"I have acted behind the back of my Heavenly Father all my life, and I don't know how many sins I have committed, and if I had to do it again before I die, it would have been the same anyway. So go and get a most pious and virtuous pastor of all......"

The degree of acceptance of the same thing is closely related to the cultural level of the audience, most of these guys in the surrounding caravans are illiterate rough people, and the level of appreciation is limited, compared to the hymn just now, it is still an easy-to-understand language story that is easier for them to understand and accept, and Norman's story is still a very famous work in the history of the earth, and it is naturally impossible to have flaws in the narrative sequence, and it is easy to understand, so this makes the surrounding guys listen quietly.

Norman stood alone in the middle and spoke melodiously, his voice low but still loud, very like a bard.

"'So, my lord, torture me as if I had never confessed my sin, and do not tolerate me because I am lying on my bed, and I would rather sacrifice the comfort of my flesh than sink into the abyss the soul that my bishop redeemed with his precious blood!' The priest was very pleased to hear him, and regarded it as a proof of purity of heart, and praised his piety......

The story that Norman is telling now is about a man named Capleto, who likes to do nothing and sow discord, and is almost a cunning slut. Once, when he went to another city to help a nobleman collect usury, he unfortunately fell seriously ill, and on his deathbed he made up a false confession to deceive the priest into believing it, so although he did all kinds of evil during his lifetime, he was regarded as a saint after his death, and was revered as "San Capleto".

Norman can be said to be very sympathetic to this story, to a certain extent, he is also Capleto, he has never had any respect for the Father's Religion but now mixed the name of a saint, except that he did not die, it can be said that it is very similar, so he remembers this little story especially clearly. And such a ridiculous story is the first time for these people around me to hear it.

When they listened to Norman's story, and listened to the cunning fellow who did all kinds of evil, he won the favor of the priest step by step, and made the priest gradually regard him as a good man who was accustomed to doing good deeds, and they all felt that it was ridiculous in their hearts: in their limited education, they could never lie when they repented, it was a sin, and it would prevent your soul from entering the kingdom of heaven, and as a result, this man would lie all the time when he repented! But at the same time, I found the story more interesting, and wanted to listen to it to see if the priest could finally see through the lies of this wicked man.

The tension of this drama attracted these guys in the surrounding caravan to listen quietly, and even the mage who had finished his meal not far away sat down again.

After finishing his meal, Master Yarman sat down and rested for a while.

Ernest's hymns were interesting to the caravanserans, who had little entertainment experience, and were an interesting pastime, but they were really not interesting to the well-informed Yarman, and they were purely amateur performances, not comparable to the choirs in the church, so he listened to them for a while and wanted to go back to the carriage to rest.

But the story of the big bard made his body sit down again.

He had expected that this bard named Alan would tell a very old-fashioned knightly story, like all bards would tell, but he did not expect it to be a story that he had never heard before, and this story felt so new to him that he couldn't help but want to listen to it and hear what the outcome would be.

"A literary middle-aged dragon with an elegant temperament" is probably the most serious one among all the people around him.

Whether it was the unheard of systematic scolding system, or the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes" that Norman told the little boy Curry, Chen Qinghe realized how wise his companion was, so when he heard Norman tell the story, he was probably the one he was most looking forward to on the scene.

He was eager to hear how unique his story would be, and whether there would be a deep wisdom hidden in it, and Norman did not disappoint him.

For this story, the people around him only found it interesting, but Chen Qinghe sensed something deeper from it: it seemed to be a condemnation and mockery of the church.

It's interesting that such a story is told by Norman......

"The two brothers hid and listened, and on several occasions could not help laughing, and they talked privately: 'This man is truly remarkable, whether he is old or sick, he cannot help him, and he does not care that death is in front of him, and in a moment he will be judged before the Father, but he still uses his tricks and does not change until he dies!......''

"When the priest who had heard his funeral was informed of the funeral, he came to the bishop of the parish, and struck the bell and summoned all the priests to tell them what a holy man the deceased was......"

When they heard that these people in the church really thought that this cunning man who had done all kinds of evil was a saint of pure character, the eyes of the people around him lit up, and they couldn't help but whisper to each other, discussing how ridiculous it was, and then even more ridiculous things slowly flowed out of Norman's mouth.

They sang hymns along the way, and greeted his body with the most solemn ceremonies, which caused a stir throughout the city, and almost all the men and women followed closely behind them...... The audience was so moved by the words of the priests that as soon as the ceremony was over, they rushed up to kiss the hands and feet of the deceased...... His name grew louder and louder, and people revered him day by day......"

It's a little story, not too long, and it doesn't take long for Norman to get to the end.

This is the end of Panfilo's story. ”

The people around him were talking to each other even more passionately.

"Oh my God, I can't believe this is happening!"

"Isn't he, this abominable fellow, afraid that Heavenly Father will send his soul to hell?"

"It's a weird story, it's different from what I've heard before. ”

......

After Norman finished speaking, Chen Qinghe, the most knowledgeable of the group, understood the story: it was indeed a story full of mockery of the church, exposing the dark side of the church's corruption, but it was not divorced from reality—in fact, Chen Qinghe believed that such a story was happening somewhere in the human kingdom beneath his feet.

This is the most terrifying part of this story, and the narrator of this story is the most interesting part - who would have thought that the guy who told this story in front of him would actually be a big man who had just been enshrined as a saint in the Father's Cult?

In Chen Qinghe's view, it is full of contradictory philosophical beauty, which fascinates him deeply.