Fox of France

　　 In the evening, almost seven o'clock, the coach arrived in Avignon. From Marseille to Paris, there are almost two hundred and close to three hundred fares (a traditional French unit of length, one fare equals about four kilometers). Obviously, this cannot be reached by a post car in a short time. In fact, there is no direct coach from Marseille to Paris. Passengers who take the coach to Paris usually change trains section by section.

　　 In the evening light, the post-coach drove through the towering walls of Avignon into this ancient city. After getting out of the car, Joseph raised his head, and he could see the Papal Palace towering on the top of the hill, hidden in the twilight. Avignon has been the residence of the Catholic Pope for a long time. Although the Pope has returned to the Vatican a long time ago, the city is still a direct territory of the Holy See. This special status will not change until the outbreak of the Great Revolution.

　　 "That is the Pope's Palace." Seeing Joseph looking up there, Priest Alfonso explained on the side, "Although the Pope is no longer here now, it is still a holy place."

　　 "Can I go in and see?" Joseph asked.

"Ah, my child, I'm afraid that won't work. That place is not accessible to anyone." Priest Alfonso replied, "As a messenger of the church, I have traveled between Marseille and Paris many times, and I pass by here every time. But every time you can only look at this sacred palace. Well, Bishop Minie has been there. If you are interested in the situation inside, you can ask the bishop yourself in the future."

　　 Joseph listened, shook his head and said: "I don't need to ask the bishop, I think I should be able to get in in the future."

　　 Alfonso listened, thinking he meant that he could become a bishop, so he smiled and said, "This is what the bishop expects of you."

　　 But Joseph's true meaning is not so. Joseph knew that the Great Revolution would break out in a few years. During the Great Revolution, especially during the Robespierre period, Catholicism was knocked to the ground, and another 10,000 feet were set on it. Almost all churches were confiscated and turned into so-called "rational church" churches. The icons in the church were replaced with busts or full-length portraits of revolutionary leaders and heroes of the past. A fortress of reactionary forces such as the Papal Palace is no exception. At that time, it would be too easy to go in and see.

Avignon is still directly under the jurisdiction of the Holy See. Because **** once drove out the businessmen doing business in the Temple of Jehovah, the atmosphere of business in Avignon is weaker than other cities of similar size. Many, there are no loud merchants in the city, some of the people walking around are wearing black robes and most of the rest are devout pilgrims. Of course, Joseph understands that this is only a superficial phenomenon. There are few institutions in the world that can compare to the Holy See in terms of greed for money and in terms of trading. After all, they invented the innocence charm and can sell a poultry feather as an angel feather. But on the surface, they still have to pretend to be holy.

After getting off the bus, several passengers said goodbye to each other in a friendly manner. Joseph followed the priest Alfonso and walked along the street for about a hundred times (the old French unit of length, approximately equal to 1.624 meters), and arrived. In front of the dark gate of a monastery. However, Priest Alfonso did not go directly to the gate, but turned to the right, and reached a small door on the right that was also dark, then raised his hand and knocked gently on the door.

　　 The small door did not open, but there was a window with an iron fence on the small door. The window was opened, and an eye appeared in the small window.

"I am the messenger sent to Paris by the Bishop of Corsica, Bishop Minniere. I want to spend a night here. This is the bishop's godson, and he will go to Paris with me." Reverend Alfonso said, giving a copy. The document was handed over.

　　 That eye looked at Alfonso, then at Joseph, then a hand appeared at the window and took the file, and then the small window on the small door was closed.

　　 After a while, with a creak, the small door, which seemed to be rusted on the shaft, was opened. A big man wearing a black priest costume and covering most of his face with a hood was revealed. Standing in the dark aisle with his waist bowed, the big man returned the paper to Alfonso without saying a word, and then stepped aside. This action made Joseph notice that one of his legs seemed a little lame.

　　 Alfonso walked in with Joseph, the big guy closed the door again, dropped the lock, and then reached out and took the lantern from the wall, held it in his hand, and walked ahead to show them the way.

　　 There are no windows against the street in the monastery, and the windows against the inner courtyard are very small. Even in the daytime, the passage is very dark, and at this time it becomes more and more gloomy and dead. Only the light of the lantern and the shadow of the lame man walking ahead carrying it dangled. This kind of scene inexplicably reminded Joseph of the dark underground passage of Zakarum Cathedral in the dark game. The staggering big man who walked in front also reminded him somehow of the "dark wanderer". So Joseph couldn't help but look vigilantly on both sides, for fear that one or a group of red sinkers holding small torches would suddenly jump out.

However, what Joseph traveled through was a normal world after all, so in the long and dark alleyway, only rats and no monsters appeared suddenly, and the big man walking in front was just a taciturn gatekeeper. There was no inexplicable fire in the place he walked.

After walking for a while, the janitor stopped, took out a bunch of keys from his waist, opened a small door on the side of the aisle, then turned his head and said in a low and incoherent voice: "You... tonight ……Here."

　　 Then he raised the lamp, bowed his head and walked in. Alfonso also walked in with Joseph. At this time, the big guy had already lit the candle on the candlestick in the middle of the room. The room was suddenly filled with a dim yellow light.

　　 The candle was lit, and the janitor got up and went out. When he went out, he bowed his head and walked out of the low doorway. By the light of the candle and the lantern in his hand, Joseph saw a long scar on his face.

He seemed to have noticed Joseph's eyes. After the janitor went out, Alfonso sat down at the table and said, "He was originally a captain of His Majesty the King. He was injured in the seven years of war. When things were done, I later became a janitor here."

Then he sighed again and said: "The days are getting more and more sad. It is hard for healthy people to live, let alone people like him? Fortunately, the church will not forget those who fought for the Catholic Church. God will also bless him. Yes, Amen."

　　 "Amen." Joseph also followed.

　　 On the second day, just before dawn, Joseph and Alfonso left the monastery again and bought two coach tickets to Les Tourlstoy. As soon as the two got into the car, they heard a surprised voice saying: "Fr. Alfonso? Little Joseph?"

　　 The two looked over, only to see that the two young couples they saw yesterday were also sitting in the car.

　　 "Ah, it's you? Are you going to Les Tours?" Alfonso asked.

　　 "Ah, we are going to Lyon." The happily husband replied, "I got a job at a school there."

　　 "It sounds like a good job." Alfon Ropeway.

　　 "Thank you." The husband replied.

　　 So everyone started chatting, as if they had forgotten the argument that took place in the car the day before. However, when he arrived in Lyon, after he separated from them, Alfonso sighed to Joseph in this way: "I didn't expect that the influence of the apostate from UU reading www.uukanshu.com was so great."

　　 "What apostate?" Joseph asked.

"It's the Voltaire who was just pulled by the devil last year and plunged into hell." Alfonso replied in a rare, mean tone. "This **** apostate, it is said that he is dying. At that time, he still used profanity, saying that he should bury himself half in the church and half stay outside. In this way, if he can get to heaven by chance, he will go to heaven from the half of the church, if-actually not if But it must be—to be sent to hell, he can escape from the outside half. Hehe, where can he escape the palm of the eternal God? Now he must be warm in that fire pit, hahahaha ..."

　　 "But Mr. Gregor didn't seem to mention Voltaire just now." Joseph asked again, "and what he said doesn't seem to be particularly unreasonable."

"You are right." Alfon Rope said, "He did not directly mention the apostate. But many of his views, um, that you think there is nothing unreasonable, or even very reasonable views, are actually from To that apostate. Joseph, you have to pay attention, this is exactly where the devil is terrible. The devil never shows his true colors before people. On the contrary, they will disguise themselves as prophets, saints, and use their looks The shining'truth' comes to tempt you and leads you into evil ways. This is the most terrifying and dangerous place for those apostates, demons, false prophets, and antichrists. Boy, you must know that the devil Lucifer was originally God The most shining archangel around me. It also has light that can deceive people. Therefore, if we don’t trust the church, we can easily be deceived by them. May God punish them, Amen!"