Solar Calendar October 1728 Lozema

From the pulpit in front of him, the priest spoke loudly about the fundraising, from the organizers of the fundraiser and the people to whom the donations would be given.

The two teenagers stared at them carefully behind the crowd, the lower part of the back of the seat was hollowed out, and part of the body could be seen, and Rod and Lott could monitor the movements of the people in front of them by looking at the chairs in front of them. However, there will still be blind spots, invisible places, and teenagers can only judge by experience, which is the limit of what they can do from this angle.

There were many ladies in the crowd with handbags, which was an easy place to start, and the crowd was relatively tight, although they were staring hard, but the teenagers were not sure that they could really catch that person under the constraints of the environment.

And Lott is not only observing people's movements at this time, but also observing their expressions, the perennial wandering life has made him have an instinctive feeling for thieves, he spent his entire childhood at the bottom of Porternas, at that time he would see thieves almost every day, when he was still young, many adult thieves would occasionally give him some food, and then after a long time he became acquainted with these thieves, and the thieves invited him to join them. But this industry also needs talent, and there have been repeated failures, things have not been stolen, and there have been a few more injuries. This forced him to find another way out.

But thanks to years of contact with thieves, he has an instinctive perception of their behavior patterns and presence. It must have been someone here who behaved in line with the actions of the thief he remembered to make him feel this way, but it wasn't real, the body was sometimes much more agile than the brain. The current situation is that although the body has been discovered, in fact, Lot's mind has not yet realized it. He observed repeatedly, and from time to time glanced at the left side of Rode's responsibility, he actually didn't worry about Rod in his heart, after all, Rod was not from his background, although he also wandered with him for some days, but after all, it was short, and his personality was impatient, he was not good at observing this kind of thing, but staring rigidly.

As the priest's account drew to a close, the crowd began to stir up as the fundraiser was about to take place, and many people turned their attention to the priest.

Lott took the opportunity to remember the location of all the people who were not looking in the direction of the priest at this time, and these people should be the people he was trying to find. Combined with his expression, in fact, the person he was really looking for could already be speculated, and he quietly moved to Rod's side, "Fourth row, the seventh woman from the left, keep an eye on her." ”

Rod nodded "Okay"

Lott was a little suspicious of her, but he continued to scan people back and forth to be on the safe side. It is still possible to trust Rhodes to keep an eye on only one person, and if the woman who is suspected really does it, he will never miss it.

The people in the front row on the right have begun to leave their seats one by one, and they walk up to the stage in order, and then write the donation amount on the fundraising slip and sign their names, after which the paper will flash a blue light, and then the words "payment has been successful". All eyes were turned to the people on the podium at this point.

It was at this time that Rod patted Lott with his hand, "It seems to have done it." ”

Lott quickly turned his gaze to the woman he suspected, and the eyes of her neighbors on either side of her were attracted to the podium, but she didn't. Although the teenagers couldn't see her hand movements because of her blind spot, her gaze, expression, and the movement of her shoulders did look like she was stealing something from the lady to her left.

Lott held down Rhodes at this time to prevent him from being impulsive, "We'll expose her when she arrives." ”

Rod nodded in understanding.

The woman glanced at the next seat, and Lott guessed that there must be a handbag there, and the process was not very smooth, and she should have hurriedly withdrawn her hand several times for fear of being discovered. From this, Lott judged that she was a novice, which was exactly the same as she was at the beginning.

As people continued to step forward, it was soon the turn of the left, once the opportunity to leave the seat may be lost, the woman's expression was also very urgent, Rod saw this and sighed, "I don't think she has a chance." ”

"Not necessarily, she's still trying. Lott didn't dare to relax, at this time the woman's courage became bigger, and the amplitude of her movements was much larger, and her neighbor still didn't notice the woman's abnormality. After some more attempts, finally, the woman smiled.

Lott saw everything, the woman's shoulders gradually retracted, and her expression slowly became serious, as if nothing had happened.

It's time. Lott also smiled at the moment, this woman is a novice in theft, but humans are naturally good at disguising themselves, only this she is very skillful, the current woman is like a normal fund-raising believer, her expression is not unusual, and even makes people feel that she is very religious, if it weren't for the two of them here, she would probably be able to succeed.

"I'll do it. Lott said and stood up.

Rod listened and lay down in his chair, "Go," he shook his hand.

So Lott walked straight from the back of the church to the pulpit to the priest.

When the priest saw Lot, he wondered, "Son, do you want to collect donations?"

"Father, I want to tell you one thing. Then Lott leaned into the priest's ear and whispered a few words.

The priest's face turned terrible for a moment, and he frowned, "Are you sure, child?"

Lotte nodded.

"Everyone, please pause," the priest immediately shouted to stop the crowd.

"What's going on"

"What's wrong?"

The crowd turned to look at the priest, who then walked to the fourth row on the left, "I'm sorry to disturb you, but please check if you have lost your belongings." ”

When the priest said this, the men and women in this row began to check their belongings, and the face of the woman who was suspected by Lot was already quite ugly at this time.

"The ring I was going to give to my niece is missing. The woman next to her said, rummaging through her bag.

The priest closed his eyes regretfully, and he held out his hand, "O lost man, please come." ”

The thief knew she had been discovered, and she took the ring box from her bosom, "I'm sorry, ma'am. ”

The woman saw that the box was snatched from the thief's hand, and she opened it in a panic, and the ring was still inside, "You thief!

"Madam," Father Father immediately interrupted, "Our Father teaches us love and care. ”

"But she stole from me!" the woman shouted, as everyone looked at the place.

The thief didn't say anything, and she got up and walked over to the priest.

"O lost man," the priest stroked the thief's head sadly.

"Needless to say, please leave me to 'Sparrow'. The thief said calmly.

"Not today, child, I don't want it to be today," the priest shook his head, then he looked at the people and continued, "I'm sorry, fellow parishioners, but I, as a priest, didn't protect everyone's safety, and if it weren't for this teenager, I wouldn't have been able to detect this theft. ”

"No, Father. ”

"It's not your fault, Father. ”

People said it wasn't his fault, but the priest shook his head: "Guys, it's my responsibility, I didn't do it, it's irrefutable." ”

The crowd then fell silent

"But will you forgive me?" said the priest, smiling back at the group.

"Of course"

"We forgive you, Father. ”

People looked at the priest with sincere eyes, and in their hearts the priest was not wrong about this matter, it was all the fault of the thief.

The priest nodded, pleased with everyone's reactions, and continued, "Can you give this lost man a chance?" The priest's words took another turn to everyone's surprise, and his smile only appeared for a few seconds, his expression changed back to sadness, and the crowd fell silent again.

"At any other time, I wouldn't ask for forgiveness, or even an offense to the Father. "But this is the month of fundraising, a day of proclamation of the love and compassion that God teaches us, and this lost man must have had to do this because of poverty, and isn't that what we want to do to help these people?"

Hearing these words, the crowd began to discuss in a low voice.

"I want you to give her a chance, just once, I, Pacus, in the name of the priest, ask you. With that, the priest bowed deeply to the crowd.

"She's very rusty, it should be the first time. Lott also helped the priest to speak

Seeing the priest like this, the stolen woman's expression was also very embarrassed, "I forgive her, priest, please don't do this." ”

"Thank you, ma'am," the priest still didn't straighten up

"I forgive her too, Father, please get up"

"Yes, me too"

When the crowd saw that the lady had agreed, they stopped insisting and agreed.

"Thank you," the priest straightened up.

The thief was already in tears at this time, and she knelt down in front of the priest with a snap, "Father, God is above, I'm sorry, Father Tagus, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry" She grabbed the priest's leg and her body trembled.

"It's great that you're able to repent," the priest squatted down and grabbed the thief's hand and pulled her up, "Ma'am, what's your name, please tell me quietly." ”

So the thief bit his ear a few times, "Madam, this donation church will definitely share a share with your family, please don't do this kind of thing in the future, find a job, if you really can't find it, you can come to the church to find me"

"Yes, Father. The woman's tears at this time couldn't stop at all.

"Now, please leave the Templar, ma'am. Hearing this, the thief took two steps back, then bowed to the priest again, then turned and walked briskly out of the church.

When the woman left, the fundraiser was able to continue, and the team was up again.

"Son, can you stay with your friend for a while?" Seeing that Lot wanted to leave, the priest stopped him.

"We—" Lott just wanted to refuse.

"It's not a matter of fundraising," the priest hastened to explain, "and I would like to thank you on behalf of the church for protecting the faithful who came to the church this time." ”

Lott thought about it, it was not easy to refuse, because if he was going to live in Lozema for a year, the church was next to the guild, and this priest might meet often in the future, and it would be embarrassing to refuse now, so he nodded and agreed.