Just when everyone was eating heartily, suddenly, a gloomy and tragic female voice sounded over the church: "Let me out! Let me out quickly! You devils! You will not die well! (English)
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Ling Fan was still chewing the steamed bun in his mouth and holding half of it in his hand, but he did not continue to eat. He just listened quietly. However, after a long time, the terrifying female voice disappeared: "Did you hear that just now?
The cry of a foreign woman?" Ling Fan looked at Hong Feng, Tian Yu and Xiao Yu and asked.
"No, did you hear it wrong? There was no woman's voice. It must have been the sound of rain outside. You heard it wrong." Hong Feng ignored Ling Fan and stuffed a steamed bun into his mouth, but...
Choked.
‘Could it really be that I’m hallucinating?!’ Ling Fan murmured doubtfully, but in the end he couldn’t resist the hunger in his stomach, and soon joined the process of eliminating the hateful food in front of him.
Just as Tian Yu was about to speak, she saw Xiao Yu pulling down the corner of her clothes. Xiao Yu handed Tian Yu a steamed bun and said with a smile: "Tian Yu, give you a steamed bun. See how thin you are."
Just add more nutrition." He said this, but Xiao Yu kept winking at Tian Yu, and the meaning coming out of his eyes was to remain silent for now and not to mention what happened just now.
Food is always the natural enemy of human beings. With you and without me, with me and without you, we will either be eliminated or be starved to death. Soon, the food on the four large tables was completely wiped out by everyone, and everyone’s faces
They are all extremely happy smiles.
"Wow, I'm so full!" Ling Fan walked out of San Sim's restaurant with everyone, he patted his slightly protruding belly and shouted with satisfaction.
"Today's food is in line with your taste, right?" The leading priest turned back to look at Ling Fan and the others and smiled kindly.
Xiao Yu nodded and praised: "Great, I haven't had such a refreshing meal for a long time. Well, can I eat here more often in the future?"
The priest smiled lovingly and said, "Of course, we are all brothers and sisters. You can come anytime."
Now they were walking in a corridor. The floor of the corridor was paved with gray and white checkered floor tiles. The rain sprinkled on it made it very slippery, so they had to be careful every step they took, otherwise they might slip.
At the end of the corridor was a large room. The priest gently pushed the door open and turned on the lights inside. In an instant, the bright fluorescent tubes flickered, and soon the whole room was illuminated as brightly as day.
Ling Fan followed the priest into this room. In fact, this room was not too big, but it was not too small either. The layout was quite reasonable and simple. The floor was also covered with slippery tiles, and the wall directly in front of it was
There is a large painting of the advent of Jesus hanging above it. A red cross hangs in front. The four walls are extremely white. There are several sofas on the right side. Next to the sofa on the far right is a drinking fountain. It is the right time.
During the reheating process of the water dispenser, a buzzing sound came from the room.
"Brothers and sisters, you are welcome. Coming here is just like coming to your own home. Please take a seat." The leading priest pointed at the sofa and looked at everyone with a smile.
After the priest arranged for Ling Fan and the four of them to sit down, he poured four cups of hot water for them. Suddenly, steam rose from the cups and then disappeared into the sky.
"I haven't introduced myself yet. My surname is Zhang. Everyone is accustomed to calling me Father Zhang. My job is mainly responsible for the affairs of St. Sim's Church. But occasionally I also go out to preach scriptures and sermons. I don't know the four
Brothers and sisters have encountered any trouble. If you need my help, please tell me." The leading priest sat on his hair, his expression was quiet and kind, and he looked like a priest who had been preaching for many years.
Hong Feng said: "Father Zhang, let me make a long story short. The purpose of our visit tonight is to find out about Father Lan Zhengxiong, who taught at St. Sim's Church. Do you have any impression of him?"
"You are talking about Zhengxiong, haha, of course he is. In fact, Zhengxiong was not a priest here before, but a wanderer. Or I found him lying behind the door of our church. I was not
The priest is just an ordinary monk. I saw Zhengxiong's dejected look, so I invited the priest here. The priest was kind and kind by nature, so I decided to leave Zhengxiong in the church to do some daily cleaning work. As for the future, we will see
How did our Lord Jesus arrange it?" Father Zhang recalled the past events, with a warm look on his face, and continued: "But later we discovered that Zhengxiong was not only serious about work, but also helpful, and had some magical powers.
His power helped many confused brothers and sisters solve their problems, so the old priest decided to let him study scriptures and teach Taoism with me. Zhengxiong's qualifications far exceeded mine, so that later, when the old priest passed away due to serious illness, he took his place.
He took over the position of the old priest and became the most loved and respected Father Lan in the church." Having said this, Father Zhang showed a bitter look on his face. It seems that he did not expect that the homeless man he saved back then would actually
It would be a bit embarrassing to achieve something greater than myself.
"However, I thought I could only be a monk in the church forever, but I didn't expect that one day, Zhengxiong told me that he was leaving here. I asked him why, and he said that he still had some things to do.
After he is done, he will definitely return to St. Sim's Church again, and then carry a duffel bag and leave St. Sim's Church on a rainy night. From then on, I have no news from him." At this point, Father Zhang's expression changed.
It was a bit gloomy, but Xiang Lai still thought about the life scenes when the two of them studied scriptures and taught Taoism together in Xiang Nian.
"He is dead. He committed suicide by cutting his wrists a few days ago." Ling Fan looked at Father Zhang and said calmly.
Father Zhang was shocked by Lan Zhengxiong's death inquiry. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He shook his bald head slightly and still said in a disbelieving tone: "It's impossible. Zhengxiong couldn't have committed suicide."
,What's going on?!"
So Ling Fan briefly told Father Zhang why Lan Zhengxiong fainted in St. Sim's Church, why he had magical spells, why he suddenly left St. Sim's Church, and everything that happened to him in the Bauhinia Garden, even including
The reason why he did this was that he hoped that Father Zhang could provide them with further clues about the black package.
As Ling Fan expected, Father Zhang looked extremely shocked when he knew the whole truth of the matter. Although he couldn't believe it was true, it was the fact that the kind and helpful junior brother actually had such a huge power.
He was so resentful that he had committed so many sins in the name of God, which made Father Zhang keep closing his eyes and chanting sutras to atone for Lan Zhengxiong's sins.
"Father Zhang, this is what happened to Lan Zhengxiong, so the purpose of our visit this time is to find out about the black package, the holy object he said. We want to know what it is and why.
Will you appear here?" Ling Fan waited for Father Zhang's expression to calm down and then told him the purpose of his trip.
After Father Zhang's expression calmed down, he told everyone what he knew about the mysterious package - in fact, I had only seen that black package a few times. It was the old priest who was summoned to heaven by the Lord Jesus.
It is said that the old priest came to Hong Kong from the United States 20 years ago to teach scriptures and preach. He stayed at St. Sim's Church for 20 years to teach scriptures and never left.
And his black package was brought with him and locked tightly in his room. I also asked the old priest what was in it, and the old priest told me that it was something belonging to God and owned by God.
People will receive God's care and blessing, but if anyone opens it, God will be angry and whoever will be punished by God. Although I am very curious about the package, I respect the old priest quite a lot. He is like
Like my father, I never disobeyed his words, so from then on I no longer focused on the package, but focused on my work as a monk.
It wasn't until the old priest was summoned to heaven by God that the package mysteriously disappeared. I didn't expect that the old priest would hand it over to Lan Zhengxiong. This was beyond my expectation. The old priest always regarded that package as his life.
When he said this, there was a look of doubt on Father Zhang's face. It seemed that he only knew so much about the package, and he seemed to be a little jealous of the old priest for handing the package to Lan Zhengxiong.
, however, it was just a flash, after all, so many years have passed, the monks back then have become successful priests, and those little jealousies have disappeared with the wind.
After listening to Father Zhang's description, Ling Fan suddenly said: "Father, I think the reason why the old priest gave that package to Lan Zhengxiong was not out of any partiality. In his eyes,
You and Lan Zhengxiong have the same status, but you are much luckier than Lan Zhengxiong, because Lan Zhengxiong has always been in deep resentment and hatred and cannot extricate himself. I think the old pastor also realized this, so he
I hope that this package, which can receive God's favor and blessing, will be handed over to Lan Zhengxiong for safekeeping. I hope that God's holy relics can resolve Lan Zhengxiong's resentment. As far as I know, Lan Zhengxiong also respects the priest very much. From the time he got the package until
Before he died, he did not disobey the old priest's words and did not open the package. His tragedy may not be resolved by God's blessing. Perhaps everyone's life is doomed. This may be what we call three points.
God decides."
Ling Fan's words made Father Zhang stunned. He was immediately ashamed of the jealousy that flashed through his heart. He looked at Ling Fan, his eyes suddenly flashed brightly, and he begged: "My brother, you are an amazing person."
Man, you can see through people's hearts, and our Saint Sim is lacking such a priest. If you are willing to serve in our church, I am willing to give up the position of priest to you, and hand over the entire church to you.