Chapter 10 The Church
"You shouldn't have given that fruit seller two copper coins!" Ryder became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he and Peake walked through the bustling street market and slowly walked into the central square in the center of town.
After the central square, you will see a huge courtyard, inside the courtyard is a towering white building, the white building is all made of more than one meter high white jade boulders, roughly looking, more than 15 meters high, towering near the center of the town, as if becoming the landmark of the town of peace - church.
In front of the church, a tall statue of a white figure stands tall, holding a spear and riding a tall stone horse under his crotch.
"The two copper coins should be to improve the food for that fool, I haven't gone home to take it out these days, it must have suffocated. Peake said to Ryder.
The town is not big, and they soon walked near the church, and when Ryder looked at the door of the church, he smiled and said, "This thing is really elusive, you can see it everywhere." ”
There was a black donkey munching on an apple at the entrance of the church, wasn't it Big Black Feet?
"Peake, do you know who that white statue is?" Ryder gestured to the statue in front of the church.
"I really don't know this, I saw this statue set up here when I was a child, and I remember my father mentioning that he was the greatest Knight of Light in human history. ”
"Hercules! His name is Hercules! The first Knight of Light in the continent, the youngest Knight of Light! He is a great man a thousand years ago, legend has it that he became a great knight at the age of twenty, and he commanded tens of thousands of Knight of Light, that is tens of thousands of people, Pique, and our town only adds up to three or four thousand people......
Peake and Ryder walked to the church door as they spoke.
At this time, beside the statue of the white figure at the entrance of the church, there were apple cores everywhere, and when they walked in, Peak found that there were not only apple cores, but also some orange peels and other yellow peels, and the white jade slabs that had been cleaned and cleared had become fruit stands.
"This goods!" Ryder laughed when he saw this, "Hahahaha, this product not only stole apples, but also stole oranges and bananas, no loss, no loss, seeing this goods, my heart suddenly felt less uncomfortable." ”
"Whose donkey!" Suddenly, a violent voice sounded at the door of the church, and a middle-aged man in a white shirt frowned, staring at the big black foot viciously.
I saw that this middle-aged man in white was very athletic, and his tall figure and thick arms were not a few points better than Ryder.
"My donkey. Peake happened to walk to the door of the church and slapped Big Blackfoot twice on the head.
Big Blackfoot squinted at Peake and continued to nibble on the apple.
"Take this donkey away at once, no cattle are allowed to stay at the entrance of the church, don't you know? By the way! You must clean up this place before noon!" the middle-aged man glanced at the black donkey in disgust, scolded Pique in a very violent tone, and then walked into the church with his hands behind his back.
"What kind of person! Load is so lighted!" Ryder looked at the middle-aged man's sturdy back, walked over and frowned, and said, "None of the pastors in the church are so spirited, what is the spirit of him looking at the door?"
"That's what people do, isn't it?" said Peake as he led Big Black Foot under the shade of the tree, pocketed the peels and pits, and stroked Big Black Foot's black fur, "Big Black Foot is really getting more and more spiritual, he should have heard us say that he was coming to the church to buy holy water, so he came here early to wait for the two of us." ”
"Hmph, stupid donkey. Ryder said disdainfully, and then he saw Big Black Foot facing his ass, and he couldn't help but think of the picture of the fruit seller flying out half an hour ago, and he quickly pulled Peake away.
"Hahahahaha!" Peake smiled heartily, "Don't worry, although Big Black Feet has black feet, it hasn't reached the point of kicking people indiscriminately." ”
"Who knows when this crazy donkey will go crazy. ”
The two men walked through the courtyard of the church and into the church.
From the outside, the church looks like a dome-shaped building similar to a pot lid, and when you walk in, you will find that the roof is open-air, and the sunlight shines in through the cracks in the building, shining on the ground, forming a complex pattern, this pattern is like a six-pointed star, but more complex than the six-pointed star.
The church was empty, like a huge square. And in the center of the church, there is a huge cylindrical pillar towering, the radius of the pillar is about three or four meters, more than ten meters high, reaching the top of the church, the pillar is depicted with several three-dimensional human images, it may be the great figures of the Illuminati Religion, or it may be the image of the God of Light, anyway, Pique is an unknown person.
There are several candles of different thicknesses hanging on the pillars, and the priest can judge the time according to the degree of burning of those candles, generally speaking, the two thickest candles are burned out, which means that the day is over, and the two thinner candles are burned out, which means that the sun sets, the priest can go home from work, and it is also the moment when the church closes.
On each side of the pillar sat four priests, whose main duty was to treat the townspeople, and of course, they also had some side jobs of their own.
Each church will have a bishop, and the bishop is mainly responsible for collecting various taxes and fees from the lord of the territory, such as: security tax, regulatory tax, publicity tax, etc......
Occasionally, the bishop regularly receives people with special status, who come to the bishop to inquire about their future destiny, in layman's terms: fortune telling.
In fact, the bishop is generally not accessible to the common people, but it is possible to find the priest of the church to tell the fortune, and of course, it also requires some expenses.
As a commoner, Peake didn't know what a bishop was, he just knew that he would come here to buy holy water and go to the priest.
He and Ryder, both first-time visitors to the church, were deeply struck by the classical grandeur of the cathedral, and they soon saw the large and conspicuous pillars in the empty church, and the four priests under the pillars, and walked straight over.
"Young man, do you want to predict good fortune?" said the priest in the middle of the pillar.
Before Peake and Ryder could answer, the white-robed priest on the left side of the pillar began to speak: "Young man, you should come here, I have seen where you belong. ”
Before Peake and Ryder could react, a voice came from the right side of the pillar: "As the youngest pastor of the Peace Town Church, I suggest that two equally young handsome men come to me, they must be here to see the future prospects and marriages." ”
"Uh...... Sorry, we don't look at marriage. ”
Peake and Ryder looked at each other, and they both saw disbelief in each other's eyes, in their understanding, shouldn't the pastors in the church be high-minded and kind-hearted?
Also, the young pastor on the right was even younger, with a meaty face, and that smiling face reminded Ryder of Aunt Ekfei, who sold sweet potatoes in the vegetable market.
This is really a little different from what he expected, Pique couldn't help but touch the money bag in his arms, and began to hesitate whether to buy the legendary holy water.
"You must have come to buy holy water, right?" came a low, old voice from behind the pillar, it was difficult to hear such a small voice if you didn't listen carefully, it seemed to come from a long distance.
Peake and Ryder walked around the back of the pillar, behind which sat an old man with white hair, the wrinkles on his face huddled together to form furrows, and the beard on either side of his lips hung down and joined together with his hair, all white, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a beard or a hair.
The old man looked like a normal pastor, Peake and Ryder had made their judgment in their hearts.
"Dear Pastor, we have indeed come here to buy holy water. Peake took the bag full of copper coins from his bosom and respectfully placed it on the table in front of the priest.
The old priest opened his eyes, glanced at the bandage on Peake's hand, and then at Ryder, who was dressed plainly, and then stretched out an old hand tremblingly, held the money bag in his hand, weighed it and said: "Thirty copper coins are converted into three silver coins, one is not a lot, give, this is the holy water you want." The old priest was silent for a moment, and then added, "My name is Theon, and you can come to me directly from the church later." ”
Peake nodded in agreement, then took a thumb-sized brown bottle from the old pastor's other hand, carefully slipped it into his arms, and then respectfully gave the priest a chest salute and pulled Ryder out of the church.
Peake hadn't yet walked out of the church when he heard the old voice again: "Three young men, we'll see you again." ”
"Wow! it's amazing!" said Ryder excitedly to Peake as soon as he left the church, "That old pastor actually knew that we were going to buy holy water, and when he weighed it with his hands, he knew that there were thirty copper coins in the bag, what a god!"
"Well, I heard that church pastors have the power of prophecy! They can predict many things. Peake was calm on the surface, but he was agitated inside, "Then the old priest said three young people, we will meet again, do you hear?"
"When did you say that?" Ryder shook his head, unimpressed.
"Maybe I misheard. Peake couldn't help but shudder when he heard that, why did the old priest say three young men?
Ryder patted his head and suddenly thought of something, "Actually, I still want to find that young pastor to calculate the future of marriage......"