musicians of old

Chapter 445 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

On the organ bandstand, burnt-smelling green smoke was floating above Aldan's head.

In the distance behind, below the ground, the eyes of the Church and the Special Patrol Hall are like torches.

"Whoever covers up his transgressions will not be rewarded. He who confesses his sins will receive mercy."

While thinking quickly in his heart, Fanning spit out a proverb, then passed by Aldan whose legs were trembling, and sat directly in front of the bandstand.

When he made a move during the mass ceremony before, he could see that this young pipe organist was a first-level sage who had just been promoted recently. It was probably after performing the weird ritual and sacrificing Hester who was engaged in unknown research. Avoid being suspected, prepare to accompany the Mass as usual, and then avoid for a while, or go to a secret organization to claim credit.

At this moment, under the forceful interference and trauma of his spirituality, he is actually very unstable, and there is a possibility of distortion.

Of course, the distortion did not pose any threat to Fan Ning. After he sat down, he unhurriedly took out another pair of black organ shoes from the side box, and continued to bend down to replace them without haste.

After painstakingly creating such a large circle of identity details, it is always necessary to ask a question about the job title of "Lavoisier organist".

"You think that after my visit, bishops and inspectors, such as bishops and inspectors, will come immediately, so you moved your plan ahead of time, and tried to cover it up with false testimony, but in fact, I see your words, in my lord There is nothing in front of you that is not known.”

While speaking, Fanning raised his hands and placed them on the four rows of keyboards of the organ, and finally glanced at Aldan:
".So I went to the lecture hall later, and recalled how you heard and accepted it. You must first confess, and then repent. If you are not vigilant, the bishops will be like a raging fire when they come to you. When they come, you will Never know."

His hands fell on the keyboard in a rough way, playing the sacred and magnificent decorative motif in unison:
"la/sol/la——"

"sol/fa/mi/re/(#)do--re!--"

It is Bach's most representative organ work, BWV565, "Toccata and Fugue in D minor"!
The introduction continuously changes and repeats in lower octaves, more than 3000 whistle pipes and reed pipes sound in unison, and the heroic and sad melody washes out the echo that makes the heart unable to move in the church!
In the distance, on the ground of the church, Owen, who had been staring at the bandstand coldly, felt his chest being swung by something.

The believers who left the venue a little later were also stopped by the thunderous sound.

And Aldan, whose spirituality was already on the verge of collapse, burst into tears and knelt down on the ground with a "plop":
"I lost my head last night. In the name of asking for advice on playing, I summoned evil spirits to the priest. I am truly guilty!"

Tucville was originally attracted by the astonishing beginning of the organ piece, but after hearing Aldan's words, combined with Fanning's exhortation just now, he suddenly felt that the last trace of doubt about "time coincidence" A preliminary explanation was obtained.

That's right, after Lavoisier's visit, Hester invited the censors to Lepic in accordance with the relevant regulations. Once the two understanders really arrive, the difficulty of carrying out the secret activities will definitely rise sharply.

Therefore, in order to reduce variables, this Aldan chose to execute the secret ceremony in advance, which resulted in the incident where Lavoisier arrived on the front foot and Hester died on the back foot. It was not a "coincidence" or "ulterior motives".

In fact, Tucville's understanding was entirely due to the fact that Fanning had no idea about the deep-seated secrets of the incident, and had just conceived those words and guided them secretly.

After Fan Ning finished speaking the proverbs, the first admonishment, on the surface, was to expose the whereabouts of the other party, but in fact Fan Ning took the lead in "explaining" the reason.

In terms of content, Fanning did not distort the facts, but the reasons that might have been complicated were covered up by him in a simplified and flat manner.

Of course, this matter still does not stand up to scrutiny. If there is no deep-seated secret, it would be too rare for a first-level sage to kill a high-ranking sage even if he invokes the power of the evil god.

So Fanning admonished the second paragraph, meaning that the church should imprison Aldan for further questioning.

So the next key thing to do is-

Fan Ning's hands fluttered alternately on the keyboard, bringing out strings of magnificent triplet cadenzas.

Aldan burst into tears, and repented of his crimes in his heart. In fact, according to his original plan, it might take another month for Hester to study "wormology" before it can be implemented, but for some reason last night, the sacrifice The "maturity progress" suddenly accelerated, so it was implemented in advance under the dispatch of an informant from the secret organization
He was out of breath, and wanted to open his mouth to continue confessing the above inner words.

Suddenly, Fanning's left foot and right foot stepped on two low D's heavily respectively.

"Om!—"

In the continuous celestial bass vibration, Fan Ning's left and right hands continued to drop the keys deeply, and all the notes on the four-layer keyboard sank, playing a high stacked diminished seventh chord spanning five octaves!

"re—re—sol—(b)xi—(#)do—mi—sol—(b)xi—(#)do—mi————"

A dense, tense, even eerie and terrifying humming sounded loudly in the church.

The more intense trial atmosphere and the eerie high-diminished seventh chords directly made the believers inside and outside the church kneel one after another, and Aldan, who was trembling all over, felt that a huge stone weighing a thousand catties was directly pressing on his heart!
Beside the pipe organ, his whole kneeling figure tilted from then on, and he fainted.

Fanning's fingers continued to fly over the keyboard.

Aldan had to speak the first sentence to acknowledge Fanning's debunking of his whereabouts.

But I can't go on.

Although Fanning didn't know what he would say, he had to be shut up temporarily.

Opening this "blind box" in front of everyone in the Church and the Special Patrol Office may expose some unknown risks and affect the security of his identity. Therefore, Fan Ning hopes to delay the opening, or in a more ideal situation, he will be alone in the hands of the Church. Open.

The bishop of Tucville, who was enjoying the music, waved his hands and gave orders:
"Bring that Aldan down, shut him up in the Disciplinary Hall, wake up and interrogate him carefully."

"Wait a minute." Owen yelled to stop the deacon, "This matter is full of strangeness, and it is related to background investigation. Please let the investigators of our hall take away the people involved."

Anger flickered in Turkville's eyes.

"Excuse me, inspector general, who is the subject of investigation in your department's 'survivor background investigation' work?"

"Antoine Lavoisier." Owen glanced at him.

"Then please ask again, in another Hester death incident, which organization did the deceased belong to?"

"Naturally, it is also the Church of the Holy Sun."

"Where's the murderer?"

"Same." Owen frowned.

He seemed to vaguely know what reason the other party was going to use to make trouble.

"That's good." The white-robed bishop paced and smiled, "Last night, Lavoisier came, and he belonged to my church, and Hester died, and he was also from my church. The murderer was determined to be Aldan, who belonged to my church." .”

"The church invited you to assist in the review of Lavoisier because of the 'survivor background check' system, but now you want to arrest Aldan for investigation"

"I would like to ask, you are so enthusiastic about the affairs of my Church of the Holy Sun, should I call you Inspector Owen or Bishop Owen?"

On the bandstand, Fanning listened to the two people on the ground arguing, the corners of his mouth slightly curved.

Very good, the two of you finally quarreled, Aldan's "blind box" probably won't be able to open for a while.
(End of this chapter)