There is a huge reservoir built in the Roman era outside the Palermo Palace. Its function is to prevent water cut off after being besieged. Relying on the terrain, the reservoir became a step-shaped one. When the reservoir became a dry small basin many years later, many houses gradually appeared around the edge of the reservoir, and finally it turned into a square.

Although the current Sicily king, Ferdinand II, the Aragon king, almost never visited Sicily, there are grand gatherings held in this square every year in the name of the king to declare the royal power that the Aragonian royal family has over Sicily.

As for other major festivals, they will also be held in the square. For example, Santa Rosalia's anniversary is a very grand day, especially the last torch prayer. Only such a place is suitable for the ritual that is still in the style of the Roman era.

Although Western Rome disappeared long ago, and Eastern Rome was destroyed by the Ottoman Empire decades ago, many things from the Roman era remained, not only buildings, but even some customs that actually did not conform to Catholic rules were not completely banned. The church itself inherited or borrowed from certain Roman habits in many places.

A tall pile of firewood stands in the center of the square, and countless torches in their hands sway in the night, illuminating the outline of the royal palace above their heads and vaguely illuminating the prominent figures standing at the gate of the palace.

Gomez wore a black velvet robe embroidered with golden palm leaves today. The robe was very long and dragged to the ground. Although this outfit was a bit inconsistent, it also made his already fat figure look quite majestic.

People noticed that Osborn had not seen him. Although it was impossible for him to stand among noble people as a tailor to attend the ceremony, he could always serve him as a tailor for the palace, but now Osborn did not appear, which made many people speculate that the rumors that the tailor had fallen out of favor were probably true.

Alfonso did not attend the bishops' meeting, after all, he is still a priest, so when the eleven Sicilian bishops walked into the secret room of the Assumption Cathedral, he could only stand outside the door with everyone else and watch the two deacons close the door from the outside.

However, Alfonso will hold a torch prayer ceremony for the evening with the palace today. Standing in front of the palace gate, looking at the tilted downward square with almost no edges and flashing like stars in the sky, the priest sighed softly: "The one who is expected will always be as foolish as he wishes."

"Prince, any expectation is a sacred person, so we are sinful people," Gomez rarely looked serious on his face. Although he sometimes looked cruel because of his anger, he only dared not approach because of fear. "May God forgive us all of us for the sins."

"God bless me." When he said this, Osborne was standing at the entrance of a dark-looking slant hole, looking down. The slant led to the ground, without any light inside, and a cold breeze blew up from below, making a "whistle" sound, which made the inside look even more gloomy and terrifying.

When he saw that the crowds on the Gypsy performance street were gathering more and more because of the not-far-distance, Alexander had already understood why the French had to leave the Gypsy until after the anniversary, and they had to perform in this place.

Although the Cyprus Monastery is not a monastery, there are no frequent people coming and going. Now, there are so many people coming and going, which will inevitably attract the attention of people around you. However, if there were many people gathering on an important day because of the performance, no one would pay attention to whether the dozens of people had entered and exited the monastery.

Because of this cover, when Alexander followed the men of Gongxiang who had quietly entered the monastery in front and walked in through the half-open gate, the excited and clamored crowds around him did not show the actions of these people.

As soon as I entered the door, there was a strong smell of torch rosin, but even so, it did not hide the faint smell of blood. Seeing the two of them dragging a soft thing to the corner behind the pillar, Alexander knew the origin of the smell of blood.

"I said not to kill people casually," Osborne seemed unhappy, and whispered to a tall man with a bald head, "This is a sacred monastery."

"That person would shout when he saw us coming in," the man said distractedly. A large golden ring on his right ear was shaking, revealing a typical alien aura. "We have nothing to do, you said you can't leak the news."

Osborne snorted, but said nothing, and then he looked back at Alexander: "It seems that you are right here. These fools killed a monk. Now it depends on whether you can help us find the entrance you mentioned."

Alexander nodded. There seemed to be only one monk left in the monastery. The others went to the Assumption Cathedral to attend today's night prayer. The only guide has been killed now. It seems that he can only rely on him.

But Alexander could not have brought these desperate people directly to the entrance of the tomb. If that was not the case, it would have caused suspicion. The hundreds of years of differences also made him unable to find the entrance of the tomb for a while.

Following the location of this place in my memory, the monastery was dim and silent. The more I walked inside and outside, the less the noise, the less I heard the footsteps of a group of people walking on the stone ground.

"It should be here. I once saw Michelangelo's sketches with walls here."

Alexander stood in front of a door and pushed it gently. With the slight creaking sound, the door slowly opened. Under the reflection of the torch and sharp sword, two very tough people rushed in first.

Behind the door is a very long aisle with torches inserted on the wall. The end of the aisle is very dark. When you get closer, you can see the entrance of the semicircular slant on the top.

It was dark below, without any light. Even if there were torches, the fire was soon swallowed by the darkness in the crypt that became flat in the distance below.

"Who goes down first?" Osborne licked his lips. He could regain Gong's trust. He was even very excited to be given such an important task by Gomez for the first time, but looking at this strange place, he began to wonder if it was a bit stupid to rush to come before.

"It's very weird here," the bald man wearing gold earrings gasped. These people were not afraid of killing people, but they were not so relaxed by some strange things. "Please more torches, everyone should be careful."

As he said that, the bald man lowered his head slightly and turned his body vigilantly, one step further and one step before walking into the crypt.

In front of the palace square, the sound of torches praying waves higher and higher. Under the sparkling fire light like stars, there were countless Palermos who recited the blessings loudly. Although it was a little messy, it gradually gathered into a sound of loud praying that had drowned everything around. When a group of monks appeared at the door of the palace carrying a dark coffin, people's emotions reached **!

Many years ago, the "Miracle Records" preserved by the Cathedral of Palermo once recorded that after Santa Rosalia's death, when people burned Santa Rosalia's remains to prevent infection, an incredible miracle occurred. After the flames burned for a long time and finally extinguished, people were surprised to find that Santa Rosalia's body was still intact, and even her head was not damaged. This miracle was recorded by a monk in the cathedral at that time, and Santa Rosalia's body was regarded as a sacred object and was kept in the cathedral's cathedral.

The Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI and his wife Constans of Sicily, and the controversial and perverted son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.

But even with these noble "neighbors", Santa Rosalia is still so famous that every year when her anniversary comes, the priests of the cathedral will carry her coffin out to show the world, and then the most famous ceremony will begin.

The coffin that was patrolling the square returned to the palace gate amid countless prayers and praises, and then another coffin with the same appearance was placed on the pile of firewood. As the smell of olive oil spilled on the wood overflowed, a man completely wrapped in a solid black robe from head to toe held the torch and walked towards the pile of firewood. Everyone held their breath. Except for the crackling sound of the torch, the square was surprisingly quiet at this moment.

"Everyone will end up in the world, because it is the debt and original sin of the world."

When Alfonso said this gently, the man holding the torch was raising his arm high, and as an arc of light passed by in the night, the torch was thrown far into the pile of firewood splashed with olive oil.

With a "boom~", a nearly transparent blue flame first appeared, and then the flame gradually turned red on the edge spread rapidly along the surface of the firewood!

The grease-laden firewood burned, and the flames climbed up along the pile of firewood and soon rushed to the top of the pile.

The coffin was lit, and in just a short while, the coffin and firewood made crackling sounds together.

"ah!"

Suddenly, a woman who was very close to the pile of firewood shouted in horror!

She pointed at the burning coffin at the top of the firewood pile in fear and kept shouting. Then, more people joined in the panic and uneasy shouting.

Because people were frightened, as the coffin kept shaking, a burnt hand stretched out from the cracked crack!

Then, with a faintly terrifying scream, the lid of the coffin was knocked open from the inside, and a person with black smoke from his body suddenly sat up from the coffin!

The square was in chaos in an instant, and everyone was frightened by this terrible scene. People shouted in horror and were blindly crowded. People near the fire began to run down the slope frantically, while the people behind had no idea what had been born. When torches in the crowded crowd ignited people's clothes in the chaos, causing greater panic, the terrible trampling began to spread in the square that had completely fallen into chaos.

Gomez was completely shocked by the sudden terrible incident. When the two guards pulled him to run to the palace desperately, he didn't even know how to turn around and was dragged into the palace with his back to the crowd.

Seeing Gomez leaving, Alfonso looked at the direction of the Gaplaston Monastery.
Chapter completed!