Chapter 2: Doubts (3) Secrets

After listening to Yi Fei's brief description, the old man was silent for a long time, glanced at the unusual necklace in front of him, and then looked at Yi Fei with a sincere face, and then nodded in agreement:

"Young man, I can repair this necklace for you, and promise that it will be exactly the same as it was, but I want to tell you that this necklace is unusual, and those who can own it will not only have a high status and power, but also have a lot of wealth, but this status and wealth are often paved with the lives of many people, and the person who wears it must not only have enough wisdom and courage to avoid these unexpected dangers, but also fulfill the special mission that this necklace gives to each new owner, It's an ancient pact that no one has ever broken. ”

The old man's words shocked Yifei, he never expected that this seemingly ordinary necklace would have so many connotations, which made Yifei a little overwhelmed.

This is a legend about a very old mystical religion whose followers were at the height of its strength in all corners of the European continent.

As early as before the Middle Ages, when royal power and divine power coexisted, although the church of that era was not very involved in the affairs of governing the country, but they had great wealth and land, the church needed the protection of the army, the head of the church needed to be appointed by the king, but in turn the army and the king needed the support and recognition of the leader, whether you are a king or an ordinary person, you are God's people, and the head of the church is the incarnation of God.

As time passed, the Church became more and more wealthy, which gradually threatened the existence of the king, and when it reached its extreme, the church could question the legitimacy of the king and even remove the king.

The king, whose position was threatened, began to resist the appointment of the head of the church, and any appointment of a new head that they thought might threaten their throne would be rejected by the king, and the tension between the two sides became increasingly acute.

Later, the Church elected a Council of Nine, an extremely secret group, who not only helped the Church to assist in the day-to-day affairs of the Church, but more importantly, they were entrusted with the responsibility of electing a new Church.

After the three candidates for the new head of the church are voted by the council to confirm the final leader, the next new head of the church will receive the most votes, and the current head of the church will personally seal the name of the elected head of the church, as well as the power of attorney, confirmation letter and obligations to be fulfilled in a secret box.

And these nine council members will also put the name of the sect leader they elected in their own nine secret boxes, and personally seal and keep the key to the only secret box that can be opened, because the nine members of the council are secretly elected without meeting, so they don't know who is the new leader who is finally confirmed, and the only one who knows this result is the current leader.

After that, the nine boxes belonging to the Council, together with the current leader's box, a total of ten boxes, were stored in a temple, and only when the new head of the sect was crowned could the ten boxes be opened, and the results of the election and the power of attorney of the previous head of the church were announced in front of the three candidates, the members of the council, and many followers.

This sacred ritual lasted for hundreds of years, and then, as the power of the church declined and the power of the king grew, the church could no longer oppose the king's will to elect its own leader, and this mysterious religious group gradually divided and disintegrated, merging into different sects.

And the mysterious ten boxes were later missing, these ten boxes were made by dozens of craftsmen in charge of different parts, the process is complicated, because only a corresponding key can open this box, so once the key is lost, this box has become a dead box that can never be opened, if you want to open it, you can only destroy it.

Later, it was rumored that these secret boxes were scattered all over the world, some were used as monarch succession locks to store the king's holy decree secret boxes, some were used by some mysterious groups and gangs to store secrets, and some became personal collections.

It was not that he listened to the old man's account of the origin of the secret box almost with full attention.

"As far as I know, there are still three such boxes circulating in the world, and the others are either lost forever, or they have become personal collections and will not be taken out again, and the three boxes that are still preserved in the world are all placed in several banks in Switzerland, and the people who own them are all patriarchs or family members of some mysterious groups, and the secret boxes have also become a place to store mysterious wills and instructions."

"You mean that this cross is the key to the secret box of God?" Yifei, who suddenly woke up, stared at the old man in front of him with wide eyes.

"Yes, this special cross is the only key to open that secret box, but I don't know if this key of yours is the key to open one of the three secret boxes locked in different bank safes."

"Sir, how do you know these things? According to you, this kind of secret box is at least a few hundred years old, how do you know about this history? For the old man's narration, Yifei's doubts have not decreased, but have become more confusing.

"Young man, the reason why I know this history is because my ancestor was one of the craftsmen who made this secret box, and I also have a key like you."

As he spoke, the old man took off an equally delicate cross from his neck and placed it in front of Yifei's eyes.

This time I was not completely frightened, I thought it was just a beautifully crafted handicraft, but I didn't expect this thing to have such a long history.

"These two crosses look the same, but if you look closely, they have their own differences, and none of the curves and ornaments on them are the same, which dooms each cross to only open one secret box, do you see?"

Under the guidance of the old man, he gradually discovered the difference between the two crosses.

"Well, you still have a secret box, don't you? Is it here now? Can you show me? "It's not a request.

"My great-grandfather found one such box after years of searching, and this key is a set, just to keep it for himself, but the war made us lose it again, in those days, all the wealth of the Jews was confiscated by the Nazis, and the secret box was also lost at that time, and it was at that time that my people were displaced all over the world, and many people died in that human catastrophe, and we were fortunate that under the leadership of my grandfather, we traveled thousands of miles to Shanghai, China, Only then did he escape the war. ”

"In fact, the key itself is also a secret box, and many people who don't know the inside story think that it is just an ordinary cross, so that many counterfeits and corresponding counterfeit boxes have appeared on the market a long time ago, just to deceive those good people."

The old man picked up his cross as he spoke, pinched the silver chain on which the cross was hung with his fingers, and stuck the horizontal ends of the cross with his other hand.

"There was a time when the elders of the sect, in order to confuse those who had malicious intentions to steal the secrets inside the secret box, hid the secret decree with their names in this cross and carried it with them, and this kind of paper with their names was cut from a whole piece of special paper, and after the result was announced, the whole paper had to be put together and handed back in its entirety, so that no one doubted its authenticity."

After listening to the old man's words, he picked up his necklace with a little curiosity.

"Then I'm going to see if there are any previous secrets hidden in this part of mine."

It is not that he opened this necklace of his own in the way of the old man.

'Dangchang! With a snapping sound, an equally delicate, but clearly modern, metal object fell from the back of the open cross, and it slid onto the table in front of them.

What fell out was a modern key, but the surface of the key was extremely finely engraved with a set of codes composed of letters and numbers.

This time it was the old man's turn to open his mouth wide in surprise.

Zaid and Muhammad fell on the ground reverently, silently praying in their hearts that Allah would bless them to complete this holy war against the infidels, and that they would use their blood and lives to declare to the infidels who had invaded their homes and plundered their wealth that they would never give up their land, and that it was a righteous act, and that they believed that fighting for the Lord and sacrificing for the Lord would bring their souls to heaven.

The brothers standing in a row gave the most sincere hugs to Zaid and Muhammad, and from the eyes of these people, Zayed and Muhammad read the trust and support between the brothers, as well as the envy and reverence, which made the two of them strengthen their confidence, and the little fear that was still vague before has long been drifted away with the wind.

Once again, Aman Idas explained in detail the steps of the operation, and once again explained the operation of the equipment used for the attack, and seeing that the two had no more doubts, he sent Zaid and Muhammad to the car and opened the door himself.

"Go, my brother, the Lord is watching you and bless you, and your souls will ascend to heaven, and you will be our heroes and our eternal examples."

Aman Idas hugged the two again and closed the door for them himself, and Zeid started the car, punched Aman Idas from the inside, and drove towards the intended target in the distance.

Immediately afterward, Aman Idas and several others got into another car and drove away with their car.