In a nondescript dilapidated hut in "Paticoat Alley", Oliver meets Fagin, the gang leader.

"Oliver, you're back...... Well, how did your hand hurt? Fagin dropped the somewhat decorated Bible in his hand and walked over.

"Ran into a damn strip and got a stick." Oliver said nonchalantly.

"Let me see ......," Fagin said.

Oliver reached for his injured hand, and Fagin looked at it, moving a few more of his fingers with his hand.

"Oliver, your hand hurts, but it's not a big problem, it should be swollen by tomorrow. Well, that policeman was very merciful, and he just beat you up? In addition, I have warned you before, don't call the police, say that you are used to it, and people will notice you as soon as you open your mouth. ”

"Boss, I see." Oliver told Fagin exactly what had happened.

"Boss, and this book. I picked it up, and I thought you might want to see it, so I brought it to you. With that day's story, Oliver took out the book and handed it to Fagin.

"Spartacus?" Fagin took the book and flipped through it.

"Boss, what's written here?" Oliver asked.

Fagin had a lot of children around him. In his spare time, Boss Fagin will also tell them stories to pass the time.

"Ah, this is a play, it tells the story of the time of Rome thousands of years ago......"

Fagin originally thought that this was just an ordinary heroic story, but the more he saw the back, the more frightened and excited he became.

"No wonder, no wonder ......," Fagin couldn't help but say.

"Boss Fagin, what do you say? What's no wonder? ”

"I mean, no wonder the British government wants to go to war with the French. If the French are all in this book, then don't all those old men have to go crazy? It's just that from this point of view, the French have a lot of misunderstandings about God and religion. This is also normal, because whether it is Catholicism or Anglicanism, they have long turned their backs on God.

Oliver, do you remember when I told you about Jesus being alone in the desert and being tempted by the devil? ”

"Of course I do." Oliver replied.

"Then do you remember what the devil used to test Jesus?"

"I remember that the first one seemed to say, Jesus was hungry, and the devil said, 'If you are the Son of God, you can command the stones of this desert to become bread.'" The second was when the devil took him to the top of the temple and made him jump down. Say to him, 'If you are the Son of God, you can jump down; For it is written, 'The Lord commanded his angels for you, to bear you by the hand, so that your feet do not touch a stone.'" ’’

The third one seemed to have taken him up to the highest mountain, and showed him all the nations of the world and all their glory. Say to him, 'If you fall down and worship me, I will give you all these things.' ’”

Fagin nodded and said, "Oliver, you're the smartest of my children, and you remember well. Do you know, then, what these three temptations of the devil mean? ”

Oliver shook his head.

"These three temptations represent the most powerful things in the world, which are miracles, secrets, and authority. My child, why didn't Jesus turn stones into bread, couldn't God Almighty turn stones into bread?

No, that's not the problem. If Jesus turned stones into bread, the people of the world would follow Him, but would that follow Him because of their obedience to His teachings? No, it's just because he can do miracles. People follow not love, but miracles. That's why Jesus said, 'How ungodly are the people of this age, there are no miracles for the people of this age.' ’

My child, but now, if you look at the churches, whether it's the Catholic Church or the Anglican Church, what do they have in their hands? Aren't they the same three things Jesus rejected in the first place—miracles, secrets, and authority? Where did they get these things—since Jesus had rejected them in the first place? These things came from him, of course, from the negating spirit. Oliver, the church today, has long since abandoned Christ and followed the devil. ”

"Boss, I don't understand." Oliver shook his head.

"Ah, Oliver, you're too young to understand this. You just have to know that you have to believe in God and God's salvation, but you don't have to believe in the priests. As for the rest, you will understand in the future. ”

At this moment, there was a burst of applause outside, and a voice came in, "Kolya, you are becoming more and more prophetic." ”

Oliver was startled and quickly jumped up and grabbed a knife.

"Friends outside, please come in and talk." Fagin did not panic, but said very calmly.

So the door was pushed open, and the "decent man" walked in.

"Colya, my brother, we finally meet again. Well, what about Mr. Fagin? It's been a long time since I've seen him. Jager Golem stretched out his arms and walked over to Fagin and gave him a bear hug.

"Now I'm Fagin." Fagin patted Jager Galeng on the back and said, "I've been Fagin since two years ago. ”

"Oh......" Jager Golem let go of Fagin, his face a little gloomy, "You're Fagin now, so what happened to Fabio and Rembrandt?" ”

"If they were still alive, I would still be called Kolya." Fagin said.

The two of them looked at each other like this, and there was silence for a moment, and then Fagin spoke, "Jager, you are the decent man that Oliver met, right?" Well...... How have you come through all these years? ”

"That's a long story." Jager Golem found a small bench by himself and sat down without any image, "In eight or eight years, I went to France, well, you know, it is the boat you helped me on. Then I went to Paris, where I got a job and worked in a theater company. Sometimes I secretly do some old things in the past. Well, the first troupe to put on that play you just saw.

Later, in that troupe, I got to know quite a few of the big names that came later. For example, the St. Just who once played Spartacus in "Spartacus". You've probably heard of him. ”

"Yes, I've heard of it." Fagin nodded, "Those old men described him as a monster who had escaped from hell. ”

That's how many French people describe him. But I was his friend, and I still am. Jager Golem said.

"Which of our friends, including ourselves, is not what they say is a monster." Fagin also smiled, he felt that this brother, who had not seen each other for more than ten years, was still a brother connected by blood.

"Later, the French rebelled, and I also participated." "I watched the old men lose their hearts one by one, and watched the nobles, the profiteers, and the big men being guillotined one by one—it was a memorable time.

However, later the revolution suffered a setback. Well, Pastor Fagin has said that most of the world's struggles end with the heroic sacrifice of those who are truly sincere and brave, and the slippery boys take the opportunity to steal their gains. The situation in France is actually similar. Although none of the three brothers of the Bonaparte family were slippery boys—they were all very capable people, but none of them were really willing to sacrifice for their ideals. They are heroes, but not saints. ”

"So, Jager, what are you doing now?" Fagin asked.

"I, I'm developed now." Jager Goleng laughed, he stood up, and spun in front of Fagin, "Look, I don't look like a great man who should be hanged?" Well, I'm now the second secretary of the French Embassy in the UK. This identity is still enough for me to be brothers and sisters with those 'big masters' who we couldn't get along with before.

Oh, the other day I met Oku's old dog, who bit me on the back of my ass and forced me to flee to France. Now the old dog is older, but his nose is still smart. The first time I saw him, I recognized him, and he recognized me. But I was taken by a big man he was going to call 'grown-up' to ask them about something. So even though he recognized me, he could only wag his tail respectfully at me. That's really ...... Hahaha......"

"Now that you've become a big shot, why did you come to me for?" Fagin asked.

"For the revolution, of course." Without hesitation, Jager Golem replied, "Fagin, you know that France and England have recently made peace. But I want to tell you that this peace is, in the final analysis, nothing more than a truce. Now it's just because everyone was tired for a while, so they need to take a little rest. Those aristocratic lords in England, as long as they have a breath left, will want to kill us all. Well, you've just read that Spartacus and you should be able to see why. ”

Fagin nodded.

"Free people and tyrants cannot exist in the same world at the same time. One must fall between them. "Naturally, the French understand this. So, Lucien Bonaparte lined me up here. One of the goals he sent me with was to start a revolution in England.

Of course, as I said earlier, the three Bonaparte brothers were heroes, but none of them were saints. Monsieur Lucien Bonaparte, of course, was no exception. He did this in the hope of beating Britain faster. The French revolution has in fact passed.

Well, Fagin, did you see that slave war song from Spartacus? It was in Valmy that the French warriors sang this song and defeated the invincible foreign invaders. But nowadays, in France, very few people sing this song anymore. Even though it is not explicitly stated, in fact, it is no longer permissible to sing this song - the French revolution has stopped halfway.

However, even the French Revolution, which stopped halfway, brought more power and benefits to the French people. The common people of France are now much more like people than the ordinary people of England. However, this should not be the end of the revolution. Minister Lucien has his considerations, but we have another consideration for ours. Fagin, would you like to hear our considerations? ”

"Say it." Fagin said.

"We want to launch a revolution in England and push the tide of revolution forward. When the revolution in England needed a break, it went to other countries to start more revolutions. Such a country after a country, wave after wave, France - England - Italy - Austria - Germany - Poland - Russia - even Turkey, and then France. We will let the fire of revolution burn in the world, destroy the cathedral and the prison! Every revolution has broken some of the shackles on the people, until in the end, it has won complete liberation for the people. ”

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