Victory Utopia

There was no one in St. Pad's Church except the funeral procession and the Bishop and the Sisters.

What makes people curious is that the church has always believed in Christianity, but the nuns who belonged to the monastery are allowed to come and go here at will.

Several nuns bowed their heads and stepped aside, Margaret's coffin was placed on the lecture stand, the living took their seats, and then the long and boring funeral began.

Everyone quietly waited for this moment to pass.

Throughout the funeral process, the atmosphere was solemn and solemn. Because of the special nature of Margaret's death, the funeral arrangements were hastily arranged.No one in the Bicester family received the news in time, and Elizabeth was the only one standing guard for Margaret here.

And Qin Yu keenly discovered that Lisa was not in the church.He looked around calmly until Ge Yin beside him said the first words since getting off the car.

"She went to the back of the church with two nuns."

"When?" Qin Yu lowered his head slightly, looking at Ge Yin: "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Can't leave, there are people guarding there." Ge Yin glanced back to the left, "Maybe you should think about what connection she has with this place."

A small door was opened near the gate, and two nuns, one fat and one thin, stood there with the door tightly closed.

Qin Yu turned back and said, "Her behavior is indeed very strange. However, these reasons cannot fully express..."

She is 'Judas'.

When it came time for relatives to give speeches for the deceased, Elizabeth's face was covered with sadness, and she was trying her best to endure the pain in her heart.

She cleared her throat, not loud enough for everyone to hear.

"My daughter, Margaret Beester, went to the Lord last night. As a faithful believer, Margaret never forgot..."

The sound of singing came from outside St. Pad's Church. Elizabeth looked at every face below, and none of them were familiar.Her hands were trembling, and the words and sentences she recited seemed to have changed their tone, until the priest beside her reminded her, she suddenly regained consciousness.

"Anyway, may your soul ascend to heaven and meet Charles and Richard at the Messiah's side - Maggie, Mother will pray for you..."

Elizabeth's tears wet the satin skirt. She tried her best to restrain herself from making a sound, but the sobs still slipped from her fingertips, and the others couldn't help being moved.

The living people came forward one by one to present flowers to the noble lady who had only met once, and the church bell rang, indicating that it was ready to be buried.

A velvet hood covered the coffin containing Marguerite, followed by the priest and two priests, and the rest followed closely to the cemetery where she was buried.

Walking out of the church, it was raining lightly, the gentle wind blew away the petals in the nun's hands, and several umbrellas were opened among the crowd.

Elizabeth pushed Baker away, and she walked into the rain and murmured, "Maggie's soul can enter the kingdom of heaven, right?"

Baker shielded Elizabeth from the rain, and he replied softly, "Yes, ma'am."

"Maggie has always been a child who keeps her word, isn't she?" Elizabeth looked at the heavy coffin and said in a daze, "She will come back."

Her eyes were blank: "She will definitely come back."

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During the burial, Qin Yu and the others did not follow.

The rain was not heavy but very dense, dripping along the awning and falling on the muddy ground.The weather in Fog City is unpredictable, cold rain drifted into the window and into Ge Yin's neckline, he wiped the rainwater and ignored it.

Qin Yu reached out to close the glass.

He looked at the crowd in the rain: "Elizabeth is stronger than I thought."

Through the glass window, one could see Elizabeth wearing a solemn black dress standing among the priests under the evergreen tree not far away, holding a bouquet of purple flowers in her hand.

"This is not the season when irises are in full bloom." Qi Yaoyao put her hand on the window, her face showing a trace of doubt: "The unconventional things that appear in 'Utopia' always have special functions. So it must be a symbol What?"

In order to ensure the solemnity of the funeral, Western funerals generally do not allow flowers with bright colors and strong smells, but Elizabeth not only placed the bouquet of flowers on the coffin, but the surrounding believers did not stop it.

She took out a handful of purple irises and placed them gently on Margaret's grave.

"Bless her. The good Lord will take her to heaven." The priest waved his hand, and everyone stepped back a few meters, leaving Elizabeth a space to say goodbye to the dead.

Qin Yu stared at the blush on the white coffin, and then saw Lisa standing on the edge of the crowd.

Lisa turned her face sideways, facing the newly dug cemetery. At this moment, by comparison, she really didn't look like a real maid serving the nobles.

If Lisa had been a nun, why had she then gone to work as a rough maid at Bicester Hall?

The road back was even muddier than when we came. The groom drove as slowly as possible, carefully avoiding the mud, so that when he finally returned to the manor, the lights in the manor were already on.

Soon after dark they will have to stay in the room.

After explaining the important matters, Elizabeth went upstairs and hid in the room alone, leaving Baker to accompany the living.

"We really can't get through with the place, what's going on, we didn't do anything all day, just patronize to eat?" Qu Shan stood at the entrance of the restaurant with one hand on his hip.

When they entered the restaurant, they saw that there was already a person sitting on the main seat. She held up a newspaper and read it intently, with a few desserts and sweet tea in front of her.

"Who is that?" The survivors were a little surprised.

Baker's faint wrinkles moved with his laughter, and he introduced, "It's the Countess of Stirling."

"The one from yesterday?" The boy took a few more curious glances. The lady's face was covered under the newspaper, and only her high bun and the hem of the black skirt piled up beside the table could be seen.

Mrs. Sterling sat comfortably on the head seat where the master sat, and there were several servants standing beside her, serving tea, holding fruit, and one with a cat in her arms.

Qin Yu's eyes widened slightly.It was the one I saw this morning. Sure enough, Gordon's mother was Mrs. Sterling.

He thought that Gordon was really a knight from a commoner background, but he didn't think his father was also an earl.

It was not uncommon for the sons and daughters of nobles to enter the ranks and become the lowest ranks of soldiers, but Gordon had apparently not known that he was on the same estate as his mother.

Things get subtle.

Baker walked up to Mrs. Sterling and whispered something in her ear before she put down the newspaper and showed a pretty face.

Hearing what Baker said, she took a sip of tea and said naturally: "Oh! Really? It's really rude, please come in quickly."

Mrs. Sterling looks very young, she hardly puts on those powders, as the saying goes, a good complexion is a woman's best cosmetics.

Her eyes looked over and immediately attracted the attention of several young people.

"Wow, she looks so good-looking." Qi Minmin couldn't help saying, his eyes were full of envy: "I thought she was a middle-aged woman. How do you think there is such a good-looking person? If I have half her appearance , I go out every day to show off."

The boy stared obsessively and said, "Yes, yes."

"She looks only 27 or [-] years old, such a young and beautiful lady, the count is really blessed." Qi Minmin bit her lip.

After listening for a long time, Qin Yu couldn't bear to say: "Actually, her son is about the same age as you."

The two were stunned, speechless for a long time.

The boy stammered, "Ah? Really, really? How do you know?"

Qin Yu opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, Sterling had already stood up.She seemed to be in a good mood, and walked over with a stick in her hand, laughing all the time.

As she nodded to everyone, a kind of energy that Elizabeth didn't have burst out of her.

Sterling lifted the hem of her skirt, and the black feathers on her hat swayed with her movements. She said, "Several of you must be Eliza's guests? I'm Wintney Sterling. It's an honor to meet you." .”

Beautiful and talkative women are often the flowers that attract bees the most in the social circle of high society, and Sterling is obviously one of them.Her frowns and smiles are all inappropriate, and she talks and laughs just right, and her familiarity is just right, which quickly won the favor of Qi Minmin and the boy.

But Qi Yaoyao and several other adults didn't communicate with her very much, the doctor seemed to be in a bad mood, and Qu Shan hummed a tune and ate alone.

Qi Yaoyao was playing herself, and she didn't usually see her chatting much with everyone.Similar temperament to Ge Yin.

And Ge Yin...

Qin Yu took that man into his peripheral vision, while Ge Yin was slowly shaking the wine in his glass.His complexion was very fair, and he clamped the stem of the glass with his cigarette-holding fingers, and the red wine ivory was attached to the transparent glass wall.

After all, the little friction in the afternoon had some influence. Although the two of them didn't mention a word, the panic at that moment was like a tiny wooden thorn that was stuck in the palm of the hand. Usually, I can't remember it, but at a certain moment, it touched me. When touched, it will itch and hurt.

Not reminding them all the time, something is quietly changing.

But the person who was stabbed was often not found at the time.

Qin Yu couldn't explain this feeling, maybe, maybe it was just a reflex action made by the body due to close contact with the human body.

He is very clear about his sexuality.

His eyes returned to the enthusiastic countess.

Sterling's impression is very good, but this does not affect what she is doing now, which means that she regards herself as the master.

Qin Yu looked at her ordering the servants of the Bicester's family without any hesitation, using everything as a matter of course, as if Elizabeth was the guest.

Unable to figure out her details, Qin Yu turned to ask Baker.

He only asked, "What is Mrs. Sterling doing here?"

Beck's face showed embarrassment, Qin Yu listened to him knowingly, and Beck stood between him and Sterling without a trace, it looked like a simple gesture of pouring wine.

"Come here to snatch Bicester's property."

After finishing speaking, Baker lowered his eyes and stepped aside, raised his voice slightly as if nothing had happened, and said, "Sir, I suggest you put mint leaves in it before tasting it, so that it tastes better."

"Thank you." Qin Yu nodded his thanks.

Sterling didn't find out.

As night fell, the living followed the rules and returned to their rooms.

Qin Yu and Ge Yin were no exception. They stepped into Room 3 one after the other. Before Qin Yu could say a word to him, he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

The knock on the door sounded far away, like it came from Room 1.

Neither of them went to see what was going on. It was already dark at this time, and it was always right to obey the rules of the game and not to open the door.

"The sisters of the Qi family are all experienced, so they don't care if they think about it." Qin Yu said.

Ge Yin didn't make a sound, he walked to the door and listened to the commotion outside.

Ten seconds later, the knocking on the door stopped.The door opened.

They all heard a voice: "Excuse me, have you ever seen a necklace?"

Qin Yu frowned, and put his hand on the doorknob, Ge Yin didn't stop him.

Although it was just a sentence, they all recognized the owner of the voice.

It was Margaret who died before their eyes last night.

Qin Yu twisted the handle.