Chapter 151: Escape
Maria was stunned by the miracle, and when her body returned to the ground and stood still, she didn't know what to do next.
She looked around, and in a group of frightened people, she suddenly found Yang Rui's smiling face, and at the same time, Yang Rui's voice sounded in her ears: "Go out boldly, no one dares to stop you." β
Hearing this, Mary hesitated for a moment, and then walked outside the temple, and sure enough, everyone was frightened by the miracle just now, and the clergy of the temple saw the woman who claimed to be pregnant with the heir of God walking slowly towards the outside of the temple, and no one dared to stop her.
When Mary walked out of the temple, she asked, "Where shall I go?" β
At this time, Yang Rui appeared in front of him and said, "Follow me, I'll take you to a place." β
Mary asked, "Where are you taking me?" β
Yang Rui turned around and smiled and said, "Go see your fiancΓ© Joseph." β
Hearing this, Maria stopped her steps, seemed to hesitate, and said, "Can you not go?" β
Yang Rui said: "Are you afraid to see him? β
Maria nodded, and Yang Rui continued: "You can deceive all the people in the world to protect the child in your womb, but only Joseph you can't deceive, you have to tell him the truth, because he is the most innocent person in this matter." β
Seeing that Maria was still hesitating, Yang Rui encouraged her and said, "Go boldly, Joseph is a great man, he will forgive you." β
After speaking, Yang Rui led Maria to the hut where Joseph lived.
At this time, Joseph was building a home in his carpenter's shed, which he had designed by hand for his new life.
However, when he heard about Mary, he was so sad that instead of going to the temple to see his fiancΓ©e's execution, he stayed in the carpenter's shed and continued to type these beautiful homes.
When he heard footsteps behind him, he turned his head to see Maria, who was a little bloated from pregnancy, standing behind him, and a strange adult man standing in the doorway.
Joseph was astonished when he saw her, and he expected that Mary would have been executed by this time, but the girl was now standing in front of him, which he could not have imagined.
"You ......," Joseph was so startled that he could barely speak.
Mary stepped forward and said, "Dear Joseph, I am not dead, I have come to apologize to you. β
"Apologize?" Joseph asked hesitantly.
Mary sobbed and said, "This child is the illegitimate child of mine and another man. I have been engaged to you for a long time, you are a good man, but I don't love you, and I don't want to keep the marriage that my fathers signed. I love that person. But the man never came back. I know that I have committed a felony, and this felony is relative to yours and you are innocent. β
Joseph said, "But everybody knows, you ......."
"I deserve to be put to death, do I?" Maria turned to Yang Rui at the door and said, "He saved me." β
At this time, Yang Rui walked into the shed and said to Joseph, "I saved Mary, and I need you to do something for me." β
Joseph asked, "What's the matter?" β
Yang Rui asked, "Joseph, do you love Mary?" β
A sad expression appeared on Joseph's face, and although Mary had no feelings for Joseph, the simple carpenter had always loved Mary, and when he learned that his father had signed a marriage contract with Maria's father, he went mad with joy and imagined the day when he would marry the woman he loved.
After a long silence, Joseph nodded and said, "Yes, I love Mary." β
Yang Rui said: "Since you love her, then take her away and get out of here." β
Joseph asked, "Why?" β
Yang Rui said: "I asked Mary to claim that the child in the womb was the child of God, and she did some trick to blind the sacrifices and people. But this will not be kept under wraps for long, and King Herodian will not tolerate the existence of a man who claims to be the mother of the Messiah. If she did not leave, Mary would soon invite calamity, and by that time she and her only children would be dead. β
Looking at Joseph's hesitant expression, Yang Rui continued: "I know it is difficult for you to accept the current result, but if you love Mary deeply and are willing to forgive her for everything she has done, then you can take her with you." If you don't want to, I won't force you, I'll think of another way. β
Joseph stepped forward and shouted, "I'm willing to take Mary out of here!" β
Mary said, "But I was pregnant with someone else's child." β
Joseph turned his head to look at Mary and said, "The father of this child has abandoned you, so I am willing to be the adoptive father of this child, raise him Chengren, and take care of your mother and son." β
This sentence made Maria ashamed, but there was an inexplicable sense of affection for Joseph, she was so excited that she didn't know what to say, Yang Rui heard this and said with a smile: "Dear Joseph, I have long seen that you are a great man. β
"Then let's do it without further ado." Yang Rui said: "Hurry up and pack your things and go, I think King Herod's people will come soon." β
Joseph did not dare to slack off, he quickly packed up, took all his possessions and dry provisions, led two donkeys, put Mary on the donkey's back, and prepared to leave.
At this time, Yang Rui stopped Joseph, pulled him aside, and said, "Israel will not allow you anymore, you can go to Egypt, where will there be a place for you." β
Joseph nodded and said, "Thank you." β
Yang Rui took Joseph's hand and said, "Dear Joseph, you are now doing the greatest thing in the world, and that is to protect Mary and the child in his womb. β
Joseph smiled and said, "It's not the greatest thing, I just want to protect my fiancΓ©e and adopted son." β
Yang Rui shook his head and said: "The child in Mary's womb is the Holy Spirit chosen by God, he will eventually come to this world to help those who are suffering, you must protect Mary's safety, so that this child can be born smoothly and grow up to be benevolent." β
Joseph was taken aback and said, "Son of God? Isn't that a lie to deceive other people? β
Yang Rui said: "Lies will be exposed, and the reason why Mary was able to leave the temple safely and let you take her away is because God is complaining because God has chosen this child." β
Joseph glared at Yang Rui and asked, "Then who are you?" β
Yang Rui jokingly said: "I am also asking myself this question, who am I." But in any case, since you have chosen to take responsibility, then you must pick up this burden and stick to it. (To be continued.) )