The Fat Friar was a cheerful, friendly man. By temperament, he was very likable, and he had always felt he ought to have become a cardinal.
He possessed remarkable skill in treating smallpox, which earned him great respect among the common people. Yet in the end, he was murdered.
Although it was now the twenty-first century, if a bishop's secretary in a diocese was reported for privately associating with wizards, then even if they were not killed, excommunication was still possible.
For those without faith, it was nothing much. But for those with faith, it was a very severe punishment.
Faith could turn a kind person cold and ruthless, make the stingiest miser lose everything, and completely enslave a person to their dreams.
During the Pacific War, Japan and America fought over the islands. That war began with Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and ended with Japan's surrender.
However, because of communication limitations, not every soldier scattered across the islands knew that Japan had surrendered. Sometimes there were rumors that Japanese soldiers stationed on the islands had come into contact with outsiders. At the time, they were still wearing uniforms and appeared to remain in a state of war. If those veterans trained in both combat and wilderness survival had infiltrated the islands, that would have been a nightmare.
Japanese swords and Tang swords shared a deep connection. A thousand years ago, the Japanese greatly admired the Tang Empire.
A horse's hooves could tread upon frost and snow, its coat could ward off wind and cold; it grazed on grass and drank water, raised its feet and ran across the land—this was a horse's true nature.
The Six Steeds of Zhaoling, belonging to the Heavenly Khan, showed just how prosperous the Tang Empire's horse administration had been. Yet that