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From the moment Lilith stepped onto the land, she was already looking at Yiqi as far as her eye could see with a frenzied expression. There was a clarity in the blood-red under her eyes, her eyes were wet, and her hands were clasped tightly together, as if she would run wildly without being able to control herself in the next moment. She was already a real adult, but at this moment in the holy place in the hearts of 900 million Catholics around the world, she hardly knew where to put her hands and feet.
Someone passed by her, accidentally rubbed her sleeve, and turned around and smiled at her in a friendly way. This is a typical Roman, looking at Lilith's excited expression, with a subtle expression, with thoughtful kindness: "My dear, welcome to the Vatican." ”
This is the most exquisite gift from God to the world, built in 756 AD in the ancient city, ruled by the Pope of Rome, the spiritual pillar of Catholics! The center of world Catholicism! Yes, when she graduated, she finally got her wish and came to the Vatican of her dreams.
Lilith kissed the passer-by almost passionately on the cheek and ran for the paradise of her dreams with joy.
The architectural masterpieces of the Baroque period can be seen everywhere, and the atmosphere of old and elegant art is permeated everywhere, and Lilith looked at the 284 columns and 88 square columns in front of her, which pillar stood at the end of the 140 statues of saints, and only felt gasp, more shocking than the appearance of a qiē from the photo. This is the famous St. Peter's Square, known as the most symmetrical and magnificent square in the world. In the center stands a 26-meter-high obelisk stele, which was built on a special trip from Egypt. At the top of the stele stood a cross, and on the base lay four bronze lions.
She studied art, and she could hardly help herself with this historical treasure, and she couldn't wait to kneel on the ground and carefully touch every line here.
Due to limited funds, she was on a tight schedule for the tour and had only one day in the Vatican. It took her nearly two hours to leave the square. Across the square is the famous Vatican Palace. Since the 14th century, it has been the residence of successive popes, and it was once known by many in the world as the "place of the highest authority", and although she is not a Catholic, she barely blinks her eyes as she walks through the chapel, the halls, and the palace chambers of the palace.
Finally, when she stood in a chapel and faced the ultimate goal of the Vatican's trip, Michelangelo's frescoes, her whole body felt as if her soul had been drained.
Jesus was crucified and resurrected and ascended to Heaven. He began to judge mortal souls on the throne of heaven, when heaven and earth were separated before him, and there was no hindrance in the world, and the ghosts of the dead, great and small, gathered before Jesus to hear him proclaim the book of life and determine good and evil. Whoever is condemned to the lake of fire for the second death, that is, the death of the soul, to all who are good, Jesus gives the water of life for the soul to have eternal life. The end of the world comes, the final judgment begins, the good and evil of a qiē person will be judged, the soul will rise or fall according to its destiny, the good will go to heaven, and the evil will go to hell.
Bright in color, majestic and extraordinary, this is the "Last Judgment" that stunned the whole world, and it is the essence of Michelangelo's life's work.
She had just wanted to get closer, to take a closer look at the world's top art treasure, but as soon as she stepped away with her right foot, she noticed that at some point, a person had stepped out of the corner. She stood in front of the mural, and at that moment, every piece of splendor in the world seemed to be far away from her.
Lilith was completely amazed by the unique image in front of her, and she lost her words.
For the first time, she discovered that the mere figure of a person's back could produce such a sublime awe. Looking at this coveted mural, she was not attracted by the treasure known as the world's first mural at first sight, but by the person standing in front of it.
The woman was wearing a long white dress, the black tips of her hair hung straight behind her, like a vine winding down, and like a seaweed gently swaying in the blue water, beautiful, obviously in this windless place, the black but like a night elf, gently fluttering, stacked on the white to transparent long skirt, like the princess of the sea god, every inch and every strand exuded a dazzling light.
The heat outside was unbearable, revealing a slender wrist bone under the long lace sleeves, so weak, so soft, as if as long as you gently buttoned it, you can play with it in the palm of your hand. The long dress, like the mural in front of her, revealed a slender fishtail hem, highlighting her stunning figure even more gracefully.
Lilith couldn't help but take a soft breath, only to feel that the fragrance between her nose was indescribable.
blinked again, but suddenly found that his vision was a little blurry, only to feel that the white dress was almost dazzling like winter snow lying on the woman's body, clearly weightless, but full of a cool tarsal mood.
Lilith stared blankly at the bright sun outside the Vatican Palace, and then stared at the woman's back in a daze, only to feel that an unbelievable doubt had seized all her soul.
This woman actually exuded a cold fragrance of winter snow from her body, and there was no trace of heat in such a hot temperature.
She stood there and straightened for five minutes to admire a woman, which was absolutely a unique experience for Lilith, who had always boasted of her beauty, but for some reason, she, who had always been known for her boldness and cheerfulness at school, did not dare to disturb the woman who stopped in front of "The Last Judgment".
At 3:15, Lilith had other arrangements for today's day's itinerary, and if she looked at this exotic woman in a daze, it would definitely be too late for the rest of the trip today. She repeatedly warned herself in her heart, just one look, just one look!
Finally, she mustered up the courage, exhaled a deep breath of heat, and cautiously took three steps forward.
The woman seemed to be settled, not feeling anyone approaching her.
Lilith struggled to keep her footsteps to a minimum, and tremblingly walked to the left of the fresco, pretending to admire this rare artifact that had taken the master his life's work centuries ago.
The 1370x1220 cm mural, which is as large as an epic, is dazzling, and Lilith follows the mural inch by inch, as if naturally moving her gaze to the woman.
This time, in the sound of her heartbeat, she finally saw the woman's face clearly.
It turned out to be an Asian woman with yellow skin and black hair, and she was captured by almost all her senses by this white woman.
Why can a person's gaze be as calm as water? Like plucking a cloud from the sky, kneading it into water little by little, and slowly pouring it into those dark eyes, Lilith was shocked to shout "Allah" and "God" over and over again in her heart, and at this moment, she was robbed of all eyes by an indescribable beauty.
On her slightly sideways face, her ethereal, quiet eyes stared at the mural with a clear gaze, as if she were not looking at a work of art, but at ukiyo-e from years ago.
The gaze was so strange that Lilith couldn't help but follow her gaze at the mural.
The woman stood below Jesus to the left, facing Bartholomew, one of the Twelve, an old man with a face covered with horror, who was now staring at one side with a human skin that had been ripped from him.
Lilith gasped, staring blankly at the scene of the woman and the twelve apostles looking at each other, a tremor arose from the soles of her feet, and she turned her head to look at the mural in the other direction, the Virgin Mary standing on the right side of Jesus, with reverent eyes, her face bowed down, dignified and serene, beautiful and quiet, and the sad appearance of the world could not bear to witness the world was just against this mysterious oriental woman, forming an extremely sharp and striking contrast.
For a moment, Lilith almost doubted that she had seen the two poles of the world. She just watched from afar, but even her breathing began to hurt slightly.
At the moment when she was stunned and at a loss, she suddenly saw the woman in the white dress, the corners of her mouth swept slightly, and she outlined a bewildering arc.
There was not a hint of laughter, but at that moment the sun seemed to favor the noble woman, and it was scattered crookedly all over the ground, and the vault seemed to tremble as if it could not bear its weight.
At that moment, Lilith saw her bathed in the Vatican sun, her long skirt fluttering, and if she fell from the sky, there was only one word in her mind - holiness!
Lilith folded her hands and fell to her knees almost reverently, staring at the scene in front of her in a daze.
Suddenly, the woman who was smiling at "The Last Judgment" looked sideways at her.
Lilith's eyes froze, her mouth open, and she finally saw the full face of the oriental woman. It's like being suddenly clicked on an acupuncture point, and the whole person loses the ability to speak and move. At that moment, a deep fear hit her heart, as if it was about to pull her down the bottomless abyss, and the silence was so deep that it seemed like she was in a fantasy world.
After a long time, the sunlight was biased, and the air in the room was a little more anxious, Lilith rubbed her eyes, and then looked intently, only to see that the woman in the white dress who had just stood in front of her had long disappeared without a trace.
Covered like clockwork, she twisted around little by little, staring back blankly. The group of tourists who originally came here with her don't know when, and they have long since disappeared.
It seems that in this huge Vatican Palace, from beginning to end, she is the only one who survives.
And the exotic woman she just saw was just a dream ...... hers.
Outside the Vatican Palace, two men with different styles looked at the woman in a white dress walking quietly step by step, with a little light in their eyes. The corridor curves, and behind it is a long-standing wonder that has lasted for many centuries, but this qiē, under the woman's feet, has turned into dust, as if it were just a small courtyard next door in the suburbs, and all the beautiful scenery is just her foil.
It seems that by this shocking beauty of the scene, Zhuo Feng, who is the first son of Huaxia, gently showed a surprised look to his friends around him: "Zimo, it's only been three months, why, I think she is becoming less and less like a mortal." ”
Three months ago, when she jumped up from the bottom of the river, sat on the bank of the river, and quietly stared at the moonlit night when the stars were covered by dark clouds, although she was cold and moving, at this moment, this person's qiē can be described as "thrilling". It seems that the kind of coldness and charm hidden in the bones suddenly sprouted, and in the blink of an eye, it grew into a towering giant tree.
This kind of temperament, he had never seen in a twenty-year-old woman. No, even if they go abroad to visit the magnates, they have never seen the nobles of any country have such a charm.
It's really like a celestial man who fell from the sky.
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered the person who was once inseparable from this woman: "Something has been wrong with the Zhan family recently. ”
Someone beside him didn't speak, just looked at Leng Yunxi quietly with his indescribable eyes, and suddenly stopped in the corridor and stopped to watch a certain landscape.
Zhuo Feng has never guessed his true thoughts since he can remember, and he has long been accustomed to the unfathomable appearance on Qiao Zimo's fairy-like face, and he still took care of himself to point out the rumors of the recent Beijing: "Commander Zhan has been promoted to Beijing, and many of those former friends have come to visit, it stands to reason that he should not be as energetic as ordinary people, but in the past two months, the assignment work that should have been long ago has been pressed by others, but as soon as he entered Beijing, he became an idle job." ”
He once suspected that Leng Yunxi's cousin Leng Yun had done it, after all, now that the Leng family was sealed, there was no other help to help Leng Yunxi except for the only grandson of the Leng family who had a lot of assets. But it's strange here, since Leng Yunxi guessed that Zhan Wenlan did it, and asked Leng Wei to arrange a good scene of falling into the water in advance, why, did he never make a move against the Leng family?
As if he had finally picked out two thoughts, Qiao Zimo slowly turned his gaze to his friend, "You mean, the Zhan family was deliberately left to dry?" ”
"Yes, there is a position, no authority, there is a position, but there is no task. Just hang it without embarrassment. Zhuo Feng chuckled: "It's even more surprising on the Leng family's side." Obviously, they have all been 'invited' to investigate, but their positions have never been relieved, and there has been no news from 'inside', and the people related to the Leng family and the Zhan family in the entire capital have almost been silenced at the same time, and the atmosphere is very unusual. ”
Zhuo Feng, who has been in the whirlpool of politics all his life, said the word "unusual", Qiao Zimo glanced at the distance lightly, and his expression was extremely wonderful.
"The one from the Qiao family didn't do it?" The reason why the Leng family fell so quickly, Qiao Lao made such a great contribution, and made such a big move, but he hadn't really hit the Leng family yet, how could this fierce general, who was over half a hundred years old, swallow this breath?
"This is the third oddity. Qiao's side was completely silent. Zhuo Feng made a "sealing" action, his eyes were dark, he looked at his best friend, and gently spread his palm meaningfully: "Don't you think that this Miss Leng is absolutely close to this 'Three Wonders'?" ”
Qiao Zimo looked at the topic heroine in the distance and smiled lightly, "So what?" ”
"So, don't you think you should take a good look at this Leng family's most favored third lady?" If a person in the Vatican can control the situation in Beijing so exquisitely, then she is the one who should be most wary of.
"Check her?" As if he suddenly heard a funny story, Qiao Zimo slowly took out a silk scarf and handed it to his friend: "What do you think of when you look at this silk scarf?" ”
"It's just a white silk scarf." Zhuo Feng silently read a sentence in his heart, but he knew that his friend never talked nonsense, so he took the silk scarf and waited for the following.
"White always makes people think that it is the purest and purest color, and as long as a qiē other debris falls on it, it is very obvious, so there is no way to hide a little different color. However, everyone forgets that every qiē in the world is white at the beginning. As long as white wants to be the color, there is no color that white can't change. ”
Regarding his seemingly unrelated but meaningful metaphor, Zhuo Feng's face showed a deep thought: "What do you mean? ”
"Everything that can't be found out in the open is fake." He looked at the courtyard where the heat was gradually decreasing, and his eyes narrowed slightly, with a bewildering look, and smiled gracefully, and that smile contained a qiē: "Special, it's Leng Yunxi." ”
Zhuo Feng did not speak again. As Qiao Zimo said, if Leng Yunxi is really as isolated and helpless as it appears to be, then where does the current strange situation of the Leng family, the Zhan family, and the Qiao family come from?
Perhaps, he really thought a little too simple.
"What are you talking about? In such a beautiful place, don't you feel a bit wasteful just standing here? The beauties who had walked around the Vatican Palace finally felt satisfied, and walked slowly towards the two of them, ignoring the increasingly curious look between Zhuo Feng's eyebrows, and just looked at them with a slight smile. The eyes are extremely pure, like a spring spring, which makes people feel a clear and translucent feeling in their hearts.
Zhuo Feng smiled, this girl who is only twenty years old, if she develops in the political arena, it will definitely be impossible for people to look at directly.
"Besides, you just captured the heart of a young girl, and it is really a murder of both men and women, and your charm is invincible." Zhuo Feng picked up the topic with a calm expression. Zimo has always kept a faint distance from people, and generally rarely speaks, and in the past three months, although Leng Yunxi has seen them almost every day, he has also maintained a strange habit of only speaking when both of them are there. If you are alone with Zimo, it is the rising sun, and you can not look at Zimo, let alone speak.
He was really curious about what was going on in the minds of these two people. It has always been a woman who is crazy and obsessed with Zimo, but this Leng Yunxi seems to treat him like a passerby, without the slightest hint of amazement. And Zimo even took it for granted, sometimes sitting in the study reading a book, and for an afternoon, the two of them didn't make a sound at all.
Yunxi glanced at Zhuo Feng with a chuckle, and was about to speak, but a figure slowly walked out behind her, it was Lilith who was "appreciating the painting" with her just now. It's just that, at this moment, her eyes were dull, her expression was hazy, her steps were messy, and she looked lost and depressed, and walked out from the opposite direction of them.
The Vatican officials who were in charge of the reception on the side couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh as they watched a tourist leave the place as if sleepwalking today.
Looking at the three people standing in the sun, as if looking at God's favorite, his eyes gradually revealed a little burning.
Putting aside the extremely astonishing background, these two gentlemen and the young lady were almost stripped of the essence of the sun and the moon, and if the woman in the white dress was the holiest being in the world, then the man beside her, who rarely spoke, was almost the most perfect embodiment of heaven and earth.
Vatican officials, who love Chinese culture, remembered a sentence they learned during their study tour in China: "The scenery is full of moon, the spring is boundless, and the ring is like the moon and water, like an immortal." ”
These two people stand together, and the natural dignity and detachment can make people breathe immediately.
"Thank you for your company all the way, tonight we are leaving the Vatican and returning to Beijing." Zhuo Feng nodded to the official with a smile: "If you have the opportunity, please come to Beijing as a guest, you will definitely feel at home." ”
The official looked at this person's extremely noble etiquette with a sigh, as if every movement was engraved by a ruler, and agreed with a slight smile, but he secretly praised it in his heart, I don't know if I can still see such a beautiful character in the future.