Seeing the wooden sign, Adrian realized that he seemed to have missed something. This wooden sign is a hint of "Ask for Confession".

Although in most cases, the Pope only needs to exist. However, in order to ensure the academic control over the Holy See, Adrian specially created the Confession Room, and held Zhongfeng Xue, the power of the middle class, in his own hands.

Confession is a ritual that has not appeared since St. Augustus.

People seek wisdom from bishops or supervisors, which naturally includes seeking wisdom in life.

And when seeking enlightenment and wisdom in life. Inevitably, some of my secrets will be revealed. These exposed secrets have gone awry. It even made people doubt and distrust the Holy See.

Therefore, the Pope of that generation ordered the establishment of a confessional room consisting of a thick red cloth with dead sides on both sides, a shaking order, a barbed wire fence on one side, and an external dark room that can only accommodate one person.

The bishop or priest sits on the side of the confessional and is on duty eight hours a day. I usually just drink water, read books, and eat some snacks to pass the time. If someone asks for a confession, that person has to shake it outside. Every bishop is an interpreter for three consecutive months every year, and all his students add up for the remaining nine months-this is a sacred duty. , cannot be derogated in any way. But in this long-term, continuous listening and answering, the answerers can easily accumulate a lot of strong negative emotions such as anxiety, pain, hatred, and decadence vented by others. This is also one of the reasons why the crime rate and suicide rate of low-level bishops is much higher than that of archbishops, supervisors, or ordinary priests. For this reason, Adrian set up a confession room and announced that he would personally confess for the bishops, relieve their mental stress. From the bishop to the top, all the clergy need to go back to Saint-Denis every month to report on their work, what they did last month, who they met, how much money they earned, how much they spent, how much they read or What research has been done? All their life trajectories will be recorded and archived. When they die or commit a serious crime, they must open and cite this file, and give it to the trial court as a reference for evaluation.

At the end of each month and the beginning of the month, the bishops can go to the confession room to make a confession. Vent your accumulated stress and negative emotions to the Pope.

This aspect effectively reduced the focus of the bishops, and at the same time greatly improved the reputation of Adrian I in the Holy See. And in fact, those who would take the initiative to seek the Pope's confession almost all waited until they became the new archbishop, that is, when Adrian fully controlled the Holy See. Adrian's willingness to wait was his most valuable talent.

"I don't know when this sign was released.

The old Pope sighed deeply, took off the wooden sign, and wrote a line of time on it: "At half past one in the morning."

Hope to catch up with it.

After all, the bishops who came to debrief will only stay in Saint-Denis for one day, and they will leave with the convoy the next day.

Then he turned the wooden sign upside down and pushed it out of the window again, waiting for the person who gave the wooden sign to take it away.

The day when Adrian returned to Saint-Denis was the second, which could also be regarded as the beginning of the month. This person who came to ask for confession may be the brand voted today, or it may be yesterday, the day before yesterday, or the day before yesterday.

However, although he doesn't know if he can still catch up, since there is a possibility that the opponent will give him a wooden card today, Adrian has the responsibility to wait for the opponent. Until night fell, Adrian went out with a lantern and walked to the confession room of the Holy See. It wasn't very far from where he lived, only about five minutes away. He chose after one o'clock in the morning because this time can already guarantee that no one will appear on the street. This is for the good of the bishop who came to confess. After all, the status and identity of the pope is there - even though the big confession room was set up by himself. But as long as it is not unbearable, generally no bishop will come to numb him. And those who are almost unable to bear it, they can't bear other stimuli either. So Adrian Shi will meet them in the dead of night—this is also to prevent the other party from being discovered when they go out after confessing, so as to maintain emotional stability. Adrian Shi is very satisfied with his pioneering work.

Ordinary priests and doctors healed the body, but he healed the soul. Isn't this a pioneering work like a god?

To the Confession Room. Adrian lit the oil lamp and poured himself a glass of water. Then he sat silently in front of the red cloth, half-closed his eyes and waited for the passage of time.

Then he heard the rattle and opened his eyes. Well, he really waited. Adrian Shi felt a little joy for this.

"May King Solomon, St. Augustus, and all righteousness and goodness in the world protect you. I swear before the truth. I will not ask your identity, name and everything.

There was silence on the other side of the red cloth, and then someone spoke softly.

"My lord Pope... I always harbor unforgivable sinful thoughts in my heart." It was a young and steady voice. But at this moment, the voice was full of hesitation, bewilderment and confusion.

A young bishop. Adrian Shi made some speculations.

But he just said calmly: "Evil thoughts will appear in anyone's heart. But thoughts are innocent.

"But I want to practice such crimes.

"You know it's a sinful act, why do you want to do it?"

Adrian Shi paused, and asked in a low voice, "Is someone persecuting you?"

Can we do small evil for the sake of Dapu? "

"I am... taking the lives of others for the sake of justice, can it be forgiven?"

…this is a somewhat difficult question to answer. Hearing this, Adrian was silent. It's not that he doesn't know the answer to this question. On the contrary, proficient use of the pros and cons of this statement is one of his greatest weapons as Pope. When he needs justice, the murderer will be just; when he needs a villain, the righteous knight can also be a murderer. But he didn't know whether the bishop in front of him was more inclined to be guilty or innocent? Adrian's goal is to relieve his mental stress, so he needs to affirm the other party's tendency and follow the other party's deepest thoughts. In order to achieve this goal, he must first know what the right thinks.

So Adrian asked in turn: "What do you think of the soldiers? Is it a heroic knight, or a murderer?"

…I have no idea.

The man paused, and asked excitedly and uneasy:

Although he said that the soldiers should be guilty, since he was asking so tentatively. On the contrary, it proved that the other party supported the innocence of the soldiers.

"No," the old pope replied confidently, "they have not sinned. If you use a sword to cut someone, can you be guilty of a sword because it is dipped in blood?

"That's the same. Swords don't have the heart to kill, but people do; soldiers don't have the heart to kill, but the king does. Soldiers are nothing but swords. Swords have no eyes and are innocent, because the guilty are the ones who commit crimes. That's what happened. The other party paused." After a pause, he said in relief: "Thank you very much, Your Excellency the Pope.

But as soon as the words came out. Adrian suddenly became suspicious

Shouldn't he have responded "may the wisdom of King Solomon bless you"?

"When did you come here to report to the bishop?" Adrian suddenly sent a sharp thin steel sword through the gap in the barbed wire, and stabbed straight at Adrian's forehead!