Shadow of great britain

"Sir, what questions would you like to divine today?"

Arthur looked at the thick stack of Tarot cards. He had never believed in these superstitious things before, because as a contractor of the devil and a miracle worker who came back from the dead, his own existence was already superstitious enough. .

If you can use tarot cards to divine unsolved mysteries, then where can a devil like Agares go to make a living?

However, since this young lady insisted on playing, Arthur did not want to spoil her interest.

Arthur smiled and asked a question casually: "Then please calculate my past, present and future."

"Past, present and future? In other words, you want to calculate the big destiny trend?"

Miss Draisaitl asked softly: "Are you counting career, wealth or love?"

Arthur smiled and replied: "My career has not been going well recently, so I would like to trouble you to calculate my career."

"If you are calculating the general trend of your career's destiny, then you can choose any three of these 22 Major Arcana cards. The remaining 56 Minor Arcana cards are used to indicate the specific details of the development of affairs."

Arthur saw that she was so serious, so he smiled and complimented: "It seems that you have studied divination very deeply, and your calculations will definitely be accurate."

"It is not for me to calculate, but for you to indicate your destiny and unfold them one by one from the left or the right."

Miss Dresser scattered and shuffled the tarot cards, and then arranged the cards one by one in front of Arthur.

"Okay, please concentrate and choose three cards that you think are destined."

Arthur glanced at the tabletop covered with a dark tablecloth. Under the bright moonlight at night, he placed his hand on the place illuminated by the moonlight and opened three cards with reflective backs in sequence.

The first card revealed was a pope holding a cross and wearing a crown. Unfortunately, the card was revealed upside down.

Miss Draisaitl was quite surprised when she saw the card and said: "Your past, No. 05, the Pope reversed."

Arthur didn't know much about tarot cards, but when he saw this 'Pope Reversed', he couldn't help but curl his lips slightly.

Resurrection from the dead is indeed contrary to the Pope. For the church, this is almost as good as committing rebellion.

However, Miss Draisaitl most likely would not know about the resurrection from the dead, and Arthur was quite interested in hearing how tarot card masters generally interpret this card.

"What does this card mean? Does it have any bad meaning when reversed?"

Miss Draisaitl waved her hands after hearing this: "Generally speaking, the reversed meanings are indeed not very good, but this is not the case for all the reversed No. 5 cards. They basically mean being open-minded, and the Pope's reversed The throne is no exception. However, compared to the upright pope, although the crown and scepter of the reverse pope are still there, they have shown signs of loosening.

This shows that you sometimes have excessive or inappropriate kindness in your heart, and you have the trait of being easily moved and influenced. You will be excessively generous and sympathetic because of your soft heart. This has caused you to suffer disadvantages in your career, perhaps because you were misunderstood as weak and weak and looked down upon, or more directly, you were demoted.

At the same time, the reversed Pope card also represents a maverick. Although he knows which path is the most acceptable, he likes to take the road that few people have traveled. You can truly have the say in finding answers to life's questions, even if the prevailing beliefs are incorrect. "

When Arthur heard these words, he rarely asked more questions, made more comments, or even offered a compliment. Instead, he brought the topic to the second card: "What about this one? The one with the lantern. What is the old man in white robe?”

Draisaitl held up the card and said: "This is a picture of the hermit in an upright position. The hermit is an old man, and old age represents that he is full of wisdom in life. He is wearing a cloak, standing on the snowy and icy sky. On the top of the mountain, with his head lowered and meditating, the lamp held high in his right hand symbolizes truth. There is a shining six-pointed star in the lamp, which is Solomon's seal, and the dim light represents the subconscious mind.

That seemingly weak light seemed a little helpless in the dark, deserted snowy night, but to the old man, it was truth and hope. The lamp does not illuminate the things in front of you, which symbolizes that you should not just pursue distant dreams and ignore the truth around you. If you retire during the golden period of your career, no one else will understand that this is just a rest for the next golden period.

The upright Hermit card implies that you will step out of the past, leave past successes and failures behind, and do what you really want to do. However, since the lantern's light only illuminates a short distance, there is no guarantee that this will be the right path. However, the Upright Hermit is still generally a card that represents success, and to achieve success you need to experience some things alone. "

"Solomon, six-pointed star..."

When Arthur heard these two words, he immediately understood that the red-skinned, long-tongued monster with horns on its head was playing tricks.

But accordingly, he was relieved, because he understood that this was not Miss Draisaitl who had really calculated the trajectory of his life.

Feeling relaxed, Arthur's tone became much lighter: "It's an interesting insight, so what is my future?"

Miss Delysert saw the card and couldn't help but smile: "Sir, your cards are very interesting. This is a Hanged Man in the upright position. Some people say that this man tied to a tree and hanging upside down is Prometheus, the 'fire thief'. In order to give fire to mankind, he was tied to the top of the Caucasus rock by Zeus and tortured in every way, but he never gave in, because although his body was bound, his mind was free.

Others say that this person is the martyr St. Peter. You should know that before Jesus ascended to heaven, he appointed him as the patriarch to shepherd his flock. Later Later, in order to fulfill the mission of the chief apostle and spread the gospel, Peter went to Rome alone during the persecution of the church, despite the dissuasion of others, and was eventually crucified on an inverted cross by the Roman Emperor Nero.

But whether it is Prometheus or St. Peter, the Hanged Man represents the need to make great sacrifices and concessions for a greater goal. At the same time, the Hanged Man with the head down and the feet up also symbolizes that we can look at the world from a different perspective, and we need to think calmly and reflect on our past before we can move forward.

In addition In addition, the Hanged Man also represents a mentality of following the arrangement of fate and facing the coming dangers and opportunities calmly. Don't rashly fight against irreversible laws and rules, but understand the dominant power at a higher level. Man's victory over nature cannot be achieved from a material level. If you want to accomplish more difficult things, you may need a higher spiritual price to get what you want.

Uh... Maybe it's a bit negative to say this, but in general, the Hanged Man is indeed a very secular card. His ideas and vision are different from the secular world. He may not be recognized or misunderstood, so he is often distorted and treated unfairly, and bears many stigmas and arbitrary accusations.

Just like Prometheus and St. Peter, Prometheus was ridiculed by the gods for stealing fire, and St. Peter was ridiculed for voluntarily being crucified on the cross, but they always maintain a self-willed attitude. It takes a long time for secular mortals to understand them. "

Although the words were said by Miss Dresset, Arthur knew very well who was behind the scenes controlling the cards.

Agares was playing a riddle with him again.

Arthur pursed his lips slightly, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It seems that my future will not be as smooth as the past."

After saying this, Arthur stood up and said goodbye to Miss Delysette.

In fact, the car had stopped when interpreting the second card, but out of courtesy, he still patiently listened to every word of the banker's daughter.

"It's a great pleasure to chat with you tonight, Miss Delysette, but it's a pity that the journey is too short. If there is a chance another day, I would like to ask you for something else."

"What else do you want to calculate?" Miss Delysette's eyes were decorated with moonlight, and she looked a little expectant.

Arthur looked up and looked outside the hotel where he was staying. There was a group of soldiers surrounding it, and they were protecting Mr. Louis Bonaparte, the police secretary who was anxiously wandering outside the hotel.

It can be seen that Louis was disturbed by the explosion tonight, and he was indeed worried after finding that Arthur was missing.

Arthur raised his thumb and pointed at Louis and joked: "Can you help me calculate, can he become an emperor in the future?"

Miss Delyset originally thought that Arthur was joking, until Arthur got out of the car, she turned her head and looked out the window, then she found something unusual.

"Oh my God! Isn't that... Louis Bonaparte?"

Miss Delyset saw the young knight from London walk straight to Napoleon's nephew. Louis breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the lively Arthur, and then walked up to him with a smile on his face and chatted with him.

Arthur Hastings, what is his identity?

This is indeed a question.

This question has not only troubled Arthur's neighbors near Hyde Park in London for a long time, but now it has also taken root in Paris.

Miss Delyset absent-mindedly picked a card from the remaining tarot cards.

It was a young man in a red robe, holding a scepter in his right hand to the sky and pointing his left index finger to the ground. His action symbolized that he had the ability to communicate between heaven and earth, and the inverted 8 symbol on his head symbolized infinity.

His red robe symbolized passion and initiative, and the white shirt underneath represented purity and wisdom. A purple snake coiled around his waist. Some gypsies said that this snake was the evil serpent that tempted Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit.

On the table in front of the man were also placed the scepter, the Holy Grail, the sword and the coin, which symbolized the four elements. They respectively represented the right motivation, clear plan, abundant passion, and strong execution.

Major Arcana Card No. 01 - Wind Element, Magician.

Miss Dresset picked up the card and admired it in the moonlight. She also had her own understanding of this card.

"Glorious gentlemanly manners, flawless personal performance, and a magician who moves freely. All the good things are on display, including the scepter, clothes, holy grail, sword, and coins. But be careful of the poisonous snake around your waist. The performance on the surface is all an illusion, but what is inside is still unknown. Magician, miracle worker, representative of illusion. If you want to stabilize him, you need the help of the earth element." The Red Devil listened to Miss Dresset's solution while drinking to the moon: "Very good solution, my dear Emily, you are much easier to guide than Arthur, that little bastard, by studying the ancient wisdom of the gypsies seriously. Listen to the devil, can Professor Agares still let you suffer?"

…

Arthur didn't know what happened at this time. For him, compared to tonight's explosion, the tarot card reading on the carriage was at best an insignificant episode.

After meeting the royalists in Brittany and the Vendée, what others saw was danger, but he saw an opportunity for the Bonaparte family to make a comeback.

Arthur and Louis went upstairs and sat down in the room.

"Arthur, it's great that nothing happened to you. Aren't Mr. Alexander and Vidocq with you?"

Arthur poured a cup of tea, still thinking about how to mention what happened tonight to Louis.

"Alexandre and Mr. Vidocq should be at the Grand Paris Prefecture at this time."

"The Paris Metropolitan Police? What are they doing there?"

Arthur added some milk to the black tea: "They caught the assassin, and Mr. Vidocq's Breaux Detective Agency should be a hit now."

"They caught the assassin?!" Louis was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed: "So, today's explosion was really the work of the Joans of the Vendée?"

Arthur raised his hand to signal him to sit down first: "Louis, this is not important. What is important is that I just sat for a while in the Zhuan Party stronghold. As you know, their explosion this time is at best temporary. It was an act of passionate assassination. I thought that as soon as the news of Duchess Berry's remarriage spread and they lost their spiritual leader, they would soon collapse on their own. But now it seems that the Zhuan Party members will collapse. The only thing that collapsed was that they lacked a unified flag after losing the Duchess of Berry, and they didn’t even care who the flag was.”

Louis was stunned for a long time after hearing this: "Arthur, what do you mean?"

Seeing that he didn't understand, Arthur recounted everything he saw and heard in the Zhu'an party stronghold today.

“The peasants of the Vendée and Brittany did not care who led them, as long as this person could realize their ideas, help them revenge against the Republicans, preserve their religious beliefs, reduce their agricultural taxes, and allow them to remain If they can live happily like they have been living for the past few hundred years, then who will they support? In the past, everyone's eyes ignored these marginal areas because of the shining Paris. If you can grasp it. Live with these simple farmers and you won’t have to wander among those opportunists.”