After hearing what Father Tekes said, Fang Linyan suddenly laughed,
Father Tex reacted immediately, his face turned red, and he pointed at Fang Linyan but was speechless.
But at this time, a calm voice suddenly came from the portrait hanging on the wall next to it:
"Tex, please ask Wrench to come to me. It seems that he does have some information."
Fang Linyan immediately turned his head to look, and was surprised to find that the person making the sound was actually the person in the painting.
The content of this painting is an old man standing on the viewing balcony high up in the monastery, looking at the rising sun in the distance. At this time, Fang Linyan looked carefully, and the face of the old man actually looked exactly like Archbishop Molegni whom he had rescued.
They were very similar, and the voice came from the mouth of the old man in the painting. When Fang Linyan looked over, the old man in the painting actually nodded slightly and said hello.
Seeing this scene, Fang Linyan finally understood. Since Archbishop Molegni can speak through this painting, there is a high probability that he can listen. No wonder he set up a trap casually, and Father Tex was in a panic.
fell in.
Now it seems that the priest's defense is not only for himself, but also for Archbishop Molegni. It can be seen that the archbishop usually has a lot of power and should suppress Father Tex very much.
This is awesome.
After hearing Archbishop Molegni's instructions, Father Tex suddenly stopped talking, bowed deeply to the portrait, then stood up silently, and made a gesture towards Fang Linyan,
Let him follow you.
The two of them walked one after another in the cold night wind in the early morning. They were surrounded by old buildings that were in disrepair. Although the road under their feet was paved with blue stone slabs, it was full of potholes. If you were not careful, it would sway a little, and then the road below
The stagnant water sprayed out and completely wetted the trouser legs. The shrubs around were also shadowy and swaying in the wind like ghosts.
Not only that, probably because the church is already on the edge of the city and quite remote, there are also birds such as owls active at night, and they will emit a shrill howl from time to time, which makes people feel creepy.
After walking for about five minutes, they began to arrive in front of a tower. After Father Tex led the way here, he knelt down in front of the tower and made a gesture of repentance, like a statue.
Immediately afterwards, the door in front of the tower opened with a creak. Fang Linyan climbed up the steps and reached the second floor, where he found that it had been transformed into a reception room:
The newly laid red carpet on the floor, several famous paintings of dark-toned abstract masters temporarily hung on the walls, the shiny armor racks placed against the pillars, and the strong Bavarian-style curtains and tassels next to them complete the atmosphere.
The simple tower room is decorated with a sense of luxury like a palace reception room.
Archbishop Molegni was sitting behind a desk, looking over with a faint smile on his face. He seemed kind, but he was not angry or intimidating.
Fang Linyan walked up, bowed deeply and said:
"It's a great honor to meet Your Majesty again."
At this time, Fang Linyan's respect came from the bottom of his heart, because this was the most basic respect for the strong. He had not forgotten that the old man in front of him, who looked like he was dying, had killed two powerful Deaths in a closed environment.
Insects, and let them die without their bodies intact!
Archbishop Molegni smiled and said:
"The title Your Majesty does not suit me. In fact, twenty years ago, I preferred to be called the Scourge of God."
The archbishop spoke calmly, but Fang Linyan read the thrilling meaning in these four words.
The clergy like to call those heretics the lost lambs, and they position themselves as God's shepherds. The meaning of the whip of God is that it is a tool held by the supreme God and used to severely punish those disobedient lambs.
.
Only those who are very powerful and have made great achievements can get this glorious title!
Fang Linyan said seriously:
"Sir, I come here with friendship. Otherwise, I would not have blocked all news after discovering the signs and came here alone. Instead, I would have gone directly to the Ministry of Magic or the Times newspaper office."
"I firmly believe in my heart that the pastors who are bathing in the glory of the Lord must be doing righteous things, so I came here just to get the truth, so as to avoid tossing and turning and uneasy conscience in the years to come.
"
Archbishop Molegni nodded and said:
"Okay, if you want the truth, then I can tell you the truth, but after you know the truth, you have to do something for me."
Fang Linyan said:
"Since the Lord has spoken, I am naturally obliged to do so."
Archbishop Molegni was silent for a while, picked up the water glass next to him, took a sip and said:
"The beginning of this matter must be told sixty years ago... I was just a teenager at that time, following the then Archbishop Dilan on a secret mission. The purpose of this mission was
The content made me, who was only 17 years old at the time, very angry because someone had actually interfered and entered the realm of God to explore the taboos of life and death!"
"I still remember that on the night we took action, there were lightning after lightning in the sky, and the heavy rain was like the Thames bursting its banks, pouring down from the sky crazily. The oilcloth ponchos we were wearing were useless, and in a few seconds
My whole body was soaked to the bone within a few minutes, and from time to time I could hear the terrible cracking sound of a big tree being blown down by the strong wind."
"However, Archbishop Dilan told us that only on such thunderstorm nights, the person we want to arrest will stay in his laboratory. Otherwise, we would never even think of seeing his person!"
"Then we entered his laboratory. This man was completely obsessed with his research, showed an extremely fanatical attitude, and completely ignored our arrival."
"Then, I saw a scene I will never forget. On the test bench, this man used a large number of corpses to stitch together a giant monster. It was actually given life during the continuous bombardment of thunder and lightning, and then stood staggeringly.
stand up!"
"That was the first time I met my friend, Victor Frankenstein!"
Hearing this name, Fang Linyan was stunned for a moment. He never expected to hear such a name from Archbishop Molegni.
Archbishop Molegni looked at the flickering candlelight with a calm expression and said:
"That time, it was the first time that the name Victor Frankenstein entered my life. Not only did he not plead guilty when he was caught, he also told us with a very firm attitude that he would continue to do what he did.
Even death cannot make him give up his pursuit of knowledge."
"The next thing I heard was the news that Victor Frankenstein was burned at the stake."
"At that time, I thought he was just one of the prisoners I caught and would quickly disappear from my life, and he did disappear for fifteen years."
“When I was thirty-two years old, a heartbreaking thing happened. I had decided to serve the Lord all my life, so when I returned to my hometown to visit my parents, I couldn’t help but invest my feelings for the next generation in my nephew’s child.
On Kore’s body.”
"He is fair and fat, loves to laugh, and a small dent can be seen on the back of his hand when poked. He is especially close to me whenever I'm around. He looks like me, and he also has the blood of our family in his body.
, so in my mind, little Corey is my son."
"But half a year later, a fellow villager brought me bad news. Little Corey had diphtheria and was probably going to die. My mind went blank at the time. Before I left the monastery, I fell hard three times while walking.
My nose bleeds profusely, and the people next to me look at me very strangely."
"I put these things behind me and had only one thought in my mind, which was to save little Corey."
"I didn't know how I got back at that time. After I rushed back, little Corey was almost dying and couldn't even speak. People around him said there was no way he could be saved."
"I carried little Corey out of the house and frantically went to Dr. Lott to bleed him. I also planned to give him an enema using belladonna leaves, salt and three ounces of castor oil. Unfortunately, shortly after leaving the house, his body...
It starts to get cold."
"My reason tells me that little Corey is dead, and died when I went out, but I am not willing to accept it. I am really unwilling to do so."
"In him, I invested too much emotion, father's love, missing family affection, and to make up for the regret that I could not have my own children in this life. After little Corey died, my life seemed to have lost its color."
"It just happened that at this time, Archbishop Dilan appeared in front of me. He asked me if I wanted to save little Corey, but this might be a serious crime."
"I told him without hesitation that as long as little Kore can be brought back to life, all major sins will be attributed to me."
Upon hearing this, Fang Linyan had almost guessed what was going on below. Many great men could not look away from life and death, and even gods were spiritual opium created by humans in order to overcome the fear of death.
Therefore, the choice made by Archbishop Molegni at this time is not difficult to understand, and Fang Linyan himself would probably not be an exception.
When old people miss the past, they can't help but be immersed in it, because it reminds them of their youthful years... After a while, Archbishop Molegni withdrew from his contemplation.
Continued softly:
"Then Archbishop Dylan took me to an abandoned castle, where I once again met Victor Frankenstein...who should have been reduced to ashes on the scaffold long ago.
He looks good except for the fact that he is bald."