Chapter 81: The coffin is lifted
Hooray, my will! Where there are tombs, there is resurrection.
--------------Nietzsche
Autumn rain poured from the heavy, gloomy, gray clouds on the vast lands of the South, on the green grass of the McCarvey family cemetery, on Julian's sarcophagus and tombstones......
The Duchess and the crowd gathered in front of Julian's tombstone, and the atmosphere of mourning spread through the crowd, and the sound of whimpering sobs continued to sound.
"Please pay your respects. "Her Royal Highness Princess Lygia, daughter of Urban III, the princess of the Empire, comforted the grieving Duchess, her tone was so gentle and sad, and she was sincerely saddened by Julian's death.
Lygia stared at the sarcophagus containing Julian's body about to be buried, and felt a hint of joy at an inopportune time, just when the news of Julian's death reached the imperial capital, Urban III, in order to strengthen the connection with the McCarvey family, looked at his pretty and lovely daughter Lygia, who had gradually grown up, "Hey, my poor daughter, but you are destined to become a duke's wife." ”
Lygia is the same age as Julian, and she is as beautiful as a flower, full of wisdom, generous and decent, and has impeccable manners, the princess is beautiful in fairy tales, but the reality is not always like this, but Lygia is the princess born in fairy tales, beautiful, kind, noble, you can hardly find any flaws in her that can be blamed, "If so, the fastidious Julian McCarvey will not have the slightest complaint." ”
In this way, Urban III wrote the paperwork, chose the dowry, ordered the good candidates, and was about to inform the Duke of McCarvey, who knew that as soon as the messenger left, the news of Julian's death followed, and the panicked Urban III immediately urged people to quickly recover the messenger, otherwise Princess Ligia would almost become a young widow.
Julian died, and Lycia naturally did not have to leave the imperial capital, but she proposed to her father to go to the city of Fury to attend Julian's funeral, and she wanted to see the man who almost became her husband.
"Unfortunate people. "Lygia is sorry for the untimely death of Julian. The McCarvey family claims that Julian died of a strange and incurable disease.
Regia looked at the corpse of the man who was supposed to be her husband, with mixed feelings, regret, rejoicing, lamentation, and sorrow..... In the crowd, there was also a woman with the same complicated feelings as Ligia, and that woman was Christine.
When she heard of Julian's death, and when she saw Julian's pale, stiff body, Christine thought she would be ecstatic, because the chains that bound her were now gone, and she was free, but when she saw the corpse of the arrogant, conceited man of the past, who was full of wild vitality, an indescribable sadness rose in her heart, and she shed a crystal tear for Julian.
Suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd, and the exclamations of Douglas Heslet, Earl of Mecklenburg, were heard, and his daughter Charlotte fainted from excessive grief. With the help of the maid, Charlotte left the cemetery, and the commotion soon subsided.
Baroness Don Tyne, looking at the scene in front of her, couldn't help sighing, she didn't feel too much sadness about Julian's death, but just now, at the funeral, she met her husband, Baron Don Tyne lost his soul and looked haggard, if you don't know, you think that it was someone who died in the Don Tyne family, after Julian's death, he lost his protection, and Baron Don Tyne will end up in a tragic end. Baron Don Tyne didn't dare to imagine what kind of cruel means his enemies would use against him, and in order to win Julian's protection, he even did not hesitate to sacrifice his delicate wife to Julian, when the messenger came, Baron Don Tyne thought that Julian had finally extended an olive branch to him, but who knew that Julian had died suddenly.
After a period of time, Baron Don Tyne suddenly lost a lot of weight, his face was pale and haggard, and his fat face was full of uncleaned scum, this miserable appearance fell in the eyes of Baroness Don Tyne, touching her kind and soft heart, but when she thought that she had suffered from the white eyes of Rosalind and Charlotte in Azuchi City for these days, she suddenly became hard-hearted, she had lost patience with her husband, and the only thing she was worried about now was her daughter, Julian died, what should Lolita do? Would the enemies of the Don Tyne family spare a ten-year-old girl?
Duke McCarvey stroked the handwriting on the tombstone: My son, Julian McCarvey, is buried here.
Archbishop Benedictas said to the crowd with a solemn face: "Today, we are gathered here not to mourn a lost life, but to rejoice in him, because it is good that his soul will enter the kingdom of God and be with the Father in heaven, and we should be happy, happy, and praise God." So, please don't weep for Him, rejoice for Him, because He is with the Father in Heaven and is only temporarily parting with us, and one day, when we reach Heaven, we will still meet Him. So please join me in praying for Venerable Julian McCarvey to rest in the Lord's bosom. ”
"The Lord is my light, my salvation. Everyone said in unison.
"The Son of Man said, 'All that my Father has given to me will come to me, and he who comes to me, I will not forsake him: for I have come down from heaven, not to do my will, but to carry out the will of him who sent me. This is the will of him who sent me, that I may lose not one of them that he has given me, and that I will raise him up at the last day, for it is my Father's will, and whoever sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ”
The children's choir of the church spread out their childish voices and sang a Sabbath for Julian with their innocent souls, when the cold rain stopped and the sun pierced the heavy dark clouds and sprinkled on McCarvey's sarcophagus, illuminating the gloomy countenance of the funeral, and a dove landed on Julian's tombstone.
At the end of the song, Benedictas sprinkled a pinch of loess on Julian's sarcophagus, "May you rest in the bosom of the Lord in peace, and the flesh will be resurrected in the future." ”
Suddenly, in Benedictas's eyes, the top of the sarcophagus suddenly moved, and then began to shake violently, this sudden change surprised everyone, and the knights who were waiting to carry the sarcophagus into the tomb were even more stunned, completely unsure of what to do.
With a rough and muffled push and pull sound, the top cover of the sarcophagus was opened, first a pale hand tried its best to grasp the edge of the sarcophagus, and then a thin figure dragged the lead-heavy body and staggered slowly from the sarcophagus, but this weak figure shook everyone's souls, making them lose their words, and they couldn't say a word with their mouths wide open.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" said Julian in a panicked tone in front of the stunned crowd after a long time.
He awoke, rose from the dead, and returned to earth wearing a mutilated crown.