Grasp the farming script in the famous book

Athos returned to Sweetwater Town and began to try to re-observe this strange "hometown".

He watched people pilgrimage with cold eyes, watching people worship in front of "Saint Heathcliff" and receive blessings and gifts from the saint.He went to listen to the people in Sweetwater town talk about the "holy relic" of "St. Heathcliff" with relish, and described the saint's experience from "disappearance" to "reappearance" in a miraculous way.

"They are all stupid people and women!" Athos sighed.

"How can a person come back from the dead? It's just being deceived by tricks like blindfolding."

The people in the town looked at their lord: "It's fine if you don't believe us, but you must believe the cardinal's words?"

"My Lord Cardinal said it. It was he who proclaimed the 'Heathcliff Shrine.'"

Athos: ... so it is the cardinal, then everything can be explained.

He believes that the cardinal is likely to establish his own status and inspire those ordinary people to try their best to protect the cardinal and his guards from the assassins, so he deliberately advertised this as a "sacred miracle" to show that the Holy Spirit is By the side of the cardinal.

From then on, Athos no longer considered the authenticity of the "sacred relic" and left it behind.

But apart from the "Holy Miracle", too many amazing people have appeared in Tianshui Town recently——

First there was Duke Andre, who was originally a spy of King Louis XIII of France, but maybe the spy work was done too well, and Louis XIII ordered people to beat the drums to send the "appointment" of the spy to Sweetwater Town.

Athos sighed in his heart: This Lord Prince Andrew, why not change his name to "Ming Detective" in the future.

In addition to Prince Andrey, many people have had "good luck" recently:

For example, an illegitimate son of an earl who has lived here for a long time suddenly got the will one day and went back to inherit the title and territory;

Another example is that a certain troubadour was suddenly proved to be the blood left by the king of Denmark, and the Nordics rushed to invite him back to the country, but he refused.

In addition, there is a person surnamed Kochakin, who is said to have just received the Medal for Outstanding Contributions in the field of engineering from the French Academy of Sciences; I heard that another person surnamed Zhivago will soon receive the Medal for Outstanding Contributions to the field of medicine...

In short, Tianshui Town seems to have suddenly become a blessed land, and the people in this land are constantly lucky.

However, Athos has always had doubts about this - because all these changes seem to have started after he "executed" his wife in private.

Until one day, Athos ran into an old woman in the town.

"Master Earl, you are finally back to uphold justice!"

The old woman's eyes were full of tears, and her words leaked out. When she saw Athos, she looked filled with emotion.

"Who are you?"

Athos didn't know each other at all.

"My name is Brown," Mrs. Brown said to him in a low voice, knowing that this was not a moment of sentimentality, she stretched out her hands and grabbed the edge of Athos' cloak, "I know what happened the day you left!"

Athos: ...!

He suddenly had an urge to kill the old woman in front of him.That day... he strangled his wife and left the territory.

Mrs. Brown didn't notice at all. On the contrary, she triumphantly declared: "That night, the Countess was possessed by the devil..."

She told everything she knew, including mending the Countess's clothes, and picking up a cat from the morning mist when she left.

"They all thought that the countess had met a robber and was insulted by the robber, so you abandoned her mercilessly...Only I know that your wife has become a devil, and you left the territory because of that!"

Athos stayed where he was: where did the countess meet the robber?It was himself, her husband, who strangled her to death and hung her from the tree.

But even so, she can survive, and she can bring about earth-shaking changes to this territory——Athos doesn't believe that cats are not cats, and devils are not devils.All he knew was that his wife had become another person, another woman who was almost omnipotent.

"After you left, the curate Florent, who had gone away before, also came back." Mrs. Brown continued to add. The Earl's eyes were flickering with uncertain light, which made her very satisfied, and she resolutely added another fire.

Sure enough, Athos stretched out his hands excitedly, and shook Mrs. Brown's shoulders vigorously: "Her brother has come back?"

"More than that, our pious priest was thinking of his sister all the time... My God, how can I express such indecent emotions in my mouth--but the curate... I'm afraid he I didn't want the Countess to marry you back then!"

At this point, Athos has figured everything out: Floren may not really be the Countess's brother, and the two are probably a young couple who eloped and fled together, and they are just called siblings.

After the two settled in Sweetwater Town, the beautiful appearance of the younger sister happened to be seen by the local lord, so the lord decided to marry the younger sister as the Countess at all costs.

When Floren sees her lover in the arms of others, she is naturally heartbroken—this explains why Floren quietly left Sweetwater Town shortly after their husband and wife got married.

But why, at the same time as the Countess has become another person, Floren reappears?

Athos raised his hands, and immediately released Mrs. Brown, causing her to step back a few steps.Athos turned himself, and went directly to the church in the town to find Florent.

What happened that night, the night he killed his wife, may only be known to Floren.

Mrs. Brown happily shouted behind Athos: "My lord, may you destroy the devil as soon as possible, and may God be with you."

Athos didn't seem to hear it at all, and went straight to the church in the center of Tianshui Town with a gloomy face.

With a bang, the door of the confession room was opened.Floren, who was concentrating on confession, was awakened from her contemplation, and looked at Athos in astonishment.

"You...you are..."

Florent did not remember Athos.

"I am the local lord, the husband of your 'good sister'. Father, why, don't you even remember me?"

It was only then that Floren remembered: He had indeed heard that the local lord had returned to Sweetwater Town.Floren suddenly had a feeling of schadenfreude—fortunately, her sister is not on the territory, so she doesn't have to meet this "scumbag" again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Athos stretched out his hand, he twisted Floren's arm. Without saying a word, he cut Floren's arms behind his back and asked coldly, "Who are you?"

"You...you and your sister, who are they? Where did you come from? But there are parents, and are there other people in the family still alive?"

Floren replied honestly: "I was originally a priest of a Benedictine monastery near Lille, and my sister lived next to the monastery. We have many relatives, but they are all distant cousins. Later... Later we left the monastery, Come to Tianshui Town to discuss life..."

"Why did you leave Lille?" Athos suddenly asked angrily.

"I...I don't remember..."

Floren was telling the truth, he had lost all his memories.These news were all told to him by the residents of the town after he woke up in Sweetwater Town.

"You're lying!" Athos suddenly tore off Florent's priest's robe angrily.

"What... what are you going to do?" asked the poor priest, terrified, obviously misunderstanding Athos' intentions.

"Here... This is the confessional room! It is in front of God."

Although Floren already wanted to go astray, Athos didn't care about it at all.He tore off Floren's robe in an instant, exposing the other person's close-fitting clothing—it was a white sleeveless shirt cut from Indian cotton, which just exposed the priest's right arm.

"Father, look at yourself..."

Athos' voice was cold, but he was triumphant like a god who had just punished a sinner.

Outside the confession room, there seemed to be a sigh.However, in the confession room, one was proud and the other was horrified, neither of them could hear the sigh.

On Floren's right arm, near the shoulder, there is a very inconspicuous pale yellow brand - a lily.

This is the imprint left by the punishment of those who committed the crime of theft.

Florent was a priest, but he was also a thief—this was a mark deeply imprinted on his body, which could never be washed away in his lifetime.

The devout Floren was struck down at once.His face was as pale as a dead man, and he sat blankly on the floor of the confession room, turned his head, and stared at his right arm with eyes that gradually became numb.

"I really... am a sinner!"

Floren sat there for a long time, then slowly got up suddenly, came to the icon in the confession room, clasped her hands, lowered her head, and confessed sincerely.

"Almighty God, you have given me a glimpse of my own filth, the crimes I have committed, which have left traces on my body. I will spend the rest of my life to atone for my sins..."

Athos is not finished yet, where did he allow Florent to repent in this way.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed the priest's collar, and Athos said angrily, "Tell me, who are you? What good things have you and your sister Anna done?"

"We used to love each other..."

Floren, who was kneeling in front of the icon, said this sentence frankly and without concealment.

He finally remembered that she was a little nun who had suffered a lot in the monastery, and he was the abbot of the monastery.With a quick glance in front of the monastery, his heart no longer belongs to him...

Great, Florent looked at the icon in front of him, with tears in his eyes——

They had never been brother and sister, which meant he could love her without hesitation, without guilt.This has never been an unethical love, it is the happiness bestowed on him by God, to be able to love someone with all his strength in this life, regardless of the consequences and the cost.

"Damn it!" Athos did not expect to make such a frank confession.

Athos was suddenly filled with jealousy: Yes, although he once strangled and "death" his wife with his own hands, but now he heard that his wife had sincerely fallen in love with another man, he also had a sea of ​​jealousy in his heart, and drained all his blood. lemon juice.

He stretched out his hand and lifted the priest with his bare arms from the ground, forced him to turn to face himself, and shouted: "You are not qualified to love her!"

Floren had tears in her eyes, but smiled: "You are even less qualified."

The outstretched hand of Athos immediately stopped and froze in mid-air.

——Yes, he is even less qualified.

At this moment, Athos suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him.He quickly let go of Floren, and pulled out his sword from his waist.

Just hearing the sound of "Dang", a ghost-headed broadsword collided with Athos' sword, and the slender saber was thrown out in an instant.