"It was just a few days after New Year's Day in 1917. I went to meet someone at the Purple Emperor Tavern, and then I found out that I was being followed. In fact, I drank a lot that day-it was New Year's Day after all-and then, I was Needless to say, things like being followed, being hit with a sap, and even being robbed of the wallet.

"What I want to say is that that day, yes, after I was hit with a sap, I passed out in the garbage dump and bled a little. After all, the winter in London is still relatively cold. I probably think I will soon Frozen to death, so those guys took my coat and my purse and ran away.

"I just lay down in the garbage dump like that. I only felt that my head was getting heavier and heavier, and I couldn't move at all. I could clearly feel the snowflakes falling on the back of my head, but I couldn't feel my hands and feet, or even It is very difficult to even move a finger.

"That's when I heard the sound of a car. Do you know? How happy I was at that moment!

"I thought I was saved!

"I thought I was crawling out with all my strength, but in fact, I didn't move at all! Then, do you know what I heard?"

Mary's heart was clamoring not to listen, but reason forced her to sit up straight and continue listening: "What did you hear?"

Tom Branson said, "It's the flapping of wings."

"Bird? At that time, it should be January 1th, which is Saturday, and it was the day when Matthew returned to Downton Abbey in Zhao's car!"

"It was indeed that day. But it wasn't a bird that flew past, but a bat."

"Bat?!" Mary exclaimed.

In oriental culture, the word for bat is the same as the word for happiness, so the auspicious meaning of blessing is contained in it.But in the west, this kind of creature is synonymous with vampire.

"You mean, a vampire?"

Tom Branson said: "They call themselves blood clans. It is said that the blood clan demon party sent out three princes, four grand dukes, countless marquis counts, and even a werewolf chief, two werewolf deputy chiefs, and six Curse the wizard."

Even though she knew almost nothing about the hidden world, Mary knew what it meant to dispatch the three princes.

"What are they going to do?"

Mary didn't even notice that her voice was shaking.

"They said a lot, many of which were nonsense and useless modifiers. However, their purpose was very clear. They wanted to kill Zhao. Then they found something from Zhao's body." Speaking of this, Tom Bran Sen had to shake his head and said, "I didn't remember. Then, they fought."

"So many people beat Zhao?"

"No, it should be said that Zhao got out of the car first, and those people fought with Zhao. Little by little, they drove Zhao Yin to a place about 100 meters away from the car. Then, people rushed out of the next room. A blood clan, also the grand duke. He caught Matthew and the driver Tom, and asked Zhao to commit suicide."

Mary immediately said: "Zhao must be a paladin! At least his strength is! He can't commit suicide. If he commits suicide, there are so many heretics in London, I'm afraid many people will die!"

Tom said: "Matthew yelled at Zhao in the same way. He asked Zhao to leave him alone, and he asked Zhao to kill those heretics."

"and then?"

"The grand duke of blood started to torture Matthew and Tom."

Mary covered her mouth.

As a Christian, even a Protestant, she knew exactly what this sentence meant.

Seeing Mary so sad, Tom Branson dared not go on.It wasn't until Mary urged him that he said: "At that time, Zhao had already suffered serious injuries, especially when he was hit on the back by the werewolf leader. The wound over a foot was bleeding continuously. There was blood all over the ground..."

"What did Zhao do?"

"He started singing."

"Sing?"

"Gregorian chant."

"what?!"

Mary naturally knew Gregorian chant, and she even knew that it was religious music exclusively for the Roman Catholic Church.

"Then I passed out." Tom Branson said with a blushing face. "Until today, I didn't remember coming to visit Mr. Zhao with you."

"why?"

"Probably because someone didn't want me to remember."

"Who?"

"A priest named Brown near here."

"Father Brown? Isn't he the one who first discovered the scene of the car accident?"

"It should be him." Tom Branson tilted his head, thought for a while, and said, "According to what this priest said, he found a certain sacred vessel shaking, and thought it was a certain archbishop or someone The head of a religious order was fighting against heresy and wanted to come to support him. But he never expected that it would be a battle at the level of the Lord's apostle. Only the pope is qualified to participate in this kind of battle. Others can only join A disservice to..."

Mary suddenly remembered: "Father Brown? I remember him! He is the director of this church hospital! He..."

At this time, another voice came from the door:

"You still remember."

Mary and Tom Branson jumped right then and there.

Mary clasped her hands together, her right hand pinched the palm of her left hand white, but she still said to Father Michelle calmly, "You really erased Tom's memory?"

Father Brown looked at Zhao Changqing, who was still unconscious on the hospital bed, and said, "Too tragic memories, if they keep lingering in their hearts, will only make people fall into hell."

"However, one of the victims is still my husband!" Mary said excitedly, "If Tom Branson didn't think about it today, I, my children and I would have been kept in the dark about the real cause of my husband's death. Know nothing!"

Father Brown looked at the two children in the room and said, "Your child is still young, he shouldn't know this..."

"No, I want to know!" Robert Crowley Jr. stood up straight and said, "I'm already 14 years old!"

That's right.Different from the original book, because of Zhao Changqing's relationship, there were not so many conflicts between Matthew and Mary. Therefore, after the outbreak of World War I, Mary insisted on holding a wedding with Matthew despite Matthew's objection, and in the second year , Matthew gave birth to their child, Robert Crowley Jr., while he was still on the battlefield.If Matthew hadn't died so badly, they would have had another child.

Unfortunately, when the news of Matthew's death came, Mary suffered a miscarriage due to extreme grief.When she lost her husband, she also lost their second child, their long-awaited daughter.

"I have the right to know the cause of my father's death!"

Father Brown sighed, and said: "There are more than 300 Gregorian chants, but seven of them have only been passed down by the Pope since ancient times. And these seven chants, only the Pope can exert their power." .”

Little Robert was dumbfounded: "The Pope? But, why, why?"

"The Gregorian chant is a battle song, my child. It is a battle song belonging to the Roman Catholic Church. It must be favored by the Lord to be effective. Without the grace of the Lord, even if you sing all the lyrics, you will not be able to use it." Possibly turning songs into weapons, let alone banishing heretics."

Only then did Mary realize: "You mean, Zhao Yong sang the Gregorian chant exclusive to the Pope and expelled those vampires?!"

Father Brown said: "It's not just expulsion. According to the news from the Holy See, even if the pope sings the same hymn, it is only to expel the three blood princes, but it is not enough to expel the blood princes and kill them at the same time." Lose a werewolf leader and a werewolf deputy leader. Even the Pope, facing such an alliance of heretics, needs four begging priests and more than six ascetic monks and paladins to assist him to have a chance of winning .”

"What do you mean?"

Mary's mind was already a mess.

Even though she was a Protestant, Mary still understood the Pope's status and influence.

Zhao Changqing knows the Gregorian chant of the Pope, and his strength is even higher than the Pope?

Give me a break.

In fact, this is where the Holy See is most confused.

There are many sacrificial ceremonies in the Holy See. Even the Pope sometimes sings Gregorian chant in front of the people.Therefore, it is not uncommon for Gregorian chant to be written down by individuals with particularly good memories.

The problem is that these chants are just ordinary ballads in the mouths of ordinary people.

In the more than 1000-year history of the Holy See, there is really no effect of ordinary people singing chant into battle songs.Not to mention, put it into battle, and then expel the three blood princes.

The Holy See doesn't care about the rumors of the Gregorian chant, because in their view, Zhao Changqing must be a very devout Catholic if he can sing the chant and put it into battle.Since they are Catholics who can really sing psalms, they don't need to be harsh.

However, the identity of this Far Easterner is somewhat difficult to locate.

If the person who can expel the three blood princes treats the other party as an ordinary believer, it is not as simple as impolite; To develop the Gregorian chant to this point, it is enough for the other party to be the pope directly.

For a moment, the Holy See was also dumbfounded.

Thanks to the previous 12 years, Zhao Changqing was in a coma, otherwise, the Holy See would be turned upside down!

However, it's almost here now.

Even Father Brown knew that the Far Easterner on the bed was not easy to deal with.

Of course, Father Brown was also very curious about where Zhao Changqing learned the Gregorian chant.He never imagined that this was sung to Zhao Changqing by the orthodox Pope Benedict XIII in another time and space.

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