Chapter 1135: A Big Joke
A people without faith is miserable, and a people without faith are the most terrible. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoMinos seems to be immersed in a memory that he will never forget, a memory that has been baptized by the years, and it seems that those people and events are still vivid after nearly a hundred years.
Aphrodite didn't seem to want to interrupt the old man's memories, which were his most precious treasure for an old man who was far over a hundred years old. In fact, how old Master Minos is is a mystery to the entire Holy Church, but one thing is certain: he has assisted at least five popes and served as the enlightenment teacher of six popes, including the current pope.
After a long time, the old man seemed to slowly come back to his senses, smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "When I am old, I always like to recall the past events, which is not a good habit. He sat down in the wrought-iron chair beside Aphrodite and said slowly, "Maybe the name Karmapakhi has long been forgotten by the world, after all, time has passed a long, long time, isn't it? Time is like a desert, no matter what indelible imprints we think we have left in this world, the desert of time will eventually smooth everything out, and it will eventually be forgotten by everyone." Maybe one day, even the Holy Cultists of the Holy Sect will forget that there was once a bad old man named Minos in this world. ”
Aphrodite, who had an Asian face and a peach blossom face, couldn't help frowning slightly, and his tone was sincere: "No matter how cruel the desert of time is, no member or member of the Holy Sect should forget your outstanding contributions to the Holy Sect. Of course, anyone who dared to say that he had forgotten Minos would be considered a heretic and would be punished by God. This will be included in the Code of Conduct of the Holy Church, and perhaps I will suggest to His Holiness the Pope that this passage be included in the doctrine of the Holy Church. ”
Minos was noncommittal, but smiled slightly: "After I return to the embrace of the gods, I will be satisfied if they don't dig up my corpse and whip it in public." ”
Aphrodite didn't speak, the struggle between the top echelons of power in the Holy Religion was extremely complicated, the Pope had his own descendants, and the elders were in groups of three or five in their own system, and his own ruling envoy was also a loner, not to mention the highly respected Minister Minoan of the Six Dynasties. He knew that Minos was very radical when he was young, and he had offended many forces, and until now, there are still not a few people who want to take off this gray-haired head, including some high-ranking elders, plus His Majesty the Pope, his attitude towards his enlightenment teacher is quite ambiguous, and it is said that His Majesty the Pope has not summoned this old man who has worked hard for the great cause of the Holy Religion for nearly ten years.
Minos didn't care about the young adjudicator's silence, and seemed to have taken everything lightly, and poured Aphrodite a cup of coffee. The coffee cup was full of aroma, and it was obvious that the coffee beans used to make this pot of coffee were not extraordinary, but it was also relieved to think that Aphrodite was relieved that so many ascetics from all over the world in the square outside the door seemed to be understandable to bring some rare coffee beans to meet their spiritual master. However, he still couldn't figure out why this old man, whose position in the Holy Religion was almost above the Pope, summoned him at this time, and why the ascetics in the square in front of the ancient castle were gathered here today.
As if he had read through his thoughts, Minos smiled and sipped his coffee: "Don't worry, my child, I called you because I wanted someone to talk to." You know, as you get older, you become more and more verbose, and there are not many people who want to listen to a bad old man's chatter, but you are one of them. ”
"It is an honor for Aphrodite to be summoned by Lord Minos!" he said heartily, "and in fact I am also a little confused, and would like to hear your advice. ”
Minos smiled and nodded, "Kid, let's talk about your confusion first." ”
"No, I'd better listen to you. Aphrodite said firmly.
Minos smiled and waved his hand: "What teachings are not taught, I would prefer to bring the children to talk about family life." How does this cup of coffee feel?"
Aphrodite praised from the bottom of his heart: "The taste is very special, there is an indescribable fragrance. ”
Minos said mysteriously: "You know, this is a first-class cat coffee, and the people who eat and pull out those coffee beans are pure-blooded British blue cats." ”
Aphrodite couldn't help laughing, he didn't know if this old man was making fun of himself, anyway, if it was an ordinary person who treated him like this, he would definitely let the other party send him to the judgment hall, but it seemed that he didn't feel any malice from Master Minos, on the contrary, he just had some rejuvenating bad taste. Sure enough, seeing that he had stopped drinking coffee, the old man laughed happily, and took two large sips of coffee triumphantly like a child who had succeeded in his prank. Aphrodite was a little dumbfounded, is this still the elder Minos, who is regarded as a spiritual pillar by everyone in the Holy Sect?
Minos finally put down the coffee cup and said with a slightly straight face: "Okay, no kidding, let's get down to business." ”
Aphrodite also put down his coffee cup and looked at the mysterious old man with a smile: "Listen up." ”
"I just talked about that devout Buddhist, and I made a bet with him. As for what the gamble was, it shouldn't matter now, I lost anyway, so since then, I haven't set foot in that country for half a step. Now, though he's dead, no, in their Buddhist terms, he's nirvana. In the ancient East, there was also a mythical creature called the phoenix, also known as the immortal bird, which is said to have an immortal body, and after each death, it is reborn again, called nirvana. I've been studying the sutras for a long time, but I still haven't been able to figure out whether this nirvana means rebirth. However, according to their teachings, Karmapakhi would be reborn as another child after death. Colleagues who had traveled far away to East Asia sent back the news that their new pope had been elected, a ten-year-old child. ”
Aphrodite nodded and said, "So, honorable Minoan, do you want me to send that ten-year-old child to the Inquisition Hall?" he said this without the slightest emotion, and for him, as long as he was judged a heretic, whether he was a man, a woman, or a child, he should be judged.
The old man twisted his white beard, smiled and shook his head: "No, it's not like that, my child, the gods love the world, whether they are cultists or heretics in your eyes, they are all the people of the gods. ”
Aphrodite frowned slightly, if the old man in front of him was not Master Minos, or if he was replaced by an ordinary elder, he would also screw off the other party's head and send it to the adjudication hall to warn future generations, but the old man in front of him was Lord Minos with supreme wisdom, everyone knew that Lord Minos would not make mistakes, and even the teachings of the Holy Religion were revised by Lord Minos, who was qualified to question what he said?
Minos didn't seem to care about Aphrodite's displeasure, but just smiled and continued: "My child, there is a saying that you must remember: this universe is very big, and the world is wonderful, and what you see and hear is not necessarily true. ”
Aphrodite's brow furrowed even deeper, and he silently watched the brown liquid in the coffee cup, the sunlight shining through the glass above the patio on the spoon next to the coffee cup. Is this really Lord Minos? He glanced deeply at the old man beside him, whether it was his appearance or temperament, all of which proved that this old man who had conveyed heretical thoughts to himself was really a mythical existence in the Holy Religion. He knew that since the twenties of the last century# began, this legendary old man has almost influenced the major events of the world, the economic crisis, the Second World War, the missile crisis, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the financial crisis...... Behind all this, there is no figure of this old man.
"Let's not talk about this for now, that ten-year-old child, you don't have to worry about it, naturally someone will go to him. Your goal is the three of them. The old man took out three photos from the document bag that he had prepared long ago, and handed him the first one first, "This is the eldest disciple of Karma Pakhi, a Chinese soldier. ”
Aphrodite glanced at the photo, which showed a Chinese man with a silly smile, and he only nodded, not impressed.
The old man handed him the second photo: "This is the third disciple of Karma Pakshi, a civil servant in China. ”
The expression on Aphrodite's face was a little more exciting: "I know this person. ”
The old man seemed to have guessed that he would react like this, nodded and smiled: "The background of these two people is not ordinary, and they are related to the high-level of Huaxia, so it will be tricky." ”
Aphrodite smiled, and didn't seem to take these so-called difficulties seriously, in fact, the heresy that has been judged by his hand over the years, many people's identities, status, and skills, are far above these two people.
The old man sighed slightly, as if he had made up his mind, and finally slowly handed him the third photo.
Aphrodite smiled and took the photo, but the moment she opened it, her smile instantly froze.
He looked at the old man suspiciously, and the old man sighed, "This is the second disciple of Karma Pakhi, a Chinese spy. ”
Aphrodite frowned and said, "My lord, is there something wrong?"
The old man shook his head: "This is a mystery, you need to solve it yourself." ”
Aphrodite looked at the photo, the peach-faced Asian face was almost identical to herself, was this a big joke the gods played on him?