Chapter VII Ancient Map
In the front store of the used bookstore, Morpheus was looking at a book he hadn't finished reading before, and when he saw the old man walking out, he immediately stood up and asked respectfully, "Grandpa, where are you going?"
Old Man Morey glanced at his grandson and said perfunctorily: "Morpheus, we're just going out for a walk." You just have to keep the store in mind. “
"Okay, grandpa. “
He sat down again and looked at the book in his hand carefully, and could see that he liked the book very much, and read it with relish, Jiang Qingshu glanced at the young Morpheus, and followed the old man Morey out of the store.
At this time, the streets of Vadlett are crowded with tourists, and the old streets are famous all over the world.
"Don't lose it. Old man Morey instructed, limping ahead to lead the way.
The three of them followed closely behind the old man.
Both sides are lined with ancient, elegant, and beautiful buildings. In front of some famous buildings, many people are taking pictures.
"This is it. “
In front of him is a church, the white walls are very solemn, carved with some nude figures, and the high pointed roof has three, corresponding to the lower three gates, the middle is the main gate, the largest. The doors on both sides are slightly smaller.
Old man Morey seemed to be familiar with this place, and walked through the steps into the church.
You can see that there are symmetrical seats on both sides, which are used for prayer, and there is a brown glass wall in the innermost part with a white statue in front.
At this time, many people were sitting on church chairs, praying sincerely.
"Follow me. Old Man Morey shouted to the three again.
At this moment, from behind the wooden door on the side of the church, came a man dressed in white priests, his face was a little ruddy, and he smiled happily when he saw Morey, and greeted him cordially,
"Old friend Morey, it's been a long time since I've seen you. ”
Old Man Morey smiled happily when he saw his old friend. "I'm getting old, and I'm starting to have problems with my body, and I rarely come out. “
The priest stretched out his hand and drew a cross on his chest, and said with some regret: "May the Lord Almighty bless you, my friend Morey Morpheus." “
"Thank you, Doug. Old Man Morey thanked the priest very sincerely, and nodded politely, "Doug, I didn't come out this time to catch up with you, there is another very important matter. “
Morey pointed to the three young men behind him and said, "You can see that these three were introduced by Vince, and I think we have to tell them about the bad things." “
"I'm glad to see you, Father Doug. I'm Grace. "Grace is always the most extroverted person, no matter the occasion she can smile and not feel obtrusive.
The priest looked at the beautiful young girl, and likewise stretched out his hand to draw a cross on her breast, saying: "Dear Grace, may the Lord bless you." “
"Thank you, Father Doug. Grace returned.
Doug looked back at Goering and Ginger Sake.
Goering was a man of no religion, except, of course, his masters in the East, so he only politely replied: "Goering. “
"Oh, hello, Goering. Father Doug replied naturally.
"Father Doug is glad to see you, you can just order a drink. "Ginger sake also came back naturally.
Doug nodded in the same way, drawing a cross in his hand, blessing ginger sake.
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Father Doug pushed open the wooden door on one side, and several people followed him into the church.
"Will we be able to get in?" Morey again asked Doug for a definitive answer.
Doug nodded, straightened his long blond hair, and replied, "Of course, old friend Morey, many of the books in there are provided by your Morpheus family, and of course you have the right to use them. ”
Morey waved his hand and let out an old laugh helplessly, "For so many years, if you hadn't put some of the ancient books in your church, you would have destroyed or donated them to the British Museum." ”
Doug smiled and asked, "Old friend Morey, why didn't you bring your grandson, Little Morpheus?"
"His ambition is not in these old books, nor in the family business. I don't want to force him to do something, if he is willing to take over that day, I will hand over the bookstore to him completely, but I am afraid that I will not be able to wait for that day?"
Old Man Morey said hopelessly, although Morpheus loved to read, but this could not change his dream after all.
"Don't be so discouraged, old friend Morey, you are a good man, the Lord will see everything you do, Morpheus is just too young, it will be fine in a few years. Father Doug comforted Old Man Morey again.
As they spoke, everyone had reached the end of the corridor, and in front of them was a stone gate, which looked very heavy at a glance.
"This is it. Father Doug pulled out a brass key from his loose white clothes, the golden key shining in the light.
With a crisp click, Doug twisted the key and pushed the heavy stone door hard, and the door slowly opened.
Inside is a small stone room, the stone walls are all black, with a square depression facing the inside, and in these small spaces are placed ancient books, with a small lamp lit on it, and a glass seal seals to seal it inside.
Jiang Qingjiu entered the stone room, and then found that there was a smaller stone room behind the stone door, which had a long stone table, and four stone benches were placed on both sides, which just filled the entire space, and the walls on the four sides were equipped with long lamps, which illuminated the entire airtight stone room very brightly.
"Let's go inside and wait for Doug. Old Man Morey said, and walked into the small stone room behind the stone door, and sat down in the innermost position on the right.
Jiang Qingjiu and the three of them followed and walked in, and sat opposite Old Man Morey in turn.
The heavy stone door outside was shut, and Father Doug was outside to fetch something, and after a while, he walked in with a yellowed paper tube rolled together.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. ”
Father Doug placed the paper tube on the stone table, turned around, and now he stood on the side where there was no stool, and his hands kept groping on the stone wall.
"That's it. He whispered, because he was so close to Jiang Sake that he could hear what he was saying clearly, he should be looking for something, Jiang Sake judged.
Suddenly, Father Doug seemed to press something, and the black rock wall covering the innermost stone wall instantly fell off, and a lifelike mural appeared in front of everyone.
There were winged men on it, a black mass, blood, and naked humans fleeing or being killed.
It can be seen that the whole stone wall with the mural was dug out of the original place and embedded in the current place, and this method is used to protect cultural relics in many places.
Jiang Qingjiu kept a wait-and-see state, carefully observing this mural, but Goering on the side couldn't help but ask: "Father Doug, you show us this mural, does it explain anything?"
"Origin. "After the creation of the world, many demons were subdued, but the good and happy days did not last long. ”
He pointed to the only one in the mural who was not stained with blood, and a winged angel who was hiding on a high place and secretly watched, and said: "Because human beings are too greedy, full of desire, and disrespectful to God, this angel Rhoda has released a big claw of demons, evil spirits, in order to punish human beings!"
Old Man Morey added: "These monsters are a disaster to the world, slaughtering humans. There were very few people left alive on the entire continent of Europe at the most difficult time. ”
It seems absurd that the angel released the demon minions to punish humans, but after the news broke in the East, the two confirmed with their own eyes the fact that Jiang Sake was a mysterious Oriental monk, and naturally did not doubt what Doug and Morey said. And I was deeply shocked that there were all the angels in this world.
Jiang Sake was more indifferent and asked, "And then?"
Father Doug crouched down, turned off the switch, and the mural was covered up again.
With the help of Old Man Morey, the two of them slowly and carefully opened the ancient paper rolled together.
The first piece of parchment had some strange symbols written on it, as well as some arrows, as if to make some kind of explanation.
"What is written on this, please forgive us for not understanding it. Grace said tactfully.
"The words on this are all special words, and they have never been circulated outside, so it's normal that you don't know them. Doug had a natural expression and said, "This is written about the development of things after the mural, and then in that period when there were many monsters, human beings were struggling to survive normally, and then a mysterious person appeared, she taught some people to use witchcraft, and since then wizards began to be born, and the appearance of great wizards has completely changed the status of mankind, and evil spirits have been eliminated or sealed." “
Speaking of this, Old Man Morey couldn't help but say: "I think the old guy who came to Vince has already told you that their family was targeted because of the record, in fact, it is not to blame him for not saying it, and later the Vince family was not only hunted down by the evil spirits, but also cursed by the angel Rhoda." Even though the angels are long gone, the Vince people are still affected by the curse. “
Speaking of which, the three of them knew why Old Man Vince was reluctant to mention it.
"And then, what happened?" asked Goering.
Doug and the Moreira men opened the second piece of paper, and instead of writing anything, they were making several drawings.
Pointing to one of them, Old Man Morey said, "This is the scene where the last great wizard is mutilated and killed, and the countries have begun to ban witchcraft and destroy all literature about these things, supposedly because of a mysterious news from the East, but we don't know what this news is." “
Pointing to the second picture, Father Doug said, "This is how the Vince family fled to Britain. Evil spirits, angels, giants, everything strange and different from ordinary things dissipated after this, as if the world had evaporated. As for the kings who gave orders to resist the sorcerers, it was clear that they had received important revelations from the mysterious news from the East. Then the whole continent began to rule for many years, then to conquest and war, and then to rule. “
Morey pointed to the last picture and said, "Whatever you encounter or not, this picture shows how to kill evil spirits!"