The Whispering Verses Chapter 1528: The bet of flowers

As Shade spoke, he took out the letter. Although it was just written half an hour ago, he did not forget to dry all the ink and make obvious creases on the paper to prevent it from being seen. This letter is too new.

Bishop Morpheus opened the letter in surprise, glanced at it twice and asked in surprise:

"Is it Rat August? Old August is indeed still alive, but we haven't contacted each other for many years."

"Yes, when I was in Tobesk, I often asked priest Augustus for help. The priest has a high reputation in our diocese."

Xia De nodded, looked at the doctor, and then said sheepishly:

"Speaking of which, we are actually curious about something."

He smiled:

"Priest August mentioned something related to you. He said that when he was young, he was on a business trip in the Randall Valley. He once made a bet with you. He lost 10 pence and has not returned it to this day. Excuse me, are you Can you tell us what you were betting on? I’m really curious. After all, what Priest August often says is to keep young people away from Rhodes.”

"He is still the same as when he was young."

Bishop Morpheus carefully folded and put away the letter of greetings from an old friend he had not seen for a long time, and then sighed:

"That happened many years ago. If you hadn't mentioned it today, I would have almost forgotten it. Rat Augustus is a very strange person. To be honest, I haven't met him in all these years. Anyone as conservative, prudent and pious as he is."

The bishop gave a very high evaluation, then smiled and shook his head:

"As for the bet back then, he can still remember it. Young people, you may have come here with curiosity, but in fact the answer is very boring. This is just an accidental conversation between young people of the previous era. That’s all.”

"So can you waste some time to satisfy our boring curiosity?"

Dr. Schneider also asked, and the bishop nodded:

"It was also a season at the turn of winter and spring, just like it is now. Of course, it was not as cold as this year.

At that time, I was just an ordinary priest in this church. On my way back from delivering documents to the city's children's welfare home with August, who came to this city on a business trip when I was young, we walked along the bank of the Ellon River. While looking at the scenery, we guessed when spring would arrive that year. That is when the first Randall flower of the year will bloom. ”

Shadow and Dr. Schneider looked at each other again:

"So, your bet is when will the first Randall flower bloom that year?"

Xia De asked, the answer was indeed boring, but at least they got the answer.

"No, no, we are not soothsayers from the Association of Prophets, nor are we weather researchers from the Institute of Advanced Studies. How could we guess such a problem?"

The bishop smiled and shook his head, squinting slightly, as if being brought back to his youth by memory:

"The weather was really good that day. I remember that Augustus and I were wearing church robes. On my feet were leather shoes that I spent a whole winter saving money to buy. Those shoes are still there today. Still in my closet. As a local, I talked to August about the rush of people who bring Randall flowers to the city hall every year just for the bonus of giving the flower, and August mentioned it. I kept a pot of Randall flowers in my room. It was sunny that day and I was very bored on the way back. Since we had a common topic, the two of us started making boring bets..."

Actually, after hearing this, Dr. Shade and Dr. Schneider no longer felt bored.

“We began to speculate whether the first person to bring the blooming Randall flowers to the city hall in the spring of that year would have tampered with the flowers.”

The old man winked at the two of them:

"Actually, there are many ways to make flowers bloom abnormally, but the tradition of Randall flowers has continued for so many years, and the city hall also has methods to check. Do you want to guess, August and I , which side did you bet on? ”

"Priest Augustus must have thought that the first person to bring the flowers must have done something wrong."

The doctor answered without thinking:

“I have known Priest August for a long time, and I found that he always likes to think about things in a bad direction, and always speculates on strangers in the most sinister direction of people’s hearts. I once tried to I use psychologists to speculate on the reasons for this way of thinking, but I can only think that some past experiences have influenced him."

Shad nodded with deep understanding, Bishop Morpheus also nodded slightly:

"He is still like this. Yes, doctor, you guessed it right. August thought that the first person who brought flowers that year would definitely do something, but I didn't think so. Because it was just casual chatting. , so the bet was only 10 pence. Although the prices in that era were different from now, 10 pence was still within our reach. ”

"Is there a sequel to this story, right? We all know now that it was Priest Augustus who lost, but I think what happened next is not just that Priest Augustus underestimated the kindness of human nature."

Xia De asked, because he saw the clue from the old bishop's expression. The old man nodded again, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the oil painting on the wall. Only then did Shade notice that the oil painting was newly hung, and the picture was of a banquet by a river in a dense forest.

"Spring is coming soon, and the news is also published in the newspaper. A poor woman who lives in a small village in the east of the Randall Valley and raises two children by herself brings the first Randall flower that year. , won the prize money from the city hall. I inquired through the church channels, and no one presented flowers that year before her, so she was the first, so I won."

Dr. Schneider raised his eyebrows:

"But actually..."

The old bishop continued to look at the new oil painting on the wall with his hands behind his back:

"Augus has always been a cautious person, and I was very happy to bet and win money from him. We did not mention paying the bet later, and August quickly ended the Randall Valley Battle. Okay, returned to Tobesk City in Delarian.

After another half month, the church arranged for people to go to the countryside to preach. I took the initiative to participate, and then I found the 'lucky' woman in the countryside along the way. I also kept a record of this at the time. The thing is, I want to show off to Augustus in the future, after all, I am still young... Looking at it now, that woman passed away twelve years ago. She is a very devout believer, and she admitted to me that she lied. ”

"Is there something wrong with the flower she brought?"

Xia De asked.

"Yes, she was just a country woman who couldn't really tell the difference between a Randall flower and similar flowers. She just went to the town hall with the hope of her family's survival, and coincidentally, there was another gentleman there at the time, too. The latter was the real owner of the bonus, but the gentleman convinced the city hall officials to let the poor woman get the bonus and leave her name in the newspaper, which greatly improved her life. And since the city hall has got the flowers for the year, it won’t mind this kind of proposal.”

Bishop Morpheus took a deep breath, Dr. Schneider nodded slightly, and then suddenly was startled:

"Although this is a bit of a coincidence, the person who brought the real Randall Flower back then couldn't be Priest August, right?"

The bishop nodded:

"Yes, that was something I investigated later. So, did I win or he won that year? I couldn't figure this out clearly when I was young, but I felt guilty for my 'arrogance' Ashamed. As I get older, I feel like I'm losing. In fact, even if August doesn't send me a letter, I will send him a letter in a few years when my body can no longer support the responsibility. , talk about what happened back then."

The doctor showed emotion. Although this story is not thrilling, it is definitely interesting.

Xia De smiled and shook his head. In his opinion, Priest Augustus at that time should actually care about the bet, otherwise he would not offer the pot of flowers. Moreover, the priest had already experienced the "Unknown Relic Out of Control Incident" at that time. Even if he did not become a ring warlock, he definitely had extraordinary abilities.

Shade didn’t believe it. It was really such a coincidence that Priest Augustus came across the first Randall flower that year. He is more likely to think that the priest took the initiative to use some kind of ability to predict the time and place of the flower's appearance in advance.

What happened many years ago taught two young people not to be arrogant and compassionate, and they also saved a poor family. Thinking about it now, many years later, the "tenpenny bet" really didn't matter.

The three of them didn't speak for a while, but were reminiscing about the story. Until the old bishop said:

"Gentlemen, could you please stay for ten minutes while I write a reply to Augustus and ask you to send it to him when you return?"

"Of course, you don't have to invite us to the office to wait. This gentleman and I will wait outside the church. You can't keep chatting in the church."

Doctor Schneider nodded, and Shade looked at the brand new oil painting:

"Speaking of which, is this painting a religious story? I don't seem to have heard of it. The nameplate is...a banquet in the dense forest?"

The bishop raised his eyebrows:

"This is another interesting story."

The weather today is indeed quite good. Even if you wait outside, you can still see the scenery, so Bishop Murphy did not persuade them to stay. So Shade and the doctor went back outside together, still sitting on the bench on the river bank opposite the church door. However, the old man who was feeding the pigeons and the man who was sorting the children's clothes have already left.

There is warmth in the wind. Even if you are sitting here with nothing to do, it is quite nice to watch the people coming and going at the door of the church.

Now that he had temporarily left the church, Shade asked about some sensitive topics:

"Doctor, have you gone to see them? People who are related to demons."