"There is no road ahead. We must change to a carriage and ride into the mountains!"
Burke jumped out of the truck and said to Sherron, who also got off the truck: "The carriage and the guide are in the village ahead, and we just happen to have a rest there."
Since that day, there has been no more troubles along the way. The train arrived in Romania smoothly, and then the group changed into the truck that had been prepared long ago. Now we are about to enter the deep mountains and there is no way out. Everyone can only get off the car and change the carriage.
The village in front of me is very dilapidated. Most of the houses are still adobe walls and thatched houses, and there are only a few brick houses here and there. On the dusty village roads, children who look like mud monkeys can be seen from time to time, wearing bare feet and crotchless pants, running and playing on the road.
It is estimated that there are few outsiders coming and going in this village, so when Xie Lun and his party entered the village, the villagers in shabby clothes hid in their homes and looked out through the cracks in the doors and windows.
However, seeing Burke and others changing into priest attire, the villagers came out one after another, knelt on both sides of the road and prayed loudly.
"It turns out that there are devout believers here."
Burke smiled proudly, took out his Bible, held a water bottle filled with holy water, and walked past the villagers one by one: "The original Lord forgives you sinners..."
"A pious sinner?"
Xie Lun smiled disdainfully in his heart.
When Burke was enjoying the worship of believers over there, Beiman came with a young man and said to Sherron: "This is a French believer. He is usually responsible for delivering supplies to the Santa Cata Monastery. Today, he will be responsible for delivering supplies to the Santa Carta Monastery. He led the way to the monastery.”
This Frenchie's eyes were wandering around, and he seemed to be a very shrewd person at first glance. He had long seen that despite the tall man next to him, this black-haired Asian man was the leader of this team.
So Franche hurriedly bowed to Sherron and said: "My Lord Almighty, this priest, I have prepared the horses and carriages needed to enter the mountain."
"Very well, the Lord will surely know the contribution you have made to His cause."
Sherron immediately put on the same expression as Burke, took out a cross pendant from his arms, and made a false cross on Franche's forehead. Then, while Beiman and Feichen were stunned, he took out a wad of green banknotes from his arms and stuffed them into Franche's hand.
Franche knelt down simply: "Ah, Almighty and kind Lord, your glory will shine on the earth, and your servants will be your most devout lambs, who will be taught by your whip day and night... "
"Okay, let's recite the prayers when we get home. Now take the horses and carriage to the truck at the entrance of the village."
Xie Lun waved his hand and asked Feichen to lead the people to follow Franche. Then he looked back at Beman and said with a smile: "Knight Beman, it seems that the real God should be this."
As he spoke, he rubbed his fingers.
Beiman smiled coldly: "It's normal. After all, the Holy See also sold indulgences back then."
Feichen and the others quickly led the horses and carriage to the truck, and worked hard to remove the iron cage that had hit the truck compartment and install it on the carriage. Looking at the iron cage covered with black cloth, Franche peeked over from time to time. Suddenly, Sherron stood in front of him and said with a smile: "France believer, do you often go to that Santa Carta Monastery?"
France quickly saluted and replied: "Father, there are not many nuns practicing in Santa Cata Monastery, so I only send supplies once a month on average."
"Really? Have you delivered it this month?"
"Not yet. It was supposed to be sent out in the next two days. Now I am leading the way for the priests and sending the supplies at the same time."
Sherron nodded and continued to ask: "Besides you, does anyone else go to that monastery on weekdays?"
Franche shook his head and said: "The monastery is located deep in the mountains. The location is extremely remote, and the roads are also very rugged and difficult. There are one or two sections where it is impossible to ride a horse and you need to get off the horse and be led. In addition, the monastery never allows outsiders to enter, so I It also means leaving supplies at the door of the monastery without ever going inside.”
Xie Lun said thoughtfully: "So, you don't know the specific situation in the monastery?"
France smiled and said: "I only know that there is no electricity or telephone in the monastery. It is almost completely isolated from the world."
At this time, Beiman came over and said in a deep voice: "Master Godgiver, everything is ready and we can set off."
"The one given by God?"
Franche was startled and looked at Sherren blankly.
Sherron patted Franche on the shoulder and said loudly: "Let's go."
Everyone got on their horses, gathered around the carriage, and led into the mountains under the guidance of Franche.
The mountain road is really rugged, and the trees in the mountain are tall and dense, and the canopy of the trees blocks the sky. Even in broad daylight, the light is very dim, let alone at night. Without Franche to guide the way, strangers would really lose their way into the mountains.
It took everyone another two days to reach a cliff. Pointing to the steel cable pontoon on the cliff, France smiled and said: "Fathers, as long as you cross this bridge and walk a while, you can reach the Santa Carta Monastery. Although this bridge is inspected every year, it will not be repaired every year. It’s best to only pass one person at a time, and it’s best to dismantle the items on the carriage and move them over in batches.”
Beiman and Feichen came over. Feichen reached out and patted the steel pillars that were nailed deeply into the rock and were as thick as an adult's thigh. He sighed and said, "Look at this bridge. It's much better than the wooden bridge back then."
"Yes," Beiman also sighed, "I remember that the wooden bridge broke in the end. If she hadn't taken action, I might have died here."
Xie Lun stepped forward, reached out and touched the steel cable pontoon bridge, and said with a smile: "I wonder when this bridge was built?"
France shook his head and said, "I don't know. Anyway, this bridge has been here since I started delivering supplies to the monastery."
Burke said: "Since the incident that year, the Holy See has funded the construction of a pontoon bridge here and carried out regular maintenance just for today."
Needless to say, everyone passed by the pontoon one after another. Amanda was also very honest and there was no abnormal situation when crossing the pontoon. After passing the floating bridge, everyone continued to move forward. After passing through a winding path, their eyes suddenly opened up.
This is a broad and flat land, which has been divided into flat areas and planted with flowers, fruits, vegetables, etc. At the end of the flat land, you can see the top of a tall building.
France pointed forward and shouted: "That's the Monastery of Santa Carta over there."
Seeing that the destination was right in front of them, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the horses under their crotches were walking more briskly. Crossing this flat land, we soon arrived in front of the monastery. At this time, Xie Lun suddenly raised his hand, clenched his fist, and said coldly: "Be careful, there is a situation ahead."
Before he finished speaking, the well-trained priests jumped off their horses, pulled out the pistols hidden in their waists, and carefully surrounded the carriage. Beiman and Feichen stepped forward to protect Burke. As for Franche, this shrewd guy saw that something was not going to happen and immediately hid at the back of the team.
Sherron jumped off his horse, stepped forward, walked to the steps in front of the monastery gate, and looked up. Above the door, a corpse wearing a black nun's robe was hanging. Several crows stood on the corpse, pecking at it without fear of anyone coming from below.
Beiman walked forward carefully, looked up at the corpse, and said solemnly: "Looking at the degree of decomposition, this person has been dead for at least two or three weeks."
"That's not right." Xie Lun pointed to the blood dripping from the body on the steps, "Look at the blood, it's quite fresh and doesn't look solid at all."
Beiman frowned and was about to take a few steps forward to examine the body carefully. Suddenly there was a "croak" sound, and the crows screamed and flew into the air, revealing the body that was blocked by them.
All the facial features of the corpse had been eaten away by crows, leaving only a ferocious and terrifying face.
"vomit!"
Erin and Franche couldn't help it, they rolled off their horses at the same time, hid aside and vomited.