Fox of France

　　 In the past few days, the city of Ajaccio has been rainy and rainy, and finally the sea seemed to be wet. The endless heavy rain, thick and sticky, rushed down towards the bay from the heights of the sky that seemed to never dry up. The sea is like a gray, soft sponge, swelling in the confused bay. However, in the continuous rain, the surface of the water did not seem to move; it was just an imperceptible, wide bulge far away, raising a hazy vapor on the sea toward the harbor surrounded by the wet forest. Go in. A piece of water vapor rises in the city itself, passing over the water-drenched city wall, to meet the water vapor on the sea. No matter which direction people face, they seem to breathe water, and the air can finally be drunk.

In this water vapor, the eldest Bonaparte family, Joseph Bonaparte, who was thin and long like a bamboo pole, was holding an umbrella, along the beach on the coast, reaching out into the sea. Of the cliff. The cliff was now stained with the endless rainwater as blue-grey as the sea, and it stretched into the bay like an arm. In the dry summer in the Mediterranean, Joseph and his brothers and sisters often come here to fish from the reefs under the cliffs, or look for all kinds of shell oysters. At this time, their little dwarf second child would take a book by himself, and ran into a natural small cave in the middle of the cliff to read.

　　 "But now, it's raining? Did this uncomfortable guy ran into the cave again?" Joseph muttered in his heart as he walked toward the cliff.

　　The guy who doesn't worry about people is his second brother, Napoleon Bonaparte who is destined to make a big mark in history. But at this time, his majesty, the emperor of Europe, who will be a big shocker in the future, is still just a headache child.

　　 Among Joseph's seven younger siblings, Napoleon is the one that gives him the most headache. This guy may be ridiculed because of his lack of growth, so he has a strange personality. Even among brothers and sisters, there are not many people who can get along well with him. And the small Napoleon was still a violent maniac. Once he is ridiculed, or conflicts with others for other reasons, he always prefers to directly resolve disputes by violence.

　　 To be honest, Napoleon’s body shape is actually not suitable for this method. Because theoretically speaking, fighting depends on strength, and strength is inseparable from body shape. Otherwise, why should the boxing match be divided into heavyweights? Since size and strength alone are not enough, Napoleon was keen on using violence to solve problems. As a result, the little dwarf developed two sets of methods to make up for his lack of strength.

　　The first trick is to use unconventional means to attack weaknesses. For example, while others are unprepared, bite with their teeth, or attack someone's vital point with their knees.

　　 The second trick is to "sue the wicked first." This trick is generally used to deal with his brothers. Anyone with many brothers didn't fight with their brothers when they were young. Every time there is a fight, when the mother Letizia rushes to stop it in a panic, she is the first to file a complaint, and she will most likely act like "I have been wronged so much", that is Napoleon. And because Napoleon had already practiced how to pretend to be pitiful and how to deceive his mother many times before he started doing it, so every time he beat other brothers first, the other brothers were scolded by his mother in the end.

　　 In this way, the brothers don't like Napoleon very much, but everyone is a little afraid of him and is unwilling to go against his wishes. Except for one person, that person is not only not afraid of Napoleon's set, but even can often dominate Napoleon. This man is Napoleon's eldest brother Joseph. This is because once, Napoleon and Joseph had a contradiction. Following the previous practice, Napoleon first took action. Taking advantage of Joseph's defense, he kicked Joseph's belly severely. At that time, the unsuspecting Joseph was kicked backwards and fell to the ground. The back of his head hit a sharp stone. He was immediately **** and unconscious. Little Napoleon was also completely frightened, panicked. I quickly called my mother...

　　 Joseph fainted for two days before waking up. After waking up, not only did he not recognize his family, but he couldn't even speak. No, to be precise, he suddenly no longer speaks the Corsican dialect (a kind of Italian). When he opens his mouth, it is a strange language that people cannot understand. It sounds a bit like English, but there are many different. The family thought he had been caught by evil, and the devil had taken him on. (According to the relevant documents of the Catholic Church, a language that no one understands suddenly will be spoken, which is a typical manifestation of the upper body of a ghost) If it is not for Joseph's father, Carlos, is a noble, (although it is only a declining noble) The ending will be very tragic. Carlo invited the bishop Minier to give Joseph an exorcism ceremony.

The effect of this ritual is obvious. After the ritual is completed, Joseph has not fully recovered—he still cannot speak the Corsican dialect, and his memory has not recovered—but at least, he no longer speaks the strange and frightening things. It may be a language from hell.

"The devil was expelled from him." Bishop Minie said, "but it's like the house was lit by a fire. Although we put out the fire, the rest is probably just a ruin. The devil took possession of a person. The body will cause the same damage as the fire, or even more serious damage. Now although the devil has been expelled, it is very difficult to rebuild the house, and even if the damage is eventually restored, it is also You can only look at the will of God."

　　 "Amen!" Carlo, Letizia and Joseph's brothers and sisters all said so.

　　 Then Carlo donated thirty francs to the diocese (in that era, this was not a small amount of money) and asked the Bishop of Minniere to take Joseph to the church for a period of recovery. After all, in the sacred church, the damage caused by the devil should be able to recover faster.

　　 Obviously, Carlo's decision was quite wise. Joseph recovered fairly quickly in the church. Under the guidance of the bishop, within three months, he learned how to speak and write Italian, and even learned to use Latin. Bishop Minniere always likes to take Joseph by his side and tell everyone about him: "How wonderful is the will of God, you see, the devil once invaded this man's body. When I give the name of God , When expelling the devil from his body, I only saw a wilderness that had been burned by fire. But the light of God shining on him caused saplings to grow again in this wilderness, and also let this The sapling grew rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, it was about to grow from a small sapling to a real tree. Praise the Almighty and All-good God." In his view, Joseph’s recovery is not just a manifestation of divine grace. In a sense, it is also an expression of his piety.

　　 "Amen." The person who heard it said the same, and stretched out his hand to draw a cross on his chest.

　　 After he was convinced that Joseph was fully recovered, Bishop Minniere asked Charles to take Joseph home. Everyone found that the kind Joseph they knew was back again. It's just that he is much quieter than before, and he is obsessed with reading. I even started to learn French by myself.

　　 Letizia, the mother, is pleased with the change in her son's eyes. She believes that her son can be okay and be able to become so good, which is entirely God's grace. To this end, she donated another mass to express her gratitude to God. Because of this, if anyone came to tell her that Joseph was not good, she would not listen at all. Because her son has received God's grace, how could he do bad things?

　　 Therefore, the means by which Napoleon’s villains first filed a complaint was useless with Joseph. If Napoleon tried to push something bad on Joseph, Letizia would reach out her hand, twist his ears, and let him go to the icon of the Virgin to confess his mistake of slandering his brother. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

　　 The clever little Napoleon quickly discovered this, so he could only compromise and show respect to his older brother Joseph.

　　 Of course, the change in Napoleon’s attitude towards his elder brother Joseph is not just because the eldest brother now has his mother’s unconditional trust. It's also because Big Brother is very different now from before. In the past, although the eldest brother had a generous personality, he was stupid. Yes it is stupid. Stupid as a goose. But now, the eldest brother has completely changed, a little bit of his own careful thinking, often just come out, the eldest brother can see through. It's just that although he saw it through, he didn't expose it, but never stepped on the trap dug by Napoleon. In addition, the eldest brother has become knowledgeable, he has read a lot of books and understood a lot of things. Napoleon had a lot of things he didn't understand, and he could ask his brother questions, and his quirky questions, his brother can probably give convincing answers.

Of course, my brother also has a lot of dislikes. One of the most disliked is that Joseph always likes to reach out and rub his hair when answering Napoleon’s questions. One sentence: "My stupid brother, this is the problem..."

　　 Napoleon got into trouble again today. He beat up the neighbor's child Paul. The attack was too heavy, and he fainted. (One of Napoleon's own fighting experience summed up is that as long as you start, don't shrink your hands, you must dare to start.)

　　 Paul’s father, Mr. Giovanni, is Carlo’s friend. He has only one son. So as soon as he saw Paul fainting, Napoleon immediately realized that his father might have beaten himself severely, so he ran away before everyone reacted.