Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1569 Saint Denis’s Treasure (9)

  No matter how prominent the Church of Saint Denis was, it is now desolate.

  It’s okay to look at from a distance. When you walk in, you will find that there are weeds everywhere, and the legendary beautiful stained glass has been destroyed by people, the charred benches are dumped on the ground, and the ground is full of gravel.

  These rubbles may come from the sculptures of kings, queens, princesses, and princes, or they may come from the sculptures of the apostles on the 12 columns.

  It should be a beautiful church when it is still intact, especially the cloister-like windows in the back of the chapel, where it is said that the choir used to sing there.

  The direction of the church is east to west. When the sun rises, light will shine in from the cloister behind the chapel, so that the entire altar is shrouded in a circle of holy light.

At this moment, the sun is slanting to the west, and the sun shines through the door of the church cave. The place where the tomb used to be is dug out. The dark cemetery with no light is like a bottomless abyss. The air has the smell of burning stones. The smell of gunpowder and the smell of thyme and frankincense.

   "Those who broke into the church planned to burn the church to destroy evidence." Bersier said, "It's just that the fire did not burn."

   "They are made of stone, not wood." Denon said, looking at the materials of the building.

   "It seems to have gone through the end of the world here, and it's all ruined." Canova couldn't help but say.

  No one answered him, Napoleon is now standing in front of the altar in the church in plain clothes. A thousand years ago, Pepin may have stood in that position like him.

  The wind blew in the windows without glass, and it sounded like some kind of crying.

   "Guess where those treasures will be hidden?" Bersier asked happily.

"St. Louis has collected a lot of holy objects, the blood of Christ, and the blood of Mary. He also bought a true cross from Baldwin II, and of course the most famous crown of thorns. Do you think these things are valuable? "Denon asked.

   Bersier sniffed.

   "I heard that there is a Gutenberg Bible in Saint Denis's treasure." Canova said.

  "Do you think the Gutenberg Bible is valuable?" Denon asked Georgiana very secularly.

  The Gutenberg Bible is the earliest known Bible printed with movable type printing. It is named after a Venetian printing merchant named Giovanni Gutenberg.

  However, it said that it was nothing more than a book printed on parchment, and it was not as beautiful as the "Grimani Prayer" snatched from the San Marco Library in Venice.

   "I heard about another rumor." Georgiana said, "That book is not the Bible."

   "What book is that?" Canova asked.

   "You know that Louis IX went to Egypt." Georgian said, "It's just that he is not like you. After arriving in Alexandria, he was delayed for several months, and you seized the opportunity to attack."

  "Are you trying to say that the book is from Egypt?" Bersier asked.

"I also hope that it is best to dig it out from the Nile." Giorgioanna smiled and said, "Louis IX celebrates two masses a day, and reads the "Madonna" 50 times before going to bed, and wakes up early to participate in morning prayers. Of course he took it with him when he went to Egypt. Later, he led his troops to attack Egypt ruled by the descendants of Saladin. After occupying the port of Damietta, he encountered the plague and came to fight..."

   "Well, we all know that Louis IX was taken prisoner by the Sultan's concubine and slave guards, and then?" Bersier interrupted Georgiana impatiently.

"Do you think the descendants of Saladin will allow Louis IX to continue to insist on Mass and to recite the "Madonna" before going to bed?" Georgiana asked, "He has read the "Madonna" so many times, and he still needs to follow the book Read it?"

   "You mean, the Saint Denis Abbey contains the "Our Lady"?" Denon murmured.

  “A large number of French Gothic architecture appeared during the time of Louis IX. Foreign students gathered in Paris. The Saint-Denis Church was also built during this period. Because of its fair reputation, Louis was selected as the arbiter on many occasions.”

   "And he is also the builder of the Paris City Hall." Napoleon suddenly said, "Have you been to the City Hall?"

   "I have been." Georgiana said coldly, "I was going to apply for the right to wear pants."

   "Then did you see that ship?" Bonaparte asked.

"ferry?"

   "That is the earliest symbol of Paris." Bonaparte walked leisurely with his hat. "Remember Charles V that I told you before?"

  Georgiana nodded.

"When the good man John was captured, the mayor of Paris was Etienne Marcel. Louis IX established the Paris Municipal Organization for the purpose of leading the expeditionary army to fight, and someone could manage the city instead. 12 At the beginning of the century, the water trade in Paris became very developed. The'boatman' became a wealthy merchant. The first mayor of Paris was selected from these people. The city's symbol became a ship, where they gave orders. Known as the "pillar house", which is now the Paris City Hall, but now this Renaissance building was rebuilt two hundred years after the death of Etienne Marcel. The original "pillar house" has been demolished because At that time, Charles V was coerced by Etienne Marcel when he left Paris."

   "I know that history." Georgiana said pitifully.

  Prince Charlie was only eighteen years old when John was captured. Prince Charlie was bent on consolidating his power as a regent. The soldiers participated in government affairs, but he ignored that the Valois family lost their credibility among the people because of the successive defeats in the military.

  So Etienne Marcel, the mayor of Paris, and the Bishop of Paris issued a decree announcing that the entire country is governed by all groups, including nobles, priests, and the bourgeoisie.

"If Leoncourt said to Louis XVI,'No, your majesty, this is a revolution.', then the situation encountered by Charles V is'Your Majesty, this is a riot.' At that time, Marcel said The blue and red hat that symbolizes Paris is worn on Charles V's head. This represents the city's promise to protect the safety of the prince. Do you know the difference?"

  Napoleon asked like a teacher.

   "The church was destroyed?" Bersier looked at the surrounding ruined walls and asked with a smile.

  "Are there troops involved?" Canova asked.

   "What about you?" Bonaparte asked Georgiana.

   "Why don't you ask Denon?" she said dissatisfied.

   "Do you know the answer, then?" Bonaparte asked.

  Georgiana shook her head.

  "It is the third level established by Marcel." Denon said, "Do you know what the third level is?"

  Georgiana, like most British people, has no idea of ​​the French third level.

"The mayor of Paris began to establish a new order after the prince fled. He later met Charles II. Charles II was the grandson of Louis X of the Cape family, and John II was a sideline of Valois, Marseille. He wanted to establish a country ruled by all his subjects without a king, so he rejected Charles II. After Charles V fled, he organized an army and planned to retake the capital. Charles II had the support of the British and supported Paris. The blockade was carried out and the whole city began to lack food, so when Etienne Marcel was patrolling the defenses in the city, some people surrounded him. They shouted the slogan'montjoiesaintdenis', and then like to break down the prey. Similarly, using an axe and a sword to divide Marcel into pieces, Prince Charles entered the city two days later and announced Etienne Marcel’s intention to unite with the villain Charlie to let the British army enter the city. He used the mayor’s Power is marked on many houses in Paris. Those marked houses are loyal to France and the king. Since then, there has been no mayor in Paris and the original "pillar house" has also been taken back. Until..." Bonaparte left the end of the sentence, but everyone knew that "The deputy mayor of Saint-Denis was chased down the street by the mob. He later ran into the church and was chopped off the top of the church tower. He is not like Saint Denis, he can walk from Paris to Montmartre with his head in his arms."

   "My God." Georgiana murmured, "Leoncourt, what trouble did you mix yourself into?"

  "Do you know why the cemeteries of the previous French kings are all on the ground, and the Bourbon royal family is in the basement?" Bonaparte asked again.

   "Because there is no place?" Georgiana looked at the surrounding tombs.

   "Let’s go and see." Bonaparte smiled and said, "Are you afraid?"

   "I'm not afraid of ghosts." Georgiana said, she was afraid of the living people with axes and swords.

   "Let's go." Bonaparte said, removing the leg of a chair, and then began to make a torch.

  Georgiana wanted to flash with fluorescent light, but then she started to make torches just like him.

  Because she is not Grindelwald, she hopes that lynching cannot be used for charges of witchcraft in the code, which is part of the new order she hopes for.

Nietzsche once told a story. One day Zarathuste, who was on his way, fell asleep under a tree. Suddenly a snake came and bit his neck. Zarathuste woke up with pain, and the snake saw people. Woke up and wanted to run away, but Zarathuste said, "You haven't got my thanks yet, thank you for asking me to get up and go on the road."

  Snake said, "My venom will kill you. You have no chance to drive."

  Zaratuste smiled and said, "Have a dragon ever been bitten to death by a snake? Take your venom back, you are not rich enough to give it to me."

   So the snake crawled on his neck and sucked the venom.

  This is certainly a story, but it tells people a truth, to respect people who don’t like you.

  She feels that it is best not to be so arrogant in someone else’s territory.

   "Let's go." Napolioni said, holding the lighted torch, but Bersier took the lead and walked to the front. There were two other guide soldiers.

   "I won't go down anymore." Canova said, "I will look on it."

   "Me too." Denon said.

  Georgiana followed Napolioni to the basement.

   Unlike the tall and light Gothic on the ground, the underground of Saint Denis is Romanesque, with heavy walls and no windows, much like a place where believers in the past hid.

  Perhaps because the body of Louis XV was really stinky, and coupled with the lack of air circulation, after so many years, there was still a smell of gunpowder and smoke, which made people disgusting, but the few people in front seemed to be used to it.

  "Do you think the Queen of Louis IX is competent?" Bonaparte asked Giorgioanna.

  "She made up the ransom." Georgiana said dryly. "And she is a woman. There are many places to rely on the Mayor of Paris."

   "You fool," he scolded, then turned his head to look forward.

  Georgiana ignored him.

  It’s not so easy to find a housekeeper. Women who spend money to dress up will definitely look better than those who don’t. Marrying a beautiful princess back home is certainly pleasing to the eye, but "Queen" and "Princess" are not the same.

   "Hit."

  Napoleone removed his boots, took a shot with a torch, and found glass **** everywhere on the ground.

  "Why is there glass here?" Georgiana asked, "open windows in the underground too?"

  No one answered her, they continued to walk down the stairs.

  Soon they came to a place similar to an atrium, where there was a "ruin" made up of a glass mountain.

   "This seems to be something before." Bersier swept across the pile of glass with a torch and said, these colorful glasses emit a very beautiful, gem-like light.

   "Someone may have swept the glass shards upstairs here." A guide said.

   "Do you have a way?" Napolioni asked her.

  Georgian did not speak.

   "Can it work?" He tilted his head and looked at her.

  "This is the church." Georgiana said, "Please be respectful and polite."

   "Do it!" he commanded.

  Georgiana gave up after hesitating and struggling for 2 seconds.

  She raised her magic wand and used "Restore as before" to the pile of glass.

  The broken glass was spliced ​​together at a magical speed, and even the glass that was stepped on to the **** on the road came over, and it quickly became a box full of glass.

  Georgiana used a fluorescent flicker in the hollow glass, and the light passed through the glass, leaving a projection on the low ceiling with a line of Latin on it.

   "Your choice determines your happiness." Georgiana stared at the characters and translated, "I thought it was a map."

  The three men stared at the ceiling without speaking.

  Georgiana put another piece of glass in the box again. This time, the rose window appeared on the ceiling.

  She switched a few more pieces of glass, except for the different styles, all of them were rose windows.

   "It seems that this is only used to design rose windows." She said boredly.

   "A worthwhile trip." Bonaparte smiled and said, "What do you think?"

   "Your choice determines your happiness, this sentence will become my family motto." Bersier also smiled and said, "You have worked so hard, it's worth it."

   "Yes, it's worth it." The other two guide soldiers immediately matched.

   "Hahaha." Bonaparte burst into laughter.

   "What are you talking about?" Georgiana asked in confusion.

  No one paid any attention to her. They continued to walk inside after a short stay. After a few searches, the excavation of the people had long been dilapidated and there was nothing left to discover, so they returned to the ground.

  Before they left, they took away the glass she had restored with magic.

  Now the basement is completely empty. There are no other residents except rats and snakes. I am afraid that there is no more clues about where the treasures of Saint Denis are.

  (End of this chapter)