At that moment, Zhao Yan strode into the prison village, only to see that the courtyard doors on both sides of the road had been pushed open by the guards, but it was empty inside, but some clothes were still drying in some yards, and some tools and sundries were also placed on the ground.

However, Zhao Yan walked through the houses on the outskirts of the village unhurriedly, and finally came to a clearing in the middle of the village, only to see a relatively tall wooden house standing in the middle of this clearing, which was the building with a cross on the roof that Zhao Yan saw outside the village before, and when he walked here, there was a sudden burst of singing from inside this building, obviously there were many people singing something?

"People are gathered here, are they doing some kind of ceremony?" When Yuan Yuan heard the chanting in the building opposite, he immediately couldn't help but ask, although he couldn't understand what the other party was singing, but he could hear a sense of piety from the singing, just like when they chanted, so Yuan Yuan guessed if the people inside were holding some ceremony?

"Yes, today should be the Sunday of Catholicism in Europe, in their religious legend, God created everything in the world in six days, but the seventh day is used to rest, so Catholics will gather in the church on Sunday, and the clergy will preside over a religious service called 'Mass', when all the faithful, regardless of gender, old and young, will gather in the church, just now my guards probably saw that many people were empty, and they had not yet come to search this church, so they thought they were missing." Zhao Yan looked at the simple and rough church in front of him, but it was obviously a newly built church, he didn't expect that these Catholic nobles could still build a church after being exiled and lacking food and clothing?

"Church? That's the equivalent of our monastery, I remember that the symbol of Catholicism is the cross, no wonder there is a cross on the roof of this building. Hearing this, Liao Yuan also showed an expression of interest. At the moment, he looked at the church in front of him, but when he looked at it, he only felt that this church was really shabby, except for the cross on the roof, there was no religious element at all, of course, this is understandable. After all, if you look at the other houses in the village, you can see that the people in the village are not living well, and the church in front of you is already the best building in the village.

At this time, the guards around Zhao Yan originally wanted to open the door of the church, but they were stopped by Zhao Yan with a wave of his hand, because the people in the church were chanting something, presumably a religious song in praise of God, and Zhao Yan had not seen a Catholic mass, so he also wanted to see with his own eyes what this kind of ritual was all about?

At that moment, Zhao Yan and Yuan came to the window on the right side of the church together, and saw that it was densely packed with people. And everyone was singing something with solemn faces, and they didn't notice the movement outside at all, and no one noticed Zhao Yan and the others outside the window.

"Your Highness, are they chanting scriptures?" Liao Yuan asked curiously at this time, although he was also well-informed, and he had heard Zhao Yan talk about Catholicism along the way, but after all, he had not seen it with his own eyes, and it was the first time he had heard of such a ceremony as Mass. Therefore, he was also confused, so he opened his mouth to ask Zhao Yan for advice.

"It's not. This is supposed to be the hymn sung to God at the beginning of the Mass, followed by the priest's explanation of their Bible. Zhao Yan opened his mouth at this time to explain that although it was the first time he had seen Mass with his own eyes, he was from later generations after all, with the help of films, television books, etc. So that he still has a certain understanding of the process of Mass.

"I see!" Hearing this, Liyuan nodded, there are praises for the gods they believe in in various religions, which is also a very normal thing, and Buddhism is no exception, so there is nothing to be surprised about.

The chanting inside soon ended. Immediately afterwards, I saw an old man walk to the front and began to preach loudly to the people below, but unfortunately Yuan hadn't come yet to learn the European language, so he didn't understand a word, but Zhao Yan also said it just now, this must be what the other party is talking about.

Zhao Yan squinted at the old man in the church, and it took a long time to recognize that the other party should be Pascal II, although he had not seen each other, but he had seen the portrait of Pascal II sent by Zhao Jia, and it was painted with a sketch, and it was seven or eight points similar to a real person, but now Pascal II has changed too much, so it took him a long time to recognize it.

Pascal II spoke on it for a long time, and finally he finished speaking, and then he took out a piece of bread and a glass of red juice, and then asked everyone to eat a small piece of bread and drink a small sip of juice, which was supposed to be used in the cup according to strict procedures, but unfortunately Pascal II did not find grapes, so they had to use another red wild juice instead.

"What's this, why do you need to eat?" At this time, Yuan Yuan asked in a low voice again, religious ceremonies are generally very solemn, and it was the first time he had seen such a ceremony of eating and drinking in front of him.

"Hehe, if you ask other people questions, I'm afraid I don't necessarily know, but I happen to know some, this link is called the Holy Sacrifice, the piece of bread is said to represent God's body, and the red juice is God's blood, the believers eat God's blood and flesh, it means to be with the Lord, it is said that you can also get God's salvation, I don't know if it's true or not?" Zhao Yan replied with a faint smile.

"What? Eat the gods they believe in? Has not their God become a lamb? Hearing this, Liao Yuan was surprised again, it is really a big world, there is even a religion that eats his own gods, if he doesn't believe that Zhao Yan won't lie to himself, I'm afraid he won't believe it anyway.

For Yuan's surprise, Zhao Yan smiled indifferently, faith is a very subjective issue, and the rituals derived from it are also strange, and they can't be judged by right or wrong at all, maybe in Yuan's view, the Catholic rituals are very strange, but on the other hand, maybe in the eyes of Catholics, some rituals of Buddhism are also strange, and even unreasonable, so the eldest brother doesn't say the second brother, in essence, the practices of various religions are similar.

After the Holy Sacrifice Ceremony, Pascal II presided over the next few ceremonies, but Zhao Yan couldn't understand it at this time, only knowing that they seemed to be singing praises to God later, but none of this mattered. Liao Yuan was watching the Mass with great interest, but unfortunately he couldn't understand what the other party was saying, which also made him very regretful.

Finally, when Pascal II and others were about to walk out of the church, they were shocked to find that the outside had been surrounded by an elite Song army. (To be continued.) )