The capital was especially lively today.
Not long after dawn, the battle at the gate of Orthodox Academy began. Chen Chang Sheng surpassed his cultivation level and defeated Zhou Ziheng.
This matter could already be said to be shocking enough.
But no one would have thought that he would do something even more shocking.
He had brought the remaining two students of the Orthodox Academy and driven a carriage straight into Zhou Prison. It was rumored that he was currently in a standoff with that terrifying Lord Zhou Tong.
The Orthodox Academy wanted him.
Zhou Tong refused to release him.
Upon learning of this news, many people of the capital rushed over to watch the excitement. However, unlike the excitement of the morning, Zhou Prison's fiendish aura was too heavy and its image among the common people was too sinister. No one dared to get too close.
Thus, when those five hundred Orthodoxy cavalry howled through the streets, they did not accidentally injure anyone.
Soon after, a head eunuch from the Imperial Palace arrived, followed by the deputy prime minister and Mao Qiu Yu. Finally, the carriage from the royal prince's mansion arrived.
No one entered Zhou Prison, not even the alley.
Prince Chen Liu dismounted from the carriage and glanced at the five hundred Orthodoxy cavalry. He imperceptibly creased his brow, then turned to Mao Qiuyu and gave a bitter smile. "This matter has caused too much of a ruckus."
Today's matter had indeed blown up too much. Everyone knew that the Orthodoxy's new rule regarding the All-School Martial Exhibition was the Imperial Court, or more accurately, the Tianhai clan and those two archbishops loyal to the Divine Empress, suppressing the Orthodox Academy. But no one had expected the Orthodox Academy to react to this matter so fiercely and so quickly. It had just obtained victory in its first battle, but it immediately went to Zhou Prison! They wanted him!
The former Principal of the Heavenly Dao Academy, Mao Qiuyu, was now the Templar Archbishop of the Hall of Illustrious Persons, standing among the six giants.
His presence unquestionably represented the attitude of the Li Palace. The problem was that even such an important figure was standing outside the alley, not entering.
Everyone knew that the relationship between the Divine Empress and the Li Palace had undergone a massive change in the last year. They were gradually drifting apart, but on the surface, they still maintained a calm relationship.
While the two Saints remained silent, no one wanted or dared to make the situation even more tense and out of control, because no one was willing to bear that terrifying outcome.
Until the carriage of the Orthodox Academy entered this alley.
If something really did happen in that small courtyard today, then the capital and even the entire human world would be in big trouble.
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In the small courtyard, Tang Thirty Six looked at Zhou Tong very seriously, or even sincerely, and said, "My Lord, I have to tell you the truth. Chen Chang Sheng's life … is really very good, it can be said to be indescribably precious. I don't know what the Divine Empress will think, but in His Holiness the Pope's eyes, Your Excellency's life is assuredly not as precious as Chen Changsheng's. If he really did die in Zhou Prison today, do you think His Holiness the Pope would spare Your Excellency? And what will Her Ladyship think of you? "
"Indescribably noble?" Zhou Tong looked at Chen Changsheng with slightly narrowed eyes. It was unknown what he was thinking.
Tang Thirty-Six continued, "Moreover, Sir might not understand him. At times, he really is very stubborn, very stupid. He really is capable of exchanging his own life for Zhexiu's."
"In the end, you're still threatening me." Zhou Tong felt a great deal of emotion and said, "Is it because there have been fewer stories about me in Jingdou recently that no one is afraid of me anymore?"
Tang Thirty-Six smiled and said, "You can think whatever you want."
Zhou Tong coldly rebuked, "Can any of you bear the consequences of this matter?"
Chen Changsheng replied, "It's not that I want to be the Principal of the Orthodox Academy, but I don't believe that I need to bear the consequences."
The meaning of these words was very clear.
He was the Principal of the Orthodox Academy and Zhexiu was a student on the Orthodox Academy's register. Zhexiu had been imprisoned in Zhou Prison for far too long, so he naturally had to rescue Zhexiu. As for the deeper meaning hidden behind the curtain, he truly did not understand, nor did he want to think about it. Thus, he only needed to bear the consequences that a principal should bear in order to protect a student. As for whether this matter would give rise to any other serious consequences, it was naturally the responsibility of the person who had made him the Principal of the Orthodox Academy and the person who had made Zhou Tong imprison Zhexiu.
To put it another way, if a storm really did arise in the small courtyard today, if the Imperial Court and the Li Palace became like fire and water, even if the world fell into chaos, the demons seized the opportunity to invade, the people became destitute and homeless, even if the Human race was enslaved for ten thousand years, ten thousand years … it would all be the fault of the Pope and the Divine Empress.
The small courtyard once more became incomparably quiet.
Zhou Tong had no idea that this was Chen Changsheng's meaning. He slightly narrowed his eyes, the chill suddenly deepening, and the petals on the ground were covered in a layer of frost.
Tang Thirty-Six and Xuanyuan Po looked at Chen Changsheng with deep admiration.
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The Li Palace, the Great Hall of Light.
Countless statues of sages, some solemn and some sacred, exuded a faint radiance as they gazed at the sky outside the hall.
The Pope was also gazing at the sky, his expression calm. It was like he had not heard what Chen Changsheng had done or said.
"How can someone like Chen Changsheng, who does not understand the greater good, who does not understand the greater good, inherit the Orthodoxy?"
The speaker was Daoist Siyuan, the master of the Hall of Subjugation. Standing next to him was Linghai Zhiwang, the master of the Hall of Heavenly Judgment.
As the youngest of the Orthodoxy's Six Prefects, as well as the two most powerful Sacred Hall archbishops, they were still respectful to the Pope, but their words were very direct.
Perhaps it was also because they were only a step away from the Divine Domain and could already see the Pope's back.
When the entire continent believed that these two archbishops continued to support the Divine Empress and were unwilling to stand on the Pope's side, it was because they held an unquenchable enmity and distrust towards the Chen Imperial clan. They had not imagined that besides this, an even more important reason was that the Pope had decided to entrust the future of the Orthodoxy to that young man called Chen Changsheng.
The two Sacred Hall archbishops could disregard secular authority, but they could not disregard the divine succession.
Linghai Zhiwang expressionlessly said, "The Holy Maiden's message clearly states that there is hope for that matter to succeed. This means that there is a reason for pressuring Mount Li, and that Zhou Tong has performed meritorious service in this matter."
The Pope remained calm, saying nothing.
Daoist Siyuan sighed. "My Holiness should clearly understand that neither the ownership of the Divine Staff nor the imperial throne is a reason for us to oppose My Holiness. Our unease lies in the fact that My Holiness and the Empress still have several decades to live. Why is My Holiness in such a rush to make a decision?"
This decision still referred to the ownership.
The ownership of the Divine Staff and the imperial throne.
Linghai Zhiwang's face remained expressionless, but his voice was like the deepest and serene ocean, containing an unimaginable might. "As for Zhou Tong, just kill him. All his crimes are his own. He should have long since understood what his mission was."
Just a moment ago, he had said that Zhou Tong had performed a great service.
Now, he had said that if there was a problem in that small courtyard, just kill Zhou Tong.
In the next moment, a somewhat uneasy and panicked voice came from outside the Great Hall of Light.
In the main alley of the Northern Military Department, something that no one expected had occurred.
Zhou Tong had actually released Zhou Tong!
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(There will be an update tomorrow. I plan to write it on the plane. One write for three thousand li, what sort of heaven-exploding style!)
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