Chapter 1841： Crown of Thorns

Outside the castle, the situation became more and more tense, and the air was filled with the smell of choking gunpowder, which exploded at a single point.

The fellows from the Martyrdom Priory and the Portuguese Jesuits, as well as other churches and religious organizations, as well as Russian gangsters and Turkish soldiers, are still stopped outside the first cordon.

At this time, these unsuspecting guys were confronting the Cyprus police and the soldiers of the United Nations peacekeeping force, all of them were impassioned and tried to force across the first cordon.

At the gate where the castle collapsed in half, the Mayor of Larnaca and the bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church and his party were stopped by Cole and Leonardo and they were confronting each other.

"Father Stefano, what did you find in this castle? We, the Larnaca City Government, have the right to know and must understand that this is our jurisdiction!"

The mayor of Larnaca spoke uprightly, with anger and curiosity in his eyes.

Before he could say anything, the bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church standing next to him said:

"Brother Stefano, this castle is the property of our Greek Orthodox Church. No matter what you find here, we have the right to know and participate in this exploratory operation!"

When he said this, the bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church looked through the gate of the castle, looked inside the castle, scanned every corner of his sight, trying to find something.

Not only him, the mayor of Larnaca next to him, and everyone who came with him, were all looking inside the castle. Everyone wanted to understand as soon as possible what was happening inside the castle.

Even if you are a fool, you can guess that in the face of this situation, the joint exploratory team working in the castle must have made some major discoveries. Maybe it is the famous treasure of the Knights Templar.

Obviously, whether it is the mayor of Larnaca and the bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church, or the guys who were stopped outside the first cordon, none of them are fools, but they are all human beings!

Stefano glanced at these guys in front of him, and then said categorically without backing down:

"Mr. Mayor, Master Bishop, don't forget the agreement we reached before. Since it is an agreement you and I want to reach, there is no reason to go back and I hope that both of us can strictly abide by it.

This medieval castle is within the jurisdiction of the Larnaca City Government and is the property of the Greek Orthodox Church in Larnaca. This is undeniable, but this is not the reason for your interference in joint exploration!

According to our previous agreement, during the joint exploration operation, you are not allowed to intervene at will. When the joint exploration operation is over, we will choose the opportunity to make public explanations and show the results.

We will abide by the agreement, and promise that your terms will be honored one by one without any discount, but you want to break the agreement and interfere with the ongoing joint exploration operations. Sorry, this can't be done! "

Upon hearing Stefano's words, the old faces of the mayor of Larnaca and the bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church couldn't help but feel a little feverish and somewhat embarrassed.

At this time, they regretted that they wanted to give themselves two big mouths!

My eye sockets are really too shallow. Why did I easily agree to the conditions set by the Vatican? Didn't this lose the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds? It's so stupid!

Although I regretted jumping to the Mediterranean and knew that I was at a disadvantage, it was impossible for the Mayor of Larnaca and the bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church to turn around and leave at this time!

You know, in this medieval castle that has been reduced to ruins, it is possible that the famous treasure of the Knights Templar is hidden. What a huge fortune, who can afford it?

More importantly, if the treasures of the Knights Templar are really hidden here, the legendary Christian holy relics that fell into the hands of the Knights Templar and were hidden by them are likely to be hidden in this castle. !

Thinking of those extremely important Christian holy relics, the Mayor of Larnaca and the bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church felt a surge of excitement, and they almost trembled.

Especially the bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church, his eyes turned red in an instant, and they looked a little scary.

However, on the opposite side are people from the Holy See in the Vatican, who are the Pope's cronies, and those armed security personnel who are eyeing the bullet and have loaded their bullets. They have to be cautious and do not dare to rush into the castle!

Suddenly, the situation near the gate of the castle completely froze, the two sides refused to give in to each other, and the smell of gunpowder became stronger and stronger.

At the same time, in Rome, Italy, on the other side of the Mediterranean, the Vatican has already launched operations.

The two cardinals, along with several senior monks, several senior Vatican diplomats, and dozens of heavily armed Swiss Guard members, had left the Vatican by car and hurried towards Leonardo International Airport.

At Leonardo International Airport, a large passenger plane filled with jet fuel has parked on an emergency runway, waiting for the arrival of the Vatican group, and then took off into the air and flew to Cyprus!

Just as the support convoy left the Vatican, the Pope, who was in a meeting room in the Vatican and was discussing emergency measures with many cardinals, also picked up the phone and started contacting the outside world.

He first contacted the Prime Minister of Italy who was in Rome, then the Secretary-General of the United Nations, then the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the dignitaries of several other countries, and finally the authorities of Cyprus!

As for the relevant persons of the Greek Orthodox Church, they are not considered for the time being. It is time to contact the Greek Orthodox Church when the newly discovered Christian holy relics arrive at the Vatican!

On the castle side, the exploration continues.

After taking photos of the fragment of the'True Cross', the bishop of Kent carefully wrapped the Christian holy relic and put it back in the golden red sandalwood box.

The pennant of the Knights Templar that was used to wrap the Christian holy relic was still the blood-stained pennant of the Knights Templar, and the parchment that recorded the origin of the fragments of the'True Cross' was also wrapped.

Afterwards, the Bishop of Kent carefully picked up the gold-inlaid red sandalwood box and handed it to another senior monk who was standing next to him, so that the senior monk was fully guarded!

Immediately afterwards, everyone on the scene looked at the other gold-inlaid red sandalwood box, and everyone's eyes were extremely hot and full of expectations!

The gold-inlaid red sandalwood box opened earlier contained fragments of the'true cross', an extremely important Christian holy relic.

There is no doubt that once the news of the reappearance of the fragments of the'True Cross' comes out, it will surely cause a sensation in the whole world!

So what is in the remaining gold-inlaid red sandalwood box? Is it another Christian holy thing? This possibility seems very high!

Thinking of this, everyone was so excited that they couldn't help but step forward and open the golden red sandalwood box to find out!

Compared with David and many brave people who explore the company's employees, the bishop of Kent and the two other senior priests of the Vatican are more exaggerated.

Each of them had red eyes, staring closely at the remaining gold-inlaid red sandalwood box, unwilling to look away for a moment, even looking crazy.

Ye Tian saw the performance of everyone at the scene.

As before, he made a please gesture again, smiled and said loudly:

"Bishop of Kent, you should open the remaining gold-inlaid red sandalwood box, which is more appropriate. I hope the contents of this box will bring us a huge surprise again!"

Hearing this, the bishop of Kent nodded hastily and responded:

"Okay, Steven, let me open this gold-inlaid red sandalwood box, I hope God bless, give us another surprise, and let us discover another holy thing!"

As he said, the bishop of Kent prayed a few words in a low voice, and then walked forward, and with his trembling hands, he cautiously stretched out to the golden clasp on the box!

"Snapped"

With a crisp sound, the gold buckle with a long history of seven or eight hundred years was gently opened by the Bishop of Kent.

Immediately afterwards, the lid of the gold-inlaid red sandalwood box was lifted, and the contents of the box were immediately presented to everyone.

When the lid of the box was half opened, there was already an exclamation on the scene, one after another, everyone was completely shocked by the thing in the box!

"Oh my God! There is a crown in the box, and it is a crown made of gold, it's so dazzling!"

"Wow! That is not an ordinary golden crown, but a crown of thorns, very similar to the Christian relic kept in Notre Dame de Paris! Is this another crucifixion crown of thorns!"

When everyone was talking about it, Ye Tian's slightly excited voice suddenly came out.

"Yes! This is indeed a crown of thorns but it is not the crown of thorns of crucifixion, but the crown of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, another Christian holy object.

Compared with the crown of thorns on the Passion of **** stored in Notre Dame de Paris, the crown of thorns of Baldwin IV has a simpler shape and, of course, is less important,..."

His voice has not yet fallen, the scene has been thoroughly fried.

"What? The crown of thorns of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, another Christian holy relic. It's incredible and crazy!"

"My God! Discovering two Christian holy relics at the same time, this is simply a miracle!"

In an exclamation, the lid of the gold-inlaid red sandalwood box was completely opened, and the crown of thorns contained in it was completely displayed in front of everyone.

Looking at the Bishop of Kent, he is already in tears, crying like a three-year-old child!

In addition, the two senior monks from the Vatican were not getting better there, tears were already in their eyes, sobbing, but their eyes were always fixed on the crown of thorns in the box!