The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although Leo was a little curious about what Jason was talking about, he didn't immediately go to the pier with Jason, but stayed in the village and continued to participate in the festival held in the village.

When participating in the celebration, his spiritual net also shrouded the village, sensing the movement and situation of everyone in the village. A practice method to improve the control of the mental network.

Among the crowd participating in the festival celebration, Leo found many people with family blood, and judging from various circumstances, these people had begun to show signs of blood awakening.

Although in terms of quantity, the number of these family members and the depth of blood stimulation are far from being comparable to those of Venaya Port, the phenomenon of the awakening of the family bloodlines echoes Venaya Port, and it seems to be heralding the world of Vinaya. Something is changing and some lost gods may be returning.

However, judging from the internal reaction of the Kingdom of England, it seems that they have anticipated this situation, and even established a special bureau a long time ago to deal with extraordinary phenomena, and other countries may have similar organizations. What makes people puzzled is the situation of the Orthodox Church, because from the various information received now, it can be seen that the power of the Orthodox Church and the power of various churches are shrinking, which seems to be somewhat contrary to the return of the gods.

Nothing else happened the next night, and the members of the special bureau also left after making inspections several times, and Jason also left with him, but before leaving, he made an appointment with Leo to check the cargo in the cargo hold .

When the morning came, the people who participated in the festival held their spirits and came to the lakeside for the last festival ceremony. When the first person threw his wish into the water, Leo felt a surge of energy in the lake. With the weak abnormal fluctuation, the imprint of the lady in the lake also produced a faint resonance.

"Look! Look!" At this moment, there was a sudden rush in the crowd, and someone pointed to the water mist floating on the lake and shouted in shock.

Everyone looked in the direction of the man's finger, and saw that the mist on the water surface, which had no shape at all, gradually piled up under the control of an invisible force, forming several human shapes, and finally condensed It became a form that could be seen clearly by anyone.

In addition to the image of the Lady of the Lake, beside her is a knight in armor and several gorgeously dressed women. Needless to say, that knight corresponds to the Lannisno Knight, and the women are also related to the Lady of the Lake. Several legendary women.

Many devout female believers immediately knelt by the lake, chanting the praises of the lady, and those believers who were not ladies also bowed their heads respectfully. Only Leo was still standing upright by the lake, looking up at That misty phantom.

The mist phantom seemed to come alive, turned to look at Leo, and showed a smile, without blaming Leo for his rudeness.

At this time, a ray of sunlight shines on the lake through the top of the tree, and shines on the mist phantom. The light seems to change in the mist, from red to golden, and blooms towards the surroundings, turning the phantom into a It's really like a god, full of endless majesty, so that everyone who sees this scene feels the shock that goes deep into the soul. The original believers of the lady have become more devout, and those who are not believers of the lady have also developed a strong heart of faith in the lady. It will be a matter of time before they become believers.

Soon the mist that caused the vision dissipated in the sunlight, and the people around were still immersed in the scene just now. Leo left the lakeside before everyone woke up, returned to the square, and boarded the waiting place. Carriage, drive to the city.

Sitting in the carriage, Leo recalled the scene he saw just now, and always felt that this incident might be related to the information he revealed to the lady in the lake last night.

Prior to this, there hadn't been any gods appearing in the world of Velen for a long time. Even if there was, it was only a vague revelation, and it was only aimed at the priests, priests and other clergy of their respective churches, such as the Lord of the Sky, the Mountain King Qiu and so on, but such a thing that shows the form of a god in front of believers and non-believers in a very specific way can only be seen in very ancient myths and legends.

But now, as the only remaining gods in the world of Vinylon who can continue to appear in the world, the lady in the lake has changed her normal routine, appeared in a high-profile manner, and performed miracles. This abnormal thing may be a sign, a sign of a change in the world.

When the carriage drove into the city, Leo found that the pedestrians on the road were very excited, and many people stopped what they were doing to discuss something.

"It shouldn't be possible for what happened in the lake to spread to the city so quickly, right?" Leo was puzzled, and he listened to the surrounding discussions through his extraordinary hearing. After the communication, his expression became even more serious Get serious.

Originally, Leo thought that the lady in the lake's appearance just happened by the lake just now, and it was just a case, but the news he heard just now is that the lady in the lake is still in the lake in the garden area, the artificial lake in the urban area, etc. Revealing the world, according to this situation, I am afraid that all the lakes in the Kingdom of England will have the appearance of the lady in the lake. Such a large-scale act of revealing the world is not just a call, but a big move.

"I'm afraid the Lady of the Lake's Church should also take some action." Leo quickly thought of the Lady of the Lake Church, one of the two largest churches in the Kingdom of England.

Although the state religion of the Kingdom of England is the Church of the Sea God, the Church of the Lady of the Lake has the most believers, and because of the royal family, most nobles are not very interested in the belief of the Sea God, and are more willing to become believers of the Lady of the Lake.

So over the years, the continuous accumulation of believers has made the Lady of the Lake a veritable national religion of the Kingdom of England.

However, because of the teachings of the Lady of the Lake, the Church of the Lady of the Lake in the Kingdom of England did not deliberately develop church power, which made the government of the Kingdom of England not suppress the Church of the Lake too much.

But now that the Lady of the Lake appears to the world, the Church of the Lady of the Lake will inevitably receive some oracle, and the church will definitely undergo a great development. At that time, how will the Kingdom government deal with such issues as the Lady of the Lake Church that has changed its attitude towards the world? It also appeared. These problems may cause headaches to those members of the Kingdom Council!

Leo returned to the apartment, and then ordered the housekeeper to buy all the morning newspapers that could be seen on the market.

However, the housekeeper soon came back from the outside, because he learned that all the morning newspapers were postponed today, and the morning newspapers would not be published until noon.

Leo thought about it for a while, and asked the housekeeper to wait until noon to buy the newspaper, and asked him to inquire about the appearance of the lady in the lake, such as whether similar things happened in other cities.

After finishing the order, he answered in the study, while quietly reading the book, while waiting for news from the housekeeper.

At noon, the housekeeper put all the newspapers and collected news together and sent them to Leo.

Although the butler tried his best to hide his emotions and make himself look stable, the look in his eyes still showed shock. Obviously, the news of the lady in the lake was inconceivable to him, even if he was not the one in the lake. Ms. Believer.

Leo picked up the newspaper and materials, told the butler to go down, and then carefully looked at the newspapers and materials in his hand in the study.

Just as he expected in advance, on all the lakes in the entire Kingdom of England where festival ceremonies were held, the lady in the lake used the mist to appear in front of the world, showing her divine power. The royal family of Georgia also publicly released words of praise for the lady in the lake.

In addition, the Lady of the Lake Church also publicly stated that it allows church believers to enter the temple of the church during each prayer ceremony and participate in prayers under the leadership of the priest.

This incident is obviously more unusual, because the last time the Lady in the Lake Church allowed believers to participate in temple prayers was more than two hundred years ago. After that, the church closed the temple, and ordinary people were not allowed unless they were monks of the church. Enter the church temple and participate in any religious activities within the church.

Now the news announced by the Lady of the Lake Church is undoubtedly telling the world that the missionary activities of the Lady of the Lake Church have restarted, and that the church, which has been secluded from the world for more than two hundred years, has re-entered secular things. It is not good news for those in power.

It is conceivable that there will be some power struggles between the church and the kingdom for some time to come, until both parties find a middle point that is mutually satisfactory.

Just after Leo had read all the newspapers and materials, there was a loud noise outside the window. He went to the window and looked, and found that a team of poor people who should come from the slums were carrying The statue of the lady in the lake is parading on the street, and people are constantly joining in the procession, singing and dancing, as if celebrating the return of the lady.

However, judging from the direction in which these people marched, they should be preparing to go to the municipal building. If there is no accident, they will go around the outside of the municipal building, and then go to the commercial area where the church temple is located and the municipal building. District junction.

"Is this a demonstration? Or is it venting dissatisfaction?" Leo watched these people pass by the street, and watched more and more people join the crowd, and he couldn't help talking to himself.

I have to say that the time when Ms. Huzhong appeared was really a coincidence, it happened to be when Congress announced the new tax plan.

Although the tax plan this time looks like a large amount of tax cuts, it actually just distributes the cuts to ordinary civilians and some small traders. For the rich, the tax they need to pay is actually reduced. .

After the tax plan was announced, it was immediately opposed by all walks of life, but the final plan was still forced to vote in the Congress. A large number of members of the common people left during the vote in order to express their opposition, hoping to prevent the proposal from passing, but in the end it was because of the nobles. A line of lawmakers, with a majority in Congress, passed the bill, legalizing the tax scheme.

This incident caused an uproar in the entire Kingdom of England, but because some arrangements within the Kingdom government were very appropriate, the actions of some civilian leaders were foreseen in advance, and these civilian leaders were sent to prison for various reasons. The civilian organization has no leader and cannot carry out some activities, so that the adverse effects of this tax plan have always been suppressed to a small extent.

The reason why Leo knew about these things was entirely because Jason, the president of the Porters Union, was also considered one of the civilian leaders, but he was a special civilian leader. The person in charge has a very good relationship with the famous Matthew and his wife, so the municipal authorities just talked to Jason and did not directly arrest him.

Afterwards, Jason was very dissatisfied with the city government's actions, because some of the civilian leaders who were arrested were his friends, but he couldn't do anything, he could only let the prison guards who imprisoned these friends take care of them , and came to Leo and asked Leo how to help his friends.

Leo just told Jason that he wanted his friends to come out early. There was only one way to appease the subordinates of those friends and let those people work and live in a proper way. There will be trouble over the tax plan, and soon those friends of his will be out.

However, now it seems that Jason is obviously not doing very well, or he simply didn't follow Leo's orders. He can imagine that when these low-level people held up the statue of the lady in the lake and paraded outside the municipal building, the municipal building What would the old men in the house think, there is no doubt that those friends of Jason's may never come out.

Leo doesn't care about the life and death of Jason's civilian friends, he only cares about the follow-up actions of the church. There is no doubt that these low-level people are natural believers of the lady in the lake, and their beliefs are extremely deep. Just a little guidance can make these ordinary believers Become a fanatic.

It’s just that if the church wants to use the believers’ dissatisfaction with the parliamentary government of the Kingdom of England to recruit believers at the bottom, it won’t be long before Lady of the Lake’s church will stand on the opposite side of the dignitaries of the Kingdom of England. The war within the Georgian Kingdom may even split like the French Empire.

Thinking of this, Leo couldn't help frowning. He has begun to get used to the peaceful life now and he doesn't like the turmoil in the situation. It's just that he can't intervene in the kingdom government or the church. He can only When a bystander quietly waits for the result.

After meditating for a while in the study and considering how to deal with himself in various situations, Leo looked at the time and found that the time he and Jason had agreed to was approaching, so he picked up his coat, went downstairs, and went to The housekeeper who was instructing the servants to clean up the sundries in the garden said, "I have something to deal with with Jason today, and we will have dinner outside. If you have anything to do, come find me at Jason's tavern in the dock area!"

After speaking, he quickly walked out of the apartment.