The next day at noon.

The salute roared, and amid the trumpets and magnificent melodies, the band played solemn and festive melodies.

Amid the cheers of the people, a handsome man on a white horse slowly walked through the gate.

He was dressed according to the ancient law, wearing a laurel crown made of silver smelting, wearing golden armor and cloaks, and riding a white horse of a divine steed, with a heroic posture, like His Royal Highness the Prince.

On the green space of the manor, the girls who had been invited to the wedding had already looked straight in the eyes and screamed. In the crowd of girls, Donna, who was wearing a wedding dress, bowed her head shyly in the warm eyes of her fiancé.

Under the guidance of the master of ceremonies, the groomsmen led the horses for the knight on the white horse, cheered in unison, shouted Donna's name, and offered blessings to the couple.

In the crowd, Brady stared at her daughter's shy and happy expression, and smiled from ear to ear.

As a descendant of the declining aristocracy, he worked hard all his life in the customs department of the First Agency, experienced many intrigues and calculations and exchange of interests, and finally became a master, and purchased such a large family business in the Midtown of Avalon.

Without a son, he often has a sense of regret that there is no successor, but at this moment, he looks at his daughter's happy expression, but he feels extremely satisfied.

As long as she can be happy, all the hard work is worth it.

"Congratulations, Lord Brady. ”

The guests who had been invited to the wedding came forward, and he greeted them one by one, and when they talked about happy places, they touched their big bellies and laughed.

Life is so bumpy, there are not many days to celebrate, and we must always be content and happy.

"Mr. Brady, who came in person. ”

A middle-aged man with a white turban walked up and hugged him with a warm smile. Like all other wealthy merchants in Tianzhu, he was covered in gold and silver ornaments, and on his turban hung a stunningly large gemstone...... Of course. There is also the lingering smell of curry on the body.

Brady frowned imperceptibly, then smiled enthusiastically again: "Thank you for coming." Today is a day to celebrate, so be sure to have fun. ”

The Tianzhu merchant smiled and waved his hand, motioning for the servants to bring the prepared gifts.

On the red velvet in the box is a golden emblem encrusted with precious stones and diamonds. Brady was stunned for a moment, and then was pleasantly surprised:

"This is a holy emblem blessed by His Holiness the Pope......?

"It's just a trivial thing compared to our friendship. Tianzhu smiled meaningfully: "I hope our friendship can be maintained." ”

"It's nature. Brady nodded, their eyes tacit.

No one says no to a generous friend, and it only takes a small favor to maintain it......

After receiving his assurance, the Tianzhu merchant quickly and quietly left satisfied.

Soon, all the guests arrived. The priest who witnessed the wedding made the final preparations.

In the midst of the busyness, everyone was nervously preparing. Brady finally relaxed, sat down in the audience, and looked at the couple not far away with satisfaction.

The right match, handsome and young, with good character, is a match made in heaven!

The more Brady looked at it, the more satisfied he felt that he could have such a young man to inherit his career and connections. It couldn't be better.

"He's a good boy. ”

Someone placed a top hat on the table and pulled out a chair to sit next to him. "A lawyer who graduated from a national university is young and promising working under the financial institution.

Moreover, he is valued by his superiors, and he will soon be sent to the East Tianzhu Trading Company, right?

Hearing the mention of his son-in-law, Brady suddenly became proud, but when he looked back. But I saw a young man I didn't know.

The young man had an enthusiastic smile on his face, and it was pleasant to look at. But it was obviously a wedding here, but he was wearing a dark dress, as if he was going to bury someone.

With a smile, those narrow eyes narrowed. Hides the indifference and chill in it.

"Who are you?"

Brady frowned and looked at the guards not far away, but the burly guards in the crowd were shuttling back and forth, oblivious to the young man's presence.

"Mr. Brady, don't be nervous. ”

The young man shrugged, "I'm just a guest who came to the wedding." ”

"You're a musician?"

Brady seemed to understand something, and his expression became gloomy.

There are many unsuccessful musicians in Avalon who rely on their identities to go to other people's ceremonies to eat and drink and ask for gifts. If ordinary people are naturally helpless, but this guy wants to blackmail himself, then he has come to the wrong place!

He coldly took out the checkbook from his arms, wrote a not small number casually, and threw it away: "Today is my daughter's big day, sir, there are also many members of the musicians association among the guests present today...... I hope you don't lose sight of your actions and delay your future. ”

"Ah, I'm sorry, you seem to have misunderstood something, I'm not a bad guy who came to blackmail. ”

The young man smiled awkwardly and took out a small box from his arms: "The first time I came to the door, I didn't expect that today would be the big day for the young lady to leave the cabinet." I had to prepare a temporary congratulatory gift, I hope you can like it. ”

"Congratulatory gifts?" Brady snorted coldly, and took the small box casually: what congratulatory gift can a person like this who comes to the door to eat and drink on the table?

"Don't you see?" the young man's eyes were earnest.

Brady sneered, since he wanted to bring shame on himself, then it would be okay to see for himself.

It was only when the box was opened that he fell into a stupor.

On top of the box is a red gemstone the size of a pigeon's egg, pure and flawless in color. Even the best jewelry stores in Avalon would be hard pressed to find a second one that is so good.

It's just that this thing looks ...... Why is it so familiar?

Stunned, he picked up the gem, only to feel that it was wet, as if it had been stained with water. But the fingertips rubbed it off did have a layer of scarlet color...... That's blood!

He finally reacted: Isn't this gem the one that the Tianzhu merchant stayed on his head and regarded as his life!

For a moment, he shuddered and screamed.

"Y-What did you do to him......"

He slammed to his feet, trying to back away. only to find that he could not move. The screams seemed to have been swallowed by something and disappeared without a trace. No one noticed here.

"Sit down. ”

The young man raised his eyes to look at him, and those narrow eyes opened, and the pupils were pitch black, as if leading to some dark wind tunnel, which made people feel chills.

He made a sound. But it was not gentle, but some kind of irresistible command.

Brady couldn't help but go limp, and sat down in his chair.

Only now did he notice a note at the bottom of the box with a line of angular but indescribably elegant handwriting:

Your loyal friend, Sherlock......

"You, you are ......" In an instant, his pupils narrowed, almost suffocating.

Seeing this, he felt like he had fallen into an ice cave: that legend. The shadow that hangs behind Avalon, the master of the dark rules...... It actually exists!

"Don't say that name, sir. ”

The young man casually raised an index finger to his lips: "That name is not suitable for this festive occasion, so think of me as a guest to the wedding." ”

Brady shuddered, trying to cry out for help, but instinct told him that it was best to sit here quietly.

He looked around with the rest of his eyes. only to find that the surroundings were still lively and noisy. No one notices this, it's already spaced out. It became an island of despair.

In the crowd, several men in musician gowns frowned. They were the musicians who had been invited to the wedding, and after sensing the aether fluctuations, they looked up.

You can see the young man sitting at the table, and the iconic top hat on the table in front of him. I was stunned. Soon, they withdrew their gaze when nothing had happened.

Some people even got up directly and quietly said goodbye.

Seeing this, Brady was completely desperate. Covered in cold sweat, his face was pale, and he slumped in his chair, almost sliding down.

In the crowd, Donna, who was immersed in happiness, looked back at her father, and after finding that his face was wrong, she walked over: "Father, are you okay?

Brady's lips pursed, and he opened his mouth to speak, but he was afraid to speak. His daughter's concern only made him more and more frightened, and she should not come.

Donna, let's go! Let's go......

He screamed inwardly.

"Calm down, sir. Marriage is a sacred ritual that comes only once in a lifetime. Don't be rude on occasions like this, and don't let your daughter down for you......"

A hoarse voice sounded in his heart, and the young man who lowered his head to drink tea looked at it, his eyes indifferent: "She still doesn't know the news that you are quietly colluding with Tianzhu's banned drug smugglers, right?"

Brady was struck by lightning.

He reluctantly calmed down and sent his daughter away gently, but the fear in his heart was even greater.

"What the hell are you...... What exactly do you want to do?"

He plucked up his courage and whispered a question, waiting for the final fate.

If in the past, the vengeful spirit was just a legend, since last month, it has become a nightmare hanging over everyone's head.

In a month, it is said that only one month, after the shaman's disappearance, at least hundreds of gang leaders who tried to make bad intentions were thrown into the sewers by this man's own hands.

Extremely cruel and ruthless, it is said that some people have completely evaporated from the world, and others, as a warning, died horribly, and the scene is simply a nightmare in the world.

Brady always thought that he was just a black-necked man in the lower city, and he didn't dare to do anything to himself as an official, but he didn't expect that he would really appear in front of him.

"I—I'm an important member of the Anglo Customs!" his voice trembled, "If you do anything to me, the kingdom will definitely not let you go!"

"Has my reputation become so bad?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, and whispered to himself: "What did that guy Watson do with my name......

Brady didn't wait for an answer, but the priest who witnessed the wedding had already come up to him and asked him softly, "Mr. Brady, can the wedding begin?"

Brady stiffened her head and stared at him blankly, not knowing what to say.

"Wait a minute, Father, I think this gentleman and I have something to talk about. ”

The young man glanced at Father Shen, and the priest froze, stopping his movements, as if frozen in place. Immediately afterwards, the young man looked back at him:

"Are you a believer?"

Brady nodded stiffly.

"Do you know? There is a passage in the Book of Faith. ”

The young man slowly got up, and the priest took the heavy canon in his hand, opened it to the middle, and read the verses for the sluggish man.

His expression was solemn and majestic, and his hoarse voice seemed to rub iron:

"It is good for you to fear justice and uphold righteousness. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, and do not do unrighteousness. Know that the wicked are tired of wickedness, and that what they harbor is poison, and that they are false, and that their flame shall not endure, and that their light shall not shine. ”

When he had finished reading, he closed the holy book and looked down at him:

"-I mean, do you understand?"

In those eyes, the smile faded, replaced by a sharp iron color, and the color of blood in the fierceness made people dare not look directly.

It was clear that the chanting was over, but the hoarse voice echoed in his heart, like thunder, shaking his last pitiful reason over and over again, making him completely broken, and almost crying:

"You...... What do you want......

"I want you to be a good father, Brady. ”

The young man stroked his hair with pity, like a saint caressing his lamb: "Not a dead father, but alive, with a successful career, a happy family, be an upright person, and make your family proud of you." Although he did a lot of wrong things, he was still able to live to his seventies and eighties, with children and grandchildren, and die happily.

Would you like to be such a father?"

"I ...... I do!"

At that moment, Brady nodded frantically as if he had been pardoned, and his voice was choked: "I do!"

"Good. ”

The young man bowed his head in satisfaction: "Wise and righteous choice, sir, as God has said, you are blessed by your fear of justice." ”

He put on his top hat and took one last look at him.

At that moment, it was as if all the barriers of isolation had disappeared, and the noise and blessings of the outside world finally came, and listening to those voices, Brady was sweating profusely and almost fainted.

In just half a minute, it was like returning to the world from hell, and I almost cried happily.

Because the sudden death is about to say goodbye and leave-

In the solemn melody of the wedding march, in the gaze of all the guests, the young man holding the sacred canon stood in the middle of the couple in place of the priest.

"You can see that you love one another for a long time. Facing everyone's stunned eyes, the young man held the dazed Donna with his left hand, but his right hand pulled up the man's palm, and asked Donna:

"Donna, will you want this man to be your husband and betroth him to be married, to love him, to care for him, to respect him, to accept him, to be faithful to him forever until the end of his life, whether it is sickness or health, or any other reason?"

"I ...... I ......"

Donna looked at the audience and saw her nodding father, she put her heart at ease and stared at her sweetheart opposite, with a gentle expression: "I do." ”

"What about you? The man who had taken the place of the priest looked back at the bridegroom and asked. In that solemn and solemn question, the bridegroom replied with his head held high:

"I do, sir, I love Donna dearly, and I want to protect her for the rest of my life!"

"Very well, your words are from the bottom of your heart. ”

The young man looked satisfied and put Donna's hand into the groom's palm: "I have witnessed that you have sworn to love each other, and I am overjoyed to declare you husband and wife to all of you.

Now the two sides exchange rings, and the groom can kiss the bride. ”

In the eyes of everyone, the shy bride and groom exchanged rings and kissed deeply together amid applause and cheers. Today is a good day for them, and a moment to remember for a lifetime.

And the young man who presided over the wedding has quietly disappeared and left. (To be continued.) )