The incense cart went to the racecourse, and the spring and autumn competitions competed at the east gate;

The first whip cheered and won the praise of the beauties.

Someone wrote a poem on the spot, which quickly spread among the crowd as a way to celebrate the people of the north finally being able to catch a glimpse of horse racing.

After the horse race, the crowd did not leave immediately, because there was a horse dance performance next, which was actually Wu Yan's idea, imitating the dressage of later generations, that is, dressage riding and horse farm equestrianism. This equestrian show is still popular at Liuhe Racecourse, and will increase in the number of performances in the autumn when the number of events decreases.

Just like the horse running in the Dragon Boat Camp at the Dragon Boat Banquet in Banzai Mountain, in fact, it also has some meaning of performance, and dressage is actually an enhanced version of the performance, which is more interesting than it. Emperor Yongming did not continue to admire, but drove back to the palace, but this did not prevent the people from enjoying it.

It is said that the Yingchun horse was favored by many people, but this horse came from the Society of Jesus, and almost no one knew the specific situation; Second, many people in the capital are still reluctant to deal more with Western churches, coupled with language barriers, so many people have given up the idea of buying with a lot of money.

Wu Yan didn't plan to have anything to do with the Jesuits, but he unexpectedly received an invitation from the Jesuits in the capital.

This invitation letter with a single red post is still written in thin gold font, and the beginning is 'Jin Zhan', the content is not much, but the payment is written in French, which is a combination of Chinese and Western styles, but this invitation style is a common style in social occasions in Nanjing.

Wu Yan was very surprised, she did not have much contact with the Jesuits when she was in Nanjing, and the French signature was a person's name - Pierre Dominique, and she did not know this person, but she was suddenly invited, what is the so-called?

Thinking that the place of the invitation was the Catholic Church in the northeast corner of Xuanwumen, the South Church, out of curiosity, Wu Yan decided to be invited. Also out of prudence, she put the red python robe given by the emperor on her body and let Xiaohuo go with her. At this time, she is not Yan Sizhen, but her father-in-law.

At this time, the south hall and the south hall of later generations of the architectural style are very different, Wu Yan got off the carriage at the church gate, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a three-wing archway, but the two sides of the archway extended out of the outer wall respectively, and the east and west surrounded the gate of the second entrance, and it was like the hugging of the hall again.

There are waiters waiting for her arrival here, she is a Han person, and the smile on her face is warm, and she can't help but feel good when she looks at it.

When this person saw Wu Yan and his entourage get out of the carriage, he bowed his hand to her to the end, and said respectfully: "Father-in-law Yan is here...... Blooming ...... It's a pleasure to be small. ”

"Huh? Oh......" Wu Yanxian thought he was going to speak French, but it turned out that he was still in Chinese. She raised her chin and asked with a slightly arrogant look, "What's your name?" ”

The man immediately replied, "Father-in-law, the youngest is called Charlie-Thomas, and he is from Macau. ”

"Oh, Thomas is gracious," Wu replied casually.

Shi Luosheng was secretly surprised in his heart, in his imagination, ordinary Ming people could not distinguish the surname in the back, but this 'grandfather' pointed out his surname Thomas.

"Father-in-law, the priest has been waiting in the chapel for a long time, please go with the little one, please ......"

Wu Yan nodded, and Thomas led the way, and she lifted her foot up to the stampede, and swung into the gate from the middle.

Not far from the entrance to the gate, she swept her eyes to see a pair of eye-catching stone lions on both sides of the door, but the style of the door belongs to the baroque style, and the decoration of the two different styles is matched together, which is strangely very harmonious.

Stepping into the second gate is a huge courtyard, much like a courtyard, but the east and west wings are replaced by walls. Due north is the main body of the church, and it is only then that you can see the Baroque Catholic church with a strong style. However, the Baroque style is still a combination of Chinese and Western, following the symmetry of the central axis, and the façade of the five-bay church is divided into two floors, and the top is a triangular gable formed by two layers of overlapping cartouches, with a cross on the top, and a dome light pavilion on each wing.

Wu Yan sighed twice: "It's so beautiful......"

Shi Luosheng smiled: "Father-in-law, please ...... here"

After a short time, Wu Yan entered the church...... It was as if it had suddenly dawned on me.

In the middle of the longitudinal nave, a straight passage leads to the altar, with chairs on both sides of the passageway, and a small chapel in between. Looking up at the caisson, there are countless babies jumping among the colorful clouds, hanging down in the air...... The audience was stunned.

Xiaohuo was simply stunned, unconsciously stretched out his arms, and wanted to bear his fall. The corners of Wu Yan's mouth curled and she almost laughed, she knew that the painting of the dome was a visual illusion painting method, but how could Xiao Huo have ever seen such a lifelike painting method?

In her previous life, she also visited many churches when she was studying in Europe, including the "Jesus Church" of the Jesuit Church in Rome, the first designer was Michelangelo, and the Jesuit churches around the world were also based on the Rome Church.

There was a person standing in front of the altar, with his back to the visitor, Wu Yan looked at this person, still dressed in a combination of Chinese and Western styles, wearing a priest's bubble, but wearing a head