The More They Object, the More It Means I Did the Right Thing: Chapter 9 Father Danny\'s faith is shaken
Chapter 9 Father Danny’s faith is shaken
“Ansu,” Lu Wen stopped smiling, “please make it clear.”
"I remember it very clearly." Ansu's smile was still bright. "I just left the gold coins with you temporarily. Could it be that you have misunderstood something?"
This boy!
You are better at pretending to be confused than yourself, and you are a master at pretending to be confused!
The old priest suddenly remembered what Ansu said when he came in.
‘This money will be handed over to you for safekeeping first’—this is what Ansu said, and indeed he did not mention a word about bribery.
No wonder he wants to do the money so openly.
“But don’t you think it’s strange?”
The old priest stared into Ansu's eyes and said, "Why do you want me to keep it for you? You just went in for a short time, so there is no need to leave your money to me for safekeeping."
“Isn’t this what you asked for?” Ansu said in surprise.
“When did I ask for it?” Father Danny’s mouth twitched slightly.
Danny vaguely realized that he seemed to have fallen into the boy's trap.
“No,” Ansu stared at him with a smile. The smile was still sunny, but in the priest’s eyes, there was a bit of chill, “That’s the exact thing you said.”
“‘However, I just don’t want the smell of money to come to the goddess’s hall.”
Ansu repeated what Father Danny said exactly, "That's why I couldn't bring the gold coins in, so I gave them to you for safekeeping, for fear of infuriating the goddess."
That sentence of mine was a metaphor!
Meaning metaphor!
It means to drive you away!
I’m not asking you to leave your money to me for safekeeping, and then when it’s done, I’ll return it to you!
The old priest cursed in his heart, but soon he realized that this young man was still deliberately pretending to be confused!
At that time, he deliberately guided the atmosphere, deliberately followed the distorted meaning, seized the loopholes in his words, and deliberately fabricated the illusion to the priest that "he planned to bribe"!
“Maybe you misunderstood what I meant—what were you thinking at the time?”
Miss Luojia also looked at Father Danny with suspicious eyes.
Sweating profusely.
Father Danny was sweating profusely.
This kid has successfully removed himself from the bribery relationship. If he continues to be confused like this, it will become that Danny has a ghost in his heart that is greedy for money, misunderstanding the original intention of the future saint Ansu, and wants to accept bribes!
“Father Danny, is what Ansu said true?” Priest Lu Wen asked him with a frown.
“I swear to the goddess of brilliance that the above words are true and not fabricated.” Before Danny could answer, Ansu swore.
Oaths are the most sacred and inviolable in the world of religion.
Breaking an oath will result in divine punishment, so as soon as Ansu swore an oath, Priest Lu Wen knew that it was true.
Because all the words mentioned above by Ansu are indeed not fabricated.
Father Danny is ready to admit defeat. If he continues talking, no one will be able to protect himself.
He made a look of realization, "I remembered that Lord Ansu did give me a bag. I haven't had time to check it yet, so I don't know."
Never thought that Ansu's next words would make him tremble with shock.
"Then, please return my one hundred and twenty gold coins to me."
There are only one hundred and twenty coins, there are clearly only sixty!
Didn't you swear an oath? Why did you lie again? Danny's eyes widened and he suddenly remembered something.
‘I swear to the Goddess of Radiance that the above words of mine are true and not fabricated. ’ He finally understood the meaning of this oath.
This is a **** dividing line!
I promise that what I said above is true, but what I said below are all fabrications!
Now how to do.
Ansu has already sworn an oath once, and Priest Lu Wen and His Majesty Luojia are already convinced. Are you asking him to swear another oath?
That quasi-saint will only appear to be ungrateful and insult a goddess, but the consequences will be even more serious.
Or, confess that there are only sixty gold coins in the purse?
It can be seen that I am only responsible for keeping the money bag. I just said it before I had time to check it, so how can I know the specific amount. After all, Father Danny has been working for so many years, but he still has some eyes.
Ansu's statement was clearly a threat to himself, but at the same time, it was also a step down for himself.
‘You give me sixty gold coins, and I will pretend that nothing happened. You did not accept a bribe, you just kept my coins.’
You also swore to confront him? Said that there were only sixty of them that he had not touched? Then Ansu would completely break up and expose the fact that he had accepted bribes - this was a threat in the first place.
“Oh, I remembered,” Father Danny said with a kind smile on his face, his gums clenching, “I’ll get it for you right away, I’ll get it for you right now.”
He returned to his studio, opened the lock on the drawer, and counted sixty gold coins—this was what he had saved for half a year of work. Of course, there was also a lot of bribe money in it.
bited it, put the sixty gold coins into the purse, weighed it, smiled again, walked out, and handed the purse to Ansu.
Na Zengxiang, Ansu changed hands and gave the heavy money bag to Priest Lu Wen without even looking at it.
“What are you?” Lu Wen looked puzzled.
"This is my personal donation to the church." Ansu explained modestly, "This is not for an individual, it is a tithe. If I hand it to you personally, I will feel more at ease."
The Holy See does have tithes.
The believers donated money to the entire Holy See, which in turn was responsible for distributing the money to the poor.
Simply put, it is charity.
“One hundred and twenty gold coins is too much, kid”
The more Lu Wen looked at him, the more he felt that this young man was pleasing to the eye, modest, polite, and well-behaved. He didn't look like those dandy boys at all.
“Exceeds the maximum amount of a single person’s donation.”
One hundred and twenty gold coins is indeed a very large amount.
ˆ is the total income of an average family for more than ten years.
"Then give me sixty gold coins." What Ansu said made Danny look sadder and more painful. "This is my wish."
You haven’t spent any money!
Why is the money and reputation yours too?
That’s my money!
Those sixty coins are the stolen money you threatened!
You took the stolen money and dedicated it to the goddess, and you said it was all your intention. Your heart is also dirty!
At a young age, thirteen or fourteen years old, my heart is richer than mine.
Everyone has stolen money, so why is this guy attracted by the goddess of glory?
He was also given a title!
Is he still a rich second generation just because he is young and handsome?
Like the high priest who had believed in the Mother Goddess of Life for thirty years, Danny, the old priest who had believed in the Goddess of Radiance for sixty years, also had doubts about his faith for the first time.
But he couldn't show pain yet, he still had to smile and clap along.
“By the way, here’s this gold coin for you.” Ansu took out another gold coin from the purse and put it in front of the priest with a pure smile. “It’s a tip for helping me keep the purse.”
The final blow, the ultimate face-to-face taunt.
The old priest felt that his heart was going to spurt out blood from anger, but he could only hold on to a smile that was superficial but not smiling.
“I’m sorry, we. We are clergy, we cannot accept any personal gifts and we do not accept tips.”
The corners of Danny's mouth twitched and he said, "Not even one gold coin will do."
He will never accept bribes again.
Father Danny used detection magic to look at the title above the young man's head. The bright "Newborn" was so dazzling.
(End of this chapter)