Luo Wei thought that in such a backward town, the church must also be dilapidated, but who knew that the truth was once again beyond his cognition.

The church is tall and imposing, with walls that seem to have just been renovated, painted with textured waterproofing materials, and heavy solid wood doors with paintings carved by skilled craftsmen.

Directly above the gate, a huge and sacred cross hangs high, shining brightly in the morning sun, and inside the door, the frescoes of bright colors can be seen everywhere, illuminated by the orange-red candlelight, and the smell of expensive incense fills the air.

It is no exaggeration to say that the inside and outside of the church are like two worlds.

A spirited believer greeted him, and when he saw Al, he was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise, "Is it you, Al?" ”

"It's me, Uncle Jock, long time no see." Al said with a smile, and then began to introduce Luo Wei, "This is my friend, from the Radiance of the Republic. ”

"Oh! What a surprise! Jock looked at Al with a thoughtful gaze, intentionally or unconsciously sweeping over his mature body, a look familiar to him that he had seen more than once in the hungry wilderness outcast.

Jock seemed to realize that something was wrong, and hurriedly beckoned the two of them to go inside, and came to the exquisite atrium of the church, he looked at Luo Wei with a cold red hand, and said with a smile: "Guests of the Glory of the Republic, this is really rare, fortunately, the church has been renovated not long ago, I hope the bad scene outside has not affected your mood." ”

Luo Wei spoke to a stranger very rarely: "There is such a big church in a small town, it costs a lot of money to renovate it." ”

Jock said with a smile: "That's natural, the Vatican will issue a fund every year for the maintenance of churches in various places, which is out of respect for the Lord." ”

Through the window, Luo Wei glanced at the people who were blocked out by the church fence, and said lightly: "I see, it seems that the Lord prefers the beautiful church to the suffering commoners." ”

With Luo Wei's character, this sentence may just be a joke, but it sounds very unfriendly to outsiders, like some kind of condemnation, which makes the atmosphere tense up for a while.

But Jock still smiled and said, "Oh, visitors from afar, the Old Testament says, 'I was born in sin, and in my mother's womb I was born with sin,' and suffering is the way to heaven." ”

Luo Wei looked Jock up and down, and said with a deep smile: "I don't see any suffering, at least not in you." ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was stiff, Al was a little nervous, she quietly stepped forward and hurriedly said, "Honor to my lord, Uncle Jock, we just came to the church to have a look, and we won't disturb your work." ”

"Oh, it's okay, dear El, the Lord's door is always open for you." Jock's expression was a little reluctant, of course, whether he was reluctant to meet for such a short time, or whether he hadn't seen enough of the curves on Al's body, it was unknown.

Al was just about to take Luo Wei away, but Luo Wei suddenly said, "Wait a minute, I want to go shopping again." ”

No one knew what Luo Wei had done, Al was stunned, and after a short and negligible thought, Jock smiled and said, "In that case, let me lead this guest, Al, you go about your own business first." ”

"Uncle Jock..."

"Go ahead."

Seeing Jock's smile that was pretending to be a smile, Al couldn't help but feel a little chill in her heart, she glanced at Luo Wei worriedly, didn't say anything more, and retreated after a slight bow.

This church is very large, and Jock strolls around with Luo Wei, seemingly carelessly, but in fact asks meaningfully: "Visitor from afar, Al said that you are from the Radiance of the Republic, and yesterday I heard that the Bishop of the Vatican also received a guest of the Radiance of the Republic..."

"It's me." Luo Wei was not sloppy, he had already heard the other party's intentions.

Jock's face was shocked, and his originally tepid attitude quickly changed, and he put on a flattering smile and said, "It turned out to be a distinguished guest!" It is a great honor for me to visit you! ”

Seeing that Luo Wei didn't speak, Jock thought in his heart how to please Luo Wei, although this is not a person from the church, but after all, he has been received by the bishop of the Vatican, and he must be a figure on the side of the Republic, and there is no harm in having a good relationship with this kind of person, maybe he will rely on this promotion in the future, and transfer from this small city where birds don't to the central area.

Jock pondered for a moment, then suddenly showed a mysterious smile on his face and said, "Distinguished guest, please come with me." ”

Jock made his way to his room, took a copper key from a sealed box, and walked through several corridors to the church's hidden backyard.

Jock opened a side door, revealing a deep and narrow tunnel inside, and made a "please" gesture.

Luo Wei is also a master of the arts, he is not afraid of any tricks at all, and walked in directly, Jock saw that this person was so happy, with a smile on his face "as I expected", and also walked in and closed the door.

There were rows of fire candles hanging on the wall of this tunnel, and there were obvious traces of artificial construction, Luo Wei walked for a while and asked, "What are you bringing me here for?" ”

"Huh?" Jock was slightly taken aback, he rolled his eyes and said, "Guest, don't you want to come here?" ”

Luo Wei thought it was a little funny, he just wanted to take a stroll around the church, when did he ask to come to this broken tunnel?

Jock hesitated for a long time, and suddenly said, "It seems that I would be wrong, but it doesn't matter, it's not a secret, it's something that every church member knows, you can come down and take a look, maybe it will interest you." ”

It's okay not to say this, as soon as he said it, Luo Wei became curious, so he followed.

On the way, Jock was talking about some strange topics, intentionally or unintentionally: "Guests from afar, I'm just an ordinary cultist, I rarely go far away, and I don't know what is going on with the Radiance of the Republic, but I believe it's all bad." ”

"In the first years, the Crucifixion, like everywhere else, was full of riots, murders, and crime." Jock smiled mysteriously, "The clergy of the Vatican have been wondering what these dark roots are, and it didn't take long for them to find the answer... Desire! ”

In order to deal with this unavoidable problem, there have been people who have proposed solutions to this inescapable problem, such as the great St. Augustine, who believed that the believer should revere reason and devalue passion, that impulsive reaction represents sin, and that when there is desire, one should be ashamed. Of course, his theory of 'abstinence' has been known to fail. ”

Finally, the two of them came to the end of the tunnel, and there were some throbbing sounds coming from the heavy door, and Jock's smile was extremely deep, and he squinted and said, "And another method will now be displayed in front of you..."

After Jock finished speaking, he pushed the door open, and the scene inside made Luo Wei's pupils shrink.

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