All this that happened in Xiqiu has already been transmitted to Yanjing in a steady stream of news.
After these days, Andy's careful support, the empire's newspaper industry has already developed to an extremely developed situation.
The public's enthusiasm for this new gadget also continues to rise.
In Andy's view, newspapers have become an important tool for channeling and even controlling people's hearts.
The scandal about the Cult of God in Xiqiu has been published in seven or eight editions.
Andy's insistence on writing one thing into seven or eight different versions of the story originally puzzled the fat man.
The old skeleton just smiled faintly and said, "In this world, human curiosity is always the strongest.
And in the face of such an interesting thing, if we just say it, then there will always be some loopholes, and there will always be some smart people who will see some flaws, but we deliberately tell the story into several different versions, and even if there are some loopholes, people will not have time to take care of them.
Anyway, our purpose is to mix up the water and make things bigger, and make seven or eight versions of the story out, after people read it, they will first definitely argue about which version is true, no matter how long they fight, what the result of the battle is, anyway, we have already left a deep impression on everyone about this scandal of the Divine Cult, as for the truth of the matter, hum, a thousand people have a thousand mouths, and these thousand mouths may be able to say ten thousand things, haha" The fat man looked at the old skeleton's sinister smile, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Old fellow, when it comes to intrigue, I've never seen you more insidious" In any case, the prestige of the Cult of God is ruined.
Under the propaganda of the Empire's emerging industry newspapers, public opinion throughout the empire seems to be discussing this scandal that took place in the tulip family fiefdom.
Regarding the arrangement of this matter, the old skeleton also spent a lot of thought.
First of all, the fiefdom of the Tulip family is a place where the power of the Cult is relatively weak.
Secondly, the Tulip family is now almost a god in the hearts of the people of the empire, it is an idol worshiped by thousands of people, and now that such a scandal has happened in such a sacred place, people will despise the despicable practices of the Divine Religion at the same time, and there will be a kind of anger that is a blasphemy against the sacred glory of the Tulip family Yenching's newspapers are making follow-up reports almost every day.
For example, the arrested bishop has a new confession.
For example, many people talked about how the greedy bishop had embezzled such a large sum of money, and those things that were found such as whips and iron shackles also aroused the discussion of some special people, and finally, one day, almost all the newspapers of the empire, large and small, published a report with a big headline at the same time.
Under the light of that aura, whether it is sacred or dark In such a large text, in the words, all of them point to the Cult of God, although it is not directly stated, but most people who have read this text will ask such a question: How many such greedy sticks are there in the Cult of God, although they have arrested a bishop, but those who have not been arrested, are they really clean The religious taxes we pay every year are offered to the gods or fattened by these greedy gods For a time, the empire was in an uproar As for the byline of this report, it is naturally the chief commentator: Mr.
Andy.
At the end of the day, a team of men and horses escorted the carriage and slowly entered Yanjing.
Sitting in the carriage were Lord Marquis Roddy, his wife, Miss Nicole of the Tulip family, and the other two confidantes.
Guarded by a team of royal guards and fifty of the most elite Thor's whips, Luo Di returned to Yanjing in a low-key manner, ending his leisurely wandering in Xilin Province.
During this period, Luo Di was overwhelmed in Xilin, first of all, the Cult of God immediately sent people to demand the release of the bishop, and demanded a detailed investigation of the matter in order to restore the glory of the Cult For such tough demands, Roddy showed even more intensity.
He once directly blasted the elders of the highest religious institute sent by the Divine Sect out of the Tulip Annex.
This elder was an old fellow of the elder group who had rushed from Yanjing to deal with this matter after the incident.
Luo Di said confidently: "Lao Tzu is not a cultist, your can't govern me, I am only responsible for the laws of the empire, so you don't point fingers at me" The elder who had a very high position in the Divine Sect was so angry that he almost turned his face on the spot, and in a fit of rage, he immediately summoned the two thousand flame warriors stationed in Xiqiu City, and was almost about to forcibly rob people by force.
But after all, the deputy head of the Flame Warrior Order, Steller, was quite sensible, he came relatively early, and he had already seen the toughness of this marquis.
For a person who does not believe in the religion of God, it is in vain to talk about persuasion Moreover, he cautiously suggested to the dizzy elder: "We only have two thousand flame warriors here, but there are thousands of royal guards, not to mention anything else, it really fights, hehe, they are royal guards, which means the face of the imperial family."
Although these words were not very good, and it was inevitably a little discouraged, the elder finally calmed down.
After all, no one is a fool who can mix with such a high status.
He was just angered by the attitude of this young marquis, and when he calmed down, he immediately thought of the fact that this Marquis of Roddy was deliberately finding fault Since the tough ones can't be tough, let's go for the soft ones.
But Luo Di didn't give him a chance at all, every day he was closed and didn't see any guests, even if you were the elder of the Cult of God, what kind of tulip gate was closed, the Royal Guard and Thor's Whip were outside, even if the Pope came, it was estimated that they wouldn't buy it The Royal Guard only recognizes the Emperor, while Thor's Whip only recognizes Duke Tulip or Miss Nicole The Cult of God has also changed its tactics quickly.
It is estimated that the pressure of public opinion in Yanjing is too great, and they have gone from asking for a defense at the beginning, and finally to demanding that the bishop who "blasphemed the gods and betrayed the trust of the church" be immediately executed, although this action is almost equivalent to a confession, but if the matter can be ended immediately, it is always better than the current situation is too fierce and more intense But Luo Di still ignored it and replied simply: The case is complicated, and the person who came was driven away while it was being investigated.
The Cult of God has been able to operate in the empire for so many years, and it is not without foundation, many officials of the empire are also believers in the church, since it is not possible in private, the Cult of God also wants to take another way, such as putting a little pressure on the young marquis through the channels of officialdom Of course, there are almost no people in the officialdom in the empire who dare to offend this young and promising Marquis of Roddy, but it is always the eternal truth in the officialdom to move him and induce him to benefit.
But Roddy was extremely tough Especially in the fiefdom of the Tulip family As early as when Luo Di returned from the first war in the northwest, he encountered the rebellion of the local consuls, so he took the opportunity to sweep the entire tulip fiefdom, and almost all the original forces were cleaned up again, and the current tulip family's fief is absolutely loyal to the tulip family from top to bottom.
Some of the officials were simply retired officers of Thor's Whip, who had fought with Lord Duke in the northwest In the face of these people, the official power of the Divine Sect is also at a loss, and there is no room for exertion.
So, after dealing with it for a while, Luo Di got the secret letter from the old skeleton, and left the fiefdom with the people and returned to Yanjing.
The carriage walked into Yanjing, and although it was evening, Luo Di could still see some strangeness in Yanjing.
Originally, Yanjing's common clergy walking on the street in twos and threes has almost disappeared, and it seems that there are no clergy walking on the street now, even if you occasionally see one or two handymen wearing religious uniforms, they are all bowing their heads and hurrying.
Roddy went straight back to his marquis's palace, and then went to the palace with the guards alone to meet the old skeleton.
In the royal training ground inside the palace, all the people were ordered not to enter, only outside there was a team of royal guards guarding in the distance, and Roddy walked in alone, and all the guards who saw him bowed their heads and saluted.
The heavy door was pushed open, and a loud roar was heard inside, and then a cold light prevailed.
Roddy was almost like a conditioned reflex, and pulled out the scimitar with a lightning-like backhand, and heard a crisp sound, the other party snorted, took two steps back, and the long sword in his hand was broken in two.
Luo Di is not uncomfortable, the strength of the person who sneaked up on him is extremely strong, Luo Di blocked it in a hurry, felt a force in his chest bumped around, his arm was numb, and he also snorted, just relying on his dragon curse scimitar is treasure, which broke the opponent's weapon.
After Ruolan stood firm, she glanced at Luo Di fiercely and sneered: "Luo Di boy, you really have good means."
The old fat man said I couldn't hurt you this time."
Luo Di smiled reluctantly, his strength recovered slowly, and so far he had only recovered to the realm of the Sword Saint Warrior, as for the realm, it was nothing that could be said.
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Although this made Luo Di very depressed, he knew that the divine consciousness he had swallowed was not an ordinary thing, and if he wanted to recover his strength, he was afraid that it would not be possible to achieve it in the short term.
A burst of applause came, and the fat man Tianlie stood in a corner of the martial arts training ground, looked at Luo Di with a smile, and then shouted: "Good boy, you finally didn't embarrass me."
Ruolan pondered for a while and shouted, "Fat man, I still can't win against him, let's continue to practice again" Roddy calmed down a little, and then suppressed the aura of collision in his heart.
The old skeleton sat on a chair with a royal robe, and looked at the two fat men who started to table tennis again in the field with their legs crossed.
Then he glanced at Roddy out of the corner of his eye and beckoned, "Boy, you're back" Luo Di walked over and said with a wry smile: "You have caused me a lot of trouble again, that elder of the Divine Sect is blocking me at the gate of the Xiqiu Tulip Courtyard every day, if I don't come back, sooner or later I will get impatient and chop him with a knife."
Andy glanced at Roddy with a smile, and suddenly whispered, "Then chop him" "What's the matter, it's time to do it," Roddy glanced at him.
Andy sighed: "I have already ordered an investigation of the religious tax to be conducted throughout the empire.
Since yesterday, all religious taxes have been suspended in all territories of the Empire of Light."
Luo Di took a breath: "Doesn't that cut off the financial resources of the Divine Cult, and the Pope will agree?"
"If you don't agree, you can't" Andy sneered: "Unless he is sure to turn his face with us immediately and start a civil war" Roddy thought for a moment and said, "War is unlikely.
After all, now that the military of the empire is strong, and the Flame Warrior Regiment is scattered all over the place, our Thor's whip has just been adjusted after the war, and the absolute loyalty of the military and morale are at the peak stage.
And the current atmosphere within the Divine Cult is probably not so united. ” Andy smiled: "This incident has come out, and many of the original devout believers in Yanjing have greatly reduced their loyalty to the Divine Sect, and I guess it is the same in other places."
I've heard that even within the Flame Warrior Order, the military spirit is not so stable.
Even if there was a war, those samurai would probably have to think in their hearts whether such a despicable cult was worth dying for it.
So the Pope will definitely not dare to go to war, he is not sure" Luo Di thought for a while, frowned, and said, "But now that things have been made so big by you, what do you want to do next?"
The old skeleton muttered, "Roddy, do you know that people's belief in God is nothing more than a kind of spiritual sustenance.
Everyone needs an example, an idol as a comfort in their hearts.
Religion is nothing more than giving people such spiritual satisfaction.
After a pause, he smiled and said, "So, it is impossible to make religion disappear completely.
So, I mean" He squinted his eyes and smiled, "Use a new religion to take the current religion."
Looking at Roddy's puzzled gaze, the old skeleton smiled and continued: "The empire has believed in gods for hundreds of years, and such a foundation cannot be completely eradicated by you and me, so I don't want to do that kind of wasted thing I mean, to let everyone understand: God does exist, and we do want to believe in great gods, but the current god religion does not mean that we can guide people to think, The current Cult of God has betrayed the doctrine of the gods, they have degenerated into a blasphemous existence, they are no longer worthy of continuing to serve the gods, so I want to create a new Cult of God in the Empire to replace the current Cult of God."
Roddy seemed to realize something, and said in a low voice: "What do you mean?"
The old skeleton stood up, clapped his hands and laughed, "I mean, make a new idol for people to worship, make a new god for the masses to believe, and we happen to have a unique and excellent condition, and we already have a treasure that is too brilliant to be brilliant."
Speaking of this, the old skeleton smiled with a bit of malice, and said in a low voice: "Boy, are you interested in being a god once, Lord Tulip, my great god of war?"
To be continued: