I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 20 Human Nature

Dean Lariviere is also looking at the young king. He is eleven years old this year, just like a new leaf sprouting. His noble bloodline and the gift of God destined him to have a face as beautiful as an angel. , he sat in an armchair and wore sapphire blue shoes on his legs with white stockings, which matched his luxurious indigo embroidered silver-flowered coat, which has been used at court since Louis XIII. The inflated ruffle collar is no longer popular, but has been replaced by an elegant and natural large lapel. Today's king is no exception. His lapel is embellished with three layers of hollow lace, which looks fine and elegant.

Louis laughed as soon as he saw La Rivière, not for any other reason, but the abbot was very much like a venerable saint who, in about three hundred years, would be in every Driving a moose-drawn carriage on Christmas night, on the way to bring gifts to every good boy - Dean La Riviere has the same fluffy white beard as him, with a shaved top and a little black hat, Today, he deliberately wore a grand dutch woolen robe and a pair of incense gloves (little lambskin gloves with incense), he is not here to give the king a gift, but it can make the king's mood more depressed recently. Take it easy.

  The king graciously let the abbot kiss his hand, "Please sit down." He said, "Mr. Lariviere."

Bontang brought a footstool for the dean. After all, he was not qualified to use the seat in front of the king because of his current status. Of course, Lariviere would not care. He lifted the robe as gracefully as possible, slowly He sat down, and Bontang served hot tea, which he could say restrained and added about three tablespoons of sugar before taking a sip, "This is the best tea I've ever tasted," He compliments: "There's nothing more warming and sobering than this."

Louie just smiled, "You can add more sugar, sir." At this time, people were very fond of sweetness, and there was no such thing as no need for sugar. Cakes and breads had sugar in them, and wine even more so. It is essential. Sugar is added to stewed meat, honey is indispensable for grilled fish, and boiled eggs need to be dipped in sugar. When drinking a glass of clean water, you have to put the sugar bowl aside. Fortunately, there are toothbrushes at this time, as well as rock salt, Tooth powder made from dried iris, mint and pepper, and Louis added rose oil to them for the simplest toothpaste.

After all, before him, there was a king who died of dental caries. Louis was not very satisfied with his current life, but he did not want to see the glorious God so soon, and with the current medical level—although there was already a scientific prototype, However, methods such as bloodletting and irrigation still stubbornly hold the first place in medical books, not to mention that some very heretical practices are still popular at this time. , from the newly decapitated Charles I to the Egyptian pharaohs a thousand years ago, all-encompassing and all-encompassing—supposedly effective, but Louis would really rather die than experience a ghoul recipe.

After hearing the words, Dean Lariviere immediately added three spoonfuls of sugar to the cup. This time, not only he, but also the king was satisfied. After he finished drinking the tea in the cup, Louis let him look at his hand. This is a book about werewolf rumors. It was used by Louis as a fantasy novel to read, and now I know it is a non-fiction literature.

"The church recognized werewolves in 1414, at the Council of Stans, when the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund forced them to recognize them." Dean Lariviere said simply, and it seemed that Bishop Mazarin had reminded him before. He is, he is also very clear, the most annoying thing for a boy of Louis' age is that someone treats them as children who can deceive them at will, so he planned it from the beginning, as long as the king is interested in inquiries, he will do anything answer.

   "But it would not be until twenty years later," said Larivière, "that the church would recognize the existence of vampires."

   "In fact, whether they are werewolves or vampires, their legends have lasted for nearly a thousand years," the king asked: "Why is the church so reluctant to admit it?"

   "Because," Larivière said, "because... Your Majesty, the church does not actually have a way to deal with these dark creatures and devil apostles."

   This sentence surprised Louis, "But I see that there are indeed priests and monks fighting against werewolves."

"Not only werewolves, but also vampires and wizards." Lariviere said: "But that's not the church, it's another team with extraordinary power, they have been hidden in the inner world until 1231, It is a part of the inner world, and it was not until 1231, when Holy Father Gregory IX insisted on doing his own thing and established the Inquisition in the name of the Dominican Society, that they gradually moved from the background to the front."

   "Then they existed a long time ago."

"Isn't that true, Your Majesty, among the saints you have heard and heard about, three out of ten were once members of them, but they... They are all people with weird ideas, sometimes even the most enlightened teachers. Your Excellency Zong can't completely believe them either - to put it simply, most of them are ascetic monks, so to the previous..." Larivière made a gesture that everyone understood: "The Church of Rome has many dissatisfaction, and As for Rome, there is no need for such a group of people to come and point fingers at themselves. Anyway, those people always take the eradication of dark creatures and wizards as their own responsibility. Even if the church deliberately ignores and treats them coldly, they will not be very concerned. They... Your Majesty , if you want me to say, they are a group of arrogant people, except God, no one will be in their eyes, if I want to say from the heart, I feel that they have nothing to do with those werewolves and vampires. difference."

   "So who made them decide to come out?"

"You know Honorius III, the venerable Father, who did much for the Church, who in 1220 crowned Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire, allowing him to bring Sicily to The Holy Roman Empire merged into one. In order to repay Honnolius III, Frederick II issued the decree "On the Power of Monks and Princes", which gave priests various privileges, exempted the church from tax obligations, and gave up the secularism of the church. Dominion, and promise to suppress heresy - the power of the church has suddenly expanded to an unprecedented level - although this can only be said to be the last weight, but for those who have been hesitating whether to switch from the inner world to the outer world... monks come Saying that this is the will of God, although they have always considered themselves above others in virtue and steadfastness, there are times when they cannot stand it.”

   "Unbearable... what?" the king asked with a smile.

"What else could it be?" Dean Lariviere also replied with a smile: "Power, money and pleasure! Think about it, they are fighting with dark creatures all day long, but it is Lian Nian who is praised and praised. The monks who are not so proficient in reciting scriptures, and even if the monks should give up the world and let go of their distracting thoughts, but how many people can really do it? , how about a hundred years? Thoughts will change, and there are not so many saints, they always have to think about themselves.”

   (end of this chapter)