Section 23 Holy Relic
Of course, the apparition of the Virgin could not last long, but when the apparition in the sky disappeared, the nobles present seemed to be inspired in an instant, and they swore that they would henceforth demand themselves according to the most pious standards of the Church, and to donate a fortune to the Church, and they discussed all kinds of religious topics all night, and Arold's dream became the center of their conversation, and so the night passed in a strong religious atmosphere, and the next morning Arold declared the forest and the lake to be forbidden, Because this is the place where the Virgin is apparitioned, it is not allowed to be profaned casually, in fact, it is to give Harvey enough time to destroy the evidence.
When Arold returned to his castle with the nobles, they rode down the road with their servants and retinue escorts, and were about to enter the gatehouse of the castle, when suddenly a bald wandering monk came out from the side of the road, holding in his hand a cross made of rough trees, with many small bags hanging from his waist, and the shoes on his feet were bulky, and he looked like a dusty pilgrim.
"Who? How dare you stand in the way of Lord Earl. The knight of the Inner House immediately stepped forward to stop the pilgrim and used his body to block Arrod's front to prevent the assassination from happening.
"Wait a minute, who are you? Something is blocking my way. Arold knocked his horse's belly, took a few steps forward, walked up to the pilgrim, and asked him.
"Are you Lord Count Mecklenburg?" The pilgrim asked Arold respectfully.
"That's right, I'm Arrod, the ruler of Mecklenburg." Arold replied to the pilgrims.
"Great. So that my task can be accomplished. The pilgrim suddenly said excitedly, his face flushed, although his face was wrinkled and looked very vicissitudes, perhaps because of the wind and sun, but his eyes exuded fanaticism.
"What task?" The nobles behind Arjod were curious, and what they had just experienced made them particularly sensitive to religious matters, so they all squeezed over from the rear to see what was going on.
"I am a monk who has just returned from a pilgrimage to the holy city of Jerusalem, and when I was praying day and night at the place of the martyrdom of my Holy Son, a strange thing happened." The pilgrims seemed to be in good spirits when they saw the crowd of onlookers around them. He gushed about his pilgrimage experience. Not to mention that the eloquence is really not bad.
"What's going on? Do you see a miracle? "Nobles who have never been to the Holy Land have a keen interest in the legendary kingdom of heaven, and the mere mere hearing of the name of Jerusalem makes them stop and listen, let alone a monk returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy City.
"One night when I was repenting of my sin. Suddenly, a ray of light struck me. In the light appeared the image of the Virgin. The pilgrim said loudly. And when he said that the Virgin Mary was in the world, his eyes were blurred, as if he was not possessed by God, which made the people around him feel even more frightened.
"Is it the image of an old woman? Yesterday we were by the lake and we saw the image of the Virgin in the sky. "At this time there are the fastest nobles. Suddenly realized, the others nodded.
"Yes, at the same time, Our Lady spoke to me." The pilgrim opened his arms, spun around the crowd for half a circle, and said excitedly.
"Oh, Hail Mary, Hail Mary." The nobles, who had experienced the incredible scene of last night, opened their mouths wide and drew crosses on their chests, completely believing the words of the pilgrims.
"Ahem." Seeing that the pilgrim was talking more and more, Arrod pretended to cough lightly, and glared at him, and when he saw Arrod's eyes, the pilgrim hurriedly lowered his arm.
"What did Our Lady say to you?" When the nobles saw that the pilgrim had stopped, they hurriedly urged him to continue.
"Our Lady gave me a holy relic to bring it to a noble count who had conquered the Slavic pagans, and I did not understand what this meant at first, my lords, you know that at that time Mecklenburg was still in the hands of the pagans, and I walked back to the monastery in the Duchy of Bavaria with doubts, but at this time I heard of the exploits of the noble Count Arrode, who had conquered the pagans, and a voice sounded in my head, yes, this must be the one I am looking for." At this point, everyone was even more curious about what the pilgrims had brought back from the great holy city, and they all craned their necks in waiting.
"What kind of holy thing is it? It is said that most of the holy relics were hidden in Rome, and even the holy foreskin has been collected. ”
"Maybe it's something that the Holy Son once used?"
Just when people were talking, the pilgrim mysteriously took out a small black box from his robe, the small box looked very simple and unpretentious, but at a glance it was known that the road was some age, the pilgrim raised his right hand holding the box and raised it high, he proudly showed it to the surrounding Ruo, of course, what was in it was still a mystery.
"This is the holy cloth in which the Blessed Virgin Mary wiped her nipples/head with a linen cloth beside her when she fed the first sip of milk to the Son at the moment she gave birth to the Son, leaving milk stains." The pilgrim spoke loudly to the crowd.
"Wow~~~."
"So what miracle is happening here?"
"Listen to me, Our Lady told me that if a woman worships this holy thing, she will not have a difficult birth, and her child will grow up healthy and strong." The pilgrims shouted loudly as they circled the crowd.
"Oh, so what happens to the men's pilgrimage?" There are also more honest people who ask the pilgrims curiously.
"If a man worships, then his impotence and impotence will surely be cured, and the heir will surely receive an heir."
"Oh~~~."
"Sister." Arrod's face turned green when he heard this, and he whispered in his heart, that strange thing actually found such a holy relic, but he still got off the horse with a pious and solemn face, knelt down on one knee in front of the pilgrim, took the bandeau cloth of the Virgin, and then held it with both hands, and showed it to the surrounding nobles, while the pilgrims who had completed the task quietly withdrew from the crowd at this time, and soon disappeared into the streets and alleys.
"Find the best carpenter at once, make the most luxurious reliquary, and send knights to guard this relic day and night, because there is no suitable church to place it at present, so put the relic in the castle for the time being." Holding this so-called holy relic in his arms, Arold walked through the cloister of the castle and instructed the courtiers around him that the famous pilgrims had crowded outside the castle in an attempt to see the holy relic. (To be continued......)