Код да Винчи

Chapter 37

           Thebrotherhood’shistoryspannedmorethanamillennium…anastonishingchronicleofsecrets,blackmail,betrayal,andevenbrutaltortureatthehandsofanangryPope.

           «ThePrioryofSion,»hebegan,»wasfoundedinJerusalemin1099byaFrenchkingnamedGodefroideBouillon,immediatelyafterhehadconqueredthecity.»Sophienodded,hereyesrivetedonhim.»KingGodefroiwasallegedlythepossessorofapowerfulsecretasecretthathadbeeninhisfamilysincethetimeofChrist.Fearinghissecretmightbelostwhenhedied,hefoundedasecretbrotherhoodthePrioryofSionandchargedthemwithprotectinghissecretbyquietlypassingitonfromgenerationtogeneration.DuringtheiryearsinJerusalem,thePriorylearnedofastashofhiddendocumentsburiedbeneaththeruinsofHerod’stemple,whichhadbeenbuiltatoptheearlierruinsofSolomon’sTemple.Thesedocuments,theybelieved,corroboratedGodefroi’spowerfulsecretandweresoexplosiveinnaturethattheChurchwouldstopatnothingtogetthem.»Sophielookeduncertain.

           «ThePrioryvowedthatnomatterhowlongittook,thesedocumentsmustberecoveredfromtherubblebeneaththetempleandprotectedforever,sothetruthwouldneverdie.Inordertoretrievethedocumentsfromwithintheruins,thePriorycreatedamilitaryarmagroupofnineknightscalledtheOrderofthePoorKnightsofChristandtheTempleofSolomon.»Langdonpaused.«MorecommonlyknownastheKnightsTemplar.»

           Sophieglancedupwithasurprisedlookofrecognition.

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