After Agnes got off the hot air balloon, he already had a general understanding of the layout of Tokyo City, speaking of which, since ancient times, the cities on the Central Plains generally pay more attention to defense, so the outside of the city is surrounded by city walls, which also makes most of the cities boxy and look extremely standardized, such as Chang'an City in the former Tang Dynasty, which is the top representative of this kind of square city.

Originally, Kaifeng City was also built according to the scale of this square city, but because there are mountains and water around Kaifeng City, the city wall was built a little obliquely, which was originally a little irregular, and later Kaifeng became the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, as a result, the scale of the whole city was repeatedly expanded, and the city wall was repeatedly extended outward, resulting in the city wall becoming crooked, and the layout of the entire Tokyo city was more scattered. For example, Zhao Yan's Yue Wangfu is a typical representative of it.

It is precisely because of this that Kaifeng City has long become a city wall in the interior, this kind of city is very common in the ports of the Nanyang area, because of some other restrictions, so that these ports can not build tall city walls at all, so they can only use the navy's warships as a barrier, but in the Great Song Dynasty, like Tokyo City, the city wall is inside, but it is still unique, the whole city in the eyes of others, is simply an undefended city, but in fact, people who know the inside story are clear, There are a large number of forbidden troops stationed around the entire city of Tokyo, and they are all the kind that have been on the battlefield, and they are definitely not so easy to break.

Agnes then clamored to go to Daishokokuji Temple, because she had heard of the daimyo of Daishokokuji Temple before, and when she was on the hot air balloon just now, she had also seen the bustling city around Daishokokuji Temple, which is where the crowds of Tokyo City gathered. In addition to the tall buildings, all of them are black heads, and she is at the age when she likes to be lively the most, so naturally she chose Daxiangguo Temple first. Of course, Agnes would have loved to visit the palace as well, but she also knew that it was a heavily guarded place. Even if it is as Zhao Jia's brother and sister, it is impossible to casually bring an unidentified person in.

"Great, I haven't been to Daxiangguo Temple for a long time, let's go now!" Si Xin immediately shouted in agreement when he heard Agnes' proposal, and then pulled Zhao Jia and Agnes into the carriage, urging the coachman to speed up.

Yue Wangfu is a considerable distance away from Daxiangguo Temple, but Si Xin is an idle character, and he opened the car window at the moment and pointed to the scenery outside the window to help Agnes introduce. For example, if there are delicious snacks in a certain alley, or beautiful clothes or accessories in a certain shop, it can be said that the whole city of Tokyo is well known to her.

Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, the capital is more lively than usual, and Agnes is very excited to look at the surging crowd outside the window, in the past, it was impossible to see such a huge city in Europe, and Rome has been destroyed several times. Although Venice was prosperous in commerce, it always had the air of a businessman's petty family. Only the Tokyo City of the Great Song Dynasty is not only prosperous, but also carries the majesty of an emperor, and only such a city can be worthy of the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

Along the way, Sixin's little mouth kept talking, and Zhao Jia also occasionally visited to add a few sentences, which gave Agnes a deeper understanding of Tokyo City. In addition, Si Xin also asked the carriage to stop from time to time, and then she ran down to buy some special snacks in the capital, which made Agnes have an appetite even more, and even regretted why she had breakfast this morning? She can't eat so many snacks now.

Because there were too many people on the street, the advance of Zhao Jia's carriage was also affected. But in the end, I finally came to Daxiangguo Temple, it was already afternoon, Agnes and Sixin ate so many snacks on the road, and they were not hungry at all, so they ran around happily as soon as they got off the carriage, Zhao Jia had to follow them to protect, although Sixin no one dared to provoke in the capital, but there were so many people here, if the two girls did not follow, it was still easy to be bullied by some guys who were not long-eyed.

"Big brother, what do you think of my mask?" At this moment, I saw Si Xin suddenly come to a mask stall, and then picked up a monkey mask and put it on his face and asked.

"Yes, you are originally a monkey, and your personality is like a leather monkey, this mask is very suitable for you!" Zhao Jia also joked at this time.

"Nasty!" Si Xin couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard his brother's words, and then reached out and picked up a sheep mask and put it on Agnes's face, the two little girls giggled and laughed together, and later Agnes also put a mask on Zhao Jia, and the three of them all became mask people at once.

"Let's go, let's go in!" It was only then that Si Xin suddenly took Agnes' hand and walked towards the Great Xiangguo Temple. When it comes to the Great Xiangguo Temple in the capital, it does not only refer to this temple, but also includes the square and street in front of the Xiangguo Temple, which is the place where the flow of people in the capital gathers, and it is the most lively.

However, in addition to the square and the street, the interior of the Great Xiangguo Temple is also very lively, of course, there must be no one in the temple to sell anything, but don't forget, the Great Xiangguo Temple is the largest temple in the capital, the incense is very prosperous, every day there are countless people come to burn incense and make wishes, so for people who visit the capital, if they come to the capital and do not enter the Great Xiangguo Temple, it is like a trip in vain.

"Shall we go in with this mask?" Agnes was a little surprised at this time, she is a Catholic, in her opinion, this Buddhist temple is actually equivalent to the church in Europe, but the church has always been a very dignified and solemn place, and now they wear masks on their faces, if they are placed in Europe, they will never be able to enter the church.

"Alas, I don't want to, but if I don't wear a mask, the monks inside won't let me in!" At this time, I only heard Si Xin sigh deliberately.

"You're not going to burn down someone's hall again, are you?" Zhao Jia was very shocked when she heard Si Xin's words, Si Xin has been naughty since she was a child, when she was seven years old, Zhao Yan took them to Xiangguo Temple to play, but Si Xin saw others burning incense, she also felt fun, secretly grabbed a handful of incense and lit it, but somehow it actually burned the curtain in front of the Buddha statue, so it caused a fire, burning half of the hall at once, and finally Zhao Yan promised to rebuild the hall to calm down the matter.

"What's the matter, big brother, you really hate it, you brought it up again when you were a child." At this time, Si Xin glanced at Zhao Jia and said, as if he was very unhappy about the troubles he had when he was a child.

"Then why do you still wear a mask to enter Xiangguo Temple, making us look like thieves?" Zhao Jia heard this but was a little puzzled, although Xiangguo Temple is the largest temple in the capital, but the management is very lax, especially the front hall is to let people in and out, as long as no one makes trouble, the monks in the temple will not care, so you can also go in with a mask, but it is a little awkward, after all, here is a Buddhist temple, wearing a mask to go in always feels disrespectful to the Buddha.

"That...... Actually......" Hearing his brother's question, Si Xin lowered his head a little embarrassed at this time, and spit for a long time, then suddenly stomped his feet and said, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that I played fireworks during the Chinese New Year last year, and I needed a spacious place, and the square in front of Xiangguo Temple was big enough, so I moved the fireworks, but I didn't expect those fireworks to be unloaded from the carriage, and they were accidentally burned, and the carriage just stopped at the door of Xiangguo Temple. The door collapsed with a bang, and when the old abbot came out to see me, tears were about to fall, but I didn't mean to, and then I borrowed some money from the third aunt to help them rebuild the gate, but since then, Daxiangguo Temple has listed me as persona non grata, hoping that I will never come again, what a bunch of stingy ghosts! ”

When Si Xin said the end, he rolled his eyes at the door of Xiangguo Temple again, Zhao Jia was a little speechless when he heard this, once he burned people's halls, and once blew up people's doors, it is estimated that the old abbot has the intention of killing people, and now people are just restricting Si Xin from entering the temple again, which is already considered the Buddha's mercy.

"Okay, don't mention these uninteresting things, let's go in with a mask, the monks guarding the door will definitely not recognize us, and when we get inside, just remove the mask, I promise that we will never get into trouble again this time!" At this time, Si Xin grabbed Zhao Jia and Agnes' hands with some impatience, and then trotted towards the temple gate.

The gate of Xiangguo Temple is very wide, after all, such a large temple, the flow of people in and out every day is very amazing, so their temple gate can be compared with the city gate, and Zhao Jia is also very keen to find that the gate of Xiangguo Temple is indeed newly built, only the bottom can still see some old bricks, but such a tall and strong temple gate was blown up by Sixin's fireworks, it is estimated that the fireworks she played with were definitely calculated by the car.

Sure enough, the monk guarding the door did not care about the three young men wearing masks, after all, Xiangguo Temple is so famous, the flow of people in and out is large, and the identity of the personnel is complicated, it is impossible to check one by one, so Zhao Jia and they mixed in very smoothly, and then their brother and sister took Agnes to start from the most majestic hall, introducing her to the role of one Buddha hall after another, as well as the origin and supernatural powers of each god and Buddha.

Catholicism advocates simplicity, and many monks choose to live in an ascetic way, believing that it will help them get closer to God, and even ordinary things like bathing are considered by them to be a very luxurious thing, so the Catholic church may be built very majestic, but the interior is often very simple. But today Agnes saw a different scene, the Great Xiangguo Temple in front of her simply turned her understanding of faith upside down, although she may not be able to fully accept the teachings of Buddhism, but she was extremely shocked by the magnificent architecture of the temple. (To be continued.) )

PS: Sorry, the update is a bit late.