Rebel Demon King

Chapter 752 City of Darkness (2)

At two o'clock in the morning on April 2020, 11.

Place Denfert-Rochereau in the [-]th arrondissement of Paris.

Although this place is called a square, it is actually not very big. It is just a roundabout at the intersection of seven streets. Except for a bronze statue of the Belfort Lion standing in the center, there are no other landmarks, but the surrounding buildings look There is a long history up there, and the gravel road under your feet makes people feel like they have gone back to 200 years ago.

The black Mercedes-Benz S was parked by the side of the road. Cao Yiwei, who was holding the steering wheel and wearing a driver's uniform, got out of the car and opened the door for Cheng Mo. The moment Cheng Mo came out, he whispered in his ear: "I'll wait for you here, what's the matter?" In case of emergency, remember to send me a signal, and I will rush over immediately."

Cheng Mo nodded and gave a soft "hmm". To be precise, he should be Lin Zhinuo at this moment, but at this moment he has completely turned into a handsome white youth after some makeup.

Cheng Mo, who was wearing a black Lanvin traditional gentleman's style men's clothing, stood aside and waited for Bai Xiuxiu to come down, but Cao Yiwei opened the car door for Bai Xiuxiu, but Bai Xiuxiu didn't get out, and sat in the car and said seriously: "Don't you understand the basic etiquette? As a Gentleman, you should come and help me at this time!"

Cheng Mo didn't think that Bai Xiuxiu was a monster, but reviewed that he hadn't fully entered the scene, and hurried to the car door, stretched out his hand, Bai Xiuxiu put his right hand in his palm, and Cheng Mo gently held Bai Xiuxiu His hand welcomed her down.

Bai Xiuxiu took Cheng Mo's arm naturally, and the two walked towards the subway entrance not far away. Opposite the subway entrance was their destination today - "Paris Catacombs", also known as "Paris Catacombs". Museum of the Skeleton Tomb.

The "Devil's Graveyard" bar is in this catacomb where 600 million bones are buried.

Paris at midnight is extraordinarily deserted. The plane trees that have lost their leaves look very lonely against the dim yellow street lamps. The long European-style buildings extend on both sides, and the round or pointed mensard-style roofs are exquisite. The dormer windows, elegant French-style pillars and ubiquitous carvings present the old-fashioned romance of France. Cheng Mo walks in the evening breeze and feels the sense of vicissitudes of history.

Bai Xiuxiu walks on the empty long street with Cheng Mo on her arm. She is also in a carrier state, wearing a black woolen beret with a houndstooth cape, and high-heeled boots that are almost as tall as Cheng Mo's carrier. It's the supermodel at the Paris fashion show.

"Do you know where this catacomb is?" Bai Xiuxiu asked in a low voice.

Cheng Mo nodded, "The catacombs were originally underground limestone quarries. In 1786, smallpox and plague broke out in Paris. Several floors of public cemeteries had been dug, and all the bones were dug out of the ground. Often the entire cemetery It was bones, and there was not enough room to bury people, so the missionaries cleaned up all the bones in the cemetery, moved them to this limestone quarry, and gave the cemetery to the people who had just died. There are a total of 600 to 700 million skeletons piled up in the quarry. In fact, I wanted to come and take a look when I was in Paris last time, but I didn’t have time.”

"600 million to 700 million?" This huge number shocked Bai Xiuxiu, and she asked in surprise.

"Well. Basically, the cemetery will be dug up once a month, and all the bones will be moved to the catacombs." Cheng Mo said.

"No wonder this bar is called the Devil's Graveyard. It's quite appropriate. Is it interesting to drink in this kind of place?"

A gust of cold wind blew over, and Cheng Mo felt that Bai Xiuxiu shivered. He turned his head to look at Bai Xiuxiu, and said calmly, "I never thought that Sister Bai would be afraid of ghosts!"

Bai Xiuxiu sneered and said, "I'm afraid of ghosts? I should be afraid of ghosts!"

Cheng Mo felt that Bai Xiuxiu's voice was a little guilty, but he didn't continue to test, but said: "Foreigners have never been afraid of death. This huge catacomb is like a sewer. Many people who like it are called 'urban explorers. '. Equipped with lights and self-made maps, they enter the catacombs from various hidden entrances in Paris, sometimes staying underground for several days. In addition to exploring, they even hold parties in the catacombs and play HIGH I will take two skulls out as a souvenir. Probably the person who opened this bar is an 'urban explorer'!"

"It's just to satisfy my curiosity-seeking psychology." Bai Xiuxiu said noncommittally.

Cheng Mo talked about the anecdotes of the "Paris Catacombs", such as the bones of some celebrities such as Montesquieu in the Catacombs, and the mother of the heroine Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" died in this plague .
Soon the two of them came to the place where the "SQUARE DE L'ABBE MIGNE" blue sign stood. There was a small garden planted with many shrubs. Next to the small garden were two four-story French-style cottages not far apart. In the middle of the two small buildings is a large iron gate painted with green paint and a green iron house. It is obvious that the iron house with grid windows is the ticket office.

At this time, there was no one here, and there was no light in the small buildings on both sides, and the desertedness was a bit creepy.

Cheng Mo took out the membership card from his pocket according to Cao Yiwei's instructions, and knocked on the green iron window. After a while, he heard an old voice: "Qui cherchez-vous?" (Who are you looking for?)

"We're looking for Salome!" Cheng Mo was in the carrier state and could perfectly imitate the French accent in the video he just watched, so he wasn't afraid of being exposed at all.

The green tin window opened with a "wow", looking a little strange in the silent midnight, an old wrinkled face with a gray beard appeared in front of Cheng Mo and Bai Xiuxiu through the green grille.

At this moment, Cheng Mo felt Bai Xiuxiu's body tremble, and stood closer to him. Cheng Mo took a closer look, and found that there were only two faint pupils in the eye sockets of the old man who looked like Gandalf, and his sight was not clear. Focal length, obviously a blind man.

Under the environment of this time, this place, such an old man suddenly appeared, and the timid people would be shocked.Cheng Mo was naturally not afraid, he immediately put two black cards with "Le cimetière du diable" on the front and a skull on the back in the old man's hand.The old man took the card in, and then closed the bars.

Cheng Mo and Bai Xiuxiu stood at the door without saying a word. After waiting for a while, they saw that the small door on the side of the green-painted iron door was opened, and a woman in a white nun's attire stood at the door.Cheng Mo touched Bai Xiuxiu calmly, and the two walked towards the side door.

"Welcome both." The nun looked at Cheng Mo and Bai Xiuxiu with a smile, and handed over the membership card of the "Devil's Graveyard" bar.

Cheng Mo nodded slightly, and didn't say "thank you" like a real nobleman. He reached out and took the membership card, and gave Bai Xiuxiu's card very naturally.

Bai Xiuxiu gracefully put the membership card into the bag, and the nun turned around and walked inside.

Cheng Mo asked Bai Xiuxiu to go ahead, and he followed behind. The two of them followed the nun towards an underground entrance. The entrance was made of marble, and the writing on it was somewhat blurred. It looked like a game leading to the underground world. scene.

After entering, there is a narrow spiral staircase, like the inside of a lighthouse, but this lighthouse is facing downwards instead of upwards. Cheng Mo and Bai Xiuxiu are holding the iron railings and spiraling down the steps. The light gradually dims, and Cheng Mo counts It's over at level 130.

There is nothing unusual at the entrance, no matter it is a simple circular hall, the walls are made of limestone bedrock, which looks as strong as a castle, one side of the small hall is an iron fence, and there is a stone tablet beside the gate of the fence, on which is written A brief introduction, all of this is normal, but when you project your gaze to the other side of the rusted iron fence, the atmosphere there is frightening.

The lights were dim, and the long and narrow passageway was all made of bones. The femur bones were arranged into a relatively neat bone wall, and the broken bones were used to fill it in.What is terrible here is not the countless corpses, but the bones are like ordinary building materials, used by people to build this incredible palace of death.

The nun in white clothes continued to walk forward, Cheng Mo noticed that Bai Xiuxiu's footsteps froze for a moment, Cheng Mo couldn't speak to comfort Bai Xiuxiu, but had no choice but to walk to Bai Xiuxiu's side and hold her hand.

However, Bai Xiuxiu didn't appreciate it, and quickly shook off Cheng Mo's hand, and walked forward quickly. There were clear and crisp footsteps in the long corridor. Cheng Mo shook his head, and walked inside behind Bai Xiuxiu.

Cheng Mo never thought that there is such a strange place in the world, all kinds of bones become mosaic tiles, and they are assembled into various patterns by missionaries, especially skulls, which are the most used in mosaic patterns. Broad, square, diamond, straight, wavy, and even heart-shaped
The two followed the nun in white for a long time without a sound, and came to a small square hall after seven turns and eight turns. On the stone wall, there is a colorful mural on the stone wall, suddenly it is "The Head of John the Baptist Appears". The beheaded head of John, the bloody head and the glamorous and beautiful body of Salome set off each other, creating a strange atmosphere.John's head gazes angrily at Salome, who is still dancing nonchalantly, seducing Herod and John the Baptist.

And this painting appeared in the land of the dead, which is even more strange, combining the beauty of the senses and the horror of the soul in an incredible way, appearing real and full of eerie and mysterious atmosphere.

The nun in white nun's attire walked to the mural and groaned, as if chanting some spell, the stone wall slowly moved to one side, revealing a bright room
(Please invite "Fomalhaut X" and "Xinghuaxianwaiyuo" into the group to receive red envelopes)

　"Ming Ting" by Guan Sheng, a book about farming in the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty.If you like historical texts, don't miss it!
　　
　
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