishop of the Holy See of the country, where the cardinals work. This area is called the Holy See District, and there are many buildings of the Holy See, among which there are penances, monasteries, churches, friars, Salesians, alms, etc. The Edward family has a team of ordinary people who specialize in collecting information from all over the world, so it is natural that they know more about the kingdom. ”

Fang Shi waited, waiting for Bis to connect the three pieces of information together.

Bith said: "Among the four guards of the sword cavalry, one of them arrived in the royal city by plane the night before yesterday, and there is no record of leaving the country yet. ”

Fang Shi smiled: "Maybe she doesn't have a chance to leave." ”

......

The kingdom is one of the oldest countries on the planet and has a long history, having ruled the seas for hundreds of years and became the first colonizers. Now the kingdom is also one of the developed countries of the planet, the public infrastructure is very perfect, driving from the Edward Great Plains to the royal city, the road is smooth, around five o'clock in the morning, Fang Shi and Bith arrived at the royal city.

The royal city is a city where the goddess sect and the papal sect are opposed, and ninety percent of the city's population is adherent to two sects, and the number of believers is equal. The biggest headache for every ruler of the kingdom is that the religious imprint of the royal city is too deep.

The bosses of the Holy See faction don't like to hire employees of the Goddess faction, and the people of the Goddess faction are not willing to cooperate with the people of the Holy See faction, and it seems that even the city has formed two kinds of air. Whenever the police of the Holy See shoot a Goddess believer, there is always a mass walk, which the Goddess believers consider to be discrimination. The same will happen when the Goddess sends the police to shoot the Pontifical believer.

There are 12 districts in Wangcheng, each of which has a clear religious regional mark. More than a decade ago, a director made a tragic film about the marriage of two faithful denominations, which caused an uproar in the kingdom, sparking violent clashes and killing thousands of people. The Prime Minister of the Kingdom demanded that the bishops of the two factions settle the matter, otherwise they would be classified as oblique religions.

This ultimatum led to the seven-day chaos in Wangcheng, but fortunately, the prime minister had already prepared, and a force of 10,000 policemen formed by all non-believers entered Wangcheng and arrested more than 40 people in charge of the two factions that caused the chaos. In the end, the bishops of the two factions came to the royal city and signed an agreement to jointly establish a tribunal headed by the cabinet, and the two factions unconditionally obeyed the court's ruling, otherwise they would be excommunicated.

The magistrate's court first abolished potential rules such as the prohibition of intermarriage and discrimination against employment, and after more than a decade of rectification, the number of conflicts between the two factions in the kingdom has now dropped to an all-time low.

"The gods fought, and the people suffered. Fang Shi said: "Originally, the two gods were in harmony and loved each other. After they don't like each other, it's the civilians who are unlucky. What's even more ridiculous is that maybe after a few hundred years they were reconciled again, and the civilians who originally had a blood feud were stupidly reconciled. ”

"You may not know the current predicament faced by the two factions, but in the past twenty years, especially after the popularization of the Internet, the kingdom has conducted a survey, and the number of believers in the two factions is about the same, but the devotion of the two factions has dropped to an all-time low. ”

"What does that mean?"

Only 2 percent of 20-45-year-olds surveyed observed the doctrine that they should not play games if they were unmarried or with anyone other than their spouse after marriage. Twenty years ago, it was 75 percent. Many young people become believers, and they mainly want to get the benefits of becoming believers, such as having community activities to meet the opposite sex, such as becoming believers to get relief, such as becoming believers to have better development in certain companies, such as becoming believers to get help. ”

Fang Shi nodded: "Not religious, not pure." ”

"It's a world of money, where people want God's help when they're in trouble, and people ruthlessly trample on doctrine and enjoy a life of luxury," Beth said. This is the case not only in Intramuros, but also around the world. A secret known to the upper echelons of the family and the Holy See, in the past twenty years, the power gained by those who have been canonized as Guardian Knights of the Goddess has been greatly reduced. Similarly, the power of the Holy See's nascent Knights of the Apocalypse is waning. ”

Fang Shi said: "This means that the power of the gods and goddesses of the Apocalypse is weakening. ”

"In the past twenty years, the global population has increased by 20% and the number of believers has increased by 15%, but because of the degree of piety, the power of the two gods has weakened......" Bith seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to discuss this issue, and changed his words: "By the way, my people have changed all your entry information and residence information to an ordinary person." ”

"It's still thoughtful. ”

The car drove into an alley, and the two walked to the entrance of the alley, where a car picked them up and placed two sets of black papal penance clothes in the back seat of the car.

Penance is an act of some believers in the Holy See, the content of penance includes: heavy physical work, sleep reduction, bitter whipping, etc., not many people can persevere, but those who persevere are said to receive special grace from God. Because everyone has changed over the past few decades, the current penance is to read and copy the teachings in the room every day, go to bed early and get up early, and eat two meals a day.

Because of this, the acceptance of penance by believers has greatly increased, and the ascetic society is now hard to find, and unscrupulous scalpers are everywhere, putting the place of the ascetic society in an online auction. The Holy See has a large and expanded ascetic order in the suburbs, which can accommodate more than 400 ascetics, and in the ascetic order, the faithful can choose from penances ranging from one to five years, depending on their situation.

The mentality of people is very strange, a hundred years ago the penance was very miserable, and the favor of God was obtained. After a hundred years, penance is very comfortable, and you can also receive God's grace. Is God deceiving people, or is man deceiving people? But the Holy See is also in a difficult situation, and if the doctrine is too harsh, the number of believers will naturally decrease.

The ascetic's attire was black with only eyes, eyebrows, and forehead, and Bith knew the Holy See well and easily entered the Holy See district. The two of them dissipated their minds, put on the clothes of ascetics, and walked towards the ascetic monastery on the road. Along the way, when they meet a priest, they will stop, step aside, and let the priest pass first.

After walking for an hour, I met countless people, but no one recognized them...... Anyway, I can't recognize it. More than 400 ascetic monks, not even numbered, who knows who you are.

"The room was in a good location. Bis looked up and saw that the ascetic was built against a hill and had five floors. Bith was talking about the rightmost room on the fifth floor.

Fang Shi said: "The sun is directly exposed to the fifth floor, and there is no air conditioning and electric fan. ”

Beth: "Five years as a seafarer?"

Fang Shi said: "Believe me, the quality of life of seafarers is not low. ”

Bith helplessly: "Fourth floor?"

"Yes. ”

The two of them entered the ascetic society, and there was nothing that could be stolen anyway, and everyone was unguarded, and there was not even a door to each small room. Go up to the fourth floor and go to the room on the far right, where a friar is copying the teachings, and then she faints and is thrust under the bed.

The room was small, only eight square in size, with a modern toilet and no shower.

Since there was no door, Fang Shi leaned against the door and took a mirror to observe the situation of the passage outside. Bith opened his eyes and searched through the cracks in the curtains for the Holy See's Anomalous One.

Fang Shi leaned against the wall and looked in the mirror: "I haven't congratulated you yet, you have become a goddess guardian knight." ”

"Fake news. Beth said, "The goddess has not favored me. ”

"Why?" Fang Shi was surprised.

"Because ......" Bith didn't know what to say, and said after a long time, "Was there an emperor and loyal ministers in ancient China?"

"Yes. ”

Bith said: "There are two kinds of loyal ministers, one is loyal to the emperor, and the other is loyal to the country. Usually it looks the same, but there are still differences. ”

Oh, this is a concept that has been deliberately confused by some people, even if the emperor has brought disaster to the country and the people, they still think that loving the emperor is patriotic. Fang Shi immediately understood: "The knighthood of the nobles is a bit wrong with the goddess?"

"In the past few hundred years, no one with chivalry in the four major families has become a guardian knight. Maybe it's just a coincidence. Although Bith said so, Fang Shi knew that Bith didn't think so.

Fang Shi asked with interest: "Is the honor of the knight more important, or is the loyalty to the goddess more important?"

"I've been thinking about this question for four years, but I don't have an answer...... On the night of my defeat, the patriarch thought I was confusing faith with chivalry, and he said I was not religious. ”

Fang Shi said: "In other words, you have not been canonized by the goddess, which means that you have not obtained the power of the guardian knight?"

Bis asked, "Scared?"

Fang Shi said: "Although the other party is only a knight's servant, he is also an old monster for hundreds of years. ”

"It's been five years, and if we can't even take a knight with us, then we'd better wait another fifteen years before we're qualified to talk about revenge...... It's eight o'clock in the morning, it's Sunday, and at nine o'clock the Cardinal Church is preaching in person in the main church, and logically speaking, the target should move to the main church. ”

Fang Shidao: "Don't you ask if I have made progress in the past five years?"

Bith glanced back at Fang Shi: "I thought that you would cultivate hard after the Shanghai God, but when I heard that you denied the fifth floor because of the air conditioner, I don't know the bottom of my heart now." ”

"Haha. Fang Shi smiled.

"See. Bith said, Fang Shi came over to take a telescope to look, a kilometer away is the main church, on the top of the main church stood a woman, wearing sunglasses, wearing a black goddess costume, standing by the guardrail, looking at the royal city, is talking on the phone.

"Is that her?"

Bith didn't answer, took the telescope back and put it on the table, then opened the bag with one hand, and took out the data cable and mobile phone. Fang Shi helped connect, Bith used his mobile phone to read the telescope memory, and soon the phone screen appeared with a picture of the woman.

Fang Shi looked at it for a while and said, "They wore silver armor that night, it's hard to determine if it's or not. ”

Bisley ignored Fang Shi and sent the photo out, and soon received a message: "The Four Great Warriors of the Sword Rider are from Zhimei." ”

Can you not be so bullish and coax, and explain that you will die?

Fang Shi took the telescope and looked at it again, Mei happened to receive the phone and left from the rooftop on foot.

Fang Shi asked, "What's next?"

Bith looked at Fang Shi: "Are you good at stealing?"