Chapter 742 The Wedding of the Sea

On an early summer morning, the pale pink sunlight shines in through the gaps in the vault of the corridor. Between the pillars, light and shadow are constantly alternating. The man passing through them turns his head slightly and looks at the scenery outside the corridor.

In the distance is the blue and gradually whitening sky, and the white sails slowly appearing below the coastline. Those are merchant ships returning from a long voyage.

At the nearby pier, fishermen in small boats transported their newly caught prey to the floating market to sell.

This is an ordinary day in Venice, and it is also an unusual day. Every year during the 15 days before and after Ascension Day, as the Governor of Venice, he will "get married" once.

Among the Christian princes and nobles, polygamy was prohibited, but the Duke of Venice was still allowed to remarry once a year. In other words, although the leader married repeatedly, he was never really living a married life.

He is married to the Adriatic Sea, and the sea is his bride. He will take a boat and throw a gold ring into the ocean.

This tradition has lasted for centuries. No one knows why. Ordinary people will set up stalls for this day, while the governor will return to the church of San Nicolo to celebrate mass after holding a ceremony on Lido Island.

It has turned into a grand festival. People set up markets, put up shelves, and carried out various large-scale cultural and entertainment activities.

The most exciting part is that like a carnival celebration, people wearing masks set off to the alleys to hide their identities and indulge in fun all night long.

This ceremony lasted until 1797, because Napoleon's army attacked the permanently neutral Republic of Venice. When he entered the city, he burned the pier, and the luxury cruise ship "Sandolo" (Bucintoro) used in the "Marriage to the Sea" ceremony was also destroyed.

It was sunk to the bottom of the sea. With the demise of the Republic of Venice, the custom of "marrying the sea" also disappeared. At this time, maritime hegemony had passed to the hands of the Netherlands and Britain.

However, in recent years, this ceremony has been revived, with the mayor instead of the "head of state" throwing the ring into the sea.

Some people say that there are mermaids near the island of Burano in Venice. They will lure men and then drag them into the sea.

In fairy tales, there was a little mermaid. She was extremely curious about human beings, so she climbed on the edge of a passing ship and peeked through the porthole. She saw a young man, whom the people on the ship called

For the prince.

At this time, the sky suddenly changed, and a violent storm came. In an instant, huge waves engulfed the ship. Most people on the ship climbed into a small lifeboat, but the prince fell into the water because of a head injury.

The mermaid rescued the prince and fell in love with him at the same time. She wanted to have a pair of human legs, so she went to find the witch under the sea.

The witch told her that she could help the little mermaid, but there was one condition. She hoped that the mermaid would give her beautiful voice to the witch. When her tail turned into feet, walking would be as painful as a knife, and

Yes, if the prince marries someone else, she will turn into bubbles and die.

The little mermaid agreed to her request and drank the magic potion. She felt very sad and fainted.

When she woke up, she was rescued, and the person who rescued her was the prince she thought about day and night.

But the mermaid princess couldn't answer because she had given her voice to the witch.

The prince brought the mermaid princess back to the castle and put her in gorgeous clothes. The people in the castle praised the mermaid princess for her beauty, but the prince didn't care because he fell in love with the princess of a neighboring country. She said that she was the one who came to the castle.

Saved the prince's life for the first time.

"No! No! Prince, I saved you!" the mermaid princess shouted, but the prince still couldn't hear her.

The prince finally married the girl. On the boat returning home, the mermaid princess cried sadly. At this time, the voices of her sisters came from the sea: "In order to save you, we asked the witch and exchanged our hair for this

Sword, you use it to kill the prince, and if you apply the prince's blood on your feet, you will turn back into a mermaid."

"You have to have the courage to do it, otherwise you will turn into a bubble and die early tomorrow morning."

The mermaid princess made up her mind to enter the prince's palace while he was sleeping, but looking at the peaceful face of the prince, she could not make the move.

At dawn, the mermaid princess said to herself on the deck: "Prince! Goodbye." Then the mermaid princess' body slowly turned into many colorful bubbles and flew deep into the pink clouds.

No one can say whether the wedding held by the Governor is to make up for the shortcomings of the Little Mermaid. It is just a fairy tale, not to mention that the mermaid is just a legend.

However, the prince in the story is worthy of love. He was not deceived by the beauty of the little mermaid and gave his loyalty to the person he saved. However, he did not realize that the princess of the neighboring country was not his savior.

Sometimes, women will do anything to achieve their goals.

Perhaps after knowing the truth, the only thing the prince could do was, like the governor, to throw a wedding ring into the sea every year to commemorate the daughter of the sea and give her a decent wedding. For this purpose, he built a gold-plated ship, and

The ship was sunk to the bottom of the sea by a short Corsican.

Lido is a slender island that stretches across the southeast of Venice and is an internationally renowned health resort.

There are many private beaches on the island, and there are also government-run bathing beaches on the east side of the island, where "weddings" are held.

This sandy beach is one of a long chain of islands that separates the Adriatic Sea from the lagoon and can be said to be Venice's natural breakwater and city wall.

Originally undeveloped, it was not developed into a modern leisure center until the 19th century. The long beach on the Adriatic Sea side became the focus of attracting tourists. The continuous construction of large hotels, nightclubs, casinos and theaters embellished the place.

Noisy and bustling; the Venice Film Festival is held here every year and is the biggest summer event on Lido Island, attracting countless tourists; however, this situation only applies to summer. During the off-season, not even a single person is seen on the island.

Venice is the pride of all Italy. Venice is the heritage of all mankind and is unique in the world.

This is not a tourist slogan, but a fact. In the history of human civilization, there has never been a republic that lasted for 1,100 years, and no one would spend so much energy to build a city as gorgeous and beautiful as the foam on the sea.

In order to protect this world cultural heritage, the "Moses Project" has been launched since 2003. This project plans to install 78 sluices at three entrances to the Venice Lagoon to separate the lagoon from the Adriatic Sea. Once the sluices are completed, they can

Protect Venice from rising tides of up to 3 meters and sea levels rising by 60 centimeters over the next 100 years.

The worst floods in half a century have brought this city, known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic", to the brink of abyss.

In the Bible story, Moses was the prophet who parted the sea to save the people of Israel. And the Venetians, who were constantly suffering "doom", were still waiting for their own "Moses".

Facing the Venetian lagoon are black gondolas that shuttle across the river and the sea, as well as characteristic mansions, churches and monasteries with pointed roofs and colorful window lintels.

The side facing the Adriatic Sea is covered with thin golden sand, seagulls flying in the sea breeze, and clouds that turn pink in the sunset.

However, none of this was as wonderful as the feeling brought to her by the people who were by her side.

It was not a pure kiss, but a bit of lust, mixed with passion, and because of the full devotion, it made her feel overwhelmed.

She lay down slowly, like the Little Mermaid, while the Half-Blood Prince unbuttoned his black coat, revealing the white shirt underneath.

Shakespeare said: Even fallen angels shine, and good villains cannot hide their true colors no matter how they disguise themselves.

Although his soul is not pure and innocent because he committed murder, it is not hopeless.

Just like the Doge of Venice made up for the Little Mermaid's wedding, she felt the man deserved a little reward for all he had ever done.

There really are those kind of fools and idiots in this world who will risk everything for love and will give "anything".

Wise men say, only fools rush in love.

But I can't help, falling in love with you.

Shall I stay, would it be a sin

If I can't help, falling in love with you.

Like a river flows, surely to the sea. How natural.

Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be, just let it go, if this relationship is meant to be.

Take my hand, take my whole life too.

For I can't help, falling in love with you.

"Is this why you brought me to Venice?" she asked him, her voice trembling unconsciously.

"It's much better than you think, right?" He smiled proudly. "You actually think I will run away? In your eyes, I am still a coward?"

"No... you are brave, Severus, but you are not the bravest man I have ever met."

"Who is braver than me?" he asked grumpily.

"You brave but brainless man, you have less courage and more wisdom than them."

He laughed very emotionally.

"A good girl deserves a reward." He said softly, "What position do you want?"

"Oh!" she screamed and hit him hard on the shoulder. Even if they were the only two on the beach, it was too embarrassing to ask.

"I love you, princess." He suddenly transformed into a saint and said in a deep voice, "We finally live happily together."

"Where's Lily?" she asked helplessly.

"She has always been in our hearts." He touched her heart and said, "That day I swore to God that I would never let the person I love leave me again, I would not let you die, I would not, I

No way..." He spoke more and more quietly, as if he was talking in his sleep. "Today, I met a vampire. He told me that he was the Austrian soldier who was killed in the legend, and his wife had become dead.

, but he didn’t dare to die because he was afraid he wouldn’t see her after death, that would be hell, she shouldn’t let him live, she shouldn’t make a deal with the devil!”

"The person who made the deal was a witch. She cheated and used her invisibility cloak to trick death," Pomona said.

"No, that's a lie. She is the witch. There is no third person." Severus said word by word, "I don't want to live like him. He is a living dead. Do you remember that legend?"

Muggles are particularly loyal to wizards when they fall in love with them. He wants to die but dare not die, and suffers while living. He begged me to help him, but I don’t know what to do. I don’t know whether I am dead or alive.

, even you are my imagination, no one can be as perfect as you..."

"I'm not perfect, Severus, you see." She took off her top, exposing her chest. "I'm not plump at all."

"Pink." He stared at her and said, "I like this color."

"You're lying." She hugged the man biting her neck and said drowsily, "You obviously hate pink."

He seemed to have no time to pay attention to her.

"On Valentine's Day, Lockhart decorated the entire auditorium in pink. Your expression at that time...ah!"

He silenced her with a small punishment, and then continued to enjoy his newlywed wife.

How come there are so many stupid men in this world who actually think games are more fun than women and focus their attention on them?

Venetian works are bold and unrestrained, pay attention to sensory enjoyment, skillfully use colors, and absorb the essence of the heyday of the Renaissance, including the splendor of Byzantium and the exquisite magnificence of Arabia.

The paintings hanging in the church were all tributes. Napoleon took away Cana's wedding, which was tantamount to offending her. It's no wonder that as an emperor, someone dared to sleep with his queen.

If men were really afraid of him, no one would dare to do that, unless he was crazy or cursed by the God of Love, and the queen would dare to touch him, for fear of being too long-lived.
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