Milan, Italy, Cathedral of San Illuminati.【26nbsp;】
The atmosphere was solemn and solemn, and Cardinal Antonio was presiding over the daily morning mass.
Bishop Patrick, wearing a brown bishop's uniform, hurriedly walked into the worship room. Looking at Antonio who was presiding over mass on the stage, Patrick nervously whispered to a priest guarding the door, then turned and left.
into the worship room.
The priest walked through the crowd, walked to the stage, and whispered in Antonio's ear. "Your Majesty, Bishop Patrick has something important to discuss with you. He said it is about Namibia."
Hearing the words of the priest, Antonio's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately remembered the two shipwrecks that occurred in the waters off Orangemen a few days ago. Could it be that the survivors on the Granma cruise ship were found. Antonio was ecstatic because he
Understand that if there was nothing particularly important, Patrick would not rush to the Mass.
"May the Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit bless you, protect you, and grant you peace." Antonio looked at the devout believers in the audience, stretched out his hand and made the sign of the cross. "Amen."
After some prayers and blessings, Antonio quickly returned to the office.
Looking at Patrick who was restless, Antonio asked anxiously. "Patrick, have you found the survivors on the Granma cruise ship?"
"Yes, Lord Bishop, two survivors have been found." Patrick said.
"Great." Antonio said with a smile on his face. "Where are they? Have they been escorted to the embassy?"
Patrick shook his head and said depressingly, "Your Majesty, they refused our help."
"Why, aren't they afraid that those killers will continue to hunt them down?" Antonio was very puzzled and said with a frown. "Patrick, tell me the details."
"After the Gramma cruise ship caught fire and sank, I sent Kleist to the small town of Orangemond in Namibia to investigate. In the first two days, the killers who caused the two shipwrecks blocked the road to Orangemond.
They searched the roads of surrounding cities for survivors of the Granma cruise ship and many European businessmen and tourists had died at their hands."
"Kleist was trapped in a small hotel in the town and could not go out of the city to investigate, so he notified church members in nearby cities and asked them to search for survivors separately. Later, from Alexandria Bay in South Africa and Chapang in Botswana,
, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, news of foreigners being killed continued to spread from these areas. Local church members inspected the bodies of those people and found that those people were wearing weapons. Therefore, Kleist concluded that these dead people
They were all killers, killed by survivors who escaped from Orangemond. Kleist immediately informed the Italian Ambassador to Zimbabwe and the Bishop of Zimbabwe of the news, and asked them to send people to search for survivors."
"On the morning of the third day, Kleist discovered that all the killers in the town of Orangemond were missing. After some investigation, Kleist learned that the killers had forcibly collected twenty vehicles in the town.
car and then drove away from Orangemond. Now, the killers have arrived in Zimbabwe."
Kleist gave Antonio a brief introduction to the situation in the past few days, and then continued. "Last night, Harriet, a pastor from the Lake Kariba region of Zimbabwe, was in the northeast of Matusadona National Park.
The two survivors were found in a restaurant. They were a Chinese man and a European woman. Pastor Harriet promised the two survivors that he would take them to the airport safely and then escort them
Came to Italy. However, the Chinese man rejected Pastor Harriet’s kindness. He said he didn’t need our help, and he also said he didn’t trust us.”
"Oh, God, please bless these two children." Antonio stretched out his hand, made the sign of the cross, and prayed for the two survivors. "Poor children, they have suffered too much, and now they have become
Don’t trust anyone anymore.”
"My Lord Bishop, the situation is not what you imagined." Patrick interrupted Antonio's prayer and said awkwardly. "From the message sent back by Pastor Harriet, it's not that the two survivors don't trust us because they are afraid, but
It's because they didn't take those killers seriously at all."
"What." Antonio, who was praying, opened his mouth in surprise and said in confusion. "Those killers caused two shipwrecks and massacred more than 800 people. Such executioners are simply Satan coming out of hell.
, how come the two of them have no fear."
Patrick smiled bitterly and explained carefully. "The Chinese man told Pastor Harriet that they came to Zimbabwe from Orangemond, Namibia, and had killed more than forty killers along the way. From this point alone
To be honest, they really didn’t take those killers seriously at all.”
"Oh, God. It turns out that the killers who were killed were killed by this Chinese man." Antonio was shocked, and then he looked at the oil painting "The Virgin and Child and Saint Anna" on the wall and muttered to himself.
He said, "Lord, please forgive their sins. They did this because they had no choice but to escape. I also ask the merciful and kind Lord to forgive them."
After praying for a while, Antonio suddenly seemed to remember something. He frowned and after thinking for a while, he said, "Patrick, you just said that there was a Chinese man among the two survivors, right?"
Patrick nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I am also puzzled by this. Judging from the communiqué issued by the French government, all the tourists on the Mayflower and Granma cruise ships were Europeans.
I also can’t understand why such a Chinese man suddenly appeared.”
"The Chinese man has killed more than forty killers." Antonio's heart thumped, and a name suddenly appeared in his mind. "Could it be that this Chinese man is the wind of hell."
"It's also possible. According to the news sent back from Huaxia Beijing, there has been no news from Ye Feng for many days." Patrick frowned, hesitated, and said hesitantly. "Your Excellency, there is another news."
"What news?" Antonio asked.
"Pastor Harriet just sent back the news that the two survivors have arrived at Kariba City in northeastern Zimbabwe. But they did not stop at Kariba City, but went all the way north to Kariba City.
The valley in the north." Patrick paused, lowered his head, and whispered a place name. "It's the Forbidden Land of God."
As expected by Patrick, when Antonio heard the name "God's Forbidden Land", the smile on his face disappeared immediately. Antonio said coldly with a straight face. "It's the one named Thor."
Is it a utopia built by the 'Anarchists' in Zimbabwe? The whole world is bathed in the light of God. God blesses us and keeps us safe. He actually named that valley the Forbidden Land of God."
"Your Majesty, I don't think we need to get hung up on this place name." Patrick sighed and explained. "According to Pastor Harriet, who is responsible for the academic affairs of the Lake Kariba area, although the valley is called the Forbidden Land of God, people living in the valley
The residents are not irreligious. Pastor Harriet was once invited to the valley to give a sermon. The residents there have freedom of belief. Churches, mosques, and other ashrams of primitive African religions have been built in the valley. Various religious beliefs
The residents get along very harmoniously. There are no disputes, no intrigues, everyone loves each other, it’s like a paradise.”
"It seems I'm a little biased. Since God has entered that valley, let's pray for the local residents." Antonio paused and then said. "However, I still have a little doubt. Why did Thor do that?
Choose to fight against the Zimbabwean government.”
"I once asked Pastor Harriet about this issue. Pastor Harriet has been preaching in the Lake Kariba area for more than ten years and is familiar with things in that valley." Patrick sighed, and then introduced in detail about "God
"Forbidden Land" thing.
In 1888, the English colonist Cecil Rhodes obtained the mining rights in their territory from the King of Ndebele, and then obtained the territorial rights here for the British South Africa Company in 1889, and formally established the colonial state in 1895
"Rhodesia" was named after Rhodes. In 1911, Rhodesia was divided into Northern Rhodesia (today's Zambia) and Southern Rhodesia, which became a British colony in 1922.
The autonomous colony is today's Zimbabwe. In November 1965, Southern Rhodesia unilaterally declared that the country was independent from the jurisdiction of England and established the State of Southern Rhodesia. However, this declaration was not recognized by the black community in the country.
After the failure of international mediation efforts from 1966 to 1968, England asked the United Nations to impose economic sanctions on Rhodesia. The white regime still declared a republic in 1970, but it did not receive any international recognition.
During the period when the whites were in power, black groups in Zimbabwe had been engaged in fierce guerrilla warfare in an attempt to overthrow those in power. In 1978, under the attack of international sanctions and the black armed movement, the white government was finally forced to sign a contract with the black political parties.
Agreement was reached and Zimbabwe's first ever democratic elections were held in 1980.
After the national power was successfully transferred to the hands of the black government, the Republic of Zimbabwe officially established its independence on April 18, 1980. Although the national government of Zimbabwe has been transferred to the hands of the black ethnic group, most of the domestic land is controlled by
Therefore, the Zimbabwean government carried out land reform and forcibly confiscated most of the land owned by white people on the grounds that the land held by white people was illegally obtained from black indigenous people during the colonial era.
Although the original intention of this measure was good, it was simple and crude, and there were no effective aftermath measures. Therefore, not only did it fail to improve the living standards of the black ethnic group, it also further deepened the contradiction between the two major ethnic groups, white and black, and domestic conflicts continued.
The economy is also in chaos.
Under such circumstances, Zimbabwe has become increasingly chaotic, coupled with famine, many people have become refugees. Ten years ago, Thor, a European descendant living in Kariba City, was in a valley on the east coast of Lake Kariba.
A shelter was established to take in refugees in trouble and provide them with free medical care and education. Since then, refugees from all over Zimbabwe, and even refugees from nearby countries, have poured into this valley.
Antonio nodded and said, "I have also heard about Thor. He is the son of a white farmer and a lone killer."
"Thor, male, 32 years old, nicknamed Thor, ranked fifth on the killer list in the past. Thor has a giant-like body and strength, as if the mythical Thor is alive, which is why he is called
The origin of Thor." Patrick said.
Antonio still can't let go of the name "God's Forbidden Land". "I'm still a little confused about Thor who believes in 'anarchism'. Since everything he does is a good deed, why do he do it?"
Such a place name."
"Pastor Harriet told me about this." Patrick looked at Antonio and explained again.
Eight years ago, the Zimbabwean government prepared to expropriate land near Kariba City, and they also extended their tentacles to the valley. However, the government did not make arrangements for the refugees. It only issued a statement asking all those refugees to return
His hometown. However, because Zimbabwe was in the midst of a famine at the time, those refugees would once again face the threat of death if they left the valley. At this critical juncture, Thor refused the government's request. So the government sent a large number of police to force
They expropriated land in an arbitrary manner and killed and injured many refugees on the spot.
Thor couldn't bear it anymore and had to lead the refugees to fight back and killed more than a dozen policemen. Under such circumstances, the government mobilized a large number of troops and was determined to completely eradicate Thor, the 'dissident'. However, just after
After the army surrounded the entire valley, things suddenly changed. Overnight, all the officers of the army above the school level died in the barracks. The next night, more than a dozen senior government officials were killed. At the same time,
At the same time, a piece of paper appeared on the president's desk 2c with a line of large characters written on it, "The valley in the north of the city is the forbidden place of God. Love without aggression, and those who violate it will be killed."
Faced with the threat of death, the government chose to compromise and withdrew its troops in the early morning of the third day, and then acquiesced to the existence of the Forbidden Land of God. Since this incident, the refugees in the valley have called the valley "God's Forbidden Land".
"Forbidden Land of God". Since then, "Forbidden Land of God" has spread widely on the African continent, and more and more refugees have poured into the Forbidden Land of God from all directions. They make it their home and live happily and peacefully there.
"What a domineering declaration." Antonio sighed, and then asked, "Did Thor do these things?"
"Since the entire valley was surrounded by the army, Thor stayed in the valley for the past few days, building fortifications with the refugees in the valley, ready to meet the enemy at any time." Patrick paused, and then said. "Those officers and officials
, they were all killed with one knife, and the wound at the throat was small and narrow, which showed that the killer acted very quickly. Judging from these killing moves, it did not look like it was done by Thor. Moreover, there were rumors in the dark world that someone was in Kariba City at that time.
and Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, have all seen the winds of hell.”
"The wind of hell." Antonio said with a playful smile on his face. "I think the Chinese man Pastor Harriet saw must be the wind of hell."
"Your Majesty Bishop, what should we do next?" Patrick said.
"Tell Kleist that in my name, he will notify the Italian ambassadors to African countries and the bishops of African countries, and ask them to protect the two survivors with all their strength until they leave the African continent safely." Antonio sighed.
He took a breath and said with some embarrassment. "Although they don't need our help, we must be prepared."
Patrick nodded and said solemnly, "Yes, Lord Bishop."
"Sometimes, we are always blinded by superficial phenomena." Antonio looked at the sunshine outside the window and said. "Take the wind of hell and Thor as examples. Although they are killers, they have also done good deeds, and many good deeds.
They are all unknown to us. We should be more tolerant and understanding of these people. I think the merciful and kind Lord will definitely agree with me."
Antonio had a faint smile on his face, stretched out his hand and made the sign of the cross. "May God bless them, Amen."
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