Hearing Jiang Baimian's words, a look of surprise flashed across Song He's face.
The question asked by the other party is very strange, and has a clear direction, as if he wants to explore something.
As a vigilant sect clergyman in a remote corner, although Song He has rich life experience and sufficient experience, his vision is limited to such a small place as Hongshiji, and it involves some personnel changes and teachings of the sect at most. Due to the dispute, he knew little about the ruins of the city across a mountain, which led him to clearly hear that Jiang Baimian wanted to investigate a secret, but he had no way of guessing.
As his thoughts surged, Song He smiled bitterly:
"Frankly speaking, I have only met DiMarco's great-grandfather, Montes. At that time, I was just a small person, huh, and now, in short, I have no more than five contacts with him.
"He would leave the ark from time to time, come to the surface, go to different places, and where he went, I don't know.
"Later, he converted to our sect and believed in Zhisui, and he never left the 'underground ark' until he died.
"The same goes for his son, his grandson, who is DiMarco's grandfather, his father."
Perhaps it was because he stayed in the Red Stone Collection for too long, and from time to time he needed to use the Red River language to preach to the believers. Song Heyan occasionally brought the grammatical features of this language into his speech.
Uh, why did he convert to your sect and believe in Zhisui? He was beaten abruptly... Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:
"What kind of person was DiMarco's great-grandfather, Montis?"
"Pride to the point of arrogance, majesty to the point of being inhumane, and his eyes are very deterrent." Song He replied calmly, "I just said about his specific character, I don't have much contact with him, and I don't know much about him. You might as well ask the old servants and guards of the ark, and go look through Montes's collection of books, maybe he has the habit of writing a diary?"
Shang Jianyao laughed:
"A decent person who..."
His subsequent words were interrupted by Jiang Baimian:
"If Montes has a secret, he certainly won't record it in the diary, unless he wants to tell others in the right way at the right time."
"What if he has a diary obsessive-compulsive disorder?" The honest businessman jumped up.
Song He's expression did not change, and his tone was still gentle:
"I'm just proposing a direction of investigation."
"Understood." Jiang Baimian said sincerely, "Thank you."
Then, she bid farewell, and took Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen, and Long Yuehong to the door.
Seeing that Dao was close at hand, she suddenly turned around and asked casually:
"Did your church send someone to check the books in the 'underground ark'?"
After the establishment of the Ark Management Committee, the "Old Tune Group" did not let go of the underground collection of books, but at that time they didn't know that there was a Buddhist holy place in the ruins of Tieshan City next door. I am not very interested in what experience I have had, and my focus is mainly on the part of the book about doomsday.
—The ancestor of the DiMarco family was a doomsday fanatic, and an underground ark was specially built for this purpose. Naturally, the family’s collection of books would not lack corresponding content.
Song He's eyes moved slightly, and he nodded lightly:
"Several clerics were sent there, because the collection of the 'underground ark' contains many technical materials and valuable books related to the civilization of the old world, which plays a very important role in the future of the Redstone Collection and for mankind to welcome the arrival of the new world. .
"This is the wealth left to us by our ancestors, the ancient human beings."
Having said that, Song He changed his words:
"However, we didn't take any single copies, we just transcribed them."
He also means that the vigilance sect has taken away one or two of the same books with many books.
"Well." Jiang Baimian nodded slowly, "Have you found any records worth noting?"
Song He shook his head.
…
Inside the ark, on the second basement floor, in the previous reception room.
The "Old Tune Group" found Ulrich, the former ship's butler.
"What kind of person was Mr. Montis, the first owner of the Ark, DiMarco's great-grandfather?" Jiang Baimian asked straight to the point.
Ulrich recalled for a few seconds, and said with consideration for the language:
"He died before I was born, but my grandfather, a deacon he appointed, mentioned him to me.
"His personality is similar to DiMarco in every way, just not as manic and tyrannical."
That's because he hasn't been locked in the Ark for many years, unable to get out, and his mind is completely distorted... Long Yuehong explained in his heart "help".
"What about things other than character?" Jiang Baimian asked.
Ulrich looked at Shang Jianyao, who was still wearing a monkey mask:
"He used to be a follower of an old religion in the Old World, and he would often carry that religion's Holy Code with him, and DiMarco and his father and grandfather always wore Old World clergy clothes as a hobby of being directly or indirectly influenced by him. come.
"However, he finally believed in Zhisui, joined the sect, and found peace in the last few years of his life."
That's because the same person has a consistent aesthetic tendency for clothing... Long Yuehong replied in his heart again.
Religion... Classics... Jiang Baimian muttered silently.
Bai Chen asked:
"Is that Holy Book still in the library, the one that Montes always carried with him?"
"Yes, the sect just took a few other holy books." Ulrich was quite certain.
Because Shang Jianyao has reached the level of being drowsy and barely supporting, Jiang Baimian, who does not need to worry about the topic deviation, said "um":
"Do you know which books Mr. Montes reads most often? Does he keep a diary?"
Ulrich shook his head:
"He's not a guy who likes to record.
"Also, he and DiMarco's father, grandfather, and even DiMarco himself hated so much that people snooped on their privacy and never let anyone know their reading preferences."
Jiang Baimian was silent for a few seconds, then asked:
"By the way, the family autobiography we read last time is still there, right?"
It was an autobiography written by the DiMarco family before the destruction of the old world. The "Old Tune Group" mainly looked through the parts about the end of the world and the ark, and found that the ancestor was really too fanatical to think about building an underground ark. rather than getting any news ahead of time.
This time, Jiang Baimian decided to go through it all over again, and carefully read the skipped and rough scans a few times.
"Yes," Ulrich replied calmly.
…
It is located in the library on a certain floor of the underground ark.
Ulrich picked up a dark red cover of "The Holy Book" that was placed on the middle desk, and handed it to Jiang Baimian:
"This is the one that Mr. Montes always carries."
While Jiang Baimian took it with one hand, he looked at the surrounding bookshelves and felt that it was more like a library than a library.
"You can go back to rest," she said to Ulrich.
Ulrich didn't insist on staying here, because he didn't know if he was fit to participate in the next thing.
After Ulrich left the library, Jiang Baimian said to Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and Shang Jianyao:
"I read this "Holy Book", and you re-read the few autobiographies of the DiMarco family. Hey, if you are seriously dizzy, sleep against the bookshelf for a while."
"Okay." Shang Jianyao said with his eyes closed.
He slowly slid to the ground and fell asleep on the spot.
It's really informal... Long Yuehong mumbled and picked up an autobiography that Ulrich sent to the desk.
Time passed quietly, only accompanied by the slight rustling of books.
After an unknown period of time, Jiang Baimian saw the part about hell and the devil in the Holy Scripture.
Suddenly, in the margin at the bottom of a page, someone had written a paragraph in dark blue ink.
The discourse made up of the Red River script is:
"I woke up from the darkness and the devil opened his eyes."
For some reason, this slightly scribbled sentence made Jiang Baimian feel a chill down his spine.
She quickly flipped through the back section, but couldn't find any new "annotations".
There seems to be only such an extra bit of "content" in the entire Holy Codex.
"Look at this." Jiang Baimian called Long Yuehong and Bai Chen over, while making guesses, "After the destruction of the old world, what words did Montis leave when he woke up in the Ark for the first time? I have already figured out what abilities I have acquired, and my mood is complicated and difficult to contain, so I wrote such a sentence and feel that I have become a devil?"
Long Yuehong was about to get up and walked towards the team leader when his eyes suddenly swept to a sentence in his autobiography:
"In order to develop the family's construction business, the eldest son Montis was sent to the neighboring Tieshan City to participate in the bidding for the renovation of the old city..."
Long Yuehong's pupils dilated and blurted out:
"Captain!
"Montis has been to Iron Mountain! Before the destruction of the old world!"
There is actually a connection between the two!