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"boom!"

The stone bombs hit the city wall, shaking the earth, and the sound pierced the sky, causing the whole city to tremble.

Su Shi stopped running on the street, and the windows of the houses on both sides seemed to be drums after being slammed, making a vibrating buzzing sound.Many Luang citizens probably have never heard such a terrible loud noise in their life.Women in the street passed out screaming, while people ran helplessly from crumbling houses, yelling in horror:

"God, what kind of devil's voice is this!"

At this time, the bell of the temple calling for morning prayers rang, and people ran towards the temple like children who heard their mother's call.Some people murmured or wailed while running:

"God, don't forget me, don't hide your face and ignore me! I fly like a bird to your mountain, don't let the wicked shoot me with arrows!"

There was a long queue at the gate of the temple, and these people had tickets in their hands.

The team was divided into two lines, and two auxiliary priests stood guard on both sides of the entrance, each responsible for inspecting one of the lines.The purist held a small walnut square plate, and a believer carefully put his prayer ticket into it. The deacon picked up a quill pen dipped in red ink, and drew a circle in the square.

The believers carefully put away the prayer tickets again, and walked lightly into the temple.

Su Shi greeted the ticket-checking deacon, and then hurried to the male priests' courtyard behind the temple.

The priest's courtyard is a two-story brick and stone building, and the house looks like a square grass field surrounded by four sides, forming an atrium.Its pattern, overlooking from the sky, is the word "Hui".The grass is divided by crossroads, and there is a statue of a figure in the middle - a young woman is holding a man who is almost naked/naked, and the man is lying on her lap, cuddling in her arms like sleeping.

Su Shi looked at it for a while, only to find that there was a bronze plate hanging on the base of the plaster statue, on which was written Latin in engraving, as an illiterate member, Su Shi couldn't understand.

At this time, he was wearing the white robe of the sacrificial boy, waiting beside the statue.

After a while, a priest wearing a white robe and a silver belt came out, followed by a dozen or so priest boys who were also neat and tidy in white robes, all aged from eight or nine to thirteen or fourteen years old.

"Brother Matthew."

Su Shi raised his left palm in greeting.

"Morning, Baru, may God bless you." Matthew nodded and said, also raised his palm, but there was a string of glazed rosary beads hanging on the tiger's mouth, and a silver cross hanging underneath.He is the music priest of the Jinlanlu Priesthood, responsible for all religious music affairs, including supervising the choir.

Su Shi replied: "I sincerely wish."

Su Shi is not a sacrificial boy, but a singer. The difference between the two is like a civil servant in the system and a non-staff member. Originally, he was not qualified to join the Xianglanlu Choir.

Five days ago, shortly after the morning prayer bell rang, Su Shi mixed into the line of praying believers, and when it was his turn, he asked the acolyte who checked the tickets:

"Do you need singers?"

The altar boys in the choir are very likely to become acolytes in the future. They are all children aged six to seven to thirteen or fourteen with beautiful voices, and most of them come from relatively wealthy families.Some small temples may employ singers to sing for midday prayers, but the Great Luang Temple, which is a temple-level temple, is directly under the care of the Xianglanlu Priesthood.

——There are three priestly houses in Luang, and each priestly house has at least one temple. Only the most magnificent temple can be named as a city.

Su Shi came from a humble family background, dressed in rough clothes, and had no one to recommend him, so it stands to reason that the possibility of being selected is extremely slim.But he thought to himself, if he didn't succeed, he would be treated coldly, at most he would be scolded... No, the deacon asked him to wait, and then brought him to see Le Ji.

Su Shi became the only temporary worker in the choir.

Le Ji led the team towards the side entrance of the temple, and Su Shi followed behind him.