Fox of France

In an inconspicuous dilapidated small house in "Petticoat Lane", Oliver meets Fagin, the gang leader.

"Oliver, come back... um, why did your hand hurt?" Fagin dropped the slightly scratched "Bible" in his hand and walked over.

"I met a damn cop and got a stick." Oliver said indifferently.

"Let me see..." said Fagin.

Oliver stretched out his injured hand, Fagin looked at it, and moved his fingers with his hand.

"Oliver, your hand is injured, but it's not a big problem. The swelling should go down by tomorrow. Well, that policeman is very kind, so he just beat you with a stick? Besides, I reminded you before, don't call the police, If you get used to it, people will notice you as soon as you open your mouth."

"Boss, I see." Oliver told Fei Jin exactly what happened.

"Boss, there is also this book. I picked it up. I thought you might like to read it, so I brought it here for you." After talking about today's affairs, Oliver took out the book and handed it to Fagin.

"Spartacus?" Fagin took the book and opened it.

"Boss, what's written in it?" Oliver asked.

There were many children around Fagin. When he had nothing to do, Fagin would tell them some stories to pass the time.

"Ah, this is a script, it tells the story of Rome thousands of years ago..."

Fagin originally thought this was just an ordinary heroic story, but the more he saw the back, the more frightened he was and the more excited he became.

"No wonder, no wonder..." Fagin couldn't help saying.

"Master Fagin, what are you talking about? What wonder?"

"I mean, it's no wonder that the British government wants to go to war with the French. If the French are all thinking in this book, then those gentlemen will be scared crazy? It's just from this point of view that the French are against God and against God. Religion has produced a lot of misunderstandings. This is also normal, because whether it is the Catholic Church or the Anglican Church, they have turned their backs on God long ago.

Oliver, do you remember what I told you about Jesus being alone in the desert and being tempted by the devil? "

"Of course I do," Oliver replied.

"Then do you still remember what the devil used to tempt Jesus?"

"The first, I remember, seemed to say that Jesus was hungry, and the devil said, 'If you were the Son of God, tell this stone in the desert to be turned into bread.' The second was that the devil took him to St. let him jump down from the top of the temple. Say to him, 'If you are the Son of God, jump down. For it is written, 'The Lord will command his angels for you, and take you up with his hands, lest you feet on stones.''

The third one seemed like the devil took him up to the highest mountain again, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. Said to him, 'I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me. '"

Fagin nodded and said, "Oliver, you are the smartest of my children, you remember well. Then do you know what the three temptations of the devil mean?"

Oliver shook his head.

"These three temptations represent the most powerful things in the world that seem to be miracles, secrets, and authority. My child, why didn't Jesus turn stones into bread? Couldn't Almighty God turn stones into bread ?

No, that's not the problem. If Jesus turned stone into bread, the whole world would follow him, but would that be because of admiration for his teaching? No, that's only because he can perform miracles. It is not love that people follow, but miracles. That’s why Jesus said: ‘The people of this age are so ungodly. There are no miracles for people of this age. '

My child, but now, look at those churches, whether it is the Catholic Church or the Anglican Church, what do they have in their hands? Isn't it the three things that Jesus rejected in the first place—miracles, secrets, and authority? Where did they get these things—since Jesus had rejected them all? Of course these things come from it, from the spirit of negation. Oliver, the church today, has long since abandoned Christ and is following the devil. "

"Boss, I don't quite understand." Oliver shook his head and said.

"Ah, Oliver, you are still too young to understand these things. You just need to know that you must believe in God and God's salvation, but never believe in those priests. As for other things, you will understand in the future."

At this moment, there was clattering applause outside, and a voice came in: "Kolya, you are becoming more and more like a prophet."

Startled, Oliver jumped up and grabbed a knife.

"Friends outside, please come in and talk." Fei Jin did not panic, but said calmly.

Then the door was pushed open, and the "respectable man" walked in.

"Kolya, my brother, we meet again at last. Well, where is Mr. Fagin? I haven't seen him for a long time." Jacob Goulen walked towards Fagin with outstretched arms, and gave He got a bear hug.

"Now I am Fei Jin." Fei Jin patted Jager Gaolen on the back and said, "I have been Fei Jin since two years ago."

"Oh..." Jager Goreng let go of Fagin, his face was a little sad, "You are Fagin now, so what happened to Fabio and Rembrandt?"

"If they were still alive, I would still be called Kolya," said Fagin.

The two of them looked at each other face to face, and they were silent for a while, then Fagin said, "Jage, you are the decent man Oliver met, right? Well... how did you get here all these years?"

"It's a long story to say." Jacques Gaolen found a small bench by himself, and sat down with no image, "In 1988, I ran to France, um, you know Yes, the boat you helped me on. Then I went to Paris, and I got a job in Paris, playing a side role in a theater company. Sometimes sneaking into old business. Um, The first troupe to put on that play you just saw.

Later, in that troupe, I got to know a lot of great people later on. For example, that Saint-Just who once played Spartacus in "Spartacus". You may have heard of him. "

"Yes, I've heard of it." Fagin nodded. "Those gentlemen described him as a monster who escaped from hell."

"Many French people also describe him that way. But I was his friend and I still am." Jacques Gauleng said.

"Our friends, including ourselves, are not the monsters they described." Fei Jin also laughed. He felt that this brother who hadn't seen him for more than ten years was still a brother connected by blood.

"Later, the French rebelled, and I also participated." Jacques Gauleng, "I watched those gentlemen flustered one by one, watched those noble gentlemen, those profiteers, and those big men being pushed to the guillotine one by one— —It was a really good time to remember.

However, the revolution was later thwarted. Well, Reverend Fagin said that most of the struggles in the world end with the truly sincere and brave dying and the slick boys stealing their gains. The situation in France is actually similar. Although the three brothers of the Bonaparte family cannot be regarded as slick boys-they are all very capable people, but none of them are really willing to sacrifice for their ideals. They are heroes, but not saints. "

"So, Jager, what are you doing now?" asked Fagin.

"I, I'm well-developed now." Jacob Gaolen laughed, he stood up, and turned around in front of Fagin, "Look, do I look like a lord who should be hanged? Well, I am now the second secretary of the French embassy in the UK. This status is still enough to call me brothers and sisters with those "grand lords" who we had no connection with before.

Oh, and the other day I met that old dog Okur, who was the one who bit my ass so hard that I had to flee to France. Now the old dog is even older, but his nose is still very good. I recognized him the first time I saw him, and he recognized me. But I was taken by a great man who he would call 'your lord' to ask them something. So even though he recognized me, he could only wag his tail respectfully at me. This is really...hahaha..."

"Now that you've become a big shot, why do you still come to me?" asked Fagin.

"Of course it is for the revolution." Jacques Gauleng replied without hesitation. "Fagin, you know that France and England have recently reached a peace. But what I want to tell you is that in the final analysis, this peace is nothing more than an armistice." Now it's just because everyone is tired from the previous period and needs to take a break. Those nobles in England, as long as they have breath, they will want to kill us. Well, you just read the book "Spa Dax", you should be able to understand why."

Fagin nodded.

"Free people and tyrants cannot exist in the same world at the same time. One of them must fall." Jacques Gauleng said, "The French naturally understand this. Therefore, Lucien Bonaparte That puts me right here. He sent me for one purpose—to start a revolution in England.

Of course, as I just said, the three Bonaparte brothers are all heroes, but none of them are saints. M. Lucien Bonaparte is no exception. In doing so, he just hoped to defeat Britain faster. The upsurge of the French revolution is in fact over.

Well, Fagin, did you see that slave war hymn in Spartacus? Back then in Valmy, the French soldiers sang this song and defeated the mighty foreign invaders. But nowadays, in France, few people sing this song anymore. Even though it is not stated explicitly, in fact, it is not allowed to sing this song anymore-the French revolution stopped halfway.

However, even the French Revolution, which stopped halfway, brought more power and benefits to the French people. The common people in France now live much more like human beings than the common people in England. However, this should not be the end of the revolution. Minister Lucien has his considerations, but we have another consideration of ours. Fagin, would you like to hear our considerations? "

"Go ahead," said Fagin.

"We want to launch a revolution in Britain and push the wave of revolution forward. When the revolution in Britain needs to rest, we will go to other countries to start more revolutions. One country after another, like waves one after another, France--England--Italy--Austria--Germany--Poland--Russia--even Turkey, and then France again. We shall let the revolution burn throughout the world, and destroy cathedrals and prisons! Every revolution breaks off some of the shackles on the people until, in the end, it wins complete liberation for the people."