Old-time musicians

Chapter 68: Sacrament of Confession

On the second day, before dawn, the streets and alleys on the other side of the Hedgewell River showed a scene of vitality that was far beyond ordinary.

To avoid air raids, the houses here are painted with large swaths of black, and the slightly more prominent buildings are covered with barbed wire or bamboo cages as "defense facilities" that serve as psychological comfort. From a bird's eye view, everything should be as usual. Like a lifeless dark dungeon

But today, the soldiers on the reconnaissance plane discovered that a light several hundred meters long appeared at the door of the church, and sporadic firefly-like light spots were still converging towards it.

Congregants holding dim lanterns had already occupied the aisles surrounded by several warning lines.

Moreover, the first dozen or so people who came earlier in line asked the clergy responsible for guiding order.

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There really isnโ€™t any higher requirement! No matter whether you are rich or poor, you can come to Bishop Lavoisier for confession! Unless I was too procrastinating in coming to see him, I didn't get in line after waiting in line for two days.

The general principle is "first come, first served", but there is an additional rule that serves as a moderator.

"You can go forward, start from the tenth position, and then move forward."

One of the deacons motioned to a thin, thinly-clad girl to come forward.

It is reported that Bishop Lavoisier has begun to worship the Lord's holy relics and test the congregation. I saw that the candle in the lantern in this person's hand not only emitted a more intense light, but as she moved, even the lamps in the hands of the surrounding believers were affected to a certain extent.

This kind of scene either means that the person's inspirational talent is higher than ordinary people, or that he is an extremely devout person who has been praying a lot recently, and his spiritual state has been adjusted to a level that is more compatible with light.

Seeing that this frail girl could move forward across such a long line, everyone else showed great admiration.

Inside the church.

The confessional was set up in a prominent place. The entrances of the penitent and the auditors were separated. The outside was covered with a gilded sun-patterned red cloth curtain. There were fixed partitions in the middle of the tables inside, through which only the visible The silhouette of the shadow of something behind.

Its layout follows traditional etiquette, but it looks different from before.

Because it's too big.

Under normal circumstances, if two people want to talk face to face, a 1x1 meter wooden table is enough.

As for the table where Father Lavoisier performed the Sacrament of Confession, even if it is covered with a curtain, it can be seen that the combined width of its left and right hands exceeds at least ten meters!

According to the canon law of the Holy Sun Church, the priest who performs the sacrament of confession must strictly keep the secret. This is an extremely strict law. No third person will be present to hear the confession, so the several civil servants responsible for setting up the venue imagined what was going on. In front of such a large table, listening to the teachings face to face, the space around you seems to give people the feeling that there are "witnesses" who transcend the world here!

At dawn, when the world is clean.

Fan Ning sat alone in front of the confession table.

There was a mysterious and unpredictable scene all around.

The long mahogany table more than ten meters long was filled with candles. On the soft curtains, lamps with sacred withered patterns were emitting bright light, and the long and narrow baffle used to block the opposite seats was actually There is a golden and clear sun rising slowly!

There are ripples of light everywhere in the air. Through those textures, the sense of hearing, smell, touch and taste are all connected with the vision. It seems that you can experience the supreme artistic inspiration.

"Unexpectedly, I successfully passed through the 'Gate of Enlightenment' at this moment and was promoted to the second level of Xiaoxiao. It mainly relied on the accumulated experience of building a group and academies in the past, and the subsequent Baptismal Festival scene where the enlightenment effect far exceeded expectations."

Fan Ning slowly opened his eyes, and the hallucinatory scene in the confession room dissipated inch by inch.

This means that not only dozens of people in the world have been promoted to "Crescent Moon", "Forged Lion" and "Blade Bearer" because of him, but hundreds of people have become "Bridegroom" and "Flying Bearer" under his inspiration. Moth" and embarked on his own artistic path.

Learn the second level of Xiao, create your own key.

With caution, at the level of the Knower, not to mention killing or defeating, not to mention facing an extreme opponent who "chooses not to be a human being at all", at least in a normal one-on-one situation, it is very difficult. It's hard to find anyone who can threaten Fan Ning's life.

But his expression turned bad not long after.

The feeling of the astral body being torn apart reappeared, and the uncomfortable symptoms of "old" pollution began to rise again.

The higher you rise, the higher your understanding and insight, and the more serious the sense of dislocation of incompatible musical inspiration from two lives becomes.

Although "Mass in B Minor" is the pinnacle of medieval music or Baroque music, it is only a temporary solution.

"It's really almost time to leave."

Fan Ning sighed secretly in his heart and spread his palm in front of him. A piece of light yellow letter flashed away.

That was the message from the papal messenger.

What is written above is a list, which can be "page-turned", a full list.

There are high-level people in the church, there are also middle- and low-level people and ignorant people, there are various professionals in the military, and there are also artists from the church.

Fan Ning went to confession these two days not only for the purpose of confession itself.

The time has come for the candidates for the investigation team who entered the abnormal area to make a choice so that the Pope can arrange related matters.

Those who can voluntarily sign up for this list are all devout believers who are willing to follow him to find the "theme of God", but selecting them into the Abnormal Zone Investigation Team is likely to send them to their deaths.

This choice is really difficult to make.

Fanning can only learn more about things through the sacrament of confession - many people who have recently dealt with and are queuing outside are also on this list.

He spent more than a quarter of an hour suppressing his spiritual discomfort and adjusting his emotions to a state of compassion and peace. Finally, he rang the white line that led to the bell of the outside assistant.

It means to signal the first person in line to come in.

After a few dozen seconds, the red cloth with golden sun patterns was unveiled, and a tall and thin figure sat opposite the baffle.

Although his spiritual perception can scan the other party's external features at a glance, Fanning strictly abides by the laws as a clergyman and does not try to find out what kind of person the other party is.

"What kind of confession do you want to make?" Fanning asked gently.

"Bishop Lavoisier, I have a lot of confusion that I can't figure out." The other party's voice was a little familiar.

The first person turned out to be Durk, the one-armed old priest of the Laubken Diocese. Even Fanning's expression behind the baffle was a little stunned.

"You are also my old master, why do you come to me for confession, and you are in front of many believers, have you violated the precept of partiality?"

"In her name, there is no partiality." The old priest hurriedly said, "After the concert ended last night and the application for musical instruments was completed, I did not go back to rest, but waited all night, so that I could keep the qualification to be the first to meet the bishop today."

"Then you tell me." Fanning said.

Durk recalled the matter that the distinguished guest Miss Luo Yin asked him to ask.

Moreover, he felt that this was indeed a question he had been asking for all these years as a priest.

"I have also had many experiences in confession, but I would like to ask the bishop a question."

"Do clergymen have to confess only to believers? If a non-believer visits, must this sacrament be declined, or can it be accepted with pleasure?"

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