Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 184 Men practice righteousness and boxing, while women enter the red light.Kill Ah Manzi, brother Tian laughed

"Why hasn't Mr. Guo come today?"

On the platform of the Niangniang Temple, Lama Wang asked casually while holding a playbook and instructing little Rangna to perform.

"I don't know, Xiao Zhu's blacksmith shop opened yesterday, but I don't think he went." Jeanne said, "It's strange, I think Tuo Huan Tai Ji also went, and it was very lively. They did A steam hammer, forging iron there, isn't that what he does?"

"Pneumatic hammer?" Da Lama Wang felt that he should be very familiar with Chinese, but after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't know what the word meant.

"I don't understand either, I heard it's the principle of Brother Steam." Joanna couldn't explain it herself: "Probably boil water, let the copper plug move up and down, and then use the iron hammer to go back and forth. Hit it."

As she said that, she stretched out her fingers, and tried her best to describe the movement process.

Lama Wang didn't know much about machinery, so he was even more confused when he heard her say that.

"Forget it, he was always secretive." After thinking about it, Lama Wang decided to ignore it: "Come on, let's continue rehearsing. This time, let's bring the flag and put up the signboard."

With that said, he took out a bunch of things from the item box.

Maiden Rangna had nothing to do, so she picked up the pancake distributed in the nearby temple, took two more bites, and watched as Wang Da Lama put the flag with the words "Holy Light Purdue" and "Fairness to Heaven" on the little Rangna. behind.

Then, he took out another piece of canvas and made a gesture.

"Where can I put this..."

"You let her wear all those messy things, so you can't highlight the key points?" Jeanna couldn't stand it any longer: "Didn't you say it should be easy to understand. Even if the words are simple, they are too much." Not too much."

"That's fine, this will be used as a poster in the venue, and I won't hang it on my body." Lama Wang thought for a while and agreed.

He hung the canvas on the streamer stand, and took two steps back: "Well, that's not bad."

The heroine Jeanna also looked curiously, and saw that the figure in the center of the screen was exactly like the statue of Tianxiong in the Empress Temple: he had black hair, was wearing a long robe, and was smiling all over his face, posing with a lunge and a punch. It looks very happy at first glance.

Behind Brother Tian, ​​the Virgin lifts her left leg and right hand, with a resolute expression on her face.The raised right hand holds a long bamboo pole, and a red lantern hangs at the end of the bamboo pole, illuminating the area in front of Brother Tian.

On the opposite side of Brother Tian, ​​a yellow-haired man with treacherous eyebrows and mouse eyes was lying on the ground, propping himself up, bleeding from his nose, and the crown fell on the ground, looking very embarrassed.

On the heads of the three people, there are two lines of big characters written:

Men practice Yihe boxing, while women enter the red light.

Brother Tian laughed when he killed Ah Manzi.

"What is this..." Jeanna always felt that this was another idea that she had never imagined.

"This is the literal meaning. Brother Tian practices boxing, and the Holy Mother lights the lamp." Lama Wang explained: "On our side, almost all ordinary congregants join the army, so there has always been a tradition of practicing martial arts. Women are also engaged in patrolling. , security work, the lantern is a tool commonly used by the people for marking and signaling, and in order to distinguish it, it is generally red in Rome.”

"Our folk congregation of nuns likes this kind of lantern very much, and some meeting houses simply use it as a sign. The meaning of this painting is to call on everyone, both men and women, to participate in practicing martial arts and fighting against barbarians. Before, We tried this kind of propaganda against the Alemanni in the northwest, and the effect was quite good."

"Aren't the locals themselves barbarians?" Jeanna asked, glancing at her golden braids.

"They don't care about so much. As long as you take him to beat the lord and the oppressive bishop, they will do it with you." Lama Wang said: "We feel that this is in line with the church's purpose of emphasizing benevolence and righteousness, so we just do it like this." used."

"Is that so..."

"I went there when I inspected various parishes before. Some places were originally very rich, but they have been plundered by the lords over the years, and the people are already in dire straits." The Great Lama Wang shook his head and said, "Many places in Hungary and Bohemia The locals here hate the nobles from the German region very much, so there are many people who respond to us and gather together to practice boxing."

"Don't underestimate them, too. These villagers are organized, and after practicing our exercises, their combat effectiveness is already good. The boxers in Bohemia can kill a few German masters every now and then. If things go on like this, I'll see them How are you going to stay?"

As he spoke, he asked little Rangna to start practicing laps with the flag on her back, and he also sat beside her to rest for the time being.Seeing that the heroine Rangna was still eating, he also reached out and took out a pancake from the wooden lunch box next to it, and took a bite.

"This time we changed the seasoning inside, isn't it delicious?" He said proudly.

"Yes. But you are still studying cooking." Jeanna was a little surprised.

"Distributing cakes to the people of the country is a tradition of our Roman Church." Lama Wang nodded: "In the early years, when the church was first formed, it was responsible for the distribution of these benefits, so it has been maintained like this. The church was originally for Is it convenient for everyone’s life? Before, we even lacked an iron pot, but now that we have the conditions, we can indeed study cooking.”

"That's it." Jeanna nodded, and then looked at the cake in her hand: "By the way, your ceremony is different from the orthodox one, right? Why do you eat fermented cake?"

"Everyone thinks this is delicious," said Lama Wang.

Jeanna thought for a moment, and felt that she shouldn't be entangled with these people.

"Oh, the ancients said it well. 'The king regards the people as his heaven, and the people regard their food as their heaven'." Lama Wang felt emotional: "Don't underestimate the food. Whether the sacrament is good or not is a direct decision. It has a missionary effect."

"Hmm..." Although Rangna didn't quite understand the motto, she was already used to their way of speaking. She nodded and continued to eat.

"Don't look at those Greek priests, they all like to explain all kinds of scriptures to people, but our church's rise in the past really didn't depend on the scriptures themselves." Wang Da Lama recalled the past experience of the church: "The common people , Life is not easy, so how can they bother to study this doctrinal difference? As long as your argument has basic logic and can be roughly self-consistent, they don’t care much. The point is, why do people listen to you. Eating better is the most useful reason.”

"So that's what it means. I thought it was some theological reason." Having said that, Jeanna felt that these people's ideas seemed reasonable.

"There is no theological reason. The difference between the pancakes is nothing more than the anger between the Greeks and the bishops of Rome." Lama Wang said nonchalantly, "Actually, you can eat anything, so why are you so particular about it?"

"My hometown is very particular." Jeanna thought for a while and told him: "I heard that this thing represents Brother Tian's body, and it has a very important meaning."

"This is all fallacies of rural priests." Wang Da Lama looked disdainful: "Does he believe in Brother Tian, ​​or does he have a grudge against Brother Tian? What does he want to do, to eat Brother Tian's flesh with ambition? How can there be such a thing?" Yes."

"Uh... It's really weird for you to say that. But everyone seems to say that..." Jeanna thought about it, and found that she didn't understand it, so she simply shook her head and stopped thinking about it.

"I can't figure out why, but everyone really likes to dwell on these issues. You know the two people brought by Xiao Zhu last time, right? Their sect seems to be different from the one in Rome because of the drinking problem during the ceremony. In the end, the face was torn."

"Because that's just an excuse." Wang Da Lama looked like an old god, and explained to her: "Our side doesn't use Holy Grail and wine in the ceremony at all. Don't you see that the congregation are also very happy? Things shouldn’t be used so frequently. At most, they would sacrifice wine to ancestors during festivals.”

"That's it..." Jeanna nodded: "However, how did the Greeks accept the matter of worshiping your ancestors?"

"Greeks also have ancestors, why can't you accept it." Wang Da Lama opened his eyes wide and said in surprise: "Filial piety is one of the most basic human relations, and it is the same all over the world. Look at the past dynasties, which one does not encourage filial piety? ? Even the Jin Dynasty couldn’t find any other reason, so they had to brag about ruling the world with filial piety.”

"Filial piety to the ancestors is also a matter of course. Brother Tian needs to be filial to the Father, how can ordinary believers not be filial to their ancestors?"

""Baopuzi" says that the key to practice lies in the six characters of loyalty, filial piety, harmony, obedience, benevolence, and righteousness. Starting from these most basic qualities, and constantly cultivating the body and mind, you can follow the Tao and be called an immortal—according to It is said here that one has become a saint. The ancestors are not respected, which is obviously against the law of heaven, and of course it is not in line with the teachings."

"At that time, there were indeed a few extreme cult fanatics who insisted on disobedience to human relations. They also said that their fallacy was the way to worship the Heavenly Father, and instead slandered us for disrespecting the Heavenly Father." Lama Wang scolded: " Just a joke, can gods take the lead in disloyalty and filial piety?"

"This must be a monster with ulterior motives, bewitching public opinion, and distorting the truth in the scriptures. It's easy to expose them—think about it, how can a person who doesn't even respect his ancestors respect his heavenly father?"

"That's why Daoist Yin borrowed soldiers from the Great Khan, led his disciples and congregants, and destroyed temples and temples everywhere, and ordered believers to change their ways. After a lot of hard work, this heresy was finally wiped out."

"This...is really convincing." Jeanna gasped.

"Our church has developed to the present, and it is not enough to just say a few words." Wang Da Lama said with emotion: "Many things, when they are actually done, do not know all kinds of problems, big and small. Compared with theories and doctrinal regulations, knowing , How difficult it is to actually do it.”

"That's why I have always supported Mr. Guo. Even if it is temporarily impossible to show all the miracles he said, it is enough. Like him, do not worry about the words of the scriptures, but do things in a down-to-earth manner, and you can do practical things." people."

"If you say that, I think we still have to go and have a look." The female heroine Jeanna said, she ate the cake in twos and then stood up: "Go ahead, I'll see if he has any surprises. "

Lama Wang nodded, expressing that she was welcome to do whatever she wanted.

"Speaking of which, I have a bad feeling." Little Rangna, with the flag planted behind her, also walked over and said with a sad face, "Then I will trouble my sister."

(End of this chapter)