Dany knelt down on the rug before the maiden's portrait and recited the maiden's midday prayer from the Seven Stars Bible with practiced precision.
The Big Sparrow knelt down beside her and joined in the prayer.
"Keisha, where are you from? Is it okay for you to take out twenty thousand gold royals at once?" After the prayer, the two knelt down in front of the statue and chatted.
There was a unique number on the deposit certificate of twenty thousand gold royals, and the details of the deposit could be found according to the number. In other words, if the Big Sparrow took the deposit certificate to withdraw money, he would be able to guess her identity.
Of course, the Big Sparrow could also use the deposit certificate to exchange for food on the other side of the narrow sea.
However, the City of Knowledge would definitely inform the Iron Throne that the Dragon Queen had appeared in the old town, so Danny felt that there was no need to hide the fact that she had been to the King's Landing from the Big Sparrow.
"Your Excellency, I'm afraid you've noticed that when I first saw you, I should have knelt down and kissed the back of your hand, but I didn't. Do you know why?"
"I'd like to hear the details." The Big Sparrow was curious.
Not to mention Danny, even if Queen Mother Cersei and Toman came to the Great Cathedral, they would also kneel down and greet the Big Sparrow when they saw him.
Because the Big Sparrow was the representative of the Seven Gods in the mortal world.
"Because I'm also a Big Sparrow." Danny said something that shocked the Big Sparrow.
"You, you're from the Starry Cathedral in the old town … No, no nun has ever been crowned as a Big Sparrow."
"It has nothing to do with the Big Sparrow who are afraid of you. I'm from the continent of Ursos." Danny shook her head.
Of course, the Big Sparrow was afraid of the Big Sparrow.
The monks who were cleaning the floor in the corridor were all the original Big Sparrow of the King's Landing.
The Big Sparrow was originally a wandering monk in the Three River Valley. He relied on a group of beggars and used an axe to force the Big Sparrow to elect him as the Big Sparrow.
After that, they were deprived of their luxurious life. Every day, if they didn't work, they wouldn't be able to eat … There was a bishop named Tolbert who was too fat. In the country where the whole of King's Landing was starving, he was judged by the Great Sparrow for his sins.
Now, he was locked up in a secret room to repent, and could only eat a small amount of bread and water every day.
This news was told to her by the big man Stryker on the way here.
"Ugh, Ursos also has the Church of the Seven Gods?" The Big Sparrow had a strange look on her face. Could this Miss Keisha be a liar?
Both the Church of Seven and the Andals originated from the Upper Rohn Plains, but the competition between the races in Ursos was too fierce.
In terms of technology, the Andals' iron-smelting technology was stolen from the Loirna people. In terms of magic, the Seven Gods did not exist at all. The priests of the Seven Gods did not have supernatural powers.
Thousands of years ago, the last Andals Kingdom had been burned to ashes by a hundred dragons led by the Dragon King of Valleglia.
"I was the one who established the Church of the Seven Gods. Other than a few dozen knights who were anointed with holy oil, there were only a few hundred little nuns who were being trained."
The big sparrow was startled and asked, "Where is the church built?"
"A remote place in the east of Volantis, which happens to be in the empty area of the Red God's power."
Hearing that it was just a small church in a remote place, the big sparrow immediately believed the words of the archbishop 'Keisha'. At the same time, she felt a little disappointed. Such a small church, it would not take long for it to be overwhelmed by the followers of the Red God.
"Priest Keisha, since you are in a difficult situation, why did you donate so much money to the King's Landing?" The big sparrow asked hesitantly.
"Hehe, although our church is small, we are not short of money."
"Priest Keisha has been to the old town?" The big sparrow remembered the place where the deposit receipt came from.
"Yes, but not as the archbishop of a foreign church. In fact, the Church of the Seven Gods I established belongs to the 'New Church'. If the archbishop is the same as the archbishop of the old town, I will not reveal my identity at all. "
"New Church?" The big sparrow frowned and asked unhappily, "You changed the doctrine of the Church of the Seven Gods?"
"Sigh, the whole world is about to be dyed red by the Light King. I have to improve the survival of the church!" Danny said helplessly.
In terms of combat power, the Church of the Seven Gods was not even worthy to carry the shoes of the Red God priest.
"Even if survival is difficult, is a church that has changed its doctrine still the Church of the Seven Gods?"
"Archbishop, in fact, what you are doing now is very consistent with the doctrine of the New Church."
"How is that possible? My actions are strictly in accordance with the Seven Stars Bible. "The big sparrow said angrily.
"The abstinence and frugality that you proposed is one of the core principles of the New Church." Then Danny explained the concept of Puritanism.
Different from the Presbyterian Faction (constitutional monarchy) and the Radical Faction (abolition of the monarch, republicanism) in British history, Danny referred to a lot of Confucian and Taoist ideas. There were restrictions on the power of the monarch, but strictly followed the political idea of "the monarch and his minister, father and son."
"Puritanism, this, this …" The big sparrow's face was full of anger at first, but gradually, it became thoughtful and enlightened. Finally, it opened its eyes wide, and its expression was excited and yearning. "This is the ideological state that I have been searching for! Archbishop Keisha, you are Saint Bailey alive, and you will definitely leave a glorious page in the Scripture of the Seven Gods in the future. "
"Haha, you are flattering me."
The abstinence that I proposed is not a narrow ban on the sex between men and women.
"It's just that Archbishop Keisha is still a little conservative." The Big Sparrow smacked her lips and said, "The church shouldn't be subordinate to the monarchy. Under the Seven Gods, we are all equal."
Danny's face was blank, and she did not comment.
She should have thought about it earlier. With the big sparrow's behavior, even locking up Cersei and Margaery, it was the most radical of Puritanism!
"Your Excellency, I fully understand your thoughts and aspirations, but have you thought about the counterattack of the great nobles?" Danny reminded.
She would not challenge the Iron Throne in the near future. She would let the big sparrow torture Cersei and Tyrion for the next few years!
"The Constellation Warriors and the Sons of War are the church's strongest shield," the big sparrow said confidently.
"Well, I'm telling the truth. Don't be angry." Danny grinned. "The Constellation Warriors are just farmers who have put down their hoes. When faced with a fully-armed iron knight, ten thousand of them will not be able to defeat two hundred of them."
"The Sons of War are true knights who have been anointed with holy oil. We now have one hundred Sons of War," the big sparrow said proudly.
"Not enough, far from enough." Danny shook her head. "Not to mention whether the Sons of War, who are both nobles and disciples, are trustworthy, one hundred knights are too few. You are challenging the authority of the Iron Throne!"
"Indeed, there are too few people, but why not? They have all sworn an oath before the Seven Gods. "
If oaths were useful, Prince Rhaegar would not have violated the sacred marriage law, the War of the Usurpers would not have happened, Robb Stark would not have violated the sacred oath, and the Bloody Wedding would not have happened.
There was also Queen Cersei, Queen Margaery …
However, it was a gentleman's rule to not talk too much. The two had just met for the first time, and some things could not be said.
Danny sighed inwardly and continued to set a trap for Cersei. "Your Excellency, you still have a fatal hidden danger."
"What hidden danger?"
"Your actions are not recognized by all the archbishops. If the Iron Throne executes an operation to decapitate you, I'm afraid …"
When she first watched "Wandering Power," Danny still felt that the scene of Cersei blowing up St. Belle's Cathedral was unreasonable. After all, the big sparrow was not a "rogue practitioner". If one of them died, the whole family would die.
Except for the Northern Region, the other six countries had their own cathedral and archbishops.
Especially the Old Town, before Aegon the Conqueror appeared, the Starry Cathedral had always been the church's headquarters, and the church there was no weaker than the King's Landing.
If you blew up the King's Landing cathedral, wouldn't the archbishops of other places avenge the big sparrow?
Now Dani understood. He really wouldn't.
The sudden appearance of the big sparrow had divided the Church of the Seven Gods.
He was completely different from the rest of the archbishops. Otherwise, with the financial resources of the Old Town's church bank, why would the big sparrow need to sell his crown for gold to buy bread?
The big sparrow also knew that he was not liked by the other archbishops. Of course, he hated the archbishops who only knew how to eat, drink, gamble, and kidnap beautiful little boys.
However, he was confident in his own safety. "There are thousands of Star Warriors here. No one can hurt me."
"I've heard of an extremely terrible thing," Danny lowered her voice and said nervously. "There are secret passages under the three high hills of the King's Landing, and there are even wildfires buried by Targaryen. If someone ignites the wildfires under St. Bailey's cathedral, then …"
"That's impossible, right?" The big sparrow looked doubtful. "I've checked it myself. There are no secret passages under the cathedral."
"Hey, how did Duke Tywin die?"
"That …"
"Thump, thump, thump …" Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried running in the quiet hall. The two stopped talking and looked back. They saw the one-armed hero, Lansel, running in a hurry.
"Your Excellency, Randall Talley brought an army into St. Bailey's Square. He said that if you don't release Queen Margaery immediately, he will massacre the cathedral!"
Damn, Fatty Sam's father is so brave?
Danny suddenly wanted to go out and meet the 'fourth' general of the Westeros.
"Only Queen Margaery?" The big sparrow frowned and asked.
"Yes, Count Talley is a vassal of the High Court. He only asked for the release of Queen Margaery."
The big sparrow's expression eased a little. He nodded and said slowly, "I'll go out and meet Count Talley."
"Right, arrange for Keisha to —"
Danny volunteered, "I'll go with you. I'm a knight. I can protect you."
"That's fine too." After hesitating for a moment, the big sparrow agreed.
The group quickly left the cathedral hall. On the stone steps outside the door, Danny took the sword from the White Knight and whispered a few words of explanation. Then, she followed a few Children of War and walked to the square in front.
The arc-shaped shields painted with the image of the Strider Hunter formed a wall. They ignored the tents, mud houses, and carriage houses in the square and slowly pushed forward. Iron spears flashing with cold light pierced through the gaps in the shield wall.
Count Talley didn't have many soldiers, no more than a thousand, but their valiant temperament and firm and fearless fighting spirit instantly suppressed the thousands of poor people's gatherings into dregs.
The refugees and Constellation Warriors shouted and cursed, throwing bricks, mud, wooden sticks, and other debris at the soldiers behind the shield wall. However, they were unable to stop the footsteps of the shield soldiers. They could only shout in vain, "The Seven Gods have descended to punish the sinners."
On the lectern, one could see the armored general sitting high on a warhorse behind the spear and shield soldiers. He was surrounded by thirty to forty cavalrymen, and there were also riders holding the blue flag of the Strider Hunter.
When the big sparrow arrived, the crowd was noisy and separated to the sides like a tide.
The shield wall on the opposite side also cracked open a small path. Count Talley dismounted and walked alone to the archbishop who was surrounded by the Children of War.
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