"Uh-uh-uh"
"In the Jingqin Garden of the Gongqin Palace, Tuo Bolei Tu Lama is stuttering while holding a box of mooncakes there!"
He has seen the world! Not only has he seen good things from the Qing Dynasty, but also good things from the Russian Empire, and even Western European industrial products. So he immediately figured out that this mooncake box was made of enamel-iron.
To verify his judgment, he even asked the Prince Gong for a magnet and attracted it to the mooncake box.
The problem is that such high-quality enamel-iron is not even produced in Britain now!
The enamel on this enamel-iron is just too good, right? It's made with a concave and convex pattern, and the bottom of the box seems to be coated with a thin layer of "copper." "Copper" has many characters printed on it, which are printed very neatly. There are not only Chinese characters but also Arabic numerals and English letters.
There's also some kind of "code" — there are the four Chinese characters "scan to purchase" at the bottom.
What does that mean?
What is "scan to purchase"? What do you use to scan it? A broomstick?
It's not just "scan to purchase" that he can't understand. In fact, although Tu Bolei recognizes most of the characters on the box, he truly doesn't understand what they mean when combined together.
What is "postal code"? What is "hotline"? What is "carbohydrate"? What is "protein"? What is "potassium carbonate"? What is "citric acid"? What is "potassium sorbate"? And the product origin here is "Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China"!
Is this made in China?
So advanced, made in China?
Impossible!
If they could make enamel-iron boxes of this caliber, they wouldn't let the British bully them! The level of these enamel-iron boxes is far ahead of the similar products from the British Empire!
If this level of metallurgical industry was used to manufacture guns, cannons, and warships, then the British Empire would truly be finished!
In addition, there is a date on the box, 1889!
That is 37 years later!
So this mooncake was produced 37 years later?
But how did the mooncakes produced 37 years ago end up in the hands of Prince Gong?
Could there really be demons?
Just as Tu Bolei was thinking about this, a towering giant bound to a cross had been quietly carried behind him by several palace guards.
Of course, that was Hong Daquan. When he was brought up, his mouth was plugged with a cloth. Now one of the guards pulled out the cloth, and Hong Daquan spoke up: "Waah! Do you know that my brother is the true second son of God? Hurry and tell Prince Gong!"
If your brother is the true second son of God, then are you Jesus?
Tu Bolei, after hearing this, quickly turned his head to look back and found that a cross had mysteriously appeared behind him at some point. A middle-aged man dressed in white, with his hair in disarray and a scraggly beard, was hanging from the cross. The afternoon sun bathed the man's body, casting beams of gold onto his white robe. The scene exuded an aura of holiness and solemnity.
This is the Savior Jesus!
Is Jesus really coming down to earth?
Is the end of days beginning?
Is that really possible?
Is that going to happen so soon?
Tu Bolei Lama was bewildered!
Having believed in Jesus for most of his life, today he might have encountered the real Jesus. What should he do? Should he confess to Jesus?
At this moment, Hong Daquan spoke again: "Hey, you foreign Lama, why are you shaking so much? It must be the battle angel sent by God to help my brother conquer the world that frightened you. You better hurry and tell Prince Gong and ask him not to execute me, or the battle angel won't spare him!"
Tu Bolei immediately turned his head and looked at Prince Gong: "Your Majesty, you cannot execute him by beheading. It will cause a great trouble!"
What if Jesus were executed by beheading?
The rulers of the West, such as Tsar Nicholas of Russia, King Victor of England, Emperor Franz of Austria, King Wilhelm of Prussia, and even the Supreme Director Napoleon of France, etc., wouldn't they all claim to be the most loyal servants of Jesus if he were to be executed by beheading?
What if they found out that the Xianfeng Emperor had executed Jesus? Wouldn't they send a multinational alliance army to avenge him?
That would certainly be a disaster!
Prince Gong, Yixian, seeing Tu Bolei's worried expression and hearing him say "disaster," also started to feel scared.
He wasn't afraid of the multinational alliance army coming early to avenge Jesus, but rather afraid of the "Ox King" —— the "Ox King" was probably a Western demon, and it would be difficult to infiltrate the capital and assassinate the emperor.
Thinking of this, Prince Gong asked Tu Bolei, "Lama Tu, is that Ox King really a Western devil?"
"That's right!" Hong Daquan saw a glimmer of hope and quickly interjected, "That Ox King is the devil sent by God, called Satan! He's incredibly powerful!"
He had been reading "Journey to the West," "Legend of the Warring States," and the Bible for these days. He could probably write a whole book on his own now!
Satan?
Incredibly powerful?
Prince Gong was also a little scared and looked at Tu Lama: "Is he right?"
"Yes! Yes indeed!" Tu Bolev nodded.
"Jesus" couldn't be wrong. He must be right! If he dares to say otherwise, that would be opposing Jesus!
Taking a deep breath and calming down a bit, the foreign Lama said again: "Satan was originally one of God's angels, endowed with superhuman abilities. Out of arrogance, he opposed God and fell into sin, becoming a devil."
Prince Gong Yixian interrupted and said, "So it seems that the so-called 'Father in Heaven' from that rebellion in Guangdong is not your God, but the demon king Satan, who is God's opponent?"
Tu Bolei was taken aback for a moment, unsure of how to respond.
This Satan, of course, is at odds with God, but it cannot be said to be God's opponent — God is omnipotent; the universe was created by him. How could a Satan be God's opponent? God did not destroy Satan because he was driven by some profound wisdom beyond human comprehension.
Just when he didn't know how to answer, Hong Daquan spoke up again: "My brother's Father in Heaven in heaven is the Master of Communication, and the Demon King Satan is his subordinate. The Satan of Prince Gong is quite formidable! Hahaha!"
Prince Gong turned his gaze towards Tu Bolei Lama.
"He's right in what he said!"
Anything Jesus says is right!
For a Eastern Orthodox Lama, whatever he may have done to violate Jesus' teachings, what Jesus says must be believed unconditionally! Even if Jesus says there are 97 genders, that Snow White is a black person, he must believe it!
Prince Gong, after hearing Tu Lama say this, temporarily didn't dare to execute Hong Daquan. He didn't want to deal with a demon named Satan riding a two-wheeled vehicle descending from heaven during the execution, which would cause chaos in Beijing city.
"Can you deal with that Demon King Satan, Lama Tu?" Prince Gong worriedly asked again, "The Demon King Satan seems to also come from your side of the God's disciples. After all, you are from the same school, can you handle him?"
"Yes!" Lama Tu quickly gave a positive answer, "Although Satan comes from God's disciples, he is a demon and the mortal enemy of all Christians. As a legitimate Lama, it is God's mission to eradicate the devil's claws!"
The brain circuits of some Western religions are quite strange. This Satan. So it's said that he is God's demon!
If this were in "Journey to the West," he would be a great monster with the backing of Buddhas and immortals. Sun Wukong would have to carefully wield his magic staff, giving it a light tap or two just for show.
However, Christians don't do that. While they believe in God, when it comes to eradicating the demons sent by God to test their faith, they are ruthless!
Let alone not sparing demons sent by God, even when it comes to people who believe in the same God but are not part of the same religion or denomination, they will show no mercy at all.
For example, the three religions of revelation — Judaism, Christianity, and Islam — are all considered brothers in spirituality in China.
This relationship is much closer than the three teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
Following the Chinese standard, that would be the eldest brother Judaism, the second brother Christianity, and the youngest brother Islam.
According to Chinese standards, the disciples of these three brothers should all be considered kin, and they should interact more frequently in their daily lives, exchange cultivation methods, and even recite each other's scriptures. There's no need for life-and-death conflict!
After all, everyone worships the same ancestor and may end up in the same paradise in the end!
However, they don't care. They have to fight until one is dead and the other is alive!
Therefore, if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was really established by the Devil Satan sent down by God, then regardless of whether they worship the same God as the Lama, the Lama would still treat the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's worship of God as an enemy to fight against.
