"Do you know just how dangerous your actions today are?"
"I'm carrying out His Holiness the Pope's decree. What danger is there? And weren't His Holiness and the two archbishops hurrying over? "
An Lin thought to herself, this child has been cultivating in the Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green for so many years, unconcerned with worldly affairs, but she's still so naive.
"The Six Halls of the Li Palace have lost their key for three years. It seems like they've been quietly defending, but they've actually been under enormous pressure this entire time."
Her smile faded as she calmly and seriously said to An Hua, "In the end, the venerable Daoist is a Saint of the Orthodoxy, and he is now the number one person in the world. More and more people in the Orthodoxy are willing to follow in his footsteps. Even if His Holiness returns to the capital, he may not be able to control the situation."
"The Orthodoxy only has one Pope."
An Hua seriously said, "Aunt, His Holiness will always support His Holiness, right?"
"Three years ago, when His Holiness the Pope returned to the sea of stars, I, Mao Qiuyu, and the others received the final warning, so we will naturally protect him to the end, but …" An Lin's gaze passed through the front wall of the carriage, probably resting on the carriage in front of her. "In the end, the venerable Daoist is His Holiness's teacher. I don't know what other people think."
An Hua very seriously thought this over and felt that there was no need to think about this matter. To her, the Pope was the only divine being.
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Linghai Zhiwang and Daoist Baishi sat in the same carriage.
The gazes of these two Prefects of the Orthodoxy never met. They were very calm, even somewhat cold.
The cheers, praises, and kowtows from outside the window did not cause their eyes to waver.
Only when a cold wind blew up a withered leaf and struck it against the window did Daoist Baishi's expression slightly relax.
"It seems that His Holiness's wanderings in these three years were not a waste of time. His methods have become much more ruthless."
He still did not turn his head to look at Linghai Zhiwang, his voice flat like that of a dead man.
"As the Archbishop of the Hall of Literary Glory, I actually only learned of the entire matter last night. His Holiness was able to conceal it even from us. It truly is admirable."
Chen Changsheng naturally had a way to communicate with the Li Palace, or else three Prefects of the Orthodoxy would not have been able to bring two thousand Orthodoxy cavalry so quickly to the Mount Song Army headquarters. The problem was that Daoist Baishi did not know this method of communication, and in his view, Linghai Zhiwang probably did not know either.
Everyone was well aware that the relationship between Linghai Zhiwang, Chen Changsheng, and the Orthodox Academy was extremely terrible.
If not for Chen Changsheng, he might very well be the current Pope.
Daoist Baishi's words could be said to be an emotional sigh, a praise for the Pope's wisdom, but it could also be understood as a provocation.
Linghai Zhiwang's face remained expressionless, just like the vast majority of the time.
When the second withered yellow leaf struck the window lattice, he finally spoke, but it wasn't to reply to Daoist Baishi's sigh.
"Why hasn't anyone from the Tang family shown up yet?"
This turn of events was very sudden and stiff, so it sounded a little cold.
Daoist Baishi frowned slightly. "I don't know."
Linghai Zhiwang's gaze left the window and turned to Daoist Baishi.
He turned his head very slowly, like a puppet. One could even faintly hear his cervical vertebrae grinding against each other, like a sword slowly being unsheathed.
"Before Mu Jiushi was expelled from the Li Palace, I didn't even consider her to be a member of the Orthodoxy, so I've always been the youngest of us. I still have a lot of time, so I can wait. Don't say some nonsense like Chen Changsheng is younger than me, and don't put on that dead face of yours and pretend to be unworldly and thoughtless. “
Linghai Zhiwang stared into Daoist Baishi's eyes and said, "Although I've never liked this Pope of ours, if he were to be assassinated twice in a row, I would be countless times angrier than I am now, because this is a provocation to the Li Palace, a humiliation to me. And when I am truly angry, you should be well aware of what I will do."
After saying this, he once more turned his head to look out the window. It was like he had done nothing or said nothing at all.
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The Orthodoxy's carriage did not stop for long in Mount Song.
This was because the Imperial Court's imperial envoy, the Prince of the Mountain of Mount Song, and those important personages did not need much time to reach a conclusion and agree to the Li Palace's conditions.
Chen Chou, the former commander of the Seven Li Xi cavalry, had become the new Divine General of the Mount Song Army headquarters.
This news shocked the people of Mount Song, especially those officers who knew of Chen Chou's record and his demotion.
As for the reason for this matter, it shocked the people of even more places, like Blue Pass, Snowhold Pass, Xunyang City, and even the capital Luoyang.
It turned out that the Pope, who had vanished for three years, had always been on the battlefield in the north. He had never forgotten the human soldiers who were bathed in blood with the demon armies. He had not hesitated to consume his lifespan to use his true blood to refine the Cinnabar Pill to save countless lives, and then he had encountered an assassination in the snowy mountains.
After three years of silence, the Li Palace had suddenly spoken, using this matter to forcefully seize the position of Divine General of the Mount Song Army headquarters. What did this mean?
The exiled Pope seemed about to reappear before the eyes of the world, so was he about to return to the capital?
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Behind Mount Song, there were high mountains everywhere. Countless paths ran through the mountains, and crude pavilions or grass huts would often be built at the turns of the mountain paths.
In the bustling world of the south, these grass huts or pavilions should be called parting pavilions or parting houses. They were used to prolong the time of separation and allow one to feel the sorrow of parting.
Here, these pavilions or grass huts were only used to shelter from the rain or to rest for a while.
On the battlefield, one could be forever separated from the heavens at any moment, parting by life and death. It was very difficult for a living parting to make one feel too much misery.
Luo Bu used two fingers to hold the small wine pot as he gazed down the mountain at the mist-shrouded Mount Song. He was silent, his thoughts inscrutable.
Chen Changsheng and Nanke stood at his side. Following his gaze, they realized that there was nothing there at all.
After leaving Sloping Cliff Horse Farm and arriving here, according to their agreement, it was time to part.
The mountain path split into three paths, south, north, and west.
North was the descent of the mountain to Mount Song. North was the snowy plains, where one could encounter the demon wolf cavalry at any time.
South was the crossing of the mountains, the crossing of the Siya River, and then several small mountains. In two days, one could see the silhouette of Hanqiu City.
To the west was to circle around the mountains, cross the Siya River, and then climb over several small mountains. After two days, the silhouette of Hanqiu City could be seen.
Further south of Hanqiu City was Wenshui.
The place Chen Chang Sheng wanted to go to was Wen Shui.
Luo Bu, on the other hand, was going to Mount Songshan to hand over his military seal and return home.
After fighting in the Northern Snowy Plains for nearly five years, he wondered if he felt a little reluctant to leave.
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(The Wechat Q&A will be released on the official account today. Because there are too many questions, all of them added up to more than 10,000 words, so it will be released in several parts. Today is the first part.)
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