Chapter 705: The Kaba Shrine
Succession is just a statement, the key is who holds absolute power, this power has military power and political power, although I have heard a lot of things in the past two days, I still know very little about Persia, and I feel the need to talk to Lady Sasha. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
She went with Catherine to Lady Sasha's room, and after asking questions, pushed open the door and entered, where Lady Sasha sat down at a table with some girl's ornaments, and she was dressing her daughter up before that.
"Two hubies. The Persian cat took the opportunity to open the door, teasing him with his eyes, and asked yesterday, it turns out that Persian women especially like clean men, and they will have desires when they see it, Shen Feng, a slightly rough man, is considered a delicate quality in the aesthetics of Persian women.
After saying hello, Shen Feng went directly to the topic, and the specific questions he wanted to test had already been explained to Catherine, so Shen Feng just listened throughout the whole process, so as not to expose too much.
"Lady Sasha, you have arrived in Persia, and what is the reward we have promised?"
"Wait a little longer, when we get to where we want to go, I'll pay you what you can't think of, and until then, you have to help me. β
"What do you want, Madame?"
"I'll tell you when the time comes. β
"I'm very sorry, if you don't make it clear, I'm afraid we won't be able to help you, I know that you are a noble person and will give us unimaginable rewards, but we don't want to sacrifice our lives for this. "Catherine is clever enough to force Lady Sasha to reveal her purpose without arousing suspicion.
Mrs. Sasha looked at the two of them with a thoughtful face, and sat on the edge of the bed in the posture of the superior, her legs folded and folded, and said in a domineering manner: "Who the hell do I need you!?"
Catherine smiled, "It's clear that we're just travelers coming to Persia. β
Lady Sasha turned her gaze to Shen Feng and frowned, "What about him? His appearance is different from yours, he is a native of the Silk Country." "China created the Silk Road, so ancient foreigners called China a silk country.
"Yes, he is from Dahua, I paid some gold coins to ask him to protect me back to China, I encountered pirates before I came to Dahua, I think you can understand. β
Lady Sasha tapped her leg with her fingertips, and her expression fell into thought, and after a long time, she said, "I want you to help me enter the Persian palace." β
"I don't think you need help to enter the palaceβ" Catherine said in an aggravated tone, "Madame, confess that we cannot help you if you hide anything from us. β
Mrs. Sasha said: "My family has always had a struggle with the Pahlavi family, and if you enter the palace, you will definitely encounter the obstruction of the Pahlavi family. β
From the expressions of the two, it can probably be guessed that the conversation did not go well, and the old goblin was very scheming, frowning at Catherine and signaling her to continue persecuting.
"You still don't have enough sincerity. Catherine staggered her position and said softly, "Please cherish the time I spend listening." "She has a gentle temperament, she will not be easily angry with people, and her tone is gentle but she can still feel oppressive with others.
Lady Sasha is a Persian nobleman, but Catherine is a princess of a country, and her aura is completely incomparable, she began to think in her heart, and then said: "You know the situation of our Persia, the three major Pahlavi families have always wanted to compete for the royal power, if I enter the Apadana Palace (Persian royal palace), I will inevitably encounter the obstruction of the Pahlavi family, and I need your help to avoid them." β
Catherine smiled, "Sounds dangerous. β
"When I enter the palace, you will be rewarded with a great fortune. Lady Sasha said, according to her plan, Shen Feng could also enter the palace.
"Can't get enough of it?" Catherine playfully raised an eyebrow, "It doesn't sound like it makes me much less afraid." β
Lady Sasha took a necklace with gems from her body and handed it to Catherine, who smiled and said, "It's much better now, and it's a pleasure to serve you." "She was born with a talent for acting, and it was natural for her to be greedy and powerful, and Lady Sasha would never have imagined that this greedy little girl would be the princess of a country.
Lady Sasha smiled coldly and said, "In a few days, a British Lan envoy will come to Persia, and I want you to pretend to be this envoy." β
Hearing this country, Catherine couldn't help but smile sweetly, the corner of her eye was raised to the side, and she smiled: "You want to blend in with the mission." β
Mrs. Sasha said: "No, it is the Surin family of the Pahlavi family who is in charge of receiving the Eastern envoys, I guess it is Mussurin, as long as this person is captured, he can be used to enter the Apadana Palace." β
Catherine stood up and said, "I understand, ma'am, let me consider it for one night, and I will give you a clear answer tomorrow morning." β
After leaving the room, Catherine repeated the general content, and after listening, Shen Feng couldn't help but smile and said, "It happens to be your country, so you don't need to pretend at all." β
Catherine said with a serious expression, "It seems that you agree with her plan. β
Shen Feng shook his head and said, "You promise him first, but I want to enter the palace before Lady Sasha." β
"You want to grab Mussurin and go straight to the palace?" Catherine smiled, "I know you think so. β
"Yes, Miss Princess, will you accompany me on the adventure?"
"Very gratifying. β
The next morning, Catherine went to talk to Lady Sasha, according to Lady Sasha, the English mission still has a few days to go, and then Catherine only needs to make a document for the envoy, and generally the envoy cannot enter the palace directly, not to mention that in the case of the king's serious illness, after the envoy enters the city, it will be arranged in a special mansion.
In addition to the plan to enter the palace, Shen Feng is also actively planning how to enter the church, he has created a little name for gods and ghosts in Lahore Town before, but it is far from enough, and it is the key to attract the attention of the two churches in the capital.
And on this day, I finally waited for an opportunity.
There are two major churches in Persia, among which Manichaeism belongs to the Pahlavi family, and it is also the purpose of Shen Feng, if this church can be dismantled, it will deal a major blow to the Pahlavi family, this day is the largest annual festival in Persia, Ashura, originally meant to be the tenth day, to commemorate the death of Hussein, the grandson of Muhammad, and it is the holy day of the religion.
After coming to the Persian capital, I learned that the current two churches in Persia were split from the early *** religion, Islam originally means "obedience" and "peace", and is also translated as Isleam, which refers to obedience and faith in the unique Lord of the universe and his will to seek peace and tranquility in the two worlds, which arose in the Arabian Peninsula at the beginning of the 7th century and was revived by Muhammad, a Quraish tribe of Mecca.
There are two major factions within the church, Sunni and Shia, and the Maz and Manichaeism in Persia are formed by this, so on the holy day of the religion, the two churches will have a battle between the two churches, and the church will be more active, and the people of the church will go around to promote the doctrine, engage in activities, sprinkle water, and chant scriptures, similar to club activities on university campuses.
As soon as the freshmen start to recruit in college, the club will start recruiting, and whichever club is more innovative and interesting, it will recruit more students, while the church recruits in the name of gods and ghosts, and the propaganda is nothing more than things before and after death.
Today's grand ceremony, Catherine had long heard that after returning from Lady Sasha, she hurriedly pulled Shen Feng to the center of the town, where tens of thousands of Persians gathered, and they prayed to the sky together, with a pious demeanor, and the Western church even had a bit of a gangster nature, and the church divided territory with each other in Persia, and also in the capital.
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A black-robed priest and a group of congregants march through the streets, holding bells and scriptures in their hands, while a Persian sits on the ground and recites the Qur'an.
This morning, Shen Feng listened to the Persians chanting scriptures and praying, and on the day of the holy day, the whole city was reciting scriptures, and Shen Feng could only hide in an inconspicuous place so as not to cause trouble, but the recitation of scriptures would end when the text was reached, and there would be other activities in the town in the afternoon.
The church culture in the capital is almost compulsory, and if you don't choose to join one of the churches, you will be ostracized by the Persians, and right now, Shen Feng and Catherine are in hiding, just looking for an opportunity to enter the church.
The Kaba shrine in Mecca in the town of the Holy Day Festival, the Kaba shrine is the highest holy place of the Ka'ba religion, also known as the Ka'ba and Ka'ba Kaba, is a cube building that preserves the black sacred stone that has been worshiped before the founding of the religion, and all believers must pray in its direction anywhere on the earth.
The Kaba shrine is the second largest palace building in the capital city in addition to the royal palace, and the architectural style is the style of the first religion, and the architectural art is one of the important art forms in the first art.
Therefore, the perspective of architectural style helps to deepen the understanding of civilization, and it is difficult to find the commonality of different forms of architecture due to different regions and eras.
Compared with other types of architecture, European classical architecture is dignified and square but lacks the interest of change, while Gothic architecture is steep and majestic, but lacks charm. The first-class building is whimsical, solemn and full of change, strong and elegant.
There are features such as Xuan Tower, Dome, Opening, and Pattern.
After a morning in the town, at noon I came to the square of the Kaba shrine, where tens of thousands of Persians gathered and prayed in the direction of the shrine.
"No wonder the royal family is also afraid of the power of the church, if these people gather, it will definitely cause a riot. Today, Shen Feng is still wearing his unique Persian Arabic style clothes, the difference is that he wears a half-section mask on his face, which covers the lower half of his face, and the mask is called the smile of the end of the world.
"The Church has unimaginable power, and the royal family hates the Church, but cannot but rely on it. Catherine smiled: "Your idea is right, the church is the greatest weight of royal power." The charming English girl still exudes a charming style, she seems to have forgotten Shen Feng's previous rudeness, holding Shen Feng's arm with both hands, a sweet smile, and a melodious gaze.
The Persians in the square are dressed in different ways, some in white robes, some in black robes, probably the difference between the two churches, look around, the white clothes are the Mazda religion, and the black clothes are Manichaeism, the two churches are divided into the east and the west, and the verses chanted are all Quran.
At noon, after the chanting, the disciples in the square formed a formation, Shen Feng looked strange and wondered: "What are they doing, are they queuing up to get lunch boxes?"
"Noβeven though that's what their stomachs think. Catherine laughs, "After reading the scriptures, the church began the reception ceremony, which is the welcome party for the new members. β
Khan, there is also a welcome party for new students, and sure enough, it is a club, Shen Feng said with a smile: "It's time to make a choice, which side do you want to join?"
"I guess I chose Manichaeism. "Princess Catherine wore a gorgeous Persian skirt, the skirt swayed, her breasts and hips were tight, very sexy and charming, for unnecessary trouble, she also wore a carpet on her body, completely integrated into the Persian customs and culture, when passing by a stall, both of them bought a half-section of the mask, Shen Feng's mask is called the smile of the end of the world, wearing the lower half of the face, and her mask is called the confession of the dead, wearing the upper half of the face.
"There was unanimity. β
The two men were dressed in strange attire and quickly attracted attention.
Hubi - At this time, a few disciples came, dressed in black, and it could be seen that the Manichaean believers had a few words with Catherine, and when they spoke, the eyes of the disciples were still on Shen Feng from time to time.
Shen Feng said curiously, "What are you talking about?"
"My dear, you have been favored by Allah. Catherine suddenly smiled mischievously: "This gentleman said that you are a man full of sin, and Allah is willing to accept you and help you wash away your sins, but only if you pay some Persian coins." β
Rely on, the church is really corrupt, collect protection money for Allah, it seems that my choice is right, as long as I enter Manichaeism, I will also collect protection money, Shen Feng smiled unkindly: "Tell her that I am Prometheus, the god of wisdom, and this time I came to Persia, at the invitation of your Allah." As he spoke, he took out a white cloth.
This white cloth was prepared by Shen Feng and Catherine together, as long as it is exposed to the sun, it will be revealed, and today, this white cloth will come in handy, but the believers obviously don't believe it, and they reprimand a few times, and then leave to fool the next person.
"Miss Princess, is there any way to get the attention of the church?"
"I heard that in the middle of the Kaba shrine, the pagoda is marked with a text that says clear night, sincere prayer, holy water falling from the sky. Catherine said, "But in the last hundred years, the holy water has ceased to come, and if you can reproduce the original scene, you will be loved by all people." β
Holy water falling from the sky should not be a mythical story to this day, Catherine also said that it appeared a hundred years ago, so maybe it is true, water falling from the sky? β
Walking around the Kaba Shrine to the back, I found that behind the Kaba Shrine was a small river that happened to pass through the back of the shrine.
Behind the Kaba shrine out of the river is a mountain forest, the mountain forest is very quiet, rarely inhabited, the smell here is even stranger, even a little unpleasant, really to be distinguished, like the smell of blood and obscenity.
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When they heard the sound and walked over, there was a group of men and women in the middle of the woods doing the most primitive activities, not one or two, but a group, seeing that they were dressed in Manichaean clothes, but they were defiling Allah in the place of their faith, and because everyone was in the square, they could be unscrupulous.
Witnessing the scene in front of her, even Catherine, who had always been calm, felt disgusted, and Shen Feng was also very uncomfortable, if the color was rotten and messy, it would make people feel disgusting and uncomfortable, and quickly left this place and returned to the square.
At this time, there was a noise in the square, and the believers were full of resentment, at this time the square should be carried out the ceremony of Protestant initiation, how did it become this scene, under curiosity, quickly squeezed into the crowd, it turned out that the ceremony of the Protestants turned out to be everyone walking naked to the shrine hall, and all the believers stood on both sides, throwing disgusting spoils on the Protestants who walked past.
Catherine, too, saw this kind of church ritual for the first time, and smiled in embarrassment: "I think I changed my mind." Seeing this initiation ceremony, where did she dare to join the church.
Shen Feng smiled helplessly and said, "There is a consensus." β
"What did you just find behind the shrine?"
"I thought of a way to make water fall from the sky, but if it wasn't feasible, I needed to go into the shrine and observe. β
Catherine said with a thoughtful expression: "You think that the holy water comes from the water behind the shrine, but how can the water flow fall from the sky. β
Shen Feng smiled and said, "Do you want to witness it?"
"I can't ask for it. β
"The kiss promised by the princess last time seems to have not been fulfilled. "When I came to a foreign country, my mood was getting better and better, and I didn't have the kind of high pressure in the capital at all, but when I said it, I regretted it, I wanted to keep my distance from Catherine, but I started to tease her, isn't it cheap.
Catherine's face flushed, and she smiled reservedly, "Are you going to ask for the reward you deserve?" β
"Instead of asking, let's make it long, and if we have a chance to meet again, then I want to start with this kiss. "At this time, it is not appropriate to increase the emotional involvement, and it will not be long before the two will return to their respective countries, and they may never have the opportunity to see each other again.
Catherine's expression became sad, and she reluctantly smiled, "What sounds beautiful is so painful. β
She was not in a high mood, Shen Feng did not speak again, and took advantage of the fact that everyone in the square was participating in the church ceremony, and sneaked into the Kaba Shrine to check what was going on, mainly to see if it was possible to let the flowing water suck into the upper layer of the shrine and then gush out from the upper floor.
Literally, it is said that holy water falls from the sky in the dark night, and at present, this is only possible, and only when the flowing water is sucked into it, it is possible to form a fountain-like gushing.