靈異故事:The Bells 1(教堂鐘聲 1)

There once was an evil priest who did not fear God or man. His duties for the church included counting the offerings and ringing the bells to summon people to Mass. But his heart was filled with greed, and he began to take advantage of the good people of his parish. The priest stole money out of the offerings to keep for himself, and when he had filled a chest full of gold, he killed a man and buried him with the chest so the murdered man's ghost would guard it. Anyone who tried to dig for the treasure would be devoured by the skeleton of the murdered man.
The evil priest planned to return to Spain with his ill-gotten treasure, but he fell ill with a fever a week before his ship was scheduled to leave. On his deathbed, the priest repented of his crime. He swore to his confessor that his soul would not rest until he returned the gold to God. The priest died before he could reveal the place where the treasure was buried. As he gasped out his last breath, he said: "Follow the bells. They will lead you to the treasure."
The Padre who attended the dying priest did not heed his words. But the sweeper who was working in the hallway at the time of the evil priest's death was struck by the notion of buried treasure. He was very poor and wanted a better life for himself and his family, so the sweeper determined to take the treasure for himself. Each night for a week, he took a shovel and dug in the monastery gardens, searching for the priest’s treasure. He found nothing.
從前有個(gè)邪惡的神父，不敬畏上帝也不害怕任何人。他在教會(huì)的職責(zé)包括有統(tǒng)計(jì)人們捐贈(zèng)錢財(cái)?shù)臄?shù)目和鳴鐘召集人們前來做彌撒。他的內(nèi)心充滿了貪婪，后來利用教區(qū)內(nèi)人們的善良把他們的捐贈(zèng)掠為己有。積攢了滿滿一箱黃金以后，他殘忍的殺了一個(gè)人并把尸體與箱子一起埋了。死人的鬼魂守衛(wèi)著這些金子，任何想要挖出寶藏的人都必須先過他這一關(guān)。
神父打算帶著這些罪惡的財(cái)寶回西班牙去，但是開船前的一星期他發(fā)了高燒一病不起。病榻上，神父終于悔悟了。他向聽他懺悔的神父發(fā)誓說，他的靈魂將永遠(yuǎn)得不到安息，直到把那些黃金歸還給上帝為止。還沒來得及說出埋著黃金的地方，神父就去世了。用盡最后一點(diǎn)氣息，他只說了一句話：“跟著鐘聲，你會(huì)找到黃金。”
教士們并沒留意他的話，但是正在走廊打掃衛(wèi)生的清潔工被地下寶藏的事情觸動(dòng)了。他一貧如洗，因此打算去找到黃金讓自己和家人過得好一點(diǎn)。于是接下來的一周里他每天晚上都拿著鐵锨去修道院的花園里面挖來挖去，但是什么也沒找到。