The Da Vinci Code

Sandrine was still puzzled. She lay in the warm bed for a while, trying to get rid of sleepiness. Her sixty-five-year-old body did not wake up as quickly as before, although tonight's phone call had undoubtedly awakened her senses. Opus Dei had always made her uncomfortable. Not to mention the sect's adherence to secret rituals of corporal punishment, their views on women are at best medieval. She had been astonished to learn that a female member was forced to clean his house for free while a male member was at Mass; that women slept on hardwood floors while men had hay mattresses; that women were forced to do extra physical punishment — all to atone for their sins. It seems that Eve's bite on the tree of knowledge has become a debt that women are destined to pay forever. Sadly, while most of the world's Catholic churches are moving in the right direction to respect women's rights, Opus Dei is threatening to reverse this trend. Even with these thoughts, Sister Sandrine took orders. She lifted her legs out of bed, stood up slowly, and stepped barefoot on the cold stones in her shoes, feeling cold to the bone. The cold rose up her body, and a sudden sense of fear came over her. A woman's intuition? As a believer in God, Sister Sandrine has learned to find peace in the calm voice of her own soul. But tonight, those voices were gone, as silent as the empty church around her. Chapter 8 Langdon could not take his eyes off the words that shone purplish on the parquet floor. It seemed impossible for Langdon to understand Jacques Sauniere's farewell message. The text goes like this: 13－3－2－21－1－1－8－5 O draconian fiend! Oh, the lame saint! Although Langdon had no idea what this meant, he understood why Fache's intuition told him that the pentagram had something to do with devil worship. Ah, Draco's fiend! Sauniere wrote the words "Beelzebub.". What is also strange is this set of figures. It's kind of like a number code. "Yes," Fache said. Our cryptographers are trying to decipher it. We believe these numbers may tell us who killed him. Maybe it's a phone number or some kind of social code. Do you think these numbers have any symbolic significance? Langdon looked at the numbers again,uns c70600, knowing that he could not guess the symbolism for a moment, even if Sauniere did presuppose it. To Langdon, the numbers don't seem to follow any pattern. He is used to interpreting symbols that are related in meaning and have a certain regularity, but everything here-pentagrams, words, numbers, etc.-seems irrelevant at all. "You just asserted," Fache said. Sauniere was trying to send a message.. Goddess worship or something like that, is it? Does that make sense? Langdon knew the question didn't require an answer. This kind of weird information is obviously not in line with the worship of the goddess. "These words seem to be an accusation," Fache said? Do you agree? Langdon tried to imagine the curator's last few minutes trapped in the big gallery, x60 line pipe ,x56 line pipe, knowing he was going to die. It seems logical. I think it's reasonable to say that this is an accusation against the murderer. My task, of course, is to find the man's name. Excuse me, Mr. Langdon, in your opinion, besides these numbers, what is the strangest thing about this information? The strangest? Is it not strange for a dying man to seal himself in a gallery, draw a pentagram with his body, and write mysterious accusations on the floor? "The word Delaguesque," he said tentatively, the first thing that came into his mind. Langdon is quite sure that one is not likely to think of Draco, a cruel politician of the seventeenth century BC, before dying. 'Draco's Devil 'seems like a very strange phrase. "Draco style?" There was a hint of impatience in Fache's voice. Sauniere's choice of words does not seem to be the most important issue. Langdon wasn't sure what Fache was thinking, but he was beginning to think that Draco and Fache were the same. "Saunière is French," Fache said stiffly. "He lives in Paris, and when he writes these things, he chooses to use.." "English." Langdon took the words. Then he understood what the chief of police meant. Fache nodded. That's right. Do you know why? Langdon knew that Sauniere spoke English beautifully, but Sauniere chose to write his last words in English without attracting Langdon's attention. He shrugged his shoulders. "Nothing to do with devil worship," Fache said, pointing to the five-pointed star on Sauniere's stomach? Are you so sure? Langdon can't be sure of anything now. Semiotics seems unable to explain the content of this passage. I'm sorry, I can't help you. "Maybe that explains it." Fache stepped back from the body and raised the black light again, making the light shine from a wider angle. How about now? To Langdon's astonishment, a roughly formed circle shone faintly around the curator's body. Apparently, Sauniere fell to the ground and drew several long arcs around himself with his pen, roughly drawing himself in a circle. Suddenly, the meaning became clear. "Vitruvian Man," Langdon said hurriedly. Saunière reproduced the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting from a real person. Considered the most anatomically accurate work of its time, Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man has become a modern cultural icon, appearing on posters, mouse pads and T-shirts around the world. There is a very round circle on this famous painting, and inside the circle is a naked man. Arms and legs spread out like a plucked eagle. Da Vinci. Langdon shuddered with surprise. There is no denying that Sauniere has clear intentions. At the last moment of his life,x56 line pipe, the curator stripped off his clothes and unmistakably posed his body like Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. This circle is the key element that was missed at first. The circle is a female protective symbol that surrounds the body of a naked man. This fulfilled Leonardo's message of harmony between men and women. The question now, however, is why Sauniere imitated such a masterpiece. lksteelpipe.com