Along the Grand Canal all the way north, on the eve of the Han New Year, I went to Beihe Xizhi to arrive at Luokou Port in Jinan County, Qi State, and then took a car from Luokou to settle in Licheng County, the county of Jinan County.

I played in Licheng County for a few days and saw the springs in Quancheng; swim across bright lakes; After going all the way south and climbing Mount Tai, the head of the five mountains, Xi Zhi told him to go to Bei, and he couldn't help but visit the saint when he came to Jinan. Nuwa Cathedral.

Saint? The name of Nuwa Cathedral is said to be the birthplace of King Qi, and today it has become a pilgrimage place for all Virginians, and it is also a scenic spot in the Han Dynasty.

I didn't think much about it, so I followed Xi Zhicai to the church.

As soon as you enter the gate, the saint? The magnificent main building of the Nuwa Cathedral makes it a shock to go to humility. As the right virtuous king of the Xiongnu, he has made many envoys to the Han court. During the reign of Emperor Ling, he went to the imperial palace in Luoyang at that time, and when Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, he also entered the treasure hall in Chang'an, Xijing...... He boasted that he had seen many magnificent gardens and palaces, but never one of them shocked him as much as he did today.

These behemoths with vermilion lacquer and gold roofs in front of them give people a heavy look. It makes people vaguely feel that they should not be the products of this era, but hundreds of millions of years from the ancient times, from the eaves down to the steps give people a strong sacred atmosphere, people can't help but want to worship.

After the shock, Qubei crossed the threshold under the guidance of Xi Zhicai, as the guest of honor who arrived today. Saint? Xu Ang, the current patriarch of Nuwa Cathedral, gave a hardcover "Sutra of Our Lady" sewn with gold thread to Qubei.

The first half of the scriptures mainly talks about how the sun, moon, stars, seas, rivers, birds, beasts, and people were born. Behind are some philosophical wise sayings.

Compared with the obscure second half, the first half is more interested in the first half. It's a pity that I am in the process of visiting now, and I have no time to see more, so I can only wait until the evening to read at the candlelight.

In St. Led by Patriarch Xu Ang of Nuwa Cathedral, he visited the library building in the church, and in the process of lamenting the number of books in the library, he also carefully observed the exquisite murals in the library.

Xi Zhicai told him that these murals tell the story of the creation of the Virgin Mary on the seventh day. This is how the world came to be, and the detailed process is recorded in the scriptures.

After listening to Xi Zhicai's explanation, Qubei became more and more interested in the "Virgin Sutra".

"It just so coincides" that today is Sunday. At two o'clock, believers from all over the Han Dynasty poured into the church and gathered in the chapel.

I went to Bei to be invited by Xi Zhicai to follow, I want to see how the Han sacrifice ceremony is different from Shan Yuting?

I don't know if I don't look at it, but I don't know if I look at it...... It's really different.

In the Xiongnu, every time there is a sacrifice, the god is chanting words around the fire, and the clansmen with their cloaks are jumping around the bonfire with him, looking very lively, but it has been a pattern for so many years, and it makes people feel bored after a long time.

The Han Chinese, or more precisely, the sacrifice of Our Lady is very different. Hundreds of people sat quietly in a large hall, listening to the speech of the "Shenbo" named Xu Ang just now. Most of the speeches are taken from the book "The Book of Our Lady", and sometimes they tell stories, and there are many intriguing words mixed in during the period. For example, what he says: Don't worry about tomorrow. For tomorrow has its own worries. One day's difficulties are enough. He also said: The love of money is the root of all evil. Some, who love money, are led away from the truth and pierce themselves through with much sorrow.

At first glance, they sound like ordinary words, but when you think about it, they make a lot of sense.

He probably spoke for more than an hour, during which time the listeners, oh unbelievers, who sat on the chairs, listened attentively, and some of them, when they heard the excitement, would draw something on their chests and whisper, "Ah...... Heaven's Gate! ”

Such a quiet, pious and solemn atmosphere greatly moved Qubei and was deeply affected at the same time.

At the end of the speech, he called everyone to pray with him.

Go and ask Xi Zhicai, "What is prayer!" ”

Xi Zhicai told him, "Just close your eyes, don't listen to anything, don't say anything, abandon the things that make you troubled and sorrowful, and reminisce about those beautiful and happy things." ”

To humble himself as if he understood or not, he learned to be a drama genius, put his hands together on his chin, and fell into deep memories with the melodious music played by the band in the church, and with the deep prayer of the priest.

At that time, he was still a prince in the court, living a carefree life. On the spring prairie, the horse is surrounded by endless greenery, stretching to the end of the horizon like a thick velvet blanket. After the rain, the fresh air blows in the face, nourishing the heart and lungs, and the comfortable feeling makes people want to shout. So he really cried, "Ah......" The thick syllables rippled across the vast grassland, from one end to the other......

At that time, he was the groom on the wedding night, and the beautiful lady was waiting for him in his big tent. She was his trophy, won by him in a horse race with his brother, now King Zuoxian. He loved her very much, and she admired him very much. He really wanted to combine with her and have a bunch of fat dolls. That night, he drank a lot of wine, and just as he was so drunk that his legs went limp, a cloud of fire appeared in the sky...... Where did the fire come from in the middle of the night...... It was clearly a torch, thousands of torches. The people attending the wedding banquet panicked and shouted, "King Zuoxian's people are here, come to rob the kiss." ”

This is where the reminiscence comes to an abrupt end. Qubei shed tears at the end of the prayer. "Master Xi, do you say that there are really gods in this world?"

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted angry glances from the surrounding believers of the Church of Our Lady. If it weren't for the fact that he was a foreigner, and that the cardinal was with him, the believers would have had to take him out and beat him up.

Xi Zhicai smiled awkwardly at the believers, which was regarded as an apology. Then he said to Qubei, "Of course there are gods in this world. ”

Qubei asked with red eyes: "Since the gods created man, why did he arrange so much suffering for man?" ”

"Because people are fragile both physically and mentally. The gods could not bear to let us be ignored by the world, so they inflicted all kinds of tribulations on us. He's training us to be stronger and stronger. This kind of experience is not only the first to be the best, but also the sublimation of the soul. When our souls are strong enough, we can enter the eternal kingdom of heaven in a divine body. ”

"Experience?" After thinking about it carefully, I feel that what Xi Zhicai said is very reasonable. Isn't it because of so many years of stumbling and stumbling that he has transformed from a young boy to the current Xiongnu Right Sage King?

Xi Zhicai said earnestly: "His Royal Highness King Qi has a saying that makes sense. He said: 'The best years that people claim are actually the most painful, and they are only so happy when they look back on them afterwards.' I believe that as a person with rich experience, Lord Qubei should be able to understand the true meaning of this sentence. ”

"The best years that people claim are actually the most painful, and they are only so happy when they are recalled afterwards?" I was greatly moved. Once upon a time, if the stunning beauty he once admired really married him, I am afraid that she would have become an old woman over fifty years old by this time! After more than 30 years of sharing a bed together, is she still as beautiful as she was back then? I'm afraid it's hard...... As the so-called distance produces beauty, stumbling for decades, presumably the beauty of the past is also worn out between the firewood, rice, oil and salt that will accompany day and night, and there is only the infinite quarrel in life and the troubles after the quarrel! "I never thought that King Qi would have such a deep understanding of world affairs just after the year of the weak crown."

Xi Zhicai said: "Therefore, King Qi is a person who is favored by the Holy Mother. It is because of God's favor that He has the wisdom to see through all things in the world. ”

"King Qi, I'm ashamed."

Xi Zhicai and the work of going to Bei Pan, Sheng? Patriarch Xu Ang of Nuwa Cathedral invited the choir to the stage and sang the hymn to the accompaniment of the church band, "Only because we are fellow travelers will we have the same experience." Only because we are all fellow travelers will we have the same pursuit, share joys and sorrows, and share weal and woe. Only fellow travelers are the closest, crying and rejoicing. Only fellow travelers are most sincerely grateful to God for allowing us to meet in the truth and become fellow travelers, and our hearts sing with one voice in praise of the wonderful salvation, the unity of our hearts, mutual understanding, and the unity of our fellow travelers, and the good hope. The eternal kingdom is ours forever, thank God for allowing us to meet in the faith......"

Hearing the choir singing hymns, I at first went humbled and didn't know why. But seeing Xi Zhicai and the more than 300 believers in the audience singing along with their eyes closed, under the influence of the reverent and solemn atmosphere of the scene, he couldn't help but sing along.

After singing it once, he only got it, and when he sang it the second time, he felt a lot of unhappiness in his heart...... The contradictions of intrigue in the court alone, and the many difficulties under the rule of King Youxian...... The unhappiness and separation that have been blocked in the bottom of my heart for a long time seem to be spit out through the lyrics, and the indescribable coolness in my heart.

Therefore, when singing for the third time, go to the humble and hard, and sing from the heart, the longer it is, the more cheerful it is, and the more you sing, the more joyful it is. It's been years since he's been so comfortable and singing as he is today...... It hadn't been years since he had vomited as much as he did today...... He hadn't been as relaxed as he was today in years......

As the music came to an end, his heart got drunk. He thinks Our Lady is good...... Very good...... Very good.

So, six days later, when Xi Zhicai invited him to attend the Church of Our Lady again, he agreed without hesitation. At that service, he listened attentively to Xu Ang's speech, put aside distractions and prayed with his head bowed to his head, and sang hymns at the top of his voice.

After another six days, he took the initiative to plead to attend the service without being invited by Xi Zhi. In six days......

A month later, he agreed to the request of the Church to send an emissary to the fiefdom of King Youxian, expressing his willingness to contribute to the Gospel of the Glory of Our Lady.

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