Chapter 4 Chapter Four

Today is the second day of April. It is said that many things will change on this day, because until now you realize that many of the news you knew yesterday are actually false. I was really surprised on this day, because I just got online in the morning, and I received an E-mail from France, which was replied to me by my friend Yu Li. The content of the E-mail is as follows—— my friend: Hello, now I don't know how to describe my mood, I can only bless you in the night in Paris. Just now I saw the picture you sent me - Middle French on those parchments, I don't know where you got those pictures, but it really shocked me because I thought these words on the parchments, Possibly related to an important secret in French history.

You must be very surprised, right?If this parchment book was not forged by later generations, it is indeed a cultural relic of the 13th century based on the text seen in the photo.I learned Middle French two years ago, and I can roughly decipher the words in the parchment.At the beginning of the parchment, the identity of the author is stated. He is the French King Louis IX in the 13th century. At this time, I was shocked, because the manuscripts of the French kings in the Middle Ages have almost never been discovered.What followed surprised me even more, because in this roll of parchment, it actually wrote about the experience of Louis IX leading the Crusades!

Louis IX was born in 1214 A.D. He led the Crusades twice and landed in Egypt for the first time in 1249. However, he was defeated when he marched into Alexandria. He himself was captured by the Muslim army and was captured in Egypt. After many years of captivity, he returned home in 1254.The second time was in 1270, when he led an army to land in Tunisia, North Africa, where he died of illness in August of the same year. The life of Louis IX is full of legends, but the most interesting thing is the so-called "Louis IX Mystery" - it is said that when he was captured in Egypt, he discovered an important secret. What, along with his sudden death in Tunisia, was forever buried in the desert. No one knew about it for seven hundred years, and it became an eternal mystery in history.

In this roll of parchment, Louis IX wrote about his own experience of being captured in Egypt, and these contents are likely to be related to the "mystery of Louis IX"!For hundreds of years, people have speculated about the "Mystery of Louis IX", saying that this secret may be of great importance. Along with this secret, many mysterious events have occurred, and many scholars and explorers, because of exploring this He died unexpectedly because of the secret, and so far no one has been able to decipher it. As you know, I am currently studying for a Ph.D. in history at the University of Volchina in Paris. My supervisor, Professor Orléans, is a well-known scholar in the study of French medieval history. He has always been very interested in the "Mystery of Louis IX".I will show the pictures of the parchments to Professor Orleans as soon as possible, and he will definitely make a more accurate judgment.

Is your phone always on?I will call you anytime. your friend Yu Li After reading this E-mail from Paris, my desire to explore immediately boiled again. It was the Crusades and the "Louis IX Mystery" again. It seemed that there was a shocking secret waiting for me. This parchment is so important, but how could it be found in Lin Hai's old house?And what Lin Hai told me, the ghost haunting him, is it his imagination? Now the story has just begun, and the clues at hand are still a mess, and I don't know what else to do. I have been thinking about this for a whole day, lying in front of the computer and searching a lot of information about Louis IX, which is roughly the same as what Yu Li said in the E-mail.

As for my relationship with Yu Li, that would be a long story.I have known Yu Li for more than five years. At that time, I just started surfing the Internet. I was basically a novice, and I was often smashed on the BBS.I once met Yu Li in the "Under the Banyan Tree" community. At that time, his online name was "Tamonas Urianshida", which was the name of the most famous magician in Europe in the 13th century. It is said that he was proficient in All kinds of witchcraft, but also immortality.The reason why Yu Li used this screen name is because he once taught himself witchcraft, of course it is not known whether it is true or not.

At first, Yu Li and I smashed bricks with each other in the forum, and later became friends who boasted to each other. What's more, we were in the same city, so we often ran out to eat together.Yu Li was three years older than me. At that time, he was still a master student in the university, majoring in ancient European history.Because we are already bosom friends on the BBS, and we both have the same interests and hobbies, so we have become friends who can talk about everything.Later Yu Li went to study in France, and I was the one who saw him off at the airport before leaving.After he arrived in France, he sent me an E-mail almost every week. We kept in touch all the time. Except that we couldn't meet or eat, it felt no different from being in China.Every year when Yu Li returns to China during the winter and summer vacations, he would come to play with me. He is not as shabby as other foreign students, and he has always spent a lot of money, which makes us brothers in China very envious.

Thinking about it, it's already night, the time difference between China and France is seven hours, it should be afternoon in Paris now, I don't know what Yu Li is doing. Suddenly my phone rang, and Yu Li was displayed on the screen. I immediately picked up the phone and heard a voice from tens of thousands of kilometers away. Sure enough, it was Yu Li's voice, still with that hoarse voice, and he said excitedly on the phone: "Brother, I have shown the picture of the parchment to Professor Orleans, and he is also very interested, thinking it is a rare treasure. It is worthy of in-depth research. The professor also invites you to come to France and bring the original parchment along with him. He will authenticate the parchment and decipher the rest of the text."

Want me to go to France?I almost thought I heard it wrong: "Say it again." "I'm not kidding. Professor Orleans really invited you to France and bring the duck book with you. He has been studying the 'Louis IX Mystery' all his life, and now he finally has this opportunity, which may change the fate of many people. So he's going to do whatever it takes." "Change the fate of many people? What do you mean?" Yu Li's hoarse voice trembled suddenly: "Don't ask, you will know when you go to France." At this time, I no longer cared about the international call charges: "I would like to ask you the most important question, if I go to France, who will pay for it?"

"You don't have to worry about this. Professor Orleans has already stated that all your expenses for coming to France, including air tickets, board and lodging, will be borne by our University of Voltaire. He has a large amount of special research funding, which has been submitted to the school board for approval. Yes. Our school will send you a formal invitation, and the visa and air ticket will be processed through the Sino-French Cultural Exchange Center. Professor Orleans is very anxious and hopes to see you as soon as possible.” No matter who hears these words, their hearts will be moved, although I am still not at ease, because this incident happened so suddenly, I was completely unprepared.However, thinking of the great opportunity of free European travel, it would be super stupid not to go: "Yu Li, I can promise you this matter. But the parchment does not belong to me, I have to wait until I get the parchment." reply you."

"Okay, anyway, the invitation has been sent out, and the visa will be processed soon. I believe we will meet again at Charles de Gaulle Airport." The long international haul is finally over.If Yu Li said that yesterday, I would think it was an April Fool's Day joke, but today I have to believe it. I used to think that Paris was very far away, but now it is almost in front of me. I opened the pictures stored in the computer, and there was a picture in it that Yu Li sent to me from France. the gloomy skies of Paris. What secrets are hidden under that distant sky?