A few years later, in a dwelling in the city of Nazareth.

Twenty-seven-year-old Hana was carefully counting the instruments and many herbs in his room, some doctors had already noticed the blood circulation of the human body during the Roman Empire, and some extreme scholars directly used death row prisoners as experiments to dissect them and analyze the internal organs of human beings.

However, due to the limitations of the medium, most of the books at that time were recorded in nitrate sheepskin, which was expensive and took a long time to produce, so that only a very small number of people could access this knowledge, and Hanna, who was far away in the Middle East, naturally could not have access to it. The medical skills he learned were all learned from the old doctors in the neighborhood, and the doctors of this era were extremely conservative, and medical skills were almost the only way for them to eat, even if it was soft and hard, and it took more than ten years of hard work, Han Na only learned a very small number of skills, and most of the knowledge was explored through his continuous practical experience.

At this moment, he was about to diagnose a patient outside the city, and these instruments and herbs were the props he needed for this trip, but before he could get ready, suddenly, there was a loud laugh behind him.

"Hanna, it's been a long time. ”

Hearing this, Han Na couldn't help but turn around and look back, only to see a middle-aged priest in a linen white robe and a big beard behind him looking at him.

"John. ”

He put down what he was holding, shook hands cordially with the bearded priest in front of him, and asked happily.

"John, I haven't seen you in years. ”

John, this is a very common Jewish name, so common that shouting John on the street will definitely make people turn back, but for Hanna, the John in front of him is very unusual, because he is his cousin.

Hannah's mother was Mary, and Mary had an older sister named Elizabeth, who was much older than Mary and married the priest Zechariah, and later gave birth to her only son, John, so that John later inherited his father's priesthood. And because he was much older than Hanna, when Hanna was young, he instructed Hanna in the Jewish faith and taught Hanna theological knowledge, that is, Hanna's cousin and Hanna's godfather, and the relationship with Hanna was even closer than that of his parents.

However, unlike Hanna, Hana chose to give up his father's shop to study medicine, while John, as a priest, chose to run and speak out for the Jewish independence movement, and had a great reputation in the Jewish kingdom.

The two brothers had not seen each other for a long time, so it was inevitable that they would catch up with each other, and in the course of their conversation, it was clear that John had been ostracized by other Jewish priests who were trying to curry favor with Pilate because of a conflict with Pilate, the governor of the Jewish province.

John gritted his teeth every time he talked about Pilate, but he hated it even more when he talked about Herod.

"This guy is in cahoots with the Romans, and he is not worthy of being our king!"

Speaking of anger, John couldn't help but slap his leg and scold.

The first king of Herod was not a Jew, but a native of Edom, but because he saved Caesar's life and married two royal princesses of the former Jewish dynasty, Caesar made him the king of the Jewish kingdom, replacing the royal family of the former Jewish kingdom. However, because of the embarrassing background after all, although he is said to be the king of Jude, he is obviously closer to the Romans than the Jew Herod, and for the Jews who have lived here for generations, they are naturally extremely disgusted with this improper Herod.

When the Roman governor Pilate arrived, this contradiction was exacerbated, and in order to maintain his rule, the son of the original Herod King and the current Herod King, chose to unite with Pilate to rule the Jews.

A king of a foreign nation, an empire with no sense of identity, a tyrannical tax, a brutal rule...... All of this led to the Jewish independence movements in the kingdom of Judea, and John was the most fierce among them, and even when he reached the fiefdom of Israel under Herod, he still did not soften and still ridiculed the Jewish king.

"John, don't talk nonsense. ”

Hanna's heart jumped, and he hurriedly whispered advice to John.

He was well aware of what John was doing, but Hana did not like fighting, nor did he have a deep independent plot like John, but preferred that the parties would sit down and discuss, and in his opinion, any peace was far better than bloodshed......

As a doctor, he has seen too many deaths.

John on the other side glanced at him and snorted, but he didn't say anything more, just a normal narrative.

......

In the dim house, on the bed lay a foul-smelling man, whose rotten pus made it difficult for everyone, even his relatives, to approach him, and everyone abandoned him, so he could only lie on the hospital bed, occasionally muttering a few words unconsciously.

But Hana was not afraid, his hands and body were covered with layers of cloth to resist the invasion of possible diseases, this was his armor as a doctor, and herbs were his sword as a doctor. He walked over to the patient, who had been abandoned by everyone, put down the medicine box in his hand, and smeared it on his body with the herbs in his hand.

"Hiss......"

Accompanied by a small voice, the patient seemed to sense something, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but only a calm voice sounded in his ears.

"Don't move!"

Hana continued to treat this patient who was suffering from the epidemic, this was the fourth time he had come here, but with his medical skills, he could only give this patient a little psychological comfort, and what he did was almost meaningless, and anyone could realize that this patient was dying......

But Hana still didn't give up, he unconsciously gritted his teeth, trying to think of all possible ways......

He doesn't like someone to die, he doesn't want to see someone die in front of him, he wants to save him.

"Doctor...... Raw ......"

In the hoarse throat, an unusually thin voice sounded, and the patient in front of him was devastated by the abscess on his face beyond recognition, and only a pair of eyes were faintly visible.

In those eyes, there were crystal tears, the instinct of life made him want to live, but he could understand that he no longer had the strength to survive.

"I ...... Isn't it about to die? ”

In that hoarse voice, it was obviously a question, but there was no doubt, only understanding.

Hanna was silent, and he did not answer the patient's words. The patient didn't seem to be trying to expect Hanna's answer, but just said it to himself.

"Doctor...... Everybody is gone from me...... Even my children...... Don't even dare to come near me again, why are you still here......"

Han Na didn't care about him, just continued to use the herbs and knives in his medicine chest, trying to do something, but what could he do more?

The hand that clenched the doctor's knife tightly.

He hated himself for being so powerless, and he had to watch others die in front of him again.

But the patient just looked at him calmly, and continued to murmur after a long time.

"Doctor...... You say, where do people go when they die......

Hana was silent for a while, and said in a hoarse voice.

"Probably...... It's going to heaven. ”

"Heaven, but I am a believer in Baal, and I do not believe in the God of your Jews......"

The patient smiled wryly, Baal, an equally widely worshipped deity in the Middle East, and many non-Jewish peoples worshipped it.

He was silent for a moment, and suddenly, he gasped as hard as he could, and said to Hanna's struggle in front of him.

"Doctor, I'...... Can you believe in your God? You are so good, your God...... Must be as kind as you...... Please, let me trust in your God at the end of my life. ”

There was an inexplicable glint in the patient's eyes, and he looked at Hana in front of him, almost begging with a wailing voice.

However, both the sick and Hana knew very well that the Jews did not preach to the outside world, and even if they did, they had to be of Jewish blood, and he clearly did not qualify for that.

Han opened his mouth, he instinctively wanted to refuse, all the theological knowledge he had received since he was born told him that he should refuse this rude request, but looking at those eyes, he couldn't say all the words that were about to blurt out.

He opened his mouth, and eventually, he fell silent, just reaching out one of his own hands and gently caressing it on the patient's forehead.

Without saying anything, the patient, who was already blurred in vision, felt a little warmth on his forehead, and an inexplicable sense of peace of mind surged in his heart, and he slowly closed his eyes.

"About ...... Shua ......"

At the last moment, looking at the figure that seemed to be shrouded in light, he said inarticulately.

Joshua, the hero of Jewish legend, led the Jews to their footing in Israel, and it means "salvation," and if the name is pronounced in Greek, it would be ......

Jesus.

......

In the underwater temple, a pair of eyes suddenly opened, and in those eyes, it was cold and dark.

Low laughter began to ring out in the temple.

"Finally...... Got it. ”