Fighter of the Destiny

Chapter 823 Discussing the crime

He is the Archbishop of Wenhua Palace, and his status in the state religion is extremely high. According to the laws of Taoism, even if a big shot like him violates canon law and is punished, His Majesty the Pope should convene a meeting in the Guangming Main Hall. , the charges were read out in public, and then Liuyundian convicted him.

This is what His Majesty the Pope did when he expelled pastoral poetry from the palace.

The current Pope Chen Changsheng has not returned to Kyoto for three years. Even if he returns to Kyoto to plead guilty to Taoist Baishi, there are probably people in the state religion who will side with Taoist Baishi and at least demand exemption from the death penalty, let alone Shang Xingzhou. How could he watch Taoist Shiraishi die in Kyoto?

Chen Changsheng did not make any comments on Taoist Baishi's words. He just looked at him quietly and asked, "Why?"

It has been three years since he left Kyoto, and the palace is under great pressure. Even if the six palaces such as Sogetsu Kaikan and Mossho are closed, they can't stop the pressure from sneaking in with the wind. After the merger of the north and the south, the Zhou Dynasty became more and more powerful. More importantly, Shang Xingzhou was originally the orthodox successor of the state religion and a true saint. After the Pope and Archbishop Merissa returned to the Xinghai, there was no one in the entire state religion who was of higher generation and more seniority than him. Even Pope Chen Changsheng was his student.

Under such circumstances, how could some people in the state religion not have other thoughts?

In his original thought, the person most likely to worship his master would be Taoist Siyuan or the King of Linghai, because there was an old grudge between them, but he did not expect that it would be Taoist Baishi. You must know that Taoist Baishi was that person in the beginning. One of the witnesses of the posthumous edict, he has always been silent and low-key, and does not see any possibility of apostasy.

"Why? Because I want to consider the future of the state religion and the interests of the human race." Taoist Baishi stared into Chen Changsheng's eyes and said: "The state religion is not a religion for one person, but a door for hundreds of millions of believers. It should never be used as a religion. Unless you are a true saint, it is a pity that although your talent is high and you may even become the youngest true saint in history, you and I both know that Taoist Master will not give you this This kind of opportunity, you also know that you will never have such an opportunity again, so after three years, you can no longer remain silent, so you have to stand up and start stirring up trouble."

Chen Changsheng was silent for a while and said, "I think there are many people within the state religion who have been looking forward to me standing up again."

"Those people are all idiots." Taoist Baishi did not hide his contempt and glanced at the King of Linghai. It was obvious that the new sect of the former state religion, headed by the King of Linghai and Taoist Siyuan, had always held a relatively radical attitude and hoped that Chen Changsheng could rule the world as the pope as soon as possible.

Taoist Baishi continued: "Why did His Majesty the Pope choose you as his successor? Because he felt that your nephew was very similar to him. But now that you have stood up, you have begun to rely on the authority of the Pope and the so-called strategy to try to If you win this war with the imperial court through these means, then you will become less and less like him, but you will become more and more like your master. And if you want to become a person like your master, you How can I defeat him?"

Having said this, he looked at the King of Linghai and Yu Lin and shouted: "Have you ever thought about this problem? Why did the state religion fall into an irreversible situation because of his unknown thoughts of rebellion? In this case, why Why don’t we simply welcome Dao as His Majesty the Pope!”

It was quiet outside the Taoist temple, and the green trees in the divine gate swayed gently in the wind, shaking off the last few white flowers that had bloomed last night.

Chen Changsheng's eyes fell on the looming figures of priests outside the woods in the distance. After a moment of silence, he said, "You may not know me very well."

Taoist Baishi did not expect to hear such an answer. He was stunned for a moment, and then became cold and tough again, saying: "It doesn't matter, you can remove me from the position of archbishop now, and even abolish my position like you did with Pastoral Wine Poetry." Inheritance, but the day when Tao Zun returns to the palace, I will wait for you there."

Eucalyptus was silent, and the King of Linghai said: "I have worked with you for decades, and I have never found you to be such a stupid person."

Taoist Baishi gave him an indifferent look and said, "What kind of crime do you want to accuse me of? Conspiracy to murder His Majesty the Pope? Just like in Songshan Military Mansion?"

The King of Linghai said: "Sins are not committed by others, but committed by oneself."

Taoist Baishi looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Don't forget, this is Wenshui."

Wenshui is the territory of the Tang family.

No matter how powerful the state religion is, if they want to kill Taoist Baishi on the spot, there is no way they can hide it from the Tang family. This also means that if Chen Changsheng wants to maintain the dignity of religious law, he can only take down Taoist Baishi now, or even cut off his inherited skills, but it is inconvenient to execute him on the spot.

At this time, footsteps sounded in the woods, and Bishop Wenshui came to the Taoist temple with a letter in his hand.

The bishop lowered his head, not even looking at Taoist Baishi who was covered in blood, nor did he show any strange expression. He was as calm and humble as usual.

"Your Majesty, the letter you have been waiting for has arrived."

Chen Changsheng took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper and read it over.

King Ling Hai and Yu Lin looked over, Guan Feibai and Zhe Xiu also looked over, and even Taoist Baishi, whose life or death was still uncertain, also looked over.

They all knew that someone had been corresponding with Chen Changsheng, and that the itinerary from the Songshan Military Mansion to Wenshui was all planned by the person who wrote the letter.

Everyone is curious about who wrote the letter.

Only Nan Ke was not interested in this. He still followed Chen Changsheng's instructions and stood in front of Taoist Baishi, staring into his eyes.

After Chen Changsheng read the letter, he didn't know what he was thinking. He was silent for a while, and then handed the letter to the King of Linghai.

Taoist Baishi sneered and said: "Pretending to be mysterious... what did that person say in the letter? Did he foresee what happened at this time in advance?"

King Linghai's eyes left the letter and fell on his face, his eyes a little strange.

Taoist Baishi suddenly felt a little cold in his body.

The King of Linghai said: "You guessed it right, that person said we must kill you to establish our authority."

Taoist Baishi's expression changed upon hearing this.

He didn't know who the person who wrote the letter was, but he knew that many affairs of the state church in recent times were written by that person.

The most important thing is that through these days of observation, he is very sure that Chen Changsheng has great trust in that person, and it can be said that he always obeys his words.

At this moment, a priest appeared outside the woods.

Bishop Wenshui went to inquire. After a while, he came back and reported in a low voice to Chen Changsheng: "The second master of the Tang family has come to visit His Majesty."

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