Chapter 88 Chapter 86

Silas quickly circled behind the target like a ghost.By the time Sophie found him, it was too late.Before she could turn around, Silas had the gun pointed at her spine, wrapped her thick arms around her waist, and dragged her backward desperately.she screamed.Teabing and Langdon turned around, their faces were filled with shock and fear. "You—" Teabing stammered, "what did you do to Remy?" Silas said calmly: "You just let me take the keystone and leave here." Remy just said that to complete the mission of retaking the keystone, you must do it cleanly: enter the church , grab the keystone, and go; don't kill, don't fight.

Holding Sophie tight, Silas lowered his hand from her chest to her waist, then reached into her vest pocket, searching.Through his own smell of alcohol, he could smell the faint fragrance emanating from Sophie's hair. "Where's the keystone?" he asked in a low voice.The keystone had been in her vest pocket earlier.Where are you now? "Here it is!" Langdon's deep voice came from across the room. Silas turned to see Langdon dangling a black cryptex in front of him like a matador teasing a dumb animal. "Put it down," Silas ordered. "You tell Sophie and Teabing to get out of here," Langdon replied, "It only takes the two of us to solve the problem." Silas pushed Sophie away, pointed the gun at Langdon, and pointed at Langdon. he goes.

"You don't come here," Langdon said, "let them go first." "You are not qualified to tell me any conditions." "You can't say that," Langdon raised the cryptex high above his head, "I would throw it to the ground without hesitation and smash the vial inside." Although Silas dismissed his threat on the surface, there was a flash of fear in him.This is really unexpected.He pointed the gun at Langdon's head and said with faux composure, "You would never smash it. You want the Holy Grail as much as I do." "You're mistaken. You want it more than I do. You've proven that you'd even kill to get it."

Forty yards away, Remi Legrud poked his head out of an armchair in the outbuilding near the arch, growing panicked.Silas didn't act as planned.Even here, he could see Silas struggling to cope with the situation at hand.According to the leader's order, Remy would not let Silas shoot. "Let them go," Langdon ordered again, holding the cryptex high above his head, glaring at Silas' muzzle. The monk's eyes were full of anger and frustration.Remy's heart tightened even more.He worried that Silas would actually shoot Langdon, who still had the cryptex in his hand.The cryptex can't be dropped!

The cryptex will be Remy's ticket to freedom and wealth.A year ago, he was just a fifty-five-year-old servant living in the deep house compound of Villette Manor, struggling to cater to the constant whims of the annoying cripple Sir Ray Teabing .But then someone wanted to make a special deal with him.Remy's special relationship with Sir Leigh Teabing, the world-renowned historian of the Holy Grail, will bring him what he has dreamed of all his life.Since then, he has continued to serve at the Villette Estate, and finally ushered in this rare opportunity. I'm so close to my goal, he said to himself, keeping his eyes on the chapel in the Temple Church and the keystone in Robert Langdon's hand.If Langdon did smash the cryptex, he'd have nothing.

Shall I show up in person?That was strictly forbidden by the leader.Remy is the only one who knows the identity of the leader. "Are you sure you want Silas to carry out the mission?" Remy had already asked the leader for instructions less than half an hour ago.At the time, he was waiting to be ordered to steal the keystone. "I can handle it alone." The leader's tone was very firm: "Silas and the other four members of the Priory of Mount Sion have done a good job. He will take the keystone back. You have to continue to hide your identity. If someone knows your details, Just kill him, anyway, we have already killed a lot of people. No matter what, don't reveal your identity."

I could change my face, Remy thought.Didn't you promise me a handsome reward?With this money, I would be a different person from head to toe.The leader once told him that surgery can even change a person's fingerprints.Soon he'll be free--and he'll have a face so familiar and unrecognizable that he'll be bathed in the sunshine on the beach. "I see," Remy said. "I'll help Silas in the dark." "Remy, you know," the Master had told him, "that suspicious tomb is not in the Temple Church, so don't worry, they've found the wrong place."

Remy was taken aback: "So you know where the grave is?" "Of course, I'll tell you later. You must act quickly now. If those people find out the exact location of the tomb and leave the church before you get the cryptex, we will lose the Holy Grail forever. " Remy held no grudge against the Holy Grail, but the Master refused to pay him if he could not find it.Every time he thought of the money he was about to get, he was very excited.This is a huge sum of nearly six or seven million euros.With this money, he can leave here forever.Remy's mind flashed beautiful images of the beach towns in France's Côte d'Azur, where he would spend the rest of his life sunbathing and being served in turn.

Now, however, in the Temple Church, Langdon threatens to smash the keystone, thus putting Remy's future in doubt.Thinking of everything he was about to lose made him feel particularly uncomfortable, so he decided to act boldly.The gun in his hand was a concealed small-bore J-shaped "Medusa" revolver, but it could inflict fatal wounds in a small area. Remy came out from the shadows and quickly walked to the center of the circular house. He aimed his pistol directly at Teabing's head: "Old guy, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Sir Leigh Teabing's heart stopped beating when he saw Remy pointing the gun at him.What is he doing?Teabing recognized his revolver, which was locked in the glove box of the limo for safety reasons. "Remy, what's wrong with you?" Teabing said angrily.

Langdon and Sophie were equally stunned. Remy hugged Teabing from behind and punched him with the barrel of the gun on the left side of the back, which was high on the heart. Teabing tensed all his muscles: "Remy, I didn't—" "Let me be straight," Remy snapped, looking over Teabing's shoulder at Langdon. "Put down the keystone, or I'm going to shoot." Langdon seemed momentarily numb. "What do you want a keystone for?" he stammered. "You can't open it." "A bunch of self-righteous fools," Remi sneered. "Don't you notice that I've been listening to you talk about these poems all night? I've heard everything, and I've told other people who know better than you You're not even in the right place. The grave you're looking for is somewhere else." Teabing panicked.What nonsense is he talking about? !

"What do you want the Grail for?" Langdon asked. "You want to destroy it before the end of the world?" Remy told the monk, "Take the keystone from Mr. Langdon." Langdon stepped back as the monk pressed on, holding the keystone high as if ready to slam it to the ground. "I'd rather destroy it than let it fall into the wrong hands." Teabing felt a pang of fear.He seemed to see that his life's work would vanish before his eyes, and all his dreams would turn to dust. "Robert, no," he yelled, "no! You're holding the Holy Grail. Remy wouldn't shoot me. We've known ten—" Remy fired a shot at the ceiling.The pistol is so small, but the noise it makes is really loud.The sound of the gunfire echoed in the stone house like lightning and thunder. "I'm not kidding," Remy said. "I'm going to shoot him in the back next. Give Silas the keystone." Langdon reluctantly held out his hand, and Silas stepped up to accept it.His red eyes were full of vengeful pleasure.He put the keystone in his robe pocket and stepped back, still aiming his pistol at Langdon and Sophie. Teabing's neck was held tightly by Remy.Remy dragged him and started to back away from the house, the pistol still pressed against his back. "Let him go," Langdon ordered. "I'm going to take Mr. Teabing for a drive." Remy was still backing away. "If you call the police, I'll kill him. If you try to interfere, I'll kill him too. Do you hear me?" "Take me," Langdon said, his voice hoarse with excitement. "Let Sir Thunder go!" Remi laughed. "Come on, I'm on good terms with him, and he's very useful." Teabing dragged his cane behind him, and Remy pushed him towards the exit.Silas also began to move backwards at this moment, but his pistol remained aimed at Langdon and Sophie. Sophie's tone was very firm: "Who are you working for?" Hearing this, Remy laughed triumphantly: "Miss Neveu, you will be surprised when you say it."