Chapter 82: The Good Man Julian
Yes, though I have walked through the valley of death.
----- Bible and Psalms
The servants in the castle talked a lot, and it was surprising that the dead were resurrected from the tomb, but what surprised them the most was Julian's transformation, the former Julian was so dissolute, unruly, lawless, and acted according to his own obedient nature, but now Julian's face was full of gloom, and he often sat under the sun and bowed his head in contemplation, as if he had an unpredictable depth.
For the servants in the castle, he no longer reprimanded loudly and wantonly, but with a polite smile, he gave enough respect to everyone, acted more calmly and prudently, and could sit down and have a long talk with his former enemies, and finally dissolve the contradictions and resentments, shake hands and make peace, and give each other a deep hug.
It is said that Julian walked through the valley of death that led to such a surprising transformation, and his soul was nourished in death, so that he suddenly became enlightened. According to the account, even the cruel man, when he was dying, his soul would show his unique brilliance, repent to the priest, and finally be allowed to enter the kingdom of heaven by the Lord.
As for Julian's resurrection from the tomb? At first, some people speculated that Julian was possessed by the devil, and that it was the devil's trick that he wanted to enter the world and spread evil to the world. But Archbishop Benedictas denied this statement, "The resurrection is the power of God, and even the devil, who is good at playing with the soul, cannot re-stitch the dead body and soul together." "Since there is the testimony of the white-crowned archbishop Benedictas, this malicious and vicious speculation was quickly suppressed, and then Julian's well-behaved behavior denied this statement, dare to ask how there can be such a good-faced devil in the world?
In the end, the doctors proved that Julian was resurrected from the tomb because he had not died at all, but had fallen into a state of suspended animation, which was a strange phenomenon, so medicine had not yet been able to confirm the principle, but this kind of case existed, and there was once a princess in the royal family of the empire, and when she was eleven years old, her body showed the same symptoms of suspended animation as Julian, showing a pale face, dilated pupils, and a cessation of breathing and pulse. The next day, the young princess came out of the room and had breakfast with her brothers and sisters, and finally the church came out to explain that the princess was not possessed by the devil, and the court doctor also concluded that the princess was very healthy and free from any diseases, except for some weakness.
So this time, Julian just had the same symptoms as the princess, and the doctor found that Julian's heart was not poked out of a hole, but only cut the surface of the heart, and it was too reckless to make a judgment at that time, so there was this kind of funny accident, it is true that when everyone saw Julian's cold "corpse", they thought that he was dead, and never checked his body, so they hastily prepared a funeral for him.
After the resurrection, Julian, in addition to comforting the Duchess and Duchess, Charlotte, Rosalinde, Christine, and a series of close friends, locked himself in the castle's large library, occasionally going out to ask Archbishop Benedictas about theology from the white-crowned Archbishop.
"I remember you were never interested in these things. Archbishop Benedictas smiled and said, "I remember when you were a child, you called me a liar in front of me. ”
Julian bowed his head in shame, "It was God's grace that guided me to return safely, and it was God who taught me to be in awe and relieved." ”
A tear welled up in Julian's eyes, and he exclaimed in praise of the rays of sunlight shining into the stained glass windows of the church: "
Amazing grace, so sweet.
We sinners have been forgiven.
I was lost in the past, but now I am on the right path,
Once blind, see again.
Such grace makes the heart fearful,
Such grace will save me from fear.
At the beginning of conversion, grace comes,
How strange, how precious!
.......
The word of the Lord is bound by hope;
In this life and this life, I take refuge in the Lord,
The Lord is in my heart, and I am in the Lord. ”
This sincere, confessional prayer tells the story of a lost soul who has now returned to earth by the grace of the Lord and has since begun to follow the Lord's ways.
Benedictas' mouth was wide open, his eyes widened, and after a while, with a hint of relief on his face, he looked at Julian lovingly, "Welcome back, my child." ”
Julian is the godson of Benedictas, and when Julian was full moon, it was Benedictas himself who baptized him, and now Julian can re-understand the word of the Lord, which has to be said to be a good thing for Benedictas. Benedictas has always felt guilty about his failure to teach the godson himself in the past due to his busy schedule, which caused Julian to become violent.
For Julian's astonishing transformation after his resurrection, everyone was sideways, happy and resentful, and the nobles who originally hated him were no longer so fiercely opposed to him, and they welcomed a well-cultivated, Duke McCarvey looked at his changing son, and suddenly had the idea that it would be impossible to pass on the dukedom to him, and then he looked at his favorite Sean, and fell back into trouble, and the Duchess wanted to sleep with Julian every night, she was too afraid of Julian's sudden departure, if it weren't for Julian's fierce opposition, I'm afraid Julian would become the Duchess's pillow......
If the trouble is Andre McCarvey, looking at his nephew who came back from the dead, the dukeship that was about to be won was suddenly far away, but in his heart, Andre was indecisive, with a poet-like melancholy, from the perspective of family affection, he was happy that his nephew had escaped from death, but he fell into the contradiction of longing for the duke's position.
Looking at Charlotte, who was snuggled tightly next to Julian, Rosalind sighed softly, for Charlotte, no matter what Yurian became, it was Julian, and this would not change, beside Julian, Charlotte gave up thinking and entrusted everything in her body and mind to Julian.
But Rosalind is not such a person, although she does not hate such Julian, but in her heart she prefers her naughty brother, who always gets into trouble and never grows up, and is also the one who often plays doctor's games, thinking of this Rosalind face dyed a hint of crimson, she took a sip, how could I think of such a thing.
After finally breaking Charlotte apart, Rosalind re-examined her refreshed brother with a serious face, "Julian, I'm tired, read me a book." "Rosalind decided to test Julian, if he had been in the past, Julian would never have done such a thing.
"Well, okay. Is this the one?" Julian asked softly.
A hint of surprise flashed across Rosalind's face, but the discord was immediately dissipated by her, "Well, chapter seventeen. ”
"All?"
"All!"
Julian lifted the book in his hand, and read it clearly word by word.
But Rosalind's mind was not in books at all, and she always had a deep distrust of Julian now.
......
"Alright. Julian said with a smile.
"Okay?
"I'm done with the seventeenth chapter you asked me to read. ”
"Oh, that's right. ”
"If nothing happens, I'm leaving, and I'm going to go to Benedictas and ask him some questions about the Bible. ”
"Wait. Rosalind stopped Julian and said, "My feet are a little sore, rub them for me!" Rosalind ordered with a cold face, and she decided to fight hard, if it was the former Julian, she decided not to agree to such a thing, because it would be undoubtedly humiliating for him.
Julian turned, sat down again, picked up one of Rosalind's feet, and took off his boots, "Do you want to take off your socks?"
......
As if her soul had been impacted, Rosalind looked at Julian with an incredulous expression, and after a while, she said with difficulty: Take it off!"
Feeling the warmth of Julian's palm from her feet, Rosalind unconsciously dyed a blush on her face, and this kind of Julian seemed to be good.
"Is this okay? I'm not good at it, so please forgive me if it hurts you. ”
"Yes. Rosalind was silent.
"Julian, do you remember that incident when you were a child?"
"What about that?" asked Julian, confused.
"It's the one thing you sneaked into my room in the middle of the night...... He said he was going to help me check my body. ”
After a long silence, the movements of Julian's hand also slowed down imperceptibly, and after a while, he raised his head and said with a guilty face: "I have always been deeply sorry and remorseful for that incident, I have done such a beastly thing, when I think of it, I want to kill myself in shame, but the motivation to insist on keeping me alive is that I hope to get your forgiveness, otherwise I will not die." ”
"Sister, can you forgive me?" said Julian with a sincere expression and a look of remorse.
Rosalind Zhu's lips lifted slightly, and she was speechless from excessive shock.
Seeing that Rosalind was silent, Julian lowered his head gloomily, "In that case, I will tell my father about this matter and ask him to punish me, hoping that this will soothe your wounded heart a little." ”
Saying that Julian was about to leave here, Rosalind hurriedly called him, "I forgive you, Julian, I forgive you." ”
"Really?" said Julian, with tears in his eyes at the sudden joy, "Thank you, sister. ”