Pivot of the Sky

No one can see the wounds on Faust, possibly as a result of the night-time labor, and the great magician's demeanor appears a little tired.

Faust was actually hurt a lot, but the wise man, the master of the state, took his place, and he was able to conceal it so well that no one could see the blossoms or let the wound attack endanger his life. He himself was the most intelligent master of magic in the empire. Faust was in such a hurry to return to the Emperor to release Magan's tears. When he returned, the Queen's amnesty warrant would come into effect.

Once Grussian died, Faust was like unloading a kilogram of burden, he finally felt a little real relaxation, and the feeling of guilt and guilt in his heart, which could not be explained, faded a lot.

Queen Semir's amnesty for Magan's tears, the content of the amnesty is simple and roughly as follows-

It was ascertained that Magan's tears prayed in the temple and prayed that the Spirit should give the medicine to relieve the sickness of the Mother of Heath. Her devout voice touched the gods and was heard by the wise master Faust, who gave her the finest cure for her wounds. The true heart of Magan's tears passed the divine test and could not have been the murderer of the master mother. No one can doubt that Master Faustus, a wise man of the national faith, can testify. As for the incident of Heatham's death, it was the samurai who was wounded and could not stand steadily enough to crash into the wall. It is also disrespectful to the wise master of the country to find that Magan's tears, if he is the murderer, desecrate the will of the gods. ”

Samir was so straightforward, there was no superfluous explanation for the pardon, and she borrowed Faust's reputation.

No one else knows the relationship between Magan Tears and Faust, and even if someone is dissatisfied with the Queen's pardon, I'm afraid they won't dare say anything more. If there is a private complaint, it can only be made against the Queen. It will not affect Faust's reputation, but will show the Queen's admiration for Faust.

Faust, if he's smart, shouldn't have sent the pardon himself, not even himself, to find a seemingly irrelevant person to send the pardon in the name of the Queen. But as soon as he entered Niwei City, he went to prison, which, in the eyes of outsiders, may be the only thing the wise master did in his life that was out of the ordinary.

But Faust couldn't care less, Magan had been on death row for almost a month, she didn't know herself to be pardoned, had been waiting for death in despair, and wondered if that kind and weak woman could stand it?

In this extraordinary period, Faust was suddenly ordered to return to the Imperial capital on a tour with the Queen, and it has long attracted the attention of all forces in the city of Niewa. But the wise man did not go to the temple or to the official office, and went straight to the prison after entering the city. Magistrates, as well as officials of the Imperial Ministry of Justice, also rushed to the past, wondering what had happened and fearing that it was related to their duties.

The arrival of Faust frightened all the guards of the prison. The Impressionist Master of the State has never been to such a place. This shady and dirty place symbolizes the sinful corner of the Imperial capital, and indeed it is not the place where Faust should have come. Everyone was in awe of Faust's disembarkation, and the guards lay down their arms and knelt down to kiss the dirt beneath his feet. Their attitude of piety was like welcoming the gods.

Faust did not forget the manners. His attitude was modest and gentle, his face was generous and noble, and he waved his hands: "You have a duty to stand up and keep your duty. You do not have to do this. Who's the warden? I have something to ask. ”

The warden hurried forward and bowed down: "Little one, may I ask what the master of the state has to say?” The warden should have asked Faust to sit down in his own house, but his house is a little sour, which is the outermost room in the prison. It is not suitable for the honorable sage of the state to sit down, even if it is a desecration to invite him in.

Faust waved: "His Majesty gave me a pardon to pardon one of the men in prison. ”

He had not yet taken out the pardon, nor had the warden dared to reach for it, except to ask carefully: "Who is it that forgives his sentence or his sins? How dare you send someone to greet Master Luo himself? ”

The amnesty order is divided into amnesty and amnesty. The amnesty also distinguishes between amnesty and amnesty. The so-called amnesty means that the offence remains unchanged but is exempt or commuted, and the amnesty, together with the offence, is naturally not punishable. According to the Assyrian decree, only the monarch has such power. The warden deliberately asked, fearing that he would appear incompetent.

It's strange that Faust realizes that he came to jail in person as soon as he entered the city. But now that he's here, he pretends to relax: “It's something Her Majesty the Queen deliberately told us before the trip, so as soon as I get back, I'll be on my way, so I don't have to go back to busy and forget about it. ”

He took out Samir's amnesty warrant and handed it to him. The prison chief respectfully opened it in his hand. His head suddenly sweated. His legs pounced softly on his knees. He bowed voluntarily: “The queen forgives the sins, the master of the state forgives the sins. I had no idea this would happen, otherwise this would never have happened...”

Faust was surprised and asked hastily: "What happened? ”

The warden also explained in a trembling voice: "Although there are orders to temporarily hold Magan's tears until Her Majesty the Queen returns and dispose of them, she has been convicted of death row and we do not know that there will be an amnesty. During this period she was in death row. Everyone thought that when Her Majesty the Queen returned, she would be executed, but no one tortured and abused her, it was herself...”

Until the voice fell, the warden had been lifted up by Faust, and the beard covered his face and drank. “What happened to Magan's tears? ”

The warden: “Magan died of tears, she died herself, she didn't eat anything...”

Faust felt the front jail door was shaking and the land under his feet was moving, and he couldn't help but mute: “How is this possible! When did this happen? ”

The warden was frightened, shivering and answering: “Just two days ago, the weather was so hot that no one came to collect the body. It was just cremated yesterday... She, she, she died not at all painful, as if smiling, someone heard, the previous night she had been singing, the song of blessing and praising the gods, must have been received by the gods in heaven..."

The warden suddenly couldn't resist being picked up by Faust, his whole body hung in mid-air, Faust suddenly loosened his hand, he pounced and fell to the ground, and quickly climbed up again and cried: "Master of the State! ”

I saw Faust standing there, shaking, shaking, shaking, finally unable to support backwards, there were already followers shouting to hold him, and then I saw that Faust had passed out.

His injuries occurred and he thought they were completely under control, but at this moment they were so intense that Faustus seemed to have gone to another world in the dark. According to others, the wise master of the state suddenly coma, but Faust himself feels sober, just in the dark.

……

In the darkness everything is light and floating, as if the soul had broken away from its body, and Faust heard the faint singing, which was Magan's tears singing -

It's him!

Where is human happiness and suffering?

At night when I first met you.

It's him!

Who will deliver me from my humble helplessness?

I will wait for you in a quiet garden.

It's him!

Do you know how reluctant I am to get close?

But I still snuggle beside you.

It's him!

Who goes dark in the bell?

Please don't bring me up.

It's him!

Who's gazing at my god?

I know you're coming...

Faust struggled to shout, "Magan, why don't you wait for me to come back? I should have told you earlier that I would return to the Imperial Capital with an amnesty, and you...”

Magan's tears answered, "I know you're coming to save me. I appreciate everything you've given me, but what else can I do? Heatham is dead, and what have I brought you? At the last moment of my life, I suddenly recognised you, which we have met, but I am still grateful to you! God, please take me with you. This is my salvation! ”

One of his souls branded Faust again, and he cried out, “Satan, is this all you have guided me? ”

Satan's figure appeared, still so handsome and evil, behind him was a fog, the shadow in the fog had sharp long horns and a split tail, and he said with a grin: "No, you did it yourself, your soul is the master, I guide the power of only servants, do you remember? You once asked —— how can I get your soul? Actually, nobody gets your soul unless you give in voluntarily.

The branding I left in your heart only awakened your desires, your ideals, your claims and your struggles, and you gave all the answers yourself. I told you my name was Satan, and when I was in your heart, you were me. Like you just heard Magan's tears, that's her, that's her in your heart singing. ”

Faust shouted, "No, I'm not you! ”

Satan: “Then open your eyes. What choice did you make? In fact, everyone has you in their hearts, and I've seen too many. ”

Faust muttered: "I shouldn't resent you, I did it all. I'm going to face it, face me in my heart, but Satan, my soul no longer belongs to you. ”

Satan's voice suddenly changed: “It never belonged to me!” At the same time, his appearance changed and he turned into Amon's figure.

Faust shocked: “It's you! ”

Amon: “It was me. It was me. Satan is a title given to me by Seth, and the branding left in your soul is but a shadow reflecting your desire. I myself had just arrived in Niwei and saw you faint in front of the prison, so I appeared in my soul. Faust, you're in a bad situation, you're about to pass a test, and you can't contain your injuries, so what's the final request? ”

Faust: “I can't feel the pain in this darkness, I'd rather not open my eyes and see it all. ”

AMON: “You've closed your eyes, and if you don't want to open them, you can leave and never see this world again. If the soul is new, what do you want to see when you open your eyes? ”

Faust: "A beautiful new world, the world that I have painstakingly sought and vowed to expose to a group of books. I fought for it all my life and tried my best to save the Assyrian Empire, but I couldn't even save a Magan tear! ”

Amon's tone is filled with sadness: “What you want is the end of human desire, but as a mortal you cannot seek to prove it. You already possess the achievements of the Ninth Divine Achievement, and I have guided you to the power of your origin. But when you renew your testimony, you come to a lifeless test. You will testify to countless of him and her and countless of me, but your wounds are no longer bearable. Are you going to leave in the dark or what is the last thing you do? ”

“The warden told me that Magan's tears must have been drawn to the kingdom by the gods, right? She saved herself, and I didn't, did I?” That's the last thing Faust said to Amon.

Having said that, Faust did not wait for Amon's answer and had opened his eyes in the darkness. What he saw in front of him was not a beautiful new world, nor an aspirational kingdom, but the dome of the temple.

……

The wise master suddenly fainted in front of the prison door and was hurried back to the temple for treatment. The adults in the Imperial capital rushed to visit. Everyone thought about what had happened, and they were all worried.

When Faust opened his eyes, he heard someone shouting: "Thank God, Sage Master is awake! ”

Alpha, the elderly Imperial Chancellor, stood in front of the bed and leaned down and asked: "Master Master of the Nation, how did you get to the prison once you returned to the Emperor, and how did you faint in public before the prison? The news spread, the people were disturbed. What happened when they heard that you were going to prison with an amnesty warrant, but that the amnestied person was dead? ”

Secretary of State Loward also said, "Master of State, are you all right? Was it uncomfortable because of too much hard work, or sadness because the woman was dead and failed to complete His Majesty's pardon? The woman herself had pleaded guilty, and the amnesty was the mercy of the gods, His Majesty and the Master of the State, but she herself did not have such a good life. ”

Faust sat up from his bed and opened his arms to the sky: "No, she's not guilty. The real killer is me! I heard people talking privately. You've heard about the case, haven't you? I killed Heatham! …… ”

Everyone was shocked. Nobody thought Faust would wake up and say something like this. Has the wise master gone mad? Faust did not care what the faces of the people were, but still complained to himself: “I wanted to go to the brothel in disguise, I hurt Heatham without knowing where he was going, Heatham smashed the brothel in search of vengeance...”

My God! Everyone has an incredible look on their face. How could this be the work of the wise master! Attempts were made to rush over to stop Faust from opening, but an invisible force blocked them, and Faust sat there with his arms open and no one could get near him. Someone shouted, "Master of the Nation, please stop talking! We don't want to hear it, we don't want to hear it! You didn't do this, it can't be you! ”

Someone covered his ears, but Faust's words were as clear as drilling into his soul and could not be stopped. Not only did it reach the ears of all the people in the palace, but it also penetrated through the temple and even half the people of Niwei heard it. The sniffers were stunned, many housewives stopped their livelihoods, pedestrians stopped on the avenue, and listened to the voice representing solemnity and holiness in the empire.

Faust told me what happened between him and Magan's tears, and finally shouted out loudly: “I seduced her, I took possession of her, I brought her bad luck, I gave her that bottle of medicine, I killed Heatham, I watched her be taken to death row! Her life was trampled, her name was spit on, she suffered and redeemed that was my sin, and she didn't even know I was the one! ”

The words of the wise master are finally over, and the people inside and outside the temple have listened foolishly. Faust opened his arms and looked up at the sky, looking as if he had crossed the dome of the temple, far away from Amon, Gabriel, Semir and Rumor Leo standing on the cloud. Faust's posture seemed like something to embrace, but his figure turned into a green smoke that drifted across the temple.

……

Samir's here, right in the cloud. The queen, who was supposed to still be on her way to visit the border, was about to arrive in another city in two days, but was brought here by Amon God to witness the last scene of Faust in the world, and she was already in tears.

Faust vanished into a green smoke, and Samir suddenly drew his sword from his waist, turning to point at Amon's throat, and drank vigorously: "God, is that you? Did you guide him through all this? ”

Amon mourned, as if he had never seen Semir's sword, muttering to himself: "Faust, at the last moment you presided over your soul and completed redemption. You have passed the test, and at this moment you have reached the end of human achievement, but you have left because of an attack.

Your ultimate achievement is redeeming your soul, choosing a clear departure, and when you are born, all traces can still be preserved to complete the unfinished quest. You are a name, you have a Satan in your heart, everyone has a you in their heart, and when the last moment comes, you finally testify to the Lord of the soul. ”

Gabriel slipped away and the blade of order blocked Semir from his path: “Anyone in the world could be in the same situation as Faust, except that they were not Assyrian sages. Why did you draw your sword to the gods? Amon just guides him through his desires, and he's been making his own choices. ”

Samir slowly said, "Amon, you are a god, not a king like me. When you look up in the cloud and listen to people's prayers, has it always been this calm, watching the Faust you have been guiding so far away? I have my faults, helplessness, regrets, I will blame myself for repentance and draw my sword to the gods! What are you doing at this moment, God? Who are you sad for? ”

* * (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on recommendations, monthly tickets (qidian.com) and your support is my biggest motivation.)