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Chapter 403 Conspiracy, God and Ji Du (Request for subscription, request for votes)

"Huh? What is this? A cross? Oh, Maria, were you chanting just now?"

When Maria was about to take the Holy Cross off Luo Yaoguo's neck, the latter had already woken up and could vaguely hear Maria chanting.

Maria, who was "caught in the act", was not panicked at all. She smiled slightly, tilted her head and looked at the sleepy Luo Yaoguo, and generously pointed at the cross on Luo Yaoguo's neck and said, "Your Highness, this is the Holy Cross, made of the wood from the Ji Du Cross. It is a family heirloom of the Doria family. I give it to you. Do you like it?"

"Of course I like it since it's from you."

Luo Yaoguo had no doubt that Maria wanted to use the cross to harm him. He happily picked up the cross and looked at it in the candlelight in the room.

It’s not that he was not vigilant at all, but Maria had been too loyal these days. She was not only submissive, but also very “useful”.

Recently, she helped Luo Yaoguo get a "consulting business" worth 100,000 pounds from Sally Ben Sassoon, the richest man in British India.

This Jewish profiteer was very excited about the increasingly turbulent internal situation in British India. Chaos is a ladder!
However, he didn't know when the chaos would occur, how big the scale would be, and what the consequences would be.
So he hoped to buy an accurate prediction from Luo Yaoguo, and Maria went to Shanghai several times, and finally negotiated for Luo Yaoguo to buy out his prediction of the Indian national uprising in exchange for an Indian-made Brown Bess rifle worth one hundred thousand pounds.

Including the 100,000 pounds, Maria has helped Luo Yaoguo earn 440,000 pounds, making her simply an ace salesperson.

In addition to being a top salesperson, Maria is also Luo Yaoguo's translation secretary, an English and math teacher at Suzhou No. 1 Primary School, Zhou Xiuying's tutor, and she also accompanies Luo Yaoguo in "entertainment".
Of course, Luo Yaoguo did not forget to test and monitor Maria.

When he first slept with Maria, Zeng Jiumei and her female guards were guarding outside, and the revolver that Maria was able to get was loaded with blank bullets.

Maria's account at HSBC Bank had also been under the surveillance of the God Worshipping Society's secret hall - after Maria helped Luo Yaoguo close the big deal with Sassoon, a full 10,000 pounds appeared in Maria's account!
After learning about Maria's kickbacks, Luo Yaoguo was completely relieved about her. Not only did they have love and faith, but they also had considerable common interests. What else was there to worry about?
Besides, Luo Yaoguo’s pistol was placed in the bedside table. If Maria really wanted to harm someone, she should have used a gun instead of a cross!

Luo Yaoguo is an "angel", so how could he be afraid of the cross?
However, this so-called "Holy Cross" does not look like it has a history of more than 1,800 years.

What kind of wood can last for more than 1,800 years without rotting? Even if there was such good wood, it would not be used to make a cross to nail Jesus! If there was such good wood, it should be used to make a throne for the Roman emperor or something.

However, since it was a gift from a beautiful woman, Luo Yaoguo certainly would not show any disdain. After looking at it for a while, he let it continue to hang around his neck, and then waved to Maria: "Maria, come here, let's sleep together. It's getting late, and you have to accompany me to meet the Chinese representatives from Southeast Asia tomorrow morning!"

During this period, representatives from all over the country were gathering in Tianjing. There were not only representatives from all over China, but also representatives from Southeast Asia. They were all "Southeast Asian people" led by Luo Dagang, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's consul in the Straits Settlements and archbishop of the Southeast Asian Diocese of the God Worshipping Society.

"Yeah." Maria nodded with a smile. At this moment, she noticed some fine beads of sweat on Luo Yaoguo's forehead, so she picked up the fan on the bedside table, blew out the candle, and lay down next to Luo Yaoguo, who yawned and closed his eyes.
Tianjing, East Palace.

On this sultry night, in the pavilion of the back garden of the East Palace, Yang Xiuqing was sitting opposite Xiao Chaogui, the West Palace owner who had quietly entered the East Palace from the back door in the evening. They had a few side dishes and were drinking while plotting.

"Brother-in-law, the atmosphere in Tianjing City seems to be a little strange recently!"

Yang Xiuqing gently turned the wine glass and squinted one eye at the slightly drunk Xiao Chaogui.

Xiao Chaogui laughed: "Fourth brother, are you talking about those rumors that are unfavorable to Lao Jiu?"

Yang Xiuqing smiled and nodded: "Brother-in-law, these rumors have nothing to do with you, right?"

Xiao Chaogui was stunned, and a puzzled expression appeared on his red face from drinking: "With me? Fourth brother, do you suspect that I was behind the plot against Old Nine? How can this benefit me?"

Yang Xiuqing snorted and laughed: "Of course there are benefits. Fourth brother, do you know what the United States means?"

"Ah, the United States? Isn't it a country where everyone can discuss and deal with things together?"

"Hey, it's not that simple?" Yang Xiuqing waved his hand, "Brother-in-law, I have many foreign brothers under my command. They understand the United States. Some of them not only understand it, but their own motherland is the United States!"

"Oh, fourth brother, please tell me quickly." Xiao Chaogui asked with interest.

Yang Xiuqing said: "First of all, the United States generally does not have a king!"

"No king? How can there be no king?" Xiao Chaogui was stunned. "Without a king, who has the final say?"

"Those in the United States," Yang Xiuqing raised his thumb and gestured, "are called the Grand Commander! They are elected by the people of the country and generally cannot be passed on to their descendants." "What?" Xiao Chaogui heard, "Then, how can that be possible?"

Yang Xiuqing looked at Xiao Chaogui and said, "Brother-in-law, do you also think that's not good?"

"No, it's really not good. We can't not pass it down to our descendants!" Xiao Chaogui shook his head repeatedly, "Then what's the point of us fighting to the death?"

Yang Xiuqing nodded and said, "That's right! My dear brother-in-law, we rebelled with all our might and finally succeeded. If we don't become kings, and we don't pass on our throne to our descendants, then what's the point of making the world a public place? Isn't that just for nothing?"

"We can't agree to this!" Xiao Chaogui said, "Let's oppose it together at the meeting of kings! Xuan Jiao and I have three votes, and you have two votes, so we have five votes now. We only need four more votes to reject this useless United Nations! I don't believe we can't get these four votes!"

"But they have the Tongtian Mirror, which can directly communicate with those above!" Yang Xiuqing raised his finger and pointed to the sky.

"Well, we can't break the rules of the mortal world!" Xiao Chaogui glared, "Besides, we can speak on behalf of God and Princess Du. Fourth brother, how about we join forces and deny this matter together!"

Yang Xiuqing shook his head.

Xiao Chaogui was stunned: "Fourth brother, what do you mean? You don't want to join forces?"

Yang Xiuqing said: "We must join hands! Even if the United Kingdom of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has a king, we must join hands!" He paused, and then said word by word: "Because the center of this Heavenly Kingdom may be controlled by the second brother, the third brother, or the ninth brother.

By then, we will be the locals! The locals are against the central government, my dear brother-in-law, do you know what it means to reduce the power of the vassal state? "

"Reduce the feudal lords?" Xiao Chaogui's thick eyebrows tightened, "He dares!"

"There is someone above him!" Yang Xiuqing pointed upwards again.

With a "bang", Xiao Chaogui slapped the table: "There's someone above me too!"

Yang Xiuqing looked at Xiao Chaogui who was a little anxious, and smiled slightly: "Brother-in-law, don't be anxious. Let's not rush to take action. Let's see how the second brother, the third brother and the ninth brother fight each other."

"Will they fight?" Xiao Chaogui asked, "But haven't Third Brother and Ninth Brother always been as close as brothers?"

Yang Xiuqing laughed and said, "If they were really that good, who would be arranging the Ninth Brother now?"

"Not the second brother?"

"Second brother?" Yang Xiuqing snorted coldly, "Without third brother, he can't accomplish anything!"

"Why would third brother listen to second brother?" Xiao Chaogui was still a little unconvinced.

"Why?" Yang Xiuqing smiled, "Isn't it for power? If the second brother doesn't care about things, the center of the Heavenly Kingdom in the future will be either the third brother or the ninth brother."

Xiao Chaogui suddenly interrupted: "Fourth brother, don't you want to?"

Yang Xiuqing was exposed by Xiao Chaogui, and immediately said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, let's go together!"

"Together?"

"Yes!" Yang Xiuqing said, "You are also nine thousand years old, and so am I. Let's grow together and hold power together. How about that?"

"Okay, okay," Xiao Chaogui nodded repeatedly, "But how do we take this power into our own hands?"

"How else can we take it?" Yang Xiuqing sneered, "Of course we have to ask God and Ji Du to come down for help! We have to ask them when they are fighting to the point of being unable to resolve the dispute. It would be best if Lao Jiu asks Ji Du to come down and Ji Du asks God to come down!"

(End of this chapter)