Chapter 242: We Serve the Light But Cultivate the Darkness
On this day, Guo Yongren received a call from White, saying that Charlie's company sent the test and evaluation report, Guo Yongren came to the spirit, left Wang Dajun at home, Fang Zhan drove, and went straight to Victory Manor.
After more than half an hour, Guo Yongren rushed to the manor, White reported to Guo Yongren, Guo Yongren looked at it, and the result was really surprised, the foundation was good, the overall load-bearing of the castle was good, and at the same time, a map was sent over, marking those are load-bearing walls, and these walls cannot be moved.
"White, help me contact a large decoration company, I want to bid for a thorough renovation of the castle" Guo Yongren made a decision, and White smiled.
"Okay sir, I'll do it immediately" White went to call, as a qualified housekeeper, that is, anything at home can be solved, decoration or something, all within the scope of the housekeeper's management.
Guo Yongren is in a good mood, decoration, there is a month or two to get it done, the next time he comes to London, he can live in the manor, this feeling is very comfortable, he looked at the fireplace living room on the other side, next time he can also burn wood and play with the fireplace, thinking of this, Guo Yongren smiled.
"Sir, I notified the four families, and they will come over tomorrow," White said seriously, and Guo Yongren nodded.
"Inform lawyer Benjamin that we need to sign a contract tomorrow after we are sure," Guo Yongren said, nodding his head.
After Guo Yongren finished speaking, he began to go upstairs, and he couldn't go up when he reached the second floor, because the passages on the third floor were blocked, and White put all the items he thought were valuable on the third floor and the attic, Guo Yongren called Wang Dajun, removed a few boards, and then went up to the third floor.
opened a room, there are a lot of furniture here, a lot of furniture is very classical, Guo Yongren understands, the furniture here should be added by the old man in Nelson's family, he is a gambler will not buy any furniture, smiled, these are good things.
continued to turn, opened a room, inside turned out to be a study, rows of bookshelves, very high, but unfortunately now it is not full of dust, close the door, Guo Yongren continued to look, some rooms are packed items, obviously packed by White, Guo Yongren closed the door and continued to walk up, walked to the top floor, there was a dilapidated top garden above, accounting for half of the top floor area, seeing this, Guo Yongren smiled bitterly.
Nelson's ancestors really left Nelson a valuable legacy, but alas, he looked around, brought old White in, and looked at the open area ahead.
"White, let the workers build a wide tent here, cover it all here, rain can't come in or anything, move all the items on the third floor here to seal it, and wait for me to come over next time, I will screen them one by one, so that it is convenient for the decoration of the castle" Guo Yongren said directly, White heard what Guo Yongren said, and nodded.
This is a good way, when the time comes, you can directly close the top floor, you don't have to worry about any theft, and the distance is close, it is very easy to relocate, White very much agrees with Guo Yongren's idea.
"The study, in particular, must be protected," Guo Yongren said
"Sir, in fact, if you build a larger tent here, it can be completed in one day, we can tidy up the study by ourselves, and as long as a layer of wood is laid on the ground to maintain ventilation, there is no problem at all" White said directly, Guo Yongren nodded.
"Okay, you arrange for someone to start setting up the tent, I'll come over and do it myself in the study" Guo Yongren said directly, White nodded, everyone went down, and Guo Yongren returned to the apartment directly.
After two days of recuperation, the injured man had recovered, and knowing that Guo Yongren was back, he asked to talk to Guo Yongren alone, Fang Zhanzhan originally disagreed, but Guo Yongren agreed that he had no choice, and left with Wang Dajun and let Guo Yongren talk to him alone in the house.
Guo Yongren sat on the chair next to the bed, looking at this person, this person maintained a calm from beginning to end, Guo Yongren was also very calm, the two looked at each other without saying a word, Guo Yongren took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to this person, this person took it, Guo Yongren helped him light it, and at the same time lit one himself, both of them took a deep breath and spit it out, and the embarrassing atmosphere was resolved a lot.
"Thank you, thank you for saving my life," the man said as he took a puff of his cigarette, and Guo Yongren made an indifferent gesture without saying a word.
"According to my beliefs, you will take my life, I can't lie to you, but, I don't know if I will tell the matter, it will be good or bad for you" This directly said, Guo Yongren smiled.
"Fate has made a choice, do you have a choice" Guo Yongren spit out the smoke in his mouth and said, this person was stunned when he heard Guo Yongren's words, and then smiled bitterly.
"Yes, fate has made a choice, I have no choice" This person said a little gloomily, Guo Yongren was silent, and listened to this person.
"I'm Victor, the leader of the one hundred and thirty-seventh generation of the Assassin Organization" Victor said in a low voice, Guo Yongren nodded, he became interested, looked at this one called Victor, and listened to him continue.
"We Assassins are mortal enemies of the Church, and for thousands of years, I have followed a purpose, to return to the people the wealth that the Church has looted from the people, but unfortunately, in my generation, the Order is over," Victor said with a sad look on his face, with a look of pain in his eyes.
"The night I was injured was the day of our high-level meeting, in a dark room under the water of the River Tame, everyone had lost faith in the future, we had worked hard for thousands of years, but we had not found the wealth of the church, and at the same time we lived a hard life by keeping our faith, and everyone had lost patience and demanded that the organization be disbanded and return to normal life," Victor said, and the sadness in his eyes began to increase.
"Although we have not found the wealth of the church, we have accumulated a lot of wealth over the centuries, and it is understandable that they want to leave the organization and live a normal life, but they do not know that their predecessors have already arranged what happened that night," Victor said sadly.
"The Prophet of the Order, a woman, took out a box and placed it on the table with eight locks on it, I had a key, the Prophet had a key, and the other six high-ranking people each had a lock, and everyone had to be present to open the box" Victor continued, taking a puff of his cigarette.
Guo Yongren smoked a cigarette and listened, "The prophet said, we have a lineage, when the party organization is about to be dissolved, you can open this box that was sealed at the beginning, and there are words given to us by our ancestors, I think, now is the time, after the box is opened, the prophet does not exist in the assassin organization, this is an ancient precept, the prophet said directly" Victor continued.
"Eventually, after everyone hesitated, the box opened, and there was only one parchment scroll inside, and when the parchment was opened, there was only one word on it, "Kill" Victor said this, and there was a fear in his eyes.
"We all went mad and started attacking each other, the Prophet took out a silver dagger and ended her own life, she already understood the meaning of the last words of the Prophet, not only did the Prophet not exist, but the entire Assassin organization did not exist, and when I woke up, I was left alone in the entire dark room, and I hated myself and wanted to destroy the parchment that had caused us to kill each other," Victor said, and the fear in his eyes was even greater.
"The killing word above is gone, replaced by a sentence" Victor said here and looked at Guo Yongren, but did not continue, because he found that Guo Yongren was frowning and thinking, and after a long time, Guo Yongren lit another cigarette for himself and looked at Victor.
"Go on, why don't you say it," Guo Yongren said with a very calm face.
"It says, Victor, my child, the assassin is the end here, when the person who saved your life says this, you will usher in a new life, and you will also be a new student of the assassin organization" After Victor finished speaking, he looked at Guo Yongren and stopped talking, Guo Yongren was also stunned, why is this so mysterious.
"Now say what you have to say, I want to see if my ancestors are so great, so clear in calculation, we are all brothers in life and death for decades, I must give them an explanation, if what you say is right, then in the future, you will be our leader, if you are not right, then the ancestors are wrong, I will go back to the dark room and give my life back to my brothers" Victor said with a suggestive face, staring at Guo Yongren with both eyes to see what Guo Yongren said.
Guo Yongren frowned, and said in his heart, is there a mistake, is this a reality or a game, how is it so similar to the Assassin's Creed of later generations, just thinking of this, a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, it can't really be this sentence.
"When others are blindly seeking truth and truth, remember"
"Everything is empty"
"Remember when others are bound by law and morality"
"All Things"
Guo Yongren said this, stood up, I didn't think there was anything wrong with this sentence before, but now it seems that I underestimated this sentence, there is a rich philosophy in it, and if you think about it again, you will gain more, looking at Victor and continued.
"We serve the light, but we work in the darkness. When he said this, Guo Yongren seemed to be a different person, his eyes were both affectionate and ruthless, looking at Victor, just like an elder looking at a junior, Guo Yongren's state made Victor's hairs stand up.