I was hiding from gods and demons at the beginning, but it turned out that I was the boss

The two people's eyes met, and after secretly transmitting the message, an older elder stood up, frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Holy girl, the state religion has always had the final decision-making power only with the great elders. The great elder Su Mujie has not attended the meeting now. I am afraid that your plan to reform the state religion and the punishment of the priests will be difficult to convince the public."

When he started like this, the standing group immediately responded.

"That's right. After all, Su Mujie is the great elder elected by everyone. Even if he is currently under investigation, he should have his opinions on these matters."

"A saint must not be arbitrary. It would be unfair for you to do this."

"Besides, the forbidden items you mentioned, Holy Maiden, have not yet been investigated and confirmed. How can they be determined? Maybe you just heard about them."

"..."

Someone was charging forward, and these lower-ranking priests naturally had the courage to follow them.

After all, Elder Sumujie has a solid foundation in the state religion.

Although there are not many people standing up here, the original God Chosen faction led by Su Mucheng to Su Mujie actually accounts for the majority of the state religion.

Qingtian knew this very well. Many people present did not show dissatisfaction on their faces, but they still had not fully accepted their leadership in their hearts.

Even though they are all mid-level and high-level priests, there are not many priests like Luo Ze who have truly risen to the top through their devout faith and good deeds.

This is related to the selection of priests. The selection of priests by the state religion has always been based on the past trial method of the divine selection group.

Ability comes first, family background comes first, and faith comes last.

Therefore, although the participants at this moment are doing religious rituals every day, they are more interested in interests and their own future.

"quiet."

At this time Luo Ze stood up. He changed from his usual gentleness and said with a cold expression:

"I never thought that some priests would treat the saint with such disrespect. The temple exists to spread the goddess's thoughts. What reason do you have to question the god? If you don't even have basic piety, why stay in the temple. "

"As for Sumujie, he used to be the great elder, but now various evidences show that he used the temple to seek wealth and power, and he is no longer suitable for the position of the great elder."

"Besides, even if he is the Great Elder, are his words more authoritative than God's spokesperson?"

The great priest Luo Ze has always had a good reputation. He has been doing good deeds to help the poor for a long time. When the temple encountered financial difficulties in building a school hospital in the early stage, he donated all his personal property. He also personally led a team to write student textbooks and trained college priests and medical priests.

After hearing what he said, many priests became quiet.

But some people who were not convinced stood up. Another thin-faced elder from the Sumujie faction snorted:

"I'm afraid Priest Luo Ze said this for personal gain. If you want to be the Great Elder, you will naturally cling to the Holy Lady's lap, but we still believe more in the Great Elder Sumujie who has led the state religion for so many years."

"He has worked hard to benefit the priests and made outstanding contributions to the development of the temple over the years. This cannot be discredited by you with just a few words."

"Besides, he is a divine general just like the Saint. Your Majesty trusts him. The nobles get along well with him. He can bring peace and tranquility to the temple, instead of causing disputes and conflicts like the Saint."

When he finished speaking, the whole place was in an uproar.

No one expected that Sumujie would also become a divine general. If this is the case, even if he has misbehaved, the Inquisition may not be punished by His Majesty as he protects him.

From this point of view, Sumujie, who has a better relationship with the royal family, is indeed more suitable to take power.

Some of the priests who had originally wavered in favor of the saint became entangled in their hearts.

Su Mujie, a group of priests who were standing, helped to ridicule Priest Luo Ze, and were even dissatisfied with Qingtian for recruiting troops to the military last night.

He even asked maliciously: "The Saint is the spokesperson of the goddess, but I don't know why Viscount Laurent would go to war and ignore the people? This seems to violate the principles of love and peace."

"Priest Luo Ze, instead of protecting Great Elder Sumujie, whom you have known for many years, you are wholeheartedly helping Viscount Luo Lun. If it is not for selfish reasons, could it be that you have a mortal heart?"

Once their own ultimate interests are involved, some people will abandon their bottom line and become vicious.

What he said was tantamount to questioning Qingtian's identity as a saint and discrediting Luo Ze's faith.

Luo Ze's face turned red, and he frowned and wanted to refute.

Next to him, Gerasius slammed the table angrily, stood up, and said first:

"What nonsense are you talking about? Are you worthy of the divine robe you are wearing?"

"You don't know what kind of person Luo Ze is?"

"The saint is the foundation of the faith of the believers and the spokesperson chosen by the goddess. This should be questioned? Besides, it is clear that the royal family has provoked the Loren family first recently. Don't you have eyes and brains?"

He slammed out a stack of documents and said, "Let's show it to you shameless people. See how many things your respected priest Sumujie has done that violates the teachings!"

"Through the investigation conducted by the Temple Law Enforcement Court in the past two days, the evidence of what the saint said about Sumujie is conclusive and irrefutable!"

"Those of you who defend him are also waiting to be investigated one by one!"

The thin-faced elder and the more senior elder frowned at each other.

[I didn’t expect the Law Enforcement Court to be so fast. 】

[It is understandable that these things will always leave a lot of clues after so many years. 】

[In any case, Sumujie is now a divine general. If His Majesty has a conflict with Viscount Laurent, he must support Sumujie's rise to power. 】

[That makes sense, so as long as our people insist on procrastinating, we will definitely win in the end. 】

After the exchange between the two, the senior elder said slowly: "Elder Gerasius, given the relationship and position between you and Luo Ze, it is difficult for us to fully trust the investigation results of your Law Enforcement Court."

Gerasius said angrily: "Don't Luo Ze and I have a normal relationship as colleagues? You guys are really good! Not only do you throw dirty water on Luo Ze, you also want to discredit our law enforcement agency!"

The thin-faced elder sneered: "Then how do you prove that your so-called evidence is not forged?"

"Proof? I actually need to prove it by myself to prove it is true? It's simply ridiculous." Gerasius cursed: "You are a bunch of mercenary villains, you are not worthy of wearing this divine robe!"

The senior one smiled and said: "Who makes you and Luo Ze get so close on weekdays? The evidence you gave is indeed unconvincing."

Luo Ze said coldly: "These certification materials are the result of the joint efforts of the entire Law Enforcement Agency, and they all have original copies. The slave trade, overseas smuggling trade, and the list of gifts to female ascetics all have Su Mujie's signature and handwriting. What else is needed like this? prove!"

"Haha, who knows if the Law Enforcement Yuan is colluding and found someone to imitate his handwriting and steal his seal!" said the thin-faced elder rogue.

In short, they just don't admit that Sumujie has done something that goes against the teachings, and they don't accept the rectification of the state religion decided by the saint.

As long as their faction waits until His Majesty Bao Sumujie comes out, they will be able to survive.

Don't Luo Ze and the others rely on the support of Viscount Laurent?

Hey, who doesn’t have a great general behind him?

No matter how powerful Viscount Laurent is, is it possible that all the priests of their sect should be dismissed from their posts? Kill them all?

impossible.

When Luo Ze's group heard that they were so shameless, they joined in the verbal battle one after another, and suddenly the whole venue was like boiling water, and the noise was fiery.

Qingtian sighed silently. As expected, these people who were blinded by interests would not give up until they did something wrong.

But they are too naive...

She suddenly stood up, patted Luo Ze's shoulder, and motioned for him and Gerasius to sit down first.

When faced with people who are arrogant, malicious and slanderous, the only advantage of trying to reason with them is to practice your eloquence, otherwise it is basically a waste of time.

And the time on sunny days is precious.

So she smashed the table directly, and with a bang, a hole appeared in the table, and the venue became quiet again.

"Since you so hope that Elder Sumujie will participate in formulating the rectification plan for the state religion, then I will invite him to come together."

ah? Great Elder Sumujie has been released from prison? so fast?

Everyone was surprised.

But Qingtian didn't give them much time to guess. She grabbed it with her left hand and suddenly there was a wooden box in her hand.

Seeing this, the sensitive person's heart skipped a beat, and he had terrible thoughts.

The ordinary priest watched Sunny put the box in the middle of the long conference table and opened the box...

"what?"

"No way, it's not what I thought..."

"Oh my god!"