"Charcoal-grilled living people? Without? ”

I raised an eyebrow and made an unbelievable expression.

In fact, I have roughly figured out the outline of the story, the stranger named Adrian trekked to Constance with an unspeakable purpose, deliberately approached the then Bishop Fields, and was allowed to enter the bedroom unhindered after gaining his appreciation.

This shows that at the very beginning, Adrian and his accomplices already knew that the secret of what they were interested in was hidden in the secret room of the bishop's bedroom, so they deceived the bishop's trust by making themselves outstanding, and the whole plan was seamless and very targeted, except for one hundred secrets, or the sky net was restored, their actions were accidentally learned by Arthur, laying the groundwork for the eventual failure, and now the key to the question is, what did Adrian appear in the bishop's secret room, and what does it have to do with Nijmegen?

"This is the punishment of the blasphemers, and the holy flame can purify their filthy souls for salvation, which is salvation, not torture!"

Jerome from Thebes, holding the cross in his hand, shouted righteously, as if he was annoyed by my disrespectful words of charcoal-roasting the living, and the blackheads were curled with anger, and I had heard of Thebes in Greece, who was said to be the first city-state in the world to openly recognize and encourage homosexuality among men, who had defeated Sparta and remained in Greece for ten years until Alexander the Great conquered the whole country.

Since Jerome came from such an open and precocious city, could he ......

Thinking of this, I squinted my eyes and looked at this honest-looking honest man from top to bottom, like a buyer of picky goods in a department store, and his sharp eyes made him wither, and he shrank his neck and hid behind Arthur, no longer having the momentum just now.

"That's true, Lord Duke, Adrian gritted his teeth and died unrepentant until the last moment when his whole body was engulfed in flames, and Lord Fields had to burn him alive for the sake of maintaining his faith."

Arthur shook his head regretfully, and it seemed that he and Adrian were good friends, Timothy hung his head and did not speak, and the puffed Jerome also quieted down.

"With his own talent, he could have become the youngest priest in the history of Constance, but unfortunately he fell astray into heresy, ruining the glorious path of great prospects and soul salvation, and as his best friend, we all feel sorry and disappointed, but the outcome of the matter is helpless."

I shook the empty flask to make sure it was all drunk, and pouted in impatience:

"It's not early, Father, I have to get up early tomorrow for Mass, since the church refuses to help, I can only let the priest work alone, for God's sake, I must go to sleep, I'm sorry for you!" With that, I pushed away my chair and stood up, and politely bent down to see off the guest.

"No, wait a minute!"

Arthur actually grabbed the corner of my clothes in a faux pleading tone, and I smiled coldly in my heart, the initiative of the negotiation was finally in my own hands.

"That's it! Leaving halfway through the story is disrespectful to the storyteller. ”

I rubbed the folds of my coat and sat back in my chair under their awkward gaze, and the chamberlain brought in a new pot of wine, and the breeze blew the candlesticks and the room was dark.

"I hope you don't think I'm a pervert who behaves strangely, I followed Adrian just to see where he put his borrowed books and copied notes, and I didn't dare ask him how to borrow them...... Maybe it's because I'm thinking too much about people, I'm afraid of rejection, I don't know if it's luck or coincidence, I showed up where Adrian hid things. ”

Arthur's voice grew quieter, and he felt guilty about the ridiculous things he had done.

"After Adrian's death, I told Jerome and Timothy the secret, and we argued for a long time before deciding to find out what was taboo in Adrian's relics, after all, we were all friends, and since we are dead, we should not bear the great sins anymore, and when we stand before God, our souls will be judged justly."

Jerome and Timothy looked at each other speechlessly, and turned their heads to look at Arthur together, the three wooden priests who were desperate tonight, and told a stranger and an enemy in a certain sense that they had kept a secret for many years, and from the perspective of equivalent exchange alone, what kind of reward I had to come up with to match the value.

"Adrian's relics were hidden under a floor of the bell tower, in a copper-plated box, with a lock on it to keep the secret firmly sealed, and we secretly took it out while no one was paying attention to the church's morning prayers, and hid in the innermost corner of the scripture room to pick the heavy lock......"

"That's right, it's lying quietly in the partition below."

Arthur's pupils narrowed, and he was deeply immersed in the memories from which he could not extricate himself.

"There were some letters and gold coins in the box, a few strange gadgets, and there was nothing special about them after looking for them repeatedly, thanks to Jerome's sharp eyes, he felt a secret compartment at the bottom of the box, and we used a small knife to insert it little by little, and finally opened it, and the moment the contents were revealed, we thought we had seen the stolen goods left by the devil in the world!"

The story is a bit fascinating here, and I have to say that Arthur is a good storyteller, and the foreshadowing of the plot and the rendering of personal psychology are slowly advancing like a cocoon, successfully capturing the curiosity of the audience, and not going to the flyover to tell the story is really a waste of this craft.

Arthur's face showed a look of pain, and Jerome and Timothy were also upset, and it seemed that what was going to be said below was not a good memory.

"It was an old piece of parchment, the corners of which had been curled with long hours of reading and wearing, densely packed with mysterious messages in the language of the devil, and the word I had written to you in red in the corner."

"God, what have I witnessed? The language of these devils is unlike the writing of any known civilization, and only ugly creatures whose fingers have degenerated into hoofs and claws can write such stiff strokes. ”

Arthur clutched the cross hanging from his chest with a trembling clutch, as if the crucifix on it could bring him infinite strength.

"We were all terrified, after all, mortal human beings in the flesh could not compete with the great evil, the cross, the holy water...... All imaginable holy relics have no effect on it at all, and the magic of heretical demons is unimaginable! ”

"Jerome made the decision to burn the parchment, and we agreed to his plan, but it could not be done in broad daylight, nor could it contaminate the holy church, and after some deliberation we discussed going to a holy site on the hill and destroying it away from crowded places."

"The next day we made an excuse to leave the church, took the parchment and the fire and went out, but who knew that outside the city, we met Adrian's fellow merchant who had been waiting for a long time, he must be a believer in Satan, and he made a shameless price and begged us to help steal Adrian's relics, fortunately we already knew the truth, otherwise we would have been moved by his temptation......"

"Forgive my humble soul, O God, for our categorical refusal of his request, and the merchant suddenly had a fierce look on his face, and beckoned the rogue helpers who were lurking in the shadows to ......"

"Aren't you still sitting here in good shape?" I asked with a smile as I filled their glasses with the flasks.

"Thank God! The merciful Father, hearing the prayers of his most devout disciples, arranged for a knight to come to his rescue, and yes, a German knight and his attendants appeared on the road and drove away the scoundrels, and before leaving, the deluded merchant yelled at me viciously: I will retrieve Adrian's treasure map, curse you, bastards! ”

"Arthur stared straight at me, and as you heard, that parchment was not a heretical document, but a drawing of the location of the treasure, and Adrian and his accomplices had taken the risk for profit! And that despicable businessman is none other than an agent of the famous Leonardo Chamber of Commerce in Italy, do you say that the whole thing has anything to do with Nijmegen? Everyone knows that the Duke of Nijmegen is the real master of the Chamber of Commerce! ”

I see! I squinted my eyes clearly, if I guessed correctly, Adrian and his companion merchants, who should be members of Enides, were commissioned by the organization to infiltrate the church of Constance to obtain an important document, and finally failed due to exposure, and the operation had to be terminated.

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in my mind, a fact that had been forgotten for a long time was like a sponge that sucked up water, and instantly filled my heart, could it be that what they were looking for was to pass through the mysterious documents left by their predecessors Aeneas?

In this way, the speculation before and after can be justified, and the devil's writing that Arthur is talking about, like the hi found in the abandoned mine of Corren, may be the symbol created by the Aeneas, or simply the horizontal and vertical Chinese characters, recorded on parchment, maybe all how to travel back.

I was so far away from the truth that I was scared, as if I was in a dark hallway, and behind the closed door in front of me might be the result of my own hard work.

But......

I picked at my nails in a tangled way, and the scenes I experienced after crossing flashed one after another, and now I am named Randy. Adrian. Hoffmann, the Duke of Nijmegen and the richest consortium leader in the German Empire, has reached heights that are difficult for many ordinary people to reach in their lifetimes, and as long as the slightest thought is moved, it will determine the life and death of countless people, this feeling is no exaggeration to say that I enjoy it very much, and what is even more terrifying is that I am more and more skillful in adapting to the new life and new role, and no longer desire to escape from this era, return to the future of nothing, and continue to live a conscientious life as a common man.

"You know what it is, and you're tempted, right?" Arthur keenly sensed something strange in my eyes and asked smugly.

"What really appealed to me was the treasure map in the story."

I quickly adjusted my expression to a calm state, shaking the mellow syrup in the glass, reflecting the dark red color in the candlelight.

"Again, I pledge by my devout faith and reputation that I don't know what the people of the Chamber of Commerce have done behind their backs, and your self-righteous conclusion is completely a shadow, but I do have an interest in that treasure map, and who would think that there are too many gold coins in the cellar? That's the point of the next negotiations, Father Arthur, Father Jerome, Father Timothy, please think carefully about the offer, you only have one chance to force me to concede......"

(End of chapter)

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