Chapter 8 of the Detective Novel: Father Ren

"Everyone has sin, and sin brings death. Jesus, the Son of God, forgives mankind's sins. Anyone who believes in Him will not be condemned, but will have eternal life. Amen!"

The priest on the stage finished his sermon and then walked down. He went straight to Zhen Nanfang and Xiao Hui.

"You two are very familiar. Is this your first time here?" The priest is not wearing a long gown like in the movies and TV shows, but a simple black suit. He does not look very old, less than forty, with a medium build.

, with a round face and a pair of silver-rimmed glasses.

Zhen Nanfang smiled slightly: "Well, we came to Yucheng for a trip. No, we caught up with the day and found this place after asking for directions." The priest narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhen Nanfang for a long time. Zhen Nanfang asked him to look at it.

His heart was frightened, and he felt as if his lie had been discovered by the person in front of him. The embarrassment gave him an urge to escape.

"My surname is Ren, and the parishioners here call me Father Ren. You two, if there is nothing urgent, please come to my office and sit down!" Father Ren had a half-smile on his face, and Zhennan nodded: "I'm sorry to bother you!

"

Zhen Nanfang and Xiao Hui were really lucky today. Zhen Nanfang originally wanted to find an excuse to chat with Father Ren, but they just took the initiative to show up. For some unknown reason, neither Jiang Yanran nor Zhou Min came.

It was understandable that Zhou Min didn't come, because she had to arrange Fu Long's funeral arrangements in the end, but Jiang Yanran felt a little confused when she didn't come to Zhennan.

Of course, maybe there is something going on at home.

Father Ren's office is very simple, while the office of a clergyman is more simple and formal. After all, they are missionaries and evangelists, not hedonists.

Father Ren poured them two glasses of boiled water and then sat down himself.

"You two, if I'm not mistaken, you are not believers, are you?" Father Ren got straight to the point. Zhen Nanfang and Xiao Hui looked at each other.

"Because when I was preaching, I noticed that you two have been looking around. You seem to be looking for someone? If you need any help, please tell me directly. If I can help, I will try my best." Ren

The priest always had a smile on his face, and Zhennan even doubted whether this smile was part of his professionalism.

Zhen Nanfang coughed twice and smiled awkwardly: "Now that Father Ren has noticed it, I won't pretend anymore. In fact, I should have come to communicate with the priest about this matter earlier, but I was afraid of causing any trouble.

Your misunderstanding is actually, Father Ren, we respect religion and belief is the freedom of every citizen."

Father Ren said softly: "I understand, are you official?" Zhen Nanfang nodded: "Yes, we are the police." Zhen Nanfang was not pretending to be a police officer. At this moment, his and Xiao Hui's identities were in Yucheng.

The Municipal Bureau is recognized.

"Can you tell me your reason for coming?" Father Ren's face was calm.

Zhen Nanfang sighed: "We are here for Fu Long's case." Father Ren seemed to already know about Fu Long. He narrowed his eyes: "Fu Long used to be a very pious man. Unfortunately,

Later, he was obsessed with it!" Zhen Nanfang said calmly: "Does the priest know what he was obsessed with?"

"All desires are the root of evil. Sometimes we like to put a high hat on our desires and say they are ideals. I remember when I first met Fu Long, he and his wife were still living in poverty, but at that time I

It can be seen that they are very happy and in love. I can say that I have witnessed Fu Long step by step towards success and realize his ideal. But he succeeded and realized his ideal, but he lost a lot, including the most precious

Of, simple happiness!”

Neither Zhen Nanfang nor Xiao Hui expected Father Ren to be so cooperative.

"In the early days of his success, he often accompanied his wife and children to church. He said that he was grateful to the Lord, but his grateful heart did not last long before he changed. Later, every day,

For weeks, all I could see was the lonely figure of his wife. Occasionally,

His wife will also come with her child. I baptized his child. He is a very cute child, but he doesn’t like to talk much. I know that he lacks father’s love. This cannot but be said to be a problem.

It's a very sad thing, I obviously have a father, but I can't feel his love."

"Does he violate the third commandment? 'Observe Sunday'." Zhennan asked softly.

Father Ren was stunned for a moment, but then he nodded slightly: "So be it." Zhennan seemed to be talking to himself: "He died because he violated this commandment. If he had known better, would he have done it?

Do you regret that you should not have believed in religion in the first place?" Father Ren's eyes widened: "What do you mean by this? You can't blaspheme the Lord like this!"

Zhennan said calmly: "I said that I respect religious beliefs and have never had any blasphemous thoughts. I just stated a fact. Fu Long's death was indeed due to violation of the 'Ten Commandments'. Someone acted as the judge."

Otherwise, kill him." It was the first time that Father Ren heard such words: "The Lord forgives the world, even if Fu Long is guilty, the Lord will forgive him, how could he take his life."

Zhennan sighed: "Father Ren, do you know the writer named Sun Kai who died two days ago?"

Father Ren nodded: "I heard about this matter. Alas, a human life was lost like this."

Zhen Nanfang then told Father Ren in detail about Sun Kai's death and the novel "The Ten Commandments" written by him. Father Ren opened his mouth wide: "Is this really possible?" Zhen Nanfang smiled bitterly.

: "I don't need to lie to you, Father. The Sun Kai case, the Deng Qiang case, and the Fu Long case are all related to the 'Ten Commandments', which are the third commandment, the fifth commandment, and the eighth commandment respectively!"

Father Ren narrowed his eyes: "You suspect that the murderer is also a believer, so you came here today just to see who the murderer is?" Zhennan waved his hand: "I am not naive enough to be able to tell who the murderer is just by coming here.

Killer, I just want to find out who knows more about Fu Long and knows that he has violated the commandments."

Father Ren thought for a while and said: "If the person who knows Fu Long's situation best is me, besides me, I am also Teacher Jiang and Uncle Tang." They knew that Teacher Jiang was Jiang Yanran in Zhennan, and who was Uncle Tang?

Woolen cloth?

Xiao Hui asked first: "Who is Uncle Tang?"

Father Ren replied: "Uncle Tang is also one of our parishioners. He is a lonely old man in his seventies. He is an intellectual and a famous archaeologist in Chongqing. He took the lead in the excavation of the 'Qixingba' cultural site."

Zhen Nan thought of a person: "Is his name Tang Yuanzhu?"

Father Ren didn't expect that Zhennan would know about Tang Yuanzhu. He smiled and said, "Have you heard of him too?"

Zhen Nanfang also heard about it from Zhu Yi, who highly praised Tang Yuanzhu. He said that Tang Yuanzhu was not only a famous historian and archaeologist in China, but also a senior figure in the Chinese tea ceremony.

"He is an old friend of one of my elders. I will definitely go and see him if I have the chance!"

Father Ren said: "His home is not far from here, only about ten minutes' walk. He is usually at home. If you want to go, I can accompany you. In fact, he was also in the church just now, but you just missed him.

Already."

Zhen Nanfang really wanted to meet Tang Yuanzhu, firstly to say hello to Zhu Yi, and secondly, he also wanted to know about Fu Long from him.

"Then I'll trouble you, Father Ren!" Zhen Nanfang said sincerely.

On the way, Father Ren gave a general introduction to Tang Yuanzhu's life. He told Zhennan that Tang Yuanzhu had a somewhat eccentric personality. Except for a few close church members and his two students, he rarely interacted with others, which made people uncomfortable.

It felt like it was not easy to get close to him. In addition, Father Ren also warned him not to mention his children in front of Tang Yuanzhu, because his only son and his family were killed in a car accident.

Tang Yuanzhu opened the door and looked at Father Ren and Zhen Nanfang. They were stunned for a moment. Father Ren smiled and said: "Mr. Tang, this little brother said that you are an old friend of one of his elders, and he came to visit you on behalf of that old friend!" Tang Yuanzhu was suspicious.

He asked: "The elder you are talking about is..."

Zhen Nanfang smiled and replied: "It's my master, Zhu Yi from Lincheng City, Qianzhou Province." Tang Yuanzhu thought for a while: "Oh, I remembered, he is also a tea lover. We got acquainted because of tea.

Come on, come in!"

Tang Yuanzhu's house is very clean. It seems that this old man is a very particular person. There is a mahogany sofa and a high-end tea set on the wooden coffee table. Zhu Yi seems to have a tea set as well, which was given to him by Mr. Lu.

, I heard it’s worth the old nose’s money.

There is a calligraphy on the wall: The friendship between gentlemen is stronger than tea, and it is signed by Zhu Yi.

"Is your master okay?" Tang Yuanzhu asked softly while cleaning the tea set.

Zhennan replied politely: "Very good, he went to Tibet a few days ago." Tang Yuanzhu did not speak any more and concentrated on making tea. After brewing, he poured a cup for Zhennan and the others.

After smelling it: "It smells so good!" Tang Yuanzhu asked: "Do you know tea too?"

Zhen Nanfang shook his head: "I don't understand this stuff, but I still know whether it smells good or not. If you want to ask me what kind of tea this is, you're asking the wrong person. Master once said that when I drink tea, it's like a bastard swallowing rice."

, a typical waste of food. But I think, isn’t this tea just for quenching thirst? As long as it’s not hard to swallow, that’s fine.”

Tang Yuanzhu nodded: "Tea is originally a common thing to quench thirst. You are right. You came to see me not just to convey the greetings of your master, right?"

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Zhennan and then at Father Ren.

Zhennan was also a bachelor: "Well, actually I just found out that Mr. Tang was here. Father Ren told me." Tang Yuanzhu said calmly: "Actually, we met in the church this morning, you and your

This companion also went to the church, but you two were obviously absent-minded, and your eyes were looking around, you must be looking for someone, not to mention the old man me!"
Chapter completed!