At dusk, the door of the church in Little Stone Village was knocked.

For a moment, Father York, dressed in black robes, came to the door. In the shadow outside the door stood a man in a flat-brimmed hat and a black one-piece coat. He has seen many people dressed in this way, and most of them have done dishonorable things and come here to pray for God's forgiveness.

At this time, the man spoke, and the content was in line with York's judgment.

"Dear Father, I'm sorry to bother you so late. The sin in my heart has never stopped, and I can only come to you to confess. "

", it doesn't matter. God of Light is always there, and so are God's servants." Father York opened the door and said gently.

The man nodded in gratitude, reached out and lowered the brim of his hat and went sideways into the church.

"all right, here we go." Entered the confession booth and sat down on York Road.

The so-called confession kiosk is actually a place similar to a sedan chair, opening a window on the front to communicate with the outside world. There is a layer of black cloth between the window and the outside, which is also to protect the privacy of believers.

"Father, I have sinned!"

"everyone in this world is guilty, but as long as he repents in good faith, God will forgive."

It was the same old dialogue that was nothing new. Father York was a little distracted as he mechanically said what he had to repeat dozens of times a day. He wondered if he had heard the sound wrong. Some rats still got into the dark passage.

"so. Are you also guilty, Father? "

"well, of course, I confess every day that I can't better spread the grace of God." York gave a high-sounding answer.

The man outside snorted a little louder. What, are you ashamed by comparison? York thought to himself.

"but I want to commit a crime now, and I can't control it."

"then pray sincerely and ask God to give you the strength to control yourself."

The man outside was a little silent: "but I still want to know, if I really committed a sin, will God forgive me?"

"if you truly repent, God will forgive you."

"Whoa. Praise God! " The man outside seemed relieved.

"praise God." York stood up, and, well, finally got rid of the inexplicable confessor. Do you want to have a rest first, or do you want to go on with what was exciting just now? Well, let's go and train those two little mares again. It's a wonderful feeling.

"Father."

"what?" York, who is having a wonderful aftertaste, replied.

"Thank you for the bread."

"what."

Poof!

The man who came to confess moved his black coat, and a crossbow that had been shot out of the hem protruded from the hem. Then quickly arrows, launches, arrows, launches.

Poof, poof.

The veneer and black gauze on the front of the confession pavilion were quickly penetrated and torn by crossbow arrows. For a moment the sawdust flew and hummed incessantly.

"drink. Drink. Call. "

After several crossbow arrows were shot, the man gasped for breath and looked very nervous. He pushed the brim of his hat and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Showing a pair of narrow eyes, it was Dawn.

Dawn raised his crossbow and opened the confession booth. York's eyes were round and his upper body was covered with blood. the fatal wound was in the heart covered by his hands, where the big hole took his life.

"God will forgive my sins. I don't know if your 'boss' will forgive your sins. "

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Little Stone Village is about three thousand meters to the east.

A team of knights equipped with holy armor is advancing slowly, and the reason why it is said to be moving slowly is not that their mounts are not good. On the contrary, the breed of horses they sit on are pure and unusual. It was a gorgeous carriage in the middle of the line that slowed them down.

The small window on one side of the carriage was suddenly opened from the inside, and a wrinkled but good-looking old face appeared. The knight waiting by the carriage hurried past.

"Buck, how long will it be?"

The knight dared not snub and said respectfully, "Lord Sessman, we will arrive at the Little Rock Church in about a quarter of an hour."

"well, this damn road, I hope it doesn't spoil my carriage."

Buck looked silently at the tortoise's carriage and said, "Lord Sessman, rest assured that your carriage is unharmed." Hell, at this speed, if there is damage, then there will be a ghost.

"that's good!" Sisman in the carriage breathed an obvious sigh of relief and then said, "tell me a little bit about the Little Stone Village church."

"all right, Lord Sisman," said the knight, known as Buck, who seemed to have done a lot of homework and said, "Little Rock Church, with nearly a thousand followers, is managed by York, a junior clergy, and is responsible for the four farms around Little Rock. These five farms are the fiefdom of a knight. "

"there are five farms and nearly a thousand believers. Well, this York is a talent, too. "

Buck nodded in agreement and said, "York also applied for a promotion to his superiors last month and is currently under review." Lord Sessman, would you like to. "

"go and have a look at it first, and if you are a clever man, give it a promotion. Buck, remind me when you get to the entrance of the village. I need another rest. Alas, when you are old, you can't keep up with your spirit. "

Buck hurriedly said, "I got it. Lord Seisman worked hard all the way, and please take good care of yourself. " You're old? It was those two nuns who messed you up last night.

Sisman, of course, could not hear the complaint in Buck's heart, nodded with satisfaction, and was about to close the carriage window. Just then,

Dang, Dang, Dang.

"Why, is that the church bell?" Seisman said in surprise.

This place is located in the south of the empire and does not need to be equipped with alarm bells like the northern border towns. There is generally a melodious bell ringing, and that is the church bell, no doubt.

"well, it should be. The direction of the sound should be Little Stone Village. "

Seisman said angrily, "what is the matter with York? how can he ring the bell at this time?"

Of course, church bells can not be rung for no reason, usually only in weekly prayer meetings, or major religious celebrations, such as Divine Prayer.

Buck spread his hand, saying he didn't understand either.

"Speed up and see what's going on!"

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Just like Seisman and their doubts, the villagers of Little Rock looked at the church in the village in surprise.

Most of them are followers of the Church of Light, and naturally they know the meaning of church bells. They had never heard of ringing the bell at this time.

Dang, Dang, Dang.

The stubborn bell kept ringing.

The villagers looked at each other, put down their things and went to the church.

The small stone village is small and close to the villagers, but it is only a few steps to the door of the church.

Just then, the bell suddenly stopped.

"Father York. Father York! "

The first one to get to the church door was a peasant woman. She shouted to the inside against the church gate, but without two shouts, the hidden church door was pushed open with one light on her hand.

The first thing that caught her eye was the church bell, which was empty next to it.

"who is playing a prank?"

"Father York." She shouted softly and went to the bishop's hall of the church, where everyone knew that York's room was behind the bishop's hall.

The door of the bishop's hall was also unlocked and was pushed open with a squeak.

"Why, Father York, what are you doing sitting on the ground?" At this time, it was already dark, and it was naturally even darker in the bishop's hall. However, the peasant woman still saw a figure lying with her head down against the host table, facing the gate.

The figure did not answer, but seemed to be looking intently at something on the ground.

The nervous peasant woman was not at all aware of anything strange, and a few steps forward, she was about to talk to Father York.

Ah

A scream of horror came out, and some of the villagers who had just arrived at the church were inspired by the sound.

At the door of the bishop's hall, the peasant woman fell to the ground, her trembling hand pointing forward: "York, York." Father died. Dead. "

"what?" The crowd was stunned and looked inside.

After a while, the lights in the bishop's hall were lit.

Father York, dressed in a black robe, lay on the host table, with several transparent holes in his chest slowly flowing with blood, the holy light pendant on his chest had been dyed red, and a large pool of blood spread on the ground.

"Father York!"

"Oh, my God, how did this happen! Whoo. "

"which one smashed it? I will hang him at once! "

"Why, there are things on the ground and handwriting."

Looking at York's miserable death, the villagers were thoroughly angry. It should be said that York's performance in Little Rock Village is really perfect, he successfully left a pious, kind impression on the villagers. Now such a good man has been brutally killed, and everyone can't help being angry.

The crowd was furious and kept cursing the murderer. At this time, some careful people saw what was next to York's hand and the blood-stained handwriting.

"Why, this is a key."

"is that the name of the killer?"

"if you can read, look at it!" Cried some impatient villagers.

"get out of the way, I'll do it," a bearded farmer squeezed in and identified, "well, it says the truth is in the back room."

"the room in the back? It's Father York's bedroom. "

"is the murderer still there?"

"go, leave a few to look at York's body, and the others go to catch the murderer."

The crowd, carrying all kinds of guys, flocked to York's bedroom.

When they opened the York bedroom door, it was empty, but they found the removed bookcase and the underpass behind the wall.

Why, why is there a secret passage in Father York's room?

The suspicious villagers looked at each other, walked boldly down the tunnel, and soon found the two abused girls.

"Why, old John, isn't this your granddaughter? Wasn't she sent by Father York to practice in the monastery? "

"well, it seems to be Mary in the neighboring village, isn't it? I saw her parents'a few days ago. "

"Yes, but didn't she say that she was recommended by Father York to be a nun? What are you doing here? "

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The two girls were foolish to see such a large number of villagers come in. When they reacted, they burst into tears and pounced on the crowd, crying out what had happened to them.

When the crowd returned to the bishop's hall and saw York's body, they all looked complicated.

The two girls cried and were about to come up and bite York's body. after being dissuaded by the crowd, they lay down in the arms of the peasant woman and sobbed. The two men were abused by York for a long time. They were overjoyed, sobbed a few times, and then fainted.

For a moment, the bishop's hall became unusually silent.

They did not expect that York, who was always kind and helpful, was secretly so dirty and despicable. And York is also a priest of the God of Light, a servant of God who often preaches the gospel and exhorts people to do good. Their faith collapsed. For a moment, didn't know what to say.

At this time, an old man came out of the crowd. They were all villagers who looked up and did not look down, and everyone naturally knew that this was Old John. He has been stunned ever since he heard his granddaughter crying in the secret passage.

Old John watched silently in front of York's body in the aisle. Suddenly a mouthful of sputum spit into York's face. Then, in the midst of the exclamations of the crowd, he fell up to the sky.

There was another wave of confusion, but fortunately someone saw that he was abnormal and came forward to hold his body.

At this time, there was another rush of footsteps, and a young villager who had not been present before exclaimed happily: "Sisman patrol has brought adults to the entrance of the village, everyone go to meet …". " Seeing that everyone looked at him with strange eyes, his tone became weaker and weaker, and finally stopped.

"what's going on."