"Yes, you may think it doesn't matter, but for me, it is also a major event that determines the morality of the millennium, and I would rather argue with them or speak out the orthodox doctrine bravely than settle things and go against my conscience." Well, this hermit Peter also decided to fight to the end.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps--it was the innkeeper who had climbed the stairs and stood face to face in front of them, first he asked the commander for Gui'an, and then he shrugged his shoulders excitedly, like a recruit standing on the battlefield, and held on to the handrail of the stairs, and looked at Peter with a very terrifying gaze, "All right, monk!" I'm down there, and I'm hearing the children talking about your answer to the doctrine, and I feel like the whole world is going to collapse, so I'm begging you to do it! Do you still want to say that there is still purgatory in this world? ”

"Tell him, no! One can enter heaven by the Father's forgiveness! The captor was sweating profusely and reminded.

"There is purgatory, everyone has original sin, even if the Father gives forgiveness, but still have to cleanse the sin in the fire, in order to finally ascend to heaven." Peter did not hesitate to answer.

When the boss heard this, he shook violently, and Gawain suspected that he had high blood pressure, and then he raised the icon pendant hanging from his chest, wept and kissed, and then let out a trombone, and rushed downstairs again

"If you're going to swear to argue with these theologians to the end, please take a shower with me." In the stables below the inn and on the side of the street, Gawain grumbled with a blanket and a duffel roll, and complained to Peter, who was sitting next to him.

True doctrine, like the stars in the night sky, is eternal and unchanging, and it is possible to discern God's will from temporary changes. Therefore, even if it is to sacrifice one's life, it must be defended to the death. Peter said, pointing to the starry sky, so determined that Gawain could not laugh or cry, and the two expelled men could only lean against the pillars of the bolted horses and wrap the blankets around their bodies to ward off the cold.

At this time, Gawain's black mare stuck out her head and licked her master affectionately with her tongue.

"Welcome to the new Golden Gate by the walls of Theodosius of Constantinople, Empress of Ten Thousand Cities!" The next morning, in the midst of a sigh of admiration, the warden opened his arms on horseback with some excitement, turned his back to the "Golden Gate" of which he spoke, and introduced to Peter and Gawain with emotion that he had promised the two men to visit the magnificent city as travelers, the only recognized new Roman city-state in the world.

At this time, all the envoys and tourists around them looked up at the huge wall, which was like a high mountain, made of colored rocks and bricks, and the towers above were high enough to dazzle the visitors, and on the top floor of the tower, where the falcons nested, and the emperor loved these kinds of birds, because it was difficult for other birds to fly up, and colored flags were hung on each tower, "which was the emblem of the different guilds in the city, which marked when the walls were destroyed by earthquakes and tsunamis, The guild had to pay for repairs, and when the enemy attacked, the guild had to send armed craftsmen to keep an eye on them. ”

On the arch, covered with golden tiles, dazzling in the sun, this is the origin of the "Golden Gate", "but this is not for the common people to enter and exit, only when the emperor is triumphant or receives particularly important envoys, it can be opened!" ”

So they had to walk around the walls of Theodosius, in the northwest direction, along the way Gawain rode on a mare and saw the inhabitants walking around the outskirts of the city, they were almost rarely Greeks, but all Turks, Varyags, Persians, Arabs, Copts, etc., the language and clothing were like boiling boilers, and all the shops were open against the walls, "This is the area where the emperor's mercenaries and their families lived, this group of people lived on the edge of the imperial capital, they could be from birth to death, None of them entered the area behind the walls of Constantine. The implication of Diognis's words seemed to be speaking of his own regrets.

After about ten centuries, they came to the so-called "Bridge Gate" for civilians to enter and exit, which was much more modest than the Golden Gate, but it was very popular, with all kinds of people coming in and out here, and the stone lion sculptures on the city walls in different shapes, overlooking these busy and humble creatures.

After entering the bridge gate, the "guide" Diognes pointed to the hill to their right, "Look, it's Eckinon Mountain, and it's all about the Great Monastery of St. Riccius." With the sound of bells, Gawain looked up along the mountain, which was full of churches of all sizes, forming a cluster, and the bells rang in bursts as if they were coming from the sky, and on the ground around the church, there were more dense cemeteries, and on both sides of the streets and ditches separated from the mountains were the areas inhabited by the commoners, all of whom lived in the great strip between the walls of Theodosius and Constantine, and according to Theognes, "the imperial capital was in good order, Different groups of people stay in different areas. ”

Gawain understood that the civilization of the city has not changed much in the past thousands of years, and in Constantinople, for example, the families of the most humble soldiers can only live in the suburbs outside the city; The common urban poor, on the other hand, were confined between two walls, in tiny houses like whirlpools, enduring fires, pestilences, and poor security; Behind the walls of Constantine, stretched out towards the Marimara Sea, was a bull's horn-like headland, where huge bridges and canals were built high up, drawing springs from the hills to the world within the walls: a convergence of old and new dignitaries, residences, competing for luxury and sophistication, and when the architecture of Justinian's time became obsolete, new mansions with a Crescent style sprung up. However, there was also a strict class disparity, and the middle class could only stay in the city between the Serpentine Column of Masina and the Grand Place of the Colonnade of Constantine, while the more prominent nobles had the qualifications and financial resources to buy their own mansions at the very end of the headland, along the walls of the "Grand Palace", which represented the highest authority of the empire, and the promenade lined with the Hippodrome, the Coliseum, the House of Augustam, the Cathedral of St. Segis, the Cathedral of Santos (Cathedral of Sophia) and the Baths of Sizps. From the golden waves of Julian Harbor to the tip of the promontory, where the Golden Horn meets the Bosphorus, at the "Santa Barbara Gate", there is a huge chain that stretches across the strait, where the blue and black currents meet, representing the emperor in the Grand Palace, who controls the supreme power of the two seas and the two lands.

The fallen Constantinople, if you look at the map, is a literal pyramid, which is what Theognes said, "order".