Chapter 126: Tang Ruowang's Confusion
After the Nestorian Chinese Popular Monument of the Qin Dynasty arrived in Lantian County, Yun Zhao placed it in a small depression on the mountainside of Yushan Mountain.
There is a small valley here, and a white silk-like waterfall falls from the cliff, hitting the rocks into a sky full of pearls, and finally falls into a small pool.
At noon, when the sun is shining brightly, there will be a rainbow halfway across the waterfall, which is really beautiful.
After the short and ugly shrubs were dug out, only soft green grass remained on both sides of the hillside. At the end of the soft grassy slope, a Gothic stone building that was about to be completed stood under the blue sky, beautiful. Huan.
There are many spiers erected on a palace that is not very tall. Even the carved round arches, slender stone pillars, and the three-foot-tall stone sculpture of Jesus’ crucifixion have begun to take shape.
The Nestorian Chinese Popular Stele of the Qin Dynasty was placed by Yun Zhao in a pavilion on the grass outside the church. This time, Yun Zhao placed the stone stele so firmly that he drilled holes at the bottom of the stele and used thick The iron bars were connected, going more than a foot deep into the bottom, and then poured with Sanhe soil mixed with glutinous rice porridge to firmly connect the stone monument to Yushan.
Xu Yuanshou looked at the flower fish in the pool and said, "Where did you get this thing?"
Yun Zhao pointed in the direction of Lishan Mountain and said, "Hao waved his flag and caused trouble in Lishan." When we were on the mountain, many rich people ran away. When Uncle Hu finally went up the mountain, he found this thing in some people's ponds and thought I might like it, so he gave it to me. ”
Xu Yuanshou sighed and said, "I'm just a missionary. Is it worth your investment?"
Yun Zhao smiled and said to Xu Yuanshou, "Sir, are you jealous?"
Xu Yuanshou said: "Exactly! You are not so concerned about Yushan Academy!"
Yun Zhaodao: "Mr. Xu praised Tang Ruowang as the first person to spread Western learning to the East, and also said You can't overestimate this person. These words were conveyed to me by your husband only a few days ago. How could you forget them?" Xu Yuanshou said: "You also think like my brother, the Chinese people Should I learn some Western knowledge?"
Yun Zhao said: "Master once said: If you are a threesome, you must have me as your teacher!"
Xu Yuanshou was startled and stared at Yun Zhao: "You Do you also think that Chinese learning is inferior to Western learning?"
Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "I have never thought so, and I have never looked down on the knowledge left to us by our ancestors. Just like Mr. Hengqu said, we must strive for the past. Holy inheritance!
Learning is a matter of sailing against the current. If we stand still or work behind closed doors, it is inevitable that we will be overtaken by others! "
"You! Do you value Western learning? Do you like Westerners?"
Yun Zhao looked at Xu Yuanshou who was a little confused and said: "Sir, be more confident. Compared with us, Westerners are still in the age of living like a beast. We are just If the country is a little weak, you will lose your confidence. If the world is completelyFall apart, sir, how will you fare?
There is no harm in learning something profound from Westerners. As long as it is useful to China and can make the people rich and the country strong, we just use it. In the face of these things, we still talk about it. Nothing shameless.
Besides, I am still young, so why do I need so much face?
Xu Yuanshou stood up and said: "You have stolen the Nestorian Chinese Popular Monument of the Qin Dynasty. When will Tang Ruowang come?" ”
“It depends on Duoduo and Shaoshao. "
"You asked Qian Duoduo and Qian Shaoshao to invite Tang Ruowang?
Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "I have said before that you can kidnap Tang Ruowang and deceive Tang Ruowang, but I never said that you would invite Tang Ruowang to Yushan." "
Xu Yuanshou shook his head and said: "Tang Ruowang is a fanatic believer in the Society of Jesus, otherwise he would not risk his life and travel thousands of miles to preach in the Ming Dynasty.
He will not give up his beliefs.
Yun Zhao burst out laughing, took his husband's hand and said: "The best people to deal with in this world are gentlemen, and the best people to hurt are kind people."
I, Duoduo, and Shaoshao are not good people. Therefore, if Tang Ruowang is really a good person, he will not be able to escape the clutches of Duoduo and Shaoshao! "
"You have underestimated Tang Ruowang. He is also a smart and wise person. He may have many shortcomings. At the same time, his intelligence can make up for the weaknesses in his character. After all, Duoduo and Shaoshao are two people. Young..."
"How about we make a bet? "
Yun Zhao spread out his fat hands, waiting to high-five Xu Yuanshou.
Xu Yuanshou shook his head decisively and said: "I won't bet with you.
Yun Zhao smiled and said, "Don't you dare, sir?" "
Xu Yuanshou shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't dare, I'm afraid that you will jump over the wall in a hurry and use some means that I simply cannot accept. "
Yun Zhao smiled silently, his eyes sparkling, and eight white teeth exposed in his mouth. In Xu Yuanshou's eyes, those eyes full of childish fun gradually became fierce, The eight white teeth gradually became sharp and finally stained with blood.
April is the most beautiful time in Xi'an. The apricot and pear blossoms have faded, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the pomegranate blossoms are beginning to bud. Waiting for release.
After a rainy day, the light rain appeared on the street, but the willows had already sprouted green buds, and the green buds had already turned into willow leaves.
Let this former imperial city become full of smoke and willows.
Once there is green in the city with blue and gray as the main color, it becomes a wonderful gouache painting.
The clouds in spring always seem lower, as if you can reach them as long as you stand on the high mountain.
Under the blue-grey clouds, the tall spire of the Notre Dame Church seems to be pierced. Under the clouds, occasionally some crows weighing two or three kilograms flew out from the gaps in the church spire, croaking and hovering over the church.This makes the church look strange and scary.
"Don't eat any more. If the priest smells the smell of cured mutton on you when he comes later, we will be exposed."
The whole body is in tatters. Qian Shaoshao huddled under the arch of the church, looking worriedly at Yunjuan, who was hunkering down and eating bacon.
"I won't show my secrets. I'm so skinny but I can't gain weight no matter how much I eat. If I put on beggar's clothes, I'll be a little beggar. If I don't speak, I'll be a suitable starving corpse."
After Yunjuan burped, he changed his position and lay under the arch. After a while, he actually fell asleep.
The children also lying under the arch were not only Qian Shaoshao and Yunjuan, but also students selected from Yushan Academy with all kinds of poor and weird shapes.
They are all very experienced in pretending to be beggars, or in other words, this was their life not long ago.
So, when these children fall at the door of the church, even the most unscrupulous person will feel very bad when he sees their appearance.
Tang Ruowang, dressed in black robes, walked in from outside the city. His hands were huddled in his sleeves and he wore a hood on his head. The soft drizzle had already wet his cloak, but he didn't feel anything at all. Unconsciously, a person walked silently from the empty city outside into the bustling Xi'an city.
At this time, his mood was as gloomy as the weather.
The Nestorian Chinese Popular Monument of the Qin Dynasty had been lost for almost eight days. He only knew the news. After hurriedly going to Jinsheng Temple to see it in person, he believed that it was extremely important to the Jesuits and even The Nestorian Chinese popular monument of the Qin Dynasty, which was proof of the legal presence of the Jesuits in China, has indeed disappeared.
Disappeared overnight.
A stone tablet weighing more than a thousand kilograms disappeared without a clue in a busy temple with people coming and going.
During this period, the only suspicious thing was that the west courtyard wall of Jinsheng Temple was soaked by water... However, all the monks in the temple insisted that before the west courtyard wall collapsed, that wall was extremely important to the Church of Jesus. The literary stele is still in the temple, and several novice monks who are responsible for sweeping the stele forest have sworn to prove that they have seen this stele after the collapse of the west courtyard wall...
If it was one or two When the monk said this, Master Tanxiu, the abbot of Jinsheng Temple, would ask more questions.
Nowadays, everyone agrees that the stone tablet was stolen after the west courtyard wall collapsed.
The stele disappeared, and many magical legends spread in Jinsheng Temple. Some people said that they saw the stele sparkling at night, and in the end, it turned into a rainbow and flew to the west.
Some people also saw with their own eyes that the stone monument had wings on its ribs, and it just flapped its wings and lifted up a little bit, and finally flew westward.
After hearing these legends, Tang Ruowang took off his hood and let the rain pour on his face. He held a silver cross in one hand and crossed himself on his chest with the other hand, praying silently in his heart.
“Lord, please giveGive your servant a hint of clarity so that your servant can find the way forward in confusion..."