I have a ghost diary

Seeing this, Lin Qian quickly stepped forward, straightened his tie, and said in a affected tone, "Who is this? Could it be the miller's youngest daughter? Have I seen you somewhere before?"

Confessor Number Two immediately changed her expression, and said with a slightly ingratiating tone, "Lord, we have indeed met before. May I ask what important matter you wish to discuss with me?"

Upon seeing this, Chu Jiang stepped forward and whispered a few words in Lin Qian's ear, and Lin Qian immediately understood.

He stretched out his right hand and said, "Come, let's talk over here. There are some important things to discuss. Perhaps I can help you solve your recent troubles."

The penitent's face immediately lit up with a look of surprise, and she obediently followed Lin Qian to the far corner of the church.

Chu Jiang wanted to follow, but then he heard the nun behind him say, "Oh no, this is bad~ My dear and respected Father, these guys seem to have sensed something is wrong."

“If you don’t take action soon, these three criminals will not only fail to receive the punishment they deserve, but they might even report you to the sheriff and have you hanged.”

The nun wasn't whispering; she spoke openly and honestly, perhaps because she was performing and wanted to ensure that the non-existent audience could hear her lines clearly.

As soon as Chu Jiang turned around, he saw the priest's gentle expression turn gloomy, as if he had been persuaded by the nun.

As for the nun, she simply smiled at the priest while simultaneously giving Chu Jiang a malicious and mocking look.

Chu Jiang dared not look at the nun, but nervously observed the priest's reaction.

On the other side, Lin Qian temporarily stalled the miller's daughter, but he was a little anxious. Why hadn't Chu Jiang come over yet?

Just now, Chu Jiang only told Lin Qian to find an excuse to take his men away. Now that Chu Jiang has not given any new instructions, even if Lin Qian guesses his intentions, he does not dare to act recklessly.

The priest looked towards Lin Qian and the other man, then suddenly turned around, as if he were going back to get something.

Upon seeing this, Chu Jiang immediately shouted, "Lord! Please come back. This is the Lord's church. You must not have private conversations here. Remember that God is watching us from His kingdom."

Upon hearing this, Confessor Number Two couldn't help but show a look of guilt on his face.

Lin Qian was a little taken aback, but still replied solemnly, "Fisherman, you're right, I was inconsiderate."

After saying that, he hurriedly returned with the miller's daughter.

The priest overheard the conversation, his expression softened slightly, and he turned around without trying to grab the murder weapon.

So Chu Jiang continued, "Reverend Father, let this lady pour out her troubles to you first. Lord and I will wait outside. We'll take our turn, no rush."

The priest gave him an approving look. “Yes, don’t be impatient. The light of the Lord Jesus will shine on every believer.”

And so, the second penitent was led away by the priest and nuns, who walked down the corridor and into the depths of the church...

During this process, the mute man wanted to stop it, but he didn't dare to. In the end, he could only painfully make the sign of the cross on his chest while muttering something under his breath.

Chapter 89 The Way to Survive

"What should I do? What should I do? I'm next." It would be a lie to say that Lin Qian wasn't scared; he had even planned out how he would die.

The lord in the play is an unscrupulous capitalist. He is extremely greedy and exploits his slaves without any limits, making them work themselves to death on the vineyards to create wealth for himself.

Of course, this wasn't what the lord wanted to confess; he thought it was normal. Sometimes, even if a slave died from exhaustion, he would simply replace them with a new batch as a matter of habit.

The lord wanted to confess that after a business failure, he took his anger out on his beloved dog and beat it to death.

Since that incident, the lord has been unhappy. He felt he was wrong, after all, the dog had been with him since it was a puppy and had done its part.

When the priest first heard the lord's confession, he thought he was going to repent for his greed and his sins, but he never expected that he would be confessing to this!

The priest nearly lost his temper that time, but unfortunately, the lord didn't realize it. Under the priest's influence, he came to the church a second time...

The reason why priests don't kill during the first confession is to see how sinners will atone for their sins after confession. If they atone well, then sparing their lives is not out of the question.

However, most people's behavior does not meet the requirements in the priest's heart; not to mention, some people do not atone for their sins at all.

The role Lin Qian is now playing is that of the lord who has come to the church for the second time.

As for the arranged method of death, it was very simple: first, he was hacked to death by the priest, and then his body was placed in a prone position.

This can be considered a meticulously prepared death ritual, devised by the priest based on Dante's *Divine Comedy*:

Pride is a vice; it is severely punished.

Jealousy is the root of all evil; it is the root of all evil.

Wrath is the bane of anger - black smoke is its punishment.

Laziness is the root of all evil; running is the punishment for it.

Greed is the root of all evil; to be punished by lying down is the punishment.

Overeating is a vice; hunger is a punishment.

Lust is a vice; it is punished by fire.

But here's the problem: the punishments in Divine Comedy are mostly about making those who have committed the seven deadly sins live to suffer.

For example, preventing gluttons from eating their fill and making them suffer from hunger day and night.

When it comes to the priest, it's certainly not just about corporal punishment. Heavinesses can crush sinners to death, black smoke can suffocate them, and flames can burn them alive.

But here's the problem: this prone position won't kill anyone, so the priest had no choice but to kill the sinner first and then arrange him in the prone position.

Like Confessor Number One, he also committed the sin of greed, so he died in the same way as Number Three.

The second penitent committed the sin of jealousy, so the priest would first sew up the sinner's eyes before killing her.

As for Confessor Number Four, the Fisherman, his crime was arrogance...

......

Hearing Lin Qian's anxious question, Chu Jiang frowned deeply.

The attempt failed, meaning the script cannot be altered.

Previously, they tried to change the fate of the miller's daughter, but the priest looked like he was about to take out an axe and kill the three of them immediately, forcing Chu Jiang to "return" Confessor No. 2.

So next, the woman will soon be brutally murdered, and the script is progressing step by step.

Suddenly, Chu Jiang seemed to remember something. He grabbed Lin Qian's hand and said, "Come with me, and be quick!"

Lin Qian was confused, but he still followed Chu Jiang into the church corridor. Only the mute man looked at their actions with some bewilderment.

As he jogged, Lin Qian asked in a low voice, "Should we save that woman?"

"No, you remember the room where the gambler died, right?"

Lin Qian nodded, "The last room in the left side hall."

"What about the woman's death room?"

"The last room in the right-hand side hall."

“Good,” Chu Jiang said, somewhat relieved. “It’s a good thing you didn’t set the two rooms to be next to each other, otherwise our operation might have been discovered.”

As they were talking, Chu Jiang had already led Lin Qian into the back part of the church and headed towards the room where the gambler had died.

Lin Qian couldn't understand what Chu Jiang was up to. The gambler was already dead; could he really bring him back to life as an accomplice?

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A dozen minutes later, Chu Jiang and his companion, who had already visited the left transept, returned to the front part of the church and sat in front of the cross, awaiting their judgment.

Just now, a woman's screams came from deep within the church, meaning that Confessor Number Two is also dead.

Lin Qian's face was pale, and his hands were trembling. He looked at Chu Jiang uncertainly, "Will it really work?"

Chu Jiang remained calm. "If it's useless, I'll die just like you. So don't panic, you won't be alone on the road to the underworld."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qian could only manage a smile that looked more like a grimace.

Not long after, footsteps echoed down the corridor again, and the priest and nun came out once more.

The priest's expression remained kind, but there was a hint of perverse satisfaction in it.

The nun, almost without concealment, looked at Chu Jiang and his companion with a mocking gaze; and lamented in an aria-like tone, "Poor and pathetic people, they don't yet know what cruel fate awaits them~"

This time, Lin Qian was quite well-behaved. Since his life was at stake, he didn't look at the nuns at all, but just stared at the priest.

Chu Jiang thought to himself, "This drama queen, is she really just reciting lines from the script?"

"I apologize for keeping you waiting. Next up is Lord." The priest extended a private invitation to Lin Qian.

Lin Qian glanced at Chu Jiang, and with the other's encouraging gaze, he stood up shakily. It's worth noting that he seemed to be hiding something on his chest.

And so, the instigator of this stage play, in a somber atmosphere, was taken away by the "characters" he created and sent deep into the church.

The mute man witnessed this scene and once again showed a look of unbearable pity, but he couldn't stop it; he was powerless...

Another ten minutes or so passed, and Lin Qian's screams came from deep within the church, proving that everything was indeed proceeding according to the script, and Confessor No. 3 was also dead.

But Chu Jiang didn't show the slightest change in expression when he heard the scream. He just sat quietly, his hands clasped together, waiting for his fate to arrive.

Soon, the priest and nuns emerged from the corridor for the last time, both appearing quite pleased.

The priest said to Chu Jiang in a devout tone, "Praise be to God, you are the last one today."

Chu Jiang stood up and asked in a devout tone, "Father, can I go to heaven after I die?"

Chapter Ninety: The Devil

Chu Jiang's words weren't in the script, but the priest still responded with a smile: "All who believe in my Lord have the opportunity to go to heaven. I think you'll get the answer after this confession."

Chu Jiang nodded, and just like that, he followed the priest and nuns into the depths of the church, like a prisoner going to his execution.

......

In the confessional, Chu Jiang and the priest looked at each other through a small window.

Chu Jiang plays the role of a fisherman, but he wasn't always a fisherman. He was a lighthouse keeper in the harbor, responsible for lighting the way home for ships that had sailed far away.

The day the accident happened was also the fisherman's first day as a night watchman.

The weather was bad that day, it was raining, so the old night watchman suggested that he take the watch with the fisherman in case anything unexpected happened.

But the fisherman arrogantly refused the old watchman, believing that he had mastered all the skills and was capable of handling any unexpected situation, and that the old watchman's desire to stay was an insult to him.

Despite the old Night's Watchman's repeated explanations, the strong fisherman still shooed him away.

However, that very night, the weather deteriorated rapidly, with strong winds and torrential rain at sea, preventing a small merchant ship that was originally scheduled to arrive in the evening from docking.